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2 • The Charlatan • May 27, 1993
NEWS
Students pay departure tax
by Hana Ahmad
Charlatan Staff
Students who want to graduate in
convocation ceremonies will have to fork
over $30 starting this November.
Fall convocation was cancelled at the
end of March by university administra-
tors as a cost-saving measure. The uni-
versity would have saved $40,000 by
cancelling the ceremony.
In early May, Carleton President Robin
Farquhar decided to reinstate the fall
ceremony. Students graduating will now
have to pay a $30 "participation charge"
to take part in convocation ceremonies.
The $30 levy will help pay for gowns,
chair rentals and post-graduation recep-
tions. The charge will not be in effect for
this spring's convocation, but will be
applied for all other ceremonies.
Public relations director Pat O'Brien
says costs not covered by the $ 30 levy will
be paid for out of the university's convo-
cation budget. The amount paid for by
the levy will depend on how many peo-
ple participate in the ceremony.
Many students expressed discontent
after convocation was cancelled, includ-
ing student representatives on the Board
of Governors, the Graduate Students'
Association and CUSA, the undergradu-
ate students' association.
CUSA circulated a petition "to show
the students' disappointment with the
cancellation of convocation," says Gary
Anandasangaree, CUSA's directorof aca-
demics. The petition, which received hun-
dreds of signatures, was not sent to
Farquhar, because administration had
already agreed to reinstate the fall cer-
emony.
The one major expense of fall convo-
cation is renting the National Arts Cen-
tre, says Don McEown, Farquhar's execu-
tive assistant. It costs more to rent the
National Arts Centre, which is "very ex-
pensive but necessary as it is too cold to
hold the event outside and it is too big for
the gym, " says McEown. Spring convoca-
tion is held on the lawn outside the ad-
ministration building.
The total cost of fall convocation, which
includes renting the NAC, setting up and
tearing down the stage, renting gowns
and producing programs, is about
$40,000.
Professor Michel Gaulin, clerk of the
university Senate, says student resistance
to the cancellation wasn't anticipated,
since "only half of students who get their
degrees actually attend (the ceremony)
and a number of universities have al-
ready eliminated the ceremonies due to
the costs involved."
O'Brien says between 1 , 300 and 1 ,500
students graduate every fall. Of those,
only 700 or 800 attend the fall ceremo-
nies in the morning or afternoon.
McEown says charging students for
their convocation ceremony is not new
— it happened in ceremonies from the
mid 70s up until 1983 or 1984. He says
students then were charged $15 — just
enough to cover the cost of their gown
rental.
O' Brien says the fee is "an example of
the difficult financial times the univer-
sity finds itself in.
"It was not something the university
wanted to do but it was the most fair way
to try and reduce expenditures while
continuing to provide the ceremony for
those who want to attend."
Anandasangaree says he's "nothappy
with the fact that they are charging us
for graduation in addition to four or five
years of tuition and books.
"Administration is charging us for
everything. The least we can have is a
free graduation. But if this is our only
option to bring back graduation, ifs
something we have to live with." □
Capital Foods raises prices and ire
by Renata Manchak
Charlatan Staff
Food prices at all campus cafeterias
run by Capital Food Services went up
May 1, leaving some customers with a
bitter taste in their mouths.
Prices were increased in the Peppermill,
Loeb Cafe, the Fit Stop, Hugo's, the Bent
Coin in the administration building, Mr.
Sub and the tunnel snack bar near
Paterson Hall.
Jim Johnston, associate director of
Housing and Food Services, says a notice
was posted at all Capital Foods outlets on
campus in the first week of May.
The notice said "overall prices on most
items would be kept to less than three per
cent," says Johnston.
But some customers were angry that
not all prices went up uniformly by three
per cent.
An anonymous letter posted on the
Peppermill's feedback board in early May
accused Capital Foods of raising prices
much higher than the promised three
per cent.
For example, the letter says a two-egg
breakfast with bacon used to cost $2.85.
Under the new price system, it costs $3.45
— an increase of more than 20 per cent.
Peppermill manager Colleen Bird says
this is because eggs went up 15 cents
each, an increase of 50 per cent.
Bird says the three per cent figure is an
average increase.
"You have to realize that the figure
came from averaging out the increases,
the decreases and the constant prices,"
Bird says.
"You have to take into account that
many of the items remained constant,"
she says. "Breakfast was where most of
the increases occurred and we decreased
the prices of deli toppings."
"We've kept all the steam table items,
which are the meals such as lasagna, at
the same price because we believe that
they are important to the diet of our
customers," says Johnston.
The letter criticized Capital Foods not
only for their increase, but for "taking
advantage of their captive student mar-
ket."
Capital Foods' contract with Housing
and Food Services gives them a monopoly
on all student eateries outside of the
campus residences until the year 2001.
" I think the price of food on campus is
too high already," says Lucy Watson^
president of the undergraduate students'
association. "The students are already
being taken advantage of enough with-
out having to pay more." Watson says
the association has no plans to try and
set up a student-run cafeteria.
"We know we have a captive audi-
ence, " says Bird, "but we have a contract
with (Housing and Food Services) to run
these restaurants."
Bird received five anonymous letters
Buddy, can you spare three bucks for a cup of coffee?
complaining about the price increases,
three of which appeared to have been
written by the same person.
Johnston says Capital Foods raises its
prices May 1 every year. Last year's in-
crease was between four and five per
cent, he says.
"Most students neglect to take into
consideration the costs that we have to
face: payroll, purchasing, overhead. The
money has to come from somewhere,"
says Johnston.
Theft is another cost, says Bird. "I'll
order cutlery and before the order is paid
for I have to order more," she says.
Johnston agrees theft keeps prices
high. "I'm sure between Marriott (the
corporation that operates residence caf-
eterias) and Capital Foods, they supply
cutlery and china to quite a few apart-
ments in Ottawa." □
Library to improve accessibility
by Joste Bellemare
Chaflalan Stall
Anew elevator shouldmake Carleton's
library more accessible for people with
disabilities.
The elevator will provide direct access
to the library's main floor from the tun-
nel.
The elevator used now is located at the
staff entrance to the library on the tunnel
level, where deliveries are also received.
A person who wants to use the elevator
has to ring a bell and wait for someone to
come down and unlock it.
Construction of the elevator is slated
to start in the middle of June but it won't
be operational until December.
The project will cost J450,00O. The
money to pay for the pro ject will come in
part from the Challenge Fund, which
was set up to improve accessibility on
campus for people with disabilities. The
remainder comes from the university's
capital budget, says Tom Novosedlik,
project co-ordinatorforConstruction Serv-
ices.
Use of the new elevator will not be
reserved for students with disabilities
alone.
"We don't want to create a special
condition where only handicapped peo-
ple can use it," Novosedlik says.
He says there won't be any signs say-
ing priority should be given to people
who use wheelchairs who want to use the
elevator.
Novosedlik says a new ramp will also
be built around the elevator outside the
main doors of the library, because the
present ramp is too steep for a person
who uses a wheelchair.
Unda Rossman, associate librarian
for information services, says the elevator
has been in the works for at least a year.
Novosedlik says the wait for the new
elevator was caused by an absence of
funding, as well as planning discussions
with university administrators.
Larry McCloskey, director of the Paul
Menton Centre for Persons with Disabili-
ties, says the question of library access
has been a concern since 1981.
"(Library access) is the biggest physi-
cal access issue on campus," he says.
Janet Burrows, co-ordinator of
Carleton's Disability Awareness Centre,
says some students find the library very
inaccessible.
"They have to keep on ringing until
someone lets them upstairs," she says.
McCloskey says he thinks library staff
are "very good" in responding quickly
when a student rings the bell.
But he says students' current reliance
on staff for access to a building means
people with disabilities cannot be fully
integrated into university life as inde-
pendent individuals.
McCloskey says Carleton's reputation
as an accessible university could be im-
proved from a greater commitment to a
"barrier-free design," meaning a fully
accessible plan for campus.
A year-long study by Physical Plant
and the Paul Menton Centre estimated
the cost of making Carleton barrier-free
would be $5 million, as compared to $50
million attheUniversityofToronto, says
McCloskey.
Novosedlik says the main entrance of
the library will be closed for a short
period at the end of June, and construc-
tion will continue until the beginning of
September. □
May 27, 1993 • The Charlatan • 3
The signs they are a'changin'
by Am Keeling and Sean Silcoff
Charlatan Siaff
Feelings of frustration and confusion
among visitors to campus may soon be a
thing of the past once Carleton finishes
installing a new sign system.
The $133,000 project, which will be
fully operational within a
few weeks, will replace
Carleton's antiquated and
user-unfriendly wooden
signs with a system of co-
ordinated, easy-to-follow
directional signs.
The system is divided
into three levels: 10 road
signs with directions to
parking lots and buildings;
19 pathway signs with
maps and directions to
buildings; and six parking
lot signs, which identify
public access parking lots
and the buildings closest
to them.
The new signs were de-
veloped with ease of use
and maintenance in mind,
says Tom Novosedlik,
project co-ordinator for
Construction Services.
"Most people I've talked
to say it takes a while to
get used to campus. The
new system will take care
of that, " says Novosedlik.
He says the white-on-
green signs are easy to
maintain and repair, since
they are built with standard sizes of
aluminum and steel.
The sign plates slide into slots and lock
in place on the signposts, which resem-
ble football goalposts. In case of damage
or changes, the signs can be easily re-
moved and replaced.
Isabelle Roberts, an applicant to Car-
leton visiting for a day, said she and her
two friends found the campus layout
confusing. But she said the sign she used
One of the brand, spankin ' new signs.
was "more or less" effective.
"It told us where we want to go," she
said.
The project was in the planning stages
for five years before it was approved in
December 1992, says Novosedlik. The
Design Workshop, a local firm, was hired
to design and construct the system.
"A lot of questions had to be answered
before we knew what kind of signage we
wanted. Since it involves the whole cam-
pus, we had to decide what the cam-
pus wanted to be," says Novosedlik.
A committee comprised of stu-
dents, staff and administrators pro-
vided input for the system, which
gets its trial run during the Learned
Societies Conference, starting May
30.
Brenda Kennedy, Carleton Foot
Patrol co-ordinator, says the patrol
had no direct input into the design
or placement of the new signs.
However, she says signs are im-
portant to campus safety for visi-
tors, who may risk attack if they are
confused about directions on cam-
pus.
"It's definitely an improvement
(on the old signs)," says Kennedy.
"The more signs the better."
Kennedy says the sign outside
the Unicentre near the bus stop seems
attractive and clearly marked, which
is important for safety considera-
tions.
uj "I could tell there was a map,
£ which is good," she says.
o However, she says it remains to
a be seen how effective the signs will
be at night and after weathering an
Ottawa winter. The signs do not
light up at night.
This project is the first part of a two-
phase system. The next phase' will see
signs directing people in and around dif-
ferent buildings, says Novosedlik. □
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Editor.
Your writer Angelia Wagner man-
ox^ to get just about everything wrong
in her article ("Committee inactive on
2,4-D issue," The Charlatan, April 1,
1993).
First, the Turf Management Com-
mittee's mandate is to conduct an alter-
native organic lawn care program on
an area of the administration lawn
around the fountain. Also, she mis-
quoted both Jane Beauchamp and
Connor Boegel of OPIRG-Carleton.
While they both expressed some con-
cern that they had not yet heard when
meTurfManagementGsmniitteefrMC)
was meeting, they both told her they
think the committee is a positive first
step in eliminating synthetic chemical
pesticides, herbicides and fertilizers on
campus.
With regard to the moratorium on
the use of 2,4-D, the memo we received
from Spruce Riordon on Nov. 18, 1993
states:
"Selective use of herbicides on play-
ing fields will be considered in 1993 if
necessary as a matter of player safety,
as determined by the Vice-President (Fi-
nance and Administration) on the ad-
vice of the Director of Athletics." The
TMC had its first meeting on April 7.
Administration officials at that meet-
ing stated there would be nosprayingof
the playing fields this year but that the
use of 2,4-D would continue as neces-
sary. However, Keith Harris, Directorof
Athletics, expressed his willingness to
explore alternatives to the use of pesti-
cides if these would produce a satisfac-
tory playing surface. We at OP1RG are
encouraged by the positive attitude of
the committee members to alternative
methods of lawn maintenance.
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NATIONAL AFFAIRS
New university builds on optimism
Ken Coates talks to students and the public in a Prince George park.
Only about 70students attended UNBC
courses in 1992-93, so the need for stu-
dent organizations has not surfaced. To
lobby for certain courses or changes to
regulations, all the students had to do
was ask.
"We sort of got what we wanted," said
Sapergia, who found professors and ad-
ministration responsive to students' sug-
gestions.
However, with about 1,500 students
expected to enrol for the official opening
of the university in 1994, plans are in the
works for a student government. UNBC
will be hiring a director of student serv-
ices, a process that will involve student
input.
One challenge the students did face
last year was that their textbooks didn't
arrive until near the end of the first term.
But despite some problems and very
lean course offerings for next year,
Yandeau and Sapergia — who are due to
graduate in UNBC's first student convo-
cation next year — remain enthusiastic
about their school.
"This university's really exciting, " said
Sapergia. "Very un-stodgy."
With the kind of input the students
have had so far in developing the univer-
sity, it's not surprising to see their excite-
ment.
The public information session in the
park, conducted by vice-president aca-
demic Ken Coates, was a vision of a
university without the bureaucracy.
Coates personally answered questions
about the calendar and asked the dozen-
or-so students at the session how UNBC
could best maintain a strong student
voice in university affairs.
Coates told the students he hoped to
establish a "student-driven timetable,"
tailored to meet the time constraints and
course interests of students before fac-
ulty.
"We're looking for faculty who will
accept that," he said.
While swatting mosquitos after the
meeting, Coates, a former University of
Victoria history professor, said he hopes
giving students so much input will at-
tract prominent faculty rather than scare
them away.
"I hope it's going to be very innova-
tive," he said.
UNBC received2,100applications for
only 40 new faculty positions for 1993-
94. The applications have already yielded
some high profile professors.
The chair of the Natural Resource
Management program -- an alternative
to the traditional "forestry" -- was an
assistant director with the United States
Forest Service.
As well, many other professors lured
to formulate programs are young yet
have published and won teaching
awards, Coates said.
Perhaps its crowning academic
achievement thus far has been the grant-
ing of a prestigious Fulbright scholar-
ship to an American professor to teach
and research at UNBC. Only six such
scholarships were awarded to Canadian
universities last year.
But a long road still lies ahead for
UNBC. The Prince George Citizen reported
in March that the first phase of construc-
tion for the university buildings came in
over budget. The bill was about $8.7
million higher than expected, said van
Adrichem;
As well, workhas been delayed on the
new road up Cranbrook Hill because the
hillside began to slip away. The road will
open one year behind schedule in Sep-
tember 1 995. There is now only one road
to the university.
However, many people in the north
say the demand for higher education in
B.C. should overcome these difficulties.
Students who are unable or unwilling to
attend the crowded universities in south-
em B.C. may soon have an opportunity
to get a quality education.
According to Niki Yandeau, that was
the initial attraction of UNBC for her,
and the reason why she has weathered
the glitches, the lack of choices and the
long, northern winter: "It's close to
home." □
Tiny Tories work for Charest and
by Am Keeling
Charlatan Staff
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. — When I ar-
rived for the public information session
for UNBC, the administrators had forgot-
ten the key to the building, so they held
it on the grass in a nearby park.
This is a university?
It is, in fact, Canada's newest: the
University of Northern British Columbia.
And despite a rocky first year, the first
entirely new university in Canada in 25
years is shaping up to be a legitimate
educational destination for both students
and faculty.
If enthusiasm and optimism count,
UNBC may overcome the challenge of
building a modem university from the
ground up.
"The university doesn't want to be a
glorified college," said UNBC media of-
ficer Rob van Adrichem.
Like the university, the 22-year-old
van Adrichem is young and enthusiastic.
On a tour of the half-built university site
on Cranbrook Hill overlooking the city,
van Adrichem said the university has
earned an early respect from its more
established peers in Canada.
"It's got a reputation of being brash
and confident," he said.
However, establishing an operational
university has not been easy.
UNBC began a "QuickStart" program
last year, offering third- and fourth-year
courses to students in northern B.C. trans-
ferring from colleges. Course offerings
were sparse and classes in Prince George
were held in a small building used by the
French Canadian Club.
The main university site will be com-
pleted and full course offerings will be
available in September 1994.
Niki Yandeau and Heather Sapergia
are part of the first group of UNBC stu-
dents.
They said the small number of stu-
dents last year created a close atmos-
phere among the professors and their
classes.
by Josee Bellemare and Arn Keeling
Charlatan Staff
Phones are ringing and photocopiers
are zooming as Carleton delegates pre-
pare for the Progressive Conservative lead-
ership convention on June 8 in Ottawa.
The Carleton PC Youth Club elected
two delegates and two alternates sup-
porting Jean Charest as well as one del-
egate and one alternate for Patrick Beyer's
campaign.
Delegates campaign for leadership
candidates and the alternates replace
them if they can't show up to the conven-
tion.
Don Burton, the delegate supporting
Boyer, said he has done everything from
driving his candidate to public appear-
ances to phoning youth delegates across
the country to pitch the Boyer platform.
Burton said he knows Boyer doesn't
have a realistic chance at winning the
leadership race because Boyer isn't a
cabinet minister and doesn't have a lot of
money to spend on a campaign.
"It's more important for him to make
sure the issues are brought forward," said
Burton.
He said Boyer wants to freeze all gov-
ernment spending for 36 months to re-
duce the federal deficit. Boyer also sup-
ports reinstating the death penalty if
public opinion favors it, said Burton.
Serge L'Africain, an alternate for the
Charest campaign, said the delegates
must be members of a campus PC club
before entering the delegate race. The
club members choose the delegates first,
then the alternates.
There will be about 1,000 youth del-
egates to the convention out of about
3,700 delegates.
Burton said youth delegates share the
same privileges at the convention as oth-
ers, including voting for the candidates.
"We try to make the right decisions
about a leader," he said.
Burton said the leadership campaign
has been good exposure for the Con-
servatives, but he was critical of the press
coverage.
"The press doesn't care about issues,"
he said. "Issues don't sell."
L'Africain said Charesf s policies will
appeal to students.
"I like his ideas on education, and
how he wants to increase tax deductions
for schools," he said. "He wants to get
people off welfare and back in school."
Despite Kim Campbell's lead in the
campaign, L'Africain said he hopes
Charest will become the next prime min-
ister of Canada.
"I'm not too sure," he said. "I don't
think Kim Campbell will win on the first
ballot ... I do believe Jean Charest will
win."
L'Africain also said Charesf s energy
is a prime factor.
"He's very energetic, he looks like a
bom leader, " he said. " He's very enthusi-
astic and he really gives the impression
Boyer
he cares."
Burton also said he thinks Charest will
come from behind to win the Tory lead-
ership. □
Jean Charest will have two Carleton delegates with him at the Tory convention.
May 27, 1993 • The Charlatan ■ 5
"The DO It
ethic
you ' re
a group
working witfci
of people
that have a really
diffe!|ent idea ait w]
should be going on in th
'orld,
those ideas
are not going to be accepted
because they- re very controversial.
If I had to make one generalization about
the world, iAs that people are afraid to
call therrtfeelves jflito
Question.
j.f you've got a
scene happening
around that,
you've got to do it
urself ."
Chris Aube
6 • The Charlatan ■ May 27, 1993
The show's organizer, Chris Aube,
is a 21-year-old marshall arts
teaching assistant. After the
concert, he explained why he is
willing to risk losing money to give
independent bands a venue.
"The goal of the show is to have
kids see bands that they otherwise
wouldn't be exposed to. I will only
book bands that have something to
say to the kids," says Aube.
"I don't care what type of music
it is, as long as they've got some
sort of socially or politically
conscious message . "
While he usual ly covers his costs ,
Aube figures he lost about $300 on
the MDC concert due to poor turnout.
He signed a contract with MDC
promising $500 for the performance,
on top of $200 for the sound system,
$90 for the hall and another $200
for promotions.
"If I had wanted to make
money, I would have
charged $12 at the
door, " says Aube.
Sean Thomas, bass player
of the local band Lockjaw,
also organizes concerts for
bands that do not get picked
up by commercial concert *■
promoters .
"A lot of bars won ' t book :
bands if they're not going V^^jfe
to draw a lot of people,"
says Thomas . "And if it's an J^^^B
out-of-town band who's never Mftfo
played here before they're
obviously not going to draw fcjflHfaffi
a lot of people . "
Thomas, a 21-year-old ICTH^
anthropology student at
Carleton, says he has never W"i-'^'S
sought to make money from
his shows but covers his
costs with pre-sold tickets. . .
... . , _ fc Black Tri
He usually pays out-of-town
bands 100 per cent of the ticket
sales at the door. Local bands get
any leftover money from pre-sold
tickets .
He says for him DIY is also a
reaction to commercial music
distributors and concert promoters.
"It's about you having
the power on your own,
realizing you have control
over how you present
something," says Thomas.
"You don't wait for
anybody to do it for you."
As an example of how one can avoid
commercial concert promotion and
record distribution, Thomas cites a
book called Book Your Own Fucking
Life, a listing of independent
distributors and DIY promoters in
over 50 countries.
"You can even book a show in
Brunai," says Thomas.
In order to promote and organize
shows in Ottawa, Aube has set up a
phone number (234-PUNX) which lists
all the DIY shows over a two- month
period. This lets DIY promoters
network to help each other out, or
at least prevent two shows from
competing for the relatively small
following on the same night .
The listing service isn' t 1 imi ted
to concert listings. It also
promotes anti-racist action
meetings, political rallies, or
"anything that's topical or that
would be of concern to the community
who come to shows like this , " says
Aube .
Yannick Lorrain runs an
independent record label. Daybreak
Records, and is also the guitarist
for the band Confusion. He began
organizing shows a year and a half
ago "because nobody else was."
Lorrain says he objects to the way
major promoters and record labels
profit from music.
"I'm really against big
distributors .... They only do
exclusive deals and have price
monopolies. They fuck people over —
they ' re scumbags . "
Shawn Scallen is the music
director at CKCU and co-organizes
Black Triangle at the SAW Gallery
benefit shows with Lockjaw. He first
got involved with DIY shows in 1987,
when he worked with a music
collective which was based out of a
club on Rideau Street called One
Step Beyond . The collective , which
organized independent shows,
dissolved about three years ago.
Scallen's inspiration to organize
shows came out of a visit to
Washington, D.C. , where he became
acquainted with a music collective
called Positive Force.
"They're a group made up of
everyone — from high school kids to
government officials — who get
together to do everything from
dishing out food in soup kitchens to
organizing punk percussion protests
outside the White House. They also
put on benefit concerts for needy
organizations, " says Scallen.
"It's (the idea) that
music is for people and
not for profit . . . for
all ages, for everybody."
Because of this, most DIY concerts
are held at less-expensive,
unlicensed venues like the SAW
Gallery, or Ottawa U's Cafe
Alternatif .
"I think it is ridiculous to
exclude a group just because they
can't or won't drink," says Thomas.
"I don't believe you should be
discriminated against because of
your age," says Aube. "Also, it's
the whole alcohol and tobacco thing
- they use sexist advertising,
ecologically it's disastrous, and it
induces apathy. Apathy is the thing
that fucks the world the most - I
would never put on a bar show."
Keith Powell, 23, also organizes
shows, and believes that while most
people respect an all-ages, no-
liquor policy, those who don't hurt
the future of independent shows in
Ottawa .
"People bringing alcohol
in to all-ages shows — I'm
really down on that.
Especially at university
venues , because it's so
easy to get shut
down," says Powell.
"I wish people wouldn't
do it. Like (my friend) Sid
says: 'It's shitting where
^ you eat.' Some insidious
bastard like that is
■Ktt responsible for what
I happened at the SAW
Ga L lery . "
According to both Powell
; and Thomas, a bathroom and
an elevator were vandalized
ES^I during a show at the SAW
Agl; Gallery last month. The
44nflSpt concert's organizer,
jSjijS^M Lorrain, was stuck with the
jByff cost of repairs .
Ttjjfr • Thomas says now the SAW
^g^^L^fc^ Gallery is more hesitant
about renting the space for
HSc Aube says incidents like,
the one at the SAW Gallery
happen when people are
attracted to the shows because of
the "alternative movement," without
caring about the principles behind
them.
"I think we're caught up
in a Lolapalooza-grunge
generation thing, " says
Aube . "Everybody ' s got a
pair of Docs, but if you
want to be reeeally 'cool'
you buy a pair of Docs and
go to a punk show."
In the meantime, cautious optimism
about the independent shows' new
popularity marks the attitudes of
most organizers .
"Well ... it pays the bills,"
says Lorrain. "But I've often put on
my posters: No Nirvana Wanna-be's."
"Kids who were listening to Right
Said Fred last year are listening to
Nirvana and Rage Against the Machine
this year," says Scallen.
"But it's a good thing if, out of
100 people, five to 10 of them pick
up on something and maybe get some
idea of how fucked up things are and
what independent music is all
about . " □
photos by Max T.
May 27, 1993 • The Charlatan ■ 7
EDITORIAL PAGE
Take the
Tory
Taste Test
Does anyone remember the new Coke?
Every 10 years, it seems cola compa-
nies try something different to bring
consumers back to their product, fust
walk into your local convenience store
and sample the new Crystal Pepsi.
Eventually though, we always seem to go back to
those old familiar tastes. It was about ten years ago
now that Coke changed its taste only to bring back
Coca-Cola Classic.
Just like cola companies, political parties have
also developed the trick of recreating themselves
every ten years. Around the same time that new Coke
was not the choice of a new generation, a certain
Martin Brian Mulroney was chosen the new savior of
the Progressive Conservative party.
As "the boy from Baie Comeau, " Mulroney prom-
ised a grassroots approach to solving unity and
economic problems.
But given Canada's situation today, we would
have been better off swallowing the new Coke instead
of the new leader.
With another Conservative leadership conven-
tion approaching, the Tories are reinventing them-
selves to become the taste of a new generation by
promising to "bring the government to the people"
and practise the "politics of inclusion."
Part of the Tory old guard — Mulroney, Joe Clark
and Benolt Bouchard — is leaving. But will the party
change under a new leader?
Both Kim Campbell and Jean Charest have said
they have fresh perspectives on the problems of the
country to attract Canadians and Conservative del-
egates.
But look who is advising the campaign of front-
runner Kim Campbell: Senator Lowell Murray, Patrick
Kinsella and Norm Atkins. All are former Mulroney
strategists and advisors. Is Campbell the choice of a
new generation of Tories? Of Canadians?
Campbell has defended every Tory policy, good or
bad. She has pledged to reduce the deficit, but has
spoken very little about how. The changes she has
proposed are those of degree, not of direction.
Meanwhile, Charest is touted as a fresh young
candidate. But he is no stranger to mud-slinging
politics. Charest's campaign made sure journalists
covering the leadership race had copies of the infa-
mous Newman article on Campbell, published in
Vancouver magazine.
In it Campbell calls people who boast of how
they've never been involved in a political party
"condescending s.o.b.s" and said she supposed she
was confirmed as an Anglican as a way of "warding
off the evil demons of the papacy."
So Charest is not as free of corruption as he may
want us to believe.
Remember: like the cola wars, leadership races are
mostly image. If s obvious Tories are trying to change
their image. Less obvious is whether the party's
policies will change with the new leader.
One need only look at the last two Tory govern-
ments for examples of pre-election hype, followed by
post-election indecision. Afraid to do anything rash
like real tax reform, yet unable to part with their
platform of "deficit reduction," they do nothing, and
wait for the next renewal. At this point, the cycle
starts over.
The upcoming election is going to be one of the
most difficult ones for voters because all parties will
spout "holier than thou" rhetoric, blaming the others
for the country's problems. It is the obligation of Tory
delegates and Canadian voters to look past the labels
and the image to the taste.
So pass the orange juice!
MR, BD, AG
A modest proposal to change
our economy
by Franco D'Orazio
Charlatan staff
With an unemployment rate of over 11 per cent,
this country's economy is in the worst shape since the
1930s.
Experts say the recovery we are supposedly expe-
riencing now is a jobless one, meaning the economy
requires fewer workers for it to get back onto its feet.
But there is hope for Canada's economy. And,
43,000
jobs lost
last
month
Exports fuelling
growth, experts s;ty
believe it or don't, we have
the Globe and Mail to thank.
I am not attributing the
good news to the Globe's
neo-conservative
editorialists. Oh, no. The
person you should thank is
the lowly employee at
"Canada's National News-
paper" who lays out the
front page, for he or she
possesses the most bril-
liantly subtle economic
mind ever in the history of
this most dismal science.
If you turn to the front
pageof the Saturday, May 8
edition of the Globe, you will
find the wonderful photo-
graph of Prime Minister
Brian Mulroney and Rus-
sian President Boris Yeltsin,
arms wrapped around each
other, standing in front of
two freshly killed boars. Be-
side this photo appears a
rather depressing story. Depressing because it tells of
how 43,000 people lost their jobs in April.
Now, you may think this Gfobe employee was
suggesting that Mr. Mulroney should not be spend-
ing tax dollars abroad on a going away tour while
this country flounders in a recession.
But if you are an astute political economist, you
would realize the page designer was not taking shots
at the Prime Minister, but was proposing, ever so
slightly, a solution which would solve this country's
recessionary woes: shoot the unemployed.
This may sound a little odd, even morbid or
repugnant, but it makes for pristine, logical sense.
Think of the benefits:
Unemployment rates would be eliminated for the
first time since the Second World War.
Moreover, relieving this country of its unemployed
would reduce the dependence upon Canada's much-
cherished social programs, allowing for a smaller
annual deficit.
And industries would benefit from the profusion of
carcasses, using them as an inexpensive resource to
manufacture products such
as wigs, women's hand
bags, men's boots and Hal-
loween skeletons.
But this plan is not with-
out its humanitarian side
— the flesh could be used to
fertilize the world's fam-
ished lands. Failing that,
we could use it to produce
dog and cat food of a higher
calibre. Nothing would go
to waste.
All this activity would
generate new wealth, which
would spur this economy
into a speedy recovery, cre-
ate thousands of jobs and
develop a new tax base to
repay this country's na-
tional debt.
Some of you moralists
out there might be so out-
raged by this suggestion and
actually fire off an angry
letter to my editor in pro-
test. But think of how simple this scheme would be to
implement.
- The government could get Canada's economy on its
own two feet by eliminating everything that is ailing it
with one plan.
Eliminating our unemployed to boost the economy
is a simpler option than having the government cut
back on the $5.8 billion purchase of 50 hi-tech helicop-
ters and use the savings to create new jobs. Or creating
a progressive income-tax system to help pay our debt.
Asking our federal government to do this would be
much too much work. They need some time to play
golf, hunt or fish. Besides, the unemployed are useless
anyway, devouring UI benefits like pigs at a trough.
We might as well put them to some use. □
8 • The Charlatan • May 27, 1993
SPORTS -
Football Ravens welcome new coach
But can the new man, Donn Smith
rebuild the Ravens into a winner?
by Steven Vesely
Charialan Staff
On the fourth finger of his meaty right
hand sits a handsome ring. The ring of a
Grey Cup champion. Donn Smith, the
new head coach of the Carleton Ravens
football team, looks at it and smiles.
"If we ever win the Vanier Cup, I'll
retire it."
It's a strong statement. But it comes
from a strong man with a strong back-
ground in winning football games.
His resume reads like an honor roll of
achievements — two Grey Cups with the
Ottawa Rough Riders, three Schenley
Award nominations as the outstanding
Canadian in the CFL, three all-star selec-
tions and a national junior champion-
ship with the Ottawa Sooners football
club. All this only because the six-foot-
five, 260-pound centre turned down a
seventh round draft pick offer from the
Kansas City Chiefs of the NFL.
It's the portrait of a winner. And a
winner is exactly what the Ravens need.
Last year the Carleton squad was a
perfect 0-7. Over the past four years
they've only won twice. In fact, Carle-
ton's lastwinning season was 1986, when
the6-l Ravens reached the national semi-
finals. Since then, it has been one disap-
pointing season after another with each
loss successively worse than the last. And
if s been a humiliating time to be a
Carleton football fan.
Enter Smith. Hired on for the next
three years by Carleton athletic director
Keith Harris on April 14 to replace Gary
Shaver, it will be his job to return the
Ravens to respectability.
"He has good experience on offence,
can teach well, has a great public pres-
ence, has experience with recruiting and
he's accustomed to working in a large
institution, "Harrissays."Ithinkwewere
blessed to get him. He's got a tough road
ahead of him but I hope he can build
confidence in the team this year and
build on that."
With the rebuilding job facing him at
Carleton, Smith will need to draw upon
every ounce of his experience.
Bom in Rochester, Minnesota, Donn
Smith grew up in Ottawa and Windsor,
winning one city football championship
after another in his high school years.
Upon graduation, hewas recruited by
Purdue University of Indiana on a full
football scholarship. It was the start of a
football career and his chance at a qual-
Smith will bring back the basics.
ity education as well.
"That was my approach to it, " he says.
"What a wonderful opportunity to fi-
nance myself and get an education at a
major U.S. school at the same time. As
long as you met your academic require-
ments, you kept it. I never paid a cent for
my education." While the scholarship
had its benefits, it also required a firm
commitment to the football program.
"Football down there was a nine-
month program. You played in the sea-
son, had a workout schedule in the win-
ter, played spring ball, and then had a
summer training schedule you had to
keep. If you didn't, you fell behind," he
says. "Lots of guys in my freshman year
never made it back. This was the big
time."
At Purdue, Smith pursued a B.Sc. in
industrial management, keeping school
firmly in hand with football.
On the field, Smith made the team in
his sophomore year — another impres-
sive achievement — and centred the of-
fensive line in front of 75,000 screaming
fans for the next three years.
His exploits at Purdue attracted NFL
attention and he was selected in the
seventh round by the Kansas City Chiefs.
He turned down their offer and opted to
return home to the CFL's Ottawa Rough
Riders, who had also drafted him.
Ottawa and the Rough Riders pro-
"We will win some games this year. 1 have
no doubt of that. How many I can't pre-
dict, but we certainly won't go 0-7."
Donn Smith
vided the dual challenge Smith was look-
ing for — the opportunity to embark on
a business career with the federal govern-
ment as well as the chance to keep play-
ing football.
Two professional careers began.
"It was a pretty demanding cycle but
it was exactly the same schedule I had at
Purdue. School, then football. I just con-
tinued it as a professional. I look back on
it now and see it as a very demanding
schedule but when you're 20 you have all
the energy in the world."
That dual career also provided its fair
share of football stories. "There was no
way I could call in sick and then have my
boss rum on the TV and watch me play
out in Vancouver," Smith says with a
grin. "Or whenever we lost I'd always end
up conducting my own little post-mortem
quarterback club in my office."
After an eight-year career with the
Riders, Smith was cut from the team with
four games to play in the 1980 season
after a dispute with head coach George
Brancato.
"I voiced my opinion about the way
management had unfairly released a
player and I was the only one to speak
out," Smith says. "I got cut."
End of story.
For the next six years Smith disap-
peared from the football scene and con-
centrated on his business career.
"I just dropped totally out of football.
Having gone through that regime of four
years at a major school studying and
playing, eight years as a professional of
working and playing — I got to a point
where now it was Donn Smith's time.
From 1 980 to '86 1 couldn't even tell you
who was on the Rough Rider team. I just
Tackling the opposition head on will bring back the wins says Smith.
got totally out of it. Didn't go to a game
oranything.Ithad been such a large part
of my life that I needed a change."
But he couldn't stay away forever.
"Football is like a poison," he says.
"Once it's in your system you can never
get it out."
So when a coaching opportunity with
the University of Ottawa Gee-Gee's pre-
sented itself. Smith pounced on it. He
spent four years as an offensive line coach
with Ottawa and then two more with the
Ottawa Sooners junior club.
Success contin-
ued to follow him.
The Gee-Gees
advanced to the
Ontario-Quebec
Interuniversity
Football confer-
ence finals in
1989. The Sooners went to the national
championship game in his two years
with them, coming away with the junior
title in 1992, completing a perfect 13-0
season.
But all that success is now in the past.
His future is now with the Ravens. There's
plenty of work to be done. Last year the
Ravens set league lows in numerous cat-
egories. On offence, they mustered only
44 points over seven games. They didn't
score their first offensive touchdown un-
til their fourth game of the season. On
defence, they surrendered a total of 237
points.
In comparison, Vanier Cup champion
Queen's University racked up 225 offen-
sive points over the season while allow-
ing only 102 against. Looking at those
numbers, one can readily see why Queen's
finished on top and Carleton didn't. Those
numbers are indicative of a problem.
As Smith sees it, it's not so much a lack
of talent on the Raven squad as a lack of
fundamentals and confidence.
"There is tremendous talent on this
team," he says. "Butthere'sa lotofbasic
fundamental skills they need to releam.
Blocking. Tackling. Catching. Throwing.
They need to go back to the beginning in
specific areas. Once they've got that we'll
start building a system around them that's
understandable and uncomplicated."
A lack of confidence is another prob-
lem Smith plans to tackle. "Once you get
into that cycle of losing, if s tough to
break out of it," he says. "But I want to
send a message to the other teams in this
league that we are going to be a force to
be reckoned with. Sure, Queen's and Bish-
ops are going to beat us, but if s not going
to be a blowout. I want them to walk out
of here thinking 'Holy smokes, were we
ever lucky.' "
Not only does Smith talk of being
competitive, he speaks of actual success
on the field.
"We will win some games this year. I
have no doubt of that. How many I can't
predict, but we certainly won't go 0-7.
"I'm sure they're tired of losing," he
says of the Ravens. "You can just imag-
ine how they're going to feel the first
game we win. These guys will start be-
lieving in themselves again."
Towards that end. Smith candidly
admits he's looking for a new commit-
ment from the Ravens.
"If anybody's coming here thinking
they have their position locked up, they're
in for a very rude awakening come train-
ing camp. Because I'm looking forpeople
who have the ability to rum the page on
what's been going on here and under-
stand that there's a new regime and a
new opportunity.
"And those people that want to seize
that opportunity will be disciplined, know
how to work hard, and know how to be
part of a team environment."
Almost as a warning he then adds, "If
guys can't turn the page on what's been
going on here the past couple of years, I'll
weed them out."
That "seize the day" challenge has
players excited.
Sean O'Neill was a back-up
quarterback last year. Now he's heading
into his second year with a bigger goal.
"I'm excited because it presents a new
opportunity," he says. "I could be the
starter or I could be cut. That kind of
challenge will make everyone work
harder and we'll be a better team because
of it."
It's this commitment to the alien phi-
losophy of winning that Smith says he
hopes to instill among the Ravens.
"The objective I sent home with these
guys was that if they do not share in the
philosophy that we are in this sport to
win the Vanier Cup, then they shouldn't
be here. Now we may not achieve that
goal next year, but that always has to be
the ultimate goal."
The interview in Smith's small locker-
room office in Carleton's athletics build-
ing ends. He stands up and raises his
right hand for a farewell handshake. His
Grey Cup ring glints as the sunshine
from a window behind his desk hits it.
Maybe, just maybe, one day Smith
will retire it and replace it with another
one. G
May 27, 1993 • The Charlatan ■ 9
Raven Rumblings
CHEERS AND JEERS
Thumbs up to athletics for hiring
a knowledgeable football man to
coach the woeful Raven squad
Thumbs down to Keith Semchuk,
a first year offensive lineman with
the Manitoba Bison who has been
suspended for a minimum four years
by the Canadian Interuniversity Ath-
letic Union after testing positive for
steroids.
QUOTE OF THE MONTH
"Football is like a poison. Once
it's in your system you can never get
it out."
Ravens head football coach Donn
Smith on why he returned to football
after a six-year retirement.
DID YOU KNOW
This is the second time the physi-
cal recreation centre has laid down a
hardwood floor. It had one when the
gym was first built in 1964. In 1968,
the athletics department decided to
modernize and introduced a rubber-
like floor. This year, athletics decided
to return to the hardwood floor.
QUIZ
Lastyear, Jim Courier became the
first No. 1 seed in Wimbledon history
to lose a qualifying match when he
was dumped by an obscure Russian
ranked No. 193 in the world. Name
him.
(Sorry, but there ain't no prize for
knowing the answer until we rustle
up another sponsor forthe upcoming
school year. Answer in next month's
issue.)
SPORTS CALENDAR
Next week is Canada's Fitweek.
Here's a list of free events offered at
Carleton.
FRIDAY, MAY 28
Sneaker Day. Take a campus stroll.
Meet at the Tory building at 12:10
p.m. wearing sneakers.
MONDAY, MAY 31
Funtastic Fitness Class — 12:10-1
p.m. Join a free fitness class in the
gymnasium.
TUESDAY, JUNE 1
Beginners' Weight Training Clinic
— 12:10-1 p.m. Meet in the second-
floor lobby of the physical recreation
centre.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2
A Walk in the Park— 12:05-1 p.m.
Agriculture Canada will offer guided
tours of the arboretum across the
canal. Meet at the Tory building.
Tennis Round-Robin — 5:30-7:30
p.m. Open to all ages and skill levels.
FRIDAY, JUNE 4
Stupendous Step Class — 12:05-1
p.m. Meet in the multipurpose room
in the Stormont-Dundas residence.
SATURDAY, |UNE 12
3-on-3 Basketball Tournament —
9:00-S p.m. at the Ravens Nest Seven
divisions open to men, women and
students. Cost is J50 for men's and
women's teams, J40 for high-school
divisions and J 30 for elementary team
entries. Includes slam dunk and three
point competitions. □
Gym gets new hardwood floor
by Steven Vesely
Charlatan Staff
Goodbye rubber. Hello wood.
After years of complaints about the
hard rubber surface on the floor of Carle-
ton's gym, the athletics department is
replacing it with wood.
"The old floor was deteriorating with
age, " says Brian Hetherington, the facili-
ties-maintenance coordinator of athlet-
ics.
"A lot of athletes were getting injured
because the floor was losing its bounce
and its slip. Some basketball and volley-
ball athletes were missing half their sea-
sons because they were recuperating from
stress-related injuries."
The nature of basketball and volley-
ball is such that athletes are always start-
ing and stopping. Thatplaces a strain an
athletes legs. A hardwood floor should
help alleviate that strain and lower the
number of injuries per year.
"As far as reducing injuries on our
team, the past couple of years we've had
a number of overuse andstress injuries as
early as October in the season . If s some-
thing that definitely impacts the way you
train and prepare for the season. With
the wooden floor we can foresee a number
of these injuries not happening," says
Marg Jones, Carleton's women's basket-
ball coach.
Hetherington agrees and points to
various reports on the two surfaces.
One such study, conducted in 1 988 by
the Ducker Research Co. of Birmingham,
found there is a 70 per cent higher inci-
dence of floor-related injuries on syn-
thetic floors than on hardwood.
The study also found the average
number of floor-related injuries on a
hardwood floor was seven per year, while
on synthetic floors the average number
was 12 injuries per year.
"As a result, a lot of schools are going
back to hardwood floors after having
experienced various problems with the
rubber surface," says Hetherington.
Hetherington estimates the new floor
will cost $150,000. That's almost twice as
^ much as the $80,000 it would have cost
I toresurfacethefloorwithanotherrubber
z coat. Despite the larger expense,
§ Hetherington defends the decision to go
with wood for two reasons.
"If it's maintained properly it will last
over 20 years, while a rubber surface
would have to be refinished again in 10
years. And it's going to reduce injuries
and protect athletes better."
Work on the new floor began May 3.
If s expected to be ready for use June 1. □
Varsity Notables
Close, but no basket
Three crosstown Gee-Gees who re-
ceived invitations to try out for Canada's
national basketball team didn't make
the final rosters.
Gee-Gee guard Bobby Brown, who
scored'40 points in the Ontario Universi-
ties Athletic Association championship
game, was invited to try out with the
national men's basketball team. Unfor-
tunately for him, he was vacationing in
Europe during the try-outs.
Other Gee-Gee Clarence Porter, a 6-4
forward, and Dave Reid, a 6-2 small
forward - were cut after the first day of
try-outs forthe national under-22 team.
Still, it was an honor for them just to
be selected, says Gee-Gee coach Jack
Eisenmann.
"It doesn't happen often that a CIAU
player gets invited to a national pro-
gram. It's a big honor."
McGill, Concordia and Trois-Rivieres —
to continue playing hockey in the OUAA.
It was considering not allowing Quebec
schools permission to play in the OUAA
because of finances, travel time and time
away from school for athletes.
If only things were so easy for the
Carleton hockey club.
Locals make team
Three Laurentian University players
with local connections have been named
to two national women'sbasketball teams
following a try-out camp in Toronto.
Forward Nana Robinson of Nepean was
named to the Canadian women's team.
Martha Sandilands of Nepean and guard
Carolyn Swords of Ottawa were named
to the national student team for the
World University Games in Buffalo, N.Y.,
July 8-19.
Swimmers across Ontario took part in
the Ontario Synchronized Swimming
Championships held at Carleton Uni-
versity on May 14-16.
Quebec hockey lives on Lesage ioin$ *uniors
The Ontario Universities Athletic As-
sociation voted recently at its annual
meeting to allow Quebec universities —
York University student Sue Lesage, a
graduate of A.Y. Jackson secondary
school, has been named to the Canadian
extended juniorwomen'svolleyball team.
RANT 'N' RAVEN
by David Sail
Charlatan Start
Judging by his credentials, Donn Smith
loves a challenge.
Ifs a good thing, too.
If it's a challenge he wants as the
newly appointed head coach of the foot-
ball Ravens, he's got one.
It's hard to say exactly how Smith felt
when he saw what he was getting into,
but you can get a general idea. Probably
kind of like Bob Rae felt when Floyd
Laughren walked into his office a while
back and said, "Mind if I run a few
numbers by you?"
In fact, the Ravens are a lot like the
Ontario government. They both have a
serious deficit problem.
Last season's Ravens scored 44 points
and allowed the opposition to score 237.
Thaf s a difference of 1 93 points -- mean-
ing the Ravens were outscored by an
average of 28 points a game.
Smith, who ran the offence for last
year's Canadian junior champion Ot-
tawa Sooners, knows all this. To his credit,
he knows it won't be easy to fix, either.
"Once you get into that cycle of losing,
it's tough to break out of it," he says.
This whole scenario should sound fa-
miliar to Ravens fans. Didn't somebody
named George Brancato - who also had
some pretty impressive credentials— get
hired to fix the same team last year?
Indeed he did. Brancato, a Grey Cup-
winning coach in the CFL, was put in
charge of the offence before last season.
Needless to say, it did not respond well.
But look a little deeper and you'll see
it's not really fair to compare the two.
For Brancato, coaching the Ravens
probably wasn't an all-consuming pas-
sion. He wasn't the head man and got
paid next to nothing. He was having fun
just keeping his hand in the game he
loves.
For Smith, this is his chance to prove
himself as a head coach. He's played and
coached on winning teams and wants
Carleton to be a winning team.
And he's already made it clear he
won't put up with anybody who doesn't.
"If guys can't turn the page on whaf s
been going on here the past couple of
10 • The Charlatan • May 27, 1993
years, I'll weed them out," he says bluntly.
"The objective I sent home with these
guys was that if they do not share in the
philosophy that we are in this sport to
win the Vanier Cup, then they shouldn't
be here."
Too many Carleton teams in the past
have played like they're supposed to be
punching bags for everybody else.
Coaches have gotten away with making
the same platitudes about having "a
winning attitude" year after year.
Smith's statement is the most defini-
tive commitment to excellence from a
Raven coach in a long time. And when
Smith is committed to something, past
experience shows he means it.
As a Rough Rider in 1980,forinstance,
he felt a teammate was released unfairly
and confronted his coach. He lost his job,
but he kept his honor.
Ironically, the coach who released him
was George Brancato.
And now, Smith will try to succeed
where his old boss couldn't. It could very
well be the biggest challenge Donn Smith
has ever faced. □
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Anyone want a refreshing beverage?
by Chris Reid
Cha/latan Staff
Tea Party
ion
Gallery of Canada
July 4
— Pondering what the link is between tea
^7 m W drinking and increased global harmony?
MM y Well, maybe you aren't, but there is one
Qrt exhibit that can give you some in-
sight into this profound concept. It's en
titled World Tea Party and it's the creation of Montreal
artist Daniel Dion.
First, a little background information:
Dion is an artist with a 15-year career in photogra-
phy and video production and installation. The Na-
tional Gallery is exhibiting three of Dion's video works,
including World Tea Party, which was specially commis-
sioned by the gallery.
With all this in mind and only a vague idea of what
to expect, I headed off to the gallery on a Saturday
afternoon. What I discovered was that World Tea Party
is quite a departure from the usual gallery offerings.
The exhibit is sponsored in part by a grant from the
Canada Tea Council. It fills a whole room with tea-
related paraphernalia, surrounding all five senses with
the universal experience of drinking tea.
Artwork and fact posters extolling the virtues of tea
hang from the walls. Old tea sets wait on display and
gallery-goers sit around tables talking, while waiters
serve them tea. World Tea Party has the atmosphere of
a busy afternoon in a European restaurant. The key
idea here is interaction, with observersbecoming part of
what they are observing.
"Ifs more process than product," says Dion. "It
works as an interactive system."
World Tea Party includes paintings from other parts
of the gallery to give the exhibit a local flavor. It is
meant to change and evolve, reflecting where and
when it is being exhibited, as it moves from city to city.
Dion hopes World Tea
Party will encourage peo-
ple to communicate. He
says its major goal is "to
get people to know each
other better who don't
normally associate."
According to Dion,
this piece of art had its
genesis in another
project. Dion thought it
might be interesting to
get some international
artists together for an
exchange of ideas and
to begin friendships.
Nothing came of this,
but the concept of com-
munity and communi-
cation remained with
Dion.
He combined this
idea with the custom of
tea drinking: a truly in-
ternational tradition
with one-billion cups
downed daily by people everywhere. World Tea Party
reflects this international flavor with tea supplied by the
Sri Lankan High Commission and artwork from Japan,
England, America and elsewhere.
World Tea Party is unique among your standard,
formulaic art exhibits. This "playing with the concept of
art, " as Dion puts it, is out to challenge the idea that art
is only two-dimensional and has to hang on the wall of
some empty room. His approach tries to show it can be
much more than that.
There is also another, more subtle point to World Tea
Party.
"It brings technology into contact so it doesn't look
so inaccessible," says Dion, revealing the presence of a
hidden camera in the ceiling.
In response to the movement of people, the camera
triggers video screens which show documentaries about
"While there is tea ,there is hope" - British playwright Sir Arthur Wing Pinero
the history and nature of tea.
Video is one common feature in Dion's other projects
as well. He says video is just a natural part of his life, as
a member of the "TV generation." At the exhibit's
opening, he could even be spotted taking everything in
with a hand-held video camera.
Dion hopes this demystification of technology will
show that "you don't have to be a techno" to reap its
benefits.
If thic exhibit accomplishes anything, it at least
brings a new atmosphere into part of the gallery.
Breaking up that mind-numbing silence and getting rid
of all those armed guards hanging around is no small
accomplishment.
Hmmm ... people talking, having FUN? — a radical
new concept forthegalleryand maybe the start of a new
trend. □
Those Shadowy Men behind the Kids in the Hall
by Sharon Boddy
Charlatan staff
Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet
Zaphod Beeblebrox
May 6
"We (bassist Reid Diamond and guitarist Brian Connelly)
grew up on a farm. And sometimes we would just go outside
and the moon would be out there and Brian would say
something like, 7 wonder if there are shadowy men on that
shadowy planet?' We just made it up. It's not referencing
anything . . . except maybe the post-nuclear world. "
- Reid Diamond, on the meaning of life, or something
t was a cool evening on May 6, but inside
£V Zaphod Beeblebrox it was hot and muggy.
l^T People jammed into the club to listen and
a*"^ dance to Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet.
V^L/* This Toronto trio is best known for supply-
ing the music for Kids in the Hall, CBC's
^™ mega-popular, ultra-cool comedy offering.
Opening the evening'sentertainmentwas Los Ange-
les's Popdefect. Their punk sound was punctuated with
uneven playing and off-key vocals, but they did man-
age to play some original tunes as well as an interesting
version of The Association's "Windy."
Up next was Girl Trouble, a quartet from Tacoma,
Wash., who will tour with the Shadowy Men through-
out the summer. Their retro-60s, country rock-charged
set was helped out considerably by their lead singer,
who paraded around the stage like a displaced country-
lounge singer.
As the Shadowy Men took to the stage, the dance
floorbecame crowded. When the band swung into their
trademark song, "Harlem by the Sea" (a.k.a. the theme
from Kids in the Hall), the floor was packed.
Ifs always a pleasure to watch a band who really
enjoys what they do, and the Shadowy Men is one of
these bands.
They're tight and
can stop on a
dime, evidence of
their precision
playing.
Although most
people think of
the Shadowy Men
in tandem with
the Kids in the
Hall, the group
hasbeen together
since 1984. Their
association with
the Kids began
when that com-
edy troupe made
their television
debut four years
ago. A shadowy man,live at Zaphod's.
"Me and Brian
and Bruce (McCullough, a Kid in the Hall) grew up on
a farm just outside of Calgary, " says Diamond, explain-
ing the crossover between the two groups. "Eventually
we all ended up moving to Toronto. We met Don (Pyle,
their drummer) in Toronto, we started the bandandmet
some of the others who started Kids in the Hall. It was
never like an audition thing."
Does the band ever get tired of being associated with
the Kids?
"Never," says Diamond. "I wish it would happen
more. But we don't flaunt it."
The Shadowy Men's distinctive twangy beach sound
has led them to be classified by some as a surf band,
hence the song on their latest disc, Sport Fishin '.entitled
"We're Not a Fucking Surf Band."
"It was the easiest way for people to describe what we
were doing," recalls Connelly. "Because we had no
lyrics, it was just twangy guitar, and surf comes to
mind."
Shadowy Men would probably be more accurately
described as a riff band. Their encore at the Zaphod
show featured a medley of rock riffs paying tribute to
such songs as "The Boys Are Back In Town," "School's
Out," "AlIThe Young Dudes," "Satisfaction" and "Ball-
room Blitz."
Butwhetheryou choose to call them a riff band, a TV
band or even a "fucking surf band," the fact still
remains that they've managed the impossible: attract-
ing something resembling a mass audience without
hardly singing a word. □
tett for tobaty
Eight things to live for and two
reasons to avoid dying
1. Les Foufounes Eleotriques, Montreal
2. Four months of NHL Playoffs
3. Velocity Girl
4. Keychains in the shapeof an egg that open
up to reveal an automated Triceratops
5. Sun Chips™
6. Pink and banana Popsicles
7. Goober and the Peas
8. 3 a.m. conversations overheard in dough
nut shops
9. BrokeadatewithTedBundy;don1wantto
run into him in the afterlife
10. Don't took good in pine
May 27, 1993 • The Charlatan • 11
Cursed by cu fen ess
by Blayne Haggart
Charlatan Stan*
^^■^•^^he lowdown on Velocity Girl
m m (name taken from an obscure
P m Primal Scream song): they've
m just released an album on
Sub Pop, they play dreamy
indie guitar pop, and, if you
believetheir bassist, they can barely play
their instruments.
Hailing from Silver Spring, Md., and
part of the burgeoning Washington, D.C.,
music scene, the young bandhas a repu-
tation it would rather forget about.
While Guns 'n Roses and other like-
minded groups are fulfilling the rock
stereotype of self-destructive anarchists,
Velocity Girl has been typecast as a (God
forbid) cute band.
"It's kind of a curse, " says bassist Kelly
Riles. "But it's better to be that than the
ugliest band that can play nice pop. \
guess if we can be a cute band that plays
good pop, that's okay."
Velocity Girl — which also includes
guitarists Archie Moore and Brian Nel-
son, vocalist and sole female member
Sarah Shannon, and drummer Jim
Spellman — is a clean-cut band. Their
appearances won't getyourparentsmut-
tering about why these rock types never
seem to wash. And, as the man says, they
can play good pop.
Copacetic, their debut release, boasts
four excellent pure pop tunes, one raw
guitar tune and enough mood to satisfy
any indie guitar band fan.
Highlighting the whole package is
Shannon, whose voice exudes innocence
and teen angst. Not bad for a band that,
according to Riles, couldn't play their
instruments a scant four years ago.
"It was definitely something that
started as friends," remarks Riles on the
genesis of the band. "It certainly didn't
start with anything resembling a collec-
tion of musical talent waiting to be ex-
posed because we didn't — and to some
extent still don't — know how to play
very well.
"When we started, we didn't know
how to play at all. We're all from the
same area, and we had the same musical
>
Friendship before music: (l-r) Nelson, Spellman, Riles, Moore, Shannon.
interests, so the band just seemed like a
natural thing."
This idea that friendship is more im-
portant than the music itself comes
through in the way the band is run. On
the album, there are no credits for lyrics
or melodies. Everyone does everything.
"On a given instrument somebody
will have more say, but other people
certainly helped come up with the vocal
melodies orthe lyrics," says Riles. "Jim's
the drummer but he's come up with
guitar parts because he used to be a
guitar player. Everybody contributes or
critiques according to their own perspec-
tive and then we come up with a happy
— butsometimesit'san unhappy
— medium of what everyone
wants.
"There's no one Velocity Girl,"
he continues. "The five people
you see up in front of you are the
five people doing their thing."
As for not knowing how to
play their instruments, Riles is
perhaps being a bit modest. True,
Copacetic does feature some mu-
sic that is quite basic, but under-
neath it all is an instinct for good
pop that isn't obscured by com-
plex guitar solos or by a slick
production job.
To get that unpolished, bare
rock sound, they recorded and
mixed the album in only 10 days.
This didn't go overwell with some
folks, says Riles.
"A lot of people were, taken
aback and were disappointed be-
cause we didn't come up with this
polished gem of slick, super rock.
What I like about it is that it was
really raw and the songs stand by
themselves. The production
doesn't get in the way of that."
ffi To promote Copacetic, Velocity
8 Girl is currently spreading the
£ word on a short headlining tour
5 with jale, Halifax's very own Sub
I Poppers. On May 15, they hit Les
Foufounes Electriques in Montreal with their deli-
cate wall of noise.
The Girls, along with jale and the local band
Pest, treated the regrettably less-than-capacity au-
dience to an evening of catchy pop tunes, along
with Shannon's attempt at some sort of calisthenics.
No rock and roll nastiness was to be found here.
Mr. Bassist did, at one point swing the neck of
his bass toward an amp, a la Kurt Cobain, but
restrained himself and merely gave the amp a
gentle tap. Again, a nice band.
This short tour comes after a month-long tour of
the United States supporting Belly that was, urn,
eventful.
"In one tour, " says Riles, "Brian got hit by a car,
Jim and Dave (a representative from Sub Pop)
subsequently got into a fight with the person who
hit Brian, 1 got hit by a 2X4, and we ran out of gas
in Texas."
Hopefully, they'll have better luck headlining.
Despite all the wear and tear that accompanies
touring, there is one thing (besides a paycheque)
thatwillhelpthemwhen they get home and tackle
their next album. Namely, the increased profi-
ciency that comes with playing every night.
"We're really tired of (the songs), just because
when you've played a song a hundred times it's not
as interesting anymore," says Riles. "The cool
thing is that you get better at playing."
Their debut album delivers the goods. If they
leam to play their instruments, expect the stars. □
Sarah Shannon: a voice to melt butter.
Kelly Riles: hitting all the right notes.
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NEWS
Capital budget passes CUSA council
by Mario Carlucci and Karin Jordan
Charlatan staff
A flashing billboard that, according to
CUSA finance commissioner Rene
Faucher, makes you feel "like a deer
caught in the headlights" will soon be
installed in the Unicentre.
CUSA council approved this project as
part of the 1993-94 capital budget forthe
undergraduate students' association at a
meeting on June 21.
The $106,717 capital budget covers
long-term investments like office equip-
ment and construction. Included in the
budget are items like about $21,000 for
CKCU's station equipment, $1,150 for
blinds in the Foot Patrol office and $750
for Faucher's new blinds.
John Edwards, a third-year arts and
social sciences representative, was the
only councillor to vote against the budget.
Edwards had moved to table the budget
for further consideration, but the motion
was defeated.
Edwards says council did not have
enough time to look over the capital
budget.
"At most, I think people had the week-
end to look at it. I don't know what the
rush was (to pass the budget)." He says
council should have scrutinized the capi-
tal budget more closely.
"I got the budget this afternoon. Even
so, I don't think a weekend is enough
rime."
The budget includes $13,000 for an
electronic display billboard to be built
beside Info Carleton on the fourth floorof
the Unicentre. Fauchersays the billboard
will be used to publicize upcoming CUSA
events.
Two existing electronic billboards in
the Unicentre — outside the entrance to
Oliver's and by the off-campus lounge —
can't be repaired, says Faucher, because
the company CUSA bought them from
has been bankrupt for four years.
The new billboard will display moving
graphics and will have over 250 pre-
programed advertisements, including ads
from Coca-Cola and the Royal Bank.
Companies will be able to buy advertis-
ing space on or around the edge of the
board, which will be five by seven feet.
Faucher says the new board will "grab
people" with its flashy graphics and will
be an effective way of promoting CUSA-
sponsored events like the Charity Ball or
Halloween Superpub. "It's bright. You're
going to have no choice butto look at it."
The market price for the board is
$26,000. CUSAgottheboardfor half this
pricebecause McDonald's had placed an
order for more than a thousand signs
with a manufacturer CUSA had ap-
proached.
Fauchersays the board, which will be
in place in August, is one way CUSA is
looking at to increase communication
between the association and students.
But Edwards has his doubts. "I don't
know if we should be spending $13,000
on this (the billboard)," he says.
The capital budget also includes a
$30,000 contingency fund for projects
that may come up unexpectedly during
the year. The 1992-93 contingency fund
was $20,000.
Faucher says the extra $10,000 is
needed for plans which have not yet been
approved by the university, but which
CUSA has cost estimates for.
Forexample, Fauchersays CUSA wants
to put illuminated outdoor billboards
around the Unicentre building to pro-
mote CUSA events. These would cost
about $3,500 each.
Faucher says if an unexpected reno-
vation is needed during the year, he'll
"have the luxury of having somewhat of
a slush fund for that."
Edwards says council should have
questioned the budget more carefully,
because they are supposed to be a check
on the executive. But he says he feels that
isn't the case right now.
"Council right now tends to support
the executive. I just hope the council
doesn't support the executive on every-
thing." □
Campus spiffed up for Learneds conference
by Josee Bellemare
Charlatan siatt
Blooming flowers, new stairs and
brand-spanking-new signs were speedily
delivered to Carleton in time for the
Learned Societies Conference.
The conference, held on campus from
May 30 to June 1 3, brought about 7,000
professors and students from universities
worldwide to Carleton, where close to
3,000 papers were presented. Between
2,500 and 3,000 delegates stayed in the
campus residences.
Carter Elwood, co-ordinator for the
Learned Societies Conference, says Car-
leton didn't spend any money for the
conference.
"Carleton didn't advance anymoney,"
he says. "The conference is self-support-
ing." He says Carleton only provided the
space to hold meetings and conferences.
During May, flower beds sprung up
across campus, the stairs beside the
Unicentre were rebuilt and new direc-
tional signs were installed.
Stan Britton, managerof construction
services, says the signs and flowers were
planned to coincide with the beginning
of the conference.
"Most of the flowers were from our
normal annual program," he says. Britton
also says additional funding from the
Learned Societies' budget paid for more
flower pots than usual.
"There were volunteer gardeners free
of charge and the Leameds paid for the
flowers itself," he says. Elwood also says
some of the 20 volunteers donated flow-
ers.
New signs also sprung up on campus
rather quickly.
Elwood says he urged physical plant at
a signage committee meeting to con-
struct the signs before the conference. He
says he thought the signs would make
thecampus look nicerfor the conference.
"The Learneds
provided a catalyst to
make signs," says
Britton. "They influ-
enced the project to
go now instead of
later."
Britton says the
signswere also posted
to give better direc-
tions for the profes-
sors.
"We had terrible
signsbefore, " he says.
Britton says the se-
verely damaged
stairs on the south
side of the Unicentre
facing Mackenzie
field were repaired before the conference
also forthe positive image. The repairs to
those stairs, which cost $25,000, are part
of d $ 1 14,000-project to repair 1 1 sets of
C ampus
stairs around campus, says Britton.
The conference may have accelerated
LEARNEDS cont'd on page 4
Administration budget in red four years in a row
by Franco D'OrazIo
Charlatan staff
Carleton's attempt to balance its
budget this year will likely be tipped far
into the red for a fourth consecutive year.
In April, Carleton's Board of Gover-
nors approved a 5200 million budget
projecting a $10,000 surplus for this fis-
cal year.
Entering the fourth year of a five-year
plan, the small surplus would have been
a start in the university's goal to elimi-
nate its $4.3 million debt, accumulated
over the last three years, by May 1 , 1 995.
But the Ontario government's social
contract, a cost-cutting initiative to re-
duce the provincial debt, will have a
devastating effect on Carleton's five-year
plan.
Of the $2 billion the provincial gov-
ernment intends to cut from spending,
$500 million will come from the prov-
ince's budget for education, says David
Schoular, an information officerwith the
Ministry of Education and Training.
It is estimated Carleton will lose $9.4
million, according to Bill Pickett,
Carleton's director of budget planning.
"We could save $9.4 million on roll-
backs of wages or lose that money on the
cutting of grants," says Pickett.
He says the university's 1 993-94 budget
was determined at several meetings dur-
ing theyear, "priortotheannouncement
that this money is being removed." But
there is no indication from where the
university will have to cut its budget.
"The unknowns are extremely high
right now," Pickett says, "and it's very
confusing."
Complicating the matter more, Pickett
says, is that the government will legislate
the cuts by Aug. 1 at the latest, unless it
can reach an agreement on cost-saving
measures with the province's public un-
ions.
This will fall well into Carleton's fiscal
year, which begins May 1 and ends April
30 of the following year.
The university balanced its budget
this year despite stagnant funding from
the Ontario government, which the board
expects to increase by less than one per-
cent to $100 million for this year.
Originally, Carleton would have bal-
anced its books by increasing its revenue
and decreasing its expenses.
The university would have increased
revenues this year by 4.8 per cent to
$207.8 million, while increasing its ex-
penditures by only three per cent to
$207.79 million.
Departments suffering the most se-
vere cuts in funding were public relations
(20 per cent) and alumni services (43 per
cent), whose budgets were cut by more
than $600,000 combined.
But university funding for student serv-
ices such as counselling and health serv-
ices increased 25 per cent — by far the
largest increase, raising its budgetto $1.9
million from $ 1 .5 million. Full-time and
part-time salaries account for most of the
increase.
Salaries for professors account for two-
thirds of Carleton's operating budget,
rising 3.6 per cent this year to nearly
$102 million. □
See related story, page 8.
University book-
balancing hits library
by Franco D'OrazIo
Charlatan staff
Despite a small increase in its oper-
ating budget, there will be some big
changes at the library this year.
The library's budget was increased
by $30,019 to $1 1 .95 million this year.
But salaries for part-time employ-
ees, most of whom are students, were
slashed by more than one-third to
$388,834, from $600,000.
to an April 9 letter to the university's
Senate, M. Ian Cameron of the English
department warned that "cuts in the
library'spart-timebuugetwiilinescap-
ably cause the library to diminish the
services it now offers."
linda Rossman, associate librarian
for information services, agrees, ex-
plaining that circulation and the
reshelving of books will suffer the most.
"Basically, we will have to cut down
on the amount of hourly staff we would
normally hire, which means we would
be closing the library earlier in the
evening," she says, although she does
not yet know how early.
Rossman says the library will save
$100,000 to meet its budget by cutting
the library 's subscriptions to serials and
periodicals in consultation with all the
faculties.
Anc^ercost-cuttmgmeasureis buy-
ing cheaper paperbacks instead of
higher-priced hardcover books.
"A lot of books are printed in paper-
back andhardcoverformats simultane-
ously, and We can save 15 per cent,
probably more, by purchasing the pa-
perbacks," Rossman says binding pa-
perbacks uftersomewear is still cheaper
than buying hardcovers. a
June 24, 1993 • The Charlatan • 3
CUSA dishes up new look for Oliver's
by Karin Jordan
Chartatan staff
Oliver's will still have the same name
this fall, but there are big changes in
store for the campus bar.
At a June 21 CUSA council meeting,
finance commissioner Rene Faucher an-
nounced plans for renovating Oliver's.
The renovations will cost the undergradu-
ate students' association $320,000 and
will be completed by Sept. 1.
CUSA closed the bar March 1 because
it had a deficit of more than $90,000.
According to Faucher, the bar had been
losing business for about four years.
Faucher says the new and improved
Oliver's will be "more pub-ish" than be-
fore and will draw in many new custom-
ers.
The bar will be divided into smaller
sections than last year, with its two large
rooms. Billiards tables will be moved into
the front section of Oliver's from the
games area on the first floor of the
Unicentre.
The games room area will be filled
with a commercial operation, says
Faucher. Oneoption he'sconsideringisa
compact disc store.
"We're going to judge whether if s a
good service and whether if s something
students are going to use. We're going to
have to be very selective. A CD store
might work."
Faucher says he'll make sure the store
only hires Carleton students.
Oliver's will also have a stage, a dance
floor, couches and booths. The bar area
will be much larger, with eight beer taps.
Fake wood panelling will complete the
"pub-ish" atmosphere,
Faucher says the new concept for
Oliver's — smaller areas — makes it a
multipurpose bar. For example, it will be
more suitable for small events.
"This bar is ideal for small, local bands
— Carleton bands or whatever — to play
to an audience of 100 people and make it
feel like it's a great venue, as opposed to
the big empty gymnasium with a few
chairs. That was the effect that we had in
the past, where you needed 500 people to
have a good event."
Faucher says the bar will be promoted
during orientation week more than it was
last year.
"Students set their behavior trends
when it comes to the social part — bars
and things like that — right at the begin-
ning of the year. Especially first-year peo-
ple.
"And (last) year what we did was had
a $200,000 orientation program that re-
ally all it did was promote off-campus
bars and off-campus areas. What we did
was we killed our own bar."
Last year, orientation events took place
at off-campus bars such as On Tap.
Fauchersays Oliver's may also be serv-
ing up Domino's pizza, even though Domi-
no's is not owned by Capital Foods, the
company which has been contracted by
administration to run all food opera-
tions outside of residence.
He says the contract between univer-
sity administration and Capital Foods
"is kind of vague in certain areas."
Faucher says they can bring in an
operation that is not owned or operated
by Capital Foods "ifwe do limited opera-
tion j ust in our area, without competing
with anything that (Capital Foods) is
doing around the university. That's the
interpretation we have."
Fauchersays Domino's won't be com-
peting with Capital Foods even though
Hugo's serves pizza, because Domino's
offers higher-quality pizza.
But bringing in an outside operation
still needs to be approved by the univer-
sity administration, says Dave Sterritt,
director of housing and food services.
Sterritt says Oliver's has not been
designated as an area where Capital
Foods can operate.
But "there's still the issue of whether
ornot the university administration will
approve bringing in an outside opera-
tion, whether it's Domino's or Pizza
Pizza."
Fauchersays all he wants isfor Olivef s
to stay out of financial trouble.
"I'm not looking for Oliver's to be-
come a cash cow. I just want it to break
even. But I think it is a service." □
WDN to be letters of the past
by Mario Carluccl and Karin Jordan
Charialaji start
Students withdrawing from courses at
Carleton will no longer see the letters
WDN on their official transcripts.
A motion eliminating the term "with-
drawn" in reference to course withdraw-
als was passed June 8 by the Senate Com-
mittee on Admission and Studies Policy.
A "withdrawn" appears on the tran-
script of a student who has dropped a
course before the deadline set out in the
university course calendar.
It is not possible to withdraw from a
course after the university deadline. A
studentwho drops acourseafterthe dead-
line for withdrawals will get an FNS on
their transcript, meaning she or he has
failed the course and there is no supple-
mental exam.
A committee memo says "withdrawn"
should be seen as an internal matter,
"one that should stay on student (records)
for our internal records." The memo was
written by Professor Robert Lovejoy, the
committee's chair, to the clerk of the
senate.
Lovejoy writes
that an internal
record of withdrawal
needs to be kept for
committees of ap-
peal, registrarial of-
ficers and advisors.
The memo says
the term "with-
drawn" should not be
published since it
could be misinter-
preted by officials
outside of the univer-
sity. The committee's
report says prospec-
tive employers may see the term "with-
drawn" on a transcript as "an indication
of something amiss with the student's
work habits or abilities."
Gary Anandasangaree, director of aca-
demics for the undergraduate students'
association, says the change will be posi-
tive if it can help Carleton students com-
pete better with other university gradu-
ates when it comes to getting jobs.
"As it stands, Carleton students are at
a disadvantage, " says Anandasangaree.
He says many other universities, in-
cluding Queen's, Trent and Waterloo,
don't publish withdrawals on official
transcripts.
Carleton isn't alone in publishing
WDN on student transcripts. The Uni-
versity of Ottawa, Guelph and Western
Ontario — among others — still publish
"withdrawn" on students' official tran-
scripts. □
Three flashings in last
two months
by Charlatan staff
Three recent incidents of flashing on
campus are unrelated, according to uni-
versity security.
On May 9 at 1 :00p.m., a naked man
entered Paterson Hall and grabbed a
female student. She struggled free and
fled.
On |une 14, a man exposed himself
to a female student studying in the
Loeb Building.
The description for both flashers is of
a Caucasian male, five feet nine inches
tall, with a slender build and short
brown hair.
Most recently, at around 1 1 p.m. on
June 18, a man flashed two women
working in a computer lab in the Loeb
CAMPUS BRIEFS
Building. According to the security post-
ers, he also indecently touched one of the
women before leaving the area. The man
is described as a six-foot-tall Caucasian,
with dark-brown hair and a full beard.
"It would be a mistake to draw the
conclusion that it is the same person
necessarily," says Len Boudreault, assist-
ant director of the department of univer-
sity safety.
Boudreault says all three incidents are
"completelyunder investigation, both by
us and the city police."
He says security has not been stepped
up in the buildings where the flashings
happened.
"We simply pay more attention to those
areas," he says.
He says a precaution people can take
to avoid flashers is to work in groups in
a secure area.
Boudreault says anyone who sees
anything suspicious, including some-
one who fits the description of the flash-
ers, should report it to the department
immediately. □
NDP taxes health
insurance premiums
by Charlatan staff
Carleton students who buy health
and accident insurance through CUSA,
the undergraduate students' associa-
tion, will have to pay an eight per cent
tax on their premiums next year.
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construction in some areas, but there
were also delays.
The expansion and extension of the
Herzberg building and additional stair
repairs around campus were postponed
for the conference.
"We stopped the construction of the
stairs because of the noise of the jack-
hammers," says Britton. "Carleton was
putting forward a positive image."
Some delegates at Carleton that week
were pleased with the conference and the
newly revamped campus.
The Progressive Conservative leader-
ship convention caused some problems
with hotel and airline accommodation
for Patricia Taylor, a professor at the
University of Windsor.
"Having the conference at the same
time as the Tory convention caused a bit
of problems with the airline and hotels, "
she said. "We drove."
Barbara Gill, a professor at the Uni-
versity of New Brunswick, appreciated
Carleton's green spaces.
"You have a lovely campus here, " she
said. "You don't knowyou're in a city. " □
Wrth files Irom Dave eanoll.
The provincial government recently
announced that retail sales tax will be
applied to all health insurance premi-
ums starting July 1, 1993.
This tax effectively eliminates the
10-per-cent reduction in premiums
CUSA obtained from Great West Life
and Seaboard Life in April, leaving stu-
dents with a two-per cent reduction in
costs.
CUSA negotiated a two-year contract
with Great West Life for prescription
drugs and Seaboard Life for accident
insurance which cost $45.40 for a stu-
dent andJ87.1Sfor family coverage per
year.
Last year, the premium for a student
was $50.65 for coverage by Blue Cross
and Seaboard Life.
The new, NDP-adjusted premium will
be $49.05. □
4 • The Charlatan • June 24, 1993
NATIONAL AFFAIRS
UBC student paper gets new operator
by Franco D'Orazio
Charlatan Staff
One of Canada's oldest student news-
papers at the University of British Colum-
bia recently gained a nanny — or a
watch-dog, depending on your perspec-
tive.
The Alma Mater Society (AMS), UBC's
student government, moved June 2 to
create a publications board to oversee
The Ubyssey, which turns 75 years old this
year.
The AMS said the paper has been
suspended from publishing this summer
due to cost overruns of $25,000 incurred
over the last school year.
The elected editorial staff of the paper
have been allowed to use the office tem-
porarily, but their budget has been sus-
pended. They must decide whether or not
to apply to the board in the fall for
reinstatement and funding as the recog-
nized student newspaper.
The new board will replace the stu-
dent government as the paper's pub-
lisher, making it solely responsible for
The Ubyssey.
"We're reinstating a structure that has
always been our option, " said AMS vice-
president Janice Boyle.
An AMS publications board oversaw
various student publications, including
- The Ubyssey, from 1915 until the 1960s,
when the paper changed to a collective,
democratic structure.
However, the paper has never been
able to achieve financial autonomy from
the AMS, despite two attempts in the
1980s. In each case, students rejected a
Ubyssey request in a referendum for a
direct student levy as the paper's source
of income.
Boyle said she would prefer an au-
tonomous Ubyssey because it would re-
lieve the AMS from editorial responsibil-
ity as well as financial control.
"Autonomy is always an option,"
Boyle said. "In fact, it's a dream I have.
"But in the last two years the level of
professionalism at the paper has declined
and students would not support the pa-
per achieving autonomy, and they (the
paper's staff) know that."
But Graham Cook, the elected news
co-ordinator of the suspended paper, disa-
grees.
"You can'tmakegeneral blanket state-
ments like that," he said. "There's been
support for the paper. We've done a
survey, and it's a fifty-fifty split."
The AMS has deleted -all references to
the paper from its constitution. The power
to control any campus-wide publications
will revert to the new board.
The board will consist of three AMS
members, two UBC students at large, two
representatives from each publication
and three UBC alumni approved by the
AMS, including one who is involved with
the commercial press.
The AMS will choose its board mem-
bers as well as ratifying the alumni selec-
tions. Together, these five members will
choose the student members-at-large.
Boyle said the board is expected to be
in place by August.
The board will also see that all publi-
cations are fiscally responsible, even
though The Ubyssey will still receive fund-
ing from the AMS.
Boyle said the AMS doesn't want legal
responsibility for what the paper pub-
lishes, nor does it want to spend as much
time as it has recently listening to com-
plaints about the newspaper's content.
Last year, the paper faced harsh criti-
cism and a libel suit from B.C. Transit in
the wake of an editorial counselling stu-
dents how to cheat the bus in protest of
rising bus fares. As well, a supervisor
from one of the women's dormitories on
campus started a campaign to boycott
the paper's advertisers in the wake of a
graphic Valentine's Day sex supplement.
"The board was designed to simply
give students the feeling that they're be-
ing heard when they have a complaint,"
Boyle said.
The publications board will enforce
very broad guidelines drafted by the stu-
dent council which, according to an AMS
press release, "provides for a minimum
standard for all publications ensuring
quality of journalism and professional-
ism."
Boyle insisted, however, thattheboard
would not control editorial content.
But Cook said he fears the board could
be used to shut down the paper on a
whim.
"The fact is that when you give this
arbitrary power (to shut down a paper) to
someone, they tend to use it," said Cook.
"And this board will be under a lot of
pressure from the university to use it to
prevent The Ubyssey from doing what it is
supposed to do."
Cook said it is the paper's job to pub-
lish critical and controversial articles.
Alayne Armstrong, president of the
national student newspaper co-opera-
tive called the Canadian University Press,
was also critical of the board's powers in
a [une 17 letter addressed to Boyle.
In it she wrote: ". . . the board has the
power 'in extraordinary circumstances
(to) take such action as may be neces-
sary' where an editor or member of a
publication has 'knowingly acted to the
detriment of the publication and of the
(Alma Mater) Society as a whole.'
"This is a broad and easily abused
power despite the 'checks and balances'
. . . provided. Essentially, the AMS has
given this board the power to fire or
dismiss editors and staff."
Another factor which led the AMS to
create the board was that The Ubyssey did
not have a constitution and that the
paper's collective make-up was no longer
effective, according to Boyle.
The paper's staff drafted a constitu-
tion and presented it to the AMS at a
meeting in May, Boyle said, but their
draft still would have made the student
government responsible for the paper's
content.
But Cook accused the AMS of dealing
in bad faith with The Ubyssey because the
paper had worked on a constitution for
weeks, only to learn that the student
government had already decided to cre-
ate the publications board.
Ex-Ubyssey
staff upset
In its 74-year history, The Ubyssey has
produced some of Canada's best-known
journalists, including columnists Eric
Nlcol and Peter Worthington.
During its constitutional crisis last year,
The Ubyssey appealed for help from two of
its more prominent alumni, Maclean's
columnist Allan Fotheringham and au-
thor Pierre Berton.
Fotheringham said he wrote a letter
supporting the paper six months ago
and was upset when he heard about the
paper's recent suspension.
"It was one of the best student news-
papers in Canada for most of the cen-
tury," said Fotheringham.
He said the AMS acted in a predictably
heavy-handed manner when faced with
an adversarial Ubyssey.
"All establishments wantto shutdown
all newspapers," he said.
Joe Schleisinger, The Ubysse/s editor-
in-chief in 1952-53 and now CBC televi-
sion's chief political correspondent, said
the publications board will end legiti-
mate criticism of student council.
"Now they're going to start a safe,
boring little paper that no one will sue
and no one will read," he said. "The
Ubyssey gave that campus life, a sense of
community."
However, Fotheringham noted the
paper had become increasingly alien-
ated from the student body in recent
years.
"It got terribly earnest and left-wing,"
he said, adding it dealt with non-student
issues as much as it did with campus-
related news.
"It's not something people pick up
and argue about," he said.
Fotheringham said he is unsure if he
will write a column about The Ubysse/s
predicament or if he will act on the pa-
per's behalf. □
"I would have to disagree with that to
an extent," Boyle said, explaining that
the board was one of five options dis-
cussed at the May meeting and that the
paper's staff knew that all along.
The fate of The Ubyssey and its current
editorial staff remains undecided.
The paper has appealed for support to
the Canadian University Press and still
hopes to somehow reverse the AMS's
decision.
However, Cook said he may apply for
reinstatement of The Ubyssey under the
control of the publications board. □
Students choose poverty: federal Tory report
by Arn Keeling
Charlatan Staff
• A federal report from the Standing
Committee on Health and Welfare, So-
cial Affairs, Seniors and the Status of
Women recommends changes to the defi-
nition of poverty that will exclude many
students.
The committee's latest report, "To-
wards 2000: Eliminating Child Poverty,"
recommends full-time students without
dependents should not be included in
new bench-marks evaluating poverty and
"income inequality."
The federal government currently uses
a Statistics Canada poverty assessment
called the Low Income Cut-Off to deter-
mine funding for social programs such
as income assistance. The committee is
now looking at how that assessment is
determined and how it is used.
"We're just trying to see who's really
poor," says the committee chair. Progres-
sive Conservative MP Barbara Greene.
The committee, also says families
headed by full-time students should an-
swer questionnaires to establish their level
of economic hardship.
"Post-secondary students make their
choices voluntarily," says the report, ta-
bled in the House of Commons [une 15.
"Most students do not suffer a low stand-
ard of living in the same way as do truly
poor persons."
She says Statistics Canada should col-
lect more specific data on living in pov-
erty, using such devices as questionnaires.
Greene says such questionnaires
should be used to make the current Low
Income Cut-Off figure more accurate.
This is determined by Statistics Canada
based on income surveys which indicate
whether a person or family is living in
poverty.
Jocelyn Charron, communications
officer for the Canadian Federation of
Students (CFS), says students do suffer
from low incomes and are suffering even
more from government cutbacks,
"It may be true (that students) choose
to go to school, but they don't choose the
conditions where grants are cut, aid is cut
and tuition is raised," he says.
Under the heading "The Case of Stu-
dents," the report says students "choose
to forego current income in exchange for
expectations of higher future income and
in exchange for the intangible benefits
associated with greater learning."
But Charron says the report reveals
the government's misunderstanding of
the conditions faced by students and the
supposed benefits obtained from a post-
secondary education.
"They look on student poverty as a
given," he said. "That mentality really
shows their (the committee members')
age."
But Greene says the committee hopes
questionnaires will establish whether or
POVERTY cont'd on page 8
June 24, 1993 • The Charlatan • 5
Giving A
sHit
by Angie Gallop
Charlatan Staff
"I went from a small special education class in
public school to a big collegiate high school with
1 ,500 students .... I had great difficulty learning in
the large classrooms. I couldn't ask questions. I
didn't care enough to ask questions. I would skip
and get behind. The year before I had failed the
whole year so when I came back it was even worse.
I dropped out. My parents took me to a family psy-
chiatrist who I still hate to this day. He wasn't sym-
pathetic to me because I wasn't paying for the ses-
sions. (My parents) were always right. He (told them)
to 'kick her out and make her live in a group home to
smarten her up.' I took that as a threat. I never
thought it would happen to me. I had just turned 1 6
and I took off. I realize the garbage and stress that I
caused for my mom right now, but at that time I
didn't care. Two weeks later I came home. It was in
the evening and I wasn't welcome. My mom went
hysterical and called the police. It all came crash-
ing down on me. My life changed in that one night. I
was sent to a hostel where I had to stay for a month.
Even during Christmas. It was very depressing."
"I felt very alienated. I didn't
make education a priority. I made
making friends, becoming cool my
priorities — popularity. I had blue
hair in a very conservative preppy
school. It was a matter of wanting
to make friends but hating every-
body there. There was a group of
about 1 0 of us. We were the 're-
jects of the school.' We didn't
have anything in common with
anybody. We'd go out and steal
"I was a spoiled brat. My friend's
parents would be away. I'd go
over Friday night. We'd raid their
wine cellar. We'd steal mickeys
from the liquor store. We'd get
what ever we could. First I started
staying out overnight, then two
nights, then half a week. We'd
also do a lot of experimenting
with drugs and alcohol and over
time we were doing a lot."
6 • The Charlatan ■ June 24, 1993
Brent Patterson is a spokesper-
son for the John Howard Society, an
agency which helps individuals who
have been, or could be, in trouble
with the law. He believes KYTES is a
program which helps keep such peo-
ple out of trouble.
In a letter to Employment and
Immigration Minister Bernard
Valcourt, Patterson noted that six
out of eight job-training programs
for youth have been cut in Metro-
politan Torontosince 1989and fund-
ing for the remaining programs has
been reduced each year.
"It is our contention that if addi-
tional money is not spent on youth
employment programs, more money
will be spent in other areas, includ-
ing unemployment insurance, so-
cial assistance, health and welfare
and correctional services, " the let-
ter reads.
But Seward says her department
already has a Specialized Youth
Unit, an office in Toronto which is
committed to the problems of dis-
advantaged kids.
She says it is responsible for many
youth programs but could not say
how many, and was unable to con-
firm how many employment skills
programs for youth there are in
Toronto right now.
"We are not cutting funding for
(disadvantaged youth), " she says.
"We are merely discontinuing
KYTES' funding for the reasons al-
ready mentioned."
Crockford says Toronto has six or
seven programs which prepare
youths for the job market, but these
are not strictly for street youth or
youth dealing with addiction prob-
lems like KYTES.
"There are different needs inher-
ent in addiction problems which
are incompatible with employment
programming," he says. "I'm not
sure any employment program
would take on alcohol or drug prob-
lems. Our mandate is to put people
in the workforce and we expect to
achieve this end."
When asked how the government
is helping street kids, Seward said
organizations like the Specialized
Youth Unit are currently looking at
"options. "
While KYTES is determined to
stick around, the federal cut is go-
ing to hurt the program. Right now,
Dickens and KYTES' alumni are
working to raise funds so they can
start fresh in September.
KYTES had taken over the site of
an abandoned night club and reno-
vated it, adding a theatre, kitchen,
classroom, woodshop, office and
lobby. Now it will no longer be able
to afford this space.
KYTES will be moving at the end
of the month to a smaller space
which is being rented to them at a
discount. Dickens is looking for
another space to house the project
in September.
The KYTES staff has now been
reduced from five to two people.
But to Dickens, the most crucial
loss is the ability to offer wages to
the youths in the program.
"It used to be that youths who
worked for KYTES were able to
come off of welfare because we
were able to pay them minimum
wage." he says. "Without the pay-
roll, the basic motivation for youths
to show up every day is gone. Being
there is a job skill we are trying to
teach and this is harder than it
sounds when (they've) never had a
job or a routine or a home."
ing to increase the amount of their
donations."
He says at full strength KYTES'
annual budget was S600.000. His
revised annual budget is S275.000.
Right now, Dickens says he is
looking at creative ways to make
up for these losses, such as getting
some of the alumni to volunteer.
Some KYTES alumni are already
involved with the funding drive,
and took the time to travel to Ot-
tawa to attend the protest on Par-
liament Hill.
Although it is unable to meet the
quota for employed alumni, KYTES
seems to have achieved its goal with
Katrin Clouse. She not only gives a
shit' about her life, but she cares
enough to volunteer her time to
help the program that helped her.
Although Clouse is mad at the
government for cutting the funding
to the KYTES program, she says the
spirit of KYTES will not be defeated.
As for the rally on Parliament
Hill, Clouse says she was disap-
pointed because the only solidarity
she found was people blaming the
government for their problems, in-
stead of focusing on solutions.
If the goal of KYTES is to give its
members a sense of being responsi-
ble so that they can function in the
jobs Employment and Immigration
insists they find, it has succeeded
for Katrin Clouse.
She feels people and organiza-
tions, like KYTES, have to start tak-
ing the responsibility to find the
answers to their dilemmas.
"If I have a problem." she says
"I'll do what I can and not yell at
someone else to do it for me. " J
th at the hostel scared the living day-
f me because I wasn't used to that. I had
downtown. The violence, drug addicts,
, were all in my face for the first time. I
e a choice to either be like them or to
I life back which I wanted. I went to an
School which was great but then my
> along. There was something about the
•gether. We'd do something illegal. We
and I ended up in jail for half a month,
this I ended up out on bail with a curfew
to stay at a group home. I was forced to
didn't want to be there. Life was a drag,
said I had to stay unless I went back to
at a job. I heard about KYTES through a
aid I've got this great job where I get to
I neat things.' I got an interview right
was scared to tell them that I was living
tome, that I had a criminal record and
t have to take days off for court. I was
tuldn't be hired. Actually, I got hired on all
rs because of what KYTES is all about."
It was a coincidence that I love
theatre and the program uses
theatre as a tool to get a group to
work together. The whole concept
really worked for me. I've learned
life skills like communication, how
to do a resume, how to hunt for a
job. I earned three school credits
and I've made friends I still have
today. I finished KYTES and went
back to school. Half a year later I
left the group home and moved
back in with my parents. Our rela-
tionship is a lot better. Now I live
on my own, I've got a great place
and I've just been accepted into
the University of Toronto. It's the
transitional year program — p re-
university courses but I am con-
sidered a university student. I am
still using KYTES. There are peo-
ple here to give me advice. They
are not trying to push their opin-
ions down my throat — no religion.
It's just a place, my place to do
whatever I want really. I'm still on
welfare and I will be on OSAP.
They don't discriminate against
me because of that."
Ph°*o* by
Despite having their government
funding pulled, KYTES members
have not relented in pursuing other
means of support.
"We're not going to give up,"
says Clouse. "We're not going to let
a lousy funding cut beat us."
KYTES recently held an "aware-
ness show" called CUT THIS. The
posters advertising the show fea-
ture a fist with its index finger
raised.
"We are trying to make it clear
that we are here to stay by raising
funds, and we are quite excited
about what we've done. " says Dick-
ens. " We have already raised a quar-
ter of our budget for next year by
approaching corporations, and
asking our other sources of fund
|une24, 1993 • The Charlatan ■ 7
Tories run wild at Ottawa convention
by Angie Gallop, Am Keeling and
Andrea Smith
The Tory Spies
National leadership conventions, such
as the Progressive Conservative gather-
ing in Ottawa June 9-13, have the repu-
tation of being huge parties.
With that in mind — and nagging
doubts about the ability of Tories to really
party — The Charlatan sent three intrepid
reporters into the fray June 12, the night
before voting.
Saturday, June 12, 10:15 p.m.
That day, Jean Charest delivered a
fiery speech at the Civic Centre eclipsing
the other candidates, including front-
runnerKim Campbell. After the speeches
and the hoopla, delegates piled into buses
and headed out for late-night partying.
Kim Campbell held her bash at the
Ottawa Congress Centre, featuring Much
Music video screens and tables stocked
with B.C. salmon.
However, as we arrived, we were nearly
stampeded by Campbell youth delegates
escaping the building. Inside, the reason
was apparent: huge video screens showed
Bob Seger wheezing away at "Old Time
Rock and Roll," the tables were scraped
clean of salmon and beer prices were
$3.95 per cup.
Beating a hasty retreat, we rambled
across the interprovincial bridge to Hull,
where live music and rewed-up delegates
at the Jean Charest party awaited.
Saturday, June 12, 11:32 p.m.
The Museum of Civilization hosted
Jean and Michele Charest schmoozed heartily at the best of the Tory bashes.
Charest's bash; the irony of seeing bray-
ing Tories surrounded by exquisite Na-
tive totems and stunning architecture
was not lost on us.
At the Charest function, the beer
flowed steadily — only two bucks a cup —
and the delegates hungrily grazed on oft-
replenished veggie trays.
As we settled in for the festivities —
featuring several singers and bands in-
cluding Big Sugar and Sue Medley — we
noticed more and more yellow Jim
Edwards shirts popping up in the crowd.
It was obvious who else's party, besides
Campbell's, had died.
But even though the ultra-cool Big
Sugar was on stage, Tory organizers had
them cranking out old Rolling Stones'
and Doors' tunes. Later the crowd was
subjected to the revolting Dan Gallagher
whipping himself into a frenzy and cheer-
ing for Charest.
Funding for universities to be cut
Ontario universities react to the NDP's social contract
The Ontario government's 1993
budget and its social contract initiative
are cutting into the Carieton university
budget, to the tune of $9.4 million dollars
(see page 3).
Carieton, however, is not alone —
Ontario universities stand to lose $118
million dollars this year from the social
contract.
Following are stories on how other
universities are dealing with the fiscal
reality imposed on them by the provin-
cial NDP government.
by David T. Cote
Trie Brack Press. Brock University, 91 Cflllwrfnes
Brock University's administration is
preparing itself for a financial crunch to
the tune of at least $2 million dollars in
the wake of announced provincial gov-
ernment cutbacks.
OntarioNDPtreasurer Floyd Laughren
finalized cutbacks on May 20 that would
cut its total expenditures by $4 billion,
with another $2 billion in cuts to be
negotiated with the public sector.
Under the plan, transfer payments to
universities and colleges will be cut by
$92 million in the 1993-94 fiscal year.
Seventy-five per cent of Brock's fund-
ing comes from government grants and
each one per cent cut represents a
$450,000 loss to Brock. General operat-
ing grants to universities ore slated for a
0.8 per cent cut.
'i do not argue there is a need to get
government expenditures under control
but I believe cuts to the educational sys-
tem are putting the future of the province
on the table," said Dr. Terrance White,
Brock University president
Despite very serious financial impli-
cations fadng the university, White re-
mains firm on his commitment that no
personnel will be laid off In the 1993-94
year.
"We will make our necessary reduc-
tions in areas other than permanent
employees," he said.
But White said (he news was not as
good for students.
"As the situation stands now, its's
looking like there will be student fee
hikes," said White. □
by John Ludic
The Ontario}, Gueiph Univafsiiy . Gueiph
Despite opposition from the Cana-
dian Federation of Students — Ontario
(CFS-O) and the province's university
professors, the NDP government wiB go
ahead with its cuts to higher education.
Budget 1993 will cut deeply into the
Ministry of Education and Training. The
NDP's social contract to cut public serv-
ice employees' wages and benefits alone
will sever $52 million from colleges and
$1 18 million from universities.
The University of Guelph will also
lose about $3 million in annual grants.
"Budget 1993 demonstrates the NDP
government's incessant refusal to stand
by Its social policies, " said CFS-O chair
Ken Craft.
"Bob Rae's government has once
again successfully undermined its com-
mitment to Ontario's college and uni-
versity students."
Saul Ross, president of the Ontario
Confederation of University Faculty As-
sociations (OCUFA), said cuts to higher
education will hurt students and the
economic recovery.
He said there is a "consensus about
the need for higher education in the
labor market; increasingly, new jobs will
require post-secondary education."
Ross said it will be harder for poor and
working-dass students to get access to
the dwindling number of post-second-
ary spaces.
He also said OCUFA predicts increas-
ing class sizes, reduced or eliminated pro-
grams, and cuts to libraries, facilities and
support services. □
The Varsity, University of Toronto
Toronto (CUP) — Faculty at Ontario's
colleges and universities were the first
public employees to abandon the social
contract talks on June 3.
Later that day, the rest of the public
sector unions joined them, voting unani-
mously to reject the province's final pro-
posal.
The so-called social contract included
negotiations on the province's proposal
to cut payroll costs by $2 billion.
Staff and faculty representatives said
the talks represented a threat to tradi-
tional collective bargaining.
Normally, the Ministry of Colleges and
Universities gives each institution a lump
sum, with each school then working out
wage agreements with its unions.
The social contract proposed opening
up all these agreements simultaneously
and modifying them as a group.
"We (the staff) have a collective agree-
ment with the administration,'' said Bill
Graham, president of the U of T faculty
association, who represented the univer-
sity at the talks. "We do not expect them
to arbitrarily abrogate it."
John Malcolm, president of the U of T
staff association, was also part of the
negotiating team. He expressed scepti-
cism at the government promise of alter-
nate employment for laid-off staff.
"You tell me where 'suitable vacan-
cies' exist if you're already laying off
thousands of people," he said.
Nor did Malcolm see any hope for
achieving any compromise on job secu-
rity, his union's main demand.
"With security guaranteed, we would
have looked for ways to reduce costs," he
said. a
There was no mistaking the Tory par-
ty's demographics, as the white and well-
heeled patrolled the floor. There were
more minorities on stage performing than
there were among the throng.
Although drinking and dancing
seemed to be big on the itinerary, a much
subtler party agenda became apparent.
Back-slapping in the beer line was com-
mon as delegates from other camps were
recruited by eager Charest supporters.
"So, those hours in our office paid off
after all," one Charest delegate was over-
heard saying as another delegate flashed
him a Charest badge.
Some Tories had their fun paid for;
those delegates sporting pins saying "I'm
undecided: buy me a drink" never had
empty beer cups.
Most of the time the parties — like the
whole convention — resembled a univer-
sity frosh week as delegates from oppo-
site camps engaged in cheering wars and
drinking. There was even a fight in the
Civic Centre's stands between a Charest
delegate and a Campbell supporter.
Sunday, June 13, 1:08 a.m.
As the crowd began to mellow and the
beer cups were swept away, the awful
realization hit us; despite railing against
the deficit with all the zeal of fundamen-
talistpreachers, the Progressive Conserva-
tives are, like those same preachers, sub-
ject to primal human behaviour and were
willing to spend a bundle to celebrate
that fact. □
POVERTY cont'd from page 5
not there is a real need among students.
Students with summer jobs or whose par-
ents are paying their fees may not be
included in low-income statistics, she says.
"(The report) is just another measure
of poverty, an accurate one, " says Greene.
But Francois Dumaine, acting director
for the National Anti-Poverty Organiza-
tion, says the report was not accurate at
all.
"They (the committee members) are
trying to sidetrack from poverty," said
Dumaine.
He says his organization withdrew
from the committee last year because it
felt Barbara Greene was pushing an
agenda to "redefine" poverty rather than
fight it.
Dumaine says the exemption of stu-
dents from poverty statistics shows how
insensitive the committee is to poverty.
"It marginalizes the reality of many
Canadians," he says.
In fact, Dumaine says, student pov-
erty is on the rise.
"We've seen a very big increase in the
number of food banks on university cam-
puses across the country," he says.
Charron says the CFS does not keep
statistics on the numbers of students liv-
ing below the low-income cutoff or other-
wise in poverty.
The report's recommendations are now
being reviewed by various government
committees and won't be adopted until
after the next election, providing the
Tories are re-elected, said Greene.
Charron says the CFS won't lobby
against the report until after it has fin-
ished fighting the upcoming election. □
Letter on the
Learneds
Editor:
I'm sure that I'm not the only one who
noticed that when the Leameds left, the
picnic tables in the academic quad disap-
peared. So, what I'm wondering now is,
when are the new signs coming down?
Dawn K. Walton
journalism IV
8 • The Charlatan • June 24, 1993
EDITORIAL PAGE
Baa, Baa
councillors.
Have you
any spine?
It seems CUSA councillors are a bunch of
sheep, and if we're not careful, we could all
get sheared.
At the CUSA council meeting on Monday,
June 21, this became as dear as the blatant
apathy of the councillors was apparent. Although the
agenda called it the third "official" meeting of CUSA,
things were about as unofficial as you could get.
Councillors spent over an hour bickering over the
fine details of giving $500 to the campus mediation
centre, $500 to a student going on a development
project in Costa Rica, and about 51,900 to send two
students to a conference about disabilities in the United
States.
Grand total: $2,943.36.
They then passed the 1993-94 capital budget in
eleven minutes, asking only a handful of questions.
Grand total: $106,717.56.
Councillors seemed to know everything about the
finer points of CUSA finance when discussing outside
requests for money, but when finance commissioner
Rene Faucher presented his capital budget for approval,
it was passed with hardly a whimper.
If these are the people responsible for overseeing
CUSA's $2.2 million budget this year, I want out.
While every item in the capital budget may be
perfectly legitimate, it is foolish of council to just accept
the executive's actions without question. It is the duty of
councillors not only to represent their constituents, but
to act as a check on the executive. Last time we checked
councillors' election promises, none of them said they'd
act as a rubber stamp of approval for the finance
commissioner.
So let's see some action — and responsibility. This
doesn't mean councillors have to go for the jugulars of
all executive members, but it does mean they should
examine what goes on a little more closely. We elected
these people to think, not sit in silence and piss $ 100,000
of our money away without question.
Everyone makes mistakes or bad choices. Executive
members are only human. They are bound to make
mistakes, and mistakes can be expensive.
If councillors are on their toes, they can catch these
mistakes. There are lots of ways to act as a check on the
executive. Ask questions. Why do we need a $30,000
contingency fund (for unplanned expenses that come
up during the year)? Do we really need a $13,000
electronic billboard? Does Faucher really need $750 for
a new set of blinds?
Councillors should be asking questions and doing
their research (like looking at last year's capital budget).
And the executive should be giving councillors every
opportunity to ask these questions too. The budget was
put out for councillors to pick up Monday morning, the
day of the meeting. CUSA vice-president internal Rob
Jaimeson says he had copies of the budget on Friday, if
someone had asked him for one.
At least one councillor, John Edwards, didn't get the
budget until Monday afternoon. The meeting was Mon-
day night. This clearly isn't enough time to go through
such an important document with a fine-tooth comb.
After passing the capital budget with such speed,
council then adjourned for what was supposed to be a
1 0-minute break. However, some councillors and mem-
bers of the executive didn't come back after 1 0 minutes.
With just a few councillors needed to make quorum
after the break and more than half an agenda left to go,
council chair Dave Gregory quickly adjourned the meet-
ing.
Guess thaf s what happens when you let someone
become council chair who, as the vice-president inter-
nal, wanted to abolish CUSA council two years ago.
If this is the pattern that is being set for the year, we're
all in trouble. We don't need meetings that end halfway
down the agenda, shelving council business that has
been hanging around since April 30. We don't need
councillors that can spend more than $ 106,000 without
batting on eye.
Too bad we didn't get to item 26 on the agenda, a
"Poor attendance" motion. KJ
****
iiR, ^ Do i
6£T To
OPINION
Allowed to be proud?
by Tim Riordan
RionJan is a director at the Association of Lesbians and Gays ot Ottawa.
Ottawa Mayor Jacquelin Holzman has
made yet another political blunder.
Earlier in the spring, the mayor was
asked to officially proclaim Gay, Lesbian
and Bisexual (GLB) Pride Week, fune 1 1-
20.
This was not an unusual request. The only difference
from last year's proclamation is that she was asked to
include bisexuals.
After considerable delay, Holtzman issued the proc-
lamation declaring Gay and Lesbian Pride Week at the
beg in-
ning of
June but
specifi-
cally re-
fused to
include
bisexuals.
Despite
vocal pro-
test from
the GLB
commu-
nity and
city coun-
c i 1 1 o r s
Diane
Holmes
and Mark
Moloney,
Holzman
has stub-
bornly re-
fused to
change her narrow mind.
This decision is an insult to the GLB community at
large and to its bisexual members in particular. Holzman
is not in a position to determine who is a member of the
GLB community. This is a decision we have already
made for ourselves.
Gay and lesbian members of the GLB Pride Week
Committee have already acknowledged the presence
and contribution of bisexual people by changing the
names of the committee and the week earlier this spring
to include them.
By refusing to include bisexuals, the mayor is forcing
city taxpayers to finance her prejudice.
Michael Smith, the chief human rights officer for the
City of Ottawa, has repeatedly called on the mayor to
Despite the ntnaround , the GLB community marched on for Pride Week.
issue a new proclamation which includes bisexuals. He
has stated that "failure to do so could leave the city
vulnerable to a complaint under the Ontario Human
Rights Code," because Holzman's actions constitute
discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.
Douglas Wallace, the city solicitor, has also advised
the mayor to change her mind.
If the desired proclamation is not forthcoming, Bill
Hunter, the Pride Week Committee chair, has indicated
that a formal complaint will be filed with the Ontario
Human Rights Commission.
Defending against a human rights inquiry is a costly
process, so even if the mayor's actions are not found to
be discrimi-
natory, as
they likely
will be, thou-
sands of tax
dollars will
be wasted on
legal fees.
Mayor
Holzman dis-
played poor
judgment in
refusing to
include bi-
sexuals in
her Pride
Week pro cla-
3 m a t i o n .
x However, the
g manner in
o which she
K and her staff
have han-
dled the re-
sulting controversy is an unqualified disgrace.
Holzman has refused repeated requests to meet with
representatives of the GLB community. Her staff have
not returned calls and have not been able to provide a
reason for her decision.
It is about time that the mayor swallowed both her
pride and her bias and behaved in a manner which is
consistent with the provisions of the Ontario Human
Rights Code, which clearly outlaws discrimination on
the basis of sexual orientation.
As a woman, Holtzman should bear in mind that she
is a member of a group that has traditional lly been
subject to discrimination. It is ironic that having rising
to a postion of authority, she would now refuse to assist
the efforts of another group to free themselves from
discrimination. □
June 24, 1993 • The Charlatan . 9
— SPORTS
The winning power of black
by Steven Vesely
Charlatan Stan
Image.
They say it's everything.
And judging by recent trends in the
competitive world of professional sports,
whoever they are, they're right.
Because in the never-ending search
for that elusive winning edge, more and
more sports teams are dressing their play-
ers in black. And it's paying dividends.
Just consider which major league
teams have been winners in recent years.
The Pittsburg Penguins. The Chicago
Bulls. Even the Los Angeles Kings almost
made it this year. Winners wear black.
Then, imagine the trendiest and most
fashionable organizations in any major
league. Odds are that they too worship at
the black jersey altar.
Black.
According to psychologists, itisacolor
that may promote aggression.
"It is possible," says Dr. Luc Pelletier, a
professor of psychology at the University
of Ottawa who dabbles in sports psychol-
ogy. "Some people do associate black
with aggressive behavior," he says.
"It's a stereotype, a belief that we asso-
ciate black with bad things. Villains for
example, are always black in movies.
Black is always the color used to identify
these people. What's happened is that
the association has been transferred to
other settings and activities."
OHara agrees.
"Black has this rebellious appeal, " he
says. A black leather jacket, for example,
has this outlaw image and that appeals
to younger kids. Its a way for them to
Black has this rebellious appeal."
Black.
The Los Angeles Raiders of the Na-
tional Football League was the first team
to wear a black uniform. It made them
look tough. It made them talk tough.
And when they get on the field, it made
them play tough.
"The Raiders are the ones that started
it all," says sports psychologist Tom
O'Hara, commenting on the rise of black
in team uniforms. "They were successful
and they had that pirate image. They
were known as a tough, never-stop team."
Other professional sports teams have
followed suit on the black fashion band-
wagonibaseballsAmericanLeagueChi- I
cago White Sox, the expansion club Mi-
ami Heat and Orlando Magic of the
National Basketball Association. Even
the Ottawa Rough Riders of the Cana-
dian Football League have gone from I
uniforms trimmed in black to those domi-
nated by it.
But nowhere has this trend toward
black uniforms grown faster than in the
National Hockey League. During the
1970s, only the Boston Bruins sported
black road uniforms. Now, one quarter of
NHL teams are sporting road uniforms
dominated by black — Vancouver, Los
Angeles, Pittsburgh, Boston, Minnesota
and our hometown Ottawa Senators.
Dr. Luc Pelletier
identify with their sports heroes."
Studiesalsosupporttheassociation of
black with aggression.
At Cornell University during the mid-
80s, psychologist Thomas Gilovich con-
ducted a study testing the theory that
black-clad teams in football and hockey
received more penalties than those not
wearing dark-colored uniforms.
Hissrudy, using statistics from 1970to
1986, showed that the five NFL teams
with black uniforms were penalized more
than the league average in all but one of
the 1 7 seasons examined.
80, had the same ownership, same play-
ers and coaches before and after the
switch, but their penalty minutes went
up.
In the 35 games after the switch, the
Penguins averaged 1 2 minutes per game
in penalties, a 50 per cent increase over
the eight they had averaged when they
wore blue.
Black.
It's more than just an aggressive mind-
game advantage. It's also an image state-
ment.
According to fashion design experts,
black is a color of power.
"Black is a very dramatic color," says
Brenda Alldritt, a fashion design instruc-
tor with the Ottawa campus of the To-
ronto School of Business. "Only people
who are very confident about themselves
will wear black. Its a stated look that can
give you an added air of confidence".
Black is a classic look, she says, and
thats what makes it so popular.
"If s a timeless fashion that will never
go out of style. It's this basic shade that
will get you a lot of wear because it goes
well with everything."
Other Ottawa fashion designers agree.
"It's a very elegant color, " says fashion
coordinator Keith Charles of the fashion
design program at Algonquin College.
"It's also versatile. You can coordinate
it with anything. Doesn't matter what
you match it with, it will work. It's also
very wearable. You can wear a black
garment many times over before it will
show dirt, if it will show dirt at all."
Because of the strong fashion state-
Raven
Rumblings
"(Black) makes them look like winners. And if
they look like winners, they'll play like winners."
Brenda Alldritt
In hockey, the five teams with black in
their uniforms had higher average pen-
alty minutes in each of the 17 seasons
and ranked first, second, third, sixth and
10th during the seasons combined.
While many factors like player per-
sonnel or coaching could account for
these high penalty figures, Gilovich found
one case that dispelled these possibilities.
The Pittsburgh Penguins, who switched
from blue to black in mid-season 1979-
ment black makes, both Charles and
Alldritt say its quite probable that many
sports teams changed over to black be-
cause of the fashion element involved.
"It makes them look like winners,"
says Alldritt. "And if they look like win-
ners, they'll play like winners."
Too bad some of the red, white and
black Ravens don't follow suit. □
by Steven Vesely
Chailalan Slalt
RANT 'ISP RAVEN
After an unprecedented 24th Stanley
Cup, an impressive 16-4 playoff run,
after Stickgate and the Forum ghosts!
after 10 straight overtime wins and 11
victories by one goal — there can only be
one explanation for the Montreal
Canadiens' hockey success.
The Devil.
Now,' stop laughing. Think about it
and consider the following. First, why is it
that almost half the team's players have
diabolical-sounding names? Denis,
Dionne, Desjardins, DePietro, Demers,
Devil . It's clear these men have sold their
souls to Satan in return for a drink from
the Cup. And who's the most damned of
them all? Scoring leader Vincent
Damphousse, that's who. Look at his
name. Damphousse. Translated it reads
'House of the Damned.'
Secondly, what better way is there to
explain the goaltending of Patrick Roy?
Certainly no ordinary mortal could have
played so well without a little demonic
10 ■ The Charlatan ■ June 24, 1993
sorcery. Pundits claim Roy is a pillar of
concentration in pressure situations. And
they're right. Because when the game is
on the line, Roy just tunes into Lucifer's
private play-by-play broadcast and knows
exactly what the opposition is going to
do before they do it. Must be pretty hard
to blow a save with that kind of color
commentary.
Next, how else can one explain the
hellish grin that flared up on coach
Jacques Demers's face as he called for an
illegal stick measurement on Marty
McSorley in game two of the finals. Well,
when your head scout is Satan himself!
you can be pretty damn sure his informa-
tion will be correct. One can only imag-
ine how hard it must be not to keep a
straight face with that kind of secret
under wraps.
Then there's the issue of captain Guy
Carbonneau. With 15 seconds left to play
in game three and King forwards Tony
Granato and Robert Rychel wreaking
havoc around the net, Carbonneau cov-
ered up the puck with a gloved hand in
his own crease preventing a goal. A sure
penalty. Except to referee Terry Gregson
who ruled it a stoppage in play. Makes
you wonder who's back pocket he's in,
doesn't it?
Finally there's the damning evidence
of Wayne Gretzky. The greatest hockey
player this world has ever seen lost a
Stanley Cup final. It's unimaginable.
Until you realize all his God-given talent
never really had a chance against the
demonic powers of Beelzebub. An incred-
ibly talented athlete against a god. David
versus Goliath. Only it's no contestwhen
you realize Goliath has the sling. Had I
known earlier, I would have bet my life
savings on the Devil as well.
They say the Forum is a shrine. And so
it is. But not to hockey. It's an altar and
breeding ground for lost spirits looking to
sell their souls in exchange for a drink
from Lord Stanley's Cup. And that's ex-
actly what the Montreal Canadiens did
this year. They sold their souls to the
demon overlord and bought a one-way
ticket to hell. q
CHEERS AND JEERS
Thumbs up to volleyball players Diane
Scott of Winnipeg and Andy Cameron of
Calgary who have been named Cana-
da's outstanding university female and
male athletes of the year. The pair was
picked June 9 at the Canadian Intercol-
legiate Athletic Union's Howard Mackie
Awards by a CIAU awards committee.Q
Thumbs down (or maybe we should
say pants down) to the Oxford University
rowing crew. According to a recent blurb
in the Ottawa Citizen, the team got caught
rowing in the nude two weeks ago by
police. After a late-night drinking ses-
sion, eight oarsmen took to the water.
Their coach, also nude, rode his bicycle
along the towpath shouting instructions,
police said. Their jaunt on the River Isis
was finally halted after three kilometres
when a lockmaster, awakened by the
revelry, called police.
"I could not believe my eyes when I
saw the lads completely naked and obvi-
ously the worse the wear for drink, " said
lockmaster John Chandler. □
QUIZ
During the past 10 years, only one
major league baseball player has hit over
300 in every season. Name him.
The answer to last month's question
was Andrei Olhovskiy.
(Sorry, but there ain't no prize for
knowing the answer until we rustle up a
sponsor for the new school year.) □
VARSITY NOTABLES
Coreene Smith always understood that
penalties were part of hockey. But she
never expected to be penalized for being
a woman.
Three years ago Smith was successful
in goalie tryouts for her Sault Ste. Marie
high-school team but was refused play-
ing time by the high-school men's ath-
letic association.
She took her case to the Ontario Hu-
man Rights Commission. That case was
due to be heard later this month but a
settlement has been reached.
The association has agreed to include
statements in all its published material
declaringmembership on its sports teams
is open to both sexes. Smith was also paid
$2,500 in general damages.
"I'm very happy with the agreement, "
said Smith, now a 21 -year-old psychol-
ogy student at Bishop's University in
Lennoxville, Que.
"It was a long, three stressful years,
but the issue had to be addressed." □
Arbitrator Larry Kelly has upheld a
four-year suspension of an University of
Ottawa football player.
Mike Lussier, a rookie linebacker with
the Gee-Gees, illegally tackled Carleton
Raven Rob Dunn during last year's Panda
Game.
Lussier's helmet-first tackle broke
Dunn's jaw, caused a concussion and
hospitalized the Raven for nine days.
Lussierwas suspended forthe remain-
der of the season by the University of
Ottawa. That suspension was later ex-
tended to four years by the Ontario Que-
bec Interuniversity Football Conference
after Carleton protested the penalty was
too light.
Lussier appealed the suspension and
Ottawa lawyer Kelly was asked by the
OQIFC to determine if the penalty was
reasonable. q
Missed the Olympics? Don't sweat it.
The 1993 World University Games,
the world's second largest multi-sport
event after the Summer Olympics, will be
held in Buffalo, N. Y., from July 8- 1 8 6}
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Avoiding individuality
by Pam Chynn
Charlatan Staff
Avoiding Architecture
June 10 & 11
Gallery 101
ou too can leam to be a
Queen!"
So began Avoiding Architec-
ture, a two-man show writ-
ten by Andrew Griffin. The
two men in question are
Carl Stewart, who portrayed a flam-
boyant homosexual, and keyboardist
Michael Leon, who provided the back-
ground music for the evening.
This radical but hilarious play featured
Stewart's running monologue about in-
dividuality and how modem society ap-
pears set on crushing it. In a society
which expects conformity, it is under-
standable how someone belonging to a
minority group -- in this case, the
homosexual community — would be
aware of this crisis.
As the play's title suggests, Stewart
highlighted his argument mainly by re-
ferring to architecture. Society, he said,
has constructed our personalities to be as
purposeful but as bland as the modem
buildings we see constructed around us.
It was quite appropriate that he chose
to refer to buildings in Ottawa, a city
notorious forits conformist and conserva-
tive nature .
Along the way, Stewart also touched
on many, many other areas that deal
with society's repression of individuality.
He told how video games, television and
billboard ads present us with an artificial
reality that not only distracts us from our
own thoughts and feelings, but alienates
us from them as well.
Although Stewart raised many im-
portant concerns throughout, the audi-
encewas, at times, overloaded with just
too many related issues, all coming one
after another. He talked about every-
thing from whales to the debate over
same-sex marriages.
Afterawhile, the litany of facts made
his performance seem not only radical,
but neurotic. Perhaps this is what a
success-driven society has caused inde-
pendent spirits to become.
Fortunately, this intense side was
balanced quite skilfully by Stewart's
often hilarious performance. His wacky
dance interpretations, such as what he
thinks of the people who frequent the
World Exchange Plaza, were enough to
get the audience roaring with laughter.
Songs performed by Stewart and Leon
were interspersed throughout the two-
hour-long performance. The tunes
themselves ranged in quality from tedi-
ous to amusing.
The first song, "The Laws of God, the
Laws of Man, " is a poem by A.E. House-
man about how we are unfairly judg-
mental of others, using our own stand-
ards or those set for us by society. Al-
though it is a remarkably beautiful and
passionate poem, its nature was drained
by Leon's lifeless and dull reproduction
of it.
More successful was Stewart's tune,
"Success Has Made a Failure of Our
Homos." This song, which describes how
modem society's workaholic ethic has
robbed us of time we need to spend build-
ing rewarding relationships, is something
many couples - both homosexual and
heterosexual -- can relate to.
The play's backdrop was a huge slide
screen featuring images pertaining to
Carl Stewart: Look ma, no hangups^
whatever Stewart was talking about at
the time. At one point, Stewart showed
one slide of the sexless whale sculptures
hanging from the ceiling of the World
Exchange Plaza, anotherofadiagramof
an anatomically correct whale and an-
other of real whales at home
in theocean. His point? Safe
replicas of nature obscure
the fact that we are destroy-
ing the whales and their
environment.
Some slides were as en-
tertaining as Stewart him-
self. The most memorable
of these were the ones where
Stewart and his friends took
on the Rideau Centre
dressed in drag during the
Christmas shopping sea-
son.
In the mall, they distrib-
uted pamphlets in the mall
that offered to "Give men a
makeover and let women
takeover." According to
Stewart, they were a big hit
with the women in the
mall's fashion and cosmetic
stores.
The evening ended with
a question period that gave
the audience a chance to
converse with Griffin, Stew-
art and Leon. Here, Stewart
explained how, forhim, the
definition forthe word "fag-
got" could well be expanded
beyond one's sexual orien-
o tation to refer to anyone
m who is an individual.
"I know some straight
people who are better fag-
gots than we are," Stewart
told the audience.
So when he kicked off the show with
the line, "You too can leam to be a
Queen," he was not offering a lesson on
homosexuality, but rather a lesson in
individuality. □
Seattle forefathers Push onward
by Tim Pryor
Charlalan Staff
on't accuse Seattle
Jl^\ sludge rockers
■ 1 Gruntruck of capi-
■ ^0 talizing off the re-
cent explosion of
that city's music
scene. The quartet is a combina-
tion of scene veterans who have
paid their dues.
Vocalist Ben McMillan and
drummer Norman Scott both
played with Seattle forefathers Skin
Yard, and are joined by ex-Na-
palm Beach bassist Tim Paul and
guitarist Tom Niemeyer of The
Accused. They have been touring
non-stop since the October release
of their latest album, Push.
After the excellent dirge-fest In-
side Yours on eMpTy records in
1990, Roadrunner Records signed
Gruntruck and re-released the al-
bum nearly two years later. Pro-
duced by Skin Yard guitarist and pro-
ducer Jack Endino (Mudhoney, Nirvana,
TAD), the album combines elements of
Skin Yard and early Soundgarden.
However, Niemeyer says Push is a bet-
ter example of the band's capabilities.
'We had live performances under our
belt after we did Inside Yours — we gigged
around here and there. This solidified
Gruntruck sludges through another photo shoot.
what we were after, because Inside Yours
was a real big experiment. On Push we
acted more like a band; it was more
focused."
A tour with Screaming Trees and Alice
in Chains last fall helped expose
Gruntruck to a more mainstream audi-
ence.
"That tour really helped us. A lot of
people hadn't heard of Gruntruck. We
made a lot of really good friends, and
they're all coming back (to see us this
time around)," says Niemeyer.
Montreal was one of his favorite spots
on that tour.
"Ben and I stayed up all night and
were walking around Montreal, drunk
off our asses, and there were all these
people hanging out, who prob-
ably didn't even care about rock
and roll, and we put them on the
guest list.
"It was great because all these
street people came to the show. We
bought them all drinks and gave
them food. However, that show
wasn't a really good example of
how tight we can be, because we
were drinking all day and night."
In the spirit of promotion,
Gruntruck made a video for
"Tribe," the first single off the new
album, but Niemeyer says it wasn't
a pleasant experience.
"The video for "Tribe" didn't
really come out as we wanted it,"
he says. "After doing "Tribe," I
never wanted to do videos again. It
was like having a really bad rela-
tionship and then hating all
women because of one girl.
"But the video for "Crazy Love"
(the next single) is totally cool. We
got this guy who has all this knowledge
and these great ideas. He really brought
out the personality of the band."
Gruntruck will be on the road for the
next seven months. Following the con-
quest of the masses, they'll begin work on
their next album. □
Iune24, 1993 . The Charlatan - 11
1 . . . The Trio's Back in Black
by David Bartolf
Charlatan Slafl
ood news for Black Boot Trio lovers: you
con expect new stuff from the local hard
country cowpokes very soon. According to
Steve Fai, vocalist, guitarist and songwriter
for the four-year-old group, the Trio
"/ love you guys this much!" Steve, Steffany and John, just having fiin
plans to finish recording and mixing the presently
untitled 12-song CD by the end of fuly and release it in
the fall.
There will be a few differences between this effort and
the Trio's first release, the cassette Everything's Gonna Be
Alright. The songs on the first cassette were basically
recorded just as they sounded live.
"Now we're going through
a bit of rewriting and rearrang-
ing," says Fai. "That's quite a
difference to take that extra
time and to use the studio to do
a bit of writing."
In addition, says Fai, the
replacement of original bassist
Susan Gemmell with John
Kanakis will give the new al-
bum a more energetic, rock
sound. Guest player David
Frenlin adds bagpipes in
"John's Song." Ending the CD
is a gospel song — "perfect for
a country station," according
to Fai.
Touring figures prominently
in the Trio's plans. Fai, Kanakis
and drummer Steffany Bennett
are planning a swing through
Eastern Canada to round off
the summer.
This summer, Fai wanted to tour Western Canada,
his old stomping grounds, but time constraints and
financial concerns related to recording the album has
put that on hold.
"We were hoping for a spot at the Winnipeg Folk
Festival," says Fai. "That was going to be our hinge for
the Western tour."
With typical Prairie optimism his reaction is simply
"next year." Expecting to shore up financing by then,
the Trio should make the usual tour stops: Winnipeg,
Regina, Saskatoon, Calgary, Edmonton and Vancou-
ver.
As you may be able to gather from the music, Fai
hails from Beinfait, Sask. Of ^course, there was the
country music influence, courtesy of country station
CJSL in nearby Estevan.
"Listened to Johnny Cash and Johnny Horton non-
stop when I was growing up," Fai laughs. .
Black Boot Trio is not Fai's first group. He used to be
part of a band that did some touring in Saskatchewan
and Alberta. It "wasn't going anywhere," so he concen-
trated on songwriting for a few years and moved to
Ottawa in 1985 to get his degree in architecture at
Carleton University. By day, Fai, 34, is a sessional
professor at Carleton.
Right now, says Fai, "(I'm) playing more than I ever
have, and working harder at it. " □
(The Trio will be playing a Canada Oay matinee at Zaphod's. They are also playing a
Plug! celebration at Creeque Alley on Aug. 7 wild Age ol Faith and Evil Knievel.)
Spawning in Ottawa
by Christine McConnell and Kelly Fines
Chartalan Stall
ith the recent release of their Brit pop-
influenced CD Ulysses, Ottawa's Fishtales
is stepping out at last into the limelight.
Bassist Daniel Boivin, guitarist and
vocalist Dave Draves and drummer
Michel Trottier are enjoying extensive
airplay on the two local campus stations.
They've also attracted the attention of Toronto's alter-
native FM station, CFNY.
Fishtales is one of many Ottawa bands who have
released CDs in the past year. Ulysses, true to that indie
spirit, was released independently by the band.
"It really surprises me, in a place like Ottawa, how
Fishtales on TV: (l-r) Daniel Boivin, Michel Trottier, Dave Draves
many bands have CDs out, " remarks Draves. "Let's face
it, rarely are those bands making back their money,
except through live shows and stuff like that. It's really
hard now, it really is."
Still, Draves is quick to note how the Ottawa scene
has grown.
"You think (back to) about a year ago, and you look
at how many acts most people knew about in town, and
it was nothing, with the exception of Fumaceface, and
now it seems like even radio people are talking about
bands that have just done everything themselves."
Fishtales has demonstrated it has what it takes to
remain afloat in the local independent band scene.
Beginning sixyearsago as the Boys NextDoor, the band
survived losing and regaining members to finally emerge
three years later as Fishtales.
The band is currentlly trying to get
as many out-of-town gigs as it can. In
the immediate future, they hope to
play around Guelph and London, Ont.
They're also hoping to take off on a
national tour later in July. This is all
part of a grand scheme to promote
Fishtales as much as possible.
"Now is the time that we have to
follow up the CD, and 1 think the video
will hit just about the right time for
when we are on tour across the coun-
try," says Draves. The video, which is
all set to go, now waits for the nation's
music station to show it.
"I really hope Much Music will give
it more than an indie spin, because it
seems like indie stuff is only played on
Friday nights. Whatever, I'm really
hoping we'll get light rotation or some-
thing." q
"Cruise around,
check out the scene"
Various Artists
Plug!
One Handed Records
Here it is, the long-awaited showcase of Otta-
wa's rock scene.
The compilation has both quantity and qual-
ity. It's 74 minutes long and every one of the 23
tracks is a winner.
The collection itself is a mix of new and old.
The tracks by the Skatterbrains, Fumaceface
and Mystic Zealots are well-known standards
we've heard before at their gigs. A few others,
like "Angel" and "John's Song," both by Black
Boot Trio, preview upcoming record releases.
Marty Jones, keyboardist for local funkster-
anarchists Fumaceface, produced the music. He
shares credit with Ian Tamblyn on Fun For
Malakai's dreamy tunes and Paul Sheridan on
Black Boot Trio's hard-driving country and west-
em tunes.
All the groups — including MS Gesus, Un-
common Society, Age of Faith, Evil Knievel and
Fishtales — have put forward two of their best
songs. By the sound of the album and the
humorous liner notes, they had a lot of fun
recording it Neanderthal Sponge is the lone
contributor of three songs. Their song
"Hoveltown" sure beats Andrew Cash's "Boom
Town" of a few years back.
I could only find one drawback to the album.
Fumaceface tunes don't seem as lively as one
would expect, maybe because they've been per-
formed live so many times.
David Bartolf
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NEWS
CUSA mum on SAAB dismissal
by Franco D'Orazio
Charlatan staH
A former employee of the Carleton
University Students' Association (CUSA)
claims he was fired because he was at-
tempting to unionize other CUSA em-
ployees.
Wayne Ross told The Charlatan he was
dismissed as co-ordinator of the Student
Academic Action Bureau (SAAB) on July
16 without any indication as to why.
"They (CUSA's executive director Kelly
Mounse and director of academics Gary
Anandasangaree) gave me a letter in-
forming me that 1 was dismissed, but no
reason wds given to me," said Ross. He
said Anandasangaree and Mounse told
him they would not give him a reason
"unless a lawyer was present."
CUSA officials are unwilling to dis-
cuss the matter. "Our comment is that
there is no comment," says CUSA's fi-
nance commissioner Rene Faucher. "All
our information has been given to our
lawyers, and they will issue a statement
if need be."
Ross said he suspects he was fired
because he had been attempting to un-
ionize CUSA employees for the last three
months. Hewouldnot say exactly which
employees he had tried to unionize.
Ross had been working as 'the co-
ordinator of SAAB, a CUSA-funded office
which provides academic information
and advice to students, since May 1.
Reading from minutes he took of a
service co-ordinators' meeting on June 9,
Ross said when CUSA President Lucy
Watson asked him if he was involved in
the attempt to organize CUSA employ-
ees, he confirmed he was.
Ross says Watson and other members
of the CUSA executive were displeased by
his response, arguing that the students'
association would not be able to afford to
have its employees unionized.
Watson, who was away in Maine this
week on vacation, says she could not
comment because it is a staff-related
issue, according to Faucher, who spoke to
her over the phone. CUSA refused The
Charlatan's request for their minutes of
the meeting.
Faucher says council members will be
informed next week if any new develop-
ments come up.
The issue came up at the last council
meeting on July 22 when Peter Nogalo,
co-ordinator of the Gay, Lesbian and
Bisexual Centre, asked why Ross was
fired.
"What happened to Wayne Ross?"
asked Nogalo, also a CUSA employee.
"He is no longer working here,'" re-
sponded Anandasangaree.
But when Nogalo asked whether Ross
was fired and why, Watson intervened
and said his question dealt with a sensi-
tive staff-related issue.
Rob [amieson, CUSA's vice-president
internal, then moved for council to go in
camera, which allowed Nogalo's ques-
tion to be answered behind closed doors.
Going in camera is an option often
used to protect the parties of a dispute
from being sued because, in this case, no
one would know the rationale for why
Ross was fired.
And when the meeting resumed in
open chambers, Nogalo was not permit-
ted to divulge the answer he was given or
even say if Ross was fired.
Later, Nogalo told The Charlatan he
was not satisfied with the response he
was given.
After the council meeting, Watson
would not say if Ross was fired. But she
conceded he didn't choose to leave after
she was told a Charlatan reporter was
present just after Ross received his letter
of dismissal, when he exclaimed, "I've
been canned!".
"No, it wasn't his decision (to leave),"
she said. "It was a decision Gary and I
made in consultation with the execu-
tive." □
OC Transpo jacks up fares, cuts service
by Renata Manchak
Charlatan staff
OC Transpo is raising its fares, leav-
ing some students feeling like they've
been taken for a ride.
As of Aug. 1, OC Transpo cash fares
will rise to $1.50 from $1.30. A student
bus pass will increase by $1 to $43.50
and Para Transpo will require customers
to meet new eligibility guidelines to re-
duce its service demands.. Riders who pay
with bus tickets will still pay $ 1 .30 for an
off-peak ride.
Service will also be reduced on holi-
days such as New Year's Day and Christ-
mas Day, when bus routes will drop to
hourly service just before Christmas.
The changes don't please fourth-year
psychology student Joy Belvett.
"If s total bullshit. This town seems to
not support its students at all."
Third-year geography student Megan
Dodds doesn't like the increases either.
"The last thing off-campus students
who are struggling to make ends meet
need is to worry about giving OC Transpo
more money."
Tamara Feick, a third-year English
student, calls the fare increases "ridicu-
lous.
"An increase in ridership would be
more profitable than an increase in fares.
Students should be eligible for reduced
fares. Students shouldn't have to spend
their OSAP on OC Transpo, which is
government-funded anyway," she says.
Sheryl Ananny, a co-ordinator at the
Carleton Disability Awareness Centre,
says the plans for Para Transpo will limit
the mobility of people with disabilities,
who can call to be picked up and dropped
off where they choose.
"This is not a step in the right direc-
tion," says Ananny. "There is no alter-
nate mode of transportation for some
people. There is no question of legitimacy
-for normal people. This is an insult to
consumers."
Oxana Sawka, director of public rela-
tions for OC Transpo, says the Para
Transpo service can't keep up with de-
mand.
"Para Transpo, has a problem because
there has been a 21 per cent increase in
ridership, but we've only budgeted for a
10 per cent increase. We will be asking
those who use the service more than 70
times a month to reduce their usage.
There will be an eligibility review com-
mittee established and we will be pro-
moting the easier access facility on nor-
mal buses."
Sawka says the "easier access facility"
lowers buses to sidewalk level and there
are more grab rails for people to hold.
Details for the review committee, such as
who will be on it and what criteria will be
used, have yet to be worked out, says
Sawka.
"Para Transpo is on a first-come, first-
served basis. If everybody continues to
take trips at the rate that they do, then
people are going to start getting refused, "
she says.
While OC Transpo had not planned
for an increase in cash fares, the provin-
cial government introduced a tax on
auto insurance in the spring which will
cost OC Transpo $400,000. Sawka says
this is one reason fares are increasing.
Also, Sawka says there hasn't been an
increase in 18 months. And with the
current fares, OC Transpo wouldn't be
able to make their budget target.
Riders who hop on the back of articu-
lated buses without a bus pass or transfer
had better watch out, Sawka says.
" OC Transpo will be mounting a cam-
paign against fare evaders, so there will
be more inspectors on buses, in order to
combat the fare evaders, which are one
percent of the riders."
If all fare evaders paid up, they would
add an extra $800,000 to OC Transpo
coffers every year, she says.
She says bus service to Carleton will
increase despite a decrease of service in
general. Route 117, which currently runs
through Carleton, will be combined with
Route 118 and will provide more fre-
quent weekly stops and weekend service
to Carleton, says Sawka. Route 117 cur-
rently doesn't run on campus on the
weekend.
"The Number 1 9 bus will also be going
to Carleton on peak hours starting in
September, which will be handy for the
students who live in the east or west and
use the transitway," says Sawka.
Sawka says the student pass will cost
$43.50 as opposed to the $53.00 adult
bus pass — a savings of $10. □
CUSA changes locks after Unicentre break-ins
by Alex Bustos and Mario Carlucci
Charlatan staff
The department of university safety is
investigating thefts that took place from
three offices in the Unicentre the nights
of!uly8and July 13.
Keys were taken from the office of the
Carleton University Students' Associa-
tion (CUSA) to commit the crimes, says
CUSA President Lucy Watson.
Watson says a file was stolen luly 8
from Volunteer Bureau office, a service
run by CUSA. It contained correspond-
ence between the bureau's co-ordinator
Fouad Kanaan, and Theresa Cowan,
CUSA's director of services.
"There were documents involving per-
sonnel matters pertaining to Theresa
Cowan, Lucy Watson and myself. Most
of the files were deleted from my dis-
kette," says Kanaan.
Kanaan says he doesn't know of any
reason for the theft.
"I don't know why (the correspond-
ence) was stolen. The only reason I can
think of is to be used against me, or to get
rid of the information."
Cowan says the information stolen
from Kanaan's file was about "a unique
incident."
Watson says the Women's Centre,
another service run by CUSA, was broken
into on the same night and a file was
tampered with.
Renee Twaddle, co-ordinator of the
Women's Centre, says the tampered file
was her CUSA file, containing "all corre-
spondence with the CUSA executive, cor-
respondence between CUSA services, and
personal notes."
"A personal note was moved from the
middle of the file and placed on the
inside cover of the folder, " says Twaddle.
She says another personal note was
stolen from the same file.
"It must have been taken for some
reason. People don't steal for no reason, "
says Twaddle.
Watson says a break-in occurred at
the CUSA office on July 13. Fourteen
international student identity cards and
a file belonging to CUSA's vice-president
external were stolen. The cards had a
photo of the holder, as well as the hold-
er's name, birthdate and where they go
to school.
After the thefts, CUSA changed the
locks to its office. It also notified Travel
Cuts at Carleton and the University of
Ottawa about the stolen cards, says
Watson. The cards entitle holders to stu-
dent discounts, including ones on some
fares at the national student travel bu-
reau run by the Canadian Federation of
Students.
All people who work in the CUSA
office, including members of the execu-
tive and the building operations man-
ager, have keys to the office, says Cowan.
Cowan says CUSA has asked for a
safety audit from the department of uni-
versity safety, which will pinpoint areas
where CUSA and its services can improve
on security, says Cowan. She adds that,
for now, CUSA members have been told
to be more careful with where they place
confidential files and messages.
CUSA hasn't notified the police of the
thefts, says Cowan.
Len Boudreault, the assistant director
of university safety, could not be reached
for comment. □
July 29, 1993 • The Charlatan • 3
CHARLATAN
CUSA to keep renting videos
by Maurice G. Fortier
Charlatan stall
Coke, Snapple and Hires have taken
the place of Costner, Schwarzenegger
and Hepburn in the Unicentre store.
The Unicentre store's video section is
gone for the summer. Coolers for drinks
have taken the place of the movies.
The video store was shut down at the
end of April due to an anticipated lack of
use during the summer, says Renfj
Faucher, finance commissionerforCUSA,
the undergraduate students' association.
CUSA opened the video section last Sep-
tember.
The video venture lost $5,292 lastyear.
Faucher blames this loss on the arrange-
ment the store had with its distributor.
Last year, CUSA paid $5 a month to
rent each video for the store and then
tried to rent them for $3.49 on weekends
or $2.49 on a weeknight.
"What that does is guarantee that for
every video in the store, we're paying the
rental cost," says Faucher.
"But, at the beginning, it was very
hard to get all of the movies rented at
least once a.month to make up for that. "
Faucher says in the fall, the video
tapes will be rented on consignment and
kept behind the front counter of the
Unicentre store. Customers will choose
the movie they want to rent from a dis-
play and bring a tag to a cashier to get the
movie.
By renting on consignment, CUSA will
only pay for the movies it rents out.
"On consignment you can't lose
money," says Faucher. "If I rent a video
for $3.50, 1 pay (the supplier) $2.50."
Faucher says the consignment system
guarantees the store's videos won't lose
money next year, even if business is slow.
"If the supplier puts in 200 videos, it
doesn't cost me a dime if I don't rent
them. They're free."
Faucher says he is also using the con-
signmentmethodofsellingin other areas
including Carleton clothing, Orientation
and Charity Ball souvenirs and Panda
merchandise.
"CUSA is doing that in many areas.
We get a percentage of the sales and are
not stuck with the inventory," he says.
"When you are stuck with all that inven-
tory you are eating the entire cost."
Faucher says he wants to put an end to
the game of guessing what is going to
sell. By guessing wrong in past years,
CUSA has been stuck with products that
they can no longer sell, such as outdated
Panda shirts, he says.
Last year, CUSA spent about $20,000
on Carleton T-shirts and boxer shorts, but
only sold $ 1 4,000 worth of this merchan-
dise in the Unicentre store.
Faucher says that even with consign-
ment, CUSA will have a say in the prod-
ucts it sells.
"We have control over quality and
prices.
"Wedon'twantto gouge the frosh." □
Protestors slam social contract
by Mario Carluccl and Arn Keeling
Charlatan staff
Some Carleton members of the Cana-
dian Union of Public Employees (CUPE)
and their supporters took their lunch to
the administration building July 22 to
protest the provincial government's
"social contract."
During the lunch hour at Carleton,
about 100 demonstrators chanted "Hey,
hey, ho, ho, the social contract's got to
go." Most of them were support staff.
While academic staff are members of
CUPE, they weren't represented at the
rally.
Otherwise known as Bill 48, the social
contract is the province's plan to save
$2 billion a year for three years by cutting
the wages, benefits and positions of nearly
one million public sectorworkers, includ-
ing those at universities.
The government has set an Aug. 1
deadline for the university and other
public employees to propose their own
cuts. If a voluntary agreement hasn't
been reached by Aug. 1, the legislation
allows the government to unilaterally
impose cuts.
" Since the social contract was passed
on July 7, CUPE members and repre-
sentatives from the university's admin-
istration have met four times to negoti-
ate cost-cutting measures.
The lunch- time demonstrators aimed
their discontent at the sixth floor, which
houses the office of Carleton President
Robin Farquhar and other university
administrators.
"Where's Dr. Farquhar now?" asked
Anne-Marie Lepine, the vice- president
of CUPE Local 3424, which represents
support staff on campus, such as office
workers and some technical employees.
"I haven't seen him at any of our
meetings," said Lepine.
She said union members are upset
that Farquhar hasn't taken part in ne-
gotiations since he is expected to sign
any agreement worked out by the union
and administration.
Spruce Riordan, Carleton's vice-presi-
dent of finance and administration, is
the university's negotiating representa-
tive and spokesperson on the matter.
Riordan was unavailable for comment
and did not return The Charlatan's calls.
Farquhar is away on holidays and could
not be reached either.
Carleton's administration has been
told by the provincial government to
trim $5.8 million from the university's
operating budget this year.
The cuts at Carleton will come mostly
from services and concessions by staff
such as wage reductions and the elimi-
nation of jobs, said Michel Roy, who
represents teaching and research assist-
ants as president of CUPE Local 2323.
Carleton can save $ 1 million, or about
20 per cent of the required cuts, if it
reaches an agreementwith the province
by the deadline.
Roy said the 20 per cent bonus given
by the province for negotiating cuts be-
fore the deadline is actually a penalty
because it's an incentive to hurry an
agreement.
"Ifs just pure coercion," said Roy,
who is also chair of Carleton University
Rank and File, an organization repre-
senting both unionized and non-union-
ized university staff.
Earlier in the week, members of Carle-
ton's non-teaching unionized staff pre-
sented administration with a list of sug-
gestions that would save the university
money without jeopardizing staff posi-
tions. Some suggestions include volun-
tary unpaid leave and job sharing. □
Students pick favourite profs
by Charlatan staff
Carleton students have separated the
good from the bad and the ugly, choos-
ing five professors and teaching assist-
ants for teaching excellence awards.
This is the first year the awards have
been handed out. They were organized
by the Student Academic Action Bureau
(SAAB), the New University Government
(NUG) and the Carleton University Stu-
dents' Association.
About 40 professors, instructors and
teaching assistants were nominated by
students last term.
Nominees' classes were surveyed and
the winners were chosen in March by an
awards committee made up of NUG rep-
resentatives and SAAB staff.
The winners are Barry Ace, a teaching
assistant for Canadian studies 12.100,
Sam Melkonian, a professor for math
69.119, Pauline Rankin, a professor for
Canadian studies 12.302, Marina
Sabadnaze, a professor for Russian
36.307, and Jim Sykes, a teaching assist-
ant for engineering 91.241. □
BIKERS GO HOG WILD AT CARLETON
Carleton was swarmed by hogs from across Canada from July 2-
4 during the first ever national convention of the Harley Owners'
Group (HOC.) of Canada. About 600 bikes congregated on campus
for field events which tested bikers' abilities.
"It was a very nice location,'' said Miriam Casey, a local organ-
izer. " People were pleased to be on campus. " U
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NATIONAL AFFAIRS
Students uncover prostitution service
by Jeff Warner
The Imprint, University ot Waterloo
WATERLOO (CUP) - Students have
discovered a small prostitution service
operating out of the University of Water-
loo's married student apartments.
Calling itself the "Black Orchid Escort
Service," the operation offered "oral,"
"intercourse," and "combined" services
to students, in flyers it distributed May
20.
The flyers said clients could call the
service to get a bank account number in
which to deposit a set amount of money
as payment.
The service was "perfectly legal," the
flyers claimed, as escorts were not paid
directly. They also asked women inter-
ested in a "well-paying, flexible job" to
call the same phone number.
Staff members at the university news-
paper, The Imprint, investigated the serv-
ice by posing as potential customers and
employees and published a story about it
May 28. The following week, the local
media reported on the discovery of the
operation.
Greg Nikolic, a former Waterloo math
student, was evicted from the apartments
June 9 in connection with the operation,
according to a press release from the
university's housing authority.
Waterloo Regional Police are "offi-
cially investigating" the matter, accord-
ing to detective Dan Wright.
Section 213 of the Canadian Criminal
Code states solicitation for the purpose of
prostitution in a public place is illegal.
Under section 212, procuring a person for
the purposes of prostitution is also ille-
gal.
As part of the paper's investigation,
an Imprint staff member had contacted
Black Orchid for one of its "services."
Over the phone, an unidentified man
said the appointments took place in the
same apartment that Nikolic was later
evicted from. Three women, "university-
aged" and in their "mid-twenties," were
supposedly available.
Contacting Black Orchid by phone
about "employment," another Imprint
staff member was told the job would
entail "physical contact." The appoint-
ments were to last "no more" than half
an hour and Black Orchid had its own
apartment to use. The person on the
phone identified himself as "Greg."
He said escorts were paid $50 per ap-
pointment and were expected to "initiate
contact" if the client did not start things.
Charges for Black Orchid's "services"
ranged from $95 to $145.
Later, the staff member met the op-
erator from Black Orchid to discuss em-
ployment further. Greg claimed he was
not really running the operation, but
took responsibility for the flyer distribu-
tion.
Concerning the nature of employ-
ment, Greg said "if s not easy, but it does
get easier." Employee safety was partly
ensured by condom use.
"Typical clients," he stated, were Uni-
versity of Waterloo and Wilfrid Laurier
University students, including some staff
members. Greg referred to the lack of
sexual experience clients had, claiming
most were engineering and math stu-
dents.
Imprint traced the bank account and
phone number and found both were reg-
istered under Nikolic's name. A photo-
graph taken of "Greg" meeting the Im-
print staff member is clearly identifiable
as Nikolic.
Reaction from the authorities to The
Imprint story was mild at first. In early
June, Sergeant WayneShortt of the Cam-
pus Police questioned whether or not any
criminal activity was taking place, de-
spite student complaints.
"Because prices have been advertised,
it doesn't make (Black Orchid) illegal,"
he said.
At that time Shortt did not know a
university residence was involved.
"You probably have more knowledge
of that than we do," he told the paper.
But following the local media reports,
Al Mackenzie, the university's director of
security, said Campus Police was investi-
gating the service and considered it ille-
gal.
However, when Campus Police
checked the apartment after the evic-
tion, they found no evidence that prosti-
tution had taken place there. According
to Clarke Melville, a solicitor for the uni-
versity, Nikolic had "jumped ship by that
time."
The university has no plans to investi-
gate further and the eviction notice was
not appealed.
Melville said Nikolic was evicted be-
cause he was not qualified to hold a sub-
lease at the married student apartments.
Except for special circumstances, only
students can live in the apartments.
Nikolic was last registered at the univer-
sity in May 1992. □
Government's loan "reform" will cost students
by Arn Keeling
Charlatan Staff
Changes to the Canada Student Loan
program will take effect Aug. 1, which
mean both good news and bad news for
students.
Bernard Valcourt, federal minister of
human resources and labor, announced
July 9 that the three-per-cent guarantee
fee paid by students who receive loans
will be eliminated as of Aug. 1.
What the press release fails to men-
tion, however, is that the interest-free
period on loans for six months after
leaving school will also be cancelled Aug.
1.
For the past two years, students who
received student loans have had to pay a
three-per-cent premium up front on the
amount of their loan. The government
used this money to make up for students
who defaulted on repaying their loans
and to combat the national debt.
"The fee was implemented to offset
the rapidly increasing cost of implement-
ing (loans) programs," said Micheline
Racette, Valcourt's press secretary. "The
measure was successful."
As well, students had a six-month
grace period after finishing full-time
schooling during which the government
made interest payments on students'
loans for them.
The measures were originally proposed
in the Tory budget of February 1992, but
it was not until Feb. 4 of this year that the
Conservatives passed Bill C-76 that made
the changes law.
Ron Duhamel, Liberal education critic,
said the elimination of the interest-free
period would cost students leaving school
an extra $35 million dollars per year in
interest payments on their loans.
Students will only save $25 million
dollars with the three-per-cent tax gone,
according to Duhamel. This means stu-
dents will lose money in the long run
under the new measures, he said.
Carl Gillis, chair of the Canadian Fed-
eration of Students (CFS), said the or-
ganization worked hard for two academic
years to secure the elimination of the tax.
But he added the cancellation of the
interest-free period made the victory bit-
tersweet at best.
"There's a side of me that's cynical,"
said Gillis, who admitted the move may
have been an pre-election ploy as much
as it was a CFS lobbying triumph.
Racette said the government's deci-
sion to eliminate the tax was not a result
of pressure from the CFS, but the change
is "part of larger reforms" planned for the
loans system. She said she could not
comment of the nature of further re-
forms.
The changes will affect student loans
negotiated after Aug. 1, said Linda
Fleming, a financial aid administrator at
Carleton. Student loans will still be ad-
ministered in the same fashion, except
that the tax will not be removed when
the student takes their loan to the bank to
receive their money.
Racette said the elimination of the
interest-free period will not be a burden
to students because they will be finished
school and trying to find a job. She said
the $6,130 average yearly loan amount
is "well within the repayment ability of
most borrowers."
But Duhamel said the lack of an inter-
est-free period will devastate students
already facing a tough job market and
increasing debt loads.
"Now there will be no reprieve," he
said.
There still might be in Saskatchewan.
According to The Sheaf, the newspaper at
the University of Saskatchewan, the prov-
ince's NOP government has offered to
pay interest on all student loans for the
six months after leaving school.
Racette disagreed that student loan
defaults — which occur nearly twice as
often as consumer loan defaults — will
increase due to immediate interest pay-
ments.
"We don't agree that this will contrib-
ute to these problems, " she said.
Gillis said accessibility to student loans
will be threatened further by Tory poli-
cies such as the privatization of their
administration.
A government report, made public
earlier this year, suggested turning over
more of the administration to one or two
private banks.
Gillis said under the government plan,
private banks could turn away students
who are considered a bad credit risk.
Under the current program, a student
merely has to establish financial need to
qualify for a loan. □
Anti-stalking law draws fire
by Tiffany Moscoe
Excafibur, York University
TORONTO (CUP) — Women have a
new law to protect them against un-
wanted attention from men. But some
women's groups have branded it useless
and say it could even be used against
women.
Bill C- 1 26, which became law in June,
includes a provision which makes stalk-
ing a criminal offence. Persistent and
unwanted following, calling and com-
munication which is "intended to
threaten" is now illegal.
"The purpose of the bill is the protec-
tion of women," says Hillary McCormick,
spokesperson for lustice Minister Pierre
Blais.
Women's groups beg to differ.
The law will be useless In the protec-
tion of women, warns Susan Bazilli, the
legal director of the Metro Toronto Ac-
tion Committee on Public Violence
Against Women and Children.
"The new law could be used against
women who are attempting to collect
support payments from ex-spouses, " says
Bazilli. This has happened with similar
laws in the U.S., she says.
Women's groups asked that the law
contain a "gender preamble" stating that
the primary purpose of the legislation is
to protect women. The request was de-
nied.
"All our suggestions were ignored
Women were lied to and given the run-
around by the federal government,"
Bazilli says.
McCormick says stalking affects men
as well as women, and that, with the
proposed preamble, the bill could be chal-
lenged under the gender equality provi-
sion in the Charter of Rights,
But some women's groups worry about
the way the law will be interpreted by
male judges.
Because the law requires victims to
"reasonably" fear for their safety, they
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This being my first trip to Lollapalooza, I was excited yet ^
sceptical at the prospect of checking out this corporate- ^
sponsored event.
A huge beer company should not be promoting any concert
that promotes itself as an "alternative" to the mainstream. <f
Just what is Molson an alternative to? Labatt's? »
Cigarettes were being peddled for $7 a pack, t-shirts were
an exhorbitant $28, tickets were $40 and Molson hot-air
balloons flew overhead.
The bands were less commercial than in the past years.
There was no Jane's Addiction, no Red Hot Chili Peppers and
no Pearl Jam. At the same time, there were no independent
bands on stage. There are countless cool indie bands such as
Pavement or Velocity Girl that could use the exposure that
the major label bands already enjoy.
Moreover, this year's festival was also plagued by the same
tokenism that was evident in previous years. There was only
one all-female group on the main stage, Babes in Toyland.
Like previous years with Ice T and Ice Cube, the token rap
gToup Arrested Development got stuck early on in the bill,
even though they've sold more albums than most, if not all,
of the other groups at Lollapalooza.
The crowd was a potpourri of freaks, jocks, skaters, music
lovers, beer drinkers, and pot smokers. However, a large
majority of the crowd was intent on raining the show for
those who wanted to enjoy the bands.
These lunkheads, in an effort to "out-mosh" each other,
would crowd surf and slam to just about anything. As a
result, I saw one poor sap on a stretcher for upwards of two
hours.
Perhaps the most pitiful example of slamming was the
group of idiots who were crowd surfing to the Jerky Boys*
prank phone call album which was playing in between sets.
Or the meatheads who were violently slamming during the
mellow sounds of D.C. pop band Unrest.
While moshing is so cool, so alternative, such a big "fuck
you" to authority, the huge inflatable beer can next to the pit
kept things in perspective.
But not everyone there was out to make a dollar. People For
The Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) were there to
inform people about cruelty to animals. Their tasty pictures
of mutilated animals did the trick.
Also present were the hemp-legalization movement, an
AIDS rights organization from Toronto, an anti-censorship
group and a group called Life Beat, which helps people living
with AIDS. These groups were there passing out pamphlets
and information about their respective causes.
This year's event was fun, but there could certainly be
improvements: less corporate involvement, a better mix of
bands - give us gods like Mercury Rev and Sebadoh, who are
on some of the other stops.
Scheduling also left something to be desired. I was forced
to miss much of Tool to catch Arrested Development and
most of Babes In Toyland to see Unrest. Perhaps fewer bands
would have been a better idea (first suggestion: get rid of
Alice m Chains). More advocacy groups would also be cool.
As Lollapalooza gets more popular, hopefully there will be
more underground bands and less commercial endorsements
as people come for the event, not the big names. □
THE MAIN STAGE
Lollapalooza has become the commercial icon for the "alternative"
music scene. This year's roiled through Molson Park in Barrie, Ont.
with more bands and more things to see and do than in years past.
Kicking off the festivities on the main stage was Rage Against the
Machine, who was playing for keeps. Starting off with their hit
"Killing in the Name," vocalist Zach La Rocha looked like a man
possessed.
Beneath him, the largest mosh pit I have ever seen began its day-
long stomp. Hoses sprayed water on the crowds as the temperature
reached upwards of 30 degrees.
After Rage left the stage, comic relief was provided by a DJ from
Toronto's commercial alternative station, CFNY. Like Jesus to his
disciples, he declared "Watch out for the person next to you! If they
go down, help them up, and they will help you up! Let's make this
pit, THE PIT of pits!" Amen!
Arrested Development was a big surprise. Their pleasant rap had
the crowd jumping up and down, giving people who didn't want to
knock each other's heads off a chance to get within good viewing
distance of the stage.
The day, however, belonged to Fishbone, the veteran rock-ska
combo. Starting their set by telling the crowd they should dance to
the music instead of mindlessly pummelling each other (what a
novel concept), Fishbone established total control over the audience.
When vocalist Angelo Moore moved his finger 'round and 'round,
the crowd followed to form a human whirlpool. Moore then dove
into the crowd, making his way to the back of the pit, while singing
their new single "Swim."
By the time Dinosaur Jr. took the stage, the pit area had been
turned into one great mudbath. Pit thugs were wet, sweaty and
caked in slop. Dinosaur Jr. played some of their best material
including "Freak Scene," "Start Choppin" and "Thumb."
Just as things were getting exciting, Alice in Chains hit the stage
and delivered the worst performance of the day. Lead singer Layne
Staley is one of those geeks who enjoys bragging about how many
drugs the band does. "Hey I'm trippin' in Toronto!" he said between
songs.
Listen, paL we don't care how much heroine you inject into your
ALICE IN CHAINS
body or how much acid you drop. Your Bon Jovi metal disguised as
"grunge" is shit, and why don't you get a life?
Relief came in the form of Primus.
They kicked off their last set with their new single "My Name Is
Mud," and then played selections off all three of their studio
albums.
ClaypooL the lead singer, was just as whacked live as he sounds
on album That crazed voice, those foot movements, and of
course, his spectacular bass-playing, kept the crowd's attention. It
is truly phenomenal how a band with such a unique sound could be
headlining a major concert like this one.
Just as the crowd was getting psyched up by Primus, Alice In
Chains' guitarist Jerry Cantrell came on stage to play with
Claypool and drummer Tim Alexander. Cantrell started into his
guitar-solo cheesedom, ruining the vibe Primus had created.
Luckily, Cantrell soon left the stage and Primus broke into a cover
of Ministry's "Thieves," which sent the crowd into its biggest frenzy
of the day.
THE SECOND STAGE
ROYAL TRUX
Over at the second stage, surprise addition Royal Trux served up
some good raunch 'n' roll and proved much more listenable live than
on record.
Unrest was up next, and played a lot of material off their new
album, but unfortunately didn't play much off of last year's classic
Imperial f.f.r.r. record.
Tool followed, serving up plenty of sludge off their new platter,
Undertow. They were very heavy, and drew the largest crowd of the
day at the second stage.
The pit goons probably didn't enjoy the mellower sounds of
Arrested Development, so Tool provided a great escape. However,
lead singer Maynard James Keenan threatened to dethrone Michael
Bolton for worst hair on a rock star. His head was shaved very high
on his scalp, which was split in two by a long strip of hair from front
to back. Call it the Camaro-punk hairdo.
Before each band came on stage, a chainsaw juggler "entertained
the audience. He proved an able juggler, but rehashed the same
racist, sexist, homophobic jokes each time he took the stage.
He ridiculed Asians by referring to UCLA as the "University of
Caucasians Lost Among Asians" and made sexist remarks such as
"Can I trim your bush?" while addressing two women in the crowd. □
ALL PHOTOS BY RICHARD HEAD
July 29, 1993 • The Charlatan ■ 7
Student jobless rate remains high
by Arn Keeling
OTTAWA (CUP) — Students in Ot-
tawa andaroundOntarioare facing high
unemployment again this summer, as
enrolment in summer courses at some
universities is increasing.
"Ontario's youth unemployment rate
is 1 7 per cent, almost double the provin-
cial unemployment rate," says Liberal
MPP Dalton McGuinty, the province's
education and training critic.
As well, according to Statistics Canada
numbers compiled by the Canadian Fed-
eration of Students, the unemployment
rate for students in Ontario this June was
20 per cent.
Although this represents a small de-
crease from last summer's average of
20.3 per cent, two summers ago the stu-
dent unemployment rate averaged 14.5
per cent.
The number of jobs available and the
number of students placed in jobs by the
Canada Employment Centre for Students
has fallen, says Bob Gould, manager of
the centre in Ottawa.
"Since lastsummer there isa decrease,"
he says.
Gould says he expects about 8,500 job
vacancies will be filled through the cen-
tre this summer, compared to 9,349 last
year.
"I hope because people aren't using
the service, that means they're working,"
Gould says.
While summer unemployment con-
tinues to plague students, some Ontario
universities are seeing summer enrol-
ment rise.
For the past three years, Carleton has
seen an increase in summer enrolment.
And although the final figures are not in
for this summer, early indications are
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According to first-term figures from
Carleton's office of budget planning, to-
tal undergraduate summer enrolment
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148 students. Between 1990 and 1992,
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In Toronto, enrolment in York Univer-
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mer school is up at Toronto's other two
universities as well.
"What we've noticed is when the
economy is tight there are more
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"There are noticeably fewer postings
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When he has applied for jobs, the
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"Generally, I apply and I don't hear
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Kirkham says he isn't able to take
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"My job ran out just before Christmas,
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EDITORIAL PACE
Tory loan
reform plan
just smoke
and mirrors
Since the election of the so-called "Pro-
gressive" Conservatives in 1984, fund-
ing for students who can't afford the
spiralling cost of attending universities
and colleges has been under siege.
According to opposition critics and the Canadian
Federation of Students, the federal government hasn't
changed the cost-of-living criteria used to evaluate
students' financial need since 198S.
As well, cuts to transfer payments to the provinces
are partly to blame for the elimination of grants in
Ontario and declining funding for universities across
the country.
Now, the feds are hitting the Canada Student
Loan program. The move to eliminate the three-per-
cent tax on student loans Aug. 1 has been used as a
smoke screen to hide the loss of the six-month inter-
est-free loan period students have after leaving school.
Not only will this reform cost students as a whole
more than before, it will affect individual students in
a much more damaging way in the long run.
A student who is entering the job market will be
faced with interest compiling on their loan principal
immediately, so loans will take longer to pay back.
More students may also be forced to default on their
loans after they leave school, precisely the problem
the government wants to avoid.
While the students will now be hit as they leave
school, there is a jobs crisis in this country. This
week's Maclean's magazine cover proclaims the job-
less rate is over 1.5 million. This is not an environ-
ment in which to release graduates worried about
how they will make their loan payment each month.
The feds have little sympathy for students. A
spokesperson for Bernard Valcourt, minister of hu-
man resources and labor, said the $6,130 average
yearly loan amount is "well within the repayment
ability of most borrowers."
What the government seems to be saying is, "Load
on the debt! Students will all get cushy jobs when they
graduate from university anyway."
Sure.
The fact is that tuition costs, living costs, book
costs and diminishing job prospects in many fields
are conspiring to force students into longer schooling
and higher debts. There are no guarantees students
will emerge from university with a job awaiting
them.
What is even scarier is that the government has
even more "reforms" in store for the loans system.
Although the government has yet to announce many
of the proposed changes, one plan would give more
of the student loan administration to a single, pri-
vate bank.
This corporation would have the power to rum
away students considered a bad credit risk. Right
now, a student only has to establish financial need to
qualify for a loan.
In other words, many of the students whoneedthe
money most may be left out in the cold. A person
whose business venture failed might be rejected if
they decide to return to school. A single parent with
dependent children might just be another bad credit
risk to a bank.
The CFS, far from being cynical about the recent
and proposed changes, has signs plastered all over
Carleton proclaiming a victory in its fight to help
students. How can the CFS take any pride in a
"victory" that will bleed students of still more money
and possibly limit accessibility further?
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OPINION
Through the eyes of a stranger
A visiting Korean woman reflects on how she perceives
and is perceived by Canadian society.
Due to space constraints and summer apa-
thy, the much-read letters section has been
pat on hold until September, Stay tuned and
hold your poison pens 'till then. □
by Yonnie Kim
Yonnis is a student Irom South Korea in Cartelon's ESL program for the summer.
I. Q stranger here.
I am a student at the Seoul National Univer-
sity studying for five months in Ottawa.
I am in a strange land.
I thoughtpeople in Canada would notexpect
me to speak English very well and they would treat me
like a guest.
In Korea, we can eas-
ily spot a foreigner. If we
encounter a white or
black person in the street,
we do not expect them to
speak Korean.
My mind is strongly
programed to think that
people with different ap-
pearances are strangers.
As a stranger in Ko-
rea, you would be treated
very generously. We
would think you might
feel uncomfortable in a
strange country, so we
would pay you more at-
tention to give you a good
impression of Korea.
But what I found here
is a more or less un-
friendly response for my
stammering English. Peo-
ple seem a little annoyed
when I take time to count
the Canadian coins still unfamiliar to me.
It seems the idea that I might be a foreigner would
never cross their minds.
Someone even tried to ask me for directions. In
It seems the idea that I might
be a foreigner would never
cross their minds.
Korea, you would be insane to try that — asking
directions from a foreigner.
But in Canada, people who want to know the way
from me are not crazy. They just do not notice that I am
a stranger here.
Some of my classmates complain that Canadians
are so cold that it is difficult to make friends here. But
I think it is more suitable to say that Canadians are
generally indifferent to others.
They seldom seem interested in the social issues of
their country. Although they
say politics is a hot topic in
Canada, 1 find it is not so
often discussed as sex or the
weather.
/h Compared with the situ-
ation of a university student
Compared with
the situation of a
university student
in Korea, Canada
is very relaxed.
in Korea, Canada is very re-
laxed. In Korea, we are al-
ways discussing matters
which are not related to us
as individuals but to the
wholeofKorea. Every morn-
ing, we have enthusiastic
conversations about the
headlines of several daily
newspapers which have very different ideas about
political issues.
We usually speak out by posting opinion posters
everywhere on campus. In this way, we can figure out
other students' ideas effectively and sometimes we
have heated conflicts. If a remarkable opinion is put
up, often many posters emerge with supporting and
retorting opinions the very next day.
I am not saying that Canadiansnever pay attention
to social matters.
But often for me it is difficult to find clues that show
me you are thinking more about the condition of your
society than who is going to win the Stanley Cup this
season. □
July 29, 1993 • The Charlatan • 9
SPORTS
Athletics names new coach to ski team
by Steven Vesely
Charlatan Staff
The best just got better.
Not content with just having one of
the top nordic ski programs in the coun-
try, Carleton's athletic department has
hired a former national ski team mem-
ber to maintain the university's reputa-
tion as a nordic ski powerhouse.
Besides skiing nationally, newcomer
Mark "Rabb coached the men's nordic ski
team at Queen's to a third-place finish in
the Ontario Universities Athletic Asso-
ciation championships two years ago.
He joins a Carleton program that has
been a consistent winner during the past
decade.
Last year the Ravens extended their
streak of finishing in the top three for six
straight years. The women's team won
gold for a second consecutive year while
the men claimed silver.
Despite that success, the Carleton pro-
gram was still missing stability. Until this
year, the nordic ski program was funded
by the university, but coached and ad-
ministered by two student coaches. Every
new year brought with it new students,
new demands, new coaches. A perma-
nent coach should eliminate those prob-
lems.
"He'll be good for the team for the
sake of continuity," says team member
Frank Ferrari. "Having a different stu-
dent coach every year made for a lot of
ups and downs with different ideas and
personalities being brought forth."
An outside coach should also remove
the workload previously placed on stu-
dent coaches, says women's varsity coor-
dinator Gail Blake.
"We were asking a lot of the student
coaches, " she says. "They were coaching
the team, participating as skiers and
going to school. It's a lotto ask. They were
not only looking after themselves but the
entire team."
Blake says Rabb will help a lot,
"He'll take charge of travel arrange-
ments, making sure we have team mem-
bers at races, making sure we get enough
races to qualify for the provincial cham-
pionships, coach, and manage a team of
about 30 students."
Besides stability, Rabb should also pro-
vide a new focus.
"Last year things started to stagnate a
little," says Ferrari. "He'sa teacher who's
really interested in coaching and ath-
letes and he should be able to add a little
objectivity and new blood into the pro-
gram."
Carleton becomes the third Ontario
university to employ a coach for its nordic
ski team.
The University of Western Ontario and
Laurentian University both have a fac-
ulty coach for their programs.
Rabb is on vacation in Europe and was
unavailable for comment. □
Support staff adds CFL experience to Ravens
by Steven Vesely
Charlatan Staff
Raven football coach Donn Smith
announced his coaching staff for the
upcoming season July 22.
Former head coach Gary Shaver re-
mains with the team as the defensive
coordinator. Shaver will also be responsi-
ble for the defensive secondary and coach-
ing the linebackers against the pass.
Newcomer Randy Fournier joins
Shaver on defence, taking charge of the
defensive line as well as coaching the
linebackers against the run.
Before coming to the Ravens, Foumier
played with the Ottawa Rough Riders
from 1981-85 as a defensive linesman.
He coached both linebackers and the
defensive line with the University of Ot-
tawa Gee-Gees between 1987-89 and then
moved on to the same duties with Ot-
tawa Sooners last year.
"He's a teacher, a leader and a moti-
vator," says Smith. "It's as simple as that.
He really knows how to get guys fired up
for a game."
The second newcomer to Smith's team
is former Canadian Football Leaguer
Richard Holmes, who will coach the run-
ning backs. Holmes played with the Rid-
ers, Hamilton and Winnipeg from 1977-
79, rushing for over 1,000 yards with
Ottawa in his rookie year. As a running
back coach, Holmes has had stints with
Ottawa's Gee-Gees, Sooners and Bootleg-
gers.
"He always impressed me as a player,
as a knowledgeable individual of the
game," says Smith. "He was an excellent
running back and I'm sure he'll impart
his knowledge to the players."
The only returnee from last year's
volunteer staff is Dave Waterhouse,
former all-star of the Ontario-Quebec
Intercollegiate Football Conference.
Waterhouse will coach the receivers on
offence.
Steve Howlett is Smith's final addition
to the coaching staff. The former CFL
wide receiver with Edmonton from 1985-
87 and the Rough Riders from 1987-89
will coach the Raven quarterbacks. Smith
plucked Howlett from the Ottawa Sooners,
where he coached the receivers on last
year's national junior champions.
"He's exactly what I need, " says Smith.
"He has a great understanding of
quarterback technique and has a great
ability to read defence patterns."
The new coaches could not be reached
for comment.
Smith himself will control the offen-
sive line and coordinate the offence. The
athletics department hired Smith, a
former CFL all-star with two Grey Cup
rings, earlier this year. □
Canucks row to World University Games success
by Steven Vesely
Charlatan Staff
Bring on the Olympics.
Canadian university athletes produced
40 medal-winning performances — 12
gold, 14 silver, 14 bronze — during this
year's World University Games in Buf-
falo, N.Y.
The 40 medals topped Canada's pre-
vious best of 38 in Edmonton in 1983.
Only the United States won more, with 75
medals.
Rowing domination on the final day
of competition pushed Canada to the 40-
medal plateau, when Canadians earned
13 medals in 15 rowing finals. Five gold
medals, five silver and three bronze were
Canada's take from the event held at the
Henley regatta course in St. Catherines,
Ont.
Mamie McBean, a double Olympic
gold medallist and University of Western
Ontario student, was a double winner
again, capturing a silver in heavyweight
single sculls. She also joined schoolmate
Michelle Darville, Kelly Mahon of B.C. 's
Saanichton College, and Dianne O'Grady
of Queen's University, for gold in the
quadruple sculls.
Mahon was the lone Canadian to win
two gold medals after adding the wom-
en's eights title.
LightweightpairRachelStarrofMcGill
University and Tracy Duncan from the
University of Saskatchewan also won gold,
as did University of Victoria student
Wendy Wiebe in lightweight singles.
In men's pairs, Darren Barber and
Phil Graham, both Victoria students, also
captured gold.
Head rowing coach Brian Richardson
will now conduct a two-week camp in
London, Ont. to select his team for the
world championships in the Czech Re-
public next month. He called it a "start-
ing foundation" forthe 1996 Olympics in
Atlanta, Ga.
"This has been an excellent experi-
ence for the younger members of the
team," he said.
His enthusiasm was shared by the
Canadian chef de mission Harry Zarins
of Concordia University in Montreal.
"Look what happened: our athletes
won 15 medals in one day, which has to
rate as one of the greatest days in Cana-
dian sport," he said. "These games have
been a launching pad for some interest-
ing things that might happen for us at
the Olympics in Atlanta in 1996."
While Canadian athletes concluded
the games in high spirits, organizers of
the event were left with a financial head-
ache. Disappointing ticket sales, lack of
sponsorship and no television revenue
for the event make a deficit almost cer-
tain.
Media relations managerlrene Liguori
said any deficit would probably be less
than $1 million U.S.
Games' executive director Kathy
Scanlan scoffed at suggestions the deficit
might go higher.
"If it were $5 million, we'd have
stopped feeding the athletes two days
before the games ended," Scanlan told
the Ottawa Citizen. "We would have been
flat broke."
Scanlan had hoped to raise $6 million
by selling 500,000 tickets for the 11 -day
event but she concedes they did fall short
of that goal. About 300,000 tickets were
sold for the games.
Sheffield, England, lost about $20
million as host to the 1991 Games and faloorganizerscuttheirbudgetby about
had to make drastic cuts to public serv- 40 per cent before the Games, scaled
ices to cover their deficit. back pageantry and relied on volunteers
To avoid that fiasco, Liguori said Buf- to handle a larger work load. □
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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Celebrating Canadian music
by Joanne Cizwerski
Charlatan Staff
CFNV Edgefest: Day 1
Ontario Place PaviHion, Toronto
CANADA DAY
espite competing with so
S many concerts, festivals and
multi-act gigs taking place
this summer, Toronto's first
ever Edgefest managed to
be very popular with con-
cert-goers.
The goal of this two-day festival, spon-
sored by Toronto radio station CFNY, was
to exhibit an eclectic sampling of music.
Day 1 — Canada Day — showcased
Canadian musical talent. Day 2 was an
international affair, featuring Ned's
Atomic Dustbin, Judy Bats,
Radiohead and Ottawa's own
Furnaceface.
The wide diversity of bands on Day 1
meant everyone had a chance to be ex-
posed to groups they would otherwise
never hear. Plus, it served as a good
contrast to the Canada Day celebration
at Barrie's Molson Park, which featured
mainly American bands like Van Halen.
The sold-out show attracted 7,500
music lovers to Ontario Place's revolving
stage. The weather cooperated with an
enthusiastic crowd and a stellar line-up
for a day of sonic stimulation.
For some reason, opening band
hHead kicked off the day 20 minutes
early at 12:30 p.m., as people were still
arriving. Regardless, they were a great
way to start off the day. Their unconven-
tional altemative-rock tunes blasted
through the park as they expended their
energy jumping about the stage.
Their set consisted of songs from their
debut independent CD release, Fireman.
Thanks to heavy rotation on CFNY, their
single "Collide" had the crowd dancing
and singing along. They ended their 30-
minute set with "Happy," theirentry into
this year's CFNY New Music Search con-
test. From their set, it was clear why these
guys have a devoted following through-
out Canada's independent music com-
munity.
Shadowy Men on a Shadowy
Planet triumphed on musical ability
alone. Literally lyricless, the trio moved
through an entrancing set that had the
crowd caught up in their sound.
When they started playing the in-
stantly recognizable "Having an Aver-
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PEOPLE
GINGER (EX-GRAPES OF WRATH)
THEWALTONS
LOWEST OF THE LOW
RHEOSTATICS
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Lowest of the Low's Stephen Stanley: "I've fallen and I. . . oh, forget it."
The Kids in the Haiti, the crowd flipped out.
1 1 wasn 't quite dear if they were cheering
the song or the TV show.
Up next were the Odds, whose quirky
sense of humor (as witnessed by their
stint with the Kids in the Hall for their
"Heterosexual Man" video) is matched
onlybytheir overwhelming love for their
music.
Odds' guitarist-vocalist Steven Drake,
when asked what he'd do if he wasn't
playing music, replied, "I always ask
myself that question . . . nuclear physics
or biology."
He's serious, although in the end he
admitted "there's nothing else" he'd
rather be doing.
The Odds managed to stir up what
Me, Mom's Matthew Lipscombe, pre-mayhem.
had become a somewhat quiet crowd
with their melodic post-punk pop. In
doing so, they took themselves and the
audience to greater heights of satisfac-
tion, all through the simple pleasure of
doing what they love best.
By the way, was that "Heterosexual
Man" and Kid in the Hall Bruce
McColluch, hanging around backstage
sporting sunglasses and looking quite
out of it, wondering if the Odds had
played yet?
Just curious.
Of the many bands on the bill,
Change of Heart dare not be left
unmentioned. This Toronto-based band
has been around for a long time, and it
showed. Their musical maturity en-
thralled the crowd and their thrashy but
polished guitars were overwhelming.
Joining in the fun, several people leapt
over security and rushed the stage. The
result was a somewhat tame mosh pit
and a weary-looking band. Nevertheless,
the band members regained their com-
posure, even while fans ran onto
the ground-level stage and sang
into the mikes.
And there was still more to
come.
The musical collective that is
Me, Mom and Morgentaler
was simply amazing. Theirener-
getic performance caused the
audience to rush the stage again,
with moshing all around. At this
point, security started to tighten
up. As before, trying to get on-
stage was a thrill few in the pit
could resist.
The resulting mayhem caused
security to cut Me, Mom and
Morgentaler's set short to only
six songs. It didn't matter, though,
because with their magical cha-
risma they gave everyone their
money's worth with their first
three songs.
Recently signed to music label
giant Warner, folk-pop quartet
§ The Waltons received a warm
| welcome, which set the tone for
g their entire set.
i The music of this Saskatch-
§ ewan-bred, Toronto-based band
had the crowd dancing, caught
up in lason Plumb's soothing and
enchanting vocals. They created
a familiar yet original sound character-
ized by an infectious, steady grace.
Even with the endless supply of free
beerandrefreshments backstage, itmust
have been quite the long wait if you were
one of the headliners. It didn't show on
Lowest of the Low, who
took to the stage at 10:30
p.m. looking refreshed.
They then pumped out
an incredible sounding pure
rock set. The experience
proved to be an overwhelm-
ing one for singer-guitarist
Stephen Stanley. Cheered
on by the crowd, he swung
his guitar at the floor re-
peatedly until it was de-
stroyed.
As the event came to a
close, the Rheostat! cs were
preparing backstage for
theirheadliningshow. Their
music has been described
as glorious noise influenced
by the enormous scale of
the Canadian landscape.
The band itself has been
o called an undiscovered na-
s tional treasure.
§ After seeing the
S Rheostatics in concert, it's
§ easy to see why they im-
press fans across North
America with their love of
the sounds they make. Their set was an
endless hour of extraordinary Canadian
guitar masterpieces.
Itwastheperfectendingfora success-
ful and entertaining Canada Day that
left few people able to resist the spirit of
Canadian patriotism. □
this
month. • •
Six things we like, three
things we hate and one
thing we just don't care
about
1. 1-800-GOLF-TiP
2. The CKCU Busker
Festival, July 31 to August 2
3. Any breed of dog except
for toy poodles and chows
4. Cigarettes
5. Heaven Dog
6. Emotion Lotion™
ingredients: Glycyl alcohol,
Sorbitol, F.D.C Flavor, Methyl
p-hydroxbenzoate. SMELLS
AND TASTES GREAT
7. For Better or For Worse,
the only comic strip with
fewer laughs than Mary
Worth
8. American cigarettes
9. $40 Lolapalooza tickets
10. No. 16
July 29, 1993 ■ The Charlatan ■ 11
rthe sounds of summer
come to Ottawa
by Chris Reid
Chartatan Slatt
J or 10 days each summer, Ot-
tawa is transformed into an
oasisof jazz. From July 16-25,
you could hear the sounds of
jazz everywhere: walking
through Rideau Centre, en-
joying a beer at the Royal
Oak or hanging out at the National Gal-
lery.
Jacques Emond, the festival's program-
ming manager, notes that over half the
artists featured in this year's lineup are
local musicians. This, notes Emond, is
beneficial to local jazz musicians.
"I think it gives them a chance to be
known outside of a club environment,"
says Emond.
"Some of these musicians, they only
perform with their own group but not
with other groups, so it's a platform for
them to put their music in front of a large
The Angstones, showing off the latest in stylish headwear.
Velvet Glove's Jane Fair.
audience."
Emond noted that local content was
an important and growing part of the
festival.
"I think basically the festival musi-
cians appreciate that they get a chance
to be heard, " he says.
The festival itself had something
for everybody, from the seasoned jazz
veteran to the people who still aren't
sure when exactly to clap their hands.
The P.J. Perry Quintet, a Canadian
act, kicked off the festival July 16 at
Confederation Park. On a stage re-
plete with ferns (surely the symbolic
plant of jazz), they won the audience
overwith their brand of energetic bop.
Described as a jazz veteran, saxo-
phonist Perry has played with Dizzy
Gillespie and was a 1 993 Juno award-
winner. Perry's opinion of jazz festi-
vals is basically a positive one.
"Jazz music and festivals have some-
thing in common, and that is that
every once in a while you can hit upon
an evening when everything could be
working perfectly, so it doesn't matter
what festival you're at, or for that
m matter what band you're listening to, "
| he says. "Great jazz music sort of ap-
2 pears for no rhyme or reason and you
m can be witness to a great evening of
jazz in the most inauspicious of places. "
Oneofthoseplaceswouldbeatthe
late night jam sessions, held at the Pen-
guin on the two Saturdays of the 10-day
festival, and at the Westin Hotel the rest
of the festival.
5 k i c k e d
each
evening off
with his trio, bassist Alec Walklington
and pianist Andre White. They played
for a few songs, but after that, all bets
were off as to who you'd see sitting in
for a set. Musicians ranged from local
students to festival headliners like
Chico Hamilton and Montreal's La
Bande a Magoo.
"There (are) people in here now at
their fourth straight night at the jam
session who I met in a bar before the
first jam session, " says Magadini.
"The girl liked jazz and her boyfriend
said, T don't care for jazz very much,'
and I said, 'You're wrong. You just
don'tknowwhatkindof jazzyou like.
Everybody's gonna find some kind of
jazz they like cause jazz is just a small
word — four letters — that goes over a
vast array of music'
"You know, there's such a wide
variety and I know anybody who likes
music will like jazz. It's just a matter of
what do you like."
For people into avant-garde jazz,
the With an Edge concert series fit the
bill. Sponsored by CKCU and held in
the National Arts Centre Studio on
alternating nights, it featured musi-
cians that don't conform to traditional
jazz conventions.
One show this year featured musi-
cians Joe McPhee and David Prentice.
Their largely improvised session was
played in the intimate NAC studio where
they coaxed eerie, bizarre and even hyp-
notic sounds out of an array of homs and
violins. Their performance ignored all
established musical forms and pushed
the limits of the instruments they played.
Another musical stand-out at this
year's festival was Ottawa's The
Angstones, who brought their unique
polka jazz-fusion sound to the World
Exchange Plaza. Under a sunny sky they
won the audience over with their ver-
sions of "So Long, Farewell" and Boney
M's cheese- classic "Rasputin."
But the best thing about these fellows
was, since their songs were less solo-
oriented than most jazz, knowing when
to clap wasn't a problem.
In short, this festival had it all. With
the mostly excellent weather and quality
jazz acts (like the all-female quintet, Vel-
vet Glove), it was the perfect setting for
jazz novices and experts alike to see jazz
P.J. Perry jazzes up Ottawa.
the way it was meant to be seen: alive
and kicking. □
(With files from Blayne Haggart.)
4*
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2 • The Charlatan • September 2, 1993
NEWS
CUSA locked in labor dispute
by Brent Dowdall
Charlatan staff
Two employees of the Carleton Uni-
versity Students' Association (CUSA) have
been reinstated in their positions after
being fired in July.
The reinstatements are part of a dis-
pute between CUSA and some of its serv-
ice co-ordinators which culminated in a
hearing at the Ontario Labor Relations
Board in Toronto Aug. 23-31.
This summer, some of CUSA's service
co-ordinators tried to organize a union.
Wayne Ross, co-ordinator of the Student
Academic Action Bureau, and Ren6e
Twaddle, co-ordinator of the Carleton
Women's Centre, contendthey were fired
because they were trying to unionize
CUSA employees.
"I say it was union-busting, " says Ross.
"CUSA has said they fired us for cause,
but when we challenged them in the
hearings, they didn't argue against us on
our claim that we were fired because we
were union organizers."
The board hearings were to determine
whether CUSA used unfair labor prac-
tices in firing Ross and Twaddle. But if it
decides CUSA fired them for organizing a
union, the board could automatically
certify about 250 CUSA employees as a
single bargaining unit.
The Canadian Union of Public Em-
ployees (CUPE) Local 1281 filed com-
plaints with the board Aug. 5 over the
firings of Ross and Twaddle. CUSA fired
Ross July 15 andTwaddle July 29, stating
no reason except "just cause."
Local 1281 obtained an order from the
board Aug. 9 which allowed Ross and
Twaddle to return temporarily to their
jobs until the board reaches a ruling,
which is expected to come within the
next two weeks.
The complaints are being filed under
Section 91 and Section 9.2 of the Ontario
Labor Relations Act. Section 91 deals
with unfair labor practices. Section 9.2
allows the board to automatically certify
employees in a workplace if it rules that
the employer interfered with employees
trying to unionize, says Brian Robinson,
chief steward of Local 1281 .
A pre-hearing negotiation was held
Aug. 1 8, but no settlement was reached.
CUSA presented no evidence at the
hearing, although CUSA President Lucy
Watson says the association "actively
contested and didn't concede" the com-
plaints filed under the sections.
"It's just not worth it, to go on the
stand and criticize another person, to
encourage the bad feeling between cer-
tain members of the executive and cer-
tain service co-ordinators, " says Watson.
She says CUSA did have "damaging"
evidence but refuses to elaborate.
Watson says she would rather CUSA
employees vote on whether to unionize,
rather than be automatically certified.
"Either way, if there's certification
that's fine, if there's no certification thaf s
fine too, but I would prefer that the peo-
ple involved make that decision forthem-
selves.
"I am actually in favor of unions,
although nobody ever directed that ques-
tion to me before."
The board has never ruled under Sec-
tion 9.2 of the Ontario Labor Relations
Act, which came into effect on Jan. 1.
Twaddle says' unionizing would pro-
tect co-ordinators whose opinions may
differ from that of the CUSA executive.
Ross says he wants more specific terms of
reference for co-ordinators' jobs, as well
as a collective agreement to govern work
relations between all employees and
CUSA.
Watson's "ballpark figure" forCUSA's
total costs incurred as a result of the case
is $2,500. Ross says CUPE paid all ex-
penses for Ross andTwaddle, which were
about$15,000.
Twaddle says six service co-ordinators
began talking about organizing a union
in early May. She says they intended to
start organizing with co-ordinators and
then move to other employees such as
CUSA's clerks and bar staff.
She says the core group met with the
co-ordinators of the Carleton Disability
Awareness Centre, Janet Burrows and
Sheryl Ananny, in late May.
But, in a letter dated June 2 addressed
to all service co-ordinators, Burrows and
Ananny wrote they were unable to sup-
port the union.
Burrows says she and Ananny wrote
the letter to "let everyone know where we
stood.
"We chose not to get involved at
present because we felt the politics of
some of the other service co-ordinators
were personal, because not all service co-
ordinators were invited or included in
union meetings," says Burrows.
She also says union-organizing meet-
ings were held during co-ordinator's of-
fice hours and the union drive took time
away from operating services.
' Watson says she brought up the un-
ion at a service meeting June 9 in order to
get it out in the open.
"If we had been approached directly
about our feelings about unions, it would
have been a very honest and very open
conversation and that's what I was at-
tempting to achieve at the June 9 meet-
ing."
Ross says two days before he was fired
on July 13, he asked Gary
Anandasangaree, CUSA'sdirectorofaca-
demics, if Anandasangaree had any prob-
lems with his work to that point.
Ross says Anandasangaree, who is his
supervisor, said 'no.' Two days later, Ross
says he met Anandasangaree and
Watson in her office andshe handed him
a letter which said he was "terminated
for cause."
Watson refused to discuss the reasons
for firing Ross or Twaddle. CUSA Director
of Services Theresa Cowan and
Anandasangaree refused to comment. □
Chronology of union events
May 3, 1993 — Service co-ordinators
and CUSA executive begin their new
jobs. Around this time, some service co-
ordinators start talking about unioniz-
ing. They talk to the Canadian Union of
Public Employees Local 1281.
June 2 — Service co-ordinators Janet
Burrows and Sheryl Ananny write a
letter to other co-ordinators saying they
cannot support the union. Some service
co-ordinators say they believe this is the
date CUSA found out for sure about the
union discussions.
June 9 — All service co-ordinators meet
with Watson, Cowan and
Anandasangaree. Watson asks about
the union.
July 8 — Co-ordinator Renee Twaddle
meets with Watson and Cowan. She is
told she willbe fired on July 29 if herjob
performance doesn't improve.
July IS — Ross is fired.
July 29 — Fouad Kanaan, volunteer
bureau co-ordinator, submits his resig-
nation. Twaddle is fired.
Aug. 5 — Local 1281 files complaints
with the Ontario Labor Relations Board.
Local 1281 asks for an interim order to
reinstate Ross and Twaddle. The local
also files a complaint of unfair labor
practices and an application for certifi-
cation of a bargaining unit. CUSA Presi-
dent Lucy Watson says this is the date
she got formal confirmation of the un-
ion drive.
Aug. 11 — Ross and Twaddle return to
work after an interim order is issued by
the board.
Aug. 18 — With thehearingsetfor Aug.
19, pre-hearing negotiations are held
between Local 1281 and CUSA. After
seven hours of negotiations, Watson
takes a proposed settlement back to the
CUSA executive. She has refused to com-
ment on the settlement.
Aug. 19 — The executive refuses to
accept the proposal.
Aug. 23 — Hearings begin in Toronto.
CUSA presents no evidence. Ross testi-
fies Aug. 23 and 24, Twaddle on Aug.
24, 25 and 26.
Aug. 31 — Closing arguments are heard
by the board. □
CUSA director of services under scrutiny
by Karin Jordan
Charlatan stall
An executive member of the under-
graduate students' association has been
accused of embellishing the truth about
her experience to get her job.
But Theresa Cowan says she didn't
misrepresent her experience at the Carle-
ton Women's Centre on campus when
she applied for the position of director of
services.
Cowan was hired by the Carleton
University Students' Association (CUSA)
in May.
At a CUSA council meeting Aug. 11,
former CUSA service co-ordinator Ali
Biggs read out a letter from Lisa Jacobs,
last year's co-ordinator of the women's
centre.
Jacobs wrote she agreed to let Cowan
use her as a reference when applying for
the job of vice-president internal, not
director of services. Jacobs's letter noted
that although Cowan completed a one-
day volunteer training session in Janu-
ary, she never fulfilled her duties as a
volunteer.
The letter says Cowan "inappropri-
ately used the Carleton Women's Centre
as a reference for her experience in work-
ing with a CUSA service, to obtain her
current position as director of services."
Cowan says she spent some time at
the centre, but then she got involved in
the CUSA elections and didn't have time
to volunteer for shifts.
"I was not an actual volunteer but 1
didgotoacoupleofcollectivemeetings,"
she says.
In her position paper for director of
services, Cowan wrote, "My experience
at the Women's Centre has provided me
with an appreciation for the collective
process and has taught me the priceless
worth of other people's input. Through
this and other experiences, I have devel-
oped an ability to form insightful, edu-
cated and collective decisions."
Jacobs's letter, dated June 30, is ad-
dressed to CUSA President Lucy Watson
and notes copies going to CUSA vice-
president internal Rob Jamieson, CUSA
finance commissioner Rene Faucherand
women'scentreco-ordinatorRenee Twad-
dle.
However, Watson says no one at CUSA
got a copy of the letter. She says the first
time she heard of the letter was at the
council meeting.
Cowan says she was surprised to learn
of Jacobs's letter at the meeting.
"Throughout the hiring board and
throughout my first couple of weeks when
Lisa was here she was very supportive. So
this came as a big surprise to me." Cowan
says she specifically discussed applying
for director of services with lacobs.
Jacobs could not be reached for com-
ment.
Biggs, last year's co ordinator of the
Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Centre, says
she made Jacobs's letter public because
of her concern over what she sees as a
poor relationship between Cowan and
the women's centre.
"Perhaps if Theresa had turned out to
be a wonderful directorof services, maybe
no one would've said anything. But be-
cause the services are in such rough shape,
you start to ask, 'Hey, how did she get
hired in the first place?' "
Biggs, who has been a member of the
women's centre collective for four years,
says she is upset Cowan shut the centre
down for a day in early August after
CUSA fired its co-ordinator July 29.
Biggs says collective members may
use the centre as a refuge when they feel
unsafe.
"Shutting it down shows complete dis-
regard for the volunteers of the centre. If
(Cowan) had been involved in the centre,
she'd have understood it's not just a
place where you go and eat your lunch."
Cowan says she changed the locks at
the centre because she heard some col-
lective members were planning to sabo-
tage the centre.
"I was concerned for the safety of the
property in there. There's probably
$100,000 worth of resources — there's a
computer in there, there's a lot of stuff.
And 1 was concerned that people might
come in and make it inoperable."
Cowan, who took over temporary op-
eration of the centre until its co-ordinator
was reinstated (see story, pg. 3), says
collective members did not welcome her
inthecentre. "I was confronted with total
antagonism. 1 was made to feel very
threatened."
At the Aug. 11 council meeting, sev-
eral members of the women's centre col-
lective expressed their angerwith Cowan.
One collective member, Claudia Rizzo,
asked that any future contact Cowan has
with the centre be in writing only.
Cowan says she'd like to patch up her
relationship with the centre's members.
"They see me as some horrible wicked
witch up at CUSA, when I've been in the
centre. I understand the struggle."
Cowan says she still plans to remain
involved in the centre's activities.
"I really don't care what's happened,
I'mstill responsible forthecentre and I'm
going to be working to maintain the
operation. So whether people want me
involved in it or not that's too bad be-
cause I am responsible for that area and
to the women of Carleton." □
September 2, 1993 • The Charlatan • 3
Orientation machine ready to roll
by Cris tin Tierney
Ctiartalan staff
Orientation is defined as "an introduc-
tion to a subject or situation; a briefing, "
according to The Concise Oxford Diction-
ary.
The undergraduate student associa-
tion's frosh mail-out defines it as, "a mix
of social, academicand general activities
to make (the) transition to university a lot
less stressful and much more fun."
With a budget of about $ 1 90,000 and
nine full days of dawn-to-dusk activities
planned, orientation week organizers say
they're ready to meet the challenge of
fulfilling their own definition. There will
be about 3,000 frosh, or first-year stu-
dents, coming to Carleton this month.
For the first time, all 450 volunteers
involved in the week, which runs Sept. 4-
12, were personally interviewed by an
orientation committee.
This year's theme is "Carleton Nights
Live, " a take-off on the popular TV show
Saturday Night Live. Frosh are divided into
15 groups with names taken from the
show's most popular sketches.
The activities for the week include vol-
leyball at Mooney's Bay, giant Twister
games, Sumo wrestling, a jello slide and
a Velcro wall. The highlight of this year's
frosh week, at a cost of $10,000 U.S., will
be Chris Rock of Saturday Night Live fame.
Orientation commissioner Richard
Stanton says the orientation committee
wanted this year's week to deal with other
important issues. In addition to the party
nature of frosh week, the committee or-
ganized seminars discussing date rape
and homophobia. In short, Stanton says,
they're stressing awareness.
Brenda Kennedy, co-ordinator of the
Foot Patrol, is sceptical about the new
focus on awareness.
"There's too much emphasis on
partying and drinking. It's an unsafe
atmosphere for women. When I was a
frosh all we did was party."
Kennedy says it will take more than a
differentfocus.
"How do you change those attitudes?
You can't undo years of tradition."
Peter Nogalo, co-ordinator of the Gay,
Lesbian and Bisexual Centre, says atti-
tudes during orientation week are pro-
gressively getting better year by year. He
says more can be done but the seminars
are a positive first step.
The money to pay for orientation
activities came from several sources.
Stanton says he expects about $ 1 30,000
in revenue from frosh kit sales. The kit
includes a T-shirt and a wrist band which
admits frosh to ail activities.
About $20,000 of the budget comes
from sponsorships, including $7,000
from the university administration,
$5,000 from Coca-Cola, and $2,000 from
Molson. Domino's pizza will provide
free food for one of the days.
The remainder of the costs of orienta-
tion — about $32,000 — will be paid by
the Carleton University Students' Asso-
ciation. Stanton says this is about $ 1 8,000
less than CUSA paid for last year's orien-
tation.
While most of the budget and atten-
tion got lavished on first-year students,
other groups on campus have designed
their own brand of orientation.
The Graduate Students' Association
will welcome grad students with campus
ORIENTATION con td p. 7
More break ins in Unicentre
by Karin Jordan
Chaitalan staff
The Foot Patrol office was illegally
entered two weekends in a row in August,
according to the patrol's co-ordinator.
Brenda Kennedy says her office on the
fourth floor of the Unicentre building was
entered on the weekends of Aug. 21 and
Aug. 28. She says there were no signs of
forced entry, which leads herto believe it
must have been someone with access to
a key for her office.
Lucy Watson, president of the Carle-
ton University Students' Association
(CUSA), says several people have access
to master keys to all areas of the Unicentre,
including herself and the building opera-
tions manager, CUSA's administrative
director Rosemary Ryan, and the depart-
ment of university safety.
Watson says past Foot Patrol co-
ordinators may also still have access to
the office, because the lock on the office
hasn't been changed since the patrol
first moved in two years ago.
Kennedy says she knew her office had
been entered after the Aug. 21 weekend
because "my filing cabinet was open
and had been rifled through." A box of
business cards on her desk was also over-
turned. Nothing was removed from her
office.
Kennedy says she didn't report the
first incident right away because she
thought "the cleaners had done it."
On Saturday, Aug. 28, Kennedy says
she received a threatening call on the
Foot Patrol answering machine. Some-
one said "fuck you all" in a distorted
voice, she says.
Kennedy says her office was also en-
tered later that weekend, either Saturday
evening or sometime on Sunday, be-
cause her box of cards was overturned
for the second time and a basket of
documents had been "rifled through."
Again, nothing was taken.
Kennedy reported the incidents to the
department of university safety, Carle-
ton's security department, on Monday,
Aug. 30.
The incidents have left her "scared,"
she says. "Someone's harassing me."
Kennedy says she thinks there's a link
between the threatening phone call and
the disturbances in her office.
Earlier this summer, a projector was
stolen from Oliver's and speakers were
stolen from Porter Hall, Watson says.
She says in light of these incidents as
well as other break-ins this summer to
the CUSA office, the volunteer bureau
and the women's centre, CUSA is looking
into stepping up security for all CUSA
areas. She says this may include locks
opened with a code or with a magnetic
pass card.
The department of university safety
could not be reached for comment. □
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• The Charlatan ■ September 2, 1993
House hunters face discrimination
iy Mario Cariucci I 5 ,
by Mario Cariucci
Ctiariatan staff
Students looking for a place to live this
year may face some unexpected obsta-
cles, says a special assistant to the uni-
versity's department of housing and food
services.
Derrick Burgess says he's heard more
complaints this summer about landlords
discriminating against students because
of their sex and race than in the three
years he's worked for the department.
"This year, (landlords) are being more
discriminatory against minorities. A lot
of people are saying they want white
students, " says Burgess. "It's never really
happened before. It's kind of discourag-
ing."
Besides operating Carleton's resi-
dences, the department provides infor-
mation and rental listings to students
looking for a place off campus.
Burgess says problems for women of
color may be twofold, because they're
black and female. He says he spoke to
one black woman looking to rent a room
in a private home who was told by the
landlord she was refused "because she
was black."
However, because the apartment was
in a shared private home with the owner
— and had a shared washroom and
kitchen — the Ontario Human Rights
Code doesn't provide the woman with
any legal protection. Burgess says he
referred her to the Ottawa-Carleton Ten-
ants' Association.
Seth Awuku, a worker at the tenants'
association, agrees with Burgess that dis-
Discrimination is an added burden in an already-tight market.
crimination amongst some landlords has
always existed.
"There is a discretionary practice
against minority students, single parents
... I have received calls on that. It is a
problem that is rampant in society, " says
Awuku.
Lisa Jamieson, a housing educator
with Housing Help — a city-run service
aiding people looking for housing — says
she gets a lot of complaints about dis-
crimination.
She says the biggest reason landlords
discriminate against students is their low
income. Other reasons include age, sex
and being a new Canadian.
She says the problem of discrimina-
tion has existed for a long time and high
competition for housing feeds the ten-
dency to discriminate.
"Ottawa has the lowest vacancy rate
in all of Canada for urban centres," says
Jamieson.
She says Ottawa's vacancy rate is 1 .8
percent— the lowest percentage of rental
units vacant anywhere Canada since
April 1992.
Landlords can give several reasons for
notaccepHng astudent'sapplication and
motives like racism and sexism often
don't come out, says [amieson.
Jamieson says she can't give statistics
on housing discrimination because they
aren't kept. But she says the problem is
rampant.
Burgess says the department of hous-
ing and food services handles an average
of more than 700 listings for homes and
apartments. Most of them are for rooms
in private homes.
He says although some landlords ask
to make prejudicial listings explicitly re-
fusingwomenandstudentsof color, hous-
ing and food services has a policy of not
posting them.
Holly Warden, co-ordinator of Carle-
ton's Off-Campus Student Centre, says
she hasn't received any complaints of
discrimination from students she has
dealt with.
"I haven't heard anything like that
IVe found the landlords to be very help-
Ehab Shanti, co-ordinator of the Inter-
national Students Centre at Carleton,
handles some home listings for mainly
international students, but says no stu-
dent has approached him about discrimi-
nation when house-hunting.
"I've never had any students com-
plain, in fact, some people call for inter-
national students specifically."
Shanti says landlords call him on a
daily basis looking for Asian students. He
says it's sometimes "a form of discrimi-
nation against Canadian-bom students."
Shanti says some landlords feel Asian
students and other new Canadians are
quieter, neaterandmore dependable than
other students.
Jamieson calls this a form of reverse
discrimination and says that it too, is
widespread. p
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New Oliver's not fully accessible
y Ryan Nakashlma . .. .
by Ryan Nakashlma
Chariatan staff
Renovations to one of Carleton's cam-
pus bars have left a section of it inacces-
sible to people who use wheelchairs.
An 18- by 16-foot area in Oliver's
containing couches, tables and chairs, is
raised 15 inches above the floor and has
■
The stairs leading up to the raised area.
two steps leading up to it.
The Carleton University Students' As-
sociation (CUSA) revamped Oliver's this
summer at a cost of about $340,000,
which it got through cashing in some of
its investments. CUSA closed Oliver's in
March after the bar lost $95,000 last
year.
Janet Burrows, Carleton Disability
Awareness Centre co-ordinator, says she
can't understand why the entire bar
wasn't made accessible.
"If they're going to construct a new
bar and market it as accessible then they
should make it fully accessible, " Burrows
says.
CUSA finance commis-
sioner Rene Faucher says
"even though that part isn't
accessible, 95 per cent of the
bar is."
Burrows says when she
looked at the half-completed
bar in July, she found the in-
accessible area. She says she
pointed it out to Theresa
Cowan, CUSA's director of
services, who took the issue
up with the architects.
The architects said a ramp
couldn't be added without
major changes like moving
the bar and booths near the
area. Faucher says he doesn't
know how much the changes
would cost or how long they
would take.
Faucher says the plans
won'tbe changed forthe bar's
reopening on Sept. 8. He says
g there was no room for the
1 rampneededtomakethearea
8 accessible — one which is 15
§ feet long, one foot for every
lp inch of elevation.
But CUSA President Lucy
- Watson says a lift could be
installed by the end of the year to make
the bar completely accessible. Watson
says this plan is "still in the primitive
stages."
CUSA consulted the disability aware-
ness centre during the renovations and
added accessible washrooms, a lower area
at the bar, wider corridors and a ramp to
another raised area.
The different raised sections were
meant to make the bar seem fuller even
if there were fewer people, Faucher says.
But Burrows says disabled people are
often sectioned off as it is. She says she's
drafting a letter to the architects ques-
tioning their intentions. Architect Peter
Pivko declined to comment.
Janice Giavedoni, a master's student
in social workat Carleton, says the archi-
tects failed in their responsibility to make
thearea completely accessible. Giavedoni
uses an electric wheelchair.
George Kriticos, a computer science
student, says the changes aren't neces-
sary.
"What, do you think people aren't
courteous enough to pull them up the
stairs?"
Bahram Mehradfir thinks differently.
"I think they should get rid of the
stairs. It's more convenient, and they
(people with disabilities) can go wher-
ever they want," says Mehradfir.
Cowan says she is willing to keep
working to make the bar more accessible.
"I don't think we should be getting a
pat on the back for making things as
accessible as they are.
"We've done as much as possible given
the time constraints, but we're still work-
ing." Q
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Parking prices rise for school year
by Jos6e Bellemare
Chart aian staff
People parking their cars at Carleton
this year will have to pay an average 20
per cent more starting this month, says
the chair of the university's parking com-
mittee.
Brian Tansley says the cost of a park-
ing permit has risen as of Sept. 1 , depend-
ing on which lot students, staff or faculty
choose.
The biggest increases are for parking
permits for the library lot, the library
garage and the athletics lot. A full-time
pass for the Iotoutside the library and the
library parking garage will rise to 5605
from $550.
The cost for the lot near the athletics
building will rise to $343 from $233. For
the lot near residence, the cost will rise to
$234.30 from $213.
Cheryle Levert, a student at Carleton
who used Lot 3 last year, is angry about
the price increase.
"I feel it's outrageous and it's an injus-
tice for all Carleton students, " she says. "I
think it's too expensive and the parking
lot I was in was just too dam far away."
All exterior parking lot passes at the
University of Ottawa cost $506 for the
academic year. Garage parking passes
cost $791.
Phil Gore, assistantdirector of admin-
istrative services for parking, says the
depositforpeopleparking in auniversity
lot after 5:30 p.m. was also increased to
$10 from $8 as of Sept. 1.
Last year it cost $ 1 .60 every hour and
80 cents every half hour to park in most
university lots, excluding the refundable
deposit. This year, the price will rise to $2
every hour and $1 every half hour.
Gore says the night deposit is scaled,
Carleton porkers will shell out more this year.
so someone entering a lot later in the
evening will pay a smaller deposit than
someone entering the lot at 5:30 p.m.
A parking attendant who wished to
remain anonymous says night deposits
were introduced last year because stu-
dents were cheating the system.
"People were coming in at 5:30 p.m.
and had a class until 9:30 p.m. and
would stay in there until after we put the
gates up (at 10:30 p.m.) to go home," he
says.
By waiting until after lot attendants
left, students didn't have to'' pay their
parking bill, he says.
Not only is parking getting more ex-
pensive, it's getting harder to find.
An addition to the Herzberg building
infringes on the temporary lot near the
Steacie building and the new day-care
centre cuts into Lot 3 by the athletics
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building. To-
gether, these will
eliminate 95 park-
ing spaces this
year.
Gore says next
year the Carleton
University Devel-
opment Corpora-
tion's technology
and training cen-
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another part ofLot
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of 200 spaces. Pres-
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about 3,500 park-
ing spaces on cam-
pus.
Tansley says
people don't want
to see green spaces
destroyed when new buildings are built,
so that's why buildings are taking over
campus parking lots.
He says users have to pay the whole
bill for their spots.
"Anybody who parks on campus has
to help pay for the system," he says.
"There's no subsidies from the province
forparking."
Tansley says it costs $2.5 million a
year to run the parking lots at Carleton.
He says money has been set aside to
build another parking garage in Lot 4 on
University Drive near the maintenance
building in a couple of years.
Gore says he will be against an in-
crease in parking prices in the 1994-95
year.
"I think it would be mad," he says. "1
will strongly suggest no."
The parking attendant says he re-
ceived complaints from students all year
because of the $8 deposit. He says this
year, the shock will be worse.
"They're going to freak out more this
year, 1 betcha." □
PCBs drained from Unicentre
by Margaret Wilson
Charlatan start
Acoolant containing PCBswas drained
from two electrical transformers in the
Unicentre Aug. 21-22, leaving the build-
ing without power for the weekend.
John Jones, an administrator at Carle-
ton's physical plant, says people in the
Unicentre weren't in danger of coming
into contact with the toxic PCBs during
removal.
"The stuff was removed through the
tunnel, but there were barricades and the
PCBs were in sealed steel drums."
Jones says the two transformers were
the last of eight on campus to have their
PCB (polychlorinated biphenyl) coolant
replaced by perchloroethylene or "Perc. "
Perc is a chemical related to dry-clean-
ing fluid and should not need to be re-
placed during the transformers' lifespan,
says Jones.
Jones says Perc is easier to dispose of
than PCBs, although it's still a health
hazard. "You wouldn't want to drink it,
it's a toxic fluid."
PCBs are generally unpopular due to
theirpersistence in the environment and
their tendency to accumulate in the fatty
tissues of animals andhumans. PCB waste
must be incinerated at extremely high
temperatures, whereas waste Perc can be
disposed using regular chemical waste
procedures.
Jones says the transformers in the
Unicentre had been emptied of their origi-
nal coolant by Saturday morning. The
power remained off though, while seals
in the transformers were replaced with
ones that won't be degraded by the new
coolant.
Not all of the PCBs have been re-
moved. Jones says they will be removed
gradually over a six-month period by
gently heating the Perc.
In 1980, government regulations
banned PCBs in new electrical equip-
ment, as well as the use of new PCBs for
existing equipment. More wide-scale
regulations will eventually ban remain-
ing PCBs entirely.
For this reason, physical plant's ad-
ministration decided to replace the PCBs.
The tab to replace them, including those
in the administration building and park-
ing garage, is about $55,000.
The PCBs have been added to 3,000
gallons which are being stored in a li-
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The long, hot summer in review
by Charlatan staff
Carleton is indeed the campus that
never sleeps. Here'swhat happened while
you were away spending the summer
with your parents, working on your tan
and (hopefully) making at least mini-
mum wage.
CAPITALIST FOODS JACKS UP
PRICES
Yep, that's right. On May 1, prices
went up an average of three per cent at
the Peppermill, Loeb Cafe, the Fit Stop,
Hugo's, the Bent Coin, Mr. Sub and the
tunnel snack bar near Paterson Hall.
But the price increase wasn't even. For
example, a two-egg breakfast with ba-
Fun Farquhar Fact
con weni up 20 per cent, while the price
of deli toppings went down.
Capital Foods staff blamed rising op-
erating costs and the high price of replac-
ing stolen cutlery and china for the price
increases.
OC TRANSPO JACKS UP PRICES,
TOO
Big surprise. On Aug. 1, off-peak cash
fares went up 20 cents to $ 1 .50. A monthly
student bus pass went up $1 to $43.50.
OC Transpo plans to increase service
to campus, although service cuts are
planned for other parts of the city on
holidays.
And Para TransDO, which provides
.everything you wanted to know about Sparky but
were afraid to ask.
by Mario Cariuccl and David Hodges
Prophets ol Doom
People have cited different reasons
for the numerous woes Carleton Uni-
versity has faced over its 50-year his-
tory: lack of money, lack of talented
students and profs, lack of interest. But
have you ever considered these prob-
lems to be the work of . . . Satan?
Is it not possible that a school tor-
tured with a poor academic reputa-
tion, a poorer campus landscape and
arguably the poorest food at any post-
secondary institution, could be thework
of good old Beelzebub him/herself?
Even worse, could our fearless leader
Sparky (a.k.a. Carleton President Robin
Farquhar), protectorof all thatis virtu-
ous on campus, have been possessed
by that plundering villain we have so
aptly called the Devil?
The pieces of this disturbing puzzle
fit all too snugly:
Piece #1: — On a cold and windy
night in the month of May, a couple of
Carleton students happened upon the
humble home of Sparky at 1 Linden
Terrace. In the driveway was parked a
dark, sinister-looking, late-model se-
dan with a licence plate starting with
the digits 666 — the number of the
Beastmaster.
As they approached the residence
in question, storm douds rose and light-
ning struck as a red presence lunged
through flames on a collision course
with the moon. Who knows what shock-
ing possession ritual was taking place
inside the house? Who knows what
torturous tasks our poor, defenceless
Sparky was forced to endure?
Unable to relive the shocking mo-
ments of fear and horror, the students
had themselves committed and that
put an end to their grisly tale. It is from
them that two intrepid writers accept
the torch and continue to unravel the
Devil's ugly curse.
Piece #2: — Carleton campus itself.
Monstrous pseudo-post-Neo-Gothic-
ugly buildings strategically (and Sa-
tanically) placed on a landscape ooz-
ing with the murkiness of Dante's liter-
ary soul. Take for example the swamp
near the St. Patrick's building. Wit
nesses have seen this "marsh" swallow
up ducks, rabbits and even large sheep
dogs in a furious and fleeting battle to
suck life from God's kin.
Piece #3— Take as well, the mighty,
muddy, and downright scummy Rideau
River, so innocuously located at the
school's south end. Does it not bear
striking similarity to the famed mythi-
cal rivers of the Underworld, where
goddesses of doom ferried the unlucky
to their purgatorious fates? Oh so sym-
bolic.
What now must we do to eliminate
ourselves from the inevitable? How may
we extricate ourselves from the bowels
of Hell? How can we absolve ourselves
as minions of Satan, to lead more virtu
ous and honorable lives?
Obviously, this is bigger than all of
us mere student mortals. But maybe,
just maybe, there is a chance that our
mighty Sparkster can fight the power
and overcome the forces of Evil incar-
nate. Perhaps there willindeed be hope
for the hopeless and life for the lifeless.
Take heart Carleton, Sparky does have
the Power! Let us pray. □
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CONVOCATION'S GONNA COST
YOU, TOO
Students who want to graduate in con-
vocation ceremonies will have to fork
over $30 starting this November.
The November ceremony was cancelled
last March by the university as a cost-
saving measure. Many students, includ-
ing representatives on the university's
board of governors and the student asso-
ciations, protested the decision.
In May, Carleton President Robin
Farquhar decided to reinstate the fall cer-
emony — but at' a price. Now students
graduating in either the fall or the spring
will have to pay a $30 "participation
charge." Cancelling fall convocation
would have saved the university about
$40,000.
CAMPUS GETS A FACELIFT, AT A
PRICE
In May, Carleton got a brand, spankin'
new set of signs, new flowerbeds andnew
stairs, ii: time for the hoards of scholars
that descended on our campus for the
Learned Societies Conference.
It cost the university $133,000 for 10
road signs, 19 pathway signs and six
parking lot signs. The cost of repairing a
set of stairs by the Unicentre cost $25,000
and is part of an ongoing $1 14,000 project
to renovate 1 1 sets of stairs around cam-
pus.
The Learned Societies paid for extra
flower beds above and beyond the regu-
lar flower budget.
"WON" TO BE WITHDRAWN
FROM TRANSCRIPTS
A motion eliminating the term "with-
drawn" from official transcripts was
passed |une 8 by the university's senate
committee on admission and studies
policy.
The term appears on your transcript if
you withdraw from a course before the
official deadline.
Committee chair professor Robert
Lovejoy says the term "withdrawn"
should not be published since it could be
misinterpreted by officials outside of the
university.
The committee is still deliberating
about whether the decision will wipe
WDN off transcripts prior to the 1 993-94
school year. □
ORIENTATION cont'd from p. 4
tours, events, academic workshops and
tours of Ottawa.
Aboriginal students around the city
are holding their second annual orienta-
tion. All the Native students who will be
attending post-secondary institutions in
the Ottawa area are invited to explore
the city together, meet each other and
then tour their respective campuses.
Ko'ona Cochrane, theorganizerofthe
activities, says manyofthe students come
from Northern Canada and other remote
areas. She says there is tremendous cul-
ture shock when students arrive in a
large city. Activities for Native students
will take place Sept. 10 to 12. □
Safer than se?c . . .
and almost as fun.
Join The Charlatan andzurite articles, do
layout, take, photos, draw graphics, meet
funky people and much, much more.
'Everyone is invited to our weekly staff
meetings at 5:30 p.m. on Thursdays.
Come on up to Kgom 531 Unicentre and
see what you re missing.
September 2, 1993 ■ The Charlatan ■ 7
Improved bus service to Carleton
New!
Route 19 starts Sept. 7
Route 19 Riverside is a new route serving
Carleton. it will leave Lebreton in the morning
every 15 minutes between 7:35 a.m. and 9:08
a.m. and will follow the same route on campus
as the route 7. In the afternoon peak hours it
will leave campus every 15 minutes between
3:52 p.m. and 5:55 p.m. and return to Lebreton.
This new route is a fast and convenient way to
connect to the transitway at Lebreton station.
New!
More service on route 118
On weekdays, route 1 1 8 will run twice as often
on campus as the 1 1 7 formerly did. And route
118 will also serve the campus on weekends.
Other service
Route 7 travels through campus. All-day route 4
stops at Branson and Sunnyside as do peak
period routes 41, 44 and 46.
Only $1.45 a day !
A student Transpass costs $43.50 a month. If
you use it every day that amounts to just $1 .45
a day for unlimited bus travel at any time.
If you pay cash, the one-way off-peak fare is
$1 .50 or two 65(8 bus tickets. The peak fare is
$2.00 or three tickets. Express fares cost more.
Peak fare hours are weekdays from 6-8:30 a.m.
and 3-5:30 p.m.
Get your photo ID
To get the student deal, you must be a full-time
student. You need both a monthly student pass
and an OC Transpo student photo ID.
You can buy your 1993-94 ID on campus in the
Baker Lounge on September 14, 15 and 16
from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. It costs $3.50.
If these dates aren't convenient, you can also
buy a student photo ID at any of OC Transpo's
three public offices. Call 741-4390 for info such
as what you need to bring, the hours and
location of the office nearest to you.
D0\Nt«0VNM
c5v Quick travel tip
If you're busing to Carleton from the east,
get off at Hurdman station, transfer to route
96 or 97 to Billings Bridge, then take the 1 1 8
to Carleton. This is quicker than travelling
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Sept.93-1
NATIONAL AFFAIRS
Campbell outlines education proposal
u.. Oranl rtnuiHoll
by Brent Dowdall
Charlalan Staff
Reaction was mixed to Prime Minister
Kim Campbell's Aug. 16 speech in
Kitchener, which outlined Conservative
proposals for education as part of the
party's platform for
the fall federal elec-
tion.
Campbell out-
lined nine propos-
als for education
reform, including a
new education tax
credit, assistance
for young entrepre-
neurs and a $1 bil-
lion increase in
funding to the
Canada Student
Loan program over
four years.
If implemented,
Campbell's propos-
als would reallo-
cate at least $250
million of the fed-
eral education
budget to new pro-
grams. As well,
some old programs like Canada Student
Loans will receive increased funding.
"As governments, we spend more per
capita on education and training than
virtually any other country, some $55
billion a year," Campbell said in her
speech. "The answeris not spending more,
it's spending smarter."
Campbell has not released specific
information on where the reallocated
money will come from, or details of how
much new money will be injected into
old programs.
The changes would include an in-
crease in student loan limits to $5,100 a
year from the current $3,500, or $150 per
week. It would also increase loan limits
for part-time students to $4,000 a year
from $2,500.
As well, the $80-per-month tax credit
for full-time students would be increased
PM Campbell: nine points of light?
an unspecified amount to be determined
by the federal minister of finance. The
tax credits would also be extended to
part-time students.
Tom Van Dusen, Campbell'spress sec-
retary, said no new money would be
spent on any new
programs and
these would be
formed in consul-
tation with the
provinces.
"The new pro-
grams are a real-
location of funds, "
Van Dusen said.
He also said the
programs' details
will be worked out
with the depart-
ments in question
over an unspeci-
fied period of time.
Ron Duhamel,
the Liberal educa-
tion critic, said the
Conservatives
have wasted
plenty of opportu-
nities during their
nine years in power to make positive
changes to education.
"Ifs a death bed repentance," said
Duhamel. "I'm sorry, but they have no
credibility and no one believes Kim
Campbell unless they are dyed-in-the-
wool Tories."
But Carleton University business pro-
fessor Ian Lee, the Progressive Conserva-
tive candidate in Ottawa-Centre, said
Campbell's speech was "a good firststep."
Lee said universities should move to
trimester and co-op programs, where full
classes are offered all 12 months of the
year, like the University of Waterloo and
Carleton's school of public administra-
tion. He said such programs would spread
out the student population over the year,
mean fewer students in the job market in
the summer and make better use of uni-
versity buildings.
Lee said an increase in funding for
education is unrealistic. He cited Ontario
as an example, where the three different
provincial parties in power have reduced
education funding in the past decade.
"That suggests to me that there is no
money left," Lee said.
Carol Fleck, Carleton's director of stu-
dent awards, said she believes the Con-
servatives can and will live up to pledges
made by Campbell for student loan
changes.
"This is the first time I've ever seen
anything this definite," she said.
Carl Gillis, chair of the Canadian Fed-
eration of Students, said while he was
encouraged to hear Campbell talking
about student issues, he said he's not
convinced they are any more than elec-
tion promises. He said Campbell should
act on her proposals now while she has
the power as government leader.
"I can't help but think that these are
promises," he said. "As encouraging as it
is, you have to ask why we should believe
them."
Gillis said the Tories still "have to
answer for their past."
Duhamel said Liberal education policy
will be announced after the election is
called.
He described general policy ideas,
such as an increase in research and de-
velopment, a youth corps to assist in
environmental clean-up and a renego-
tiation of education transfer payments to
the provinces in three- to five-year blocks,
instead of yearly.
He said he could not give any more
details of the Liberal education plan so as
not to upstage party leader Jean
Chretien's future policy announce-
ments. □
Just the facts, ma'am
Here are some key points from Kim
Campbell's a speech Aug. 16 in
Kitchener, which outlined proposed new
programs and expanded existing ones.
Campbell said the Tories would:
• continue the Brighter Futures Pro-
gram and a Community Action Pro-
gram which assist children, families and
local groups "at risk." ($168 million over
fouryears)
• donate all old government compu-
ter systems to Canadian schools.
•continue a program called SchoolNet
which would link 300 Canadian schools
by computer with the goal of connecting
every school in the country. This pro-
gram is being co-ordinated at Carleton.
(S1.6 million)
• study the most successful 20 Cana-
dian schools to find out why they are
successful. ($1.5 million)
• increase the education tax credit for
full-time study an unspecified amount
and grant it to part-time students as
well. The student deduction for child
care would also be increased.
• renew the Vocational Rehabilita-
tion of Disabled Persons Agreement with
the provinces, which assists Canadians
with disabilities with training, medical
aids, counselling and other services.
($517 million over four years)
• provide start-up loans, training and
advice for young entrepreneurs to start
200 new businesses, creating 800 jobs.
($2.5 million)
• continue Canada Student Loan re-
form. As well as increased loan limits,
the government would offer "interest
relief" to the neediest students. There
would be more assistance for single par-
ents and increased pursuit of loan de-
faulters by banks.
• increase the representation of
women in Canadian doctoral programs
in areas such as math, science and engi-
neering. □
Fees should be raised report recommends
by Sarah Morris
Charlatan St ait
A proposal by a group representing
university administrations suggests On-
tario universities hike tuition by up to 50
per cent by the 1995-96 school year.
Last month, the Council of Ontario
Universities forwarded a "Discussion Pa-
per on Tuition Fee Reform" to David
Cooke, Ontario's minister of education
and training, calling for students to take
on more of the burden of university fund-
ing.
Under the proposal, undergraduate
students would pay 30 per cent more
tuition overthe next two years. Thus, the
maximum fee a university can charge
for undergraduate programs would rise
to $3,030 in two years from $2,026 this
year.
Graduate programs would cost 50 per
cent more, rising to $4,545 from $3,051
over the same period. Students in many
professional programs like medicine,
dentistry and law would be billed nearly
three times as much as they are now, up
to a maximum of $6,061 per year.
The provincial government has raised
the ceiling for tuition fee hikes in Ontario
seven per cent each of the past three
years.
The NDP government has yet to com-
ment on the plan, but Cooke has warned
students to be prepared for "substantial "
tuition fee increases for 1994-95. Cooke
will announce the increase in the fall.
The council, an independent body
made up of representatives from Ontario
universities including Carleton, points to
theability of university graduates to earn
higher incomes as the main rationale
behind the proposal.
Michel Gaulin, clerk of the senate at
Carleton
and one of ~™ ~~ — - ^ ~ ~
tersuy's "' f'nd '* rotber incredible
tworepre that someone would suggest
sentatives
on the
council,
voted
against
submit-
ting the
council's
proposal
that students pay for 10 to
20 years of underfunding,"
Gillis says.
versifies.
"With the demand for university edu-
cation escalating and the funding being
drastically cut, universities are forced to
look at their only other source of funding
if they are going to improve the quality of
education," says Adams.
But Carl Gillis, chair of the Canadian
Federation of
" Students (CFS),
disagrees.
"I find it
rather incred-
ible that some-
one would sug-
gest that stu-
dents pay for
10 to 20 years
of under-
funding, "
Gillis says,
noting that the
to the government.
He says the main reason for his oppo-
sition was that the council adopted the
report in the summer when students were
away.
"There was little consultation with the
student community," he says.
Gaulin says he was "generally in agree-
ment with the general idea of the paper."
Pat Adams, the council's director of
communications and public affairs, de-
fends the proposal because of the "criti-
cal" financial situation of Ontario uni-
quality of education will not rise propor-
tionately with tuition fees.
The council's proposal also recom-
mends changes to the student loan sys-
tem to maintain accessibility despite the
dramatic increase in fees.
Under the proposed loan system, called
income-contingent repayment loans, stu-
dents would have access to government
loans withouthaving to demonstrate their
level of financial need, as they currently
must.
Once they have finished their educa-
tion, students would pay back their loans
based on their income after graduation.
Thus, a person unable to find a job or
with a poorly paying job would not have
to pay their loan back right away.
Even though the council is also pro-
posing student loan reform, Gillis says
students will still suffer.
"It's a regressive way to fund universi-
ties," says Gillis.
He says the system will still deter lower-
income students who are unwilling to
incur a massive debt load. He also says
those earning less after graduation will
be punished with ever-mounting inter-
est.
A CFS study of similar loan programs
in Australia and Switzerland shows the
systems there have not resulted in im-
proved access, says Gillis.
He says the CFS-Ontario will submit a
counter-proposal to the government be-
fore a decision is reached by the NDP on
tuition hikes.
Gillis says students should not be as
upset with the council's proposal as with
the NDP government's positive reaction
to the idea of tuition hikes.
"Since its inception 20 years ago, (the
council) has been proposing hikes in
tuition fees," says Gillis. "The frightening
thing is, the government's listening this
time." □
September 2, 1993 ■ The Charlatan ■ 9
Halifax school newspaper's funding slashed
by Alex Bustos
Chariaian Star!
News that Mount Saint Vincent Uni-
versity's studentcouncil has stopped fund-
ing the school's newspaper and is estab-
lishing a new one under its control marks
the second crisis between a paper and a
student government this summer.
In July, The Vbyssey paper clashed
with its student union at the University of
British Columbia when the council sus-
pended its funding and locked the staff
out of their office.
The Picaro has been the Halifax uni-
versity's student publication funded by
council for 25 years. However, the paper
will have no funding starting this month
after the student council declared it au-
tonomous in March.
Paula Adanski, last year's editor, said
the conflict began with an article pub-
lished in January. The story mentioned
allegations that then-president Dave
Wynn and vice-president Cathy Thorpe
abused alcohol at a public charity event
called Christmas Daddies.
Adanski said the story embarrassed
the councillors, who then passed a mo-
tion on Feb. 12 establishing a selections
committee, chosen by council, to select
the paper's next editor.
The Picaro's own constitution calls for
the election by staff of the editors, with
voting privileges going to anyone who
has contributed at least twice to the pa-
per.
According to the motion implement-
ing the selections committee, it was set
up to "open the position of Picaro editor
to the wider university community," as
the post is open to anyone at the school.
Thorpe, who is now the council presi-
dent, said the motion was not vengeful
on the part of council.
. "I don't give two hoots about an arti-
cle printed about me in January," she
said.
But on March 26, council rescinded
the February motion and replaced it with
one making The Picaro "autonomous from
the student union in every way." The
staff, along with the summer council
ties between itself and The Picaro because
of complaints from students about the
content of the paper. Some students com-
plained of inadequate coverage of such
things as women's issues and found the
people involved with the paper to be a
clique, according to Thorpe.
Then, during summer negotiations
between the paper and council, some
members, were supposed to "negotiate
an agreement equitable to both sides."
Bob Ledrew, incoming co-editor of The
Picaro, said the council was prepared to
give $ 7,400 to the paper at the first sum-
mer negotiation meeting. Ledrew said
this is well below the paper's normal
operating budget, about $15,000.
Thorpe said council voted to sever the
students who were dissatisfied with The
Picaro's coverage proposed to start a new
paper under a new constitution.
Representatives of six different socie-
ties on campus have created the new
paper, including members of the English
Society and the Women's Studies Society.
Thorpe said neither she nor council
are behind the new paper.
On Aug. 8, the student council ratified
the constitution of the new publication,
as yet unnamed. The new paper will be
eligible for funding from the studentcoun-
cil as the university's official paper.
The new paper's constitution estab-
lishes a publishing board, consisting of
the presidents of the 21 societies funded
by student council, the paper's editor and
a council representative.Thisbody would
have the power to hire and fire newspa-
per staff and set editorial policy.
The editor must be approved by a
selections committee, consisting of two
council members, two students at large
and one alumnus.
The Picaro has found support as mem-
bers of the national student newspaper
co-operative, the Canadian University
Press (CUP).
In a letter to Thorpe dated Aug. 11,
CUP President Alayne Armstrong wrote,
"I'd like to point out what the situation
looks like to an outsider: the student
council is criticized by The Picaro; it
squeezes off The Picaro's funding; it rati-
fies the constitution of another paper
which has its editors chosen by a board
consisting of student councillors and so-
ciety executives with no representatives
from the paper whatsoever."
But Thorpe rejected the notion that
the student council is controlling the new
paper. She said the publishing board will
make the position of editor more accessi-
ble to the general population.
In July, a similar publishing board
was set up for The Ubyssey. Any paper
wishing to publish on UBC's campus
must go through this board to receive
funding.
PICARO cont'd page 11
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10 • The Charlatan - September 2, 1993
Freenet conference
On ramp to the new communication highway
by Michael Richardson
Charlatan Staff
"Networking is about communication,
people communicating," as one student
doing a demonstration of new computer
technology at the Community Network-
ing Conference put it.
Russell McOrmond, a computer sci-
ence student at Carleton, was one of
about 150 people from across Canada
and the United States who came to Car-
leton to communicate about computer
networking Aug. 18-20.
At the conference, organized by Na-
tional Capital Freenet volunteers, del-
egates exchanged ways to set up, fund
and maintain freenet systems in their
own communities.
Freenets are computer information
networks set up by individual groups
who solicit funding for them so anyone
with a computer and a modem can ac-
cess computer bulletin boards and infor-
mation free of charge.
Unpopular Ottawa U. stu-
dent executive leaves post
by Clayton Wood
Charlatan staff
The University of Ottawa's student
federation is dealing with the sudden
departure of one its executive mem-
bers.
Christophe Treville, vice-president of
internal operations at the Student Fed-
eration of the University of Ottawa,
tendered a letter of resignation Aug. 23.
In it, Treville said his job with a local
food company did not allow him to
fully dedicate himself to his position as
vice-president. He also cited the "unco-
operative atmosphere" among the ex-
ecutive as a reason for leaving.
Treville's departure this close to the
new school year has caused concern
over planned frosh activities and the
operation of the federation's used book-
store, areas he was responsible for.
"We're getting ready for Welcome
Week, so he left at a bad time," said
federation PresidentGuy Caron. He said
other members of the executive will fill
in for Treville until a replacement can
be found.
Other members,, of the four-person
executive were surprised by the resigna-
tion, but didn't express regret either.
"The three of us got along fine. I feel
there was a certain lack of dedication on
his part," said Carole Sauve\ the vice-
president external.
Executive members were also upset
because he did not inform them about a
major university senate decision this
summer, when it ruled new students
who fail a test in their second official
language won't be required to take a
course to make up the deficiency.
"He deemed it unimportant to tell
us," said Sauve\
Caron says this decision threatens
the bilingual character of the university.
Caron said it hasn't been decided if a
replacement will be hired or directly
elected by U of O students. The student
assembly will decide when it meets at
the end of September if a byelection will
be held to fill the vacant position.
Treville is on vacation and could not
be reached for comment. □
Kyla Huckerby, the National Capital
Freenet office manager, helped organize
the conference.
"We could have been there for a whole
week just talking and exchanging ideas.
Everyone went home with lots of new
ideas," she says.
Ottawa's freenet, only a year old, was
the first one in Canada and one of the
first five ever established. It now has over
6,000 users.
Many organizations, associations and
clubs post information on freenet bulle-
tin boards. But unlike a rack of pam-
phlets, readers can ask questions, offer
feedback and send messages.
The average experience with media is
already "synthetic — electronic, through
TVs, radios," says Sam Sternberg, chairof
the Toronto Freenet Committee. "Even
the content of most newspapers comes
over the wire."
The original push to build the Ottawa
freenet came from Carleton. The idea
came from psychology professor Warren
Thomgate and associate journalism pro-
fessor (ay Weston, and was co-ordinated
by computing services' director David
Sutherland.
While everyone is free to access the
system and register for an account, Car-
leton students, numbering over 20,000,
would completely overwhelm the freenet
system if they all wanted to use it.
Universal student access to electronic
communications is mostly dependent on
funding from the university.
A request has been made for Chal-
lenge Fund money to buy the extra com-
puters needed to accommodate the Car-
leton population, although the cost of
PICARO cont'd from page 10
Dave Matthews, CUP's Atlantic re-
gion co-ordinator, said CUP only recog-
nizes The Picaro as the official paper at
Mount Saint Vincent.
The Dalhousie university student pa-
per, The Gazette, also came to The Picaro's
defence.
The Gazette's editor Ryan Stanley sent
a letter denouncing the actions of the
Mount Saint Vincent student council. As
well, The Gazette has offered the use of its
facilities to The Picaro's staff this fall.
Ledrew said he's waiting for an emer-
gency meeting with the student council
to discuss possible funding for The Picaro.
Ledrew said the paper hopes to pub-
lish somehow by mid-September.
"If we have to photocopy on legal-
sized sheets, we'll do it." □
the project is still unclear. The Challenge
Fund was established in 1987 to raise
money for projects at Carleton,
Graduate students presently have full
access, by request, to freenet accounts.
Huckerby says she receives between
60 and 100 calls a day from people look-
ing for information or help with Otta-
wa's freenet system.
It has been supported by quite a
number of donations from private indus-
try, as well as some grant money from
differentlevelsof governments. Huckerby
hopes user donations will pick up, al-
though she says there will always be
open, equal access.
"Government funding will run out,"
says Huckerby. "We have to look towards
business and the community for sup-
port."
But Sternberg isn't looking to the gov-
ernment for hand-outs.
"A freenet can provide large access to
controversial information," he says. "As
soon as you get bureaucracies involved,
their natural instinct is to filter informa-
tion."
Sternberg gives a hypothetical exam-
ple of how a freenet system might allow
a woman to connect to another freenet in
another province or country in order to
get information on abortion if it became
illegal where she lived.
Huckerby and Sternberg make many
comparisons between the freenet con-
cept and public libraries. They say the
name "freenet" is derived from the word
"freeway," as a communally funded
means of travel and as a building block
for future "information highways." □
CHARLATAN
CARLETON'S INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER
Special Meeting
Thursday, October 2, 1993
5:30 p.m.
Room 531 Unicentre
All Charlatan staff are asked to
attend a special staff meeting to
discuss and vote on the nature
of the relationship between The
Charlatan and the Canadian
University Press. If you would
like more information, or if you
are unsure of your voting status,
please contact Mo Gannon or
Arn Keeling at the office, or call
788-6680.
September 2, 1993 • The Charlatan ■ 11
Canada's summer in review: a brief synopsis
by Arn Keeling
Charlatan Stall
Did you spend your summer locked up
in your parents' basement playing
Nintendo or working in an isolated resort
in the Canadian Rockies? Is the last time
you read a newspaper when the Habs
won the Stanley Cup?
Never fear, here's the latest scoop on
summer happenings on the national
scene:
In the student world, unemployment
was once again a prominent problem
this summer, as the student jobless rate
was over 20 per cent for the second year
in a row.
In July, the federal government an-
nounced Canada Student Loans would
no longer be subject to the three-per-cent
clawback tax as of Aug. 1 this year. But
the feds axed the six-month interest-free
period on loans at the same time and
they save a bundle on the proposition.
OutinLotusland, MikeHarcourfsNDP
government landed in hot water as our
best corporate citizens, MacMillan
Bloedel, began selectively logging one of
the last stands of old-growth forests on
Vancouver Island. The Clayoquot Sound
decision has precipitated a mass move-
ment of Birkenstock-wearin' hippie types
to the West Coast to get arrested while
trying to block the loggers' access to the
area. Which is fine.
Our Alberta brethren stuck to their
authoritarian roots by electing yet an-
other Conservative premier, as they have
in every election since 1971. This time,
Ralph Klein, a former mayor of Calgary,
swept to victory and pounded the provin-
cial NDP into oblivion.
Prairie people complained all year of
too much rain, after not enough last
year. What is it with these people? At
least they haven't all moved out to Van-
couver like the unemployed southern
Ontarians.
Looking east, the view of the Atlantic
got a little bleaker as a moratorium was
declared early this summer on the cod
fishery.
Of course, Ottawa and Ontario were
abuzz with exciting political machina-
tions. The national Progressive Conserva-
tive party leadership convention
descended on Ottawa in June, re-
leasing hundreds of drunken To-
ries and resulting in Canada's first
female, Russian-speaking, cello-
playing, kinda-tried-pot-once
prime minister, Avril Phaedra
Campbell.
The provincial NDP brought
down its social contract in Au-
gust, an agreement with the prov-
ince's public sector employees, in-
cluding universities, to cut back
wages, layoff employeesand close
government offices for unpaid
days off. This sparked mass cel-
ebrations and incredible popular-
ity for the government and its
leader, Bob Rae. Not.
Yes, the wild world of politics
and national affairs has been as
busy as ever this summer. So if you had a
summer job, like Kim Campbell, you'd
best catch up. Things will get even
stranger this fall. Q
Bob Rae even made himself sick this summer.
\2 ■ The Charlatan • September 2, 1993
by Blayne Haggart
Charlaian Staff
"I urge you to take the fullest advantage of these opportunities along
with those offered throughout our wonderful national capital
regi on . "
— Carleton University president and sharp dresser Robin "Sparky"
Farquhar, on the fine services offered at Carleton and in this fair
city, quoted in the CUSA 1993 Orientation Mail-Out .
Words to live by, as far as we're concerned. In fact, we've devoted
the best years of our lives to following the wise one's advice.
The City of Ottawa in general and Carleton University in particular
do have lots to offer, but the only place you'll find out about the
fun stuff is right here in the Official Charlatan Frosh Guide to
Ottawa .
We're not talking about the Rideau Canal or the Tulip Festival or
the Parliament Buildings; you can save those for when your parents
visit. We're talking about body-abusing fun on the cheap.
We've done our best to let you know about the best places in town
to get free food, where to get your thrills for cheap, what bars to
frequent and which ones to avoid.
Plus, we've included an easy to read, Handi-Save™ map, suitable
for framing.
Whatever you decide to do with your university life, don't let the
bastard institutions drag you down to the level of a pissing ant.
And hey, let's be careful out there. □
September 2, 1993 • The Charlatan • 13
How to make friends and influence people
"the Char Cat an' s handy lo-point, 12-step guide
by David Hodges and Mike Rappaport
Chaff strut Staff
So you're lonely and maybe you're a
bit of aloser. Well, don't despair. Making
friends isn't always easy — especially in
a new environment — but what you are
about to read will forever change your
life.
Now hold on, we know what you're
thinking, "I've tried other so-called meth-
ods for making friends before, but they
never work. Afterward, I feel even more
dejected and crappy."
These are legitimate gripes. The ma-
jority of these methods rely upon age-old
techniques that are out of touch with
today's modem student.
For instance, maybe you've heard of,
or even tried, the old "Poke and Tease"
method where you continually poke and
tease someone with a stick, or prodding
object. The belief was that this would
eventually endear you to that person.
Our research shows that this method
does not work. More than likely it will
leave you friendless, with a stick or prod-
ding object lodged up your ass.
This method, and many others like it,
have continually left people friendless
and miserable.
But now, using a life's worth of accu-
mulated wisdom, scientific techniques
approved by the Canada Safety Associa-
tion, various complicated models and
mathematical equations, we have for-
mulated a 10-step plan thatwill enhance
your amicable aura, drawing friends to
you like bees to honey.
1) Brag about how much money
yoa have and how high above your
surroundings you are.
This never fails to impress. By letting
people know how superior you are to
them, they will be amazed and left speech-
less by your selfless action of lowering
yourself to their level.
2) Give people cute nicknames.
Lumpy is always a crowd pleaser.
3) Remember, you can pick your
Mends and you can pick your nose,
but you can't pick your friends'
noses.
This should be obvious.
4) fust keep hugging people.
Somebody is bound to like it. If that
doesn't work, wear a button that reads,
"Hug me, I'm Irish."
5) Drink like a fish.
The ability to be both an alcoholic and
a university student is a sure way to
impress people with your multi-dimen-
sional personality: Monday night, The
Royal Oak; Tuesday night, Zaphod
Beeblebrox; Wednesday night, Oliver's;
Thursday night, Yucatan Liquor Stand;
Friday night, On Tap; Saturday night,
Houlihan's; Sunday night, drink moder-
ately, do homework.
6) Tell people you have a car.
7) Raise your hand to ask ques-
tions during lectures.
8) When you pass acquaintances
in the tunnels and they say, "Hi,
how are you," tell them in graphic
detail.
9) Make sound effects to accom-
pany all your movements.
Remember the bionic man? He was so
cool.
10) Carry a large block of cheese
around with you.
If there's one thing people can appre-
ciate, it's cheese.
If however, this program doesn'twork
for you, don't come whining to us. □
Only Scotiabank chalks up a
no-fee" banking package for students.
If there's one thing we know about students,
it's that sometimes they run on a tight budget.
And since we were the first Canadian bank to
introduce a student package three years ago, it's
something we've kept in mind.
If you're a full-time college' or university student,
you're eligible for the Scotia Banking Advantage'
package. This package includes a daily interest
chequing account, an automated banking machine
card, a Classic VISA card' and for qualified gradu-
ating students, an auto loan.
With Scotia Banking Advantage, you can also
start establishing a good credit rating. Something
that will be useful in the future.
So drop by your nearest Scotiabank branch
and we'll show you all the ways
we can help.
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Ottawa:
home of the
best damn
music in
Canada
Ottawa's live music scene is thriving.
Fumaceface have finally arrived In a
major way, being signed to MCA, and
several other bands have been picked up
by Cargo, an MCA subsidiary.
These bands are pro. There's a great
diversity among the bands, from the pol-
ished hard rock of The Age of Paith to the
happy, loud-guitar emocore of Heaven
Dog to the laid-back sounds of Fun For
Malakai.
Spacing restrictions don't allow even a
brief description of each band. Likewise,
this list is by no means complete.
There's something for everyone, so
support live music in Ottawa and don't
miss these bands.
Age of Faith
Black Boot Trio
Block Triangle
Barstool Prophets
Extreme
Fishtoles
Freeway Bond
Fun For Malakai
Fumaceface
Heaven Dog
illegal Jaa Poets
Incity Dreams
Motley Crue
Mystic Zealots
Neanderthal Sponqe
Ratboy
Red Dawn
Resin Scraper
Skatterbrains
Tongues and Bones
Anyone interested in the city's music
will want to pick up P,U9!, Q CO f™
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Ottawa scene. Ptugl is avaUablea most
record stores around town
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Enjoying your Orientation
by Rorl Caffrey
Charlatan Staff
Your hosh year— q time of education,
maturation and. . . exploration.
First year is traditionally a "coming
out" time for non-heterosexuals. It's an
opportunity for young queers to pry open
the closet door and escape the confines of
parents and/or small-town mentalities.
But first year can also be a difficult
and dangerous time for out-and-proud
dykes and fags. Carleton has witnessed
homophobia on campus, through graf-
fiti in the washrooms or rhymes found in
a rugby team chant book last year.
Froshweek can be an especially pain-
ful trial for the non-het. Last year, come-
dians Mike Wilmot and Tim Steves made
offensive jokes about homosexuals and
incest survivors that reduced some stu-
dents to tears. Despite being strongly
discouraged, homophobic comments
have been heard within different frosh
groups in the past.
But fear not, my queer comrade! Be-
low is a list of suggestions of how you,
despite your re-hashed summer camp
surroundings, can enjoy your orienta-
tionweek,
FROSH WEEK
First off, don't take any shit. This is
good advice for anyone. If you're catch-
ing homophobic heat from other frosh
(in the form of cheers or comments or
whatever), tell your head facilitator —
the upper-year student in charge of your
frosh group. They have been trained to
curb any racist, sexist or homophobic
behavior, tj
If the problems persist, go straight to
Richard Stanton, the orientation com-
missioner. He can be reached through
the office of the Carleton University Stu-
dents' Association (CUSA).
Frosh week comedians may resort to
"fag jokes" for cheap laughs. By all
means, don't let this deter you from at-
tending a concert! just be sure to go well-
armed with snappy heckles.
After an offensive joke, it may suffice
to yell "One in lOpeople in this crowd are
gay and we didn't find that funny!" or
"AIDS jokes died with Freddy Mercury!"
That may hit home with the masses of
Wayne's WortdrBohemian Rhapsody"
disciples.
If the homophobic jokes continue,
bring out the big guns. Yes, it's low, it's
infantile, but they gave you no option
but to start ... the father jokes: "Funny,
your dad doesn't seem to mind!" or "I
don't think my boyfrien — I mean, your
dad, would appreciate you saying that! "
Dykes can really sock it to the male
homophobe by taking a shot at his girl-
friend. Yelling: "She's found somebody
she doesn't have to fake orgasm with,"
may reinforce the myth that women be-
come lesbians after disappointing en-
counters with men, but it does get the
point across.
As far as music goes, check out the
fag-friendly Fumaceface Sunday, Sept. 5,
in the parking lot behind the Unicentre.
Their song "Can't Help Who You Love"
has been mistaken as a gay anthem.
Although none of the band's members
are gay (sob), they don't mind the tune's
homo-interpretation.
Remember at all times that CUSA is
paying for orientation week with $32,000
of your money. You are paying to be
entertained, not insulted.
UNIVERSITY LIFE
Residence is like a huge Petri dish
which breeds ignorance and hatred —
definitely a dangerous place to be out.
Unless you want to lose a roommate fast,
or assure private usage of the communal
washroom, stay low-key. Don't lie or
attempt to hide your pride — just wait a
little before breaking out the judy Gar-
land albums.
Despite their homoerotic initiation
rites and Greek brotherhood overtones,
fraternities are bad news. Generally,
they're not gay-positive. Avoid them like
the plague.
Tune in to "People Like You," the
weekly queer news show on CKCU, Carle-
ton's campus radio station. It airs Wednes-
day at 6:30 p.m.
The university also has a Gay, Lesbian
and Bisexual Centre on the first floor of
the Unicentre, just past the' off-campus
lounge. Check it out for pamphlets, peri-
odicals and community events.
A WORD FOR EVERYONE
Taking a public stand against
homophobia is a difficult task, especially
for frosh. You're new, you need friends,
you don't want to rock the boat.
But you — straights included — must
decide what type of environment you
want your academic career to take place
in. Speaking up against anti-gay senti-
ments won't magically change anyone's
attitude, but it will let them know they
have a vocal opposition. It will make
them think.
So if that boat does need a good rock-
ing, feel free to make some waves. □
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2. Make friends with someone who lives at home with their parents.
3. Faculty functions.
4. CUSA-catered affairs.
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to deliver pizza within 30 minutes.
7. Tell peole you'r Bob Rae (Great for acquiring produce).
8. Go to Unicentre Store, say Lucy sent you.
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September 2, 1993 • The Charlatan ■ 15
The Charlatan's Handi-Sav
Sifting through the rabble: Bars in Ottawa
by Josee Bellemare
Chart alan Srart
Although the trendier donee bars In
Ottawa can be pathetic, it's important to
rememberthey are best experienced when
drunk.
Me, I've lived in Ottawa all my life and
have been going to bars for four years. I
started drinking just this year because of
the deep boredom I felt frequenting these
establishments for so long.
Students coming here from other cit-
ies may find Ottawa bars a fresh experi-
ence at first, but I'm sure after a while
even the most sober of you will take up
drinking. On the other hand, if you're
coming from Toronto, good luck finding
anything abnormal or interesting.
Cafe Deluxe (283 Dolhousie) is a
nice but pretentious place, suitable for
sipping cappuccino and talking with
people sporting sideburns and Club Mo-
naco clothing.
Wednesdays are the domain of On
Tap (160 Rideau). This is a favored uni-
versity hangout, mainly because of its
famous buck a draft. The music is a
mixture of everything, but mostly rock
and roll. There's also a large pool room
upstairs.
For those who like their nights out to
be a little less intellectual, check out the
Yucatan Liquor Stand, Houlihan's,
or Spo dee Od-ee's.
At Yucatan's (34 Clarence) you'll hear
talk of relationships, one night stands,
school or jobs, and plans to meet else-
where the same night or the next day.
Tuesdays is the most popular day since
you pay just over $2 for most drinks.
Houlihan's (110 York) has a slightly
older crowd. The DJ's usually play new
releases but tend to stick to old dance
music. The busiest nights are Friday
through Monday.
Spo-dee Od-ee's (1 30 York) features a
dance floor and a pool hall. The bar used
to be popular last winter, but has since
died down.
If you think these clubs are meat mar-
kets, wait until you step in to Indigo (360
Elgin). This place is out of hand. Married,
divorced, and single people go to this bar
to watch or to be watched.
On the plus side, the drinks are strong,
the music is more current than most and
people dance not only on the dance
floor, but also on the patio, the balcony
Where to eat, where to drink
Bagel Bagel (92 Clarence) Bagels +
open 24 hours (Fridays and Saturdays)
= fun!
Club SAW (67 Nicholas) It's a small
room and the sound isn't that great, but
the local bands that play there more
than make up for these shortcomings.
Creeque Alley (207 Rideau) Thebest
thingaboutthisroom is the atmosphere.
Its wooden interior resembles a large
cottage. The sound is excellent and there's
nothing blocking the stage.
Duke of Somerset (352 Somerset
W.) This is one of the coolest pubs in
Ottawa. With its comfy couches, this
Carleton hangout is more like a refur-
bished basement than a bar. Sundays,
check out the sounds of Jimmy George,
Celtic band extraordinaire. But it fills up
quickly, so get there early.
Irene's (885 Bank) The Lonesome Paul
legend lives on Sunday nights. You'll see.
Amazing veggie burgs part of the magic.
The Manx Pub (370 Elgin) Super
casual hangout for the trendy alterna-
tive set. Red velvet booths and black
paintings make this place way cool. Plus,
there'sliveCelh'cmusicon Saturdays. It's
always packed, so go before the others
get there.
Mike's Place (2nd Floor Unicentre)
Cute bartender alert! The only truly mel-
low and cool place to hang on campus.
It's run by the Graduate Students' Asso-
ciation, but you don't have to show your
thesis at the door or anything, just look
real smart.
The Pit (160 Rideau, below On Tap)
My God! Disco lives! Come share the
shame of a decade with Hammerheads
every Thursday. Tuesdays witness one of
the funkiest music nights in town with Dj
Trevor's acid jazz.
Stone Angel (314 Lisgar) Enjoy po-
etry, herbal tea and that communal spirit
thing in Ottawa's hippie coffeehouse.
Taktiks (151 George) Ottawa's most
popular gay dance club has some of the
most danceable tunes in the market and
some of the cutest babes in the city on the
dance floor. If you're straight, don't flaunt
it and no one will care that you're there.
But you won't score like others do.
Zaphod Beeblebrox (27 York) The
coolest bar in town for live music. Thurs-
days through Saturdays, from 8 p.m un-
til 1 1 p.m., they feature live music cover-
ing the entire spectrum of innovative
rock. Everyone from evil rocksters Mon-
ster Magnet to the country-influenced
Lost Dakotas plays here. Plus, they spin
the best "alternative" music Tuesdays
through Sundays. □
Music for the Masses: The best of I
by Adam Seddon
Charlatan Slat)
As in all cities, you can And large
record chains in nearly all malls and
shopping centres. In the downtown area,
there is an abundance of chain stores
where you can find mainstream music.
But here's the low-down on stores if you're
looking for something else:
Birdman Sound (593-B Bank) The
Birdman specializes in used compact discs
and vinyl but also sells brand new vinyl
and CDs. It's not on overly large store but
nevertheless, it is an ideal place to locate
those hard-to-find underground bands
or the latest release on vinyl if any
pressings are put into circulation.
Bonehead Music (288 Bank) This
used-record store has an impressive stock
of used cassettes and rare and bootleg
recordings. It also has a fair selection of
used CDs and vinyl.
Downtown Records (201 Dolhousie)
is the place to go for cheap discs. While
they do offer a wide assortment of new
CDs at very competitive prices, their used
CDs are to die for. Boasting a large di-
verse collection, used CDs cost about $ 10
and can be traded in two for one. They
also peddle vinyl and cassettes.
16 • The Charlatan ■ September 2, 1993
Pull-Out Guide To Ottawa
On the culture front, here's where to take your parents.
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,y Pamela Chynn
jhariatan Staff
Don't let Ottawa fool you. Believe it or
qot, this seemingly conservative city has
i thriving artistic community that ex-
ends from the National Gallery to the
mailer, more alternative galleries such
is Gallery 101 and the SAW Gallery.
The building which is the National
;allery is a spacious architectural won-
ler, well-lit by natural lighting. Outside
light streams in through the numerous
windows of this glass structure.
The gallery's collection has both clas-
sical and contemporary art. If s always
featuring innovative special exhibitions
in addition to its extensive permanent
collection.
Don't forget to check out some of its
controversial purchases like Voice Of Fire
and No. 16.
The SAW Gallery (67Nicholasacross
from Rideau Centre) is one of Ottawa's
mainaltemaUve galleries, featuring per-
formance, contemporary and multi-me-
dia art that will be sure to challenge you.
Housed in a basement, this gallery has a
true underground feeling.
Gallery 101 (3 1 9 Lisgar) has a studio
dance floor, specifically for the perform-
ance art pieces displayed here. The exhi-
bitions and events held by this gallery
usually attract small, intimate audiences.
Currently featured at this gallery is an
exhibition in progress: Land Art on Victo-
ria Island and Richmond Landing.
On campus, check out theCarleton
Art Gallery located within the St.
Patrick's building. This small gallery,
which opened last September, features
mostly contemporary Canadian art.
Throughout the year well-known Cana-
dians artists and their work are profiled
in exhibitions. If you're in need of a
mental break, visiting the gallery is a
great way to get away from the hectic
pace of university life. □
INDEX
1. Cafe Deluxe
2. On Tap
3. Yucatan liquor Stand
4. Houlihan's
5. Spa-dee Od-ee's
6. Bagel Bagel
7. Club SAW
8. Creeque Alley
9. The Pit
10. Takriks
1 1 . Zaphod Beeblebrox
12. Mellos
13. Chateau Lafayette House
14. Mad Platters
15. Record Runner
16. Spinables
17. SAW Gallery
18. Bytowne Cinema
We would like to thank the
Carleton University Map Li-
brary for the useof their mate-
rials.
And for the theatre buff.
m's independent music stores.
Mad Platters (193 Rideau) Here's
another used-record dealer. Their selec-
tion of alternative music isn't as diverse
as that offered by ofherstores but they do
offera substantial selection of 1970s music
Radio J
on vinyl. They also offer a huge selection
of posters, probably one of the best in
Ottawa.
Record Runner (214 Rideau) offers a
huge selection of new CDs, audio tapes
and video tapes. The store has broken
down music into different categories such
as metal/hardcore, rap, etc. This makes
shopping for your favorite group that
much easier. The prices are pretty good.
Shake Records (ISO Laurier W.) of-
fers new and used music. Shake pays
quite well for used CDs. They carry a wide
variety of imports, local and "alterna-
tive" music. As an added bonus, Shake
has listening booths where you can sam-
, pie the latest releases. The prices are
i exceptional. You can often find new do-
; mestic CD releases for under $14.
Spinables (406 Dalhousie) sells new
and used CDs, used vinyl and tapes. It
maybe small, but it has the best selection
of used vinyl in town. If you browse
around for a few minutes, you can usu-
ally find something of interest. □
by Renata Manchak
Charlatan Staff
Ottawa's theatre community has a lot
to offer for those of you into live perform-
Great Canadian Theatre Com-
pany (910 Gladstone) The Great Cana-
dian Theatre Company is beginning its
1 9th season of primarily Canadian plays.
From Sept. 1 S to Oct . 2 if s offering Clutch-
ing The Heat. There is a reduced rate of
$10 for students and Sundays are pay-
what-you-can.
National Arts Centre English
Theatre (S3 Elgin) The NAC English
Theatre isbeginning its 25 th anniversary
season with Dancing at Lughnasa from
Nov. 25 to Dec. 1 1 . It offers reduced rates
for tickets purchased on the day of the
performance and student rates for
matinees.
Orpheus (300 Rochester) Open since
1 906 andbasedinthe Adult High School
at the comer of Rochester and Gladstone,
Orpheus Operatic Society of Ottawa per-
forms threemusicalsperyear. From Nov.
26 to Dec. 4 Guys and Dolls is playing.
Tickets are $ 1 5 for orchestra, $ 10 for first
balcony and $5 for second balcony.
Ottawa Little Theatre (400 King
Edward) The female version of Neil
Simon's The Odd Couple opens Ottawa
Little Theatre's season and runs from
Sept. 20 to Oct. 9. Ticket price is $9.00.
Sock 'N' Buskin (Theatre A, Carle-
ton University) Carleton's student-run
theatre group performs two main-stage
productions peryear. Look around Carle-
ton for notice of performances.
Ottawa University's Drama Guild
(Academic Hall, 133 Seraphin-Marion)
The Drama Guild performs 36 plays a
year. Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice in
Auschwitznms from Sept. 21 to 26, except
for Sept. 24. Tickets are $ 1 2 for students.
□
September 2, 1993 • The Charlatan ■ 17
Cheap Ottawa eats that won't make you sick
by Doug Johnson
Charlatan Stafi
Welcome to Ottawa, Canada's capital
and home to some really fine restau-
rants.
As a university student you can forget
about eating at any of them (and don't
put nose prints on the glass, thank you
very much).
Hy's, Cafe Henry Burger or the Rideau
Club are all hangouts for the rich and
powerful here in our fine city. As a stu-
dent, you do not qualify.
But don't despair. We at The Charlatan
are here to tell you all about the wonder-
ful culinary adventures awaiting you in
Ottawa's eateries of the poor and disen-.
franchised.
There are several points we have ad-
hered to in selecting these eateries:
1) You shouldn't feel like vomiting
after or before leaving the establishment.
Making sidewalk pizza is not only social
no-no (see vomiting etiquette, below),
but it is also a waste of the five bucks you
just dropped for a meal.
2) Stoking the ol' furnace shouldn't
cost more than $5 ($3.50 for breakfast).
3) The restaurant receives extra points
if the furniture is padded and food is not
left out on the counter.
4) A further bonus if it is open all
night.
5) The place gets even more points if it
is licensed.
6) And it is a sure winner if you are not
afraid of sitting down when you go to the
loo.
Let's begin our tour of student-grade
noshitoriums right here on campus. The
only place on campus which gets an
unanimous thumbs-up from Charlatan
staff is the Oasis, on the ground floor of
Glengarry residence.
For about the cost of a pack of lined
paper at the campus bookstore, you can
get a hamburger and fries. A cheese
sandwich with potato chips costs J1.30
and an added bonus is free television.
As you move off campus, the nearest
low-cost place to chow down is the chip
wagon, at the comer of Bank Street and
Sunnyside Avenue. There, a cheeseburger
I
■
r
Imperial Pizza: Where's Mama?
with oodles of fixin's runs for $2.75, the
same cost as a bratwurst on a bun from a
cart on Sparks Street.
It's worth noting that chip wagons
and hot dog carts can provide a low-cost
alternative to the more traditional feed-
o-ramas, but you have to shop around
for the best prices.
An excellent belly filler is poutine — a
concoction of french fries, cheese curds
and gravy. If s both good and good for
you. Some of the best (as well as some of
the worst) poutine can be found from
these eateries on wheels. But searching
for the best poutine in Ottawa is an
excellent way to learn your way around
the city.
Moving north along Bank, the next
place to nosh that won't strain your
budget i s.the Avenue Restaurant (777
Bank) in the Glebe. It's a very bare bones
place with booths and a counter with
stools. The food isserved out of a hatch at
the back of the restaurant. A traditional
cholesterol-laden breakfast costs $2.40.
Though not pricey by most standards,
most of the other Glebe eateries can put
a real strain on the old budget, especially
if your student loan went towards some-
thing besides tuition or housing. A good
try would be Irene's (885 Bank), a popu-
lar left-wing bar just north of the Civic
Centre.
Continuing north, the next purveyors
of low-cost edibles can be found near
where Bank intersects Somerset Street.
Here, one can dine at establishments
such as Imperial Pizza (315 Bank) and
the venerable Lockmaster (352 Somer-
set St. W.)-
The Lockmaster scores big not only as
an excellent place to grab a burger, but
as a provider of some of the lowest cost
beer in town. As a tavern it tends to draw
a mixed crowd. Plus, there's karaoke
every Wednesday night, anexcellentway
to pass an evening when you are really
wasted.
Imperial's big draw is Mama, who
owns the place. Mama is a rather lively
characterwho will make you feel rightat
home. They also serve a homemade-style
burger, good pizza and donairs. Again,
it's good and good for you.
From Bank Street, we move on to the
Byward Market in Lowertown (north of
the Bay at Rideau Centre).
The market is a major draw for stu-
dents, but most of its establishments can
put a hole in your budget big enough to
drive a truck through. However, there are
three worth noting: Mellos (290
Dalhousie, open 24 hours), Cafe Wim
(53 7 Sussex) and the Chateau Lafayette
House (42 York).
Mellos can attract a very interesting
crowd around the clock, but the best time
to visit is between two and three in the
morning. Here, the best bet is the club-
house and fries with coffee.
The prices at Cafe Wim are on par
with the rest of the places in the market,
but it rates a$ a budget establishment if
you want to spend the whole afternoon
g drinking a coffee. So if you and some
£ friends are looking for a place to have a
i deep discussion about the world's prob-
z lems, this is the place.
o The Chateau Lafayette is not a place
to go for food. It's only draw is that it
serves the cheapest beer in Ottawa. A
quart of domestic costs $4.35. The Laf has
a reputation as a rough place, but most
of the time we've only seen University of
Ottawa students in there.
The final stops on our tour of low-cost
eateries are along Elgin St. Here we have
the Party Palace (252 Elgin), the
Bytown Tavern (292 Elgin) and Bagel
Classics (380 Elgin) to choose from.
Both the Party Palace and Bagel Clas-
sics come highly recommended by Char-
latan editor-in-chief Mo Gannon. The
Palace is a standard diner while Bagel
Classics provides an alternative to burg-
ers and donairs when you've got the
munchies late at night. The Bytown Tav-
ern provides traditional bar fare along
with cheap beer and good wings on Tues-
days.
We round out our culinary tour of
Ottawa's low-cost pit stops with a cau-
tion. It is best to avoid mall-style food
courts as the quality is regularly low
while the prices are routinely high. It's
also best to avoid places that serve food
in unique geometric designs. □
Vomiting Etiquette: how to heave in polite society
It is quite common for orang-utans to
regurgitate their food and then ingest it
again. This helps their digestive process.
However, hairy though you may be,
please remember you are several centu-
ries removed from the orang-utan.
Vomiting etiquette may not be the
most pleasant subject, but it's something
you'll have to face sooner or later and
you might as well know how to deal with
the reality of vomiting in polite society.
1. Never vomit in YOUR sink. Although
it may seem like a good idea, cleaning
out a vomit-clogged sink is not the party
it's made out to be.
2. Vomiting on that special someone
rarley wins you points.
3. Here's an old master's trick: Keep your
head tilted forward (not backwards) to
avoid soiling yourself.
4. If, God forbid, you do vomit on your
shirt, try and arrange the regurgitants in
a partem pleasing to the eye.
5. Don't try to cover your mouth. This
only induces projectile vomiting.
6. For you wild types out there, puking
into a beer glass is not cool.
7. Like your mother told you, chew your
food well so as to avoid chunky bits.
8. Never eat pizza if you plan to vomit, as
the cheese may get caught in your throat
and you'll have to pull it out manually.
Actually, spaghetti isn't such a hot idea
either.
Of course, you could avoid all this by
simply avoiding the impulse to drink
yourself into an incoherent stupor, but
why would you want to do that? □
18 • The Charlatan • September 2, 1993
Man-hunting at Carleton: some helpful hints
by Naomi Bock
Queen ol the Scana
So you've arrived here at Carleton, the
young, vibrant, rarin'-to-go female frosh
that you are, and it's time to find out if
university men are really more mature
than high-school guys.
Well, 1 don't want to be the one to kill
your naive optimism, so you'll have to
find out on your own.
Regardless, before you venture out into
that testosterone jungle, here are a few
friendly tips on the fine art of picking up
men.
1. You might want to ditch your
"Men Are Scum" T-shirt.
[ust a thought.
2. As with any art, research is a
must.
You must know your prey. Carleton
President Robin Farquhar's little-known
book Secrets of the Male Mind is a definite
must-read.
3. Subtlety, subtlety, my dear.
Table dancing at Oliver's to "I Need a
Man" may be a good way to draw atten-
tion, but all that will land you is a BURP
(Big Ugly Rude Pig). Likewise, Madonna-
esque beer-cup breast cones may be a tad
too much.
4. Retain that sense of mystery.
Revealing your hidden talent for drink-
ing beer through your nose — even if it is
with straws — may be a bit much for that
first encounter.
5. Be careful not to scare him
write al! aboul It
Biq^h BOOK EXCHANGE
BRING IN YOUR
BOOKS!!
Book Collection occurs September 7,8,9, from 10 am to
8 pm, September 10 from 10 am to 4 pm in Baker
Lounge. After the 10 and until September 20, bring your
books to the Book Exchange Office, room 424 Unicentre.
Bring in your used textbooks, set your own price, and we'll take
care of the rest. A service charge of 20% will be deducted to
cover operating costs.
away.
The human male startles easily. Con-
fiding in him about your dream of that
perfect little villa on the Rideau River
with the charming picket fence may re-
veal in him that common condition
known as Male Fear of Commitment.
6. Don't play too hard to get.
Males are not only easily startled, they
are also easily confused. If you run and
hide in the bathroom every time he looks
your way, he may take that as a sign of
disinterest.
7. Suggest new and exciting
things to do.
Imagination is the key, butstay within
reasonable limits. Skinny dipping in the
canal or taking a parachute love jump
off Dunton Tower may have unforeseen
negative consequences.
8. Understand the male ego.
Tell him his earlobes are really groovy.
9. Cheesy but clever pick-up lines
do work on them.
Whereas we would roll our eyes and
say something beautifully cruel, they tend
to eat this stuff up.
But beware, come-on lines can back-
fire badly. "How's it hangin', hot stuff?"
has been known to be answered with "A
little to the left, but how 'bout you finding
out for yourself, sweet mama" and a big
cheesy grin that will give you nightmares
for months. □
Q" How can I help make my campus a
■ safer place? •
Al By Volunteering for the Foot Patrol!
We need women and men to volunteer.
We only need you to work 5 hours per month.
It's a great way to meet people!
Applications are now available at:
Foot Patrol Office (461 Unicentre), CUSA Office (401 Unicentre)
R.R.R.A. Office (Res Commons), Volunteer Bureau (128 Unicentre)
Women's Centre (308 Unicentre)
Applications are due at 4 pm, September 15, 1993. Interviews will be
held September 16, 17, 20, 21. Any Questions? Call the Foot Patrol
office at 788-4066 for more information.
Physical Recreation
and Athletics
Program Registration
Fitness Classes
Aquatics
Ballet, Jazz, Folk Dance
Karate, Aikijujutsu
Women's Self Defence
Table Tennis
Rock Climbing, Canoeing
Caving, Hiking
Tuesday, September 14, 1993
4:45-6:00 pm
Gymnasium
Doors open at 4:00 pm
Registration done on first come, first served basis
Vou must have your I.D. card
(students, faculty, staff, members) to get members' rates.
Fees payable at time of registration
September 2, 1993 • The Charlatan • 19
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A non-sexist guide to
picking-up the babes
Orientation
Mail-out
Tyreil Press was falsely
credited for printing the
CUSA, R.R.R.A., and
Administration joint
orientation mail-out.
Lowe-Martin Group
graciously and professionally
printed that publication.
The phone number listed for
the Safety Commissioner
(page 5) is incorrect. The
correct number is 788-2600
ext. 2895,
by David Hodges
Love Machine
The art of babe hunting has often
been compared to meeting God. While
the road to true absolution may be a
long, narrow, twisting path, filled with
angst and some real scary shit, the final
destination is worth the harrowing jour-
ney.
The same can be said for scoring with
the babes. The peril men and women
face when trying to score with babes is
just part of the territory, for with great
adversity comes great reward.
While there are no guarantees with
babe hunting, here are some basic rules
to lighten your load on the road to babe
heaven:
Today's women are a special breed.
They are no longer easily pleased with
simple trinkets or bon-bons. At a time
when drugs, sex and politics are out, the
pick-up line is more important than ever.
Traditional pick-up lines such as, "Hey
baby," just don't have what it takes
anymore. In previous decades, conven-
tional lines like this were considered to be
simple and effective. Like a pair of faded
jeans, they felt oh-so-right. But times
have changed and so has the pick-up
line.
Today's generation has a much
funkier, get-down-with-it-bro' kind of
attitude. So, here are three pick-up lines
which reflect this hipper style.
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PART-TIME EMPLOYMENT
Postitions:
Several student consulting positions are available.
Duties:
Providing consulting services to computer users with
general problems, helping to interpret error messages,
testing programs, documenting problems, checking for
terminal, micro and printer malfunctions and reporting
them. Some visits to computer labs on campus will be
required.
Requirements:
Experience with one or more of the following:
Systems: IBM PC, Macintosh
Novell Networks
Sun Unix systems
Software: Statistical packages e.g. SPSS, TPS, Minitab
Spreadsheets e.g. Quattro
Word Processors e.g. WordPerfect
Language processors e.g. Pascal, Basic
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1) "Come O'" — This pick-up line is
commonly referred to as the alternative
approach. At its most basic level, it is a
throwback to the traditional "Hey Baby . "
It combines the abrasive, straightforward
nature of the original with a fresh, deli-
cious, youthful zing.
In essence, it is an intermingling of
both new and old. It's a modem term
which harkens back to the past. Sort of
like those new/old plastic Coke bottles.
2) "Nice Skin" — Complimenting
women isn't always easy. When offering
a compliment, one runs the risk of of-
fending the woman in question. No one
likes to be referred to as a piece of meat
(except maybe men) . Because of the long
history of men's lewd gestures towards
women, one must be very sensitive about
this issue.
In recent years this controversy has
been fuelled by Malcolm-Jamal Wamer
of Cosby Show fame. In his role as Theo, he
on several occasions referred to attractive
women as burgers. Truly disgusting.
Most people constantly overlook the
obvious. We all have skin, so why not
compliment women on that? By calling
attention to a woman's clear and beau-
tiful complexion, she will be dazzled
and left in awe of your greatness.
3) "How Much?" — If all else has
failed, try humor. This approach really
tests the waters by showing your pro-
spective companion your zany sense of
wit. Even if it doesn't work, you've at
least been mildly entertained by getting
a cheap laugh at someone else's ex-
pense. However, I have yet to meet a
woman who was not charmed by this
particular pick-up line.
There you have it — three sure-fire
pick-up lines designed to work for any-
body. You may not be a perfect physical
specimen. Maybe your personality is
less than adequate. It doesn't matter. If
you have a pulse, there is no reason why
my methods will not work for you. □
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EDITORIAL PAGE
Sandbox
standoff
Maybe now the summer's over and if s back-
to-school for the CUS A kiddies, they won't have
time to muck around with each other in the
sandbox anymore.
But it's doubtful.
It has been a summer of rumors, huddles,
closed lips and finger-pointing in the standoff
between some service co-ordinators and their
supervisors on the executive of the Carleton
University Students' Association.
The struggle peaked in Toronto the last
week of August, when both sides appeared
before the Ontario Labor Relations Board. The
board will determine if service co-ordinators
Wayne Ross and Renee Twaddle were unjustly
fired by CUSAforattempting to unionize CUSA
employees and if all CUSA employees should
be automatically certified asabargaining unit.
That's the easy part. The rest of the story just
doesn't add up — yet.
Service co-ordinators Ross and Twaddle were
fired. They say it was because they were organ-
izing a union drive. CUSA says it was because
there was "just cause." Some accusatory letters
have been sent back and forth between both
sides. Three service offices and the CUSA office
were illegally entered and some office's files
were tampered with. Office locks were changed.
The Unicentre halls are rife with rumours.
Peoples' tales on both sides change with the
wind.
Perhaps not enough students have been
around this summer to remind people who
they're really here to serve.
Example: the CUSA executive and some
service co-ordinators spent the better part of
the last CUSA council meeting Aug. 11 lobbing
accusations and sarcastic remarks at one an-
other. Council went into two closed sessions to
talk in private about the labor dispute.
Then council hurriedly debated CUSA's en-
tire yearly $2-million operating budget for just
over an hour before the meeting ended at 11 :30
p.m.
Personal politics may be a lot more sexy
than a boring old budget, but that money —
students' money — makes CUSA and its serv-
ices go 'round.
Watson has refused to state publicly why
Ross and Twaddle were fired, but is adamant
that she has "just cause" for firing them. So
what is it? The executive must be publicly
accountable for all its actions. Otherwise, they
can just hire and fire willy-nilly.
Furthermore, it was clear from the Aug. 1 1
council meeting that councillors weren't con-
sulted before any of these decisions to fire co-
ordinators were made. Some councillors weren't
even aware there was a union drive being
organized.
Judging from the past couple of meetings,
councillors are there only to serve as rubber
stamps for whatever budget the executive has
decided to pass.
We'd also like to know how services can be
running at full capacity and be ready to deal
with the fall rush of students when co-ordinators
are busy testifying at hearings, meeting be-
hindclosed doors and, according to at least one
co-ordinator, holding union-organizing meet-
ings during their office hours.
Members of the CUSA executive aren't im-
mune from long meetings and closed-door
sessions either. In fact, going in-camera has
become a regular part of council meetings
these days. Let's hear it for openness and
accountability.
A union drive isn't the issue here. What's
important is the atmosphere of suspicion and
mistrustwhich has taken over the Unicentre. It
makes you wonder how any work got done this
summer. It makes you question if any will get
done in the fall when it really counts.
We're about to find out. MG & KJ
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OPINION
Summertime blues at Carleton
id urban studies student at Ce/leton.
by Doron Aronson
Doron Aronson is a fourth-year political science a
The long, hot Ottawa summer was one in which some
undergraduate students in political science at Carleton suffered
through inefficient and poorly managed courses.
My experiences made me wonder if the university sees its
summer courses as cash cows, existing only to make money for
the university with quality education as a secondary priority.
I took two second-year sociology courses this summer. I
found those courses to be adequate in that I learned new things,
even though there were no
teaching assistants.
I also took a second-year
political science course involv-
ing computer-oriented re-
search which required a loi of
tutorial assistance.
That assistance was lack-
ing. The classes were sched-
uled for three hours and rarely
lasted more than an hour and
45 minutes. The professor was
rarely available for help out-
.side class. He even said he
dealt primarily with graduate
students and had no office
hours to help undergraduate
students.
1 went to speak to the un-
dergraduate supervisor for po-
litical science three weeks into
the course to ask why our
course in quantitative politi-
cal science research methods
had not given outthe name of
the teaching assistant.
Until then, most students
thought we didn't have one.
That night, the professor re-
vealed the name of the teach-
ing assistant, who was only
there to mark assignmentsand
exams. The teaching assist-
ant held office hours, but only
for two weeks because he said
he wasn't getting paid to hold
them.
When I spoke to the undergraduate supervisor he was
cordial, but quite sarcastic with some of his remarks. He said,
"Don't blame our department, blame Bob Rae!" What type of
patronizing response is that?
I was extremely disturbed to hear a professor in such a
position of responsibility tell me to put the blame on the premier
of the province. I expected a little less cynicism and a
little more acceptance of responsibility. In my opinion,
the first step in fixing a problem is to realize you have
one.
And Carleton does. The problem is not so much the
teaching itself. The problem has to do with the univer-
sity's willingness to provide enough time and money to
make summer courses worth taking.
Just as any service in the common market involves an
exchange of equal funds for an equal receipt of service,
this should be the case
when it comes to courses.
Carleton's only commod-
ity to sell is its courses and
summer students aren't re-
ceiving equal educational
value compared to fall and
winter courses.
The political science de-
partment at Carleton Uni-
versity blames the admin-
istration. The teaching as-
sistants blame the politi-
cal science department for
notallocating theirbudget
so as to accommodate sum-
mer courses. When ap-
proaching administration,
I was sent back to the po-
litical science department
for help.
So, once again the bit-
ter irony in all this is that
everyone's policy at Carle-
ton University is to trans-
fer responsibility to other
departments rather than
dealing with itthemselves.
Administration, the po-
litical science department
andtheteachingassistants
have created one insensi-
tive vicious circle in which
nobody seems to care for
anyoneelse. Revenue-gen-
eration, profit and passing
off responsibility are more important priorities than
students' education.
It appears that Carleton considers summereducation
a part-time task done exclusively for the income. But
students should be receiving the same education for their
money in the summer as they get during the rest of the
year □
September 2, 1993 • The Charlatan ■ 21
LETTERS
Shots from the
grassy knoll
Editor:
Re: "Baa baa
councillors, have
you any spine," The
Charlatan, June 24,
1993.
Oliver Stone and
the conspiracy theo-
rists are correct.
You're absolutely
right, that is "what
happens when you,1)!
letsomeonebecome I
council chair who,
as the vice-president
internal, wanted to
abolish CUSA council two years ago."
In fact, "quickly" adjourning council
when we were "just a few councillors"
short of quorum was, and still is, all part
of the plan to continue my crusade of
abolishing council.
But that's not all — being hired as
CUSA chair by the same person I hired for
the same position, those same two years
ago, was also part of the plan; my contin-
ued presence on campus, despite having
been awarded a bachelor of arts degree
1 2 months ago, is also part of the plan;
and my relationship, in 1992, with a
then Charlatan cub-reporter, who has
since risen to the esteemed position of
news editor, was also part of the plan.
Thanks, Karin, for restoring to the
prestigious Charlatan editorial column
the cause of my long struggle. As a result
of yourfactual, well-written, well-argued,
well-researched, well-intentioned and
positively insightful editorial which made
the same point editors have been mak-
ing since way back in the late-sixties (see
"Don't rock the boat," The Carleton, Sept.
30, 1966), my cause has once again been
brought to the forefront of student debate
on campus. This, too, has all been part of
the plan.
Long live the revolution.
Dave Gregory
B.A. '92
More Touchtone
frustration
Editor:
I consider it my obligation as a Carle-
ton University student to point out the
shortcomings of the computerized regis-
tration system so that it may be rectified
for better service to all students and re-
duce the administrative cost and frustra-
tions endured by students, professors,
department secretaries and the univer-
sity.
The system permits pre -determined
groups of students to register at consecu-
tive periods. However, there is no provi-
sion in the system to distribute the avail-
I was informed that there is a proce-
dure in place to give all students equal
opnortunity. However, from my experi-
ence and from the experiences of other
students I have spoken with, the proce-
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situation.
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security. The security number is very
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listed in the white pages.
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committee has not authorized funds for
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up new signs prior to the Leameds Con-
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phones or alarms? I rode all over campus
at 1:30 a.m. to see whether I could find
anything that would connect or direct
me to security. I found nothing and I did
not see any security vehicles or security
people.
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campus at night they are in serious dan-
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22 • The Charlatan • September 2, 1993
SPORTS
Silver lining found in hard work
by Steven Vesely
Charlatan Staff
From May until August, third-year
Carleton students Suzanne Bird and Krista
Wilson were going to Toronto every week-
end.
To train.
As promising members of the Carle-
ton field hockey team, the two women
attended the Ontario field hockey club's
weekly training and tryout sessions hop-
ing for a chance to represent the province
at the Canada Games.
Held every four years, the Games are a
showcase and springboard for about
3,800 athletes who have nevercompeted
on a national level for Canada.
In the end, the lost weekends were
worth it.
Bird, a midfielder, and Wilson, a for-
ward, made the Ontario team and cap-
tured silver at this year's Games in
Kamloops, B.C., from Aug. 8 to Aug. 21.
Also participating was second-year
Carleton link Vicki Wilcox, a member of
the New Brunswick squad.
"I'll never forget it, " says Bird, recall-
ing the experience. "The stands were full.
The feeling of pride you get when the
play stops and people start cheering was
incredible. I had fans coming up to me
afterwards shaking my hand, wishing
me well, even asking me for my auto-
graph. It was just the best time."
Wilcox agrees.
"It was an unforgettable experience
because the competition and calibre of
play was so high," she says. "I've never
been in a competition where an entire
Carleton placed two members on the podium at this year's Canada Games.
week was spent with people who talked
about field hockey. There was this excite-
ment in the air that just made you feel
good about the sport you were playing."
In round robin play, Ontario finished
first in their pool while New Brunswick
placed second in their division. That set
up an Ontario-New Brunswick semi-fi-
nal showdown which Ontario won 2-0.
In the finals, Ontario finished second,
losing gold to the B.C. team 1-0. The New
Brunswick squad lost the bronze medal
match 2-0 to Calgary.
Winning silver was satisfying, says
Bird, but more important was the pas-
sion she rediscovered for the sport.
"We had to train in 40 degree weather
down in Toronto, " she says. "That really
tested us and made us push and train
harder just to get to go to the Games. And
then the experience of having played in
the Games really rekindled our love for
the game."
That experience also bodes well for
the upcoming field hockey season.
"You have to look at it from a time
point of view," says field hockey coach
Suzanne Nicholson. "Those two months
preparing for (the Canada Games) is like
two years of training and coaching at
Carleton. It accelerates their develop-
ment. It also lifts our program up a
notch. Most other schools have national
and provincial team members on their
squads. Carleton's now beginning to join
that upper echelon."
Last year, the field hockey team fin-
ished eighth out of 10 teams in the On-
tario Women's Interuniversity Athletic
Association with a 3-6-4 record.
However, they also reached the
playoffs for the first time since 1989 and
improved to 10 points from their total of
five the year before.
The Bird-to-Wilson duo was instru-
mental last year and should click as a
unit even more this year,
"We've seen how much more we can
do together just from playing together all
summer," says Wilson. "It'll be great to
see what we can accomplish if we play
just as hard during the school year."
Their goal as unofficial team leaders
this year is to lead by example.
"You can only play your way," says
Wilcox. "I don't think we can elevate the
team's play by ourselves. We can only
come out with the energy, concentration
and focus to play at a high intensity and
hope our teammates will see that and
subconsciously start playing that way
too. If we go about our game in our own
quiet little way, maybe they'll follow." □
Bootcamp begins for football Ravens
by Steven Vesely
Charlatan Staff
The 1993 Ontario-Quebec
Interuniversity Football Conference sea-
son kicked off Aug. 20 without a touch-
down, without a victory and without a
loss.
Instead the Carleton Ravens and their
cross-town rivals, the University of Ot-
tawa Gee-Gees, opened punishing two-
week training camps full of team meet-
ings, equipment fittings, practice drills
and gruelling two-a-day practices.
The Gee-Gees are hoping to improve
on last year's 3-4 record, while the Ravens
are looking to post a victory in the win
column after an 0-7 campaign last fall.
Defensive linesmen practise blocking
techniques during a training session.
Raven coach Donn Smith invited ap-
proximately 120 players to camp and
has stated publicly that every job is open
on the Raven roster.
"If anybody's coming here thinking
they have their position locked up, they're
in for a very rude awakening come train-
ing camp," said Smith, "because I'm
looking for people who have the ability
to turn a page on what's been going on
5 here and understand that there's a new
« regime and a new opportunity."
£ Halfway through camp, about 75 ath-
> letes remain. Some have dropped out
U and some have been asked to leave.
Also attending the camp is Rob Dunn,
the Raven player who spent nine days in
hospital with a broken jaw and severe
concussion after taking a vicious, illegal
hit in last year's Panda Game.
Dunn and the Ravens travelled to
Cornwall to scrimmage with the national
champion Queen's Golden Gaels this
past Saturday, Aug. 28, with positive
results, Smith said.
"Our objective here was to be competi-
tive and get in as many players as we
could for the purposes of evaluation,"
said Smith. "We achieved both those
objectives."
The Ravens' next goal is a pre-season
win against the University of Guelph
Gryphons on Sept. 4. □
Athletics responds to Pedro's Panda Game Prayer
by Steven Vesely
Chartalan Staff
Dear Carleton Athletics,
I'm just a small stuffed bear.
I don't know much about politics,
money or sex.
In fact, I don't even know anything
about football.
But I do know that the Panda Game in
my honor - a tradition between the Uni-
versity of Ottawa Gee-Gees and the Car-
leton Ravens for 38 years - was in jeop-
ardy earlier this month because of finan-
cial and scheduling problems surround-
ing the two available weekend dates.
Boy, was I ever worried. In fact, I was
almost too upset to eat my bamboo shoots.
I was told the Sept. 18 meeting be-
tween the Gee-Gees and Ravens in Frank
Clair stadium was unacceptable as the
Panda date because it would conflict
with the Home Show at Lansdowne Park.
Bummer.
The Gee-Gee horse-thingy then told
me that holding the game on Oct. 23
would result in a $7,500 overtime clean-
up bill to the two universities because of
a Riders CFL game in the stadium the
night before.
Bigger bummer.
I understand both universities lost
money on the past two Panda Games,
including deficits of about $4,000 each in
last year's match, which the Gee-Gees
won 17-6.
When I think of how expensive bam-
boo shoots are these days, even my little
brain could understand your financial
worries.
But even though I'm just a silly little
bear and not very bright, I still didn't
understand why this would put my spe-
cial game in peril. Couldn't we have it on
another day? Couldn't we have it at
Raven field instead? Couldn't we ante up
the overtime money and have it at Frank
Clair stadium? Couldn't we ... ?
Oh, my head hurts from all this think-
ing.
After hearing about all these awful
no-game scenarios, I was relieved to find
out there were meetings last week among
representatives of the city, the stadium,
the Rough Riders and the universities.
Seems everyone was in agreement that
my big day was pretty important and
that it would be a travesty to let it die a
slow and lingering death.
That was good to hear.
Then, just this past weekend I found
out that a decision was reached - the city
and the two universities would split the
$7, 500 clean-up bill, raise ticket prices by
a dollar and have the game at Frank
Clair stadium on Sunday, Oct. 24.
Boy, was I relieved.
I know I'm just a small stuffed bear
whose opinion really doesn't matter in
the big scheme of things, but I really am
glad my big game didn't get lost in ad-
ministrative red tape. I'm glad things
have been resolved and finalized.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Pedro the Panda. □
September 2, 1993 • The Charlatan ■ 23
Positive sell nets recruitment results
by Steven Vesely
Charlatan Staff
About twice a week during the year,
women's volleyball coach Peter Biasone
sits down at his desk and starts making
phone calls.
He refers to it as making contact. Oth-
ers coaches call it recruitment. And if s
probably the most important element of
a varsity team's success.
" 1 'd say it amounts to between 65 and
75 percent in determining how well your
team does," says Biasone.
At Carleton and other universities
across the country, recruiting athletes is
becoming an increasingly important as-
pect of a coach's job.
"If you don't recruit, I don't know how
you can survive," says women's soccer
coach Dave Kent. "Because if 1 don't go
out and recruit and entice and offer to the
students what we have, who's going to
play for me?"
Although it's as old as the hills, re-
cruitment is now experiencing a revival
of sorts as talent-starved universities fight
for a finite pool of gifted recruits. In
Ontario, 17 universities compete for
graduating athletes each and every year.
"It's getting more competitive all the
time," says Biasone. "And getting an
edge on other schools is difficult because
we're all bound by the same rules."
While there are a myriad of recruiting
guidelines, these complex regulations ba-
sically boil down to simple rules govern-
ing the conduct of universities in their
approach to prospective athletes.
Universities are restricted from entic-
ing athletes with money, gifts, guaran-
teed roster spots, or anything else.
Schools are also supposed to refrain
from trashing other universities. The right
to extol the virtues of their own facilities
and programs is the only recruiting tool
schools are permitted.
And that one weapon, many Carleton
coaches agree, is the key to successful
recruiting.
"The first thing you have to do is sell
the school," says Biasone. "If I can influ-
ence a student to come to Carleton and
study science, then I've done well. The
volleyball aspect is a selling point, sure,
but the school has to come first."
On the phone, Biasone follows a set
pattern. First an introduction. Then a
series of questions — do you want to play
volleyball at a university level? What
programs are you interested in? Other
questions follow. That
call is followed by an
information package
and likely another
phone call.
"You have to get
out there and make
as many contacts as
you can," he says.
"You have to talk to
coaches, talk to ath-
letes, go to tourna-
ments and see as
many of these kids as
possible. Then you
have to give them as
much information as
you can about
Carleton and sell the
school on them."
The scenario is
similar among other
coaches.
"I call the coach
first and ask the coach
to pass on my interest
to the student," says
Kent. "If the player is
interested, I'll send
them a Raven kit, invite her to see one of
our games, meet with the student,, her
parents and talk to them about Carleton .
That's my strategy."
For Carleton athlete Kathy Keegan,
the approach worked.
"They (the coaching staff) just did a
nice job of selling Carleton," says the
third-year Carleton student and soccer
midfielder from Sudbury. "My priority is
school, and when Dave (Kent) came up
to see me play, he impressed me. The
attention was important. How can you
not like that? Then he brought me down
to Ottawa, showed me the campus, the
field, the uniforms, everything."
That personal attention is important.
"Everyone knows that if a coach but-
ters you up it helps," she says. "A coach
that calls you up, 'ho hum, thank you
very much,' that's not going to get me
excited."
Building that rapport is also key to
women's basketball coach Marg Jones.
"It's a three- to four-year process," she
says, commenting on her recruitment
philosophy. "It's not something that can
be done in six months.
"You have to be involved with them.
You have to know the athletes for a
couple of years through training camps
and contact. That's the approach (to
recruitment) that's worked."
For the most part, schools operate
within the rules of promoting their own
programs and facilities.
But not always.
At the University of Manitoba last
year, the school's athletic director and
football coach were fired after it was
discovered they were illegally awarding
athletic scholarships to incoming recruits.
Even within the rules, methods vary.
"Some coaches can be pretty under-
handed and establish a relationship over
a short period of time without spending
time with athletes," says (ones. But I
think it's pretty tacky and cheesy if you
become a person's best friend just in their
Grade 13 year."
Although such recruiting practices do
exist, they're frowned upon by most.
"Most coach's are pretty upfront and
honest," says Biasone.
"You don't get very far by defrauding
students."
"The coaches who do their homework
and put in the time on recruiting hon-
estly with the students' best interests at
heart are usually the one's with success-
ful teams." □
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24 • The Charlatan • September 2, 1993
ARTS Sc ENTERTAINMENT
Sweltering heat, bad sound mar show
by Christine McConnell
Chaflalan Staff
Pearl |am and Doughboys
August 17
Robert Guertin Arena
sea of long-haired, Doc-
Martened teens suffered the
suffocating heat of this Hull
arena to witness the coming
L of Seattle's gurus of grunge,
■ Pearl Jam.
True to grunge style, the stage setup
was kept to a minimum: basic black with
a spotlight in the shape of a barrel of a
gun in the background.
Montreal's Doughboys opened the
show. Recently signed to A&M and tour-
ing to support their fourth full-length
release Crush, they managed to drum up
quite a frenzy.
They played 11 songs, both old and
new. Then the audience ate it all up and
was surprisingly familiarwith their songs.
On the fashion front, Pearl [am
frontman Eddie Vedder, whose video and
concert appearances suggest he owns
only two sets of clothes, was predictably
decked out in the brown and
khaki outfit he wore in their
video for"!eremy." Hisother
set of clothes, a plaid uni-
form, was probably still dirty
from lastyear's Lollapalooza
gigs-
Audience reaction to their
set was mixed as Pearl lam
chose the Hull audience to
test out some new material.
If the concert was any indi-
cation, watch for the band's
next release to be a radical
departure from their previ-
ous material.
Faced with unfamiliar
songs, the crowd didn't get
into the show as much. There
was less bouncing around
and nobody sang along (of
course).
However, the band didn't
disappoint fans who wanted
to hear the hits. They played
"Even Flow" and "Alive,"
from the epic debut release
Ten.
Their 20-minute encore
And now I'll make a bunny.
was highlighted by "State of Love and Trust" from the soundtrack to the i
Singles and a cover of the Who's "Baba
O'Riley."
By the endof the show, the arena was
so hot that T-shirts were shed and the
place became a sea of bare male backs.
The biggest downfall (apart from the
sweltering heat) was the arena's poor
sound quality. It was almost impossible
to understand anything saidby the band
members between songs.
The sound was so bad that when
Vedder held up a water bottle in one
hand and a wine bottle in the other to
make some kind of deep philosophical
statement, nobody had a clue what he
was going on about.
The crowd was well-controlled. The
mosh pit wasn't dangerous and there
was only one measly attempt at stage
diving. There was, however, an abun-
dance of crowd surfers.
Vedder, who is known for climbing
i his stage sets (as he did at Lollapalooza
1992), took a more subdued approach
and remained in one spot most of the
time.
In retrospect, the heat, the sound and
the unfamiliar material made the sold-
out concert less than the event it should
have been. □
General Idea: good concept bad execution
Videotapes by General idea
National Gallery of Canada
Aug. 12 — Oct. 10
)
by FJIayne Haggart
Charlatan Staff
irst, let's give creditwhere credit
is due: any piece of art that in-
volves painting with poodles
merits special attention.
The painting with poodles idea is typi-
cal of General Idea's videos. They have
plenty of good ideas and promise, but
they're very inconsistent.
General Idea is a Toronto-based artis-
tic collective. Formed in 1968 by A. A.
Bronson, Felix Partez and Jorge Zontal,
their goal as performance artists is to
take over the structures of popular cul-
ture — for instance, television or maga-
zines — and inject the "germ of art dis-
course." This is accomplished by parody-
ing the media they inhabit.
From this point of view, they can be
most easily compared with Monty Py-
thon. Both groups took their medium
(television) and parodied it.
Monty Python mimickedstupid broad-
casters and rarely ended their sketch with
a clean punch line. General Idea paints
with poodles and talks about products
like "Nazi Milk."
On view at the National Gallery are
seven General Idea videos as well as a few
copies of their File magazine. A take off
on Life magazine, it celebrates nostalgia
in reverse and is generally silly.
A gallery is probably not the best
place to see General Idea's work. Televi-
sion is for watching in your living room,
not in a bare room in a gallery. Perhaps
if they'd done the room up . . .
From the television, General Idea lay
out their manifesto in their 28-minute
television program, "Test Tube."
"Test Tube" is set at the Color Bar,
(with a test pattern background —
geddit?) where the three artists mix revo-
lutionary cocktails and muse about the
nature of TV.
Interspersed with these comments are
parodies of commercials and a soap op-
Nazi milk: far intolerant racists everywhere.
era-ish bit about an artist having a crisis
of conscience.
Overall, this sounds like a
worthwhile clip. It has a sen-
sible critique (that TV needs
some artistic sensibility to get
rid of its banality), an inter-
esting format and some com-
edy.
In parts, it does well. The
commercials (especially the
Nazi Milk one) come off well
and the soap opera part is
strange enough to be amus-
ing.
What kills these ideas is
the execution. Even though
this is "art, " it must be judged
on the same criteria that we
use to judge other television
programs. The acting is not
very good and the scenes
don't really flow. As a parody,
it doesn't fly.
It comes across as a bit
stilted, as if was made for
broadcast in a gallery and
not for broadcast on Dutch
TV, which it was.
Another of the seven clips,
"Shut the Fuck Up" has the
same problems. It starts off
with a scene from the 1960s' Batman
television show where the Joker wins a
painting contest with a completely blank
canvas. Of course, all the judges pounce
on it as a marvellous work of art.
Throughout the rest of the clip, they
poke fun at different art mediums, point-
ing out the absurdity of some of them. Of
course, there's the painting with stuffed
poodles that mimics a piece of perform-
ance art called "XXX Blue," in which an
artist covers several young women in
blue paint to make a unique canvas.
They also parody beauty contests with
a great piece called "Mondo Cane" where
the artists dress up as poodles and dance
like ballerinas, all vying for the honor of
being Miss General Idea. The live poodle,
covered with blue paint and standing on
the podium, is a nice touch.
In all though, it's just too little. All
these ideas sound like old Monty Python
sketches. Because the acting was better
and the sketches funnier, Python prob-
ably did a better job at subverting and
parodying television.
Good acting and good television are
essential to getting ideas like General
Idea's across. Only when the acting and
stories are entertaining will General Idea's
parody reach those of us forwhom televi-
sion is used more for entertainment than
for education. □
This week. • .
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2. House of Canvas Products
3. House of Cheese Ltd.
4. House of Hope and Healing
House of Lasagna
We Read the Phone Book
#1 The Houses of Ottawa
6. House of Kraft Orthopaedic Innovations Ltd.
7. House of Masters
8. House of Selective Researchers
9. House of Speculative Fiction
1 0. House of Staples and Stapling Machines
J
September 2, 1993 ■ The Charlatan ■ 25
Just leave us alone!
Patronizing boomers screw up again
by Mo Gannon
Charlatan Star!
"r?th Gen: Abort, Retry, Ignore, FuH^
Neil Howe and Bill Strauss
Random House
229 pages
$12.50
've seen the best minds of my
I generationreducedto Kraft Din-
ner and fast sound bytes by
Baby Boomers who like to pon-
tificate about people in their
I 20s.
But 13th Gen: Abort, Retry, Ignore, Fail?,
the latest schlock written by Boomers, is
just about as much as I can swallow.
Not because I'm 22 with an attitude,
not because I have an aversion to thought
or the printed word, not because I hate
Boomers or I'm too hard to care, as au-
thors Neil Howe and Bill Strauss might
have you believe.
The book, which sets out to document
the plight of Generation X — or whatever
else they're calling us this week — is rife
with gross generalizations, overdone
stereotypes and "I'm-so-with-it" lingo
which tries much too hard.
Putting up with these guys trying to
sound like Douglas Coupland is like
watching your Dad trying to talk like
Wayne or Garth — goofy and painfully
embarrassing for the poor old guys.
The difference between this and
Coupland's Generation X besides the au-
thors' ages? Coupland's firstbookrelated
something new about this generation's
situation in a way which had seldom
been done before, while 13th Gen is a
tired rehash of easy truisms.
After the success of Generation X,
Boomers caughta whiff of its best-selling
potential and turned it into a formula of
their own, spawning shows like Melrose
"BUY A SECOND BEEMER? I CAN'T EVEN RENT OUT MY VACATION CONDO
HEY, IS IT ME OR IS THERE SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE SERVICE HERE7"
Place or movies like Singles. When will
this become old news?
Howe and Strauss begin the book by
"loading" their text onto a computer
bulletin board, in case boring old books
aren't sexy enough for you. A 23-year-
old crasher (author Ian Williams) inter-
rupts the text in sidebars with predictable
snarky reactions like, "Don't you know
that categorizing and defining stuff you
have no clue about is one of the fatal
flaws of being a Baby Boomer?"
That didn't stop them, though. Reviv-
ing the tiresome old name-that-gene ra-
tion debate, Howe and Strauss decide on
1 3 as the unlucky number to describe the
13th generation since American inde-
pendence.
"More than a name, the number 13 is
a gauntlet, a challenge, an obstacle to be
overcome," they write. Blech.
The authors divide this supposedly
like-minded generation of 1 1- to 31-year-
olds into the older "Atari" wave and the
younger "Nintendo" wave. Cute guys,
very cute.
They then tell you much of what you
know already — older people have it
better, it's hard to find a job if you don't
work at McDonald's or teach English in
fapan, you can't buy a house so you buy
CDs instead, you're emotionally disturbed
because your parents got divorced, your
future is a wasteland, blah, blah, blah.
While they do provide stats related to
their musings in nifty USA Today-style
sidebars, Howe and Strauss blatantly
admit their lack of evidence to the crasher:
"You wouldn't be reading this if every-
thing we said came with a long footnote,
but all this is relentlessly researched, we
promise you."
Give us some credit, puh-leez!
However, unlike other Boomer scribes
who gripe about how dumb the young'uns
are today, these guys try to defend "a
generation with a PR problem." They
argue that older Americans give 13ers a
bad rap to "rekindle a sense of national
community" in a post-Cold War world.
The authors claim 13ers are used un-
fairly by their elders as the "caricatured
image of our collective woes, the indel-
ible icon of national decline," and "a
metaphor for America's late-twentieth-
century loss of purpose."
But Howe and.Strauss entangle them-
selves in their own criticism by construct-
ing a different image to suit the purpose
of their defence — the 1 3er as the Noble
Savage, a "postmodern hunter and gath-
erer" who is "damaged — but surviving. "
Their image doesn't come closer to real-
ity than any other 13er stereotype per-
petuated by Boomers.
Waxing romantic about the plight of
the 13th generation for a tiresome 229
pages, the authors conclude it will lead
America to salvation after an apocalyp-
tic war between the generations.
"We, their elders, will never live to see
how their story turns out. They will. The
rest of us can only imagine how, when
their job's done, they'll look history
straight in the eye, give a little smile, and
move on."
Abort.
Abort.
Abort. □
20-Something: ambiguous, annoying and useless
by David Bartolf
Charlatan Staff
20-Someth i ng, Floundering, and
Off the Yuppie Track: A Self Hel p
Guide to Making It Through Your
Twenties
by Steven Gibb
Fawcett Crest
195 pages
J
h please. Just what the
world needs — another
self-help book. Worse yet,
this one's aimed at Doug-
las Coupland's favorite
demographic cluster, peo-
ple under 30.
Steven Gibb, the author, is now study-
ing at Purdue University's graduate school
in the United States. While having the
advantage overthe typical "what-is-with-
this-generation?" piece written by co-
cooning Baby Boomer hacks, Gibb still
falls into the trap of trying to be all-
inclusive when writing about our diffuse
generation.
It seems beyond the grasp of those in
the mass media — especially in publish-
ing — that our generation, like no other
before, is individualistic to an extreme.
Any attempt by an author to character-
ize us, even when using social and cul-
tural sub-groupings, is far too sweeping,
13THGEN
te^eneration
Noting generation
BEA
5?
THOSE GRUNGERS
resentfully so.
The book suffers from many other
flaws, the main one resting with its na-
ture.
Self-help writers are cloyingly indul-
gent. The reader is never told to smarten
up in no uncertain terms. If you relapse,
that's okay, you'll bounce back. Here is
my advice, but you can wilfully ignore it;
your situation may be one
of the many exceptions
to what I write.
For example, Gibb
writes, "(Sex) can be one
of the most grandly sen-
sual, replenishing, and
beautiful experiences in
life. But at the same time
sex is frightening because
it can make us feel so
vulnerable."
Admittedly the world
has never had clear-cut
divisions, but this re-
peated negation of ad-
vice counters any value it
might have had in the
first place. It's like say-
ing, "It may rain today,
or it might not."
Most annoying about
this genre is the "it's-
other-peoples'-fault-
your-life-isn't-better" mo-
tif. "I'm okay, you're
okay, " as one of the most
famous self-help books is titled. The reader
is always okay — it's others who are the
pinheads.
Most self-help manuals advise people
to talk it out, preferably with a therapist.
Amazingly, Gibb writes, "Find a good
therapist," in his last list of recommenda-
tions.
Like too many self-help books, 20-
Something is filled with too many excla-
mation points ("Sex is fun! Sex is compli-
cated! Sex is profound!"), well-duh obvi-
ous statements like "Economic pain can
be harsh," and slogans like "Half of the
battle in figuring out what you want is
figuring out what you don't want."
This book does offer a few shards of
worthwhile, tough-headed guidance.
Gibb condemns divorce, New Age phi-
losophy and the "Yuppie Icon" of career
success and thinness above all else.
Hidden amongst all the dross are two
good, solid chaptersof useful, unroman-
tic advice: one on job-hunting and the
other on how to live off entry-level wages.
Gibb ends the book with a sensible
chapter-long discussion of the typical
confusion tied to this time of life. He
finishes with a recommendation to read
William Styron's Darkness Visible, a short
memoir on the crippling strength of de-
pression.
Darkness Visible is what more self-help
books should be. Styron writes about
what he knows — how he survived the
tangible pain of depression. A reader
gains more listening to someone who
has actually been through such a condi-
tion than from any self-help book. □
David Bartoll has a bachelor of journalism degree wiih
combined honors in political science. He does no! live at his
parents' home and owns his own car. He is cuirently between
occupational and emotional relationships. Hours and rates ol
pay and/or affection very flexible.
26 • The Charlatan . September 2, 1993
Sperm are good. Sperm are good. Sperm are good. Sperm are good. Sperm are good. Sperm are good. Sperm are good.
Coming to terms wit ft the sperms
JAn J-CistoricaC guide to the meaning of sperm
by Dave Hodges and Andrea Smith
Spemiologists
hey're all around us, but we
can't see them. This might
explain why such an impor-
tant substance as sperm has
been relatively overlooked in
popular culture. Who are
they? Why are they here? Where do they
come from?
These tadpoles of love have been navi-
gating scorn, ridicule and misunderstand-
ing throughout the history of the West-
em world, while being misrepresented
and shrouded in myth.
In modem times, the mythology of
sperm has been taken over by modem
cinema, as Hollywood has
turned sperm into fodder for
the commercial imagination.
But to understand the cinematic
portrayal of sperm, it is first
necessary to examine the tra-
dition from which these fellows
have emerged.
punishes auto-eroticists (masturbators).
As the story goes, Onan spilt his seed
upon the ground instead of sleeping with
his wife and was duly punished by God.
As sperm moved onto the centre stage
in Hollywood, they took on a life of their
own. Movies add another layer of my-
thology — this time of more liberated
sperm, damaged but surviving.
BECOMING YOUR SPERM
In the late eighties, the movie Look
THE HISTORY OF SPERM
Sperm are not just the foot
soldiers of procreation - they're
little messengers carrying our
political and historical bag-
gage.
The Greeks, like Hippocrates
and Aristotle, had some pecu-
liar beliefs about semen, in his
treatise The Seed, Hippocrates
wrote that semen was the "the
foamy substance of the blood, "
resulting from the "intertwin-
ing of bodies." Heated by the
"natural warmth ofthe male,"
a froth would form in the blood,
spreading through the "sper-
matic veins."
Aristotle believed semen was
precious to the body as a mate-
rial for growth. He thought the
discharge of semen could take
away essential nutrients that
might have gone to all parts of
the body. Sperm, therefore, were
not to be wasted.
The Book of Leviticus in the
Old Testament reads, "When
any man has a discharge from
his penis, the discharge is un-
clean." For that matter, any
discharge of the nasty stuff made a man
"unclean in the eyes of the Lord."
Leviticus goes on to say if a man
ejaculates (no matter why or how) he
should bathe his whole body. Even doing
so, he remained unclean until evening.
Anyone unfortunate enough to come
into contact with the masturbator was
also required to bathe.
Despite the unclean nature of these
emissions, the ludeo-Christian tradition
also teaches the wickedness of wasted
seed.
In the Lost Books of Eden, apocryphal
texts not included in the Hebrew Bible,
the story of Onan tells how the good Lord
In Everything You Always Wanted to Know
About Sex But Were Afraid to Ask, Woody
Allen portrays an angst-ridden sperm.
In this masterpiece, Allen breaks the
stereotype of mindless sperm with only
one thing their agenda: egg egg egg.
"I'm scared," says the tiny Woody
spermatozoa with glasses, as the vessel
in which he travels prepares for ejacula-
tion. "What if he's masturbating? I might
end up on the ceiling."
"Hey, when you joined thesperm corps
you took an oath," says one of Allen's
chromosome-toting colleagues, "to ferti-
lize that egg or die trying."
Aside from the obvious implications
for spermkind, this is also a brilliant
SPERM HATH NO COLOR
The issue of sperm as forbearers of
racial acceptance is explored again in
Made in America. This is a gripping melo-
drama which describes the plight of an
Afro- American woman played by Whoopi
Goldberg who discovers she has been
artificially inseminated with the sperm
of a cheesy-used-car-sellin', bad-cowboy-
suit-wearin' white man, played by none
other than Sam Malone himself — Ted
Danson.
"You know, " says Danson's character
at one point, "sperm are funny. "
While apparently not quite
funny enough to carry an entire
movie, the sperm in Made In
America are little political lobby-
ists who deliver the message,
"Hey, it doesn't matter if you're
black or white, 'cause we all
look the same."
The movie also subtly breaks
an age-old stereotype that dic-
tates that men must be ashamed
of masturbating. In a glorious
scene, "Fresh Prince" Will Smith
smiles with delight after caress-
ing and stroking his unit. We
see for the first time a depiction
of a man who will not be chas-
tised or ridiculed by the menac-
ing constructs of society for sim-
ply pleasuring himself.
Who 's Talking featured Bruce Willis as the
voice of the one lucky sperm to fertilize
Kirstie Alley's ovum. With child-like in-
nocence and a brooding intensity, he
throws away millennia of historical
stigma portraying an exuberant, strong,
proud spermatozoa before he takes on
the role of the baby.
Willis conveys a powerful message to
the audience, affirming the bittersweet
bond between a man and his semen —
he tells us we should celebrate these little
swimmers in the race for life and exalt in
the wonder of procreation.
In his stunning narration, Willis delves
into himself, embracing his spermness.
metaphor for the Vietnam conflict.
In another clever scene, Allen deals
with racial prejudice.
"Hey! What am I doing here?" asks a
black sperm awash in a sea of white
sperm.
Regardless of his confusion, he is ac-
cepted by his fellow sperm. Skin color is
simply not an issue. If sperm can get
together despite having different colored
skin, it seems absurd that we, as organ-
isms much more complex than a single
sperm, should continue to quibble over
racial differences.
J?
SPERM ARE GOOD, BUT
NOT THAT GOOD
Monty Python rebel against
the Biblical notion of sperm in
their brilliant satire: The Mean-
ing of Life. In the film, they sati-
rize this notion in a skit depict-
ing a Catholic woman con-
stantly doing laundry, in a house
overrun with children, who no
longer notices when she gives
birth.
The hundred orso of her chil-
dren then break into song:
"Every sperm is sacred, every
sperm is great,
If a sperm is wasted, God gets
quite irate.
Let the heathen spill theirs
On the dusty ground,
God will make them pay for each
sperm that can't be found."
After millennia of use and abuse by
theologians, philosophers and movie
producers, it's time for sperm to be recog-
nized for what they are: the indispensa-
ble worker bees of reproduction. There's
been enough mythology and misinfor-
mation. It's time we shut up and let the
little critters do their job. □
Sperm are good. Sperm are good. Sperm are good. Sperm are good. Sperm are good. Sperm are good. Sperm are good.
September 2, 1993 • The Charlatan ■ 27
Trashcan Sinatras: Intentionally Obscure
by Jane Tattersall
Charlatan Slafl
he Trashcan Sinatras could
be known as a band that con-
sciously avoids attention.
Their dreamy, guitar-laden
melodies and cryptic lyrics
make them the perfect alter-
native for those who are tired
of the current grunge-metal scene.
With the [une release of their second
album, I've Seen Everything, the five lads
from Irvine, Scotland, should receive a
lotmore of the spotlightin North America.
So far the album has spawned two
singles, the title track and "Hayfever,"
both of which have made the college
charts across Canada and the United
States. Plus, their mini-tour of North
America this summer was very well-re-
ceived.
Formed in late 1987 by brothers John
and Stephen Douglas, the Trashcans
originally started out as a school project.
"We were all in a communications-
type class together and got this assign-
ment to do a project," recalls guitarist
David Hughes. "We had no idea what to
do so we just started banging away on
anything we could get our hands on, and
Frank (Read) sang over it."
One of the instruments they used was
a garbage can. Later, when they were
learning to play their instruments, one of
the first songs they mastered was an old
Sinatra song. Hence their unusual name.
"It was more of a joke, really, "protests
David. "We were never a Frank Sinatra
cover band, but we have been known to
cover a few of his songs, especially when
we didn't know how to play anything
else."
Wow! A relatively clear photo of those obscure Scottish fellows.
Afterthat strange beginning, they were
hooked. The Douglas bothers, along with
Read and guitarist Paul Livingston set
about practising and writingsongs. When
they hit the road, however, Hughes elected
not to go on and was replaced by George
McDaid. The band wasted no time in
gaining a following andsigning with Go!
Discs.
Their first album, Cake, was released
in 1989, and the single "Obscurity
Knocks" was an instant hit in the U.K.
Twisted melodies combined with wistful
lyrics like, "I like your poetry but I hate
your poems," propelled the band onto
the British music scene.
After following that single with the
well-received "Only the Tongue Can Tell"
and the beautiful "january's Little joke,"
they disappeared from sight until this
year's release. Now they're back,
Hughes replacing the departed McDojj
The Trashcan Sinatras have alwQys
been conscious of theirimage. They cQtl,
fully monitor all artwork and design
that go into each release. On Cake, u,
cover is an abstract oil painting resern.
bling a blurred landscape; the photos i„
the liner notes are unfocused so none
the band members are identifiable.
This was deliberate, says Livingston
"We wanted to.be seen as a band, nott,
have individuals picked out and spot,
lighted."
Despite their greatest efforts to stay
obscure as individuals, the band man.
aged to make the cute band alert column
in Sassy magazine. The Sassy article rav^
about their "clear-skinned, crew-cuttej
Scottish beauty."
At the mention of this, David smile
thinly.
"Yeah, we heard about that."
Another factor in the Sinatras' appeo]
is undoubtedly their live show. Their sht.
dio work is relatively passive, with soft
tuneful guitar rhythms layered over
Read's mournful voice. Live, however,
the tunesbecome a little rougher, guitars
jangle more, and Read becomes the per.
feet image of tortured anguish.
Evidence of this appeal could be seen
at their Toronto date in June. Crowd
response to their emotional show was sc
overwhelming that the band decided to
play an unplanned second encore.
Their choice of song? A Frank Sinatro
tune, of course, dedicatedto Toronto bond
The Nancy Sinatras.
NOW HIRING FOR 1993-94
CARLETON UNIVERSITY STUDENTS' ASSOCIATION
AREA
Unicentre
Security
Building Operations
Cleaners
Games Room
Attendants
Unicentre Store
Cashiers
HOURLY
RATE
$7.00
$6.35
$6.35
$6.35
Entertainment Productions
Set-up Crew
Rooster's
Bartenders
Assistant Bartenders
Security
Oliver's
Bartenders
Assistant Bartenders
Serving Staff
Security
LB HSU
$6.35
$5.50
$5.50
$7.00
$5.50
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NUMBER OF
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T.B.A.
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GENERAL HIRING PROCESS INFORMATION
1 . Positions to be filled for the period of September 1 993 to April 1 994
2. Most positions will offer approximately 12 to 15 hours of work per
week.
3. Applicants must present proof of registration for academic year
1993-94 and must have a valid Social Insurance Number. Canadian
citizens, landed immigrants and foreign students may apply.
4. Job descriptions and a copy of the CUSA Hiring Procedure will be
available in the CUSA Office, 401 Unicentre.
5. Completed applications must be returned to the Area Manager
at the location listed on the application, in person, by 4:00 pm
Tuesday, September 21, 1993.
6. Applicants will be pre-screened and the names of those selected tor
an interview will be posted outside the CUSA offices by 4:00 pm
Friday, September 23.
7. Should your nanie appear on the list to be interviewed, make an
appointment with the Front Office staff in 401 Unicentre by 4 00 pm
Monday, September 27, 1993.
8. Interviews will occur from Tuesday, September 28 through
Thursday, September 30, 1993. It is the applicant's
responsibility to check whether an interview has been granted,
to make an appointment for the interview and to arrive
punctually for it.
Final results will be posted outside the CUSA Offices bv 4 00 cm
Friday, October 1, 1993. ' ' v
Applications will be available:
• from Thursday, Sept. 2 through Tuesday, Sept. 21 , 1993
• from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm
• outside the Carleton University Students' Association office,
room 401 Unicentre. Phone: 788-6688.
28 • The Charlatan • September 2, 1993
ARTS INSIGHT
Playing (live) music while the sun still shines. . .
by Blayne Haggart
Charlatan Staff
Evenings in Ottawa just got a lot ear-
lier.
Zaphod Beeblebrox, the mainstay of
live alternative music in Ottawa, now
has a new format.
In the past, Zaphod's featured live
musicstarting around 10p.m. from Thurs-
day to Saturday. Wednesdays and Sun-
days were the sole domain of the Electric
Ballroom, Zaphod's popular cover-free
DJ nights.
Now, the Electric Ballroom will run
Tuesdays through Sundays. Thankfully,
there's still live music Thursday to Satur-
day, but with earlier starting times. The
first band will be on at 8 p.m., the head-
liner at 9 p.m., with Electric Ballroom to
follow. There's a cover charge before 10:30
p.m. except for the nights there are no
bands.
According to Eugene Haslam, the man
who is Zaphod Beeblebrox, these changes
are not the result of any financial diffi-
culties or small crowd turnouts.
"We're not responding to problems.
We want to do the best we can do and be
the best we can be."
Haslam says he feels this is a very
positive move, both for the crowds and
for the bands, making the club more user
friendly.
The bands will like this change,
Haslam says, because the earlier time
slot means the "band could still shmooze
with the crowd" when their gig is over.
This is in contrast to what happened
before when, as Haslam points out, a
band came out of the dressing room at
1 :30 a.m. and nobody was around.
He also sees the change as one that
will benefitZaphod's clientele, especially
those who need to hire babysitters or
who, like myself, live in the suburbs and
usually have to leave a show before it's
ended.
Live music at Zaphod's will now be the
beginning of an evening instead of its
culmination.
"Once you've seen something, you're
feeling pretty damn good. You'll want to
stick around," Haslam says.
Doubtless this is true for many people
in Ottawa who enjoy dancing and listen-
ing to recorded music. For those of us out
there who would rather check out some
live music than drink and dance and
check out the crowd, it's not really that
positive a change.
Concerts that end at 11 p.m. may
mean I can catch that last bus home and
save a two-hour walk. It may mean that
people who have to work the next day
will get a sound sleep.
But it also means that another site in
Ottawa rolls up its live-music sidewalks
way too early.
The scheduling puts students in a spe-
cial quandary. Night classes and part-
time jobs often run into the early evening.
This means you might miss the early live
show at Zaphod's.
Of course, if it's your favourite band,
you'll skip the class in an instant. To
quote Haslam, "If you want to see Pearl
lam, you'll go see Pearl fam."
However, if it's just a band you've
heard plenty about, you'll probably take
a miss. I wasn't a big enough Superchunk
fan to skip class for an 8 p.m. gig on a
Wednesday. As a result I missed what
was called one of the best Ottawa con-
certs in years.
Late one Tuesday evening I did check
out the Dharma Bums, whom I'd never
heard of before. I had a blast.
People into live music don't just go see
bands they're fanatical about. They check
out bands they've heard good things
about. Sometimes they'll go to a live club
because of its reputation, regardless of
who's playing.
Zaphod's does deserve credit for diver-
sifying its Electric Ballroom nights, which
used to be the same Wednesdays and
Sundays. Now, Tuesdays will feature in-
dustrial music, Thursdays, hard-edged
guitar music, Fridays, world music, and
Saturdays, tribal funk and hip hop. But
there are already enough places in town
playing recorded music, even if it doesn't
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There are both positive and negative
points to this change. Unless Zaphod's
becomes a permanent dance club, there's
no reason to worry about a shortage of
good live music in Ottawa.
For some, perhaps, live music is just
part of an evening out. Others, like my-
self, feel that live music is best heard
indoors, in a club, late at night, when the
sun is down. This, in essence, is what is
being lost here. □
Hey Kids!
It's time to play the big "Come
and Grab What's in My Drawer"
Contest!
All you have to do is answer a skill-testing ques-
tion. The first person who comes up to The Charla-
tan's office (531 Unicentre Building) with the cor-
rect answer will receive their choice of a free CD or
cassette from the Arts Desk Drawer!
There's loads of stuff to choose from, so hurry on
up!
Here's today's skill-testing question:
What is original Cure band member Lot Tolhurst
doing with himself these days?
That's it. Get off your butts and come on up to The
Charlatan to claim your prize.
Oh yeah, one last thing. Charlatan staff aren't
eligible for this contest.
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m
Tasmln Archer
great expectations
EMI
Great expectations are exactly what I
had for this release after seeing the soul-
ful, unhappy videos for "Sleeping Satel-
lite" and "In Your Care."
Unfortunately, these songs turn out to
be unrepresentative of the album as a
whole. A good deal of the music is up-
beat, happy and overproduced.
However, as far as top-40 pop music
goes, great expectations has about 10 times
more musical content than the crap that
somehow gets to the top of the charts
these days. Tasmin Archer's material re-
minds me of Deborah Holland's music
from her days with Animal Logic.
Archer has a powerful and unyielding
voice that doesn't seem to realize its full
potential. On "Steeltown" and "In Your
Care," hervocals are strong andsolid but
they betray the fact that her voice can do
much more. It's almost a let-down.
Other songs, like "Lords of the New
Church" have lyrics whose depth is lost
in the pop-sounding instrumentation.
How can you notice deep lyrics when the
music is singing "Happy happy, joy joy?"
The album lends itself well to casual
listening, but it is not the melancholic
feel-shitty music you might expect. The
best tracks are "Sleeping Satellite" and
"Halfway to Heaven" which combine
good musical production with the som-
breness of the subject matter.
It's good music if you're in a good
mood; if not, you may find it cheerily
annoying.
Dave Carpenter
Captain Hollywood Project
Love is Not Sex
Imago
The title Love is Not Sex sucked me in
like a guy who once told me the same —
the album comes across as being just as
slick and rehearsed.
I had my suspicions when I noticed
their hair stylist got a credit in the liner
notes. They were confirmed by the music
— your usual brand of time-to-get-off-
the-dance-floor hip hop music and
mushy, predictable lyrics like "If there's
one thing we need in this world, it's to
rain love."
Like the guy, it's not worth your time.
Mo Gannon
Fishtales
Ulysses
Independent
In some places, describing a band as
local is the kiss of death. It usually comes
across as, "Great, another grunge re-
hash. Good effort, thanks for showing
up."
Ottawa is lucky to have so many tal-
ented and diverse bands that describing
a band like Fishtales as local no longer
has that negative connotation.
With Ulysses, their debut CD release,
they've managed to create some fine pop
music.
Good pop, as Fishtales demonstrate,
has two characteristics. It sounds good
(like the opening minute of "So Simple")
and it's memorable. A song like "Funny
Thing," with its dance beat and Dave
Draves' distorted vocals, is a prime ex-
ample of what a good pop song should
be.
Their overall sound is a second cousin
to British guitar pop, meaning the gui-
tars are alternately hollow-sounding and
light, almost bell-like. Think of early Cure
songs without the accompanying two
tons of angsf and you'll get the idea.
Anotherworld-class effort from a scene
bursting with talent.
(Available at the finer independent
outlets around town.)
Blayne Haggart
V2
Zooropa
Island
Bowie made this album 16 years ago.
U2 have ripped off Low, the first of
David Bowie's Eno-influenced trilogy.
Low was Bowie's first collaboration
with Brian Eno. As with many previous
U2 albums, Eno shares production credit
on Zooropa.
Eno's hand in crafting Zooropa is more
evident than with any earlier U2 efforts.
The music bears all of Eno's hallmarks. It
is very soft and ambient, withdrawn,
almost taciturn. Synthesizers proliferate.
Continuing with the Low mimicry run-
down, "Daddy's Gonna Pay For Your
Crashed Car" echoes "Always Crashing
the Same Car." Edge's plodding rap on
"Numb" echoes the emotional disengage-
ment of "Breaking Glass." U2's
"Babyface" is like Bowie's "What in the
World." Both these songs are cliched
bubble gum odes asking for the love of a
young, vulnerable girl in a cold world.
When Zooropa does not imitate Low, it
offers some interesting experiments. It
sounds like more of a collective effort
than previous U2 albums, with Bono
stepping back from front stage and al-
lowing The Edge, Adam Clayton and
Eno's music to softly entrance the lis-
tener.
"Some Days Are Better Than Others"
has U2 sounding almost like The Smiths.
And the band saves the best for last,
backing johnny Cash on "The Wanderer."
Cash, with his great, grave, gravelly voice
narrates, like an old-time preacher, a
beautiful, desolate parable of a modem
search for the Lord.
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Get A Life
a THUHSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2 TO WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBFRlS ■
Thursday September 2
Sneezy Waters is playing for free at
the National Gallery of Canada
Amphitheatre at 12:30 p.m. and 2 p.m.
as part of the Cultures Canada festival.
He plays a mix of country-folk, blues,
rock and zydeco. But the real reason
we're going to see him is because we want
to see someone named Sneezy.
Tongues and Bones bring their
groovin' sounds to Zaphod Beeblebrox
tonight with Ohio's The Twist-Offs
opening. First band's on at 8 p.m., with
Tongues and Bones starting at 9 p.m.
Five dollars at the door.
Friday September 3
like Water for Chocolate is playing
at the Bytowne tonight at 9:20 p.m.
This fantasy is all about love, food and
sex. Tix are $4 for members and $6.50 for
everyone else.
Last night to catch Song of ChifcJ,
performed by the Jigsaw Theatre Com-
pany, an Ottawa-based multicultural
theatre group. It's at 8 p.m. at the U of
O's Academic Hail. Tickets are $5 and
are available at the Ottawa Women's
Bookstore.
Saturday September 4
Fred J. Eaglesmith and the Flying
Squirrels continue the Cultures Canada
tradition of presenting bands with silly
names. Mr. Eaglesmith has been com-
pared to John Mellencamp. 12:30 p.m.
and 2 p.m. at the National Gallery
Amphitheatre. It's free.
Cancel the dinner plans, forget about
heading to Houlihan's. The Age of Faith
are playing at Creeque Alley tonight.
As cliche as it sounds, these guys rock. A
must see.
Sunday September 5
Angstones. 2 p.m.. Grand Hall, Ca-
nadian Museum of Civilization. $4.50
for Adults. $3 for seniors and youths aged
1 6 to 2 1 . Cover gets you into the museum
as well. Nice hats, boys.
After that, head on down to the Duke
of Somerset around 9 p.m. for the Celtic
sounds of Jimmy George, the best bar
band in Ottawa. Not recommended for
claustrophobia.
Monday September 6
The Shuffle Demons close out Cul-
tures Canada (same times, same place as
the other bands). If you want to pick up
some hints on how to dress, check 'em
out.
A Clockwork Orange is playing at 7
p.m. tonight at the Mayfair.
do is give Sloana hall. Oh, well, that's the
U of Zero foryou. Tickets are available at
Records on Wheels, Record Runner and
the U of O Student Federation office.
Thursday September 9
It's double bill night at the Canadian
Film Institute, located at the Cana-
dian Museum of Civilization in Hull.
At 7 p.m. it's The lodger, Alfred
Hitchcock's first Hitchcockian movie. At
9 p.m. it's Legal Memory, a film about
the events surrounding the 1959 execu-
tion of Leo Mantha, who was convicted
of murdering a young man who was also
his lover.
Sloan: "Hey, this doesn't look like the PeppermilL"
Tuesday September 7
Stay home. Read a book.
Wednesday September
8
Now that they're on MCA, you'd fig-
ure that Halifax's Sloan would be play-
ing the Congress Centre. But you can see
them tonight at the University of Ot-
tawa Cafeteria at 7 p.m. for only $7.
Cafeteria? Geez, the least they could
Friday September 10
The Holly Cole Trio plays two shows
at the NAC Theatre at 7 p.m. and 9:30
p.m. Tickets are $20 and $24.
San Francisco's Tempest bring their
killer Celtic riffs to Zaphod's tonight.
They've been described as a Celtic Spinal
Tap by B.C.'s Rogue Review. Seven dollars
will get you in to this musical extrava-
ganza.
Saturday September 1 1
What to do, what to do. You have the
choice of checking out some punk rock
courtesy of Washington, D.C.'s no-sell-
out kings Fugazi, with the killer Shud-
der to Think and Ottawa's Lockjaw.
It's at Porter Hall. Tickets are $6 at the
usual independent outlets.
Or you can check out the excitement
of monster truck races (7:30 p.m. at
Lansdowne Park). Tickets are $17.86
for adults and $10.86 for kids between
the ages of two and 12.
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The Nepean Visual Arts Centre is
holding an open house. Among the high-
lights is Children's magician "Roy
Cottee." Wow.
If you missed those monster truck
races last night, you can see them at 2
p.m. today.
Monday September 1 3
Buy Cracker's new cassette, Kero-
sene Hat. Listen to it until your ears
bleed. Repeat.
Tuesday September 14
The National Ballet of Canada
starts a three-day run of The Taming of
the Shrew, at 8 p.m. in the NAC Opera.
Tickets are $22, $35 and $47.50. If you
want to see a ballet, go now. In a few
months you won't have this kind of cash
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On the cover..
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K°!?fro$h C|,ash orientation event
by Tonya Zelinsky
Charlalan Staff
Non-frosh students crashed an orien-
tation party at Oliver's bar on Sept. 5
says the co-ordinator of the Carleton
Women's Centre.
Renee Twaddle says she received two
or three complaints from orientation week
facilitators about the crashers' treatment
of female frosh students in the bar.
Although the party was an event only
forfrosh and facilitators, about 15 mem-
bers of Carleton's football team were let
in by Oliver's bar security staff, says Rene
Faucher, finance commissioner for the
Carleton University Students' Associa-
tion (CUSA), who attended the party.
Faucher says the team didn't know it
was a frosh only event, but he told them
they could stay as long as they behaved
themselves.
"They were in control of themselves,"
he says.
But Richard Stanton, CUSA's orienta-
tion commissioner, says he told his
facilitators to keep the frosh as far away
from the football players as possible.
Stanton says some facilitators com-
plained to him about the football players
because "they were trying to hit on every
frosh that came by."
Stanton says he did not remove the
football players for fear of a confronta-
tion.
"That would have been suicide, trying
to kick out 15 big guys out of a bar at one
time. Those guys are a little more forward
than the average frosh."
The football coach, Donn Smith, did
not want to comment about the incident.
When CUSA President Lucy Watson
was asked about the event, she replied
that she was "aware of a couple of men
who were causing problems on the foot-
ball team.'
In terms of who gets into frosh events,
Watson says there are "a few things we
have to iron out for next year."
In order to participate in frosh activi-
ties, students were required to wear wrist-
bands, which were included in a $50
frosh kit. Faucher says people buying
frosh kits were not asked to prove they
were in first year.
While the non-frosh students were not
asked to leave Oliver's on Sept. 5, an
upper-year Carleton student says he was
thrown out of Rooster's Coffeehouse dur-
ing a frosh week event.
Rob Stratham got into Rooster's with a
wristband from a frosh kit he purchased.
However, as Stratham left to go to the
washroom, he says he was stopped by
Faucher, who was later joined by Watson
and CUSA vice-president internal Rob
(amieson.
Stratham says he was then asked to
hand over his wristband and give up his
frosh kit. Watson says Stratham was ap-
proached to give up his frosh kit earlier in
the day, and was presented with his re-
fund, but refused it. She says after mak-
ing sure he was not a first-year student or
a new student to Carleton, the executive
decided to pull his frosh kit and reim-
burse him.
Faucher says while there is no official
policy for selling frosh kits, "it's never
been a problem. " He says Stratham is an
isolated example of a person determined
to take part in orientation.
"I could pay for a blimp to float over
campus saying 'orientation is for frosh'
and he'd still want to take part," says
Faucher.
Faucher says Stratham was fired as a
facilitator last year and wasn't selected
this year. □
Board rules CUSA violated labor act
by Brent Dowdall
Charlalan Stall
The Ontario Labor Relations Board
has ruled that the Carleton University
Students' Association (CUSA) violated the
Ontario Labor Relations Act when it fired
two employees in July.
Renee Twaddle, co-ordinator of the
Carleton Women's Centre, and Wayne
Ross, co-ordinator of the Student Aca-
demic Action Bureau, were permanently
reinstated to their positions after the
board's Sept. 2 decision.
CUSA fired Ross July 15 and Twaddle
luly 29, giving no reason except "just
cause. " The board's decision came after a
week of hearings held in Toronto in late
August.
"We have carefully considered the evi-
dence and submissions of the parties and
have concluded thatthe responding party
(CUSA) violated the Labor Relations Act
by discharging Renee Twaddle and John
Wayne Ross, " the board's decision reads.
The decision was made under Section
91 of the Act, which deals with unfair
labor practices.
The board also ruled that CUSA must
"post for 60 consecutive days in con-
spicuous places in the workplace" a no-
tice to employees which says the associa-
tion violated the Labor Relations Act.
The notice also says CUSA will not do
anything to interfere with any workers'
rights set out in the act, such as the right
to organize and participate in trade un-
ion activities.
CUSA President Lucy Watson says the
notices to employees were received Sept.
? and were posted the morning of Sept 8.
She was away Sept. 7 and the posters had
to be signed by her, so they did not go up
until Sept. 8.
Watson says the decision of the board
was neither a surprise nor an embarrass-
ment to the association.
"We believe everything wasdone ethi-
cally and appropriately. However, that
was not the finding of the board and we
anticipated that, " Watson says.
"I regret the fact that people have not
been able to deal with this responsibly
and adult-like. 1 think it's a really serious
. issue and I think some people have at-
tempted to make it a farce."
CUSA presented no evidence at the
board's hearing.
"It's really tempting to give our side of
the story," says Watson, "but I don't
think it would be responsible of me to
start doing that because these people are
our employees, and as a responsible
employer I don't think it would be a good
move to begin criticizing them publicly."
The Canadian Union of Public Em-
ployees (CUPE) Local 1281 also applied
for automatic certification of all CUSA
employees as a bargaining unit under
Section 9.2 of the Ontario Labor Rela-
tions Act.
Under this section, the board can or-
der the automatic certification of all
employees in a workplace if it rules the
employer interfered with their attempts
to unionize.
Theboardhasnotmadeadecisionon
that application, and no time has been
set for that ruling.
Both Ross and Twaddle refused to com-
ment until the board has ruled on the
certification application.
The board denied CUPE's request that
CUSA offer Fouad Kanaan his job back.
Kanaan resigned from his position as
Volunteer Bureau co-ordinator |uly 29.
In his letter of resignation to CUSA direc-
tor of services Theresa Cowan, Kanaan
writes that "I feel that I no longer can
work in an atmosphere of such mistrust,
fear and conspiracy."
The board also denied CUPE's request
that CUSA pay its travel and accommo-
dation costs in travelling to and attend-
ing the hearing.
Watson says CUSA won't have their
final legal bill for the dispute until the
end of the month, but says The Charlatan
will be able to see the bill. □
Unicentre may bear Aykroyd's name
by John Sternbachs
Charlatan Staff
CKCU, Carleton's campus radio sta-
tion, wants the Unicentre to be renamed
after the comedian Dan Aykroyd.
Aykroyd was a Carleton student in the
1970s who was involved in CKCU and
Sock 'n' Buskin, Carleton's independent
theatre group.
The station wants to initiate a student
referendum in next month's byelection
for the undergraduate students' associa-
tion to change the Unicentre's name to
the Dan Aykroyd Student Centre.
"There may be opposition to this move
because he never graduated, " says CKCU
station manager Max Wallace. "But
there's more to university than academ-
ics and we think Dan Aykroyd personi-
fies the principle of never letting school
interfere with your education."
Aykroyd's father, Peter, says he likes
the idea of naming Carleton's student
building after his son. "It's a marvellous
honor to be given to Dan."
Susan, Aykroyd's mother, says "it's an
honor and recognition of Dan's work and
acceptance" at Carleton.
ButAykroyd'suncle, Maurice Aykroyd,
isn't sure how his nephew will feel about
the referendum.
"He never finished university, and he's
not too happy about that. You'd have to
look at those issues."
Kim McCuaig, Carleton's director of
alumni relations, says Aykroyd left
Carleton for greener pastures.
"He didn't graduate, but he was a
student in good standing. It was just that
he got an offer to go to Toronto to work
with Second City {Comedy Troupe)."
Lucy Watson, president oftheCarleton
University Students' Association (CUSA),
says she is hesitant about the name
change.
"Before we do anything we should
look at the contribution he has given to
Carleton students both academically and
socially."
Wallace says "Aykroyd's family has
been a regular and generous contributor
to CKCU's annual funding drive for many
years."
Rob Jamieson, CUSA vice-president
internal, says CKCU must submit a pro-
posal for a referendum question. CUSA
council will then vote on whether to hold
the referendum and decide on the word-
ing of the question.
But the referendum may be a moot
point, says McCuaig. "Students are not
authorized to name buildings on cam-
pus. Buildings are named by the board of
governors of the university," he says.
Charles Watt, secretary of the board of
governors, says any proposals for a name
change must be presented to the presi-
dent in writing. The president presents
the proposal to the board of deans, who
may pass it to the executive of the board
of governors. The executive may then
decide to send it to the board of gover-
nors, who can pass it with a majority
vote. Once passed by the board of gover-
nors, the name change is official.
Carleton students have mixed feel-
ings about the proposal.
"He didn't actually graduate from the
school," says Carleton student Amanda
Blaine. "We should name it after an
actual graduate who did something with
their life."
In 1989 McGill students voted to name
theirstudent centre after McGill alumnus
William Shatner, who is best-known for
his role as Captain Kirk in Star Trek, and
who currently hosts the TV program Res-
cue 91 1 . The university refused to change
the name because of a policy against
naming buildings after people who are
still alive.
"We should at least wait until
(Aykroyd's) dead, " says Carleton student
Aaron Archibald. □
Dapper Dan.
September 16, 1993 . The Charlatan . 3
Chris Rock's show disappoints many
by Ron Orol
Charlatan Staff
A show by Saturday Night Live come-
dian Chris Rock didn't live up to the
expectations of orientation organizers,
says Rene Faucher, finance commisioner
■ of the Carleton University Students' As-
sociation (CUSA).
And it definitely didn't live up to the
expectations of many audience mem-
bers either.
Matthew Holden, a first-year arts stu-
dent, says he and others present at the
show were offended by Rock's insensitive
jokes : "Many girls and guys left because
of his sexist remarks about hitting women.
In one joke, Rock explained that it didn't
matter how many masters degrees a
woman had, men would always rule
because they could punch women out,"
says Holden.
The Sept. 7 show was supposed to be
the headline act for Carleton 's frosh week
activities, says Faucher. CUSA paid Rock
$13,000 Canadian for the show, which
was free for new studentsand orientation
facilitators.
FauchersaysAndrewWadden,CUSA's
entertainment production manager, con-
tacted Rock's agent in the summer and
got a demo tape. The tape was played for
the orientation advisory forum, which is
made up of some CUSA service co-
ordinators. The group screens acts being
brought in for frosh week. The group
agreed that Rock's material was accept-
able and they booked him, says Faucher.
Richard Stanton, CUSA's orientation
commissioner, says the people on the
forum "were all in favor of bringing in a
budding black comedian. "
Faucher says "we were not originally
looking fora comedian but more of a big-
name attraction. We had already booked
many ban ds so a comedian with a name
like Chris Rockwas exactly what orienta-
tion week needed.
"Then about three days before the
show we found out that Chris Rock had
previously done a show at Western Uni-
versity in London, Ont, and bombed
terribly," says Faucher.
Faucher says he heard that the West-
em show "just wasn't funny, " although
he didn't hear that Rock told offensive
jokes. He says Rock's show at Carleton
started out as expected.
"Rock's act was the same as the demo
tape for the first half of the show at
Carleton, but then people started to has-
sle him and he lost his cool and started
telling offensive jokes. After an hour and
half he just gave up and got off the
stage," says Faucher.
He says the crowd was rowdy at the
beginning of Rock's show. "There was
heckling, and people trying to be part of
the show."
Faucher says frosh groups were cheer-
ing at one another, which he says threw
Rock off his routine. "At the very end of
theshow.hegot offensive, "says Foucher.
"He just stood around without any rou-
tine."
CUSA President Lucy Watson says she
had the authority to pull Rock from the
stage and was on her way to do so "when
he left of his own volition."
Faucher says he has spoken with
Wadden, who says Rock fulfilled his con-
tract with Carleton. But Faucher says he
"has a problem with that. He strayed
from what was on the tape." Wadden is
away right now and is expected back
soon.
Renee Twaddle, co-ordinator of the
Carleton Women's Centre, says she origi-
nally favored bringing Rock to Carleton.
"I was pushing for Chris Rock to come
because he was the first black man act to
come to Carleton in 51 years, with the
one exception of Ice-T, but paying him
$ 1 0,000 (American) for a pathetic; offen-
sive act ... it was scandalous," she says.
Saturday Night Live regulars Adam
San dlerand Kevin Nealon were also avail-
able for the Sept. 7 performance, says
Stanton.
Twaddle says she wants to develop a
CUSA board which will better review po-
tential acts for offensive material.
"1 want to wipe out acts that are slam-
ming women, gays, black people, disa-
bled people, etc.," she says.
"Last year Carleton had brought in
lesser-known comedians which had the
same offensive manner," says Twaddle.
CUSA received similar complaints
during last year's orientation week about
comedians Mike Wilmot and Tim Steves,
who made offensive jokes about homo-
sexuals and incest survivors. □
Shiny happy frosh raise cash
by Drew Edwards
Charlatan StaK
Frosh dodged traffic and got down
on their hands and knees to shine shoes
for Shinerama, the annual national
fundralsing event for the Canadian
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.
Carleton frosh students canvassing
onFriday,Sept.l0,raisedabout$47,500
for cystic fibrosis research and treat-
ment, says Carleton UniversityStudents'
Association President Lucy Watson.
While that kind of money is substan-
tial, it falls short of this year's goal of
$60,000 and is down from last year's
total of $55,000.
Myra Sweeney, a first-year political
sdencestudent, says students may have
been burned out by the orientation
activities of the previous week. "Every-
body was exhausted from having so
much fun." says Sweeney.
I he ability Sh inc-ramo has to inspire
students to dodge dangerously between
cars while canvassing for charity is
unique, she says.
"Most people liked us because we
were excited, running aroundand stuff, "
says frosh Sweeney. "We didn't get much
negative response. "
Watson says bad weather and eco-
nomichardship, may have been factors
in the decline of donations. She
downplayed the cumulative effects of
orientation week.
"Shinerama is always held on the
lastFriday of frosh Week," says Watson.
Pio Pietrangeli, president of the Ot-
tawa chapter of the Canadian Cystic
Fibrosis Foundation, says "Shinerama
is seen as one of our most important
fundraising projects, not only because
of the money that it raises, but also
because it exposes a group of people to
cystic fibrosis that normally wouldn't
be." □
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4 • The Charlatan • September 16, 1993
Flashinglncident third in Loeb building
h\i Naomi Bock .■ :J *.■= ^ . ... .
by Naomi Bock
Charlatan Staff
A woman working alone in a compu-
ter lab of the Loeb building was repeat-
edly grabbed by a man wearing only
running shoes on the night of Sept. 4.
A safety poster circulated about the
incident says "the victim believes she
knows the suspect."
The poster describes the man as Cau-
casian, five feet 10 inches, 170 pounds,
with short, dark, wavy hair. He could not
pronounce the letter "s."
Len Boudreault, assistant director of
the department of university safety, says
the incident is under investigation.
This is the third case of indecent expo-
sure and the second assault in the Loeb
building which have been publicized on
a safety poster at Carleton since June.
An earlier incident of indecent expo-
sure including physical assault involved
two women. It occurred on the night of
June 18, in the same lab room (room
C460) as the Sept. 4 incident. According
to another poster, abearded man only in
a T-shirt and running shoes "indecently
touched" one of the women.
Six days previously, on )une 1 2, a man
indecently exposed himself to a woman
studying in the lounge in room B743 of
the Loeb building at 6:40 p.m.
Marilyn Marshall, the dean of social
sciences, suggests women working late at
night should work in pairs or teams.
She says the Loeb building is generally
safe for women. "1 don't think it's differ-
ent than any other building."
Marshall says limited security re-
sources are part of the problem. "There
are not enough patrol people to ad-
equately . . . patrol, by a long shot." She
says her office is looking into installing
emergency buttons beside eachmachine
in the computer lab.
'Meanwhile, we're just telling people
to be careful."
Boudreault says it is impossible to step
up security around the Loeb building,
because the department doesn't have
any extra staff. "We're doing what we
can with what we've got."
On June 23, a 34-year-old man was
arrested and has since been charged with
two incidents of indecent exposure. The
incidents occurred by the Rideau River.
The man was identified by a woman
who recognized him from an incident on
a different occasion.
FLASHER cont'd on page 6.
COUNCIL SPY
by Brent Dowdall
Charlatan Staff
The Carleton University Students As-
sociation (CUSA) held an emergency
council meeting Sept. 8 to "stop the
rumors, because there have been ripe
rumors running around," according to
CUSA vice-president internal Rob
lamieson.
So right away, President Lucy Watson
and the rest of CUSA council went in
camera, that means behind closed doors
. . . again.
Councillors dutifully followed Watson
from Baker Lounge to a fifth-floor confer-
ence room, marking the fourth time in
two months that council has gone in
camera.
Although we may never know for sure
what was said once the door was closed,
since councillors can't talk about what
was said, Watson said in the open that
the matter was "staff-related, " which has
become a buzzword for "the union" and
the Ontario Labor Relations Board hear-
ings that concluded recently in Toronto.
Two weeks ago, the board decided
CUSA violated the Ontario Labor Rela-
tions Act by firing two of its service co-
ordinators this summer and has yet to
decide if it interfered with the employees
trying to unionize.
After council went in camera, some
CUSA service co-ordinators involved in
the labor dispute surrounded the deserted
meeting table in Baker Lounge, waiting
anxiously for council to return.
Co-ordinators Wayne Ross of the Stu-
dent Academic Action Bureau, Renee
Twaddle of the Carleton Women's Cen-
tre, Peter Nogalo of the Gay, Lesbian and
Bisexual Centre, and Brenda Kennedy of
the Foot Patrol, were less than pleased
with the turn of events.
. Twaddle called the co-ordinators' law-
yer, Michael Church.
She says he told them to knock on the
door and ask council to let them into the
meeting, or to bring the meeting into the
open, because the labor hearings were a
public matter.
The co-ordinators knocked on the door
and asked to be let in. After a short
discussion by council behind closed doors,
architecture rep Sheldon Baker told the
co-ordinators that council would like to
continue the meeting as it was, with only
councillors present.
In the meantime, councillor Renee
Gallant left the meeting. Since council
waited almost 20 minutes before the
meeting while it scrambled to scrape
together the required 18 councillors for
quorum, it was presumably lost when
Gallant walked out the door.
But when The Charlatan interrupted
the meeting to ask if the meeting had
quorum, council chair Dave Gregory only
said "no one has called quorum."
Rob Jamieson, CUSA's vice-president
internal, says a meeting can continue
even if less than 18 councillors are present,
though no voting can take place.
A councillor can "call quorum, " which
requires the council chair to take a head
count of how many councillors are
present.
If the chair finds out the meeting has
lost quorum, Jamieson says the meeting
can either continue "as an informal dis-
cussion," can recess until enough coun-
cillors return to the table to regain quo-
rum, or can be adjourned.
Watson said later that the meeting
adjourned because quorum was called
but that was close to half an hour after
The Charlatan knocked on the door.
Watson said later that the "councillors
are our board of trustees, and they'd been
approached by a couple of employees
and they'd been fed the wrong informa-
tion, and it's our obligation, as people
who are privy to this information, to clear
up the rumors with the trustees.
"I wanted to make sure the trustees
knew what was happening and get their
feedback in a confidential situation, where
everything was private and people could
voice their minds, because that is what
happened during the in camera session."
And if one is not a "trustee?" Well,
thafs just too bad. Rumor and "wrong
information" rule the day.
Welcome to the year of the "now-you-
see-it, now-you-don'f ' CUSA council meet-
ings. For now, the best way to tell if there's
a CUSA council meeting is if the Baker
Lounge table is empty. □
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September 16, 1993 • The Charlatan ■ 5
Hidden fees can add up for students
by Pamela Paterson
Charlatan Staff
A Carleton student could pay the uni-
versity's administration up to $ 1 ,300 on
top of tuition this year because of ancil-
lary fees that are not regulated by the
provincial government.
Tuition fees are regulated by the pro-
vincial government, but ancillary fees
for such things as parking, locker rentals
and tuition deferrals are not.
This year, the university plans to make
$2.4 million more than last year in ancil-
lary fees. Last year, the university made
about $33.08 million from the fees.
Administration can set its own prices
for services like late fee payments or
faxing of transcripts, says Kristine
Haselsteiner, vice-president external for
the Carleton University Students' Asso-
ciation.
"CUSA has had a number of talks
(with administration). Unfortunately,
there's nothing we can do about it. The
government hasn't put any block on
ancillary fees," says Haselsteiner.
Gary Anandasangaree, CUSA's vice
president of academics, says CUSA fought
to have these fees cut last year at board
of governors meetings, but failed. He
says CUSA will continue lobbying the
board this year.
Jack Kettles, Carleton's director of fi-
nance, says increases in ancillary fees are
administration's attempt to meet rising
operating costs.
"(Students) must recognize the price
involved and that the fees are in line with
other institutions," says Kettles. "It is a
recognition of reality and the services the
university has to provide."
Kettles says an expansion in the On-
tario Student Assistance Program will
help some students offset the increased
costs. But regardless, students can be hit
with several costs everywhere they turn.
Here's where.
Beginning the Year
Tuition, which ranges from $2,372.55
to $2,980.05 for an undergraduate year,
depending on the program, includes com-
pulsory miscellaneous fees of $346.55 to
$361.55. The exact fee also depends on
the program. The fees cover services such
as health insurance and a Unicentre
maintenance fee. You will be charged an
extra $40 if you pay your tuition in two
instalments. Missing the Sept. 10 dead-
line for payment means a late registra-
tion charge of $120.
Getting a parking permit can empty
your pockets of anything between $280
and $700, including taxes. Getting a
locker costs $15.
Hidden Costs
Writing a supplemental or grade-rais-
ing exam costs $50 for an on-campus
exam and $100 for an off-campus one.
Requests for grade reviews also cost $50.
Charging students for supplemental
and grade-raisers may make these serv-
ices inaccessible to students who don't
have the money, says Anandasangaree.
"This is saying only upper-class stu-
dents can take supplemental, " says
Anandasangaree. "It should be a stu-
dent's right to write a supplemental or
grade-raiser without any fees.
"Our priority right now, because it
seems the university is reconsidering of-
fering grade raisers and supplemental
exams, is to ensure that we have them
offered. After that, we will continue to
fight additional fees on these exams,"
says Anandasangaree.
Colleen O'Connell, a second-year com-
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leam writing a supplemental cost $50.
"I can understand charging because
it's extra paperwork, but $50 is a little
excessive," she says.
Taking courses at another university
and applying the credits to your program
requires a letter of permission from
Carleton, which costs between $25 and
$ 100, depending on the course. Transfer-
ring credits from anotheruniversity costs
$150 per course.
While students can get their final
grades on the touchtone registration sys-
tem, a hard copy of a statement of marks
costs$6. It is mailed free of charge. Faxing
costs between $3.25 and $8.50, depend-
ing on where the statement of marks is
faxed.
Library
Overdue fines run at 50 cents per day
for books, $ 1 per day for five-day reserve
material, and $ 1 per hour late to a maxi-
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to pay your bill at the business office,
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The $ 1 27 non- refundable athletics fee,
which is charged as part of the miscella-
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include everything. Squash and tennis
courts cost from $2 to $4 per game. The
yearly rate ($66-$116.25) is not a better
deal, but it guarantees you a set playing
time on the courts.
Lockers are free at athletics. It costs $4
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Deferred tuition payment
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Statement of marks
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FLASHER cont'd from page 5.
Boudreault says the man was in no
way connected to Carleton University.
He says he can't release the name of the
man charged because he didn't know the
status of the charges. The case is being
handled by the Ottawa Police.
Boudreault could notsay if the suspect
is connected with the June incidents in
the Loeb building. He says there have
been no more incidentsof indecent expo-
sure along the Rideau River and attributes
it to more frequent university safety pa-
trols and Ottawa Police horse patrols in
the area.
Brenda Kennedy, co-ordinatorof Car-
leton's Foot Patrol, says women should
take Hashers seriously.
"There is a misconception that flash-
ers are harmless exhibitionists, but there
are cases of escalated actions that can go
as far as assault."
Renee Twaddle, the Carleton Wom-
en's Centre co-ordinator, recommends
getting away from the assailant and
making a report with a detailed descrip-
tion. "They are not just thrill seekers,"
she says.
The experience can be extremely
frightening, says Nancy Adamson, co-
ordinator for the Status of Women Office
at Carleton. "Although indecent expo-
sure is technically not assault, some
women feel very upset, very frightened,
very assaulted."
Last year, her office set up a meeting
for victims of indecent exposure to dis-
cuss their experiences and feelings. "It is
serious. You don't know, in a moment,
what else he's going to do." □
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6 • The Charlatan ■ September 16, 1993
1
the/ Secret Diary of Ale4oth& froth
by Alex Bustos
Charlatan Staff
I felt like a cow as I was herded through
frosh week.
Accepting all, I nodded and obeyed
every order. When I was instructed to
scream, "Attitude check: Fuck you!" I
complied.
Remember, a good frosh eats, drinks,
looks totally lost, and moves only when
told to do so.
So, screw Nietzsche and Plato, we had
a poutine tank dive. After a week of
proudly proclaiming my ignorance, I can
shout with a heart full of pride, "I'm a
Blues Brother and I'm on a mission from
God!"
This year's frosh theme was Carleton
Nights Live. Frosh groups were named
after famous skits from the TV show
Saturday Night Live.
My group, glory be thy name, was the
Blues Brothers.
Being a dedicated journalist, I arrived
late on the first day. After waiting in line
in a parking lot for roughly 40 minutes,
I got my frosh kit.
Contents were as follows: mug, poster-
size Carleton calendar, boxer shorts, green
wristband (frosh event pass), T-shirt, pam-
phlets and condom.
Cows must fornicate safely, you know.
They also have to lose their voice.
Screaming, yelling, mooing and howl-
ing, the various frosh groups declared
their right to exist.
It seems that all frosh must perform
destructive surgery on their vocal cords.
Ditto for the liver.
Due to discriminatory drinking laws
and a nasty cold, I didn't participate in
this year's drinking orgy. As for my fellow
Unknown frosh plucks tag from poutine tank (he won a phone).
frosh, their livers suffered the equivalent
of the Exxon Valdez disaster.
Fuck, people drink like fishes here! It
was like watching the biggest boozehead
in high school mutate into 3,000 people.
I'm amazed that the sewers of Ottawa
weren't backed up with the spew that
went down many a toilet. -
Speaking of vomit repositories, Chris
Rock's show at Carleton was the blowout
of the week. His show was recycled trash
in the tradition of Andrew Dice Clay.
Let's face facts: the show stunk. Kevin
Hughes, another comedian who per-
formed for frosh, had jokes resembling
Rock's.
But, unlike Rock, Hughes read the
crowd, had original material and didn't
come across as a jerk.
Hughes's joke about his wife sticking a
broomstick up his ass sounds crude on
paper. However, he made it humorous.
After his broomstick joke he said, "I
don't know how gays can do it." Many
raised the concern that this joke was
homophobic. I did not feel he was insult-
ing gay people. Hughes made it clear he
was going to make fun of everyone: male,
female, gay, straight, but wasn't going to
demean these groups.
There's a fine linebetween poking fun
and insulting others in order to attain
laughs. Rock based his show on abusing
others. Hughes did not.
Minipalooza, featuring the Head-
stones from Kingston and local acts Ille-
gal Jazz Poets and Fumaceface, was an-
other crowd-please r.
The Illegal Jazz Poets started things off
with theirmellow sound. The Headstones
took over with an excellent show that
moved the audience to scream and dance
along.
By the time Fumaceface took the stage,
the call of Oliver's had reduced the crowd
significantly. The 300 to 400 people who
stuck around got to see what the
Fumaceface hype is all about.
The week was not totally devoted to
being an idiot. Movies on date rape and
homophobia were shown to frosh and
talks were held after. Both movies were
welcomedwarmly. However, mygutfeel-
ing told me that some of the crowd
clapped due to fears of being labelled a
redneck.
This doesn't mean frosh are narrow-
minded. It just indicates that we have
had, in many cases, very little exposure
to discussions focusing on homophobia
and sexism.
These educational talks were informa-
tive and necessary. Remember, some of
us have gone to schools where sex educa-
tion is still frowned on.
On a brighter note, I did sense that a
good majority were sincere in theirdesire
to eradicate prejudice on campus.
The educational presentations told us
it's okay to admit your biases, for only by
doing so can you remove hate and igno-
rance.
In retrospect, frosh week was informa-
tive, insane, interesting, and in some
cases, downright stupid.
I was, in the truest sense, a lost cow
being led through the meadows of Carle-
ton. □
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September 16, 1993 • The Charlatan • 7
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Check the posting boards at
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508 Unicentre • 788-6611
September 16, 1993
ON-CAMPUS RECRUITING
Permanent full-time positions are
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To find out the types of positions,
how to apply and where to find
more information on the companies,
please contact the office.
Deloitte & Touche
Sept. 27, 1 2 noon
Commerce
Positions: Students-In- Accounts
Arthur Andersen & Co.
Sept. 28, 12 noon
Commerce
Positions: Students-In-Accounts
Peat Marwick Thorne
Sept. 29, 1 2noon
Commerce
Positions: Students-ln-Accounls
BDO Dunwoody Ward Mallette
Sept. 30, 12 noon
Commerce
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Nothern Telecom/BNR
Oct. 1,12 noon
Engineering, Computer Science,
Math, Physics, Information Systems
Positions: See Job Postings Booklet
Office of the Auditor General
Oct. 1 , Mail Direct
Commerce, Finance, Economics,
Administration
Positions: Audit Trainee Program
Ernst & Young
Oct. 6, 12 noon
Commerce
Positions: Students-In-Accounts
EXOCOM Systems Corp.
Oct. 7, 1 2 noon
Computer Systems Engineering,
Computer Science, Commerce-MIS
Positions: Various
Coopers & Lybrand
Oct. 8, 12 noon
-Commerce, Other Disciplines
Positions: Students-In-Accounts
Bank of Canada
Oct. 8, 1 2 noon
Computer Science
Positions: Various
Welch & Company
Oct. 12, 12 noon
Commerce
Positions: Students-In-Accounts
Object Technology International
Oct. 13, 12 noon
Computer Science
Positions: Software Engineers
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Sept. 17, 10:00am- 11:30am
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Sept. 22, 11:30am- 1:30pm
4276 ME
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Sept. 27, 9:30am- 11:30am
403 SA
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Sept. 28, 9:30am - 11:30am
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Sept. 30, 1:30pm - 3:30pm
4332 ME
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Oct. 1,9:30am- 11:30am
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Oct. 14, 12 noon
Electrical Engineering, Computer
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Bank of Canada
Oct. 15, 12 noon
Commerce
Positions: Various
Unum Canada
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Students interested in obtaining
this type of work are strongly
advised to consult our job boards.
JOB SEARCH SESSIONS
Group Sessions: Graduating
students should take note of the
group sessions offered by Place-
ment & Career Services. Please
sign up for the sessions at the front
desk.
Networking/Job Search: This
session focuses on networking,
researching the labour market, the
visible and hidden job market,
various job hunting approaches,
developing a job search system and
common pit falls.
The Resume/Covering Letter:
This session discusses self
assessment, the purpose of a
resume, how to prepare a resume,
skill identification, components of
a resume, resume styles, as well as
the covering letter. Samples are
reviewed to determine how to
mazimize effectiveness.
Interview Techniques: This
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interview, the employer's and the
candidate's goal, the stages of an
interview, commonly asked
questions and preparation tips.
CAREER FAIR '93
Approximately 40 different public
and private sector employers and
associations will be on campus
Wednesday October 6th and
Thursday October 7th, 1993 to
provide company information and
to discuss career opportunities.
The Career Fair will be held in
Porter Hall (2nd Floor Unicentre)
between 10:00 am and 4:00 pm.
All students should take advantage
of this opportunity to obtain career
information.
8 • The Charlatan ■ September 16, 1993
NATIONAL AFFAIRS
NAC president's talk slams racism
by Karin Jordan
Charlatan staff
Sunera Thobani's
bottom line is equal-
ity.
Thobani, president of the National
Action Committee on the Status of
Women (NAC), outlined the organiza-
tion's view of the struggle for equality in
a speech at Carleton Sept. 13.
NAC is an umbrella group which rep-
resents about 500 women's groups across
the country. It lobbies the federal govern-
ment on issues concerning women in
Canada.
About 100 people attended the talk,
entitled Equality is the Bottom Line —
NAC Election Strategies.
Thobani focused on racism and other
forms of discrimination, leaving NAC's
election strategy to The NAC Voter's Guide,
which was being sold at the speech.
The 132-page guide outlines issues
women can question candidates about,
including child care, social programs,
violence against women, breast cancer,
lesbian and gay rights and electoral re-
form. The guide was co-authored by
former NAC president Judy Rebick and
Huguette Leger.
Thobani said Canadians must chal-
lenge economic and social inequality.
"NAC is going to . . . make sure issues
of equality are not put on the back-
burner." Challenging systemic racism is
an important part of NAC's agenda, she
said.
"We live in a society which has been
structured around the lines of race ... so
of course racism permeates every aspect
of our society, " she said.
Thobani
said the
women's
movement
must focus
on challeng-
ing racism,.
"The ques-
tion is not
does (rac-
ism) exist
within the
women's
movement .
...The ques-
tion is how
do we stop
the women's
movement
from con-
tinuing to
maintain
racism?"
Some in
the audience
wanted to
hear more
about con-
crete strate-
gies for
change. Krista James, a fourth-year phi-
losophy student at the University of Ot-
tawa, found Thobani's speech had "too
much rhetoric and not enough practical
suggestions. She didn't tell us how to
unite.
"I felt she was being overly optimistic
about our capacity to work together,"
said James.
But Ravi Malhotra, a fourth-year po-
litical science and law student at Carle-
t
n
NAC
Voters' Chicle
W p
thought
Thobani
did her best.
"1 think
she had a
very impor-
tant mes-
sage. Her
focus on
race and
class in a
very open
and direct
way was re-
freshing.
She tries to
link up the
issues."
Thobani
was critical
of the
present
govern-
ment's
record. "It's
been a very
hard deci-
sion for
NAC to
come out, but what has pushed us is the
Tory track record.
"I think what we have seen with this
federal government is that they have
declared a war on democracy and on
equality, and they have declared a war
on the rights of women."
Thobani said while Prime Minister
Kim Campbell isn't merely Brian
Mulroney in a skirt, she cannot escape
the Tory legacy.
"At the end of the day, Ms. Campbell
is running as the head of the Tory party."
Thobani was critical of Tory cuts to
social programs, increasing unemploy-
ment and the "absolute no-discussion of
a national child-care program."
Although Thobani said NAC is main-
taining a non-partisan stance, some au-
dience members were all too eager to
take a partisan stance. During a question
period, representatives of the federal New
Democratic Party, the National Party and
the Canadian Party for Renewal all took
the microphone to promote their cause.
Ottawa South NDP candidate Ursule
Critoph said Thobani wasn't encourag-
ing women to take action.
"I feel women have to do more than
ask questions. They have to get active
and influence what's going on," she said.
Thobani said NAC's strength lies in
bringing women together from different
backgrounds.
"If we are committed to democracy
and if the women's movement is com-
mitted to equality for all women, then
there is no choice but to work together,"
she said. "Because as long as we tolerate
any level of inequality, we will never
have a society that is based on social
justice."
Thobani said young women had a
role to play in working for change and
suggested they join NAC. After her speech,
Thobani told The Charlatan women
should challenge course curriculaattheir
universities to make sure courses are in-
clusive and representative.
The speech was co-sponsored by the
Carleton Women's Centre and the Insti-
tute of Women's Studies. □
Shut up and
Carleton students speak out on the federal election
by Steve Dobrenski
Charlatan Stall
Canada has been plunged into a federalelection campaign for the first time in five years.
As part of The Charlatan's election coverage, students will get a chance to voice their
opinion on the issues and personalities affecting the Oct. 25 vote.
The Charlatan caught up with some students Sept. 1 0, two days after the election call,
and asked the following question:
What is the most important issue to you
in the upcoming federal election?
"Tome, one of the
most important is-
sues, one that should
be pulled out, is im-
proving education
for young black peo-
ple."
Tlferanji
Malithano,
Arts III
"The economy is
the big one. A lot of
people say they will
try and do things, but
whether or not they
will do it is another
thing. They say the
recession is over, but I
don't buy that."
Kris Schimmec,
Arts 1
"The environ-
ment. Without that
we're nowhere."
Steve Bold t,
Arts II
Photos by Steve Dobrenski
"The most impor-
tant issue would be
the employment is-
sue. Hopefully, they
will create jobs for
students while they
are in school, so they
get working experi-
ence while they are
training.
Khuan Iran,
Computer Science
Students may vote at home
or at university in election
by Steve Dobrenski and Arn Keeling
Charlatan StaH
Before making a decision at the polls
in the upcoming federal election, many
students must decide where they are
eligible to cast their ballot for the Oct.
25 vote.
Students away from home who are
qualified to vote In this coming election
may register to cast their ballot in their
home riding or in the local riding of
their university.
Elections Canada has started a cam-
paign to inform students about how to
vote in the Oct. 25 federal election.
Information packages will be dis-
tributed on university campuses across
the country to encourage students to
vote where they want, says Denise
McCulloch, community relations officer
and youth liaison for Elections Canada.
"Registration is so easy, it isn't
funny, " McCulloch says.
To vote, a student must be a Cana-
dian citizen who has turned 18byOct
25. Students away from homewillneed
to register for a special ballot.
The registration can be found in a
booklet available at any post office.
McCulloch says it important to register
soon in order to receive your ballot tn
time.
A completed registration form must
be received by Elections Canada by Oct.
20, the Wednesday before the election,
and your completed ballot must reach
Elections Canada by 4 p.m., on Friday,
Oct. 22.
If you want to vote where you are
attending school and you were enu-
merated for last year's federal referen-
dum in your school's riding, you are on
this year's voters' list. If not, McCulloch
says you are able to register at the poll
in your school's riding on voting day.
Last year. Elections Canada organ-
ized a large student awareness cam-
paign for the October referendum called
Voting's a Breeze. Elections Canada of-
ficials visited universities including
Carleton to publicize student participa-
tion.
Thisyear, McCulloch says, the onus
to inform students will be put more on
student councils.
"We hope that student associations
will do some sort of information ta-
bles," she says.
The Carleton University Student's As-
sociation (CUS A) plans to helpstudents
find out their voting eligibility, says
Kristine Haselsteiner, CUSA's vice-presi-
dent external.
" 1 think it's one of our main priori-
ties," she says.
HaselsteineT says CUSA wants Elec-
tions Canada to set up an enumeration
booth on campus to inform and enu-
merate students who will be first-time
voters in this election.
"1 think there has to be special con-
cern given to students," she says.
If you have any questions you can
contact Elections Canada at 1 -800-267-
8683, or 1-800-361-8935 for the hear-
ing-Impaired. Q
September 16, 1993 • The Charlatan ■ 9
93
Hurtig promises free tuition if elected PM
by Brent Dowdall
Charfafan Staff
In the Oct. 25 fed-
eral election, new
parties may have an unprecedented im-
pact on the outcome because of wide-
spread voter disenchantment with the
established parties.
If this happens, Mel Hurtig and his
National Party of Canada are hoping to
be in the thick of the fight.
Hurtig, a successful Edmonton book
publisher, was elected leader of the new
National Party when it was formed by 45
members last November. Hurtig was one
of the key forces behind the party's estab-
lishment.
Party membership has grown to 6,500
since its founding convention in Ottawa.
Hurtig says the party originally wanted
to run 50 candidates, but now hopes to
run 155 candidates in all 10 provinces,
including John Foster in the riding of
Ottawa Centre. The deadline for nomi-
nations for the election is Sept. 27.
Hurtig also wrote the party's policy
book, A New and Better Canada, which
outlines some of Hurtig'sambitious ideas:
• The party's fundamental economic
policy is full employment.
• National standards in health care,
social programs, the environment,
multiculturalism andbilingualism.
• Reduced taxes for individuals and
families and increased taxes for large
corporations.
• Cancellation of the Free Trade Agree-
ment and the North American Free Trade
Agreement.
• The party would legislate against
increases in foreign ownership and cor-
porate concentration and would provide
government aid to small- and medium-
sized Cana-
dian -
owned
businesses.
• The
party
would out-
law corpo-
rate and
union do-
nations to
political
parties in
political
c a m -
paigns, in-
cluding cor-
porate and
govern-
ment dona-
tions from
outside
Canada. It
would also
limit third-
party elec-
tion spend-
ing, which
is advertis-
ing by na-
t i o n a 1
lobby
groups for
or against political parties.
• The party would reform federal elec-
tions by implementing a system of pro-
portional representation, where political
parties would receive about the same
number of seats as their popular vote.
• The party also advocates binding
referendums on major issues, including
the Free Trade Agreement and NAFTA.
Hurtig says his party's election budget,
National Party Leader Mel Hurtig .
$1.8 mil-
lion, is a
"fraction
of what the
traditional
parties
spend."
Hurtig says
his fund-
ing comes
from pri-
vate dona-
tions from
individu-
als rather
than from
corpora-
tions or
unions.
The offi-
cial spend-
ing limit
for each
party dur-
ing the
campaign
is $10.6
million.
"The
old-line
parties
spend a
bundle in
advance (of the campaign)."
In a telephone interview with Hurtig
less than an hour after the election was
called Sept. 8, TheCharlatan askedHurtig
about his party's positions on the issues.
Charlatan: Let's start with economic
policy.
MH: The fundamental policy of the
party is full employment and putting
y
Canadians back to work.
After the hole that the Liberals and
the Conservatives put us in, we have to
make major changes. That includes re-
form of interest rate policy, exchange
rate policy, trade policy, manufacturing
policy, natural resources policy and taxa-
tion policy.
We don't think you have to spend
money. The changes are fundamental to
the whole Canadian economy.
Charlatan: Are you going to "soak
the rich?"
MH: Average Canadians pay way too
much tax. Big corporations pay way too
little. They must pay their fair share of
taxes.
[A New and Better Canada says the
National Party would increase corporate
taxes to the average rate of the other 23
countries of the Organization for Eco-
nomic Co-operation and Development.]
Charlatan: Will the National Party
get rid of the Free Trade Agreement and
NAFTA?
MH: The FTA has been horrendously
negotiated and its results have been dis-
astrous. In the four years before the FTA
was negotiated, the Canadian economy
created 1 million 24 thousand jobs. In
the four years since, we've lost 246,000
jobs.
If you takepeople off unemployment
insurance and welfare, you can reduce
the deficit.
In the four years before the FTA, new
investment increased 38 per cent. In the
four years since, it has decreased by four
per cent.
HURTIG cont'd page 11
r
WHO SAYS YOU CANT FIGHT CITY HATL ?
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!
Come & Join the
Carleton Advisory Committee -
a group that advises me on issues of
interest to students like:
OC Transpo
Housing
The Environment
Urban Safety
Community Relations
s
Tuesday , September 21
11:am - 225 Res Commons
WELCOME !
My name is Jim Watson and I am the
city & regional Councillor for Capi-
tal Ward - the ward that includes
Carleton University.
Please feel free to contact me if you
have any questions or concerns
about civic issues.
Jim Watson
Carleton University's City Councillor
1 1 1 Sussex Drive , Ottawa
564-1308
10 ■ The Charlatan • September 16, 1993
HURTJC cont'd from page 10
Given their economic record, I don't
think the Conservatives could run a cor-
ner drug store for six months.
Charlatan: What about education?
MH: Young people are our most pre-
cious resource. But there are young peo-
ple who can 't afford to go to school, who
can't get in, and classes that are too big.
Education is absolutely a top priority.
We are adamant that there should be no
tuition fees and the cost of a student's
education would be paid back through
the income tax system. They would pay
nothing while in school. We think that's
an infinitely fairer way.
Charlatan: Eliminating tuition fees
would take a massive amount of money
DEWAR HITS THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL
from the operating budget of post-sec-
ondary institutions. How do you make
up for that loss?
MH: That amount could be easily
made up through changes to the tax
system.
Charlatan: Education is a provincial
responsibility. How does the federal gov-
ernment improve the quality of educa-
tion?
MH: Well, for one thing, we won't
decrease transfer payments the way the
Conservatives have.
We can influence post-secondary edu-
cation and we will increase federal spend-
ing on post-secondary education.
Charlatan: You're trying to attract
thevotesof ordinary Canadians, butyou
Ready, set, go! Marion Oewar. the NDP candidate for Ottawa
Centre, got a jump on the competition Sept. 13 by schmoozing with
students in Stormont and Dundas residences at Carleton. Students
will be seeing quite a bit of Dewar. Liberal candidate Mac Harb and
Conservative candidate Ian Lee over the next few weeks as they
wrestle for campus votes. □
Does politics make your
stomach churn with bile,
your head throb with
pain and your hands
shake with violent anger?
Then The Charlatan
wants you!!
The Charlatan is putting together an election supplement featuring stories on
student Issues, local candidates and other butt-kicking, antl-establlshment
stories. The deadline for submissions is Oct. 14 and the supplement will appear
Oct. 21.
If you are interested in contributing to the supplement by writing or
producing, there will be an organizational meeting Friday Sept 17 at 4 p.m. at
The Charlatan, Room 53 1 Unlcentre. □
yourself are anything but ordinary, as a
successful book publisher and officer of
the Order of Canada. How do you attract
the ordinary Canadian?
MH: Most of our members have never
belonged to a political party before. Our
party is not made up of stars, or people
who are looking for a government ap-
pointment or contract, i have no trouble
relating to a farmer or a nurse.
Our party also has a higher percent-
age of its members as young people than
any other because young people are at-
tracted to two issues, sovereignty and
cleaning up Ottawa.
We loved what happened last Oct. 26,
with the defeat of the Charlottetown ac-
cord. It was important for democracy in
Canada, where one side had all the
money, andstill lost. □
CLASS BY ITSELF
1 9 9 1 - 1 9 9 4
September 16, 1993 • The Charlatan • 11
Local gay bookstore has books seized
by Clayton Wood
Charlatan Staff
David Rimmer knows first-hand the
power Canada Customs has to decide
what reading material gets into this coun-
try.
Rimmer operates After Stonewall, an
Ottawa bookstore that specializes in gay
publications.
He says Canada Customs is playing
the role of judge and jury at the border
when it comes to deciding if gay erotica
and other controversial material should
enter the country.
"It's perfectly okay to sell material in
this country that shows two guys having
sex. You just can't bring it across the
border," says Rimmer.
His bookstore experienced its latest
row with Canada Customs in July. Cus-
toms stopped a shipment of 1 30 books to
After Stonewall, 51 of which were de-
tained. The books contained gay erotica
without pictures, although Rimmersays,
"1 wouldn't call this stuff educational."
Most of the material detained at the
border does not contravene the obscenity
law as set out in the Criminal Code of
Canada. This law prohibits the distribu-
tion of material deemed obscene, which
includes the undue exploitation of sex or
sexual material depicted with crime, vio-
lence or degradation.
However, it is Canada Customs' inter-
pretation of the obscenity law that an-
gers Rimmer.
While portraying anal sex between
consenting adults is perfectly legal, some
Canada Customs employees have used a
department memorandum to seize some
imported descriptions of acts it deems
obscene.
Memorandum D9-1-1 is Customs'
guideline for what is acceptable sexual
material to cross the border. Imported
depictions or
descriptions of
anal penetra-
tion are prohib-
ited unless they
are in the con-
text of commu-
nicating educa-
tional informa-
tion, such as pre-
venting the
spread of AIDS.
Exception is
also made if the
material "com-
municates in a
rational and
unsensational
manner infor-
mation about a
sexual activity
that is not un-
lawful . . . (or)
goods which
communicate
i n forma tion
about anal pen-
etration committed in private between a
husband and wife or between two con-
senting adults . . . ."
Rimmer says the memorandum al-
lows politicians to wash their hands of
any potential blame for censorship, since
"the memorandum is an order-in-coun-
cil from the representatives of several
ministries, and never went to Parliament.
No one has to take responsibility."
The memorandum, adopted at the
cabinet level in 1991, did not require
parliamentary approval because the
Criminal Code itself was not amended.
Canada Customs can sometimes de-
tain a shipment for as long as eight
weeks to determine if questionable mate-
rial violates their obscenity guidelines. In
the meantime, a bookseller can be caught
in the trap of not being able to sell the
books and raise the funds necessary to
pay off suppliers and ordernew material.
In the case of magazines, the mate-
rial, even if released by Customs, maybe
out of date and difficult to sell.
Rimmer says fighting the process is
unfeasible since an appeal can cost sev-
eral hundred dollars.
Rimmer says other gay and lesbian
bookstores in Vancouver and Toronto
have also had material detained under
the memorandum.
But Canada Customs denies it is sin-
gling out material bound for gay and
lesbian bookstores.
Don Labelle is a spokesperson for Cus-
toms. He says some of the blame for
border hold-ups lies with the shippers.
He says books in a shipment that are
not detained are released right away,
and "it's the shipper who waits to send all
the books up at once, rather than have to
make two trips. It's just good business
sense on their part."
Technology is making the job of stop-
ping sexual material at the border more
difficult. There are currently no restric-
tions on the electronic transmission of
material into Canada. This loophole
allows gay and lesbian erotica to be
beamed electronically into the country
and then reprinted.
Rimmer's store carries magazines that
are printed in Canada but carry stories
and photographs that originate in the
U.S.
"It's an area where technology is way
ahead of the law, " says Jessie Goldman,
a student working in the legal services
division of Canadian Heritage, the fed-
eral department that inherited the former
responsibilities of the Department of Com-
munications in July. The department is
inchargeofgovemmentinvolvementin
broadcasting, culture, arts and heritage.
"It's very much a grey area. No regu-
latory regime of electronic transmissions
exists," says Goldman.
Goldman said prior to the reorganiza-
tion of the department, the government
was studying ways of monitoring elec-
tronic transmissions. □
WHAT IT IS:
Student representatives voicing your academic concerns at departmental and faculty levels.
NUG reps have voting power equal to that of any faculty member.
They attend faculty board meetings and vote on such issues as:
• Fair exam scheduling
• Struggle for more Teaching Assistants
• Guarantee of supplemental exams
• Equal academic access to all students
' Decisions made at faculty levels affect you
throughout your university years and beyond!
■ There is one seat for every department, every
faculty, in every year.
• If you're interested, call Sen at 788-26006x11266
or Gary at 788-6688.
•Vote in the NUG elections!!
This is official notification that Elections Carleton will be holding NUG Elections.
Nominations will take place from September 20 to 27, 1 993, validation on September 27
and 28, campaigning from September 29 to October 4, 1 993, and voting from October 5
to 6, 1993. For more information, call Sen Sridas at 788-2600 ext.1266, Gary jjfcjjftgff9
Anandasangaree at 788-6688, or James Rilett. Chiel Electoral Officer at 567-6772. W%F~W B ^F^£T%
12 • The Charlatan ■ September 16, 1993
EDITORIAL PAGE
Just a little ^atmdn*]^ catching upon the 'lost dears'..
respect,
please.
Welcome to Carleton. This year's frosh have
been given a swell introduction to the univer-
sity during orientation week.
If they weren't being offended by comic Chris Rock,
they were being hassled at their friendly campus bar.
Rock, a Saturday Night Live comedian, performed for
frosh on Sept. 7 and offended some audience members
with his sexist jokes.
To add to the merriment, some Carleton football
players were admitted to a frosh party at Oliver's.
Facilitators were warned to keep frosh away from some
of the team's members, as some players were using the
opportunity to hit on anyone available.
So, now's the time to call for changes to be made,
wrongs to be set right. Let's find somewhere to lay the
blame on thick, right?
Of course, there are precautions that might have
stopped such problems from happening.
For example, in the case of the incident at Oliver's,
strictly apply the rule that frosh events are for FROSH
only. That way, if problems doarise.atleast facilitators
could step in and take charge of the situation.
In the case of booking comedians, couldn't there be a
line in their contract which says if they don't live up to
specific guidelines, then they don 't get paid? If they can't
promise they won't offend people in a major way, why
book them at all?
But, regardless of whatever measures are taken, they
won't really strike at the heart of the matter. Any
preventative measures are only reactions to problems,
but they won't solve the problems themselves: namely,
how do you get rid of all the offensive crap in the world?
Blame could be piled higher and deeper all over every-
one at Carleton, but it still wouldn't get rid of it.
Comedians at frosh week last year offended some
people and it happened again this year. There were
incidents of harassment on campus last year and sadly,
there will probably be more this year. Screening comedi-
ans or holding sensitivity seminars may make people
aware of the problem, but it doesn't solve the problem
itself.
No matter how well-screened comedy acts are, no
matter how safe we try to make our little university
world, the solution lies in changing peoples' attitudes
and that may be near to impossible.
There will probably always be people who want to
cause trouble. There will probably always be comedians
like Chris Rock and people that want to laugh at his
jokes. There are some things that you just can't change
by setting up a committee.
Since it's the beginning of the year, let's stay idealis-
tic. While we're not all swamped with work, why not try
and change the world? There are three things that can
be done to help get rid of the evil that runs rampant in
the world.
Instead of calling for heads to roll, look inside your
own and try to figure out what needs fixing. No one but
you can change your own attitudes.
Also, if you see something you don't like, try and fix
it. Don't let people get away with it. Kudos go to all those
who walked out on Chris Rock or otherwise disturbed his
performance.
Finally, have respect for one another. Perhaps too
simplistic a message in the dirty world today, but why
not give it a try? It certainly couldn't hurt. SK
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ESSAY
Wild times in the big city
by Stephanie Garrison
Charlatan Staff
Last May, my options for the summer looked
pretty grim. Staying at home and working a
non-career- related Mcjob while fighting with
the folks didn't appeal to me.
Rather than partaking in these pleasures, I chose an
obvious solution: get the hell outta
town and escape to New York.
Finding a nice apartment in the East Village took
patience, balls, and a lot of cash. Rent for my three
bedroom was over $2,000-monfhly, exterminations in-
cluded. After subsidization, my cut per month was $650
American for a medium-sized bedroom with high ceil-
ings — almost triple what I pay in Ottawa.
I lived on the edge of
ultra-violent Alphabet
City. Just like any
schlocky inner-city TV
show, gunfire spats
would rock me to sleep
during June heatwaves.
Weirdshitwouldhap-
pen at crazy times. I
never thought that I'd
help put out a fire, and
people falling out ofwin-
dows was something I
was used to seeing only
on television. They were,
however, the surreal ex-
periences, that just sort
of happened when I'd
walk home at dawn af-
tera long night out danc-
ing.
Despite increased
commercialization (a
Gap store recently in-
vaded the space previ-
ously housing the alternative St. Mark's theatre), there
were still cool shops and cafes nestied between tacky
souvenir shops on the tree-lined streets.
Almost-famous people like Quentin Crisp, the eccen-
tric British dilettante/party-goer (famous for being "out"
decades before it was "acceptable"), lived two blocks
away, a few doors down from the Manhattan chapter of
the Hell's Angels. Filmmaker Jim Jarmusch would hang
out with the owners of Atomic Passion, a fifties furniture
store across the street from my apartment.
Entertainment- wise, New York has both advantages
and downfalls. Quality is elusive, even if you are seeing
someone who is usually considered talented. Case in
point: Sonic Youth's Kim Gordon performed with her
boring and amateurish side-project Free Kitten at Club
Nell's, but was followed with a great set by Luscious
Jackson, a fabulous all-girl band you'll soon hear more
about.
Venues and ticket prices are large and expensive
compared to other cities; the flip side of this is that you'll
see shows that would never be performed anywhere else.
I was fortunate enough to see the avant-garde Diamanda
Galas sing a wondrous new work that was mind-blow-
ing.
Club culture is taken seriously in New York, and
action passes at a fierce pace. The nightlife is infested
with droves of vacuous club kids. Keeping up with the
cutting edge of hip is
their occupation.
A club will enjoy an
intense, star-packed
night, only to become
unpopular a few weeks
later. Promoters and
DJs hop from base-
ment dives to ware-
house locales to get in-
volved in as many
happening clubs as
possible, before fading
into obscurity.
Some clubs do last
for more than a brief
spell, largely due to the
strength of a particu-
lar scene. Most "alter-
native" ciubs fit this
bill, and they were
where I felt most in my
element. Most nights
I'd hang out at aear-
famous joints like the
Knitting Factory.
It was my craziest summer, and I befriended an
eclectic mix of brilliant minds and low-lifes, mostly by
accident. The first person I met was a guy who pulled me
out of the path of an oncoming cab. I never expected to
meet sane and interesting people in such a hostile
environment, but somehow I did.
Keeping track of daily events was impossible. There
always was something going down. It was an intense
love/hate experience that I don't want to repeat, but I
plan to return to New York City next summer. □
September 16, 1993 • The Charlatan • 13
by Christina Wolaniuk
Charlatan Statl
arijuana.
To legalize it or not to legalize it: that
is the question.
The legalization of marijuana became a
dead issue after the "Dust Say No" campaigns
of the '80s.
But watch out '90s - the issue has been reborn.
With politicians admitting to their experimenta-
tion with marijuana, average citizens are question-
ing why they can't legally smoke up too.
Especially when they consider the possible
scenario involved with marijuana use: In a window-
less room several people hover over a bright orange
flame. They pass a joint from lip to lip, covertly
inhaling the illegal plant. Sitting on the cool
cement floor they savor their sweet high until . .
. raid: the cops bust the party, fingerprints,
criminal record, no job, burnt dreams.
This hypothetical scene raises the blood pressure
and sends ripping streaks of frustration through
the body of former MP Dim Fulton (NDP - Skeena) , who
introduced a marijuana bill (C-140) in the House of
Commons win late April.
The Mil has two main clauses: the Campbell/
clause and the Clinton clause.
ampbell/Charest clause proposed amendments
Canadian Human Rights Act to prevent "out of
ose#' marijuana users from being discrimi-
inst on the basis of their admission to
na use,- The clause is named after Prime
OiSfftKSKfm Campbell and deputy prime minister
3ir-Char£st because they both admitted to trying
the drug in the past.
"Kim Campbell and Jean Charest are hypocrites for
thinking they could smoke marijuana and not
others," says Fulton.
The Clinton clause proposed changes to the>Canada
Immigration Act to allow admitted mari juana tN<rs
entry into Canada. This would ens,
American president, who smoked th£.dT
inhale it, would not be turned aWa,
border. -
Fulton, prior to becomii
for six years as a proba
Columbia. He says it pu* him in
doctors, lawyers and other profes
penalized for publicly admitting
The bill was rexeived with
ambiguity, with MPs like Dawn
support within Fulton's own pa
Axworthy and Conservatives Di
Boyer said they wouldn't co;
examining the bill .
16 • The Charlatan ■ September 16, 1993
WI
! -, i u 1 s notu runn1 na tor hi s seat 1 n the next tedera I e I ecti on ,
a"n^V- , l5,1" thre Process of being debated prior to it have been
nullified. Unless Fulton can convince another MP to present C-140
it is a dead bill .
But the issue of legalization rages on, and is far from dead.
Last year, Line Beauchesne, a professor of criminology at the
University of Ottawa published a paper on drugs and civil rights in
Canada, which cites the prohibition of marijuana as the reason why
20 , 000 young peopl e are arrested each year for mari juana possessi on
Beachesne says keeping marijuana illegal is the same as the old
prohibition laws on alcohol - they don't work.
:. "Keeping marijuana illegal isn't stopping people from using it.
j It's just causing users to hide from the law," she says.
-. Beauchesne says the many taboos connected wi th mari juana use, such
I as being regarded as a law-breaker and a flower-power stoner, along
with years of anti -marijuana propaganda such as the "lust Say No"
r. campaign, have made many people leery about legal/zing marijuana.
'j// Beauchesne's own stand is indecisive. She says/she supports the
J idea of removing the stigma attached to admitted mari juana smokers
but is disturbed by some of the health rf sks J&ociated with drug
use- \ $ ffl S
Beauchesne says putting an OK stAto oitifth^ariigana plant would
change its place of distribution arid, cin^HmptijJh . In this case,
marijuana users could enjoy a better quality pf-o'duct and will be free
cannabis doesn't
, or cause any case
ith the legal pharmaceutical
raTtd-use it for
upid penalties," says Mantha.
to smoke in public.
Instead of smoking pot in the confines df a vacant basement, you
would be inhaling it at the bus stop. Rather than receiving your order
of marijuana in an opaque lunch bag stashed between the layers of
a salami sandwich, you would pick up the drug from your local
pharmacist or purchase it on the
street corner in a clear plastic
bag. This way, the quality of the
marijuana could be regulated.
"The reality is that we are a drug
using society. Our culture sanc-
tions drugs for recreational use,"
says Philip Moorman, director of
the David Smith Youth Drug and
Alcohol Centre in Ottawa.
Moorman says the legalization of
marijuana will not lower the number
of users. He says regardless of
mari juana's legal status, some peo-
ple will always have addictive drug
habits, and his centre will always
be in business.
There is, however, a budding
entrepreneur in London, Ont., who
hopes to attract many buyers to the
marijuana plant. Late in July, The
Great Hemporium was puffed into
Twenty- two-year-ol d
Christopher Clay is
proud to be the first
store owner in the city
to sell hemp products
and edible treats to
his customers. While it is illegal to sell
the mari juana plant, it is legal to sell the
fibre and seeds because you cannot get a high
from them.
"Cannabis seed is high in protein, and the oil that is pressed out
from the seed is low in saturated fat," says Clay.
The strong fibres of the hemp plant can be processed to make rope,
clothing and environmentally friendly paper products.
The store attracts mostly high-school students, but the occasional
senior citizen can be found poking around - nibbling on a cannabis-
seed chocolate chip cookie, buyi ng Mismp-made dog leash, or signing
a petition to legalize the medvc^fTTise of marijuana, says Clay.
Lucia Del-Santo, a di recto/^f Help End Marijuana Prohibition
(HEMP) also based in Londofl^re-^a^uad like to see the medicinal
value of marijuana legal lyM^^patTetfes^o recovery. Del-Santo
co-ordinates the organizat*)iWs^ppaign to give doctors the legal
right to prescribe mari juafta *p tlie$K patients.
Del-Santo wrote a lett<*r?in %»y toi%i Campbell, defence mister
at the time, asking for her View\pn the Tegal i zati on of marijuana,
after Campbell had admitted 'to ustqg it prioV to the Tory leadership
conventi on . \
"Prime Minister Campbell returned our letter, when she was
minister, saying that doctor's could already legally prescribe
marijuana to their patients," says Del -Santo.
But many doctors say there are a lot of legal anti -nausea drugs
in today's market that far exceed the usefulness of marijuana.
Fifteen years ago, Dr. Anwar Haq of Ottawa prescribed marijuana
for his cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy treatments as an
anti-nauseant drug. ,
He says patients varied in their responses to the drug. Some
Ratients who reached a high from the drug liked it, but others qot_
no high from the marijuana treatments, and were not relieved ot thei r
nausea.
"Today, the medical usefulness of marijuana has been superseded
by more effective anti -nausea drugs, such as Zofran,"says Haq. "In
medical terms, marijuana is a passe drug."
But some peopl e , 1 i ke 28-year-ol d Uni versi ty of Ottawa student Tom
Mantha, grit their teeth in anger when a drug they believe can be
used to treat the ill is described by doctors/as "passe."
If marijuana had been value* for its ability to treat glaucoma
sufferers, Mantha says his auit would noXi&ve, had to "go under the
knife." Glaucoma is a disejafee which /lafises pressure to build up
behind the eyes, and can e\/eM:ually,^M to blindness.
According to a Harvard UniWfrsi ty/feWdy , cannabjs^a>'two or three
times as effective as any tirre^^edicine^tfgSgucing oscular
pressure. "As a natural prescript,'
produce toxic side-effects to\t '
of sudden death syndrome assoc
glaucoma drugs.
"People should be able to (
personal use without having '
But another student, Rowena Hart/^ho is an asthmatic, tells of
her- claustrophobic experience at a party "that was rockin' with pot.
"I wasn't smoking the drug but if the cops came in I too would be
busted, and that's what's scary about the illegality of marijuana, "
says the 21-year-old.
Sgt. Richard Marcoux of the RCMP's drug awareness co-ordinator for
the National Capital region, says the legalization of marijuana
consumption may not reduce the number of arrests or the cost of law
enforcement.
Marcoux says law enforcement concentrates
on drug traffickers
rather than users , and
that as wel 1 as mari -
juana, traffickers
usually deal in other
hard drugs such as
heroin and cocaine.
The leading problem with
decriminalization is the health
hazard linked to marijuana, he
says. Referring to marijuana's
mood- altering properties, "We
can' t expect a productive society
from a bunch of mari juana users. "
Marcoux says.
The Addiction Research Founda-
tion, a provincial government
1 n the si xti eVto deal wi th peopl e
lost in hallucinogeni c deli rium,
but it has since become an infor-
mation hotline on which you can
speak confidentially to an anony-
mous "information specialist" in
regards to addictive substances.
When The Charlatan called, the
information agent we spoke to
emphasized the subjective nature
of any use of cannabis.
According to the agent, where the marijuana is grown, harvested,
how it was shipped, how old it is and even what effect a person thi nks
it has, can affect the user's experience.
Some can develop a "psychological addiction," but due to the
variance in experience this. teg is_a highTy subjective consequence.
In terms of health risks stemming T^fcgQ^ri juana use, the agent
. The chronic
due to the
made the distinction between chronic an
user stands a much greater risk of developi
amount of tar accumulated in the 1 ungs
But Dr. Louis Morissette, a
rehabiT i tati on i n Ottawa
term relief of stress r
worth a defunct flrjCTety.
"Marijuana chronically
their lives," says Mor
legalizing mari juana^wj^cost t
care system wouldjCTserin ten
atric treatment
"What we need is eduoHfjon. We need to edu
deal with stress in^a more productive way
But the questfon remains unanswered. $6 1
1 egal i ze?
For some, legal highs on a beach towel 6r a nostalgic inhale with
a group of Baby Boomers are considered/an innocuous pleasure.
For others, the fear of a motivation-zapped future generation
doesn't seem worth the right to publicly roll that marijuana joint.
They don't see responsible members of the community being produced
from a cloud of illicit smoke, q
al cohol
e short-
jjfena. i s not
tpl a and
/sayVby
he heal t^h
f psydJiv
parents on htff to
says,
egalize or no! to
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18 • 77ie Charlatan ■ September 16, 1993
Kavens tumblehomeopener
;naJlatan Stall ~ I . L^IB^
by Steven Vesely
CtiaJlatan Staff
A little respect.
That's what the Carleton football team
is looking for this season. And just one
game into their season, they've already
found it.
The Ravens lost 22-17 to the McGill
Redmen Saturday, Sept. 11, in front of a
crowd of about 500 at Raven Field.
Butitwasthewaytheylostthatshowed
promise.
Despite falling behind 22-3 while com-
mitting seven turnovers, the Ravens still
managed to fight back to respectability,
displaying defensive composure, offen-
sive movement and scoring two late
touchdowns in the fourth quarter.
"We will win games as soon as we stop
beating ourselves, "said head coach Donn
Smith. "We're a team of SO per cent
rookies and we can't win if we turn the
ball over like we did today."
The Ravens fumbled the ball five times
and sophomore quarterback Sean O'Neill
threw two interceptions.
"It was the errors that did us in, " said
defensive co-ordinatorGaryShaver. "That
gave them good field position and hurt
our chances.
"But the key term for this game and
this team is potential, this year and in the
f urure, " he said. "We lost 22- 1 7 to a good
football team and we had a lot of miscues.
For us to be this close in a game with that
many mistakes is a positive sign."
McGill coach Charlie Baillie was quite
happy to escape with the win.
"They gave us a scare," he said. "It
was the first game of the year and we
didn't know what to expect. I figured we
had the game in control, and then I got
concerned we would give the game away. "
The Redmen scored first on a 21-yard
field goal from Andrew Boon. Following
a turnover, Boon then missed a 34-yard
attempt and McGill settled for a single.
A valiant Carleton defence stuffed the
Redmen twice on the one yard line before
McGill running back Chad Luedtke
punched through the defensive line for
the game's first touchdown.
The Ravens blocked the convert at-
tempt but gave up another single when
Boon's 70-yard kickoff sailed through the
end zone.
Carleton's first score came on a 34-
yard field goal by Chris Giacobbi in the
second quarter.
Luedtke gave the Redmen an 18-3
halftime lead following an eight yard
run for his second touchdown game.
In the second half, the Redmen added
another four points for a 22-3 bulge be-
fore Carleton mounted a comeback.
Atoning for his first-half jitters and
miscues, O'Neill hit rookie running back
Chris Dorrington with a five-yard TD toss
McGiH hung on to the ball, the Ravens didn't.
and then, with mere seconds left on the
clock, scampered into the McGill end
zone for another score. Kicker Giacobbi
converted both.
With a roster including 35 rookies
facing off against a McGill squad that is
expected to contend for the Ontario-Que-
bec Interuniversity Football Conference
Championship, much wasn't expected
from this young Raven squad. But aftera
nervous first half, the Ravens began to
show discipline and poise.
O'Neill was goodonl2ofl8passesfor
111 yards and one TD. Besides that fairly
impressive 67 per cent completion rate,
he also ran six times for44 yards and one
TD.
"I started to feel comfortable in the
second half, " said O'Neill. "My offensive
line did their job. For the most part I felt
protected and had all the time I needed."
Smith was pleased with the poise
O'Neill demonstrated in his first football
start of the Canadian Interuniversity Ath-
letic Union.
"O'Neill willbeaveryfine quarterback
as soon as he learns to minimize turno-
vers," said Smith. "He's still learning.
He's young. As the game wore on, he
showed more and more composure, and
we'll build on that next week."
Einard Jean-Francois was O'Neill's
Football Follies
Year W L T PF PA PTS
1986 1 0 0 30 0 2
1992 0 1 0 7 53 0
1993 0 1 0 17 22 0
As the season progresses, we'll
compare this year's Raven squad
against the best and worst Raven
teams of the past: the 6-1 1986
squad and the 0-7 1992 team.
most trusted running back, carrying
the ball 16 times for 46 yards. On the
receiving end, running back Chris
Dorrington hauled in five passes for 56
yards and one TD.
"The confidence was there in the
second half," said Jean- Francois. "It
was nice to see new guys here who can
move the ball down the field and make
the plays."
Confidence and an ability to finish
a drive is whaf s been missing on Raven
squads in recent years. The Ravens
were 0-7 last year and have won only
two football games in the past four
years. While they still absorbed a loss
in their first game of this new season,
at least they gained some respect. □
Raven men exact revenge in victory
by Shannon Fraser
Charlatan Staff
With revenge on their minds, the Car-
leton men's soccer team walked into
Sudbury to face the Laurentian Voyageurs
" the team that defeated them in divi-
sional playoff action last year.
Revenge was sweet.
Ravens forward Basil Phillips scored
the first, only and decisive goal of the
game, to shut out the Voyageurs 1-0 and
avenge that playoff loss.
"It's always good to start the season
with a win," said head coach Sandy
Mackie, "particularly when playing
Laurentian."
About 400 Laurentian fans yelled
names and taunted the Carleton team as
the Ravens took to the field.
Carleton opened the scoring early in the
game. With the Voyageurs line-up still be-
ing announced, forward [ohn Lauro ran
the ball down the centre to the left corner.
He then crossed it over to Phillips, who
scored on a header leaving the Laurentian
goalkeeper stranded on his goal line.
"It's always important to get the first
goal away from home because it puts pres-
sure on the other team to score and it upsets
their rhythm," said Mackie.
For the rest of the game, neither side was
able to muster any offence. Although
Laurentian did attack frequently, goal-
keeper Steve Ball and his defence ably
protected the 1-0 Raven lead.
The win was especially satisfying be-
cause Laurentian is always a strong
contender to win the Ontario Universi-
ties Athletic Association east division.
Last year Laurentian finished sec-
ond in the division with only the Ravens
ahead of them. Both were ranked in
the top 10 nationally for most of the
season.
Carleton is expected to do well again
this year.
"I think we have a very deep team
— a lot of depth," said midfielder Joe
Gabor. "There's a good mix of veterans
and younger players on the team."
The Ravens' next two games will be
played at home against the Ryerson
Rams on Sept. 18 and the Queen's
Golden Gaels on Sept. 19. □
Now or never
for the men's
soccer team
by Steven Vesely
Charlatan Staff
This is their year.
A year of expectations, ability, ex-
perience and revenge.
They are the Carleton men's soccer
team and this 1993 season is their
year to reach the national soccer
championship.
Last year they were painfully close.
A9-1-1 regular seasonrecordputthem
at the head of the Ontario Universi-
ties Athletic Association east division .
For most of the season, the Ravens
were nationally ranked, peaking at
number five in the country. The team
was blessed with an abundance of
youth, speed and talent.
Onlyaheartbreaking 2-1 overtime
loss to the Laurentian Voyageurs in
the east division final kept Carleton
from advancing to the national stage.
But that was last year. It's over,
gone and done with.
This is a new year - their year to
avenge themselves.
This year's squad is still quick and
talented, but youth has been replaced
with maturity and experience.
Returning to the Ravens after years
away from university soccer, are
defenceman Marty Lauter who has
been playing with the Ottawa In-
trepid of the Canadian Soccer League,
and forward John Lauro, who won a
CSL championship with the Calgary
Kickers.
Along with the spiritof the team -
- stopper Earl Cochrane, an OUAA
all-star and all-Canadian - the Ravens
have one of the most experienced
lineups in the province.
The only real loss for this team will
be the absence of all-star midfielder
Declan Bonnar, who is academically
ineligible to remain at Carleton, and
forward Robbie Saxberg, who has
played out his five-year eligibility for
a varsity team.
When all is said and done, this
years men's team is essentially the
same -- but stronger.
It's their year and they know it.
You can see it on the field when
they practise. There's a quiet determi-
nation evident in everything they do.
Coach Sandy Mackie pushes them
harder every practice. Each drill taxes
them more, drains them and makes
them sweat. And then another exer-
cise begins. Again and again. Over
and over. Yet there's no whining, no
grumbling and no excuses offered.
It's the price a contending team
pays to remain a contender.
And the Ravens are most certainly
a national contender.
After last season's painful playoff
exit, the Ravens are fully aware of
their potential. It's not in the future.
It's now.
This is their year to win. It's not a
season of rebuilding, of making
progress or settling for anything less
than being the best.
They have the talent. They have
experience. If they have the desire,
then nothing should stop them.
This is their year. □
September 16, 1993 • The Charlatan • 19
i
Raven men prepare for run at national soccer title"
by Sarah Richards
Charlatan Staff
It's shaping up to be another impres-
sive season for Carleton men's soccer.
The team is coming off a 1-0 win on a
hostile pitch against their stiffest opposi-
tion, the Laurentian Voyageurs. And it
seems that what the Ravens have lost in
last year's players, they have gained in
experience.
Here's a pre-season look at what to
expect from this year's team.
COACHING: After coaching his team
through a 9-1-1 regular season and los-
ing to Laurentian by one heartbreaking
goal in the Ontario Universities Athletic
Association's east division finals, the
Great Scot - head coach Sandy Mackie -
- returns for his second year at the Ravens
helm. Mackie will be assisted by former
soccer Raven David McFall.
GOALKEEPING: Veteran Steve Ball
returns to the Ravens for his third year as
goalkeeper. The six-foot-tall Ball is at the
heart of the Raven's solid defence, hav-
ing allowed a mere six goals during last
year's regular season. He has the hands,
the confidence and the strong voice
needed to be a superior goalkeeper. His
weaknesses are goalkicks and crosses.
Frankie DeCaria is back for his second
year as substitute keeper. DeCaria is a
capable goalie although handicapped
by his small size.
DEFENCE: Mackie says he does not
plan to make any changes to last year's
defensive lineup. Fifth year veteran Earl
Cochrane will backstop the Ravens at the
stopper position. Cochrane's formidable
size, skill and strategy helped earn him
the title of all-Canadian for his position.
He'll be joined by 20-year-old Mike
Zaborski, whose confidence andabilities
have earned him a spot as sweeper. Join-
ing them on defence will be Andre van
Heerden, a four-year veteran whose fit-
ness ranks with Cochrane's strength, as
well as former Ottawa Intrepid Marty
Lauter who will be replacing the de-
parted Robert Rogers.
MID FIELD: Returning to the midfield
are Jeff Knight, Les Walden and Chris
Scullatto. Supporting Raven midfielders
include Joe Gabor, Mark Baumgartner
and rookie Daniel Amieu.
OFFENCE: Faced with the loss of of-
fensive stars Claudio Escobar, Declan
Bonar and Robbie Saxberg, there was
some question as to who would replace
their offensive output. Enter Naoki
Ogasawara, the forward who sat on the
bench most of last year. He's one of the
most skilled players on the team, al-
though he may suffer in heading be-
cause of his small size. His agility and
skill atcrossing bodes well for the Ravens.
Look to see him working closely with
fullback van Heerden. Forward Basil
Phillips is back looking fitter and trim-
mer than ever. Phillips wilt be joined by
former pro John Lauro, who won a Cana-
dian Soccer League championship while
with the Calgary Kickers. Second-year
striker Andrew Wooldridge will also pro-
vide a scoring punch if he can stay healthy
and avoid knee injuries.
CONFIDENCE: Despite the loss of
some key players from last year's line up,
Mackie is confident his 1993 team will
contend for the national championship.
When asked what his team's greatest
weakness is, he responds without hesita-
tion: "We don't have any." Q
Women's soccer team takes aim at another playoff berth
by Bram S. Aaron
Charlatan Staff
Still a puzzle.
This is how women's soccer coach
David Kent describes the way his team is
shaping up for the coming season.
After three straight fourth-place fin-
ishes in the six-team Ontario Women's
Interuniversity Athletic Association east
division, Kent is anxious to improve on
the team's complacent record this year.
"Our goal is to climb out of fourth
place and surpass four wins for the sea-
son," says Kent.
In anticipation of that goal, here's a
preview look at the 1993 edition of the
women's soccer team.
COACHING: Kentis back forhis sixth
year at the helm. Assistants Karen
O'Connell and Fred Juett round out the
coaching staff. They'll be looking to in-
still some life intoa program that's stand-
ing still with a five-year 22-26-2 record.
Without a strong and imposing offence,
Kent says he will likely adopt a defensive
posture and hope to capitalize on oppo-
sition miscues.
GOALTENDING: Rookie Kristina
Bacchi will handle the goaltending
chores. Her size and punching ability will
be a bonus in the Raven net. Sarah
Richards and Carrie Harper provide ca-
pable backup.
DEFENCE: Christine Archibald, a
skilled strategist, returns to lead the five-
person defence. Joining her are returning
defensive stalwarts Conine van Ryckde
Groot and Ann-Marie Irwin. A host of
rookies are vying for the final two defen-
sive spots.
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MIDFIELD: A big question mark.
With all of last year's starting midfielders
gone, rookies will be expected to fill the
three-person midfield as well as provide
offensive support.
OFFENCE: Offensively, the team will
miss striker Susan Holmes who scored
eight goals last year -- over half of the
team's total of 15. Co-captains Mary
McCormick and Kathy Keegan will at-
tempt to replace her on the attack. They're
both veteran players who work well to-
gether and will be expected to provide
strong leadership to a young squad.
Newcomber Genni Lussier, a Concordia
transfer student also adds offensive sup-
port.
In exhibition play in Quebec last week-
end, Carleton lost 3-0 to Sherbrooke Uni-
versity on Sept. 10 and then rebounded to
beat Bishop's University 4-0 on Sept. 12.
Sherbrooke dominated the first game,
capitalizing on Carleton miscues.
"It was our first game together as a
team, " said co-captain Mary McCormick.
"We were a bit unorganized at the start
of the game."
In the Bishop's victory, the Ravens
rebounded to dominate the Gaiters
outshooting them by a 20-to-l margin.
"We controlled the play from the first
whistle to the last whistle," Kent said.
"The players played as a unit."
Scoring for Carleton were Angela Code,
Nancy Sheppard, Stacey Doherty and
Jennifer O'Brien. □
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Raven
'Rumblings
Friday, Sapt. 17.
HOCKEY- The Carieton hockey club
will be holding an information meeting
for anyone interestedin joining the team
atnoon in Baker lounge. Tryoutswill be
held at the R.A. Centre at 1 :30 p.m. on
Sept 20, 22, 27 and 29 at 1:30p.m. The
hockey club plays in the senior league of
the R.A. Centre. It also plays exhibition
games against other Canadian and
American colleges and universities.
Saturday, Sap 1. 18.
FOOTBALL - The Carieton Ravens
football club will kick off against the
crosstown University Of Ottawa Gee-Gees
this weekend at Frank Clair Stadium.
There will be an admission charge of $4
for adults and $2 for students with ID.
Game time is 1 p.m.
SOCCER - The Carieton men's soc-
cer team will host their home opener at
1 p.m. against the Ryerson Rams look-
ing to improve their record to 2-0.
The women'ssoccerteam will follow
with their season opener against the
Ryerson Lady Rams at 3 p.m.
RUGBY - The Carieton rugby team
will open their season in Waterloo
against the Laurier Golden Hawks.
FIELD HOCKEY - The women's field
hockey team will be in Kingston on the
weekend to open their season against
the Waterloo Athenas at 1:30p.m.
Sunday, Sapt. IS.
SOCCER-TheQueen's Golden Gaels
will be in town for a 1 p.m. match
against the men's team looking to
avenge last season's semi-final playoff.
FIELD HOCKEY - In Kingston, the
women's Held hockey team will face off
against the Guelph Gryphons at 9 a.m.
followed by a 1:30 p.m. match against
the University of Western Mustangs.Q
Ravens field hockey looking ahead
by Ray Verbyla
Charlatan Slarf
Over the past few seasons, the Carle-
ton women's field hockey team has be-
gun to show improvement.
Last season was a breakthrough year,
as the team advanced to the Ontario
championships for the first time in three
years.
This was the result of a much im-
proved offence which scored seven goals
during the season - four more than the
previous two seasons combined.
Riding the wave of this offensive im-
provement, coach Suzanne Nicholson
led the team to a 3-6-4 record. She also
earned the coach of the year award from
the Ontario Women's Interuniversity
Athletic Association.
Now the team is looking to bring their
game up another level.
As the majority of this team is now
entering their third year together,
Nicholson says their maturity level is
increasing. She hopes to betterlast year's
3-6-4 record by converting on more scor-
ing opportunities in close games. Last
year's three wins and four ties could
easily have been seven wins and no ties
with a little bit of luck, she says.
From a team roster of 15, six players
have returned from last year's squad
including midfielder Suzanne Bird, for-
ward Krista Wilson and link Vicki Wilcox
-- all of whom participated in the Canada
Games this summer on provincial field
hockey teams.
Also returning to Carieton and pro-
viding experience is former Raven
goaltender Julie Sudds, who studied at
Guelph University last year.
That core should provide mature lead-
ership, says assistant coach Terry
Wheatley.
"We're a more experienced team this
year as opposed to being an inexperi-
enced team like we were in the past."
Although final cuts have yet to be
made, about a dozen rookies from all
over Ontario are competing for the re-
maining four starting spots and four
bench spots on the team roster. Nicholson
doesn't expect to make final cuts until
she has evaluated the rookies' perform-
ance during the next two weeks. This new
wave of rookies will be expected to fill in
the gaps left by eightteam members who
have moved on.
The resulting mix of veterans and
rookies should provide a balanced team,
says Nicholson.
Team practices began at the end of
August and have carried through to the
regular season.
The Carieton team trains off campus
at Lansdowne Park. Practices begin at 6
a.m. Tuesday to Friday on the astroturf of
Frank Clair Stadium. Team members
warm up by running along the Rideau
Canal for half an hour, then go through
drills for offence and defence.
Divisional play has been scrapped for
the upcoming season by the OWIAA.
Instead of two divisions, all eight teams
in the league have been thrown into one
pool. Six of the eightteamswill make the
playoffs and Nicholson hopes the Ravens
will be among them for a second straight
year.
The regular season begins on Sept. 18
when the Ravens travel to Kingston to
face the Queen's Golden Gaels. The fol-
lowing weekend, they begin a three-game
homestandonMinto Field at the Nepean
Sportsplex against Toronto, York and
Ryerson. □
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OFFICER WANTED
The Deputy Electoral Officer is responsible for
assisting the Chief Electoral Officer with the
running of all NUG, Senate, and CUSA Elections.
ELECTIONS
CARLETON
BLUISH
Applications are available in Room 401 Unicentre.
Applications close Tuesday, September 21, 1993.
For more information contact:
James Rilett, Chief Electoral Officer
567-6772
Or leave a message in the CUSA office.
Eiqsn
R.R.R.A.
AN APOLOGY
The Carieton University Students'
Association and the Rideau River Residence
Association would like to formally apologize
to all of those people who attended the
Comedy Act with Kevin Hughes or Chris
Rock Live. It was not our intention to bring
in acts that would offend or discriminate
against any Carieton University students
and we sincerely regret that there were
many of you who left feeling that way.
Lucy Watson
President, CUSA
John Woods
President, R.R.RA.
September 16, 1993 • The Charlatan ■ 21
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Route 19 Riverside is a new route serving
Carleton. It leaves Lebreton in the morning
every 15 minutes between 7:35 a.m. and
9:08 a.m. and follows the same route on
campus as the route 7. In the afternoon it
leaves the Davidson Dunton Tower every 15
minutes between 3:52 p.m. and 5:55 p.m.
and returns to Lebreton. This new route is
a fast and convenient way to connect to the
transitway at Lebreton station.
More service
on route 118!
Route 118 runs every eight minutes from
Billings Bridge to Carleton in the morning and
afternoon rush hours and every 15 minutes
during the day and after 7 p.m. On weekends,
route 118 also serves the campus until approx-
imately 10 p.m. Call 741-4390 and we'll mail
timetables to you!
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A student Transpass costs $43.50 a month. If
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Peak fare hours are weekdays from 6-8:30 a.m.
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22 • The Charlatan • September 16, 1993
ARTS & ENTERTAI N M ENT
Sonic boom detonates in Porter Hall
by Kelly Fines
Chailatan Statl Punksr
//Fugazi, Shudder to Think,
Lockjaw
Porter Hall
y^Saturday, Sept. 11
Fugazi kicked all-ages ass.
True to the hype surround-
ing their arrival, these arche-
types of politically correct
punk put on a tight and in-
tense performance. In the case
of Fugazi, go ahead and be-
lieve the hype.
The band, hailing from Washington,
D.C., demands and deserves a fair bit o'
respect. Frontperson Ian MacKaye did his
musical teething in the punk band Minor
Threat. Among other things, Minor
Threatrecorded the song "Straight-edge,"
which helped to define an alternative
lifestyle free from drugs and alcohol.
MacKaye has carried this attitude over
into Fugazi, probably one of the few truly
politically correct bands in existence. The
band members are strongly anti-com-
mercial and don't allow themselves to be
drawn into the usual gimmicks of the
record promotion business.
Fugazi refuses to charge more than $6
for a show and only plays all-ages shows.
There were no Fugazi shirts on sale at the
gig on Saturday night and if you paid
more than the $ 10 printed on the back of
your copy of In On the Kill Taker, Fugazi's
latest disc, theri you've probably been
ripped off.
Before the first note was played,
MacKaye gave the mandatory speech
against rough moshing during the show.
What was different here, however, is that
MacKaye meant every word he said.
"Let's save this crowd-surfin' phenom-
enon for Lol iapalooza , " MacKaye shouted
at a pair of red-headed punks in the
audience who wouldn't settle down.
When he was told to stop preaching and
get on with the show, MacKaye responded
without hesitation. "I'm not a priest, but
I can preach at you if you want. ..."
Somehow, 1 got the impression that
MacKaye was much more sincere than
Eddie Vedder's "a-song-is-nothing-in-
comparison-to-a-human-life-man"
Lollapalooza speech, since it didn't come
across as an ego-stroking publicity stunt.
mented with the dynamics of guitar
sound, volume and groove.
As a whole, the experience of Fugazi
playing was like a precisely controlled
sonic boom. It goes without saying that
the audience wet themselves when, half-
way through their set, Fugazi launched
into the Zaphod's anthem "Waiting
Room," followed by "Bulldog Front" and
"Bad Mouth."
Ottawa's Lockjaw and D.C.'s Shudder
to Think were worth seeing as well, and
the 50-or-so people who missed their
opening sets lost out big time!
Lockjaw's set was dominated by their
characteristic crushing tribal rhythms.
Earlier on in their career, Lockjaw had a
tendency to sound disjointed and unco-
ordinated, despite the talent of the indi-
TOP TEN REASONS TO
LOVE FUGAZI
1 . Ian MacKaye isn't just the president of
the Hair Club for Men, he's also a client
2.1an'stheoriglnalEntertainmentBoy™
3. The enjoyable fireside chats after theii
shows.
4. They make a mean Manhattan.
5. Their knowing fashion savvy.
6. They put ignorant crowd surfers in
their place, which just happens to be on
the lowest rung on the ladder of Hell
7. Cute CKCU security!
8. They're not on Sony.
9. Two words: six bucks.
lO.Someone in this world has to have
principles.
Ian MacKaye works up a sweat.
The band barely stopped for a breath
between songs, keeping their perform-
ance strong and intense until they ended
their 75-minute set.
Most impressive was the way all the
band members avoided the usual rock
star poses and just played, although
MacKaye flung himself around the stage
like a possessed white male. Bassist joe
Lally helped keep the rhythm with his
tight control over the direction of each
song. Throughout, the bass lines moved
fluidly from a slow, ominous rumble to a
more groove-oriented rhythm.
Instead of tedious guitar solos full of
fretboard masturbation, Fugazi experi-
Where ore the crowd surfers?
vidual members. Saturday, everything
came together for the band. The end
result was a non-stop assault of raw gui-
tar and drum rhythm.
In contrast, Shudder To Think was
slower and more melodic, which seemed
to appeal to the older members of this all-
ages audience. The singer had a delicate
voice, which provided an ear-pleasing
balance to the rest of the music.
The young'uns in the audience were
not prepared to deal with anything that
did not openly solicit slamming. Instead,
they chose to conserve energy and sit
against the walls for much of Shudder To
Think's set. Too bad, since Shudder To
Think proved that good punk doesn't
have to assault the ears to be entertain-
ing.
It's not hard to understand why so
many people lined up for three hours
outside Porter Hall waiting for the hand-
ful of tickets made available immedi-
ately before the sold-out gig. The spirit
and intensity of Fugazi's performance
more than made up for the long wait.Q
Chris Rock: he just wasn't funny, folks
by Alex Bustos
Charlalan Slaff
Chris Rock
Administration lawn
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o my surprise, Chris Rock is a
J bad comedian.
For years, I have consid-
ered Saturday Night Live to
be 'a mediocre show. Alongside Dana
Carvey and Mike Myers, I thought Rock
was the only performer with talent.
That was until his frosh-week show
here at Carleton.
It wasn't that I found his performance
particularly offensive. The problem was
that he had no routine at all. His show
consisted of cheap, poorly told locker-
room jokes.
"Anybody here fuck their girlfriend on
their period?" isn't funny or original.
A good comic shows his audience a
creative view of the world. Rock showed
us a frat party.
To make matters worse, he committed
a major faux pas: he pissed off his audi-
ence.
Calling a pro-choice rally "a great
place to meetwomen" and an easy place
to get laid didn 'twin him any fans. Then,
to greater scorn, he began to tell the
audience that he
doesn't use a con-
dom "because it
gives herachance
to change her
mind."
As the show
progressed ever-
so-slowly, small
groups of people
began to leave. I
heard one audi-
ence member
heckle. Others
could be heard
mumbling that
hewasasexistpig
and an asshole.
Chris Rock
isn't being
charged, tried
and hung by the
forces of political
correctness. He is
just a really poor
comedian who
was reduced to
asking his audi-
ence, "Any ques-
tions about Saturday Night Live?"
In the end, his show was annoying,
not offensive. It's just a shame that the
undergraduate students' association
shelled out $13,000 for frosh to have a
really bad time.
The only thing there was to cheer
about was that he cut his losses and
performed for only 40 minutes, instead
of the scheduled two hours. □
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September 16, 1993 • The Charlatan • 23
Not quite your average fairy tale
k„ uarta Ahmi»H i . til , , !■ subtle blend of the whicharebroughttothephotographer'
by Hana Ahmad
Charlatan- Staff
(Photographing Fairies
Steve Szilagyi
Random House
321 pages
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The old adage rings true once
again. You can't judge a book
by its cover.
Photographing Fairies is defi-
nitely not your average fairy tale.
Although the reader encounters an
enchanted garden furnished with inno-
cent little girls, fairies and edible magic
flowers, the resemblance ends there. There
are no happy endings or just rewards,
and distinctions between good and evil
become very blurred.
The strength of this novel lies in its
subtle blend of the
believable and the
fantastic. The au-
thor uses an age-old
children's medium
to express the bitter
reality of human na-
ture.
This combina-
tion caught me off
guard and held my
interestthroughout.
The novel begins
on a depressing note
as the narrator, pho-
tographerCharlesP.
Castle, recounts the
story from a dingy
London prison cell.
The plot revolves
around a set of al-
leged fairy pictures,
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which are brought to the photographer's
studio by Walsmear, a hick town cop.
Since the fairies appear only as tiny
smudges on the photographs — which
can be caused by dust or pollen — the
photos don't conclusively reveal their
existence. The rest of the novel follows
the quest undertaken by Charles to prove
or disprove the fairies' existence.
Not surprisingly, the other characters
set out to tamper with the results of the
investigation. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
(yes, of Sherlock Holmes fame) and his
spiritualist daughter wish to have the
photographs destroyed, for fear they will
contradict their own set of fairy photo-
graphs which they hope to release to the
press.
In addition, two thieves, Paolo and
Shorty, want the photos for monetary
gain.
Charles begins hisquest in an attempt
to find adventure but later develops an
interest in subjugating the fairies for sci-
entific examination.
Regardless of each character's motive,
they are all alternately portrayed as evil
as a result of their obsession with fairies.
Theirs is not absolute evil, only shades
and degrees of evil.
For instance, Charles watches his char-
acter erode until he observes, "1 . . .
couldn't believe my ears. I sounded like
some rough type being shooed off astreet
comer in the north end."
Nobody is spared the corruptive force
of the fairies. The Tempelton girls, who
are described by Charles as full of "inno-
cence, purity and the springtime of life, "
maliciously break the spines of the male
fairies in order to protect the females.
This was the most effective plot twist,
illustrating that innocence is not neces-
sarily the antithesis of evil, reminiscent
of all those naive Disney classics.
In the end, even the fairies are vilified,
as they are the root cause of the novel's
tragic ending.
One flaw of this book is the characteri-
zation. Although Charles's character is
fully developed, Szilagyi doesn't delve as
deeplyintothemindsofmostoftheother
characters.
For instance, althougn Paolo and
Shorty represent perhaps the most sinis-
ter forces in the novel, they come across
like Saturday morning cartoon villains.
Perhaps the message to be taken from
this novel is that human intervention in
the world of the fantastic is never advis-
able.
Although this is not a light point, the
book is interspersed by ridiculous comic
interludes reminiscent of Charlie Chaplin
or the Three Stooges.
In one scene, Charles has his valise
stolen by a pair of porters-cum-train rob-
bers. The passengers are saved when the
hoodlums are repulsed by photographic
chemicals that are thrown in to their eyes,
following a prolonged wild goose chase.
Comic relief is also provided by the
habits of the outlandish characters: an
exercise-crazed reverend and his young
philandering wife, the morally-chal-
lenged local barmaid, and Ron, an anally
retentive photographers assistant.
With this book, Steve Szilagyi has cre-
ated a sophisticated, convincing — even
realistic — version of the quest for the
fantastic, one which weeds out the stere-
otypes so that no single character is left
off the hook. If my little brother ever read
it, thisbookwoulddestroy his childhood,
but it was a refreshing change from
CinderellQ. q
24 • The Charlatan • September 16, 1993
Fear and loathing in the music industry
by Joste Bellemare
Chartalan Slati
here's a battle brewing in the
^United States over used CDs.
For people who believe
^compact disc prices are too
high, used CDs are a god-
send. They're cheap, easy to
find and there's rarely any-
thing wrong with them.
Students may be jumping and skip-
ping at this opportunity to save money,
but along the way, record labels are stick-
ing their foot out to trip them.
But don't fear. With open arms, Cruz
Records, based in Long Beach, Calif., is
attempting to catch them before they
fall.
According to the Los Angeles Times,
American record labels fear the sale of
used CDs because they suspect a reduc-
tion in purchases of new ones.
In the good old days of co-op advertis-
ing, record labels would supply part of
record stores' advertising funds to pro-
mote the labels' records, increasing the
profiles of both artists and music stores.
In doing so, everyone made money.
Times have changed. Wesley Hayden,
Ontario branch manager for MCA
Records, says music labels such as Time-
Wamer's WT.A, MCA Music and Sony,
are refusing to underwrite print and ra-
dio advertisements for American stores
How much would you pay for these fine discs?
which sell used discs to discourage them
from doing so.
As a result, used-CD vendors in the
United States will be stuck with an adver-
tising bill costing millions of dollars, ac-
cording to the Los Angeles Times..
"We don't like it," says Hayden of the
sale of used CDs. "If we don't get money
to fund the new artist no one is getting
paid for that used CD."
On the opposite side of the debate lies
Cruz Records, an independent record la-
bel. To combat the major labels' ven-
detta against used-CD sales, Cruz set up
Well, hey! Used CDs are really popular
by Josee Bellemare
Charlatan Staff
sed compact discs are ex-
\ pected to account for up to 20
jper cent of the CD market in
' a couple years, according to
the Los Angeles Times, and
Ottawa doesn't buck this
trend.
Peter Allan Wigney, manager of the
Ottawa record store Spinables, says sales
for used CDs have risen more this year
than other years.
"Business is hiking up because more
and more people are learning about used
CDs," he says.
What they learn is that used CDs can
retail for up to half the price of a new
compact disc, and still be in the same
condition.
Sandie Savaria, a student at Bishop's
University in Quebec, says she feels grate-
ful for the low cost offered for used CDs.
"They're less expensive," she says.
"They usually have a good selection and
they're in good condition."
Matieu Gagne, a junior college stu-
dent in Quebec, is a bit more blunt. "If s
a sham," he says of the cost of new CDs,
which can run up to $22.99. "I think
they're overpriced."
For some though, the low price doesn't
make up for the thrill that comes from
buying a new CD.
"It's like when you go to a. store and
you buy underwear and a hundred other
people have tried it on," says Sophia
Alleyne, a student at the University of
Ottawa. "It's kind of personal."
What will happen to the used CD
business? Will it flourish or will the major
record companies stamp it out?
Peter Desserer, manager of Shake
Records (which sells both new and used
CDs), says sales of used discs, which is
now limited to smaller stores and chains,
can only go up.
"I think it's just going to get bigger.
Once two or three major chains do it (sell
used CDs) - because it does well - all the
other chains will be forced to do it, " he
says. □
the Getting Even Ad Campaign in
August to help stores which have
been cut off from co-op advertising
money.
Andy Dunkley, Cruz's publicist,
says Cruz supplied co-op ad money
to stores before, but decided to give
their co-op venture a name in order
to call attention to the major labels'
non-sensical actions.
Dunkley says more used-CD ven-
dors have been calling to get their co-
op advertising dollars from Cruz as
part of the campaign.
As for their motivation behind their
moves, Dunkley says he thinks the
major labels are trying to take all the
cash for themselves.
"They will find anything they can
to comer 100 per centof the market,"
he says. "It's like trying to tell a car
dealer that he can't sell used cars."
Dunkley says the major distribu-
tors are making a big fuss for such a
small market. He says 0.5 per cent of
music sales are from used CDs.
Hypocrisy on the part of the ma-
jors also comes into play. Dunkley says
Columbia House, which is owned by the
gargantuan label Sony, sells eight CDs
for one cent and they don't pay any
royalties to the musicians through this
offer.
For now, this problem is confined to
theUnitedStates. However, Dunkley says
if the major labels continue with their
actions, Canadian used-CD stores could
lose their co-op advertising money.
"I'm sure if the major labels made a
stand for it, the Canadian labels would
follow suit." □
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Around the world with Mouth Music
by Mario Carlucci
Charlatan Staff
hilesomebandsslitheriike
snakes into pop's
| netherworld of convenient
' labels, Scotland's Mouth
Music delves into a multi-
dimensional foray of rau-
cous rhythm and subtle
melody that's very acces-
sible.
On Sept. 1 7, Mouth Music will initiate
Ottawa audiences to See and Hear the
World '93, the Museum of Civilization's
latest concert series showcasing an inter-
national cast of ethnically diverse bands.
Their latest record, Mo-Di, is less of an
exercise in so-called "world music" than
their earlier self-titled release, but still
provides a thoroughly eclectic synthesis
of ancient and modem approaches.
The world music moniker, says band
member Malcolm Swan, was more in-
dicative of their earlier approach to di-
verse sounds and production.
"It's more appropriate for our first
album. Things have moved away from
that>" says Swan.
Swan says being labelled as world
music has "become a bit dodgy, " but that
the label has allowed Mouth Music to
enter the stringently categorized halls of
the major record stores.
Along with standard Scottish melo-
dies, Swan says the band melds African
drums "because they're the loudest" with
other traditional instruments like conga,
flute and the fiddle.
The use of sounds indigenous to other
countries and the tendency to make them
your own can be construed by some crit-
ics as appropriation, but Swan disagrees.
"Appropriate is a very loaded word. I
Have you ever seen a collection oftrendier individuals?
don't believe in cultural property. We're
foremost a Scottish band."
Swan says artists like Peter Gabriel
and Paul Simon get accused of appro-
priation because their tendency is to use
the music and talent of other musicians
rather than play the music themselves.
Despite a global theme to the music
itself. Swan says it makes no prophesies.
"I don't think we're into messages.
We're into a bit more energy. Definitely
strong rhythm and definitely strong Scot-
tish accents in the melody. We like to see
people dance. If people want to take the
music at a deeper level than that, I think
the songs are strong enough that they
can."
While Mouth Music has been well
received in Europe and the United States,
Swan says Canada is the band's best
draw.
"We've sold out in Toronto and we
also find audiences here have been quick
to get on their feet and dance."
Swan says he finds Canadian audi-
ences to be more receptive to the diversity
in the band's sound. He conversely char-
acterizes Europe as "basically a rhythm
desert."
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Celtic music with dashes of flamenco
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26 • The Charlatan • September 16, 1993
Cheap movie nights!
by Am "111 Kick Slskel & Ebert's
Butts" Keeling
The Bytowne (325 Rideau) is for the
more culture-minded, featuring more
first-run foreign films and alternative
Alms. However, like the Mayfair, it also
showcases excellent indie Canadian films
like (eon-Claude Lauzon's Leolo and the
Noam Chomsky documentary Manufac-
Free Willy, playing Sept. 24 at the Mayfair: Every one loves that killer whale!
glamor of the silver screen to while away
those pre-exam evenings or grope your
partner in the dark.
Naturally, you can pick up any news-
paper to see what cheesy Hollywood ex-
crement has come down the pipe to your
local corporate eight-bucks-a-pop movie
theatre. But you're better than that.
There are at least four places to catch
some cheap off-the-wall flicks without
the added distraction of guffawing idiots
and stale popcorn.
REPERTORY THEATRES
Repertory theatres play first-run for-
eign and independent films, as well as
major films after they leave the big cin-
emas.
The best thing about these places is
that you've got plenty of choices, since
there's a high turnover of films and two
or three movies are featured a night.
The fare at the Mayfair (1074 Bank
at Sunnyside) runs from the bi-monthly
showing of Rocky Horror Picture Show to
independent releases like Reservoir Dogs.
It's close to Carleton and although the
seats are a tad uncomfortable, the inte-
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Yearly memberships are $10, includ-
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only seven semolians if you're a non-
member.
turing Consent. It's close to downtown and
features a classic marquee outside and
balcony inside.
A Bytowne membership will set you
back seven clams and admission for
members is $4. Your non-member date
will cost you $6.50.
Info on upcoming films at these cin-
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Unicentre. The best reviews and film sug-
gestions are found — whereelse — in The
Charlatan.
Other choices include the
Cinematheque Canada series and the
IMAX/OMNIMAX theatre, both at the
Museum of Civilization in Hull.
The Cinematheque features obscure
Canadian documentary and cinema as
well as international films. Membership
is only 10 bucks a year, which gets you
into screenings for $4. It'spretty far away,
but they have some fascinating titles.
For the cinema technology buffs, the
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the MAX and Titanica. The shows vary in
price, with student admission ranging
from five to 15 bucks.
So if homework'sgotyoudown, oryou
want to take your date somewhere dark
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options. There's a thousand stories in the
naked city; some of them are at your
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HETHERINGTON. JEREMY
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HIEBERT, ISSAC
MATULA, CHRISTINE
ADAMS, SHANNON
DALLE, DAVID
HINDLE, JULIE
MAVIS, DAM IAN
ADDISON, TANIA
DAVIS, ERIC
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MAY, JEREMY
ADORNATO, ROB
DAVIS, JENNIFER
HODGE, KAREN
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AGNESI, CARLA
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HODGSON, JANINE
McCAULEY. CHRIS
AGULNIK, ADAM
DELANEY, LISA
HOGAN, STEVEN
McGARVEY, CHRIS
ALLEN, SIOBHAN
DENNIS, JEANNETTE
HOWARD, JASON
McGILLUNAY, D.SCOTT
ALBRECHT, RICHARD
DERIKOZIS, JASON
HOWSE, COREY
MclNTYRE, KEN
AMELL, KATIE
DILWORTH, JOHN
HUDSON, CHRIS
McKALE, MARTY
ARBUCKLE, DAVID
DOBSON, MIKE
HUNT, KRISTINA
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ARBUS, MARK
DOLVANE, JAISON
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ARMITAGE, KATE
DONNELLY, CARL
IP, EDWARD
MIDDLEBRO, ALLEN
ARTHUR, TARA
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MIHELL, DERRY
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The Seventy Two Names
of Cod
by Blayne Haggart and Dave Carpenter
Charlatan Statl
The Seventy-Two Mantes of God
Gallery 101
Sept. 9 to Oct. 7
rhat can one expect from an
exhibit entitled The Seventy-
Two Names of Cod! A reli-
gious work? Something of
theological importance per-
haps?
How about photos of naked bodies,
with sacred religious text superimposed
on genitalia for good measure?
That's pretty muchwhatyougetfrom
this collection of five works by Simon
Glass, a Toronto-based photographer.
Using mostly nude photos of himself
posing with various lewish symbols, he
has created a work with a theological
dimension, the point of which can be
very obscure to people not schooled in
ancient Jewish mysticism.
AsGlasssaidinhistalkopeningnight,
this is his effort to come to terms with
|udaism and marks for him a personal
journey to try and discover a part of the
religion that doesn't conflict with his
world view.
As for his world view, one gets the
impression that it is a bit more sexual
than Judaism normally goes for. After
all, strict Judaism forbids the making of
images of human bodies, which is tied
into the commandment against making
graven images. Likewise, it's common
knowledge that the Judeo-Christian tra-
dition isn't exactly made for hedonists.
There is a big debate going on within
theological circles as to whetherthe Judeo-
Christian tradition has lost touch with
human nature, which just happens to
have a definite sexual side to it. Glass
exploits this side to the fullest, almost
going overboard.
All photos are of the chest and genita-
lia only- — no heads, no feet. His hands
caress his body while his chest in some
photos juts out. As one person at the
exhibit remarked, it has a marked resem-
blance to gay pom.
This may have been due to the work
"Shaddai: Almighty, " which shows Glass
wearing leather straps. These straps are
actually tefillin, which are worn by pious
Jewish men while they say theirmoming
prayers.
In his photographs, Glass is concerned
with exploring his effeminate side; thus,
the poses are those that one usually at-
taches to female photos found in adver-
tising. Infact, Glass says he uses the Sun's
Page Three for inspiration.
As for the headless pieces, Glass says
this is his effort to get away from using
his photos to shoot characters. In doing
so he avoids taking pictures of subjects
and instead makes it more universal.
This he does quite effectively. The main
work, "The Seventy-Two Names of God, "
is 1 8 prints wide by four prints high, all of
either his naked body or a female's na-
ked body, all of them in similar poses.
Viewed very quickly, the differences
between the sexes is blurred. As with all
his work, this goes back to the Judeo-
Christian creation myths, one of which
holds that male and female were once
one and there are elements of each in the
other.
"The Seventy-Two Names of God"
ence on opening night, he feels that
Judaism has as its basis a profound re-
spect for procreation.
The otherworks play with the human
body and Judaism in the same way.
"Ezekiel's Vision" is actually the story of
Ezekiel's vision of God with the words
screened onto what at first looks like a
tablet but is in reality another of Glass's
self-portraits.
Probably the coolest part of the ex-
hibit is "Book of Formation," which
takes letters from the Sepher Yetsira, a
Cabalistic creation myth. Best of all, fill-
ing in the letters are photos of human
flesh. The effect is fascinating.
This is not an exhibit that anyone can
just get into. If you don't know about
Judaism, this will just look like someone
took some strange-looking characters and
putthemonsomeordinarynudephotos.
It helps that there is a brief overview of
each of the five works on hand.
This exhibit may be the result of Glass's
effort to fit Judaism into his world view,
but it is also full of overtones of guilt and
effeminacy.
It's hard not to be impressed by the
mystical power attributed to the letters,
combined with blatant sexual images
that are traditionally a religious no-no.
They're works that really should be seen.
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draws its name from Cabala, an ancient
form of Jewish mysticism; each name is
derived from letters from three specific
verses in the Bible. These names have
been used as a meditation since the 1 3th
century. On each of the 72 photos is one
of the names of God placed above the
genitalia because, as Glass told the audi-
Lisa Germano
Happiness
Capitol
A melding of soft syncopation, earthy
mellow tones, and vigorous vocal work,
is what Lisa Germano offers up for her
new album Happiness.
Germano provides a sensitive person's
guide to romantic healing and personal
growth without ever getting preachy,
whinyorsoft. Her talent ishighlighted by
— but not limited to — her fresh and
vindictive version of Nancy Sinatra's good
°1' boots ditty.
The sounds on this album vary from
driving buoyancy on "Energy" to the
melodic forcefulness of "The Darkest
Night of All."
Produced by Malcolm Bum, and remi-
niscent of other Bum-produced work like
Crash Vegas's Red Earth, Germano's ef-
fort is a whirlwind of honesty, humor and
Poise.
Anyone looking for intensely surreal
lyrics and brilliantly understated rhythm
"ill certainly revel in this passionate yet
focused treat.
Mario Carlncci
Juliana Hatfield Three
Become What You Are
Mammoth/Attic
With her second album Juliana
Hatfield, sometimes a Lemonhead and
former member of the Blake Babies, has
released another compilation of soft,
sweet-pitched songs with elusive, am-
biguous lyrics.
The first rime out, on Hey Babe, Hatfield
was the only constant element on the
album. Now, she's backed by two friends,
bassist Dean Fisher and Todd Philips on
drums.
In her first single "My Sister," Hatfield
— who has two brothers but no sister —
imagines what it would be like to have a
sister. In the song, she contradicts herself
by saying, "I hate my sister, she's such a
bitch," and following it up with, "I love
my sister, she's the best."'
"Supermodel" plays with stereotypi-
cal images, demonstrating that Hatfield
doesn't want to be recognized as just
another pretty girl with a guitar.
In all the songs, her great melodic
tone is matched with the perfect balance
of polished and heavy guitars.
This CD is a sweet sing-along combi-
nation, capturing Hatfield's giddy spirit.
The album closes with "1 Got No Idols,"
which contains her best line, "I'm a liar
and that's the truth."
Joanne Olszewski
Atlantis Bus
Watering Site
Independent
Are they pop? Are they Celtic? Are
they just really mellow?
It depends on which song you're lis-
tening to.
On what is only a six-song tape,
Atlantis Bus shift effortlessly from the
easy Charlatans-meet-Simple-Minds
groove of "The Road" to the pure Celtic
joy of "Sea to Sea."
Plus, they're completely at ease mov-
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ver folks could open for the Wonder Stuff
one night and play the next at the High-
land Games in Maxville, Ont.
The rest of the cassette is very mellow
and very good. This is a band to watch. If
they stay together, they could go far.
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Citrus sounds from the west coast
by David Bartolf
Charlaian Staff
Rymes With Orange, opening for
Acid Test
Zophod Beeblebrox
Saturday, Sept. 18
|
ft was almost like a scene from
Roadkill.
Somewhere in the Ontario
hinterlands — just between
Brampton and nearby Toronto
an independent rock band
was on the road. The OPP had
already nailed them twice for speeding.
The van'stransmission was replaced in a
Winnipeg Canadian Tire parking lot.
And I couldn't get in touch with them to
do this interview. We played telephone
tag for an entire week.
Finally, as they were sitting down for
a Guinness and supper in an unnamed
pub in the hinterlands, and as my Sun-
day deadline passed, bassist Nelson
Sinclair and vocalist Lyndon Johnson
called.
The Vancouver group has had a heady,
hectic schedule in the last year: inde-
pendently releasing theirfirst album Peel
and selling 7,000 copies of it, filming
three videos ("Marvin," a cover of Small
Faces' "Itchychoo Park" and "Memory
Fade"), touring Western Canada in
March, touring Eastern Canada in June
and July. They're now running halfway
through a 50-club cross-country tour. As
well, Johnson and Sinclair did a quick
European summer tour as a duo, visiting
London, Frankfurt, Berlin and Amster-
dam.
"We've only been around for two
years," Johnson says. "We're quite happy
with the way things are going."
One of the highlights for the group
was the Music West conference held in
Vancouver this past May. At last year's
Rymes With Orange: they may not be able to spell, but oh, what fashion savvy!
conference, Warner Brothers signed Pure,
and Sloan used it as a showcase to Geffen
Records before negotiating with them.
Earlier in the week, I had phoned Bob
D'Eith, the group's lawyer and one of its
keyboardists. D'Eith is taking a break in
Vancouver, the group's home base, as
Steve Hennesey handles synths on tour.
"It was really good," says D'Eith of the
conference. "We had a totally different
approach. Last year we were looking to
get noticed, but it was all 'Thank you very
much, we'll give you our form rejection
letter in the mail,'" D'Eith says.
At this year's conference, the group
had a very professional-looking and -
sounding album to promote, which they
did relentlessly.
Rymes spoke with several record com-
panies, including Hollywood, the new
Disney- control led label, but didn't com-
mit to anything.
"At the moment, we believe we can do
all this by ourselves, within Canada. It's
got to be the right deal. It has to be a
situation where the band has a lot of
control," Johnson says.
For example, "Our next record we're
Luil.C
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going to do at home," says Johnson,
"Instead of spending $20,000 on a stu-
dio, spend $20,000 and have a studio
that we own. Then we can demo and do
whatever we want."
Plus, as D'Eith says, "It was neat to
turn some record companies away this
time."
The busy pace has forced the group to
make some tough decisions. Star Search,
Ed McMahon's talent search/variety
show, solicited Rymes for this autumn's
taping, but tour commitments nixed that
idea for this year.
Rymes also declined the opportunity
to headline the opening night of a music
conference in Manchester, England, to
be held this month.
"Unless you're doing a European tour
— which we're planning to do soon — it
doesn't make economic sense. It's still
the high season (for plane ticket prices), "
D'Eith says. He added that they're plan-
ning an American tour after their Euro-
pean tour.
Rymes's music is rightly compared to
British synthesizer-heavy pop. The band's
songs are melodic and groovy. Aptly, in
1992, Rymes opened both Peter Murphy
and Echo and the Bunnyrhen's Vancou-
ver shows.
More specific comparisons are mads
to the Manchester synth-and-psychedelio
scene. This is courtesy of Johnson, who
grew up there.
Johnson traded living in one rainy city
for another, moving from Manchesterto
Vancouver 10 years ago. Johnson got
together with the other band members,
who were playing as the Nightwatchmen*
and formed the group in 1990. Johnson
came up with the Rymes With Orange —
later purposefully misspelt.
"People start to think about the nan*
It's a good thing for the group. People
always remember thn name," Johnson
says.
And why not? The group has been
reinforcing the orange motif like a lona-
running joke, using orange stationary'
putting orange scent in their on-stagc
smoke machine, giving away orange-
flavored condoms, and looking into or-
ange-smelling scratch 'n' sniff T-shirts. 0
30 • The Charlatan ■ September 16, 1993
Thursday, September
16
Sandra Shamas does her bit for the
environment with My Boyfriend's Back
and There's Going to Be Laundry II . .
The Cycle Continues. It's at the NAC
Theatre, tickets are $19 and $27.50. It
runs until October 2.
The Rocky Horror Picture Show plays
at the Mayfair at 7 p.m. We don't have
to explain it to you, do we?
Charlie Sohmer with Particles of
Truth play their brand of roots/soul
music at the Hog Rock Cafe in the
Market tonight and tomorrow.
Montreal's Dysfunctions play the
Penguin. Expect some avant-garde rock
stuff.
Jimmy George play their oh-so-cool
Celtic stuff at Creeque Alley.
Grimskunk rolls into Zaphod's to-
night to play some loud music. Bring
earplugs. Six dollars get you in.
Friday, September 1 7
Up With People is playing at
Nepean's Centrepoint Theatre. Their
show is described as "Suitable for the
whole family." How 'bout this for an
evening out on the town: McDonald's,
free Willy and Up With People. Tickets are
$14 for students.
Black Triangle, Illegal Jazz. Poets
and another band play a benefit for the
Food Bank at the Almonte Arena. If
someone can understand the logic be-
hind this lineup at this venue, please call
The Charlatan at 788-6680.
54-40, The Waltons, The Arrogant
Worms and The Barstool Prophets
all play the Congress Centre. It's
brought to you by the good folks at the
University of Ottawa, the same people
that didn't bring you Chris Rock. Tickets
are $ 10 for students through Ticketmaster.
Show starts at 7 p.m.
(Sure it does. The Sloan show put on by
the U of O was also supposed to start at
seven but they didn't let us in until eight.
Actually, for all it mattered, they
should've just locked the doors until Sloan
took the stage after 11. Who had the
brilliant idea of getting Sloan, one of the
biggest underground acts in Canada, to
play a cafeteria? Sloan was pretty cool,
overcoming bad sound in a bad room,
but Thrush Hermit is a pale Sloan clone,
Kif Kif played bad, cliched 70s heavy
rock, and Tongues and Bones put on the
worst show I've ever seen them play. —
ed.)
Saturday, September
18
The Old Sod Folk Music Society of
Ottawa presents The Friends of Fid-
dler's Green at the Glebe Community
Centre. Music, storytelling and more
fun than an Up With People show. Tick-
ets are $12 for members of the Old Sod,
$ 1 4 for everyone else.
Acid Testbrings cool dance sounds to
Zaphod's. Opening is Vancouver's
Rymes With Orange (see interview,
page 30). Cover is $6.
Sunday, September 19
Gypsy Soul do the "high energy
funk'n'soul" type thing. They're at The
Pit (underneath On Tap) tonight.
Monday, September 20
This weeks book suggestion is John
Ralston Saul's work Voltaire's Bas-
tards. Anyone wanting to make sense of
the world shoud read this tome.
Tuesday, September 21
You're on your own, folks.
Wednesday,
September 22
Listen to your radio. On CKCU's In a
Mellow Tone at 9 p.m., Charles Skeete
profiles jazz singer Joe Williams.
Or go see Lucky Ron, Ottawa's
very own country legend, at Creeque
Alley (recommended by Charlatan
photo editor Tim O'Connor).
Thursday, September
23
Love violence? Don't see nearly
enough callous murders these days?
Then check out Resevoir Dogs at the
Mayfair at 7 p.m. Not recommended
for Up With People fans.
If you've got a listing you
want to appear in this
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by
Charlatan Staff
Carleton's library will walk softly this
week, but will start carrying a big stick
next week.
The library is having an amnesty week
from Sept. 23 to Sept. 30. During this
time, borrowers may return overdue
material without being fined.
But the library is introducing a stricter
sanctions policy which will go into effect
Oct. 1-
Under the new policy, borrowers with
three or more overdue items, like books
or instructional television tapes, will have
their borrowing privileges suspended until
all overdue materials are returned.
Linda Rossman, the library's associ-
ate librarian, says long-overdue material
is the main reason for having an am-
nesty week. She says students who put off
returning their overdue materials "greatly
inconvenience other users who are wait-
ing for that book to come back .... It
becomes very unfair."
Rossman says between 1 ,500 and 2,000
books are either overdue or lost right
now, and at least 40 instructional televi-
sion tapes are overdue.
Rossman says if the sanctions policy
was now in place, 1 65 people would have
had their borrowing privileges suspended
already.
Gary Anandasan-
garee, CUSA's director
of academics, says he
thinks the amnesty
week will save students
money.
He says the new
sanctions policy can
also help students "by
getting books back that
have been out for a long
time, because they're
books that students
need."
Allison Cederholm,
a second-year English-
student, says she's not
sure about the new li-
brary policy.
"I would like other
students to bring back
their books because if I
need them I 'd like them
to be there when they're
supposed to be.
"But on the other
hand, I know how they
feel because I do have overdue books,
and sometimes you just don't realize that
they are overdue," she says.
The senate library committee studied
Students are countin' their lucky I oonies.
and approved the new sanctions last
spring, says professor Ian Cameron, the
committee's chair. Cameron says the new
sanctions are "a way to use something
other than fines to get books that are not
circulating."
He says the sanctions will also apply
to all faculty members. Cameron says
faculty and students are often willing to
pay the fines in order to keep the books,
but if their borrowing privileges are sus-
pended, they are likely to renew the books
instead.
The idea for the new sanctions policy
came from the library staff, says univer-
sity librarian David Holmes, a member
of the senate library committee.
The committee, made up of students
and faculty members, plays an advisory
role when any change in library policy
will affect the Carleton community at
large.
Holmes says the committee, "felt there
was a need for a tougher policy to get the
books back on time and to keep them
moving."
Rossman says she hopes for a good
response to the amnesty. The last am-
nesty period was about 20 years ago.
Though the amnesty week may reduce
revenue generated by library fines,
Rossman says this is not the library's
primary concern.
"What we're most interested in is the
LIBRARY cont'd on pg. 12
Summer assaults leave postering questions
by Prema Oza
Charlatan Staff
A safety poster about two summer
incidents in residence was not distributed
quickly enough and should have been
posted all over campus, say three service
co-ordinators for the Carleton University
Students' Association (CUSA).
On Aug. 10, a woman living in resi-
dence woke up to discover a male in-
truder in her room who left without a
word. On Aug. 15, another female resi-
dent was taking a shower when, a man
entered through her unlocked room door,
exposed himself and indecently touched
her.
Both incidents were reported to the
department of university safety. A poster
publicizing the incidents was issued Aug.
16 and posted around residence.
EhabShanti, co-ordinatorofthelnter-
national Students' Centre, and Renee
Twaddle, co-ordinator of the Carleton
Women's Centre, say that if a poster had
been circulated sooner about the first
incident, the second one might have been
avoided.
Shanti says he was approached by the
woman involved in the Aug. 1 0 incident,
who was an international student. He
then contacted Twaddle and Foot Patrol
co-ordinator Brenda Kennedy.
CUSA President Lucy Watson says she's
concerned the poster only went up in
residence.
"Concern is not restricted just to resi-
dence students," says Watson.
Twaddle says the poster should have
gone all over campus.
"If this incident happened in (the)
Loeb (building) or the library, you
wouldn't expect posters to be put up just
in Loeb or the library."
Nancy Adamson, co-ordinator for the
university's status of women office, says
the posters were distributed only in resi-
dence because "what was going on per-
tained only to residence."
Mark Tinlin, director of university
safety, says when an incident occurs, a
safety poster committee must consider if
the incident is a threat to the entire
campus and if the poster warrants wide
distribution on campus.
The committee, which is made up of
Tinlin, Adamson, Watson, and Pat
O'Brien, director of public relations and
information services, co-ordinates the pro-
duction of safety posters.
Shanti says he believes the posters for
the first incident were not made up at first
because the issue was not considered to
be serious enough.
Tinlin says there was "some discus-
sion" about whether or not the first inci-
dent should be postered.
"There is always a review of whether
the poster is of value," says Tinlin.
The postering policy says the type of
incidents to be reported on posters are
sexual assaults, physical assaults, exhi-
bitionism, voyeurism, hate incidents and
"other situations determined by the safety
poster committee to merit an announce-
ment to the university community."
Heather Brown, associate director of
public relations and information serv-
ice^ says she spoke to the department of
university safety on Aug. 16 and found
out about the incident in residence that
occurred the day before. She says she
then went to the printers and stopped
them from printing the Aug. 10 poster.
"We thought that since both inci-
dents were similar we would just incor-
porate it into one poster," says Brown.
"The (purpose of the) safety poster is
to caution people about safety issues,"
says Brown. "It is an obvious precaution
to lock your doors.
"In summer, residence is a different
situation," she says, "it's like a hotel.
Tour and conference services have peo-
ple staying there. It's not just students. I
think these are just judgments. People
can agree or disagree."
Kennedy disagrees. Saying that keep-
ing doors locked is an obvious precaution
"puts the blame on the victim, " she says.
Shanti says many international stu-
dents are told by their parents that resi-
dence is the safest place on campus and
many of them are not accustomed to
locking their doors. He says the woman
involved in the Aug. 10 incident has left
Carleton because of the incident and is
attending college elsewhere. □
Oliver's lineups revive a dead Rooster's
by Josee Bellemare
Charlatan Staff
People got to drink and wait instead of
stand in line and wait to get into Oliver's
on Sept. 15 — the first night the bar was
open to the general public.
They were sent upstairs to Rooster's
Coffeehouse with a ticket to wait about
20 minutes for their number to be called
to get into Oliver's. Both places are owned
and operated by the Carleton University
Students' Association (CUSA).
CUSA finance commissioner Rene
Faucher says he decided to use this sys-
tem on Wednesday nights when it's busy
to avoid long lineups to get into the bar.
"When we saw the huge crowd on
Wednesday the eighth (when the bar was
open for a frosh-only event), we knew the
15th would be the same," he says.
"Instead of having students waiting
in the hallway, they can wait in Roost-
er's."
Andrew Murison, a third-year Carle-
ton student, says he liked the system.
"I think it's good because you don't
have to stand in line," he says. "You can
drink and wait instead of waiting in
line."
Ron Goldson, a second-year Carleton
student, says he felt confused when he
was handed the ticket.
"I felt like they were giving me a coat
check ticket, " he says.
When Goldson had it all figured out,
he had bitter words about the system.
"I thought it was another way for
Rooster's to make more money instead of
people leaving to another bar," he says.
Faucher says he regretted students
didn't know about the system before-
hand.
"There were a few people surprised but
they were also equally surprised the line
moved rather quickly," he says. "Stu-
dents would've had to wait an hour and
a half inline.
But the problem wasn't completely
solved because students had to stand in
line to get into Rooster's.
"When people wait in line for Roost-
er's, that's when they get upset," says
Faucher.
He says CUSA will make the wait more
pleasurable in Rooster's by setting up
more music with a DJ and clearing some
of the tables and chairs so students can
dance.
He also says he will arrange to have
more employees working behind the bar
at Rooster's so the wait for drinks won't
be long.
Despite the number system, Faucher
says there was some mischief going on in
Rooster's.
"There was a lot of people bartering
for tickets."
He says he heard a student offering to
buy a ticket for $10 to jump the queue,
even though tickets were free.
Faucher says the night brought in a
gross revenue of $23,000 for both Roost-
er's and Oliver's liquor sales. He says
Rooster's alone brought in over $6,000.
Faucher says on a normal Wednesday
night, Oliver's brings in about $10,000
and Rooster's about $ 1 ,000.
Nicole Gibson, an employee at Roost-
er's, says she loved it when all the stu-
dents came into Rooster's that night.
" It was great, " she says. "Oliver's steals
all of the people Wednesday night. Peo-
ple didn't have to wait in line. I thought
it was a pretty good system." □
We goofed
In "Unicentre may bear Aykroyd's
name" (The Charlatan, Sept. 23, 1993),
we called Dan Aykroyd's motherSusan.
Actually, hernameis Lorraine Aykroyd.
We regret any inconvenience our mis-
take may have caused. □
September 23, 1993 • The Charlatan • 3
CUSA budget: read this, it's your money
by Ryan Nakashima
Charlatan Staff
Just what has the Carleton University
Students' Association (CUSA) done with
my $80.40 undergraduate student fee?
This is a good question, since it's our
$1.8 million in fees that make up most of
CUSA's $2-million operating budget.
CUSA council passed this budget at a
council meeting on Aug. 11.
CUSA made a profit of $375,592 last
year with total revenues of about $6.5
million and expenditures of about $6.2
million, says Rene Faucher, CUSA's fi-
nance commissioner.
The big savings came from not reno-
vating the Unicentre, for which CUSA
had budgeted $317,000, says Faucher.
The maintenance would have involved
extensive changes like replacing win-
dows and repairing walls, says Stan
Britton of physical plant.
Faucher says university administra-
tion was to finance half the project, but it
pulled out last February because it lacked
the funds.
This year's profit is going to be put into
a "building Band-Aid fund, " because the
20-year-old building is "falling apart,"
says Faucher.
CUSA's investment fund has about
$400,000 in it this year after $340,000
was taken out for Oliver's renovations.
Faucher says Oliver's will pay back the
money without interest over seven years.
CUSA's investments are in insured fed-
eral government treasury bills, provin-
cial bonds and guaranteed investment
certificates, says Faucher.
Oliver's bar lost about $100,000 last
year, an amount Faucher says was made
up in savings in other parts of the budget.
For instance, CUSA saved $20,000 by
cutting and freezing parts of CUSA's
budget.
Even though Faucher has set the fund-
ing allocations with this budget, he says
cuts may still happen, as they did last
year in March, when CUSA services had
their budgets frozen. The operating budget
is "only a guideline," says Faucher.
"The only thing I care about is the
bottom line. If that means cutting back
in their areas (student services) during
the year, I'll do that."
BREAKDOWN OF CUSA EXECU-
TIVE BUDGET
(The Charlatan looked at areas in
the budget where there were
changes from the previous year, or
where it wasn't clear what the area
covered. The first figure quoted for
each budget line is the actual
amount spent in 1992-93. The sec-
ond figure is what has been budg-
eted for 1993-94).
President
Alumni Relations $402.00/$ 300.00
This fund pays for CUSA executive
members to attend alumni dinners and
fundraisers which can cost as much as
$50 a plate. This summer, four CUSA
executive members went to a summer
event, costing $200.
Conferences $l,279.00/$3,000.00
This line increased for every executive
member. Last year, all conferences were
lumped into a discretionary category (a
fund that required council's approval
before being dipped into). This year, nec-
essary conferences are in the operating
budget and were sanctioned when CUSA
council passed the budget. CUSA still has
an $11,000 discretionary fund for stu-
dents who want to go on conferences.
Spending from this fund must be author-
ized by council.
Special Projects $14,023.29/
$13,000.00
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(and) is essentially what the person takes
on as a pet project," says Faucher.
Two main expenses take up about
$10,000 of this fund already — experi-
ence booklets to help first-year students
in the transition to university, and an
awards book, on reference, to make ap-
plying for awards and bursaries easier.
Each costs about $5,000. The first-year
booklets are available this year.
Finance
Commissioner
Executive Honoraria $81,953.00/
$99,000.00
Executive Benefits $11,473.42/
$13,860.00
CUSA's president and finance com-
missionermake $18,000ayear. The vice-
presidents external and internal make
$ 1 6,000 a year each . The director of aca-
demics and director of services make
$15,500ayear.
Executive benefits covers the part of
salaries paid for unemployment insur-
ance, 14 per cent of their total salaries.
Honoraria andbenefittotals haveboth
increased this year because there is one
more executive member than last year.
Executive Tuition $8,076.30/$8,200
Fauchersays every executive member
gets three credits paid for.
CUSA Taxi Chits $542 $500
Faucher says this line isn't for actual
chits, but to reimburse students who
present receipts for cab rides.
He says it's for people required to work
late who are too far away to take buses.
CUSA vice-president external Kristine
Haselsteiner also gets $400 for taxi rides,
as she often needs to be off-campus un-
expectedly. CUSA's vice-president inter-
nal Rob lamieson also has $ 150 for taxis.
Special Projects Fund $4,457.94/
$4,000.00
Last year, much of Faucher's fund
went to the Ravens 'R Us, a social club
which promotes school spirit on campus.
$2,000 went to making up 800 mugs for
the members. Another $ 1 , 1 00 was spent
on Ravens 'R Us events. Members who
brought mugs to Oliver's Thursday nights
got "something like a 20-cent discount"
on beer, says Faucher.
He says the funding for the club was
an incentive to get them to have their
events in Oliver's and turn around the
dead Thursday nights in the bar. Other
clubs generally don't get this funding.
"The first event went well, we had
about 500 people. Then it wasn't as well-
organized later on," says Faucher.
On two or more Saturday nights, bands
were brought to Oliver's at a cost of $ 300-
$400 per night. DJs were also brought in
at a cost of between $150 and $250 per
night.
Faucher says these nights were gener-
ally successful. But during the final Ravens
'RUsnightafterOliver'sclosedinMarch,
"1 think we had about 20 people show
up," says Faucher. His special projects
fund paid for Dj and staffing costs for the
event.
Vice-President
External
Environment Commissioner
$4,532.55/S0.00
The commissioner's salary was paid
for last year out of the federal govern-
ment's Environmental Partners Fund. The
government fund has been cut, so CUSA
has budgeted for the environment com-
missioner under the director of services
portion of the budget.
Lobby Days $17.50/$1,030.00
Last year, $1,800 was budgeted to
lobby the federal and provincial govern-
ments on behalf of students. For exam-
ple, Haselsteiner says she plans to lobby
the Ontario government about the pro-
posed 50 per cent tuition increase. The
money goes to organizing rallies, adver-
tisements and paying for buses to events.
National Week of Action $866.88/
$2,375.00
Last year, $2,927 was budgeted and
only $867 was spent. This year's Na-
tional Week of Action should happen in
February. Haselsteiner says the week will
deal with similar issues to lobby days.
The budget also pays for buses to and
from events such as National Student
Day Oct. 13, which was cancelled last
year because of a lack of interest.
"I guess students were happy with
their federal (and) provincial govern-
ments," says Faucher.
Federal Election $0.00/$4,995.00
Faucher says this area is difficult to
budget for since costs can't be predicted
in advance. There is enough money set
aside to lobby for student concerns so
that Haselsteiner says she "will not be
dipping into anyone else's budget line."
The money will cover buses, advertise-
ments, banners, and other unforeseen
costs.
CUSA is organizing an all-candidates
debate for the Ottawa Centre riding Sept.
28. CUSA is paying for advertising, staff-
ing, and equipment.
Date Rape Campaign $900.2 7 / $0.00
Last year the Canadian Federation of
Students organized this campaign, shar-
ing the cost with its members. CFS sup-
plied posters, etc., but is not doing so this
year. This year's campaign will be run by
CUSA's service centres, and will be paid
for out of their budgets.
Vice-President
Internal
Staff Appreciation $4,255.04/
$5,500.00
lamieson says this should read "vol-
unteer appreciation," instead of staff
appreciation. It's for things like pizzas
and pops as reimbursement for people
who volunteer their time to the associa-
tion. Last year $3,200 was budgeted.
Promotions $0.00/$6,205.00
This new line in the budget is to pro-
mote CUSA through public relations and
advertising, making students aware of
the services available.
Referendum $0.00/$l, 500.00
Every year a referendum is budgeted
for. This year, there will probably be a
vote to pay for an anti-calendar (see
director of academics' budget), and a
referendum asking students how CFS
should be funded. Jamieson says every
year CUSA council sets a spending limit
for referendum campaigns. Both the Yes
and No committees for each referendum
question get an amount of money, de-
cided by council, to run their campaign.
This covers the cost of posters, jamieson
says this is done "so there is no financial
constraint in running a campaign, even
if only one student is opposing a ques-
tion." The referenda take place during
CUSA elections.
Director of
Academics
Course Evaluation Guide $0.00/
$5,311.00 (total)
This is for the anti-calendar, a stu-
dents' evaluation describing courses,
workload, and teachers from the stu-
dents' perspective. Director of academics
Gary Anandasangaree says he will sub-
mit a referendum question for the CUSA
BUDGET conVdonp<l~s7
4 ■ The Charlatan ■ September 23, 1993
NUG rep cries foul over caucus chair
by Franco D'Orazio
Charlatan Stafl
A representative from the New Uni-
versity Government (NUG) is accusing
Carleton's undergraduate students' as-
sociation of trying to take the organiza-
tion over unconstitutionally.
The council of the Carleton University
Students' Association (CUSA) approveda
proposal last March which violates NUG's
constitution as well as one of the associa-
tion's own policy statements, says Corey
Mulvihill, a NUG representative for the
department of classics.
NUG is a group of about 150 students,
each representing their respective field of
study and year, who represent student
concerns by siting on department and
faculty boards.
According to the minutes of a March
11 CUSA council meeting, councillors
approved an amendment to the job de-
scription of CUS A's director of academics
which made him the NUG chair.
Council's decision to endorse the pro-
posal, which CUSA President Lucy Watson
described, at the meeting as "in the best
interests of the students," violated an
article in NUG's constitution which gives
it sole authority over its composition,
including its chair.
The councillors' decision also violated
a CUSA policy statement enacted in April
1991, which states CUSA recognizes "that
the NUG Student Caucus has sole author-
ity over its . ... structure."
"CUSA has taken over NUG and put
their people on it," says Mulvihill.
Gary Anandasangaree, thedirectorof
academics, says according to the CUSA
constitution, NUG is autonomous, but
CUSA provides it with financial support
and office space.
During the previous three years, the
NUG chair has been chosen by a hiring
committee consisting of CUSA council-
lors, and the appointment must be en-
dorsed by CUSA council.
Anandasangaree says this process has
never been challenged and, though it is
not part of either the CUSA or NUG
constitution, it has been a tradition "for
at least four years."
Watson says she knew the proposal
was unconstitutional, "but I didn't think
this was going to be a problem. I was
following past practices," she says.
Mulvihill says the decision to choose
Anandasangaree as chair was made to
appease the university administration.
"NUG is the only body on campus that
agitates the university administration,"
says Mulvihill, "and CUSA would much
rather keep their nose brown and shove
it up their (administration's) asses."
"That sounds mature," says Watson.
"I have no intention of keeping my nose
brown."
Watson says she added the responsi-
bility to the director of academic's other
duties because last year the NUG chair
rarely met with last year's CUSA vice-
president academic.
"There was little contact between the
two," says Watson, who was NUG chair
last year. But now the director of academ-
ics can bring the concerns of the NUG
caucus to CUSA council, she says.
Mulvihill says NUG's power to influ-
ence academic policies on campus has
been weakened by making a CUSA ex-
ecutive the chair.
"NUG expresses ideas and criticizes
the university," he says, "and CUSA pro-
vides services and runs a few bars. CUSA
is there to provide services, not to agitate
the university administration."
Watson doesn't see it the same way.
"This is just an interesting angle for a
few individuals to attack a CUSA execu-
tive member," she says, alluding to the
fact that Mulvihill is a friend of Wayne
Ross, the Student Academic Action Bu-
reau co-ordinator who is involved in a
labor dispute with the CUSA executive.
"I find it interesting that (this com-
plaint) wasn't brought up at the March
11 council meeting to make the neces-
sary changes," Watson says.
According to the minutes, several
councillors asked Watson about her pro-
posal, but no one asked if it was uncon-
stitutional.
One councillor who voted in favor of
the proposal sayshe did not know whether
it was valid or not because he had just
been elected to council.
"It was my first meeting and I didn't
know too much about it," says arts and
social sciences representative Ryan Butt.
When asked if he thought the manner
in which he was made NUG chair was
valid, Anandasangaree responded, "per-
haps not." But he declined to say whether
he would voluntarily step down as NUG
chair. □
Executive membership has its privileges
by Ryan Nakashima
Charlatan Staff
Gold rings, $80 agenda refills and
cottage retreats are some of the expenses
covered in the executive budgets of the
Carleton University Students' Associa-
tion (CUSA).
Take CUSA finance commissioner
Rene Faucher. On his finger is a $273
CUSA ring, on his desk a $210 Franklin
day planner.
Each of the six CUSA executive mem-
bers has the Franklin planner already. By
the end of the year, they will all have the
gold ring, which Faucher got last year
during his previous term as finance com-
missioner.
Faucher says executive members are
expected to pay for their own leather-
bound cover out of their own pockets,
BUDGET cont'd from pg. 4
byelection in October asking students if
they want to pay a levy of about 30 cents
per half-credit (about $3 for full-time
students), to have the anti-calendar
made. The costs above are for gathering
information and labor costs. Printing
should cost $20,000 to $30,000 to create
one for every student, which CUS A would
get if students approved the levy.
Grod School Fair $0.O0/$l,S0O.OO
Anandasangaree says 10 other uni-
versities (so far) from around Canada
will be coming to Carleton to publicize
their grad schools Oct. S in Porter Hall —
the same week as the Careers Fair hap-
pening Oct. 6 and 7. He says it gives
students the option to stay in school since
the economy is tough now. The $1,500
will pay for the rental of Porter Hall,
advertising and refreshments, says
Anandasangaree.
Academic Equity Commissioner
$0.00/$ 7 70.00 (total)
The commissioner will examine cur-
riculum to find ways it could better reflect
all students. Anandasangaree says the
commissioner will also lobby curriculum
committees and faculty boards for
changes. The academic equity commis-
sioner has yet to be advertised for, nor
have terms of reference yet been set.
Anandasangaree says he expects one to
be hired in mid-October.
Director of Services
Sensitivity Commissioner $0.00/
$750.00
The commissioner oversees payment
for speakers to train CUSA staff on sex-
ism, homophobia, racism, ableism. □
{With files from Maurice G. Fonler)
although not all have done so yet. The
covers cost $130 each.
The $80 starter fillers, which include
agenda pages and plastic dividers, are
covered under the office supplies budget.
Refill pages cost $25 for a new year.
Faucher says the rings are paid for out
of the president's special projects fund.
CUSA's director of academics, Gary
Anandasangaree, has the leather-bound
Franklin. " I know I didn't pay for mine, "
he says. "But whether it will be deducted
from my salary, I don't know."
Of the rings, Anandasangaree says,
"what the ring signifies to me is an ac-
knowledgement of the work I've done.
Sentimentally, there's a lot of value in
that ring. It does have a lot of ralue that
cannot be counted by money."
Not every executive member is thrilled
about the day planners or the rings.
CUSA director of services Theresa Cowan
says she could do without the rings.
"I don't think that (the ring) is neces-
sary. I wouldn't be upset if I didn't get
one," says Cowan. "But it's a nice gesture
because we do work very hard."
She says the Franklin's prices are "a
bit exorbitant" and that although execu-
tive members need something to help
them plan, it doesn't necessarily have to
be a Franklin.
The Franklin day planners have day-
by-day agenda pages and pockets in the
cover. The planners also come with a
book on how to use the planner and
organize one's life effectively.
CUSA President Lucy Watson says the
rings are a "tradition," and a "memento
that's not equal to the amount of work"
they do.
The president and finance commis-
sioner each make $ 1 8,000 a year, the two
vice-presidents make $16,000 each and
the two directors make $15,500 each.
Watson says if s a worthwhile gift for
executive members who are leaving
CUSA, thanking them for their work.
Eight full-time CUSA staff have
Franklins. CUSA covered the cost of refill
naqes for each planner but no new covers
were bought for staff. In all, 14 CUSA
employees have a Franklin planner.
The executives aren't likely to spend
their allotted $1,000 on an executive
retreat this year, says Faucher.
"Some of them have been disasters,
he says.
"It's one thing to get into a debate
when you're in your office, where you just
go home after work. It's another thing to
get into a heated debate or get angry over
an issue when you're stuck in a cottage
for a weekend."
The last executive spent $664 on a
cottage retreat near Ste. jovite, Que., in
May, 1992. If any retreat happens this
vear, savs Faucher, it'll happen this
month.
Watson says the executives often work
seven days a week, and don't get a chance
to meet. She says the retreat is a way to
see what's been done and organize whaf s
to come.
jamieson says he hopes the $1,000
will be spent this year because "(the
EXECUTIVE cont'd on pg. 12
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by Tanya Workman
Charlatan Stall
Students shopping around fora place
to keep their money must leave campus
to explore the options.
The Scotiabank in Paterson Hall is
Carleton's only bank and that isn't likely
to change soon.
Carleton Scotiabank manager Don
Bailey says past leases with Carleton
stipulated that it be the only bank on
campus.
Its current lease comes up for renewal
in July 1994, and Bailey says if the uni-
versity wanted to, it could choose not to
renew.
Scotiabank, which has been the uni-
versity's banker since 1942, opened its
campus branch in 1959. The bank's leases
with the university run an average of five
years.
Don McEown, executive assistant to
Carleton President Robin Farquhar, says
the university considered putting another
bank on campus in past years, "but there
isn't enough business for two banks. Stu-
dents, as business for banks, aren't a
high revenue producer."
Bailey doesn't think it is likely the
university would consider the possibility
again.
"If there were a couple of other banks
on campus it wouldn't be worth our
while," Bailey says. "We're giving the
students their banking, but we make our
funds elsewhere."
For students who care to venture off
campus to pursue a banking package,
there are a couple of banks that offer
student packages.
Banking policies and student pack-
ages are the same at the campus
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branches in the city. Other
major banks have com-
parable policies, but none
are without their strings.
Holds on cheques are
the one thing most banks,
including Scotiabank, fail
to mention when they ad-
vertise their student pack-
ages.
Personal cheques de-
posited in personal ac-
counts at Scotiabank, TD
Bank and the Bank of
Montreal face holds of
three to 10 business days,
depending on the bank
and where the cheque was
written.
Five business days is
the normal hold period
for personal cheques de-
posited in all accounts,
including those of stu-
dents, at any Ottawa
Scotiabank; a hold of up
to 10 business days is the
norm for cheques from
small banks or from
across the country.
The Bank of Montreal
holds most customers'
persona] cheques, includ-
ing those deposited by stu-
dents, for an average of
six business days. The bank's senior cus-
tomer service representative says there is
a reason.
"We have no way of knowing what
sort of individual has issued the cheque, "
says Pat Bauder. "They may have $2
Scotiabank: get used to it.
million or they may have two cents."
Bailey says all Scotiabank branches
put holds on personal cheques in case
they don't clear.
But until the end of October, the Car-
leton branch will waive thatpolicy for its
student clientele and "take a calculated
risk so that students are able to pay their
tuition, buy their books and cover their
immediate expenses," says Bailey.
"Once we get into late October we
revert back to the harder line."
The Scotiabank student package in-
cludes no service fees, a free chequing
account, unlimited bank-machine use
and a $ 1 charge per Interne transaction.
But a $500 Visa card limit can be part of
the package only if the student has a
part-time job and credit is approved.
Service charges can't be avoided at the
other banks.
For $2.50 per month, students who
use the Toronto Dominion bank get no-
charge withdrawals and deposits, two
free Interac transactions and two free
cheques per month, and a Visa card with
a $500 limit, subject to credit approval.
Students can expect five-day holds on
personal cheques and a seven-day hold
on any cheque deposited in a bank ma-
chine.
The Bank of Montreal is the only other
major bank with a student banking pack-
age. Unlimited use of Instabank ma-
chines, unlimited cheques and withdraw-
als and two free Interac transactions are
availablefor$2.75 permonth. Mastercard
applications are subject to credit ap-
proval.
The Scotiabank has Cashstop ma-
chines in Residence Commons, the
Unicentre and Paterson Hall. Students
have access to other banks through
Interac but all bank machines on cam-
pus belong to Scotiabank.
The University of Ottawa and
Algonquin College don't have banks on
their campuses. □
Student loan slowdowns
by CD. LeBlanc
Charlatan Stall
WHY ARE THERE ONLY TWO PEO-
PLE PROCESSING THE OSAP LOANS
AT THE SCOTIABANK ON CAMPUS?
So I'm sitting at the front of the line to
pick up loans, in which I've just spent
THREE AND A HALF HOURS. Most of that
time was passed by bonding with my
fellow recipients, griping about the lineup.
It was finally my turn in the spotlight
— 10 minutes and I'd be gone, free until
lanuary when I'd have to repeat the proc-
ess for my other loan.
Maybe it was the great feeling of relief
I felt, or maybe it was the hushed com-
plaints I still heard behind me. Either
way, something drove me to ask the ques-
tion that preyed upon my mind: "Um,
why do they only have two people out
here handling all these loans?"
To which a woman processing loans
replied, "Because no one has com-
plained."
It seemed unbelievable that no one
had ever asked why only two bank em-
ployees were on hand outside the
Scotiabank office in Paterson Hall last
week to process loans. So I set out to
discover why.
"I guess the biggest problem is the
volume," says Don Bailey, the bank's
manager.
"We are concentrating solely on the
students," says student loan officer Bev
Dillabough, adding she has had little
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She says the number of recipients has
risen from an average of 100 people per
day last year, to about ISO per day this
year. The bank has been processing loans
since Sept. 7.
Because of cuts to grants, "almost 95
per cent of students have two loans, " says
Dillabough, referring to the Canada Stu-
dent Loan and the Ontario Student Loan.
She says this doubles the amount of pa-
perwork which has to be done for each
student.
The rush lasts for about the first week
of classes, says Bailey. He says the bank
has "ongoing space problems," which
slow things down too.
He says the bank is negotiating with
the university to move to a bigger space,
but nothing is available right now.
Dillabough says staff members are
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Awomancrossingmilwaytrackson
campus, while going from theUnicentre
to the physical recreation centre, was
violently pushed from behindat around
1:30 p.m. on Sept. 16.
The woman was not seriously in-
jured by her unknown assailant.
Len Boudreault, asslstantdirectorof
the department of university safety,
says the incident is currently under
investigation. p
6 • The Charlatan • September 23, 1993
Students don't get as much as they give
by Franco D'Orazio
Charlatan Staff
Carleton students will add to the uni-
versity's coffers $5.25 million more in
tuition fees this year than last.
But the university will increase its con-
tribution for student aid by only $61 ,000,
according to its 1993-94 budget.
The budget, approved by Carleton's
board of governors April 27, includes a
seven-per-cent increase in tuition fees for
this year.
The board voted March 29 to increase
tuition fees by seven per cent, the maxi-
mum increase allowed by the provincial
government. At that meeting, the board
rejected a proposal from student repre-
sentatives to increase tuition fees by only
three percent.
The higher fees, coupled with an an-
ticipated enrolment increase of 600 stu-
dents this fall, will generate $44.7 mil-
lion in income from tuition this year, 1 3
per cent more than last year's total of
$39.5 million, according to the budget.
Funding for student aid, however, will
rise by only two per cent to $3.1 million
from $ 3 .04 million, a figure that does not
please Lucy Watson, president of the
undergraduate students' association.
"It ($61,000) is a very tiny amount of
what we pay in fees, " she said. "(Student
aid) is used to appease students. But I've
sat on committees and students cannot
afford any more fee increases."
Student aid includes undergraduate
scholarships and bursaries, as well as
loans given to students in need by the
university.
Bill Pickett, the university'sdirectorof
budgetplanning, saidwithouttheseven-
per-cent tuition increase, Carleton's $4.3
million debt would triple within five years
because it would have to borrow more
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by Anne Showalter
Chadataft staff
Because Lester's Place didn't sound
right.
Ron Boyd, manager of Mike's Place,
says every former chancellor of Carle-
ton University has something named
after them: the Tory building, the Steacie
building, Paterson Hall.
The only chancellor who was not
given a building in his name is Cana-
da's former prime minister Lester B.
Pearson, says Boyd.
Mike's Place used to generically be
called the Graduate Students' Pub or
Bar, says Andrew Prime, the assistant
manager of Mike's.
Prime says the bar was renamed in
1973 after Pearson died of cancer on
Dec. 27, 1972. Pearson was Carleton's
chancellor when he died and had been
since 1969.
But wait. How can Mike's Place be
named after someone named Lester?
Good point. And it turns out, yourguess
may be as good as ours.
According to the Encyclopedia
Canadiana, Lester B. Pearson was nick-
named Mike while he was a student at
Oxford University. HefeltLesterwasnot
a strong enough name. Obviously, it did
not hold him back in government.
Inasimilarvein, John Robinson Beal
writes in Pearson of Canada that "it was
when he transferred to the Royal Flying
Corps that he picked up the nickname
'Mike.'"
According to Beal, when Pearson went
for flying instruction, a senior officer
remarked "Lester — that's not a very
belligerent name for a man who wants
to beafighter pilot We'ilcallyou Mike."
And, straight from the horse's mouth
(Pearson's memoirs) comes this refer-
ence to the pseudonym Michael
Macdonald, which Pearson writes that
he "used for (his) wireless reports to
Canada during the Battle of Britain."
Any other theories?
Anyway, Mike's Place, on the second
floor of the Unlcentre, is a small pub run
by the Graduate Students' Association
— butyou don't need a degree to get in
thedoor.
Boyd says students and professors go
to Mike's Place to be treated equally no
matter who they are, where they're from
or how popular they are. □
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"It's not too much magic," he said in
an interview earlier this summer.
"Every dollar you borrow is a dollar
more on the deficit. These things pile
Pickett explained the increase was
necessary because of stagnant provincial
funding and resources already stretched
to the limit.
"There is no other area to cut from "
he said.
The $5.25 million will account for 55
per cent of the $9.5 million in new in-
come Carleton will generate this year.
The university will also receive
$755,000 more in government grants
from the Ontario government, a one-
per-cent increase from last year's total of
$100.24 million.
The university expects to generate
$35.48 million in ancillary fees, $2.4
million more than last year. These fees
include extra charges for parking per-
mits, locker rentals and late registration.
Carleton also expects to generate $22.5
million in research, $ 1 million more than
last year.
Marion Dewar, vice-chair of the
board's personnel committee, said rais-
ing tuition fees every year amounts to
"discouraging youngsters from coming
to university."
Carleton has raised its tuition fees by
23 per cent over the last three years.
Dewar says she is concerned cash-
strapped students will end up spending
all their time worrying about bills in-
stead of books.
"They should be spending more time
on campus," she said. "But if they're
working at part-time jobs, they will never
stimulate their brains."
Carleton administered more than $34
million in financial aid and awards pro-
grams last year, $31.9 million of which
was from provincial and federal govern-
ment loan programs.
Including thisyear, monies generated
from tuition at Carleton will have in-
creased 4 3 per cent in the last three fiscal
years to $44.7 million from $31.3 mil-
lion.
The university's contribution to stu-
dent aid during the same time will have
increased by 22 per cent, rising to $3.1
million from $2.5 million. □
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NATIONAL AFFAIRS
Carleton drops out of Maclean's survey
by Christina Craft
Charlalan Staff
Carleton will not participate in this
year's annual Maclean's magazine sur-
vey which ranks Canadian universities.
In a press release issued Sept. 16, the
university cited a lack of staff resources
needed to update the information for the
Maclean 's survey.
Carleton President Robin Farquhar
said two professional staff worked almost
full time in the summer of 1992 to fulfil"
Maclean's requirements for last year's
survey. The university spent about
$100,000 collecting the data and organ-
izing it according to the requirements of
the survey.
"I'm not going to be bullied around by
some magazine in Toronto against the
better interests of this university,"
Farquhar told The Charlatan.
Farquhar said although the Maclean 's
survey is changing little from last year,
updating the information would require
the same amount of time and effort.
Carleton does not have statistics com-
piled which could be easily tailored to
suit the Maclean's survey, said Bill Pickett,
director of the office of budget planning.
"We had to collect and massage data, "
said Pickett.
Pickett didn't comment on how much
money was spent to compile information
for the 1991 survey, but he said it was
poorly done.
Farquhar said Carleton will instead be
using its institutional research staff to
conduct an internal study of studentsat-
isfaction with the university. He said the
study is in the planning stages and he
does not know when it will be finished or
how much it will cost.
Farquhar said an internal study would
be just as useful as the Maclean's survey.
He said the study will be made public and
will be more relevant than the maga-
zine's ranking system.
Ann Dowse tt Johnston, assistant man-
aging editor of Maclean's, said she is
disappointed with Carleton's decision.
She said other Ontario universities are
faced with the same financial constraints
as Carleton but are still participating.
"Maclean 's is the only vehicle to reach
a broader audience," said Dowsett
Johnston. Last year the magazine sold
over 63,000 copies of its university survey
issue.
She said students have a right to com-
prehensive information when choosing
a university.
"Where public institutions are con-
cerned, it is a David and Goliath thing.
Someone has to make them account-
able," she said.
There are only two other universities
in Canada not participating in this year's
survey — Memorial University in St.
[ohn's, Nfld., and University of Quebec's
Montreal campus. Maclean 's said Memo-
rial does not agree with the methodology
of the survey.
Two of the universities who declined
to participate last year, University Col-
lege of Cape Breton and the Montreal
campus of the University of Quebec, were
ranked last in their categories.
Dowsett Johnston said Maclean's has
not made a decision if they will rank
universities who did not participate in
this year's process.
When the first survey came out in
1991, every university in Canada was
ranked together. Carleton placed 44th
out of 46 universities who participated.
The 1991 ranking caused a wave of
controversy at Carleton because admin-
istration sent incorrect information to
Maclean '$.
Figures on the number of full-time arts
and science faculty, the percentage of
PhDs, undergraduate scholarships and
the amount of research grants were all
submitted incorrectly.
For instance, the value of research
grants was incorrectly given to Maclean's
as over $1.6 million, while the correct
number was close to $8 million.
Dennis Forcese, then the vice-presi-
dent academic, resigned following a re-
port which placed him with the responsi-
bility of collecting andsending the faulty
data to Maclean's.
Following harsh criticism from some
universities including Carleton aboutthe
survey's criteria and methodology,
Maclean's changed its approach for the
1 992 survey.
Universities were ranked within three
categories according to their size and
programs. Maclean's used 22 indicators
to rate schools, including entrance re-
quirements, qualifications of the faculty,
scholarships and budgets. In 1992,
Carleton placed sixth out of the 12 uni-
versities in the "comprehensive universi-
ties" category.
"People would think we were crying
sour grapes if we did not participate last
year," said Farquhar. "This year we are in
a much more graceful position not to be
included."
The 1993 survey will be very similarto
last year's, says Dowsett Johnston. She
said the survey tried to accommodate
universities' concerns about criteria for
ranking.
A three-hour meeting was held be-
tween the magazine and Farquhar this
summer, said Dowsett lohnston. She said
Maclean's did their best to address
Carleton's concerns.
However, she said no representatives
from Carleton showed up to meetings
held this summer between the Council of
Ontario Universities and Maclean's to
discuss the survey. □
Survey says: students mixed on Maclean's
Carleton's decision not to partici-
pate in the upcoming Maclean's sur-
vey may or may not affect how the
university is perceived, depending on
who you talk to.
Applications actually increased
over the last two years despite Carle-
ton's low ranking in 1991, says Presi-
dent Robin Farquhar.
This year, the number of high-
school applicants to Carletonmcreased
to 11,995 from 10,776, according to
the university 's office of budget plan-
ning.
loan HoUingsworth, a fourth-year
political science student, says the
Maclean's survey isn't important
"I don't think high-school students
put much weight on the survey. When
I was applying to university 1 was
more into the work of the faculty and
I found Carleton has a superior fac-
ulty," she says.
Daena Bilodeau, a first-year student
atCarieton.sayshersummerbossasked
herwhyshewouldwanttogotoCarleton
with its low rating in the Maclean's
survey. But she said she still feels
Carleton shouldparticipate in the proc-
ess, "becauseitgivesstudentsanideaof
what a university is like."
Farquhar says the survey isn 't valid.
Sonia Charbonneau, also a first-year
student, says her high-school teachers
showed students the survey lastyear. She
says she disagrees with Carleton drop-
ping out because she thinks the ranking
is useful.
Farquhar says he isn't sure if high-
school students know how flawed the
survey is. "You cannot possibly take an
entire university and boilit down to one
number. Methodologically, it is notvalid. "
Aaron Goldstein, a fourth-year Carle-
ton political science student, agrees with
Carleton's decision. "Our limited re-
sources can be better spent in other direc-
tions There is not a lot of merit in the
survey".
Lori Berketa, a guidance technician at
Confederation high school in Nepean
says she tells students that no university
is a bad university.
"We didn't find (the survey) impor-
tant. It is not a big concern."
She says it is important to choose a
school for its atmosphere and programs.
An editorial in the Ottawa Citizen on
Sept. 17 says Carleton's decision not to
participate in the Maclean's survey sug
ui gests "wrong-headed defeatism."
= The editorial concludes, "... by drop
ping out of the national survey, the uni-
versity looks like a disappointed spoil
sport"
Farquhar says hewasnotsurprisedby
the editorial, just disappointed. He calls
the editorial "extremely biased."
He says Carleton is braver far not
participating because it is going against
the flow. □
Ontario universities report more applications
by David T. Cole
Brock Press, Brock University
Faced with a small and competitive
job market, high-school students are flock-
ing to Ontario universities in record num-
bers.
As well, Carleton has seen greater
numbers of students admitted to and
confirmed as attending the university
this year.
There were 58,212 applications for
__48,000 first-yearpositions at universities
in Ontario, according to the Ontario
University Application Centre.
This is about 1,200 more than last
year, says the centre's director Greg
Marcotte.
"There are a lot of desperate students
out there," says Marcotte. "I'm getting
callsftom parents. There's no doubt that
hundreds of kids with A averages were
disappointed this year."
With so many students applying for
university, the entrance requirements for
acceptance to university are rising, says
Marcotte.
The application centre reports many
high-school students took up to 1 1 Ontatio
Academic Coutses, or Grade 1 3 classes,
(only six are required) or repeated courses
to obtain a higher mark to increase their
odds at acceptance.
At Carleton this year, the number of
students who applied to first year from
Ontario high schools increased to 1 1,995
from 10,776 last year, says Bill Pickett,
director of the office of budget planning.
The number of Carleton students ad-
mitted to first year increased 1 1 per cent
in September 1993, to 6,490 from 5,849
in 1992.
First-year students who confirmed that
they will attend Carleton this year num-
bered 4,034 as of August 1 993. This is up
13.7 per cent from last year's confirma-
tions of 3,547. □
(with tiles Irom Arn Keeling, Charlatan Start)
September 23, 1993 • The Charlatan
Ottawa students part of anti-racism protest
by Pat Brethour
Charlatan Stall
Ottawa anti-racism groups travelled
to Montreal on Sept. 22 to join a coalition
of 50 groups in protesting the visit of
three right-wing politicians from France.
Violence was not expected at the pro-
test, despite the groups' plans toconfront
neo-Nazi organizations which they ex-
pect will use the visit as a rallying point.
But Ottawa's Anti-Racist Action and
the International Socialists said they
would be ready for any clashes which
might occur. The demonstration's out-
come was not known before The Charla-
tan went to press.
The International Socialists - who
chartered a bus from Ottawa so people
could attend the protest - said they were
not anticipating any rights with neo-
Nazi groups. Organizers expected over
5,000 people at the Berri Park protest in
downtown Montreal.
"I don't expect it to be violent at all,"
said Warren McPherson, third-year Car-
leton studentand International Socialist
member, before travelling to Montreal.
"The anti-racists and socialists won't
instigate violence. It's always the fascists
THE- HOLOCAUST?
that instigate violence."
Jean-Yves Le Gallou, Pascal Delmas
and ]acques Dore are French municipal
politicians - and are also members of the
extreme right-wing party Front National.
The three are part of a delegation to the
Metropolis '93 conference on urban is-
sues which is being held in Montreal the
week of Sept. 22.
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attend the conference, Montreal Mayor
lean Dore said they weren't invited to a
Sept. 22 reception at city hall.
Deporting North African immigrants
and discriminating against them in the
areas of employment, housing and so-
cial services, is only part of the Front
National's racist agenda, saidMcPherson.
The Front National has 100,000 mem-
bers and received over 3 million votes
(but noseats) in France's 1993 legislative
elections.
)ean-Marie Le Pen, the Front's leader,
once said the Holocaust was a "minor
detail of history."
McPherson said he did not know if Le
Pen would visit Montreal during the con-
ference.
"We can't actually say Le Pen is com-
ing because he doesn't announce his
travel plans more than 24 hours ahead of
time," said McPherson.
He said the presence of the Front Na-
tional politicians - even if Le Pen did not
make an appearance - would serve as a
rallying point forwhite supremacists like
the Toronto-based Heritage Front.
"I don't imagine they are coming to
sightsee, " said Sarah Dore, an Anti-Rac-
ist Action member who is also a Univer-
"We do not believe
in violence, but we
do believe in self-
defense."
-Sarah Dore of Anti-Rac-
ist Action
sity of Ottawa student.
Representatives from Anti-Racist Ac-
tion said violence was "quite possible"
but the demonstration itself would be
peaceful.
"We do not believe in violence, but we
do believe in self-defense," said Dore.
Anti-Racist Action is an international
grassroots human rights group which
sometimes uses violent tactics against
white supremacist groups.
"If we are attacked, we are not going
to say "Stop, or I'll say stop again'," Dore
said.
Anti-Racist Action will "do what we
can do to stop Le Pen and groups like the
Heritage Front (from) gaining any sig-
nificant foothold in the community" she
said.
If not a foothold, racist groups do have
a toehold in Montreal.
A Rock for Racism concert the night of
the protest had the potential to put large
numbers of neo-Nazis and anti-racists
out on the streets together. Whether that
combination will lead to violence is far
from sure.
An Aug. 14 anti-racist rally in Mon-
treal by 700 people was undisturbed by
violence. But at a similar Ottawa rally on
May 29, Anti-Racist Action battled with
members of the Heritage Front.
But McPherson said he believes the
large numbers of anti-racist protesters
expected this time around would ensure
their safety.
"If the numbers were even, I don't
think we'd march right up to them/' he
said.
Even with the possibility of violence,
said McPherson, the protest has to go on.
"What's important right now is to
stop the fascists," he said. "If you don't
confrontthem, itdoesn'tstop them." □
10 • The Charlatan • September 23, 1993
Charest talks politlcslo^arktonstudents
by Brent Dowdall
Charlatan Staff
Deputy prime min-
ister lean Charest vis-
ited a class at Carleton Sept. 14, telling
students not to be cyni-
cal about politics and
politicians.
"It's a grave error to
be cynical," said
Charest to about 250
students in professor
George Roseme's politi-
cal science 100 class.
"Being cynical
means you've given up,
andthatyou're leaving
it to someone else,
which at your age is ter-
rible," said Charest.
"I've had my ups and
I've had my downs, but
I believe in politics to-
day as much as the very
first day."
Charest got several
rounds of applause
from the class, despite
spilling coffee on him-
self. He spoke for about
twenty minutes before fielding questions
from the class.
Roseme said he got the request for the
deputyprimerninister'sappearanceftom
a member of Charest's " entourage, " who
is a former student of Roseme's.
However, some students told The Char-
latan afterwards they were not impressed
with Charest's performance.
"He's a nice guy but I wouldn'tvote for
his party," said one student.
"He was supposed to talk about poli-
tics and what happens in politics, but
instead he talked about himself and his
party," said another student.
Roseme said his guest speaker was
time.
"Unlesspeoplegooutthereandmake
their choice, people are going to make
that choice for them. That's what the
democratic process is all about, " Charest
replied.
However, he also said politicians have
to work harder to be more responsible.
"The people who are most critical
about the political system are the politi-
cians themselves," Charestsaid. "Ifwe're
going to ask citizens to support us then
we have to start being a lot more respon-
sible ourselves."
One student asked why voters should
vote for Charest's Conservative party.
"We feel the election is about leader-
ship on jobs and the economy," Charest
told the student.
Charest repeated the Conservatives'
campaign platform themes, including
deficit and debt reduction, helping small
business, more emphasis on training and
Charest schmoozed with Carleton poli-sci students
successful in increasing class interest.
" Usually after the course introductions,
I try to stir up the class's interest and
usually fail, so I brought in the deputy
prime minister to do the job, " he said. "I
wasn't promoting any candidate. I saw
him as a specimen of the political ani-
mal."
During a question and answerperiod,
one student asked Charest what he would
say to young people voting for the first
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by David Bartolf
Charlatan Staff
Carleton's venerable President Robin
H. Farquhar has announced that the
university administration will send no
information to Maclean's magazine for
its third survey of Canadian universities.
It seems he wants to prevent another
public skewering, like Carleton's 1991
ranking of 44 out of 46 universities.
Looks like administration decided not
to spend money, like last year, on a
number-crunching committee to jig the
stats to assure high placement.
As our good man Sparky well knows,
from his background as a member and
former president of the Canadian Soci-
ety for the Study of Education, that once
again Maclean's is using irrelevant fig-
ures like student-teacher ratios.
Instead, Maclean's should be looking
at the following criteria, which would
have incidentally pushed Carleton up to
number one:
10. Wildlife population, including
those lovable, huggable res rats.
9. Per capita alcohol consumption
8. Daily frequency with which "es-
say, schmessay" is articulated.
7. Percentage of student population
wearing underwear over long-johns to
the res cafeteria.
6. Percentage of student population
that flips channels between their ITV
class and Young and the Restless or
Snelgrove Snail.
5. Number of out-of-town students
sick and tired of relatives or co-workers
telling you to "straighten out that damn
Mulroney," as if you and he brunch
together all the time.
4. Number of times Rainbowhead or
that guy who holds the John 3:16 sign
shows up in ITV tapes. (Look for them.
It's more fun than Where's Waldo?)
3. Money spent to date trying to im-
press Maclean's.
2. Number of oxygen-free buildings
on campus.
1 . Two words: Elvis sightings.
□
education, research and developmentand
trade issues.
"It's no coincidence that in the past
nineyears why our government has been
so preoccupied with trade issues. Trade is
critical, not only to the overall economy
but to jobs," he said.
After the class, some students sur-
rounded Charest to talk to him, while
other students talked to Ottawa Centre
Tory candidate Ian Lee, who is also an
assistant business professor at Carleton.
Not surprisingly, Lee said Charest's per-
formance was "excellent".
"Mr. Charest connects and resonates
with young people," said Lee.
When asked about the Conservative
education record by The Charlatan,
Charest said transfer payments to uni-
versities have been increased on average
of 5.1 per cent per year from 1984-85 to
1990-91. a
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CUSA seeks enumeration booth for CU
by Michael Malnville
Charlatan Staff
Efforts to establish
an on-campus enu-
meration booth for
the upcoming federal
election have been
frustrated by the Elections Canada office
for Ottawa Centre.
Kristine Haselsteiner, vice-president
external of the Carleton University Stu-
dents' Association (CUSA), says "having
an enumeration booth on campus would
make it significantly easier for students
to vote."
The booth would register Carleton stu-
dents to vote Oct. 25 in the Ottawa Cen-
tre riding.
Haselsteiner says although she has
been trying since mid-summer to have
the booth set up, she has had no success
so far.
As yet, Haselsteiner has not convinced
the Elections Canada returning officer
for Ottawa Centre, Marjory Hamson, to
provide this service for Carleton students.
"The returning officer does not want
to have an enumeration,"
Haselsteiner says.
Theresa Little, assistant to the return-
ing officer for Ottawa Centre says, "an
enumeration booth is just not feasi-
b 1 e . "
She says the booth is not necessary
because off-campus Carleton students
can register
alize that an enumeration booth for the
Carleton campus is a dead issue.
"Little Miss Kristine does not respect
legislative di-
"I feel that they (stu-
dents) are being ne-
glected by the demo-
cratic process, specifi-
cally by the returning
officer for Ottawa Cen-
tre." -Haselsteiner
through the mail
to vote in Ottawa
or in their home
riding. As well,
students can reg-
ister at the polls
on Oct. 25 to vote
in the local rid-
ing of their uni-
versity.
Little says
Elections
Canada is pro-
viding a door-to-
door enumera-
tion service forall
residence stu-
dents, which began on Sept. 20 and runs
until Sept. 23. It also set up an informa-
tion booth for students on Sept. 21 and 22
in Baker Lounge.
However, Haselsteiner says this is not
enough for Carleton students.
"I feel that they are being neglected by
the democratic process, specifically by
the returning officer for Ottawa Cen-
t r e . "
Hansom says Haselsteiner doesn't re-
rectives and
does not re-
spect the duly
appointed of-
ficerforthe Ot-
tawa riding,"
Hansom says.
Under the
Elections Act, a
new enumera-
tion for this
election isn't
required, since
one was done
for last Octo-
ber's federal
constitutional
referendum.
Haselsteiner says she resorted to call-
ing some local candidates in the begin-
ning of September and asked them to
speak to Hamson on her behalf.
While the appeals by the candidates
to Hamson had no effect, Haselsteiner
says she persisted in her demands for the
booth.
Without a normal enumeration, some
students may be confused about where
and how to vote.
For most first-year students of voting
age, the upcoming federal election will
be their first chance to participate in the
electoral process.
"I have no idea on how to vote, where
to vote, who to ask about voting and I
don't know who is running in this rid-
ing," says Billy Mintsopoulos, a first-
year arts student.
As well, students who are away from
their normal residence must decide
whether they want to vote in Ottawa
Centre or their home riding.
During last October's federal referen-
dum, Elections Canada organized a large
student awareness campaign called Vot-
ing's a Breeze.
But even though every eligible voter
was enumerated for last year's vote,
Hamson says no enumeration booth was
set up on campus last year. Students were
enumerated at their residence, either off
campus or on.
Haselsteiner says the prospect of get-
ting an enumeration booth on campus
"seems pretty hopeless."
Instead, Haselsteiner says she is seek-
ing to organize campaign telling stu-
dents how to get enumerated. "We will
do our best to moke sure students are
informed and enumerated." □
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books coming back, since we don't keep
the fines anyway," says Rossman.
The new sanctions policy may also
decrease revenue, she says, since borrow-
ing privileges will be suspended, result-
ing in fewer overdue materials.
Library fines are collected as part of
the university's general revenue. Lastyear,
the total revenue generated from library
fines was $342,000 — two tenths of a per
cent of the university's total $ 145-million
revenue for the year ending April 30,
1993.
In the 1 992-93 school year, the library
collected $163,000 in fines at the service
desk, an increase of 8.5 per cent from the
previous year. This figure does not in-
clude the fines that were paid at the
business office.
If students wait over six weeks to pay
fines, they are charged a $65 replace-
ment fee, plus the $20 maximum fine,
plus another $10 administration fee,
which they must pay at the business
office. □
EXECUTIVE cont'd from pg. S
executives) are constantly interrupted,"
and the retreat is the only way to get their
"ideas focused."
And as for the rings, Jamieson says,
"it's another form of appreciation. (The
government is) going to strip away $ 3,000
in income tax mumbo jumbo. We have
employees that make more than we do,
but we're the ones that take the heat.
"The ring is only a couple hundred
dollars," says Jamieson. "It really doesn't
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EDITORIAL PAGE
Admin, zips lip
We cannot see into the minds of Carleton University's
administrators, so we may never know what really
motivated them to drop out of the Maclean's magazine
annual ranking of Canadian universities.
But, from the outside, Carleton is beginning to look
like a paranoid institution, hiding statistics and secrets
with Soviet-like efficiency.
President Robin Farquhar says the staff resources
allotted to compiling figures for the survey would be
better used to conduct an internal survey of Carleton's
performance.
Could it be that administration wants to be in full
control of the way data is released by its bureaucrats? Is
thefearofbad publicity so deep at administration that
it is willing to risk the mistrust that will come from hiding
information?
The Charlatan learned this summer just how suspi-
cious and secretive administration has become. Some of
the paper's staff were recruited to submit a piece about
Carleton to Key Porter Books, a company publishing a
guide with reviews of Canadian universities.
When they contacted administration for some statis-
tics and interviews with university officials, administra-
tion clammed up, refusing to help out with what is
essentially a promotional entry in a helpful national
guide. In fact, administration refused to confirm facts
gathered independently when the guide's editor tried to
check them.
Of course, if you had the tumultuous past that Carle-
ton has had in surveys and rankings, you might be a tad
suspicious as well.
In 1990 linda Frum's Guide to Canadian Universities
referred to Carleton's nickname "Last Chance U," a
name that has haunted the school with the country's
most generous admissions requirements.
Carleton's haphazard data collection for the Maclean 's
survey in 1991 earned them a dismal 44th ranking out
of 46 universities, prompting a lot of soul-searching by
the university. Indeed, Farquharhimself pondered resig-
nation over the 1991 survey fiasco.
Subsequently, Carleton poured $100,000 worth of
staff and resources into compiling data for the 1992
survey.
Maclean's has succeeded in intimidating universities
into participating in their survey by penalizing universi-
ties who do not submit complete information.
Last year, two universities who did not co-operate
with Maclean's requests for information were ranked
dead last in their category.
Despite administration's efforts, Carleton was ranked
as a mediocre university in a mediocre category, 6th of
12 in the medium-sized university group.
There are obvious flaws in any ranking system. Num-
bers do not tell you a lot about the atmosphere of the
school, the particular strengths and weaknesses of its
faculty, or the quality of its student services. You don't
even know if the student paper is any good.
Maclean's says they met with Carleton this summer
and addressed any concerns administration had about
the survey. So, why then did Carleton wait until late
September, when most of the data should be compiled,
to announce to the world its defection from the report?
Did Carleton know all along it would not participate
this year, as part of a new agenda to guard state secrets?
This move will certainly leave Maclean's little choice but
to leave Carleton out of the survey if no updated data is
available at this late date, as the universities issue is due
out in early November.
This is a complete reversal from last year's party line
at administration, when Farquhar admitted, "Being
ignored would be worse than being included." Has this
attitude changed in this one short year?
Despite Maclean's manipulation of universities and
despite the perils of being compared to older, more
prestigious universities (or even just better ones), Sparky
was right last year: Carleton must participate.
The universities issue has a wide readership and there
is a perception by many people — right or wrong — that
'he Maclean 's survey is useful and accurate. High-school
students hear about how universities compare in the
survey, whether it affects their final choice or not.
What has changed is the attitude of administration
towards publicity about Carleton. The university loses
respect and prestige when it can no longer openly and
effectively communicate with the various press sources
in the community.
Like the former Soviet Union, the mistrust bred by
extensive secrecy will threaten the relationship between
administration, students and the community. AK
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OPINION
Health system needs help
by Clayton Wood
Charlatan Statt
Ask someone what the best thing about Canada is,
and more often than not, you'll hear them singing the
praises of our health care system. And why not — you
don't have to pay for it because it's free, right? Well, as
the old saying goes, you get what you pay for.
Unfortunately, many Canadians fail to realize that in
adopting a socialist-style health care system, they have
given up a precious freedom, that being the freedom to
choose the quality of their own health care.
Under the present government monopoly on health
care, people are prohibited from spending their own
money on a higher level of service.
I need eye surgery, and had to wait nine months to see
a specialist. He told me I'd
have to wait another eight
months before I could be
operated on, due to a lack
of available hospital space
in Ottawa.
Problem is, I plan to be
working in Europe in eight
months. The operation I
need isn't urgent, but I
should be able to get it done
when it's convenient for
me. I explained this to my
doctor, and offered to pay
out of my own pocket for
faster, more efficient serv-
ice.
He said if he accepted
my offer, Bob Rae's gov-
ernment would put him in
jail for five years. This claim
is an exaggeration, but
doctors who charge more
than the set fees face stiff
fines and could have their
licence suspended.
I asked my doctor to recommend a specialist I could
see in New York. I was told to go look in the yellow pages.
It was then I knew our health care system was really in
trouble. When it comes to the point when people have to
start consulting the yellow pages of an American state
just to get some basic health service, you know the system
is totally messed up.
In Canada, the government prevents people from
spending their own money on better quality health care.
If this practice was allowed, al! those nasty rich and
middle-class consumers would start paying for their own
health care. God forbid, the sacred principle of equality
would be violated.
In Canada, it seems everyone has equal access, but it
is access to a bankrupt system. It seems the only way to
get better care is to leave the country.
A recent story in The Globe and Moil reported that a
Toronto hospital tried earning extra revenue by perform-
ing late night CAT scans on pets. Meanwhile, people
were having to wait weeks for the same service.
It was okay to pay for Fido's CAT scan, but not his
owner's. When the media exposed this practice, the
hospital responded by banning the scans for pets instead
of allowing people to pay for the same service.
This farce best illustrates the shortcomings of our
crumbling health care
system. Talkof user fees
and other band-aid ap-
proaches to fixing the
system neglect the real
problem.
Canada's health
care system cannot
continue in its present
form because it is fun-
damentally flawed. It
is founded on the
premise, now discred-
ited in the former So-
viet Union and most of
the social democracies
of Europe, that govern-
ments can make eve-
ryone equal. The gov-
ernment is guarantee-
ing everyone equal ac-
cess to a health care
system that is no longer
working.
The sooner real
change occurs in Canada's health care system, the
better. We should institute a model, similar to those in
Germany and Great Britain, which guarantees a basic
level of health care to all its citizens, but ends the
government monopoly and allows people the freedom to
pay for a higher level of care if they wish to.
The days of unrealistic and unaffordable social pro-
grams are over. If fundamental, structural reform is not
instituted soon, there may not be much of a health care
system left for anyone in this country, no matter how
willing they are to pay for it. □
September 23, 1993 • The Charlatan • 13
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Handbook Excludes
Editor:
I'm feeling a little left out and I'm sure
a lot of otherstudents at Carieton are too.
You see, we just found out that according
to the Carieton University Students' As-
sociation, we don't exist or maybe our
images just don't show up in photo-
graphs.
The CUSA 1993/94 Handbook, which
more appropriately should be called "A
Handbook for Some of Carleton's Stu-
dents," is now available on campus.
If an alien landed on the Carieton
campus and was given the handbook to
leam about our university, itwouldthink
that Carieton is comprised of 99 per cent
white/Caucasian students of European
descent. Why is the large population of
"visible minorities" (for lack of a better
term), not represented?
There are some in the handbook, for
example, a couple on the cover, but
finding them is like looking for Waldo.
Then there's the posed shot in the library
and of course, most importantly, there's
the international students shot, because
all of us colored people had to have come
from somewhere else.
My suggestion forthe production team,
who can't see the forest for the trees, is to
go get their eyes checked.
Natasha Gill
Journalism III
No more Nov. 29th
Editor:
Re: CUSA '93/'94 Handbook
I was really pleased to get my free copy
of the student planner. I thought: hey,
what a great idea, now I can copy down
all those important dates.
Except there's a problem. Not a big
one, mind you, an oversight, really. They
forgotmybirthday. Leftitrightout. Now,
I won't take it personally. I'm sure there
was a good reason and there probably
aren't too many other people with birth-
days on Nov. 29.
It seems that leaving Nov. 29 off the
calendar was done to accommodate the
introduction of Nov. 31. 1 hate it when I
miss important announcements.
I would appreciate any advice as to
when to celebrate my now non-existent
birthday.
Andrew Alexander
Law III
Who needs a life?
Editor:
Please print more stories with Renee
Twaddle in them. 1 just can't enough of
them. Renee, get a life, and stop spend-
ing so much time in Oliver's.
John Greenwood
B.A. '93
Down with Dan
Editor:
Re: "Unicentre may bear Aykroyd's
name," The Charlatan, Sept. 16, 1993.
I read with dismay that a proposal has
been put forth to rename the Unicentre
after comedian Dan Aykroyd. I don't
believe the issue is Aykroyd at all, but
rather the fact that we (as a community)
didn't take the opportunity to rename
the Unicentre after Pauline Jewett, a
prominent contributor to Carieton Uni-
versity, Canadian politics and Canadian
education.
It was less than a year ago that
Carieton had a referendum to have the
Unicentre renamed after Dr. Jewett. She
was the first woman to assume the role as
president of a Canadian university in
Bumaby, B.C. As well, she was a promi-
nent and important contributor to Cana-
dian politics, serving in the House of
Commons as an MP. Most importantly,
Dr. Jewett served as a faculty member for
many years at Carieton and her final
responsibility was as chancellor of the
university.
Unfortunately, students at Carieton
failed to contemplate the impact Dr.
Jewett had at Carieton and subsequently
denied her the honor she deserved. It is
my hope this can be accomplished in
other fashion.
Fraser Valentine
BA '93
Nice keychain at
least
Editor:
The following letter is concerning frosh
week '93 and some of the shit that ac-
companied it. I found that this event
contained its good as well as its bad
points.
Specifically, the green wristbands. I
was told that these were a requirement if
I wished to participate in the planned
events. As it turned out, only at the
Minipalooza were they actually checked.
So, I spent $54 for a T-shirt, a mug,
calendar, Minipalooza, a condom and a
first-rate key chain.
It may have been policy to only permit
frosh with wristbands, but it was not
enforced.
Secondly, Chris Rock possessed less
skill at stand-up humor than Joe Clark.
His choice of material could not have
been worse. It is one thing to make fun of
a racial group, gender or minority and
then move on and make fun of another.
Rock began with women and ended with
them. I know that numerous women on
my residence floor left the "show" out of
disgust.
Lastly, Mike Mandel, the hypnotist. I
thought this show was a gem. He was
humorous andfun. He made asses out of
some friends of mine and I thought it was
great. I thoroughly enjoyed him and ex-
pect him back next year.
I think that frosh week on the whole
was a success. I just hope that nextyear's
frosh won't have to put up with some of
the same shit as we did.
Oh yeah, did anyone see the prizes for
the poutine tank? I was told there would
be great prizes. All I saw were recycled
frosh kits that bore the words "Orienta-
tion '91." This sure sucked and I felt
ripped off.
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September 23, 1993 • The Charlatan ■ 15
RODRIGUEZ'S
Legal battli
Comes to
AN
by Franco D'Orazio
Charlatan Staff
One week from today the Supreme Court of
Canada will decide how a woman from
Victoria, B.C., who suffers from Lou Gehrig's
disease, will die: she can be assisted in
committing suicide, or choose to slowly
starve to death, as she becomes too weak
to swallow and her body succumbs to
paralysis.
The ramifications of the decision will rever-
berate throughout the country. It will fuel
the current ethical debate about euthanasia
among academics and the medical commu-
nity, and could inject a campaign issue into
the forthcoming federal election that the
major parties are doing their best to avoid.
In the case of voluntary euthanasia, a pa-
tient who is severely incapacitated asks a
physician to take his or her life. Involuntary
euthanasia is when a physician or loved one
decides to take the life of a patient who
they believe is suffering, without the pa-
tient's request. This is frequently the case
when a patient is incapable of coherently
requesting euthanasia.
But Sue Rodriguez is arguing that physician-
assisted suicide is not euthanasia.
"She is not asking to receive euthanasia,"
says Rodriguez's lawyer Chris Considine.
"She is asking for a physician-assisted
suicide."
Considine says if the Supreme Court finds in
her favor on Sept. 30, she will ask to have a
physician place a lethal amount of morphine
into an intravenous tube. Rodriguez would
then "activate" a mechanism which would
administer the dosage herself.
"At this point, she is still capable of that,"
says Considine.
But Section 241(b) of the Criminal Code of
Canada makes it illegal for anyone to assist
Rodriguez in taking her life. It states very
clearly:
"Everyone who aids or abets a person to
commit suicide, whether suicide ensues or
not, is guilty of an indictable offence and is
liable to imprisonment for a term not ex-
ceeding 14 years."
Considine says Rodriguez is not arguing for
the legalization of euthanasia, but is advo-
cating the access to the tools with which to
commit suicide. Considine argued before
the Supreme Court that as it stands, the law
is discriminatory and unconstitutional to the
extent that it prohibits a terminally ill per-
son from committing suicide.
Rodriguez and Considine are challenging
Section 241(b) under Sections 7 and 15 of
the Canadian Charter of Rights and
Freedoms. Section 7 guarantees that every-
one has the right to "life, liberty and secu-
rity of the person and the right not to be
deprived thereof . . . ."
Section 15 prohibits any discrimination
before the law, especially discrimination
based on race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex,
age, or mental or physical disability.
Eike-Henner Kluge, a former director of
medical ethics and legal affairs of the
Canadian Medical Association, also believes
the law discriminates against Rodriguez.
"She has two options: she can die as a
result of her disease or she may commit
suicide before she is unable to do so by
herself," Kluge says.
But by killing herself before she would need
assistance, Rodriguez would not enjoy the
extra days she could if a doctor was able to
legally assist her in committing suicide,
says Kluge.
"She would be forced to sacrifice her free-
dom by doing so, and this is differential
treatment," he said in a telephone interview
from his home oh Vancouver Island, where
he teaches philosophy at the University of
Victoria.
As Kluge wrote in a recent issue of the
Canadian Medical Association's Journal,
"We should make due allowances for the
differences among persons if these differ-
ences would, or would likely, prevent these
persons from taking equal advantage of the
opportunities that are open to other mem-
bers of society.
. . Failure to provide some means for
overcoming her handicap is to discriminate
against her on the basis of her disability."
Rodriguez has been fighting in court to
prove this for the past 10 months.
She received some financial support in the
beginning of her legal campaign from the
advocacy group Dying With Dignity, but now
relies on public donations and the goodwill
of her legal counsel.
Rodriguez first appeared in the Supreme
Court of British Columbia in December 1992,
but the court ruled against her contention
that it is unconstitutional to prohibit her
being assisted in committing suicide.
Rodriguez then appealed the decision in the
B.C. Court of Appeal in February of 1993.
Again, the court ruled against her and it
moved on to the Supreme Court in August.
For Rodriguez, who turned 43 last month,
the ruling by the Supreme Court of Canada
will mark the final episode in her struggle to
control her own life and to choose the
manner in which she will die.
Last year, Rodriguez told The Globe and
Mail her story. She described how her hands
began to twitch in October 1990. She said
she thought it was a result of too many long
16 • The Charlatan • September 23, 1993
hours spent tapping away at a word proces-
sor at the real-estate agency where she
worked.
Ten months later, after the twitching had
worsened and she began losing control of
her hands, a neurologist told her the bad
news: she had a terminal disease called
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. ALS is also
called Lou Gehrig's disease, named after the
New York Yankee's first baseman who died
of the disease in 1 936.
There is no known cure, and no one knows
what causes it. But as Rodriguez learned,
ALS affects the nerve cells which control
her muscles. As the nerve cells die, her
muscles will weaken.
In the statement she
submitted to the B.C.
Court of Appeal,
Rodriguez said she no
longer wants to live
when, in her mind, her
life is devoid of any
dignity, such as when
she becomes depend-
ent on machines to
live.
But by then her diminished physical abilities
would prevent her from committing suicide
without any assistance.
Many academics and members of the medi-
cal community worry about the implications
of legalizing physician-assisted suicide,
fearing it would eventually lead to the
legalization ot euthanasia, both voluntary
and involuntary.
Andre Lafrance, president of the Ottawa
chapter of Canadian Physicians for Life,
says by granting Rodriguez the right to an
assisted-suicide, the Supreme Court would
pave the way for the needless killing of
thousands of people.
"It is the foot in the door approach,"
Lafrance says. "At first you have a desolate
case (like Rodriguez), and then the next
won't be as serious."
Lafrance says this is exactly what is hap-
pening in the Netherlands, where euthana-
sia has been tolerated for the last 20 years
and given "quasi-legal" status.
A Dutch court ruling in 1973 recognized
euthanasia as an individual's right and set
out procedural guidelines for physicians, but
the government has never passed any
formal legislation to the same effect.
"Holland has opted for killing people," says
Lafrance.
The Remmelik Commission, a 1991 Dutch
government commission which conducted
confidential interviews with physicians,
found that guidelines laid down to regulate
euthanasia are being "systematically"
flouted.
The commission claimed this was happen-
ing even though physicians in the Nether-
lands are supposed to consult their col-
leagues when they consider administering
euthanasia and submit written reports, as
well as having it be requested by the pa-
tient.
According to the commission's report,
14,691 people in the Netherlands die every
year because physicians administer eutha-
nasia "even though (their patients) make no
request for it."
"What we have found, according to the
commission's report, is that a lot of physi-
cians are not consulting their colleagues or
writing their reports. In fact, a lot of them
are falsifying their reports, claiming that
their patients have died of natural causes,"
says Ian Gentles, who teaches the history of
population at York University and is re-
search director of the Human Life Research
Institute in Toronto.
"Doctors are assuming they know what is
best for their patients," says Gentles.
"What we have is
older people carrying
written notes reading,
'I do not want to die.
Please revive me if I
am found uncon-
scious.'"
Lafrance objects to euthanasia, because he
says instead of being motivated by compas-
sion for the terminally ill, it may serve as a
cost-cutting measure.
Lafrance says it is no coincidence that in
the Netherlands, there are very few hos-
pices or palliative care programs, places
where the dying are cared for and made as
comfortable as possible before they pass
on.
"The cheapest way to treat the ill is to kill
them," he says.
Lafrance says within 30 or 40 years, Cana-
da's aging population will place a great deal
of stress on Canada's health care system.
"In Canada, care for the elderly accounts for
half of the health care budget," he says.
"The percentage of the population today
aged 65 years and older is 1 1 per cent. But
in three of four decades, that figure will rise
to 25 per cent. Just imagine the cost."
Serge Lafond, director of analysis for the
health insurance directorate of Health and
Welfare Canada, estimates that roughly $67
billion was spent on health care in Canada
in 1991/92, by both private and public health
insurance programs.
Despite being illegal, euthanasia is prac-
tised in Canada on a large scale, according
to Ted Boadway, the director of health
policy for the Ontario Medical Association.
Boadway addressed the CMA's annual
convention in Calgary on Aug. 23, saying
that Canadian physicians practise euthana-
sia as discreetly as possible to avoid at-
tracting attention which could possibly
destroy their practices.
At the convention, the medical association
released the preliminary results of a survey
of 2,990 Canadian physicians, 60 per cent of
who "support some kind of legislative
change" in regards to euthanasia.
"According to a 1989
Gallup poll, 77 per
cent of Canadians
support one form of
mercy killing or an-
other,"
says John Hosfess an executive director of
The Bight to Die Society of Canada based in
Victoria.
However, both the federal Conservatives
and the Liberal opposition are not willing to
discuss the issue of euthanasia.
"The government simply has no interest in
this," says Hosfess. "It's an uphill battle."
On March 22, New Democratic MP Ian
Waddell introduced a motion to simply
consider "the advisability of introducing
legislation on the subject of euthanasia."
The motion was soundly defeated by the
Tories and the Liberals in a 141 to 25 vote.
Liberal MP Don Boudria is one politician
opposed to legislating euthanasia.
Boudria says he has "never asked" his
Liberal colleagues what their views are, but
his opposition is based on several grounds:
"It cheapens human life, it damages and
ruins the trust between doctors and pa-
tients, and it is morally wrong."
He is also fearful that the abuses in the
Netherlands will repeat themselves in
Canada.
"If voluntary euthanasia works fine, we'll
move to the next step, which is involuntary
euthanasia," he said.
But Hofsess says federal politicians' reluc-
tance to pass euthanasia legislation for fear
of abuses occurring in Canada is not justifi-
able.
"A lot of bad laws are passed, but they are
revised," he says. "If people acted out of
goodwill instead of (like) adversaries, we
could fashion laws for people like
Rodriguez."
Last February, Liesbeth Rensman, a spokes-
person for the Dutch justice depart men
announced that the Dutch parliament will
study the practices of physicians adminis-
tering euthanasia for three months to as-
sess the severity of the abuses being com-
mitted.
If the abuses prove to be minimal, the Dutch
parliament will consider introducing guide-
lines for involuntary euthanasia, meaning
that physicians could legally take lives
without their patients' consent.
But the Supreme
Court of Canada can-
not take into consid-
eration the findings of
the Remmelik Com-
mission in the Nether-
lands, the Canadian
Medical Association's
deliberations, or a
Gallup poll in deciding
Rodriguez's case.
Instead, it must concern itself with
Rodriguez's claim that the section of the
Criminal Code prohibiting assisted suicide is
unconstitutional, because it violates her
rights enumerated in the Charter of Rights
and Freedoms.
The Supreme Court will render its decision
Sept. 30 at 9:45 in the morning.
"The Supreme Court will rule against her
because suicide is not a right," predicts
Boudria.
But Kluge will "bet you dollar for doughnuts
that the Supreme Court will rule that the
criminal legislation is unconstitutional and
will dump it onto Parliament's doorstep for
the politicians to deal with."
The irony of it all it is that many people
suffering from ALS and other terminal dis-
eases may benefit from the decision, but
Rodriguez may not.
According to Kluge, she now has difficulty
swallowing food and requires the constant
care of nurses.
"It is exactly the
state she did not
want to be left in." □
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18 • The Charlatan • September 23, 1993
Ravens rebound to victory
bv Steven Vesely — — ■ J
by Steven Vesely
Charlatan StaH
They're probably still celebrating.
The Carleton Ravens football team
snapped a 1 2-game losing streak stretch-
ing over two seasons with a dramatic and
controversial 19-18 win against the Uni-
versity of Ottawa Gee-Gees on Sept. 18 at
Lansdowne Park.
Carleton 19 Ottawa 18
With 17 seconds left in the game and
the score tied at 18, Raven kicker Chris
Giacobbi missed on a 24-yard field goal
attempt and the Ravens eked out a single
point win.
But the win was tainted by poor offici-
ating. An Ottawa field goal in the last
minute, which would have put the Gee-
Gees ahead 21-18, was disallowed after a
line judge ruled it had not gone through
the posts. The win raises the Ravens'
record to 1-1 while Ottawa drops to 0-2.
"It was incredible. It was so satisfy-
ing," said linebacker Hubie Hiltz, who
has suffered four years of Raven frustra-
tion. "Those last few minutes, we just
wanted to get out there and win that
game. We knew we could do it and we
were pumped for it."
With the victory sealed and the last
few seconds ticking away, the Ravens'
offensive line sacked Gee-Gee quarterback
Wayne Jacobs three straight times to end
the game.
"We're just going to live this up for a
couple of nights, " said running back Chris
Dorrington, savoring the win.
The Ravens dodged bullets the entire
game to pull out the victory. At halftime,
they trailed 12-3 but should have been
down much more. The Gee-Gees had two
touchdowns called back on penalties and
kicker Rick Melnyck also missed a field
goal. AH told, the Gee-Gees were penal-
ized 135 yards on 15 penalties.
"I'm not accustomed to losing in this
stadium, " is what head coach Donn Smith
said he told the Ravens at halftime, al-
luding to his championship years with
the Ottawa Rough Riders. "It's my home
park and I told them that if they couldn't
win it for themselves, then win it for me."
The Raven defence stood its ground in
the second half and the offence finally
began to move the ball.
Raven quarterback Sean O'Neill tossed
a 23-yard TD pass to slotback Chris Coul-
ter to narrow the gap 12-9 early in the
fourth quarter. Following a timely inter-
ception by Raven linebacker Martin Smits,
O'Neill connected with Dorrington on a
For once, the Ravens came out on top - on the ground as well as in the score.
17 yard TD pass-and-run play to put
Carleton ahead 16-12 with under three
minutes to play.
Soon after, a botched Ottawa punt
forced the Gee-Gees to concede a safety,
giving the Ravens an 18-12 lead.
Then the drama began.
On the ensuing kickoff, Ottawa recov-
ered a fumbled return and quarterback
Wayne Jacobs tossed a 25-yard TD to
running back Angelo Miceli to even the
score at 18. With the game on the line,
Gee-Gee kicker Melnyck hit the uprights
on the convert.
Line judge John Lamont ruled the ball
no good despite Ottawa's protests that
the kick was good. While replays show
the ball did indeed go through the posts,
a referee's decision is final.
"It was clearly in," said Ottawa head
coach Larry Ring. "I had referees calling
me on Sunday to apologize."
"We worked hard to overcome our
mistakes, took the lead and kicked the
convert to win the game and then had it
taken away. It was very disheartening to
see the game taken away like that."
Carleton then regained the momen-
tum on a 29-yard punt return by running
back Wayne Wilson. O'Neill then
Football Follies
Year W L T PF PA PTS
1986 2 0 0 60 15 4
1992 0 2 0 11 78 0
1993 1 1 0 36 40 2
As the season progresses, we'if com-
pare this year's Raven squad against
the best and worst . Raven teams of
the past the 6-1 1986 squad and the
0-7 1992 team.
soldiered the offence down to field goal
range and kicker Giacobbi sealed the
victory with his 24-yard single.
Statistically, O'Neill was good on 1 1 of
16 passes for a total 160 yards with two
interceptions. Ottawa starting
quarterback Steve Clarke and backup
Jacobs tallied 200 net yards of offence on
six completions in 23 attempts. Each
threw an interception.
Dorrington pulled in four catches for
52 yards and one touchdown for Carle-
ton, while Miceli with 40 yards on two
touchdown receptions was Ottawa's
favorite receiver. □
Carleton sailors launch newest club
by Shannon Fraser
Charlatan Slat)
It's been launched.
Carleton's newest sports team, the
soiling club, has spent several busy after-
noons this past week promoting sailing.
And it seems to be working. The mem-
bers list now numbers 45 and it continues
to grow daily.
"In truth, we expected 10 to 15 people
to show up and we got more than 40 and
interest is still growing. We're hoping to
be one of the largest and most dynamic
clubs on campus, " said Cressida Robsom,
one of the founding members.
The group is still not an official club
funded by the Carleton University Stu-
dents' Association, but hopes to be after
Q Sept. 28 meeting where they will final-
ize their members list and complete a
constitution and budget as required for
club status;
The club aspires to become a varsity
team at some point, a status which would
bring increased funds from the athletics
department and more support from Car-
leton.
In the meantime, the group is trying
to form an affiliation with the Britannia
Yacht Club on the Ottawa River. In re-
turn for access to the B YC clubhouse and
use of their junior dinghy fleet, the sail-
ing club will provide the BYC with an
"infusion of keen sailors into a dying
youth program at their club," said sail-
ing club executive Sean Liddy.
Sailing was rejuvenated at the univer-
sity level in 1 99 1-92 by the Royal Military
College in Kingston and McMaster Uni-
versity. Both these teams joined the Mid-
dle Atlantic Intercollegiate Sailing Asso-
ciation (MAISA) of the United States Inter-
collegiate Sailing League.
Since then, Queen's and Western have
joined and the Carleton club hopes to
followsuit. The club plans to write a letter
to the MAISA executive by Nov. 6 in order
to apply for associate membership for
the 1994 season.
As associate members, they would be
permitted to compete in MAISA regattas
and be responsible for hosting one re-
gatta every three years.
The sailing club will be open to all
interested students. Physical fitness and
attendance are not compulsory. Mem-
bers will be taught by certified instruc-
tors.
"Carleton sailing is for everybody,"
said Robsom. "All you have to like is a
little bit of frostbite and some ice cubes in
the water."
There are four upcoming regattas the
club hopes to participate in this fall. This
first one is the Boulevard Club Invitational
in Toronto on the Oct. 9 weekend. □
New attitude
adjustment
scores results
by Steven Vesely
Chart aian Stan
They did it.
Aftera 1 2-game losing streak span-
ning two seasons of frustration, agony
and despair, the Carleton Ravens foot-
ball team finally did it - they won a
game.
Facing off against the University of
Ottawa Gee-Gees at Lansdowne Park
this past weekend, the Ravens eked
out a thrilling, and it must be admit-
ted, lucky 19-18 win against their
crosstown rivals. Now, one can argue
that the only reason why the Ravens
won is because the Gee-Gees threw the
game away with countless stupid pen-
alties -- 15 for a loss of 155 yards, if
you're interested.
Secondly, if you're so inclined, you
could blame the win on the officiat-
ing. After all, it was a referee's call
going Carleton's way on an Ottawa
convert attempt that gave the Ravens
a second chance at victory. With the
game tied at 18, Gee-Gee kicker Rick
Melnyck's kick hit the uprights and
then bounced into the end zone before
being ruled "no good" by line judge
John Lamont. Talk about good for-
tune.
Finally, if you're more in touch
with the cosmos, you could also rea
son that it was about time the law of
averages kicked in and swung Carle
ton's way.
Or, considerthis: maybe the Ravens
pulled this one off for another reason.
Maybe they did it because there's some-
thing different about this year's team.
Something that's been missing in the
past -- forgotten, unused and lost; but
something that's been rekindled this
year.
Something called attitude.
Since April, when new head coach
Donn Smith stepped in to take con-
trol, a subtle change in atmosphere
has taken place around the Raven
locker room - for the better.
Smith himself exudes confidence.
And why shouldn't he? Everywhere
he's gone, he's come up smelling like
roses -- two Grey Cups with the Ottawa
Rough Riders, three Schenley award
nominations as the outstanding Ca-
nadian in the CFL, three all-star selec-
tions and a national junior champi-
onship with the Ottawa Sooners foot-
ball club. But those accomplishments
are in the past, and Smith is forever
looking to the future.
What he's done in less than a month
since training camp started is instill
enthusiasm, desireand confidence into
a Raven squad that had lost so many
times it had forgotten how to win.
Fresh young rookies have no recol-
lection of the lean years. Instead they
have a belief in their system, their
coach and themselves.
These guys believe they're going to
win.
You could see it in their faces even
when Ottawa stormed back to tie the
game at 18. No despair and no regret.
Just a determination to get their of-
fence back on the field for a final drive
to victory.
That attitude has resulted in one
victory -- now can they do it again? □
September 23, 1993 • The Charlatan • 19
Raven men remain undefeated with win
by Sarah Richards
Cha/lalan Staff
Two steps forward and none back.
That's the picture for the 2-0 Carleton
men's soccer team after a convincing 3-
1 victory overthe Ryerson Rams Sept. 18
on the Carleton soccer field.
Carleton 3 Ryerson 1
While Carleton had the majority of
chances in the first half, the Rams were
able to capitalize on a lapse in the Ravens'
defence to post the first goal of the game.
A "defensive blunder" is what coach
Sandie Mackie called the Ryerson goal,
adding that it was the turning point of
the game. "That was when the team
realized they would have to perform a bit
better," he said.
The Rams pulled out what tricks they
could in an attempt to stave off a Ravens'
comeback, with delaying tactics ranking
high on their list.
"They were smart," said Ravens lohn
Lauro. "When the ball went out, the
goalkeeper would walk to the ball."
But thanks to a
volley by right full-
back Andre van
Heerden, the Ravens
were able to leave
the pitch at halftime
with the game tied
at one all.
"lohn (Lauro) got
the ball; he couldn't
rum with it, so he
headed it back out
to me," said van
Heerden. "The ball
was at my side, and
Ijustvolleyeditwith
my foot, and it went
to the top comer"
Five minutes into
the second half, the
Ravens scored again
when Lauro's
header mixed with
a cross from Basil
Phillips.
"It was fantas-
tic,"saidLauro, "be-
cause it took the
The Ravens stayed on top of the ball.
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The Ravens dominated their oppo-
nents in both speed and ball skill. Their
aggressiveness helped them gain posses-
sion of the ball in most one-on-one situ-
ations, while theirspeed essentially neu-
tralized the Rams' use of an offside trap.
"(The offside trap) worked to our ad-
vantage because our forward line was a
lotquickerthan their defence,"said Raven
fullback Marty Lauter.
Perhaps the Rams could have
benefitted from a pre-game pep talk from
Lauter, who summed up his team's strat-
egy-
"Our philosophy is don't mess around
with (the ball) in our end, get it up, put a
lot of pressure on, get a lot of crosses in,
and try to get some knock-downs."
Staying true to his tactics, veteran
Lauter provided the Ravens with their
third and final goal of the game when he
] knocked the ball in off a Lauro header."
The Ravens' next game is Oct. 22,
; when they play on their home pitch
I against the Queen's Golden Gaels. Last
year. Queen's was the only team to beat
the Ravens in regular season action. □
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Raven
Rumblings
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
"We wiil win some games this year.
I have no doubt of that. How many i
can't predict, but we certainly won't
go 0-7."
Football coach Donn Smith pre-
dicted this past weekend's winbackin
May when he took over the team.
CALENDAR
Friday, Sept. 24.
FILED HOCKEY -Thewomen'sfieid
hockey team will play their home
opener at Minto Field in the Nepean
Sporteplex against the York
Yeoworoen. Game time is 2 p,m.
Saturday, Sept. 25.
FIELD HOCKEY - The field hockey
team continues their homestandwitb
a 5 p.m. game against the University
of Toronto Blues.
FOOTBALL -- The Carleton Ravens
football team will travel to Kingston
this weekend to kick off against last
year's Vanier Cup champion Queen's
Golden Gaels. Game lime is 1 p.m.
SOCCER -The Carleton men'ssoc-
cer team will host the University of
Toronto Varsity Blues at 1 p.m. look-
ing to Improve their record to 3-0.
The women's soccer team will fol-
low with a 3 p.m. match against the
Varsity Blues women's team.
RUGBY— The Carleton rugby team
will host their home opener against
the Brock Badgers at 1 p.m. on the
rugbv field.
Sunday, Sept. 26.
FIELD HOCKEY - Still at Minto
Field, the women's field hockey team
will finish their three game horaestand
with a noon game against the Trent
Excalibur.
ROWING - The rowing club will
participate in their first event of the
year this weekend. They will co-host
the Head of the Rideau regatta on the
Rideau Canal. Racingbegmsat8 a.m.
near the NAC and finishes by the
Dows Lake Pavilion .
Wednesday, Sept. 29.
RUGBY-The rugby team will host
the Royal Military College Redrnen on
the rugby field at 4 p.m. □
20 • The Charlatan ■ September 23, 1993
Injuries plague team but women prevail
by Bram S. Aaron ID^— —i_
by
Charfatan Staff
Ouch.
Injuries were the issue of the day as the
Ravens women's soccer team shut out
the Ryerson Lady Rams 1-0 Sept. 18 on
the Carleton soccer field in their season
opener.
Carleton 1 Ryerson 0
Rookie defender Stacey Doherty in-
jured her eye in the second minute of
play against Ryerson when a soccer ball
hit herin the eye andburstablood vessel.
She was taken to the Ottawa Civic Hospi-
tal and will be out of the lineup until
October.
"It's a pretty bad loss because she's a
very strong player," said forward Mary
McCormick. "Her size is important and
we don't have many fullbacks, which is
what she plays."
Doherty joins a long list of Ravens
already suffering with injuries - Genny
Lussier, Susie Lussier, Corrine van Ryckde
Groot, Ann-Marie Irwin and Kathleen
Annis.
"My biggest concern right now is inju-
ries," a flustered coach David Kent said
after the match. "They're really scaring
me. I want us to be a full team."
On the field, Carleton scored the first
and only goal early in the first half when
walk-on rookie sweeper Nicole Menard
scored off a comer kick by Christine
Archibault.
Goalie Kristina Bacchi did a fine job
preserving ashutoutin the highly defen-
sive match but she was relatively un-
tested. The Lady Rams only managed
five shots on the Carleton net.
Team play was acceptable, but could
The women's soccer team had an open field against Ryerson but injuries slowed them down.
have been better, said Kent. "Technically
we did fine, but we should have had more
shots on goal," he said.
Co-captain McCormick agreed.
"We didn't play as well offensively.
We didn't capitalize on our chances as
much as we should have, " she said. "The
score should have been much higher. In
the past, we've beaten them by incred-
ible goal margins."
Last year Carleton defeated Ryerson
5-1 and 3-0 in two regular season matches.
McCormick said she saw some posi-
tive signs though. "We were playing very
well together. And I have confidence in
(our rookies)," she said.
McCormick mentioned midfielder Jen-
nifer Price and striker Doherty in particu-
lar. "They're both strong rookies. Stacey
(Doherty) is a strong defensive player.
They'll make a big difference on the
team," she said.
The Ravens' next game will be Sept.
22 when they host the Queen's Golden
Gaels on the soccer field. □
CLASS
T S E L F
Field hockey team falls flat
One point in three game series on the road
by Ray Verbyla
Charlatan Staff
Two heartbreakers and a nail-biter
amounting to two losses and one tie
turned the field hockey Ravens' first week-
end of the season into a nightmare.
The Ravens lost 3-1 to the Waterloo
Athenas in their first game, 2-1 to the
Guelph Gryphons in their second and
salvaged a point in a scoreless tie against
the University of Western Ontario Mus-
tangs in game three.
Waterloo 3 Carleton 1
Guelph 2 Carleton 1
Western 0 Carleton 0
The Ravens started quickly in their
first game against Waterloo, striking in
the first minute of play on a goal by
midfielder Suzanne Bird.
This lifted the confidence level of the
team, said coach Suzanne Nicholson.
Waterloo tied the game at one later in
the first period. The Warriors then pulled
away in the second period with two goals,
capitalizing on poor Raven defence, said
Nicholson.
Having stayed close during much of
the first game, Nicholson was confident
the Ravens could hold their own against
Guelph, who finished third last year in
the Ontario Women's Interuniversity
Athletic Association field hockey league.
The Gryphons jumped out quickly,
surprising Carleton goaltender julie Sudds
with a goal in the second minute of play.
The Ravens though, hung tough,
grinding it out to break the shutout on a
goal late in the first period by forward
Nathalie Chychrun. With halftime loom-
ing and the momentum in their favor,
the Ravens promptly coughed up a sec-
ond goal to Guelph.
"We just lost our concentration for a
moment," said Wilson. "And they took
advantage of that."
Trailing 2-1 in the second half, the
Ravens defence shut down the Gryphon
forwards, but a sputtering Carleton of-
fence couldnot capitalize on any scoring
chances.
"Offence has to start in your own
backfield," said Nicholson.
"If your defence can't get the ball to
the wingers, you won't score."
Moving the ball up the field will be a
priority for the Ravens in upcoming prac-
tices, Nicholson said.
Grinding it out in their third game, the
defence clamped down against Western,
allowing no goals. This would have been
a victory and two points for Carleton had
they been able to score, but Western was
up for the challenge, allowing no goals
as well.
The result: a 0-0 double shutout.
Nicholson was pleased with the per-
formance of all her rookies. But she
stressed again the urgency with which
the defence has to start moving the ball
up the field more effectively.
The Ravens limped home with an 0-2-
1 record in tow.
Carleton will have only two practices
before they head straight back to King-
ston to face the Queen's Golden Gaels on
Sept. 22. The Ravens then come home to
Minto Field at the Nepean Sporstplex for
the Sept. 25 and 26 weekend to face
Toronto, York and Trent. □
September 23, 1993 • The Charlatan ■ 21
Rugby team comes from behind to win
Kicker Mike Rys knocks in four field goals for the win
by Matt Shurrie
Charlatan Slalf
Defence stands tall.
The rugby Ravens headed into Water-
loo to play the University of Laurier
Golden Hawks on Sept. 18, and demon-
strated that defence would be their call-
ing card in the upcoming season.
Carleton 12 Laurier 7
The Ravens defeated the Golden Hawks
12-7, moving into a first-place tie with
Trent and the Royal Military College in
the Ontario Universities Athletic Asso-
ciation's second rugby division.
" For their first game of the season, the
team performed well," said coach Lee
Powell. "However, they also showed me
where areas of improvementare needed."
Powell specified aggressiveness among
the forwards and concentration on ball
possession among the defence as areas
where the team needs practice.
Rookies were a positive force in the
victory.
"With a lot of the veterans from last
year's team gone, this year's new crop of
young rookies stepped up to fill the holes, "
said four-year veteran Mike Rys. "There
are a bunch of great new guys on this
year's team, and their contribution will
be important for us to contend for first
place in the second division."
Jason Hann, a third-year member of
team, said he thought the team played
"quite well by incorporating a mixed
offensive effort with a good defensive
style."
Carleton opened the scoring with a
three-point penalty kick before the Golden
Hawks stormed back with a five-point try
and two-point convert to take a 7-3
halftime lead.
"At this point in the game, Laurier
was leaning on us," said Mike Rys, "but
in the second half, we turned up the
pressure on Laurier a bit."
Rys came through for Carleton with
three more penalty kicks in the second
half to give the Ravens the lead.
Then the defence took over.
With under five minutes to play and
Laurier driving down the field, the Ravens
defence prevented the Golden Hawks from
scoring. After having goofed on two pre-
vious attempted interceptions, outside
centre Rick Haldane finally succeeded.
With the ball rolling off his arm and
down his back, Haldane ran down the
field trying to get control of the fumbling
ball.
"It was a funny play. Everyone on the
sideline was watching himtryingtohang
on," said Powell. "It took us out of our
own end and relieved the pressure."
In other rugby action, the rugby
Ravens' second team tied Laurter's sec-
ond team 7-7.
"They showed a lot of promise," said
Powell. "I expect some of them to move
up to the varsity squad later on in the
year."
The Ravens will play their next game
on Sept. 25 at home on the rugby field
against the Brock Badgers. Kickoff is
scheduled for 1 p.m. □
The Ravens outhustled and outmuscled the Golden Hawks when they had to.
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22 • The Charlatan • September 23, 1993
Get off your lazy butt
by Suzanne Izzard
Charlatan Slaff
Vegetables can do one of two things.
They can flourish and grow or they can
stagnate and whither.
There's nothing wrong with being a
bad vegetable. Not everyone can be a
Silken Laumann or a Nolan Ryan. But
the Carleton athletics centre can help
keep you from looking and feeling like a
total potato head.
Besides, your tuition fees include an
athletic fee of $127 that automatically
grants you certain free services and dis-
counts not available to the public.
So take advantage of them.
Dependingon what strikes yourfancy,
you can register for a variety of fitness
classes. Dancefit is a course that will
make you sweat to choreographed moves.
Step aerobics classes can provide a low-
stress workout. If you're a super keen
fitness freak, the high energy "phytness"
course is for you.
Now don't be afraid you won't be able
to. keep up with those energetic instruc-
tors -- because they're highly paid profes-
sionals who will be happy to demon-
strate all aerobic moves.
If bouncing around to music doesn't
inspire you, check out the bodybuilding
courses. Separate classes are available
forboth men and women. If classes aren't
yourthing, you can also workout on your
own time at the fitness centre for free. It
includes weight training machines, exer-
cise cycles, rowing machines and an in-
door track.
For a real heavy workout, there's also
a heavy weight training room and
nautilus centre. Both will cost extra.
The heavy weight room includes a
power rack for squats, Olympic bars and
benches, heavy fixed weight dumbbells
and curl bars for a school-year fee of $ 70.
The nautilus centre will set you back
$165.
Maybe competition turns you on, or
you just like to hit things with a racket.
If so, you can book a tennis or squash
court in advance and pound out life's
frustrations on a little ball.
An hour slot on the tennis courts can
be booked through the tuck shop for a
paltry $2.14. If that's too rich for your
blood, you can play on a court for free
until someone with a booking kicks you
off. Courts are open from 7:30 in the
morning till 7:30 at night.
Squash court bookings are divided
into prime and non-prime time slots.
The prime-time fee of $3.75 for 40 min-
utes applies to weekend mornings up to
and including noon, weekdays during
the noon hour and all weekday slots
from 4:40 p.m. till closing at 10 p.m. All
other times are non-prime and cost $2. 14.
If running, sweating, or competition
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for recreational swimming. And if you
don't know how to swim - take lessons!
Depending on the program, the cost
will range from a minimum of $ 1 9.26 for
Red Cross level courses and a maximum
of $107 forinstructor level courses. Might
be worth it if you fall into the canal
without a life preserver.
You can register for all courses at the
athletics office on the second floor of the
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CIAU FOOTBALL
O qil'C
OWIAA FIELD HOCKEY
East Division
G
W
L
PF
PA
Pts.
Bishop's
2
2
0
60
27
4
McGill
2
2
0
51
41
4
Carleton
2
1
1
36
40
2
Queen's
2
1
1
24
45
2
Concordia
2
0
2
44
55
0
Ottawa
2
0
2
29
36
0
OUAA SOCCER
East Division
\ Waterloo
: Gueiph
I Western
! Toronto
; York
I Queen's
i Carleton
■ McGiU
i Trent
G W L T
3 3
3 2
3 1 0
1 1 0
1 1 0
3 1 2
3 0 2
3 0 2
2 0 2
F A
0 0 6 2
10 3 2
0 2 2 0
0 0 11 0
0 0 3 0
2 0 13
1 2 S
1 1 3
Pts
6
4
4
2
2
2
1
1
0 0 14 0
OWIAA SOCCER
Carleton 2 2
Queen's 3 2
Toronto 2 1
Laurentian 3 1
Trent 2 1
York 3 1
Ryerson 3 0
OUAA RUGBY
East Division U
G W L T F A Pts
Trent 1 1 0 0 15 3 2
Carleton 1 1 0 0 12 7 2
RMC 1 1 0 0 14 10 2
Toronto 1 0 1 0 10 14 0
Laurier 1 0 1 0 7 12 0
Brock 1 0 1 0 3 15 0
T
F
A
Pts
East Division
O
4
1
4
0
7
4
4
G W L T F
A
Pts
1
3
1
3
Queen's
3 2 1 0 10
4
4
1
S
2
3
Carleton
110 0 1
0
2
0
3
6
2
York
110 0 3
2
2
0
4
6
2
Ryerson
2 0 110
1
1
0
2
8
0
Trent
2 0 111
6
1
Toronto
10 10 0
2
0
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Men's Soccer
1 - UBC Thuderbirds
2 - Victoria Vikings
3 - Carleton Ravens
4 - McGill Redmen
5 - Dalhousie Tigers
6 - Alberta Golden Bears
7 - Sherbrooke Vert et Or
8 - Moncton Aigles Bleus
9 - McMaster Marauders
10 Gueiph Gryphons
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September 23, 1993 • The Charlatan • 23
Does a Vanier Cup await an O-QIFC team?
by Steven Vesely
Charlalan Staff
Bishop's Gaiters
LAST YEAR: Finished first in the O-
QIFC division during the regular season
with a perfect 7-0 record. Beat the Univer-
sity of Ottawa Gee-Gees 21-13 in semi-
final action, but fell apart in the confer-
ence final losing 32-6 to Queen's.
STRENGTHS: Consistency and talent.
Bishop's appeared in the O-QIFC cham-
pionship game for the seventh rime in
eight years last season. In awards' cer-
emonies, the talent-rich Gaiters placed
eight players on the conference all-star
team and two on the all-Canadian squad.
Head coach Ian Breck captured the 1 992
CIAU coach of the year award.
WEAKNESSES: The choke label. De-
spite being a perennial conference pow-
erhouse and Vanier Cup contender, Bish-
op's has never advanced past the na-
tional semi-finals to the big game. It
appears the Gaiter's might not have the
"bite" it takes to be a champion.
PROGNOSIS: After having 52 return-
ing veterans show up in training camp
Correction:
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this season, Bishop's is sure to place an-
other strong contending team on the
field. A 6-1 record is likely to lead to a
conference championship. But no more.
Queen's Golden Gaels
LAST YEAR: Finished 6-1 in regular
season play. Defeated McGill 24-21 in
semi-finals and then avenged their only
loss of the regular season by trouncing
Bishop's 32-6 in the conference final.
Advancing to the Churchill Bowl, the
Golden Gaels beat the Ontario Universi-
ties Athletic Association Conference win-
ner Guelph 23-16 to move on to the
national final. Queen's flattened the Saint
Mary's Huskies 31-0 to win the 1993
Vanier Cup.
STRENGTHS: Tradition and defence.
Another perennial contender, Queen's
has gone to the Vanier Cup four times in
the past 24 years and won three. Last
year's defence held the opposition to a
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PROGNOSIS: Only two teams have
won back-to-back Vanier Cup titles, Mani-
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and 1977), so history isn't on Queen's
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Gaels to escape their conference this year.
McGill Redmen ,
LAST YEAR: Finished third in the O-
QIFC with a 3-4 record. Lost 24-21 to
Queen's in semi-final playoff action.
STRENGTHS: Maturity. The Redmen
were within grasp of first place last year,
but lost three games by seven points or
less in the dying minutes. Now they're a
year older and wiser. They won't let the
close games slip from their grasp as eas-
ily this year.
WEAKNESSES: Defence. Thebackfield
is a mix of returning starters and fresh
neophytes. Until this unit begins to mesh,
it can be manipulated.
PROGNOSIS: Expect the Redmen to
challenge for the conference title. A 4-3
record is likely but this team still needs
more seasoning before celebrating a
playoff victory.
Ottawa Gee-Gees
LAST YEAR: A 2-4-1 record was good
enough to clinch the last playoff berth
but no more. The Gee-Gees lost their
semi-final playoff game 2 1-1 3 to the con-
ference champion Bishop's.
STRENGTHS: Sound fundamentals and
speed. Head coach Larry Ring is in the
second year of his rebuilding program
and football fundamentals are now un-
derstood. Both the offence and defence is
blessed with speed at most positions.
WEAKNESSES: Despite a year's matu-
rity, this is still a young and inexperi-
enced team. Only 10 players on this
year's roster were with the team when
coach Ring took over in June of '91. The
talent and depth have improved but the
expertise is missing.
PROGNOSIS: A 3-4 record would con-
stitute a successful season, especially con-
sidering the strong opponents the Gee-
Gees have to face in their rebuilding
efforts.
Concordia Stingers
LAST YEAR: A 2-4-1 record was good
enough for fifth place finish in the O-
QIFC after Concordia lost the last playoff
berth to Ottawa on tie-breaker rules. The
Gee-Gees racked up more points on of-
fence so they snatched the last playoff
spot. It was the first time the Stingers had
missed the playoffs in four years.
STRENGTHS: Defence. The backfield
was what kept the Stingers competitive
last year when their offence failed them.
That core is back and ready to punish.
WEAKNESSES: Inconsistency.
Concordia beat nationally ranked Guelph
in pre-season, lost a hard-fought 13-8
decision to the eventual national cham-
pion Queen's Golden Gaels in their sea-
son opener, and registered a dramatic
25-24 come-from-behind victory overthe
McGill Redmen in the annual Shrine
Bowl. Yet despite their apparent com-
petitiveness, they only managed to win
two games during the season.
PROGNOSIS: If the defence holds
steady and the offence finds itself, a 3-4
record isn't out of the question. But any-
thing more is wishful thinking.
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years ago, the Ravens hit rock bottom
last year, falling to 0-7. Carleton missed
the playoffs for a fifth straight year.
STRENGTHS: The future. The Ravens
believe the worst is behind them. New
head coach Donn Smith brings a cham-
pionship aura to Carleton -two Grey
Cups with the Ottawa Rough Riders, and
a national junior championship with the
Ottawa Sooners -- and he will try to infuse
the Ravens with that winning spirit.
WEAKNESSES: Inexperience. Part of
Smith's off-season revamping was a
threat that no spot on the roster was safe.
Consequently, while there are returning
veterans on the squad, the Ravens will
sport a lineup composed of numerous
fresh faces. Elementary mistakes will take
their toll on the team.
PROGNOSIS: "Back to the basics" will
be new head coach Donn Smith's rally-
ing cry as he attempts to rebuild the
Ravens from scratch. One win would
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24 • The Charlatan • September 23, 1993
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
When bad art happens to good people
by Rob Clements
Cha/latan Staff
Wilt On ^
Sophie Bellissent
Canadian Museum of Contemporary
Photography
Sept. 15 — Nov. 7
. all me a closed-minded and
ignorant hick from small
town Ontario, but I've always
thought that one of the main
purposes of art is to commu-
nicate a message or convey a
feeling, on whatever level, to
other people.
That's why this exhibit is a failure.
This installation consists of 1 2 moody
black-and-white photographs with a low,
murmuring soundtrack complete with
i ndustrial-type hissing and the occasional
muffled shout. The creator of the exhibit,
Montreal artist Sophie Bellissent, has al-
ready had other shows in several Cana-
dian cities and Mexico.
According to Bellissent, the spontane-
ous images in the photos were selected
from about five years of work. The im-
ages are pretty eclectic, with the excep-
tion of several prints of nude women —
something that seems to be a compul-
sory requirement for all exhibits in this
museum.
In the exhibit's ridiculously obtuse
explanation, mounted on the wall,
Bellissent writes that Wilt On is the (take
a deep breath, folks) "result of a fascina-
tion with the ideological slips occurring
in different morphological and physi-
ological phenomena, making them
somehow visible or invisible socially.'
an's genitalia.
Although she did not seem very inter-
ested in answering my questions or ex-
plaining any of the images or their rela-
Don't ask u
I had the chance to speak with
Bellissent at the exhibit.
"I photograph what I see, " she says, as
a way of explaining just what Wilt On's
about. "There are a lot of things that
happen all the time but people never
photograph."
This is true, I thought to myself, as I
noticed the photo of some pregnantwom-
tionship to each other, Bellissent will be
returning to the museum on Oct. 13 at 7
p.m. to give a multi-media presentation
in the theatre and "expand upon" Wilt
On.
I'm not sure how enlightening that
will be, seeing as she gave me the impres-
sion that the theme of the exhibit was
self-explanatory.
Coming from someone who has abso-
lutely no qualifications or experience in
photography criticism, I thinklcan safely
say that the theme linking the images -
regardless of what
Bellissent says — is
not inherently ob-
vious from the pho-
tographs them-
selves.
One of the ex-
hibits is a photo-
graph of four men
standing in a
scrapyard. I asked
her how that was
related to what she
calls the "un-
healthy irretriev-
able ambiguities
present in male/fe-
male relations."
She told me she
could see it. 1 guess
I'm just stupid or
something because
it didn't say any-
thing to me. This
may seem a little
critical, but I think
art that people can't relate to makes a
real dud of an exhibit.
Even so, I'll confess that the mundane
and desolate images combined with the
soundtrack certainly did bring words like
"wilt," "decay," and "degenerative" to
my mind. The exhibit is, if nothing else,
appropriately titled. □
Bagels, goatees and (briefly) music
by Tim (
Charlatan S
Pryor
We were wondering if he was into doing
stuff that was a little more unsafe.
ughboys guitarist Jonathan
Cummings is taking his new-
found popularity in stride.
"i'vebeen doing interviews
all day so I haven't had a
chance to eat my bagels."
A few years ago, Cummings could
probably have eaten all the bagels he
wanted without interruption. Not
anymore.
The Doughboys' major label debut
Crush, is their first full-length album since
1989's Happy Accidents. It's getting rave
reviews — the first single, "Shine," is
getting radio airplay and the video is in
regular rotation on Much Music.
After three independent releases on
Restless Records, and touring across the
globe, Montreal's favourite pop-core sons
are finally flirting with the mainstream.
Cummings could not be happier.
"Crush is the definitive Doughboys
record. It's a really live-sounding record,
and that's basically what we wanted to
do. With previous records like Happy Ac-
cidents, we were getting a little too self-
serving. 1 think there was a certain level
of masturbation, musically and lyrically,
that is not really evident on the new
record."
After working with several different
producers on previous records, including
members of All, California's emocore
kings, the band tried producer Daniel
Ray of Ramones fame for this record.
Cummings gives credit to Ray for
making Crush such a great sounding
record.
"Daniel's whole thing was like work-
ing with the Ramones and stuff like that,
which made a lot of sense for us, because
a lot of the stuff on the record is influ-
enced by the Ramones, but there's also
songs that are a little more challenging.
Cummings and Kastner: Hair, Everywhere!
"Daniel finally came down from New
York to watch us jam, and we were get-
ting such a cool vibe off him, and (he)
understood where we were coming from
and where we wanted to go. He was not
one of those people who produces just to
pay the rent. We didn't have to worry
about some guy who produced Kriss Kross
coming in and saying 'I want you to do
this. ' Danny wanted to do d punk
record, and we wanted to make a
punk record, and it really worked
out."
Cummings hasn't had time to
concentrate on the hoopla sur-
rounding a major-label release.
The band just finished a Euro-
pean tour and they start a Cana-
dian tour this week.
"We don't really know about
it," says Cummings of the media
hype. "We've been in Europe for
the past three weeks. We've been
getting the transatlantic phone
call saying 'You guys are the next
Beatles!' or whatever, you know,
record company stroking. We
don't see it. We'll probably see it
on this Canadian tour. But you're
just being told that, you're not
really seeing it."
Cummings has even managed
to avoid seeing Shine on Much
Music, no small feat these days.
While he is doubtful that videos
have much artistic merit, he does
admit they expose the band to
new fans.
"The record and the shows are
5 the important things. Videos are
^ just like advertisements. It makes
« [oe Average go out and buy our
| record, instead of actual musical
J| enthusiasts that will go seek out
records. I hate making videos. The
only way I would be comfortable
making a video is if I wasn't in it. Picture
yourself putting a big plank of wood in
front of you, calling it a guitar, com-
pletely not plugged in, and you lip-synch
to a camera. And then all your friends
watch it. "
The music and touring are important,
but true Doughboys fans want to confirm
the rumor: did Cummings recently cut
off his infamous goatee?
"I did. I could no longer eat soup any
more. I was known as 'the guy with the
beard on his face,' and you don't know
how crappy it is having a conversation
piece on your face all the time. My girl-
friend kept saying 'Shave it off, you look
like some sort David Koresh follower:-'
"RightafterwefinishedtheSnine video,
I thought 'Okay, it's documented.' So I
shaved the thing off, and my girlfriend
freaked! I got somewhat of a goatee now,
but that's because I've been on tour,
though. Facial hair is our idea of fun
when we're on tour." □
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September 23, 1993 • The Charlatan ■ 25
L
Bad play earns regretful slagging
by Drew Edwards
Charlatan Slatt
Clutching The Heat
t Canadian Theatre Company |
5 through Oct. 2
The problem with theatre in
Canada is that there isn't
enough of it.
At a time when Canadian
cultural is under constant at-
tack from outside sources, and
when Canadian artists have
trouble breaking into there own domes-
tic market, something like the Great Ca-
nadian Theatre Company (GCTC) here
in Ottawa is a rare gem indeed.
And the fact that the GCTC is one of
the few venues in Ottawa which provides
an opportunity for Canadian talent to
strut their stuff makes it all the more
difficult to criticize the work done there.
But cultural protection notwithstand-
ing, there are some harsh realities about
the GCTC's latest production Clutching
the Heat, not the least of which is that it
isn't a very good play.
In fact, it sucks.
The play, written by Maristella Roca,
attempts to examine the relationship
between the members of an Italian im-
migrant family, focusing on the father's
family past and the effect it has on the
raising of his own children.
This is nota particularly original story
and the characters are punched out of
the same boring and timeless mould.
The father is a tortured but misguided
asshole who yells at his kids while vainly
attempting to bestow his knowledge upon
them. The mother is dedicated to her
husband and children to the point of
sacrificing her own happiness for them.
The daughters are the usual stere-
otypes: there's the good-looking, popu-
lar eldest, daddy's little girl in the middle,
and the troublesome youngest child.
The latter sees her father for what he
is. She unwittingly torments him because
she Is, to him, his mother reincarnate.
She represents the prodigal daughter.
scenes, which attempt to portray the
emotions of the characters. This too would
be fine, except that it's impossible to
figure out what the hell they mean. Ex-
actly what do the naked blue guys on
stage represent?
If the play had been either a conven-
tional narrative or a bizarre expression
of family members' emotions, it could
have been good. Instead, it tries to be
Clutching f/ieHeattypes, looking understandably cheezed.
The story line and the characters pro-
vide all the essential ingredients for a
Neil Simon comedy-drama about the in-
terrelations of a family. It would almost
work, if it wasn't such standard fare.
To muck things up further, the play's
flow is interrupted by unconventional
both and becomes two and a half hours
of boring, confusing and sometimes silly
garbage.
There are some redeeming elements.
The staging and set design are interest-
ing and use some snazzy techniques like
flashing scene dates and titles on the
back wall of the stage and using actors
and a film projector to simulate home
movies. These and a few other set design
quirks are highly effective.
A large portion of Clutching the Heat's
score is performed live by Rob Frayne.
From his vantage point in the audience,
he plays a variety of instruments (sax,
accordion, drums, flute) in conjunction
with the performances. He is a tremen-
dous musical talent, and the
live music adds an edge of style
to the otherwise dreary experi-
ence of watching this play.
The acting is generally pass-
able, with some excellent per-
formances by Tracy Wright as
the youngest daughter and by
Diane Fajirasl as the mother.
Fajirasl speaks alternately in
Italian and English with an ac-
centthroughouttheentireplay,
and whether the accent is real
or faked is indeterminable.
Unfortunately, Chip
Chuipka as the father fails to
muster the necessary intensity
to make his character believ-
able. So central is his part to the
feel of the play, that if his per-
formance had been better, the
entire play would have been
much improved.
Roca has put many of her
eggs into this character and un-
fortunately, Mr. Chuipka drops
them and they break. It's messy.
The theatre, on the second night of the
play, was less than half full. As audience
numbers dwindle, so do independent
theatre companies like the GCTC, so go
see some plays there.
Just not this one. □
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26 ■ The Charlatan • September 23, 1993
True Romance:
by JaneTattersall
Charlatan Staff
No sir, I didn't like it.
If
True Romance
U.S.A., 1993
Directed by Tony Scott
f * j really wanted to see this flick.
^— ^ Not that I'm the biggest Chris-
tian Slater fan, but with a sup-
porting cast that includes Dennis
Hopper, Gary Oldman,
Christopher Walken, and Brad
Pitt, I figured this movie couldn't
miss.
"The Bonnie and Clyde of the 90s, " as
it's being advertised, actually translates
into the biggest waste of my time this
month (and that includes lining up to
pay tuition at the gym). This movie suf-
fers from unconvincing characters and a
weak plot line.
Slater and Patricia Arquette (Rosanna's
sister) play the heroes, Clarence and Ala-
bama. They meet at a Kung Fu triple bill,
and go home together.
Afterwards, Clarence finds out that
Alabama is a hooker with a heart of gold
and they fall in love. The action starts
when Clarence decides to kill Alabama's
pimp (played by Oldman) on the advice
of Elvis (can you imagine pitching this to
a movie exec?). When the pair gets mixed
up with a suitcase full of drugs, some
mafia-types start chasing them. Ulti-
mately, they end up in Hollywood.
Slater portrays Clarence in the same
manner he portrays all his characters —
as a cocky,
self-assured
kid. As Ala-
b a m a ,
Arquette gig-
gles and sim-
pers her way
through the
film in right
bodices. She
tries to be cute
but just ends
up being an-
noying.
All her out-
fits show
plenty of
cleavage,
which the di-
rector makes
the most of in
every shot. Ul-
timately, she
is a reinforce-
ment of the
Hollywood
"dumb
blonde"stere-
otype — her
response to
every situa-
tion is to gig-
gle stupidly.
One of the
film's basic r . ,
problems is worshipper meets dumbblonde — total Hollywood!
that the audience is supposed to like ble because they are two of life's big
Clarence and Alabama. This is impossi- losers. The film doesn't give us any rea-
son to like or respect them, and conse-
quently, you don't even care when they
come close to getting killed. They are
definitely not the types that should be
glamorized in a movie, and that is what
True Romance attempts to do.
Another reason the film is so weak is
that all of the best actors are underused.
Dennis Hopper is convincing as Clarence's
straight-edge policeman father, and his
scene with mafioso Christopher Walken
is unforgettable. As a coke-snorting pro-
duction assistant, Bronson Pinchot pro-
vides some of the lighter moments in the
film, as does Pitt who plays an eternally
stoned guy.
The director tries to hide the movie's
faults by using lots of graphic violence.
People are sliced, beaten, and shot. In
one scene Arquette brandishes common
bathroom products in a decidedly non-
hygienic manner.
The violence is both unnecessary and
disturbing, because it doesn't fit the up-
beat tone of the movie.
True Romance flows to a predictable,
kind of funny climax, complete with lots
more blood. Most of the time though, itis
disjointed and unconvincing.
It's hard to understand how a film
about two pathetic individuals could earn
the amount of hype this one has. The
makers of this film are operating on the
assumption that the IQ of the average
viewer is about SO, so if you like movies
with a point you are bound to walk out
feeling disappointed. Wait for the video
instead. □
Home Alone brat goes on murderous rampage
by James Q. Stansfield
Charlatan Staff
CThe Good Son
U.S.A., 1993 )
Directed by Joseph Rubin
&onsidering Macaulay
Culkin's short movie career,
it was hard to grasp the idea
of him playing any type of
character outside his Home
Alone persona.
Culkin has pretty much been stere-
otyped in different roles as a smart little
bratty kid left to deal with extraordinary
circumstances. These roles have left him
with very little to act upon.
Since most children find it easy to act
like children, Culkin's job as an actor has
not been stressed at all. To be honest, he
appeared not to act at all during his first
movies.
When I first heard of his role in The
Good Son, I really didn't want to see the
movie. He plays a bad kid in the movie
and with the obviously ironic title, I as-
sumed it would be another Problem Child
movie.
Culkin plays a bad kid, but not of the
garden variety — the kind who spites his
parents and breaks all the rules for the
fun of it.
Culkin as Henry goes beyond bad.
This boy's psychotic. Infatuated with un-
derstanding death and its implications,
Henry takes his "scientific discoveries" to
their logical extreme and people start
dying.
Culkin has a remarkable grasp of this
character. It was especially nice to see the
director found no reason to include
Culkin's patented hands-pressed-against-
his-face scream.
The movie oddly enough does not
centre around Henry, but rather his cousin
played by Elijah Wood, of Lorenzo's Oil
fame. Wood plays Mark, who loses his
mother for some untold reason. His fa-
ther leaves Mark in the care of his brother
Wallace's family for two weeks while he
plays executive in Japan.
Mark settles in with his relatives and
he and Henry become fast friends. It's
winter break, and for two young boys, the
world is theirs. Henry proves the honesty
of his friendship with Mark by showing
him all his secrets — his treehouse, a
slightly modified crossbow bolt gun and
a sobering cliff face at the edge of town.
Mark soon discovers Henry's fixation
with death and he is disturbed by it.
Henry is able to dance around his cousin
with clever words, perfect timing and
execution. Henry turns out to be a great
manipulator, using his childhood inno-
cence as a backbone.
Mark, left seemingly alone, is power-
less to stop Henry and tries his best to
thwart his plans.
The only thing standing in his way is
the fact that no one will believe him.
Henry worms his way into everyone's
confidence and subtly manipulates each
confrontation against Mark.
The acting is superb all the way around
with the plot running at a fast pace. Each
character is well-conceived and except
for the small subtleties in dialogue mak-
ing the kids sound older than their age,
the screenplay is brilliant.
Surprisingly good acting on the part
of Culkin adds just the right mix of sus-
pense. After seeing him in this new light,
I can only imagine what may lie ahead
for this actor. The only thing holding him
back now is his age.
Technically, this film came off with a
great run of special effects and the plot
was akin to a rampant boar - once it
started it was not going to stop until it
was damn ready to stop.
The only mistake I found in this movie
is that a safety wire is not only clearly
shown when someone falls off a cliff, but
when the said person stops their descent,
a nice closeup shot actually shows the
person holding on to the wire. This is a
monumental error which could have been
easily concealed.
Twentieth Century Fox probably spent
all their money landing Culkin and had
little left for special effects. This type of
error should have been left on the editing
room floor.
The act of saving a buck in this film
destroys the entire credibility of the story
to this point, as we are no longer led to
believe that the person is in any real
danger.
Regardless, the film is worth seeing if
you enjoy a good, suspenseful movie.
The story will keep your mind on the edge
about this kid who has proved that a cute
smile and false demeanour can cover the
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Fishbone
Give a Monkey a Brain and He'll Swear
He's the Centre of the Universe
Columbia
Within seconds of listening to the lat-
est release from L.A.'s Fishbone, those
already familiar with them will realize
something's up — Fishbone have gone
thrash.
Then again, anyone the least familiar
with the band won't be all that surprised
since they're known for their musical
experimentation.
Once you get through the first couple
of songs, it becomes evident that Fishbone
haven't completely abandoned theirjazz
and ska roots. They've merely altered
and matured them.
Tracks like "Unyielding Conditioning"
and "Lemon Meringue" are reminiscent
of some of the stronger material found on
Truth and Soul. Much of the album takes
off from where segments of The Reality of
My Surroundings left off.
But if thrash isn't your cup of tea,
don't fret. Fishbone continue to offer an
abundance of musical diversity. Their
latest effort is certainly Fishbone's finest
piece of work yet.
It's not as dry or boring as Fishbone's
Truth and Soul and is easier to digest than
the jumpy The Reality of My Surroundings.
Give a Monkey a Brain was co-produced
by Terry Date, renowned for his work
with both Pantera andSoundgarden, and
was mixed by Andy Wallace, who has
mixed albums for the Rollins Band, Slayer
and Helmet. There is little doubt that
both Wallace and Date have been a
factor in the heavy guitar sounds Fishbone
experiment with on their latest release.
What continues to make Fishbone such
a great band is their honest passion for
their music, a shortcoming of so many
other bands today.
Give a Monkey a Brain is not merely
Fishbone's finest album to date, it is
among the best albums to have been
released by any band in quite some time.
Adam Seddon
Genitorturers
120 Days of Genitorture
I.R.S.
The three-word capsule review:
Limpid Ministry rip-off.
The longer commentary:
Violence on TV has finally done it. I
don't consider myself jaded, but this
group, like a even more putrid hard-core
version of Blondie, doesn't do anything
to shock or excite me.
The tens of thousands of murders and
acts of violence the tube dropped in front
of me since childhood immemorial must
have truly numbed me. 1 was not in the
least bit disturbed by 120 days of
genitorture.
Because the warning sticker — "ex-
plicit lyrics and graphics" — completely
covered the front of the cassette, 1 ex-
pected something truly upsetting. But
thecoverwasGen,the buxom blond lead
vocalist, only piercing a metal rod through
her tongue or, more likely, just licking it.
Gen plays the part of fetishist and
dominatrix. I have enough people tell-
28
'ing me what to do. I don't need Gen
huskily demanding worship. When she
isn't, she's singing lame lyrics like "Jack
me, smack me, bend me over and spank
me" or "make it harder, make it hurt."
Other songs have similarly intellect-free
choruses, such as "Force Fed" or "Crack
Track.".
The band's anger, hostility and wit-
lessness may be connected to the band's
Ouch!
locale. They hail from Orlando, Fla., home
of the Magic Kingdom.
Such a reaction against the Disney
attitude of ceaseless happiness could be
expected, almost enjoyed, if it hadn't
been done better many times before.
David Bartolf
Lost City
Watching You
Scotti Brothers/Attic
Not a single bad word to say about
this, Lost City's debut album. Lost City
has a really unique style of music, melding
funky guitar solos with songs that range
from heavy rock 'n' roll to light and airy
ballads.
The musical grapevine suggests that
Lost City is considered (by some) to be
sort of a Cream rip-off, which is arguable.
After listening to their tape Watching You
at least 46 times, I feel that they have
their own distinct sound and are not
trying to become what once was.
I think that every song on this album
is great and would never compare their
talents to Cream, let alone any other
musical greats. Actually, that's a lie. The
beginning of "Life" has a tinge of Pink
Floyd-ish sounding rhythms. If you want
to talk about big band rip-offs though,
take a look at Queensryche's "Silent Lu-
cidity." Now that sounds tres Pink Floyd.
Watching You has 1 1 songs which are
all commendable, "Believer," "Last Cre-
scendo" and "I'll Be Watching You" to
name a few. And the children 's harmony
in "Tears & T-Cells" adds a sweet, soft
touch. These guys are a great band and
all I can say is, I'm glad that Lost City was
found.
Jodi Batori
Smashing Pumpkins
Siamese Dream
Virgin
Smashing Pumpkins seem to be the
"alternative" band of the moment. This
being their sophomore release and their
first album for a major label, it should do
very well in the sales department.
That said, there are a few things I
noticed about this album. First, it sounds
more like hard rock than what is usually
deemed alternative.
Second is the presence of Butch "Nir-
vana" Vig as producer. He's doing for
alternative rock what Bob Rock's doing
for the metal crowd by making their
music more accessible. Vig's trademark
sound of polished yet abrasive guitars
(chew on that contradiction for awhile) is
quite evident.
He and the band journey from the
crashing guitars of "Geek U.S.A." to
"Soma," a song which manages to avoid
the cliches of the rock ballad by having
some growl in there next to the strings.
As for the question as to whether Mr.
Vig managed to capture the band's soul,
I'm not entirely convinced. Although
Siamese Dream will probably gamer a few
listens by yours truly, it's lacking some-
thing. It's missing that emotional at-
tachment that separates the seminal re-
cordings from the good recordings.
It doesn't take my heart and rip it out
of my chest. Oh well, that may come in
time. It's probably too much to ask of
every band anyway.
This may be the end product of the
mainstream co-opting of the Seattle
sound, but it still sounds good, even if it
isn't angelic.
Blayne Haggart
I Mother Earth
Dig
EMI
If you crossed the rough style of
Soundgarden with the mood and psych-
edelic feel of early Pink Floyd, you'd prob-
ably end up with a band that sounds like
I Mother Earth.
The tracks on Dig are generally well-
written and diverse in style and structure.
Mostofthel2songs make use of numer-
ous time changes, alterations in mood
and in tempo which all result in rather
lengthy songs.
The album's cause is helped by the
strong, tribal style drumming of Chris-
tian Tanna.
Lyrically, the album is obscure, ab-
stract and unpredictable. The distinct
lyrics are backed by the fairly unique
vocals of Edwin. At times, though, he
does sound a bit like Perry Farrell.
Although Dig is a pretty good debut
album, it seems to lack a coherent musi-
cal focus. The band's experiment with
many musical genres leaves the album
sounding jumpy in spots.
The album is well produced by Mike
Clink, known for his work with Megadeth
and Guns N' Roses. He's probably re-
sponsible for giving the album what it
has in the way of musical focus.
It should prove interesting to see where
I Mother Earth progresses to musically in
the future.
Adam Seddon
Hey Kids!
Boy have we got a prize for you this week!
It's won the Governor General's Award and the Booker Prize. Maclean 's says it's
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It's Michael Ondaafje's The English PatientX
All you have to do to acquire this fine piece of Canadian literature isanswerthls
skill-testing question:
In the Blue Rodeo song "Outskirts," what
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Congratulations to Corey Harper who knew that one of the rejected names for
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The Charlatan • September 23, 1993
Teen tales and a visit
from Brian de Palma
by Sharon Boddy
Charlatan Staff
t's great to see Carleton students
— especially arts students — go
on to some degree of success.
Just look at James E.D. Stewart,
who took film studies in these
hallowed halls "She just opened
up her life to me, "recalls Stewart
with a trace of incredulity in his voice. ■
guess strangers make good listeners. There's
no history or future. "
Stewart remembers, "I had met
Brian de Palma briefly at the Toronto
film festival last year. When I saw him
at the Montreal festival, I went up to
him and said, 'You may not remem-
ber me but ' We talked for awhile
and then I very casually introduced
him to a friend of mine and said, 'This
is Brian de Palma, he'll be coming to
the film with us.'"
De Palma viewed Stewart's film and
even gave him a critique.
fames Stewart directs his Teens.
After conducting research at the Cana-
dian Centre for the Prevention of Child
Abuse, among other places, Stewart wrote
the script.
"It's not autobiographical in the sense
that I wasn't sexually abused as a teen-
ager," says Stewart, "but I remember hear-
ing stories ofkidslknewathigh school. If a
kid was nerdy or dorky, perhaps there was
another reason for it. Kids are very judg-
mental and more image-conscious than
adults. But they interact with each other
more than they do with their parents, so
they put on a front, sort of 'everyone's weird
but me.'"
Stewart grew up in Ottawa and attended
Gloucester High School. "Gloucester was a
big school and catered to a lot of different
groups of people. There are more social
groups now than when I went to school;
they're much more defined."
Stewart, a Carleton University film stud-
ies graduate, moved to Toronto in 1987. He
works as freelance writer, producer and di-
rector of corporate and music videos, and on
his own film projects when he's able.
The actors in Teen are students from the
Cawthra Park Secondary School for the Per-
forming Arts in Mississauga. Working with
teenagers was a different experience for
Stewart.
"Adults (playing teenagers) remember
what it was like to be a teen. They have a
larger base to work with," says Stewart. "It's
different than someone who's actually liv-
ing it."
Unfortunately, Teen was not picked up by
the Toronto Festival of Festivals. On men-
tion of this, Stewart becomes animated.
"Teen was made by a Toronto film-maker,
the actors are from Toronto and the film was
shot around Toronto."
Sowhywasn'tit picked up by this prestig-
ious festival?
In Stewart's opinion it was because in
Teen "there were no homosexuals and no
masturbation. And you can print that," he
adds.
Having never before attended the Mon-
treal festival, Stewart says he was a "nerv-
ous wreck " at the screening. But it did afford
him a specific treat.
"He told me what he liked about
the film and what he didn't like. He
thought I ping-ponged too much be-
tween the drive-in and the interviews.
I don't think it's his kind of film."
De Palma also used his own video
recorder to interview Stewart.
"Someday,"Stewartmuses, "some-
one will find the lost Brian de Palma
tapes. ..." Q
The Charlatan Bar Crawl
Hormone Heaven!
by Ian McLeod
Charlatan aas
Over the years, Oliver's has
held a colorful reputation on
campus.
Before its closure last
March, it was a Wednesday
night tradition for many stu-
dents to put in at least an
appearance at this meat
market.
Unfortunately for bar management,
the Carleton University Students' Asso-
ciation (CUS A), there was little reason to
recommend it the other six nights of the
week. Described by oneformer patron as
"a high-school gym with beer taps," the
decor was functional but pretty ugly.
This aesthetic problem seems to have
been one of the major reasons for Oliver's
lack of financial success (the bar lost
about $95,000 last year), and its subse-
quent closure.
Before Oliver'sreopened this fall, CUSA
finance commissioner Rene Faucher and
the powers-that-be decided that in order
to bring business into the bar, itwouldbe
a good idea tocreate, in Faucher's words,
"more of an English-pub-like atmos-
phere."
A reported $320,000 later, this job
appears to have been accomplished.
Faux-mahogdny panelling, cushy sofas
anda long, curvingbar create something
of apubby feel, with the intriguing choices
of pastel upholstery and frosted-glass
partitions tossing In an element of the
yuppiefern-and-spTitzerbaratmosphere
to the main room.
The second room is divided between
the billiards area (eighttables.notmuch
waiting) with comfortable seating. Afdirly
large dance floor will also double as
performance space for bands that man-
agement intends to bring in on a fairly
regular basis.
On the nights when bandsaren'tplay-
Ing, Djs will try and get you gyrating to a
bouncy mix of dance and danceable
pop/rock music.
Ifs a good thing people can sit and
chat on the sofas, hit the dance floor, or
shoot some stick, because getting to the
bar on a Wednesday night was sheer
hell. Massed throngs clamored for the
attention of the overextended wait- and
bar-staff, a situation which bar manager
Claire Campbell says she intends to rem-
edy as soon as possible.
Hopefully, it will be soon, because the
value of drinks ranges from good ($3.35
for a shot of Southern Comfort) to fantas-
tic ($8.50 fora pitcherof Toby), and with
the introduction ofmunchiestothemenu
(prepped by Capital Foods, but cooked
on site) it can only get busier.
The lineups at the bar were long, but
they were nothing compared to the
lineups to get into the bar. Be prepared to
take a number and wait upstairs at Roost-
er's foryour turn to come. Itlookslike it'll
be standard operating procedure when
the lines get too long.
And yes, the reputation that Oliver's
has held over the years still holds true.
The place was throbbing with hormones!
Many women sported the expected big
hair, although 1 was disappointed by the
lack of the stereotypical gold chains and
well-fluffed chest hair. Still, it was gel
heaven all around,
Basedstrictly on observation, the best
place to try and pick someone up is not
on the dance floor, but rather at the
billiards tables. The hand-eye co-ordina-
tion and skill required to play poo! trans-
late well to the world of dating, to say
nothing of the concepts of "balls" going
into "pockets," or "getting behind the
eight ball."
Cheap beer. Big hair. Dance/pop D]s.
Cushy sofas. Long lineups. Not to men-
tion the meat market. This is Oliver's.
You be the judge — it's your social life. Q
September 23, 1993 ■ The Charlatan • 29
Shamasarama!
by Mo Gannon and Karin Jordan
Charlatan Stan
(My Boyfriend's Back and
There's Gonna Be Laundry II .
. . The Cycle Continues
Sandra Shamas
NAC Theatre
Sept. 14 — Oct. 2
If you haven't seen the
prequel to Sandra Shamas's
My Boyfriend's Back and
There's Gonna Be Laun-
dry H . . . The Cycle Con-
tinues, don't go expecting
your typical love-hate rela-
tionship play with a plot.
What you get is a chucklehead
(read: makes you laugh so hard
you blow snot out your nose) one-
woman show resembling a standup
act about periods, prophylactics
and penises. Expect to hoot and
holler with recognition at the situ-
ations she pokes fun at.
MG: No offense to you, Karin, but I
wish Sandra Shamas was my best friend.
She kinda reminds me of the sort of
person who would make you pee your
pyjamas at sleepovers in high school.
KJ: Hey, what makes you think I'm
not funny enough to do that .... Any-
how, I agree. But I think the thing I like
most about her isn't her ability to induce
urination on a moment's notice, though
that is an admirable quality. What I like
best is how she mentions the unmen-
tionables loud and clear in her show.
How many people have the courage to
admit they only wash their hands in the
can if someone else is in there with them?
MG: Yeah, or who would own up to
having a pair of period panties? The
woman's got balls, I'm sure of it. She
readjusts her bag on stage better than
I've seen some guys do it for real.
KI: I don't know about balls, but her
ovaries certainly are tough. And she
makes it pretty clear her humor is more
than just something to make people wet
their jammies. (That's enough urine jokes!
-ed.)
Like when she describes how she knew
her partner was the right man for her
because he laughed at her jokes, instead
of just expecting her to blow a lung over
his jokes.
Funny women are still less than the
norm in our society, so it's really cool for
me to see a woman in front of a packed
room, telling jokes about going to the
gynecologist. And 1 like Shamas's humor
because it isn't of the slag-'em-insult-the-
crap-out-of-'em abusive variety, a la
Andrew Dice Clay or Chris Rock, either.
MG: Surely, but I noticed the women
in the audience were laughing the loud-
est and longest, 'specially during the
stuff about her pap test and the stainless
steel dim sum cart. I thought I felt the
older guy next to us squirming in his seat.
PURCHASE AT LEAST ONE ELIGIBLE
TAPE OR CD SHOW YOUR STUDENT
1.0. AT ANY PARTICIPATING
MUSK STORE AND
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'I.D. THIS!" SAMPLER
This was just about the only shtick I
recognized from her first show, and even
this was still spontaneous. And she han-
dled the crowd well, especially the heck-
ler who decided it would be hilarious to
ask her if she'd gone to the washroom
during the intermission. She shut him
down with grace and snark by asking,
"Can I do my show now?". Right on,
sister.
MG: I'm so glad she gave it to that
losebag. She was in your face all the way
through the show, strutting and thrust-
ing and grabbing her boobs. I thought
the ending sucked though.
I love herdevoted-and-miserable-but-
loving-it sense of humor, but as soon as
anyone gets into married jokes, they lose
me. I don't get why she would get cheesy
on us at the end, all wrapped up cosy in
pre-marital bliss. Makes me fear her
upcoming show in the trilogy, Wedding
Bell Hell or whatever it is.
K J: Yah. Unless her irony was so sharp
I totally missed it, the end left me cold. I
hope she hasn't sold out. Maybe she's
cleverly set us up for another realistic
look at her relationships in part three.
Who knows? Maybe the next show
will be jokes about who heats the baby
formula at three in the morning. No I
won't be busting a kidney about that.
MG: Ditto. Marriage just isn't funny.
But then again, neither are periods, and
she made me blow snot out my nose
about those. □
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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23 TO THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30
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Thursday, September
23
Go see Thomas Trio and the Red
Albino and opening band Tongues and
Bones at Fenn Lounge. It only costs $7
and tickets are available at the door and
at the residence store, among otherplaces.
Show starts at 9 p.m.
Tonight at Creeque Alley it's a ben-
efit for the Ottawa Linkage Committee.
They're a group that promotes Third
World Trade Union solidarity. They've
lined up the best in Ottawa Valley coun-
try for tonight's show: Lonsome Paul,
Lucky Ron and Sneezy Waters! Tick-
ets are eight bucks in advance (available
at the OPIRG office, among otherplaces)
or 10 dollars at the door.
Friday, September 24
At 12:30 p.m. in the Alumni Thea-
tre, it's Glimpses of Gala, "a multi-
media presentation combining dance,
narration, slides and electronic music"
featuring Anjali, an East Indian classi-
cal dancer. As if this wasn't enough to
convince you to go, it's also free.
It's the concert of the decade at
Zaphod's tonight. Well, that may be a
bit of an exaggeration, but you'll still
enjoy some fine ska courtesy of Toronto's
Skaface and those wacky, wacky Mon-
treal funsters Me, Mom and
Morgentaler. Seven bucks gets you in.
Under the "I Can't Believe They're Still
Around" column . . . The Royal Cana-
dian Air Farce is staging a benefit for
Interval House tonight at the National
Arts Centre Opera at 8 p.m. Tickets are
available throught Ticketmaster for $17,
$22 and $27.
Critical Acclaim, part of the Great
Canadian Theatre Company's NightHowl
series, plays Fridays and Saturdays at 1 1
p.m. until October 2. It's a play about a
bunch of actors who kidnap a hostile
critic.
At the Stone Angel Institute (314
Lisgar), it's a benefit for the Coalition to
Preserve Hudson and fames Bay. Gracing
the stage is Willie Dunn, Dario
Domingues, Iain Rohahes Phillips
and Heather Farrow. Tickets are $5 in
advance and $6 at the door.
Soul Train, who sound, exactly like
their name suggests, are playing tonight
and tomorrow at Creeque Alley. Go see
a white guy belt out some James Brown.
What could be more entertaining?
Plus, Carleton's Geography Society and
the Rowing Club are holding a pub at
Oliver's. Two dollars will get you in to
this high culture event.
Saturday, September
25
We've heard lots of good things about
1 Mother Earth, who are playing to-
night at Zaphod's ($7 cover). They're
loud and retro.
It's the Air Farce Ottawa weekend! At
the Nepean Centrepoint Theatre, ex-
Farce guy Dave Broadfoot surprises
everyone with his character sketches of
Big Bobby Clobber and the MP for Kick-
ing Horse Pass. It's $18.50 for tickets.
The Old Sod Folk Music Society presents
Janet Russell and Christine Kydd,
"two Scottish singers in sublime har-
mony," whatever that means. It's at the
Glebe Community Centre and tickets
are $10 for members and $12 for non-
members.
Sunday, September 26
Last day to catch Theatre Distincf s
production of Shakespeare's Merchant
of Venice in Auschwitz at the University
of Ottawa's Academic Hall. Students get
in for $12 and the show's at 3 p.m.
I don't know about you folk, but when-
ever I'm feeling a little down in the dumps,
nothing cheers me up like a rousing
organ and gregorian chant recital. That's
why I'll be at Patricia Phillips's 8 p.m.
show at the Eg Use St- Francois-d Assise
at the comer of Wellington and Fairmont.
And it costs only $8 for students. Wow!
For those whose taste in entertain-
ment runs more to Ukrainian dance, try
the HOPAK Ukrainian Dance Com-
pany's show at the National Arts Centre
at 3 p.m.
Like poetry? Want to support the Ot-
tawa Food Bank? Go to the National
Library at 7:30 p.m. Diana Brebner,
Elisabeth Harvor and Gary Geddes
will do the reading. Just bring $4 and if
you bring a food donation you'll be eligi-
ble for door prizes!
Monday, September 27
Damage, the Jeremy Irons sexual-po-
litical-thriller-type-thing plays tonightat
the Bytowne at 9:15 p.m.
Tuesday, September 28
This week's literature selection is The
Long Goodbye by Raymond Chandler.
Raves Charlatan production manager
Kevin McKay, "It's probably the best de-
tective fiction Chandler ever produced!"
Wednesday, September
29
If you still have faith in humanity,
check out The Bad Lieutenant at the
Bytowne at 9: 15 p.m. Actually, the warn-
ings speak for themselves. "May offend
some, sexual content, drug and alcohol
use." Sounds like a family movie to me.
On In A Mellow Tone (CKCU 93.1
FM), Ron Sweetman profiles recent jazz
and blues releases.
Thursday, September
30
It's Martin Scorsese night at the May-
fair. The fun gets underway at 7 p.m.
with Raging Ball and continues with
GoodFellas at 9:25. Before heading out,
listen to King Missile's "Martin Scorsese"
to get yourself into the mood.
I've never heard of Maria Hawkins,
but she does blues every night at Razor-
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2 • The Charlatan ■ September 30,1993
NEWS—
Rugby video scores low with some
by Kathleen Jacobs
Charlatan Staff
A video designed to increase under-
standing among Carleton athletes of rac-
ism, sexism and homophobia disap-
pointed some service co-ordinators who
viewed it.
The video was recommended by the
final report of a university investigation
into a complaint made last winter. The
complaint alleged that Carleton 's rugby
team was using a chant book as part of
initiation which contained sexually vio-
lent, racist and homophobic lyrics.
The complaint was filed by the Carle-
ton University Students' Association
(CUSA) on behalf of an anonymous com-
plainant.
Produced by Carleton's Instructional
Media Services, the video is expected to
cost the department of university athlet-
ics $ 1,000, says the department's director
Keith Harris.
It will now be mandatory viewing for
all members of Carleton's sports teams.
The video was shown to the football team
Sept. 2 and other athletes Sept. 24.
"I think the plan is to show it every
year," Harris says, but screening dates
will vary depending on the team and
when its season starts.
The video is about six minutes long,
and consists of speeches by Harris and
Carleton President Robin Farquhar. It was
screened by Theresa Cowan, CUSA's di-
rector of services, members of the Peer
Counselling Centre and the Gay, Lesbian
and Bisexual (GLB) Centre on Sept. 23.
Peter Nogalo, co-ordinator of the GLB
centre, says the video treated the issues
superficially.
"The video was lauded as a saving
grace that would prevent these problems
from ever happening again (but) I can't
really see that," he says.
Renee Twaddle, co-ordinator of the
Carleton Women's Centre, says she feels
Harris owes an explanation to the centre.
Twaddle says although the centre
helped bring the chant book issue to the
university's attention, they were not con-
sulted in the making of the video.
She says the collective feels "left out of
the process," and has sent a letter to
Harris expressing their disappointment.
Nogalo says his centre was not con-
sulted either.
Twaddle did not attend the screening
with the other service co-ordinators be-
cause she has requested a private view-
ing for the women's centre collective
instead.
She says the problems of racism, sex-
ism and homophobia are too broad to
address in a video and athletics has "to
take this as seriously as the groups that
are being oppressed in the (chant) book. "
In the video, Farquhar tells athletes
he is proud of them and they are "am-
bassadors" of the university. He says
Carleton strives to create "an atmos-
phere that is comfortable ... in a safe
and non-threatening way" for all groups.
Cowan says she doesn't think the is-
sue of harassment was taken seriously
enough. She says she was unhappy with
Farquhar's appeal to the athletes as
ambassadors.
"I think they should have given guide-
lines as to how exactly people are sup-
posed to be acting, not necessarily as
ambassadors of Carleton but as men and
women."
In the video, Farquhar says "it is es-
sential that we conduct ourselves as a
non-violent community."
In the video, Harris says athletes are
"special" people and encourages them
not to take "cheap shots."
While Farquhar does not mention the
rugby chant book, Harris says a chanting
incident occurred "some time ago."
"Whatever their (the chants') intent,
they have no place at Carleton," Harris
says in the video.
Dawn Fallis, co-ordinator of the Peer
Counselling Centre, says the rugby team's
RUGBY cont'd on pg. 4
Rebick calls for fundamental change
by Naomi Bock
Charlatan Staff
Canada's present governmental and
electoral systems are "undemocratic,"
says Judy Rebick, past president of the
National Action Committee on the Sta-
tus of Women (NAC).
Rebick outlined her proposals to re-
structure government and the electoral
process in a speech to an audience of
about 90 people Sept. 28 in Porter Hall.
A freelance writer and activist, Rebick
continues to sit on the NAC executive.
NAC is an umbrella group representing
over 500 women 's groups across Canada
and lobbies the federal government on
their behalf.
"What people are feeling is a lot of
anger, " said Rebick of the state of politics
in Canada today.
She said the current electoral system is
fundamentally undemocratic because in
order to get nominated, you have to be
part of the party elite.
"It creates tremendous barriers to
women and minorities because a very
small group within the riding tends to
control who gets nominated," she said.
Rebick proposed changes to parlia-
mentary representation, where voters
could choose as many candidates as they
wanted from a list covering a larger area.
She said votes would not be wa,sted and it
ensures the popular vote would prevail.
"Making fundamental changes in rep-
resentation has an impact on issues, an
impact on changing power relations.
"This is why major parties don't make
changes. They feel more comfortable in a
situation where they have control of
power and we're outside screaming and
yelling."
This may create instability, but Rebick
said she prefers that to "a government
that gets elected and goes against the will
of the people on almost every issue, and
we can't get rid of them for another five
years. That to me is not democracy."
Rebick said she favors minority gov-
ernments. "Smaller parties not obsessed
with achieving power, focused on issues,
help the bigger parties to be more honest
That wascally Webick.
and more accountable."
Rebick said she isn't optimistic that
women leading two major federal politi-
cal parties will mean progress for all
women.
"We have a situation where two
women leaders are in an election where
women's issues have . . . gotten so little
attention," she said.
Rebick said she supported referendums
because they produce legislation which
is democratic, whether it be right or
wrong. "People will choose the right way,
and if they don 't, they'll learn the lesson,
unlike those with vested power. There's
this cynicism because we don't get to
debate as a citizenry between elections.
When (voters) feel their voice is heard,
they are more responsible and willing to
compromise."
Rebick also called for a reform of gov-
ernmental structure.
"No matter how good a person you
are, no matter how strong a feminist you
are, no matter how much you want to
challenge that (status quo) focus, ifs
almost impossible to resist the forces that
are at work in government unless you
change the structure of government."
Rebick says under-representahon of
youth is also a concern. "We have to
listen to what young people are saying
REBICK cont'd on page 5
New daycare, no new subsidized spaces
by Matt Skinner
Charlatan Staff
A new day-care centre at Carleton, to
be finished by late December, will pro-
vide five new spaces but none of them
will be subsidized, says one of the centre's
directors.
Margot Henderson says the new spaces
"will go to full-fee paying parents.
Whether they're university or off-cam-
pus is difficult for me to say."
The existing Colonel By Day Care fa-
cilities on campus at Renfrew House and
the Loeb building have spaces for 52
children. These will be combined under
the roof of the new centre, which will
have room' for 57 in the new building
near the athletics complex. Right now,
42 of the 52 existing spaces are subsi-
dized, says Henderson.
The waiting list for subsidized day
care at Carleton is presently a two-and-a-
half-year wait, says Kathy Parlee, acting
director of the Renfrew facility. She esti-
mates there are about 160 names on the
subsidized day-care waiting list at the
Renfrew facility. There were no estimates
for the Loeb facility.
The centre applies for additional sub-
sidized spaces from the Regional Munici-
Carleton's new day-care centre under construction.
polity of Ottawa-Carleton each year, says
Henderson, but they haven't received any
new ones for 1994, when the new centre
is scheduled to open.
"I'm not surprised (that none of the
.new spaces will be subsidized)," says
Wendy Gold, a second-year student and
single mother of a two-year-old girl. "I've
been on the waiting list for over two
years.
"When I called them (Colonel By Day
Care) two years ago I said 'When do you
think I'll get in?' They said: 'Well, if
you're in a four-year program you might
get in your last year.'"
Gold says priority should be given to
students, because the day-care centre is
on campus. "I'm disappointed, " she says.
There is no set allotment of spaces for
students, says Henderson.
"Because these are regional dollars,
the region would not purchase our serv-
ice at Carleton University if we discrimi-
nated against (non-Carleton students),"
she says.
Applicants for subsidized day-care
o spaces undergo a needs test by the region
| to determine the level of subsidization,
g says Henderson. The province and the
2 region determine how many day-care
H spaces will be subsidized.
The majority of subsidized families
pay $25 per month, says Henderson. But
the subsidies can range from zero to 100
DAYCARE cont'd on page 5
September 30,1993 • The Charlatan • 3
fa
Carleton gets a new elder
by John Steinbachs
Charlatan Staff
"An elder is a guy with lots of wis-
dom," says Wilfred Peltier, Carleton's
new Native elder-in-residence.
"It has nothing to do with age. I once
talked to a 92-year-old man who said he
didn't know the answer to my question,
so I better talk to his elder."
Peltier, an Odawa Native person, has
been hired by the Canadian studies de-
partment as an educational and spir-
itual advisor on Native issues and cul-
ture, says Victor Valentine, a professorof
Canadian studies.
Peltier says he will create an aware-
ness of Native culture among students at
Carleton. For example, he is taking a
Canadian studies class to Dunrobin, near
Ottawa, for a pipe ceremony in a teepee
on Sept. 30.
Peltier is accessible to all students and
staff throughout the university, says Val-
entine. He has office hours every Tuesday
and Thursday from 1 1 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
"I'm all for
alternative ways
of knowing and
Wilfred repre-
sents that."
— Madeline Dion Stout
in Room D775 of the Loeb building.
Madeleine Dion Stout, co-ordinatorof
Carleton's Centre for Aboriginal Educa-
tion, Research and Culture, says a Native
elder was needed on campus. "I'm all for
alternative ways of knowing and Wilfred
represents that."
Peltier says more elders are needed at
Carleton. He says many elders have
knowledge, but they've been cast aside in
institutions such as universities.
"The air is hardly worth breathing,
the land is being raped, the waters pol-
luted, the animals are dying, the fish are
dying. The whole society is screwed up.
We can find the wisdom we need in the
elderly."
Peltier was bom on the Wikwemikong
Wilfred Peltier — elder, teacher, storyteller.
reserve on Manitoulin Island, Ont., in
1927. He got a masters in Canadian
studies from Carleton in 1 990, which he
says made him familiar with the Carle-
ton community.
" I know my way around. Like, I know
Mike's Place."
Scotiabank won't
follow TD bank's lead
by Clayton Wood
Charlatan Slafl
The Toronto Dominion Bank is trying
to improve its service by promising cus-
tomers five dollars if they have to wait in
line more than five minutes.
The bank adopted the policy in a bid
to give it a competitive edge over its rivals
in the area of customer service, says
Hugh Fox, manager of administrative
services at the TD main branch in Ot-
tawa.
One of its many rivals, the Scotiabank
at Carleton University, has no plans to
start a similar policy.
"If we introduced it during registra-
tion week, we'd run out of money," says
Scotiabank manager Don Bailey.
The policy was piloted at about 1 00 of
TD's 1,000 branches over the past year
and introduced nationally this month.
"The bank saw a need to be upfront
with customers. A five-minute wait is
unreasonable," says Fox.
Bailey says lineups at his branch often
fluctuate as a result of students' sched-
ules. "We have wild swings between
classes and during noon hour," says
Bailey.
He says there are usually three to five
tellers on duty. Longer lineups can take
up to a half-hour and are usually due to
the processing of student loans or open-
ing new accounts.
Bailey calls the TD move a "competi-
tive gimmick." He says the recent addi-
tion of another bank machine in the
Unicentre to the fouralready on campus
will make it easier for people to process
transactions without waiting in line at
the branch.
Fox says the policy helps put pressure
on staff to look closer at areas where
service can be improved, such as having
more tellers on duty, depending on the
time of the day or week.
Some branches in Ottawa may pay
out anywhere from $45 to $250 a week,
says Fox. The policy runs on an honor
system, with the customer's word being
enough to receive the five dollars. □
Peltier says he was involved in Native
political issues when he was younger but
has now grown tired of all the politics. He
now concentrates on Native social issues.
He was a member of the Centennial
Commission, which investigated native
issues for the federal government in 1 967 .
He also worked with Young Canadians, a
program which placed young people as
role models on reserves in the late 1960s.
Peltier ran an Indian Ecumenical Con-
ference in Alberta which hosted almost
10,000 delegates in 1 970. The conference
dealt with young Native people trying to
find their roots.
Peltier says there are a lot of Native
people who have been taught not to
express their Native culture.
"There are people here who talk their
own language, but they won't talk it in
public."
Peltier has five books published. A
Wise Man Speaks, published in the late
'70s, is a collection of Peltier's talks. Two
other books, Who is the Chairman of this
Meeting and For Every North Americon
Indian Who Disappears I Also Begin to
Disappear, are collections of Peltier's po-
etry and prose.
No Foreign Land, published in 1973, is
Peltier'saccountofhislife"tothatpoint."
He proudly points out that the book is
used in universities across Canada, as
well as in Germany and Switzerland. He
has also written a book about his child-
hood. Two Articles, which was published
in 1969. Peltier says the book is "about
growing up in an Indian village, and
how we were raised. It's very different
from this society."
Peltier is also a storyteller. He says
when he was young his elders told stories
on winter nights. Peltier says as he grew
"Storytelling is
like myth and in
myth there is
truth."
-Wilfred Peltier
older, he began telling the stories he
could remember.
Peltier says storytelling is a great way
o to get a message across. "Storytelling is
g like myth and in myth there is truth. "We
gwere always taught through stories,"
j says Peltier.
He recalls a story his mother told him
about the "Binysuck," a leprechaun-type
creature he says is traditionally found in
Native lore.
"One day (Peltier and his siblings)
were making a sandwich or something
and we left out the butter and it all
melted. My mother asked us 'who left
out the butter?'
"We all said 'not me mom.' So she
grabbed a broom and started sweeping,
poking underthe stove and things. When
we asked what she was doing, she said
the Binysucks must have left it out and
she was sweeping them out of the house.
, After a while you sort of put down your
head and said 'it was me, I left the butter
out.'" □
RUGBY cont'd from pg. 3
alleged inappropriate behavior "seems
pushed under the carpet" when referred to
as "some time ago" and not specifically
dated.
Harris says the video did not use the
words "last year" because the department
plans to use the video in upcoming years.
Rea Ghvidito, a first-year basketball
player who watched the video, says he
didn't know what "the songbook thing"
was about but that Harris was "stem" in
the video.
"He said the songbook . . . was not to be
used because it was biased, " says Ghvidito.
Cowan says she would like to see sensi-
tivity training for coaches and have them
held responsible if teams act out of line.
She says coaches should be chosen by
"what kind of example they're going to set
and what kind of crap they're going to
tolerate."
But Harris says he thinks this is asking
too much.
The Charlatan ■ September 30,1993
"I find it very hard to say in addition
to coaching soccer and so forth, you
must try and do all these other things . .
. date rape, aboriginal needs, etc." says
Harris. He adds there are only four full-
time coaches and "by and large, our
staff are good people."
Harris says coaches cannot answer
for everything.
"Is it just coaches that are responsible
for this? Today it appears institutions
are responsible for teaching people right
from wrong ... it used to be parents,"
says Harris.
Harris says he does not see the video
as capable of changing "deep-rooted
convictions" but hopes it will help ath-
letes understand that issues such as rac-
ism, sexism, and homophobia are "to-
day's taboo."
Cowan says the video should not be
dismissed outright. "It could have been
a lot better, but this is better than noth-
ing" □
Fun Farquhar Fact
Everything you wanted to know about Sparky
but were too apathetic to ask.
by Blayne Haggart
Charialan SleM
I wouldn't have believed itif 1 hadn't
seen itwithmyown eyes. Uberpresidem
Robin Farquhar is a somebody.
He's right there in the pages of the
1992 edition of Who's Who in Canada,
sandwiched in between true Canadian
heroes William Alexander Farlinger
and John Stewart Farquharson, And
not only his name, but his vital statis-
tics too.
From the first line of his write-up we
realized we'd misjudged the man all
these years.
For instance, we at The Charlatan
knew he was president and vice-chan-
cellor of Carleton University (described
os "a comprehensive national univer-
sity in the nation's capital, Ottawa" —
good thing they identified thecity. Oth-
erwise we'd have a lot of confused
Torontonians on our hands).
But we had no idea that Dr. Robin
Hugh (Hugh?) Farquhar, BA, MA, PhD,
FCCEA, DAE, was born Dec. I, 1938,
shurely the next national holiday.
Or that presidenting in universities
runs in the family. Pop Hugh E.
Farquhar was president of the Univer-
sity of Victoria.
We can just imagine the hikes
through Clayoquot Sound, as father
DAYCARE cont'd from pg. 3
per cent of the cost, she says.
Without subsidized spaces, people are
left with full-fee spots. The full monthly
fee for an infant or toddler at Renfrew
House is $1,189 while the fee for a pre-
schooler at the Loeb building is around
$820, says Parlee. Fees for next year
have yet to be approved by the province
and region, say Henderson.
Katherine Main, executive assistant
to the university's vice-president of fi-
nance, says "the full-fee spaces are quite
expensive. It's quite difficult to find peo-
ple that can afford it.
"We find it more difficult on campus
to fill the non-subsidized spots and so we
reach out to the community to people
who would like to have children located
here in the child care," says Main.
Statistics compiled by the finance of-
fice in December showed two full-fee
spaces out of the 1 0 were available in the
day-care program, says Main.
At that time there was an almost even
split in enrolment between children of
students and those of Carleton staff, says
Main, and 95 per cent of the students
with children in the day care were single
mothers.
Twenty-four of the children belonged
to students, while 20 children belonged
to staff. She says six of the eight full-fee
spaces were occupied by children of par-
ents who do not work at or attend Carle-
passed on a lifetime of accumulated
knowledge to the budding technocrat
son.
SPARKY JR.: Dad, when I grow
up, I want to run a mid-size univer-
sity, |ust like you.
SPARKV SR.: Well, son, let me
give yon just one word of advice.
There'll be a time in your life when
the chips are down . The media will
advance on all fronts, questioning
your resolve. When they've got you
in the corner and you have no place
to turn, do the honorable thing —
plead lack of resources.
SPARKY JR.: Dad, you're the
greatest.
Thaf s not all. Ever wonder about
Sparky's road to the big time? It all
started in 1962, when he was a teacher
ot Edward Milne Secondary, in Sooke,
B.C.
From there it was on to a lifetime of
administration, degrees, and torment
from a mediocre Time rip-off
Actually, there's enough info in his
Who's Who entry for 50 Fun Farquhar
Facts. CoroingsoomFarquhar'scarefree
days as a Beta Theta Pi! Sparky's adven-
tures as an Honorary Citizen of Winni-
peg! Lt. Sparky of the Royal Canadian
Navy Reserves — the lost years!
Sparky, man of a thousand lives. □
ton, while the other two were empty.
Henderson says the application for
the construction of the new centre was
originally filed in 1991, but the plans
were delayed until last October, when the
provincial government announced it
would fund 80 per cent of the project.
The region and the City of Ottawa
announced their support for the centre in
January of this year, and together will be
providing the remaining 20 per cent of
the cost of the new centre. The cost of
building the new centre is $937,000.
When the city's support of the centre
was announced, Jim Watson, city coun-
cillor for Capital Ward, said in a press
release "with growing numbers of ma-
ture students at Carleton, adequate child
care must be made a priority. Child care
is an important part of a truly accessible
education system."
• Watson says this is the first time the
City of Ottawa has contributed to a uni-
versity day-care centre, and says Carle-
ton was chosen because of its blatantly
inadequate facilities.
"A proper facility for child care at
Carleton is long overdue," he says.
Henderson says the playground at the
Loeb facility is three floors away and it is
necessary to bring 30 pre-schoolers there
by an elevator.
The washroom is located outside of
the centre in the hall and the only run-
ning water comes from a six-by-eight-
inch sink, she says. □
RBBICK cont'd from pg. 3
more."
When asked about employment
chances for young female graduates, she
said there needed to be more employ-
mentstrategies, "managed trade" rather
than free trade, and more jobs in the
public sector.
One woman asked how she could make
herself heard, to which Rebick said she
believed in local, grassroots organizing
rather than lobbying at the federal level.
"The primary route to change is not
parliament. Parliament mostly reflects
what's already going on in society."
Mike Dufrensy, a political science stu-
dent, said Rebick's ideas "are not new,
but they're simply not issues in this elec-
tion."
Carleton President Robin Farquhar
called Rebick's talk stimulating.
"I was particularly interested in the
young men and thequestions they asked.
It's a very confusing time for men, trying
to sort out a new set of values."
One man who spoke during the ques-
tion period said women were not willing
to invest the amount of hours needed to
succeed, since they wanted to raise fami-
lies, and that more should be done for
them. "I feel for these women," he said.
Rebick's response received applause
from the audience. "Women work in the
home and workplace much longer than
men."
She added that the reality of politics is
a male agenda, where women's issues
are dropped. Rebick said under propor-
tional representation, this would change.
Farquhar said Rebick told him this
was the first time she'd spoken about
electoral reform.
" Her thinking hasn 't gone through to
the fine details of solutions, but at least
she's identifying the problems and rais-
ing the questions," he said. □
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Why does the CUSA executive
get free coffee at Rooster's
Coffeehouse?
The executive of the Carleton Uni-
versity Students' Association gets free
coffee at Rooster's because of conven-
ience, says Rene Faucher, CUSA's fi-
nance commissioner.
Rooster's is run by CUSA. Faucher
says CUSA made their own: coffee up
untjlayear anda half ago, Hesays a lot
of coffee was being wasted when made
in the CUSA office.
"It's a lot s;mpli>r We don't need
equipment here. Now if you want one
cup you don't have to make a whole
pot," says Faucher.
He says he can't estimate how many
cups this courtesy (tree coffee) adds up
to each year.
Mike's Place Pub, whichis run by the
Graduate Students' Association, occa-
sionally gives free coffee to its regulars
and to executive members of the GS A,
says Mike's Place manager Ron Boyd.
"For our regulars, If they come In
before we open, they might get a free
coffee. Instead of paying they'll just
make a contribution to the charity
we're collecting for," says Boyd.
He says the charities Mike's Place
collects for include the Children's Hos-
pital of Eastern Ontario, the Children's
Wish Fund, the Cancer Society andthe
Food Bank. ;
Boyd says common courtesy is the
reason for the free coffee. He says even
his staff members "under most cir-
cumstances gettreecoffeeallmetirhe."
Courtesy (free coffee) is also given
to CUSA's executive members for the
time they put in every day working at
the office/ says Faucher.
"People are in the office from 9:30
in the morning to 9:30 at night." says
Faucher. ■
Fauchersays the courtesy (free cof-
fee) at Rooster's is limited to CUSA
executive members only.
"That's one thing we're really strict
about, it's coffee
"No alcohol and no friends, other-
wise then it gets out of control," says
Faucher. I □
Carleton University Students' Association
STUDENT HEALTH INSURANCE
ARE YOU COVERED?
"Well, if I'm lucky, 1 should be able to get off th» irung u
about six more weeks."
All full-time students (4 credits or more) are automatically covered.
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$49.05 at the CUSA office before October 1 . ~
Family coverage is available by paying an additional $45.05 at the CUSA
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6 • The Charlatan ■ September 30,1993
NATIONAL AFFAIRS
Local candidates debate at Carleton
by Brent Dowdall
Charlatan Slatf
The Ottawa Centre
electoral roadshow
passed through Carleton Sept. 28, with
an all-candidates debate among the 10
local candidates running in the Oct. 25
federal election.
About 250 students and members of
the public filled Baker Lounge and others
stopped to look as the candidates spoke
about their platforms.
The candidates were asked questions
by students on various issues, including
the North American Free Trade Agree-
ment, abortion, deficit reduction, job crea-
tion, social programs, racism and immi-
gration.
Each candidate had equal time to give
opening and closing statements. The
debate was moderated by Kristine
Haselsteiner, vice-president external of
the Carleton University Students' Asso-
ciation.
Here's a brief summary of what the
candidates said in their opening state-
ments and responses to questions, in the
order in which they spoke:
• Ian Lee (Progressive Conserva-
tive Party)
"Education is the only source of com-
petitive advantage in the new economy, "
Lee said in his opening remarks.
Lee said the federal government should
force every university to go to trimester
and co-op programs in order to use uni-
versities' facilities year-round. He also
proposed opening student loan avail-
ability to any student without need as-
sessments, and loan payback through
the tax system based on a percentage of
a person's income after graduation.
Lee expressed support for NAFTA, say-
ing jobs in the old, resource-based
economy are disappearing, but new jobs
are being created in the area of high
technology.
He also said he opposed health care
user fees, but also opposed universality of
social programs for those who don't re-
ally need the help.
•Frank Thompson (Green Party)
Thompson said economic develop
Marion Dewar and Neil Paterson at the great debate.
ment and en-
vironmental
protection can
be achieved at
the same time.
He said the
party would
abandon free
trade and
NAFTA, and
promote sus-
tainable devel-
opment with
environmen-
tal technolo-
gies.
He also the party would encourage
job-sharing and replace all social assist-
ance programs with a guaranteed an-
nual payment to support those who have
trouble supporting themselves.
•John Foster (National Party)
"We need a clear, new sense of direc-
tion," said Foster. "We've had all the
excuses and solutions from the old-line
parties. We need a government that lis-
tens to the people."
He opposed NAFTA, and called the
Free Trade Agreement "disastrous."
Foster said he supported universality
of all social programs, but rich Canadi-
ans should have their social benefits taxed
back and more taxes have to be collected
from corporations.
• Keith Ashdown (Independent)
Ashdown, a member of the Ottawa
Coalition to Save Clayoquot Sound, said
he and some friends were sitting around
and they decided to run a candidate "to
make their voice heard."
Clayoquot Sound is an old-growth for-
est area in British Columbia, which the
B.C. government allowed to be selec-
tively logged this year.
"Clayoquot Sound is very important
to discuss. It's basically become a case
study for all environmental issues we're
going to face.
"The corporate community says jobs
and the environment can't mix — well,
yes, they can."
He opposed NAFTA because he said
environmental activities could be seen as
restraining trade under the agreements.
• Marion Dewar (New Democratic
Party)
"I think it's a watershed election for
Canada," said Dewar. "I think it's really
important that we start to take our coun-
try back."
She said the NDP policy is full employ-
ment, funding for small business and
general reduction of the deficit. She said
the NDP would restore transfer payments
from the federal government to the prov-
inces for health and education to the
level they were at before 1978.
"It's time to stop talking about our
young people as a deficit and refer to you
as an investment," she said.
Dewar opposed NAFTA. "If s giving
away our sovereignty, " she said.
• Neil Paterson (Natural Law
Party Leader)
"We believe the best government is
nature's government, natural law which
governs our universe with perfect order
and without a problem," Paterson said,
always serenely. "We all know that natu-
ral law has that power to put everything
in the direction of evolution, progress
and growth."
Paterson said he would appoint com-
missions to study issues affecting Cana-
dians. He said his programs are scientifi-
cally proven to work.
• Len Tucker (Reform Party)
Tuckersaid Reform would revamp the
Canada Student Loans program. He said
it would bring in income contingent re-
payment, where students would borrow
enough for expenses in university and
pay their loans back as a percentage of
their income.
Reform would also give a credit or
voucher to each student so the universi-
ties would have to compete with each
other to attract students and their dol-
_ lars. He said this would make universities
* and the students more competitive.
| He also said Reform would stop gov-
0 emment overspending and "balance the
£ books in three years.
1 Tuckersaid the Reform Party supports
< trade deals that improve access to new
markets, but said they would not sacri-
fice environmental or labor standards.
• Mac Harb (Liberal Party)
"Only through education can we guar-
antee and secure the kind of jobs required
for our economy," Harb said, "fobs offer
hope. This election is about providing
people with vision."
He said the Liberals are the only party
with a comprehensive plan to improve
the economy, by "investing in people."
Harb said Canada should "expand on
free trade around the world. " But he also
said the Liberals would renegotiate
NAFTA because there are problems with
the agreement.
He also talked about "free trade in
Canada," by removing inter-provincial
trade barriers.
• Hardial Bains (Marxist-Leninist
Party)
Bains said the most important issue
"is the empowerment of the people," just
as it was last year, referring to the demise
of the Charlottetown Accord in last Octo-
ber's referendum.
Bains said there have to be changes to
the electoral laws, such as recall of MPs
andselection of candidates by the people
rather than the party. He also opposed
NAFTA..
• Pauline Morrissette (Abolition-
ist Party)
The Abolitionist Party, only three
weeks old, is running 80 candidates
around Canada.
"We stand for old Social Credit and
DEBATE cont'd on page 9.
OSAP applications on the rise around Ontario
by Jill Mahoney
Charlatan Staff
An increase in the number of students
applying for financial aid in Ontario and
at Carleton seems to indicate that times
are still tough for students.
There has been an increase of about
800 applications at Carleton to the On-
tario Student Assistance Program (OSAP)
from this time last year, says Carol Fleck,
the university'sdirectorofstudentawards.
"Last year, we had about 6,200 appli-
cations, this year we have about 7,000,"
she says.
Students still have until Jan. 1 to apply
to the provincial government for OSAP
loans.
Fleck says she believes that after all
applications have been received, there
will be an increase of between 10 to 12
per cent over 1992.
"I think last year was about the same.
We were running about 700 to 800 over
the previous year (1991)."
The trend to more applications is not
confined to Carleton alone.
"I don't know about each individual
university, but I know that the total
number of applications the ministry is
processing has increased," says Fleck.
As of Sept. 20 last year, the student
services branch of the Ministry of Educa-
tion andTraining had processed 153,000
OSAP applications. On the same date
this year, 1 69,000 applications have been
received.
The increased
size of Carleton's
1993 first-year
class may be af-
fecting the num-
bers of OSAP ap-
plicants, says Bill
Pickett, the uni-
versity's director
of the office of
budget planning.
Pickett says
641 more stu-
dents have en-
tered first year at
Carleton, repre-
senting an in-
crease of about 1 1 per cent over Septem-
ber 1992.
"Certainly there's a connection be-
cause a good deal of students getting
OSAP are in first year," he says. "So,
everything else being equal, if first-year
enrolment increases, you can expect
OSAP applications to increase."
But Gary Anandasangaree, director of
academics for the Carleton University
Students' Association, says any kind of
increase in OSAP applications is a sign
students are in trouble.
He says there are several reasons why
students can't afford to pay all the costs
of their post-secondary education.
"This summer
was one of the worst
years for students to
get a job. The ones
some did get were
very low-paying,"
says Ananda-
sangaree.
Student unem-
ployment in Ontario
for May and I une this
year was 20 per cent
in Ontario, accord-
ing to the Canadian
Federation of Stu-
dents. In the sum-
mer of 1992, it was
20.3 percent.
Karolina Strutek knows first-hand how
hard it was to get a job this summer. She
planted trees in May and June in On-
tario, but when her contract ran out, she
couldn't find work for the rest of the
summer.
"That's why I applied for OSAP," she
says. "If I'd gotten a job in those two
months, I would have been able to pay
my tuition."
Strutek, a second-year Carleton film
studies student, says this was the first
year she applied for OSAP. She received a
loan of $ 1 ,400 that will keep her in school
and also in debt to the government.
Anandasangaree also says many par-
ents cannot afford to support their chil-
dren in school, forcing them to apply for
government loans to pay for their educa-
tion.
Pickett agrees, saying that while the
cost of education continues to rise, many
people's incomes have remained stag-
nant. He also says the seven-per-cent
tuition hike this year is a blow to stu-
dents.
The burden of student debt has in-
creased not only due to higher costs, but
also because of the absence of student
grants. Ontario's NDP government an-
nounced the elimination of the OSAP
grant program last November.
Fleck says the government cut the
OSAP grant program in order to save
money, which left students with only
interest-free loans for financial assist-
ance. She says this has resulted in stu-
dents requiring larger loan amounts in-
stead of loan/grant combinations.
Anandasangaree says he feels the
government is losing, not saving money.
He says education fosters upward mobil-
ity and enables society to improve its
infrastructure.
"Access to post-secondary education
is restricted because of financial con-
straints," he says. "Education still contin-
ues to be for many people who do have
money. It's an elite institution." □
September 30,1993 ■ The Charlatan • 7
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J _ r.L_.>_: „f ,-\.,„uamnH nnp of the maaazine's most popi
by Sara-Lynne Levine
Chajlatan Statl
Carleton will be included in this year's
Maclean's magazine university survey,
but last year's data could be used to
determine the university's new ranking.
Ann Dowsett Johnston, the magazine's
assistant managing editor, says while a
final decision has not been made, the
magazine will probably use last year's
figures on Carleton.
- Last year, Maclean's ranked Carleton
sixth out of 12 universities in a category
which contained schools with compre-
hensive undergraduate and graduate
programs. The year before, it was ranked
44th out of 46 universities, partly be-
cause of incorrect data submitted by
Carleton.
On Sept. 16, Carleton announced it
would not participate in this year's sur-
vey by refusing to provide the magazine
with new data. The university cited fi-
nancial reasons and a "lack of staff re-
sources" for opting out of the survey.
Carleton spent a lot of time working
on the social contract negotiations this
summer and didn't want to use staff to
collect data for the magazine's survey,
says Pat O'Brien, director of public rela-
tions and information services. The so-
cial contract is the Ontario NDP govern-
ment's plan to reduce public sector ex-
penditures, including those by publicly
funded universities.
O'Brien defended Carleton 's decision.
"We are not going to be dictated to by
Maclean's," he says. "Since when did
Maclean's become the dictatorial author-
ity on ranking schools?"
O'Brien also says the university has
never felt that the survey is methodically
correct.
Dowsett Johnston says Carleton is the
only university complaining about the
cost of the survey.
" All Ontario universities faced the pres-
sures of social contract negotiations this
year, " she says. "Why was Carleton Uni-
versity the only Ontario university to
back out?"
She says the number of universities
participating in this year's survey is up
from last year, despite financial con-
straints. Several universities are partici-
pating this year, bringing the total
number of universities to 49 from 45 in
1992.
Two other universities, the Montreal
campus of the University of Quebec and
Memorial University in St. John's, Nfld.,
also declined to participate this year.
Last week, Carleton President Robin
Farquhar told The Charlatan the univer-
sity would undertake an internal survey
instead of compiling information for the
magazine's ranking.
But Dowsett Johnston says the maga-
zine is fulfilling a public demand for
information. She says the process for
collecting information and ranking the
schools is a "very open exercise" where
the magazine has "revealed the method-
ology and rating system."
The Maclean's university edition is
one of the magazine's most popular is-
sues, selling over63,000 copies. Lastyear's
issue was the second-highest seller of all
time, behind the issue featuring former
prime minister Pierre Trudeau talking
about last year's referendum.
"Cynics say we are minting money,
but I counter this by saying people need
this information and are really serious
about it."
Nextfall, Madean'swillbe publishing
a guidebook to Canadian universities,
she says. The book will feature two-page
reviews of each Canadian university, in-
cluding Carleton. □
Ottawa U. students stage "study-in"
by Clayton Wood
Charlatan Slat!
Students at the University of Ottawa
staged a "study-in" protest at a campus
library last week to protest the reduction
in the building's hours of operation.
Assistant director leblanc talks to protestors in library.
On Sept. 22, about 150 students re-
fused to leave the Morisset library at 10
p.m., the library's new closing time.
This summer, the university an-
nounced earlier closing times for the
Morisset library, used primarily by stu-
dents in arts and
social sciences. Be-
fore, the library
stayed open until
midnight.
"It discrimi-
nates against part-
time students.
Many of them work
full-time from nine
to five and have
classesfrom7tol0
p.m.," said Krista
James, who helped
organize the pro-
test.
James, a fourth-
year philosophy student, said this means
part-time students will only have access
to the library during the weekend. She
said the university did a poor job of
consulting students about the decision.
"Some people thought we were over-
reacting, but I felt we needed the study-in
to get the attention of the administra-
tion."
The students at the protest remained
in the library until midnight, then left
without further incident, said James.
James also helped circulate a petition
last week, which over 3,000 students
signed.
Jean Leblanc, the assistant director of
the library, met with the students during
the protest. He said he sympathizes with
them, but he has to deal with a $200,000
cut to the library's budget.
"I explained to them, 'I understand
your problem, but the library has prob-
STVDY-IN cont'd pg. 9.
Life after Graduation...
Have you thought about what you want to do after you graduate?
If you are interested in furthering your studies, then come to
the GRAD FAIR to explore the opprotunities of graduate school.
GRAD FAIR
OCTOBER 5, 1993 PORTER HALL
10 am -3 pm
Universities from across Canada will be providing
information about their graduate programs.
Come by and check it out; there will be something there for you!
The Grad Fair is organized by the Carleton University Students' Association _
and Counselling and Student Life Services. For information contact Gary 1 B UC||
Anandasangaree, Director of Academics, at 788-6688. ^^^M
8 • The Charlatan ■ September 30,1993
Protesters rally against racism
by Pat Brethour and Arn Keeling
Charlatan Slatl
On Sept. 22, protestors marched peacefully in downtown Montreal to
protest a visit by right-wing municipal politicians from France. Mem-
bers of Anti-Racist Action in Ottawa travelled to Montreal to join over
1,000 other people who marched between 7 and 8 p.m.
About 20 police cars patrolled the area of the protest, but director of
police Gilles Dallaire said members of the French right-wing Front
National party were never in the area.
The Front National is a controversial group which advocates dis-
crimination against and deportation of North African immigrants in
France. The party's politicians were in Montreal to attend a conference
on urban issues. □
Shut up and listen!
Carleton students speak out on the federal election
by Steve Dobrenski
Charlatan Staff
Once again, The Charlatan caught up with some students in front of the Unicentre
to ask them for their point of view on the upcoming election.
But it seemed some of them had a greater interest in the free Cokes and Pop Tarts
at the Campus Fest than discussing the future leadership of their country. Perhaps
their reactions say something about the state of political leadership in Canada.
This is part two of our survey of students' opinions on the issues and personalities
surrounding the 35th general election, set for Oct. 25.
What federal leader do you feel would
best represent students' interests?
STUDY-IN cont'd from pg. 8.
lems, too,'" said Leblanc.
A reduction in funds by the university
meant several permanent staff had to be
laid off, which resulted in the shorter
hours of operation.
Richard Greene, the University of Ot-
tawa chief librarian, said university offi-
cials met with student representatives
Sept. 27 to review the library hours. □
"I believe jean
Chretien would be
best to represent stu-
dents' interest be-
cause if you look at
the Tory govern-
ment, they've cut
OSAP grants. If you
give the Liberals a
chance maybe they
can do something else."
Derek Kaufman
Political Science II
DEBATE cont'd from pg. 7.
what we want to do is abolish interest
rates," she said.
She held up computer diskettes which
she said contained a plan to provide jobs
and give everyone a $100 dividend.
She would not say exactly what was
on the diskettes and answered only a few
questions from students. □
"1 can't answer
this because I have
no opinion on poli-
tics."
Zahra O. Egal
Chemistry I
"Preston Man-
ning is the only one
who recognizes the
connection between
jobs and the deficit.
Hewon'tspendmore
money to create
short-term employ-
ment like the Liber-
als want. He will
tackle the root prob-
lem."
Charlie Burroughs
Science III
"I like the Liberal
party the best. 1 feel
Jean Chretien would
§| do a good job. I don't
really know if he
would best represent
the students."
Jennifer
Curkovic
Biochemistry IV
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Come and see us!
OC TRANSPO OPEN HOUSE
Baker Lounge
Tuesday, October 5
2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Information!
OC Transpo representatives will be on hand
Oct. 5 at the Baker Lounge in the Unicentre,
to give out timetables, maps and other
information. They will also discuss current
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$1 .50 or two 65$ bus tickets. The peak fare
is $2.00 or three tickets. Express fares cost
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10 • The Charlatan ■ September 30,1993
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
Intimidation in South African schools
by Denise Babin
The Link. Concordia Univoreity
JOHANNESBURG — Army dogs on the
Wits University campus don't do alge-
bra. They are trained to bite.
Trained to bite students who dare to
challenge the racist administration.
Campus life in South Africa is nothing
like in Canada. Of course, there are lec-
tures and labs, beer-drinking contests
and a chess club.
But tear gas and army tanks are as
much part of student life as exams. Even
the canine soldiers have marched many
times over the football field, marking
their territory.
Attending a Wits student council meet-
ing is a challenge in itself. On Aug. 19,
116 students were arrested after the po-
lice and trained dogs surrounded their
outdoor gathering and shoved as many
as they could into a paddy wagon.
The students were released by three
o'clock the next morning but more were
arrested several days later and 1 30 stu-
dents were in court Sept. 1 4 facing charges
of public violence and contempt of court.
The students atthe meeting were plan-
ning a series of actions, including a class
boycott, to force the university adminis-
tration to listen to their demands.
The first demand was the lifting of a
Supreme Court injunction against any
meeting of the South African Students
Congress (SASCO) on campus. The sec-
ond called for the disbanding of the un-
democratic university council. None of
the demands have been met.
SASCO is the principal student union
in South Africa. Its goal is a non-sexist
and democratic South Africa.
Students under the SASCO banners
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say the administration is a remnant of
the apartheid education system and they
want to change it. Apartheid education
created separate schools and funding
schemes for "blacks only" and "whites
only" schools.
Only about 30 per cent of Wits stu-
dents are black. Most of them are in the
arts faculties, while only nine per cent of
engineering and science students are
black.
Some student activists at Wits think of
their university council as a group of
white people protecting their assets.
"The council met and believes it is,
and will continue to be, a legitimate
structure," said June Sinclair, the only
woman on council. "We are representa-
tive of students' interests."
And Wits is considered to be a liberal.
open university in the South Afri-
can context.
The University of Pretoria, in
the capital, is a breeding ground
for young racist minds, despite
the scrapping of apartheid laws
that restricted access to the school
to white people only. Apartheid is
still the way of life there. More
than 10,000 studentslive on cam-
pus yet only one residence houses
black students. Black students
have been threatened with vio-
lence and chased out of "whites
only" residences.
jj "There's no rule telling us where
| we are supposed to stay, "said one
m black student. "It's just a question
* of survival tactics."
s The University of the North, or
g "Turfloop," as it is called by the
students, is built like a fort. Most
buildings on campus have an outer wall
with holes just the right size for the Hp of
anAK47.
The hill on the northern side serves as
a watch tower. Barbed wire and high
fences are everywhere. When things get
bad, there's even tripwire.
"It has to be built like a fort," said
Oscar, a student activist at Turfloop and
a SASCO member. "Our administration
and our SRC (Student Representative
Council) are democratic, and that scares
the shit out of the government."
The South Africa Defence Force has an
army base less than a kilometre away,
just north of the main gates.
"When they come in looking for stu-
dent activists, sometimes we run like
hell. Other rimes, we shoot back, " Oscar
said.
Campus clubs yet to come together
by Ryan Nakashima
Charlatan Slaff
The recent signing of a Palestinian-
Israeli peace accordhasn'tsparked friend-
ship between the Jewish and Palestinian
groups at Carleton.
MembersofthePro-PalestineStudents'
Association (PSA) and the Jewish Stu-
dents' Union (JSU) say they can't offi-
cially support or oppose the agreement.
But members of both groups weren't
ready to call it a success.
"I don't know if it's going to work,"
says Rami Al-Hussieni, a PSA member.
"I'm not against it. It's a step for peace.
If it's going to work, we'll go for it. But I
don't think so."
Dan Wolfish, community director of
the JSU, described his reaction to seeing
Yasser Arafat, the leader of the Palestine
Liberation Organization, and Israeli
Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, shake
hands on the White House lawn.
"Amazement. Shock. Confusion. But
happiness and hope. And fear. One day
you wake up and you're in an emotional
disagreement. The next day, you don't
wake up in love."
The agreement calls for mutual rec-
ognition and limited Palestinian self rule
in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and
Gaza Strip.
But there is still a difference of opin-
ion in the clubs as to how the agreement
should proceed.
Al-Hussieni says most of his relatives
live in Palestine. To demonstrate where
he meant, he took out the map of Israel,
and indicated the entire region..
"That's our land. From the east to the
west, and from the south to the north.
That's my opinion."
Wolfish says the club's policy is to
support the state of Israel. But he says it
does not formulate views on particular
policies, because it is a social club, not a
political one.
"We are not the Israeli club, we're the
Jewish club. That includes Israel, but it's
not the limits of Judaism or the club,"
says Wolfish.
Dalia Diab, president of the PSA, says
she believes the negotiations should, in
the end, include debate over who owns
Jerusalem.
The two Carleton groups have had
their own disagreements in the past. In
Dan Wolfish
January, there was a demonstration by
pro- Palestinian protesters at Carleton
during Israel Day and Palestine Day.
Mirit Avram, a JSU member, says she
remembers the RCMP presence, there to
protect an Israeli embassy official who
was speaking on campus for Israel Day.
The Charlatan reported that a brief
shoving match took place between a
Jewishstudentandapro-Palestinian pro-
tester, after the protester's microphone
was turned off during a question and
answer period after the official's talk.
Shawn Rapley, then president of Car-
leton's undergraduate students' associa-
tion, turned off the microphone because
he said the "remarks became abusive."
"For both sides it was an emotional
time," says Avram.
Members from the PSA and the JSU
say there has been no enmity between
the groups since the conflict. But they
also say there is no real friendship.
Avram says she doesn't have any bad
feelings towards the PSA students, but "I
don't really know them. Not out of per-
sonal reasons. It just hasn't happened."
Diab says she sometimes exchanges a
few words with people she recognizes
from the JSU.
"I say 'Hi' and they say
'Hi'," says Diab, although
she says she doesn't know
the )SU members by name.
"I have nothing against
the Jewish people person-
ally."
After the conflict, the
groups tried to meet for-
mally, says Wolfish, but it
was late in the second se-
mester and time ran out
before it actually hap-
pened. He says the groups
have met in the past, how-
ever, but doesn't remem-
ber when.
The clubs were recently in close quar-
ters, crammed among tables with other
clubs and societies, during their drive for
memberships in Baker Lounge and Por-
ter Hall last week. But the atmosphere
was more relaxed than during last year's
protest.
At the event in Porter Hall, Wolfish
blew his shofar, or ram's horn, as a sym-
bol of peace, as part of the 10 days of
celebrating the Jewish new year which
began Sept. 16.
The sound could be heard throughout
the hall. Fifteen feet away was the Pro-
Palestine Students' Association, the Pal-
estinian flag hanging from the front of
the table. □
South Africa is transforming itself,
slowly but surely. Apartheid laws were
scrapped in February 1990 after intense
pressure from groups like the African
National Congress and from an interna-
tional business and culture boycott. But
laws are only one part of the racist re-
gime.
The black majority in the country will
vote in the national elections in April of
next year. They will vote to change the
government.
Maybe the education system will fol-
low. People's minds will be the hardest to
change. □
GAINESVILLE, FLA. (CPS) — African
National Congress founder Nelson
Mandela may be offered an honorary
doctoral degree by the University of
Florida for his work for human rights in
South Africa.
A formal invitation will be sent to
Mandelaif he is interested in accepting;
said Peter Schmidt director for the Cen-
tre for African Studies at U of F. □
VILLAGE
Thursday, September 30
"Why Is Islam the Fastest Grow-
ing Religion in America?'' will be
the subject of a lecture by Imam Siraj
Waii ha j at 2: 15 p.m. in Baker Lounge-
Thursday, September 30
Women from minority groups are
encouraged to join a discussion on
racism, sexism and violence. The
event will be held at the University of
Ottawa's Alumni Auditorium from 6-1 1
p.m. The event is sponsored by the Fed-
eration of the University of Ottawa.
Friday, October 1
The Jewish Students' Union will be
hosting a JSU-Hillel Opening Bash at
Sammy's Cellar,. 202 Sparks St. just off
Bank. The party will feature a live jazz
band, a rockin' DJ and drink specials.
Thursday, October 7
Dave Cooke, the Ontario minister of
education and training and deputy min-
ister Charles Pascal will be participating
in a community forum on anti-rac-
ism and ethnocultural equity at the
Adult High School Auditorium, on 300
Rochester, 7-9 p.m.
September 30,1993 ■ The Charlatan - 11
Speaker Series & Events
Monday - Thursday
October 4 - October 7
Wednesday, October 6
Thursday, October 7
10 am - 4 pm
Porter Hall, 2nd floor Unicentre
MONDAY OCTOBER 4
"Chilly Climate lor Women In Acidemia S the Workplace"
Jane Keeler. Human Rights Educator— video, panel and discussion
301 Dunton Tower, 2:00pm - 4:00pm • Sign up in Placement & Career Services (508 UC)
TUESDAY OCTOBER S
Interested in working abroad?
Irom CUSO, Canada World Youth, and Canadian Crossroads will be on campus lo share their
experiences, discuss how lo get involved and provide literature,
315 Palerson Hall, 10:30am ■ 12:30pm • Sign up In Placement S Career Services (508 UC)
"Marketing a Liberal Arts Degree"
Dawn Brown, Associate Director, Counselling and Student Lite Services
404 Southam Hall, 2:00pm - 4:00pm • Sign up in Placement 8 Career Services (508 UC)
Graduate Fair
Representatives Irom graduate programs will be available 10 speak with you about graduate programs at Iheir
institutions.
Porter Hall, 11:00am - 3:00pm
WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 6
"Employment Issues Facing Aboriginal Students"
Travis Seymour, Director 01 Placement Services for Canadian Council lor Aborginal Business
281 Tory Building, 2:00pm - 4:00pm ■ Sign up in Placement & Career Services (508 UC)
WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 6
& THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7
CAREER FAIR
Representatives from private and public sector companies and associations will be on hand to discuss career
opportunities in their field. Bring a resume and dress professionally.
Porter Hall, 2nd Floor Unicentre, 10:00am - 4:00pm
Andersen Consulting
Austin Park Managemenf Group
Bank of Montreai
BDO Dunwoody Ward Mallette
Be!! Canada
Canada Life
Canadian Armed Forces
Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business
Canadian Human Rights Commission
Carp Systems International
College Pro Painters
Coopers & Lybrand
Delo'itte & Touche
EDS Canada
Elizabeth Fry Society
Ernst & Young
Gandalf
Imperial Oil
Institute of Chartered Accountants
Insurance Institute of Ontario
Investors Group
i-STAT Canada
London Life
Megalith Technologies
Metropolitan Life
Otlawa Carleton Lifeskills
Peal Marwick Thome
Pitney Bowes
Queen's— School of Industrial Relations
RCMP
Royal Bank
SHL Systemhouse
Software 2000
Software Kinetics
Society of Management Accountants
Sun Life Assurance Co,
Toronto Dominion Bank
UNUM
Welch & Co.
Career fair '93 seeks to provide all students with an opportunity to discuss career fields with
professionals in the industry and provides graduates wifh an opportunity to discuss job pros-
Carleton
UNIVERSITY
pects with specific employers visiting campus.
EiiSn
\foting's
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will be 18 years of age or older on
Election Day, you have the right
to vote. But to exercise that
right, your name must appear on
the voters list.
The recently amended Canada
Elections Act makes life simpler.
First, revision of the voters list has
been extended to give more
voters, like yourself, the opportu-
nity to be registered.
Next, the Special Ballot has been
added, so now there's a new way
to have your say by mail or in
person.
To learn more, pick up the
Elections Canada leaflet avail-
able at your Student Association,
Registrar's Office or campus
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EDITORIAL PAGE
"Free" costs
more than
it used to
Students roamed from tent to tent, collecting free
samples from various corporations at the Campus Fest
carnival of promotions held outside the Unicentre Sept.
27 and 28.
It seems like a great deal with no strings attached —
the companies want to give away free stuff and students
ore more than happy to take it. Generally, getting free
stuff is fabulous, but just how "free" are all those sam-
ples?
When you consider the questionable records on hu-
man rights and the environment of some of the compa-
nies pitching their wares, it's debatable if their products
are free at all.
Products given away at Campus Fest included Tampax
tampons, Always maxi pads, Neilson Crunchie bars,
Kellogg's Corn Pops and Pop Tarts, popcorn, Clover Leaf .
tuna, Apple computers, Edge Gel shaving foam and
aftershave lotion, Coca Cola, Krunchers chips, Mennen
speedstick deodorant, and countless others running con-
tests with prizes from T-shirts to software packages.
The university bookstore sponsors the annual event.
Bookstore manager Joe Gosset says Campus Fest '93 is a
"gesture to students, a goodwill thing ..." on behalf of
the bookstore.
Some of the participating companies may be showing
a lot of goodwill to students, but less so to the environ-
ment and foreign countries.
For example, Proctor and Gamble, the makers of
Always maxi-pads, owns a pulp-processing plant in
Salem, Florida. According to a December 1991 issue of
the Multinational Monitor, dumping from that plant has
virtually killed the Fenholloway River, choking it with
grease, arsenic and dioxins. The pollution spills into the
local water table as well as the Gulf of Mexico.
loy Towles Cummings is the co-ordinator of Help Our
Polluted Environment (HOPE), an organization commit-
ted to fighting pollution caused by Proctor and Gamble.
The Fenholloway, she says, is the only class five river
in the United States, meaning that the amount of pollut-
ants in it are virtually unlimited. She says in Salem,
Florida where she lives, the rate of leukaemia is twice as
high as normal.
Just to add to the list of corporate offenders:
Coca-Cola has investments in Indonesia, a country
which has violated mandates handed down by the
United Nations to pull its troops out of East Timor and
stop the genocide of the people there.
Tampons have been linked to toxic shock syndrome,
a condition which can result in damage to the major
organs and even death.
Campus Fest seems like a simple concept: students get
something for nothing. The companies want to promote
their products in the hopes of making you look twice at
them in the grocery or department store.
Next time you're out shopping, look again.
Try to see more than the products on the shelves and
think about what they may represent: suffering for
people, animals and the environment. Happy Campus
Fest. AS
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OPINION
What the poster didn't say
by Jason T. Ramsay
Jason Ramsay is a second-year masters psychology student who is telling ol his
friend's sexual assault expehence with her permission.
I am too angry not to write.
My friend was working late one Saturday night on
Sept. 4 in the computer lab located at Loeb C460. She
found herself in that empty lab at 10 at night because
shecouldnotsendelectronicmailto her colleagues from
the computer in her graduate lab.
There was nobody in the lab, or in the lab across the
hall. The building was deserted. No people, no Foot
And then enough, without warning, he gave up, he
was gone. Where the fuck did he come from? Ran back
to her lab, shivering, elated it was over. Bolted into the
room like a spooked deer. What happened? How long?
Two, five minutes. Christ, who to call ....
The second wave of trauma came when she stopped
in front of the safety poster a few days later. The date and
time of night was correct, but she wondered: "Is this the
poster about my attack?"
After hours of questioning by Carleton's department
sound from the people in the
graduatecomputinglabafew £ainpu<, Stcuritu is DtllakicA to report
footfalls down the corridor. r I -» 1
She was alone, but she
wasn't nervous. As a gradu-
ate student she was used to
the long nightly hours spent
at the computer, processing appeared
data in order to leave the day
free for classes and school
work. With a bottle of Evian
and a computer, she would
work for hours.
That nightshe glanced
casually at the orange and
white safety poster on the lab
door. It told about a man ex-
posing himself to two women
as they worked in that very lab on June 1 8, grabbing one
and then fleeing.
She had nothing to fear, she thought. There were
people just down the hall.
She would only be there for a few minutes. And
besides, he just exposed himself. What were the chances?
She was almost done.
And then he appeared. Naked but for gym shoes. She
said he looked like a National Lampoon photo. But the
caricature growled: "I want to fuck you."
Notcartoon like. Fierce. Horrid. He grabbedheron the
shoulders, his thumbs digging into the hollow beneath
her collarbones. She twisted, bolted for the door. He
grabbed her, crucified her against the door frame. No
personal space. Breathing too close and clutching hands.
Thank God she had that big leather belt on— he wanted
her shorts off — no, his hands were somewhere else.
Scream, twist, kick, grunt.
Swearing, Jesus Christ, she couldn't help but look at
his face. But that was good — identify the bastard. Oh
shit, his nails were scraping her thighs. Kicking wher-
ever. His hissing breath.
/Vfi Cause, feron a/em- /fe'i Aarr»Usi
/fore, at r\t'cjc <d^y !
Ottawa Police, what she con-
sidered a vicious and delib-
erate attempt at sexual as-
sault had become almost a
non-event.
She stared at the poster in
disbelief, thinking she had
missed something. She
hadn't, but the publishers of
the poster had.
Why did the poster eu-
phemize the attack with
phrases like: "The female was
grabbed several times before
the male fled?" In essence,
the poster was a lie.
The lie was extended
.when The Charlatan, having
only the poster to go on, reported it as another "flashing"
incident. Without her consent, her experience had been
taken from her and turned into something less disturb-
ing, less alarming.
Her concerns are larger now. How will the campus at
large respond if the truth is not made public? The
administration has played its hand by playing down the
attack with a euphemized poster. If there is no informa-
tion, there is no danger. Ignorance is blissful, until the
"flasher" breaks character, pins you to the wall, and tries
to rip your clothes off.
Perhaps the reports on the preceding posters went
through the same "soft censorship." If this is the case,
then she wonders whether a more descriptive poster
would have led her to take extra precautions. " Definitely
yes" she concludes.
It is time that administration starts dealing with the
prevalence of sexual assault in an accurate manner.
Until then, the campus population will have no cause for
alarm. We can handle the truth. We are university-
educated adults. □
September 30,1993 • TheCharlatan • 13
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of guys
Editor:
This letter is being .written in response
to a paragraph found in Rori Caffrey's
article ("Enjoyingyourorientation," The
Charlatan, Sept. 2, 1993).
In the article Caffrey writes:
"Despite their homoerotic initiation
rites and Greek brotherhood overtones,
fraternities are bad news. Generally,
they're not gay-positive. Avoid them like
the plague."
It has been said that ignorance breeds
contempt. Caffrey has given us the quin-
tessential example supporting this theory.
Caffrey writes that fraternities should be
avoided like the plague. Perhaps if he
had taken the time to stop by a chapter
house, or attend an event, he would be in
a better position and able to avoid mak-
ing such libellous comments.
Caffrey and TheChartatan might have
considered the fact that libel and slander
are punishable by law. Severe penalties
for such careless journalism have long
been established to protect the integrity
and reputation of all organizations.
Over the years, Sigma Pi Fraternity
has helped the Ottawa community in
many ways: annual work with the Mul-
tiple Sclerosis society, volunteering time
with senior citizen residences and food
drives for the Ottawa Food Bank.
Sigma Pi Fraternity is one of many
Greek groups helping in the community.
If one were to look at the complete work
of Greek groups as a whole, it would be
far from possible to label fraternities as
"bad."
Any responsible non-fiction writer
strives for veracity. With no clue as to the
operation of a fraternity, Caffrey has
made himself a fiction writer and The
Charlatan has been reduced to little more
than a cheap tabloid.
In future, Caffrey and The Charlatan
should consider whether or not they are
printing fact or fiction. They should also
consider whether or not they are being
defamatory.
Dave Rigby
President, Sigma Pi
Matthew Olivier
Fourth Counsellor
Robert Kisielewski
Founding Father
The comments about fraternities in
this article and the Sept. 16 review of
Chris Rock were the opinions of the writ-
ers and were not intended to insult mem-
bers of fraternities. — Ed.
Dan is our man
Editor:
In response to the letter in last week's
Charlatan about our efforts to rename the
Unicentre after Dan Aykroyd, I would
agree that Pauline Jewett deserves to have
a building named after her.
However, the Unicentre is dedicated to
student life and Jewett had little to do
with Carieton student life, which is why
the referendum likely failed.
If the university wants to honor lewett,
it would perhaps be more fitting to re-
name the administration building after
her. (Universities, however, usually like
to reserve such honors for people who
contribute a million dollars or more.)
By contrast, Aykroyd's time at Carle-
ton embodies the ideals of university
student life. He was an excellent student
who got involved with CKCU and Sock
'N' Buskin to refine his comedy and act-
ing talents. It was these extra-curricular
activities which brought him to the at-
tention of Toronto's Second City comedy
troupe, which lured him out of Carieton,
and the rest is history.
Some careers require a university de-
gree, others don't. I think it's safe to say
that, as an Academy Award-nominated
actor, the hours Aykroyd spent refining
his craft in the Unicentre were valuable
and educational. Naming the building
after him would be a fitting example to
future generations of students. A large
portion of the university community
seems to agree, as we already have more
than 2,000student signatures calling for
the name change.
Max Wallace
CKCU Station Manager
Wait your turn
Editor:
Clayton Wood's experience with the
Canadian health care system failed to
evoke much sympathy on my part
("Health System Needs Help," The Char-
latan, Sept. 23, 1993).
Here is why. Wood's appeal for justice
is that a prosperous Canadian, namely
himself, should be getting what he wants,
when he wants it. The crux of his argu-
ment is basically as follows: "1 should be
able to get it done (the eye operation)
when it's convenient for me." In other
words, since the external world does not
coincide with his wishes, it should be
adjusted accordingly.
Frankly, I am getting tired of this
solipsistic, this-world-is-my-idea kind of
attitude regarding social programs. The
world that Mr. Wood proposes is one
where rights correspond to one's wealth
which is, no doubt, not the kind of world
which most Canadians would envision
as fair.
The reason Wood feels that a social-
ized-style health care system doesn'twork
is because people are forced to give up a
"precious freedom," in that people such
as himself "are prohibited from spending
their money on a higher level of service. "
Let's take a closer look at what Wood's
loss of "precious freedom" actually
means.
In reality, buying his turn means that
another person, one who lacks similar
financial means, has to give up his or her
turn and consequently wait that much
longer. Seen in this light, the freedom of
the majority of Canadians would be af-
fected negatively by adding this sort of
selectivity to the medical system.
Wood fails to generate much sympa-
thy, as in essence he is lamenting the fact
that the Canadian health system dis-
criminates against everyone equally, in-
cluding the rich.
Peter Urmetzer
MA Sociology I
The Invisible
Woman
Editor:
Why does our CUSA president get
$18,000 a year when tuition fees are on
the rise, most students don't have jobs
and most parents of students are losing
their jobs?
Not so long ago I phoned the prestig-
ious CUSA office to speak to the $ 1 8,000
woman and I was told she had gone
home. If she had gone home, fine, be-
cause 1 don't expect her to live in her
office — it can get quite stuffy in there.
The thing is, I know she was there
because I was at the CUSA office less than
five minutes before my phone call. Upon
hearing about the absence of my presi-
dent, being only two minutes away, I ran
back to the CUSA office. Low and behold,
to my surprise (and hers, too), there she
was watching TV with her comrades.
I had only wanted to speak to her
about a small problem. It would have
taken her less than two minutes to speak
to me, but, oh no, my problem was dis-
missed as irrelevant before it was even
heard.
I would expect this behavior from
anyone, even myself when I am at home
watching my own TV, but not from a
person who gets paid to handle student
concerns.
Now that I know I pay for our presi-
dent's salary, when I phone to speak to
the Lucy, give herthe damn phone please.
Michael Congress
English IV
On August 30, 1990 a
heinous crime was
committed at The
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September 30,1993 * The Charlatan • 15
by Angie Gallop
Charlatan Stall
aybe you've only had sex once, or maybe you've been
active for 20 years. Maybe you were irresponsible or
maybe your birth control failed. Every experience is
different. But regardless of the situation, it's the same
initial sinking feeling and tightness in the chest as you
sit in a tiny office or
sterile examining room and the nurse tells you you're pregnant.
What are you going to do?
"They (the women who find out they are pregnant) are pretty
fragile, emotionally vulnerable, the emotions all play into it," says
Frances McEvoy, a nurse on staff at Carleton University's Health
Services.
"You sit down (with the women) for a long time because actually,
the person does not wanl to move most of the time. It's too much
of a shock. They want to know what's next."
Women have three options. They can carry the pregnancy to
term and keep the child, give the child up for adoption, or choose
to have an abortion.
Abortions are performed at three hospitals in Ottawa: the Civic,
the Riverside, the Queensway-Carlelon, and at a clinic in Hull.
But a "Needs and Assessment Report" on abortion services in
Eastern Ontario, released in February and drawn from the Ontario
Ministry of Health data for 1990 and 1991, found that about 500
women travelled to Toronto and Montreal from the Ottawa area for
abortions during those two years.
The report also found a shortage of physicians willing to perform
abortions in Eastern Ontario. According to the report, the shortage
is reaching crisis proportions as gynecologists who perform
abortions retire or change their practices.
Based on this report, plans for an abortion clinic in the Ottawa
area to service Eastern Ontario were announced by Ontario's
health minister Ruth Grier last July
Proposals for a clinic have lo be submitted by applicants by Oct.
8, to be reviewed by a Ministry of Health evaluation committee and
the district health councils in Eastern Ontario.
Because the deadline for applications hasn't passed, the Ministry
of Health is not able to name applicants or talk about any of the
proposals.
Vera Hrebacka, a member of the Pro-Choice Network, says her
organization exists to work towards making abortion services
available to women and lo guarantee their reproductive freedom.
The organization started the campaign for an abortion clinic in
Ottawa a little over a year ago. when it discovered Dr. Henry
Morgentaler had proposed a clinic in the Ottawa area in 1991.
"It wasn't the bureaucrats who gave us the clinic." says Denise
Lachance, another member of the Pro-Choice Network. "It was the
women and men who organized and fought for it."
The women and men of the Pro-Choice Network fought for a
clinic because they saw there was a desperate need for one.
"The many tests involved and the length between appointments
can cause women to wait an average of five weeks or longer for a
hospital abortion." says Christine Fretwell, another member of the
Pro-Choice Network.
Catherine Colombo, assistant to the medical director of the
Morgentaler Clinic in Toronto, says women who attend her clinic do
not experience a long wait.
"An appointment can be made within the week," says Colombo.
"The procedure can be a one-time affair unless the woman wishes
lo have counselling before, and if she wishes there is free counselling
after,"
Lachance says a long wait is unacceptable, because it is more
dangerous to have an abortion later in a pregnancy and because
women can't have an abortion after 20 weeks in Canada.
But Sue Hierlihy. public affairs director of the Campaign for Life
Coalition, does not agree.
"Hospitals offer more safeguards," she says. "Often women
complain about the time lag but perhaps this may give them more
time to seek help, to see it other solutions can solve the problems
they will experience carrying the child to term "
Another problem is with the anaesthetic used, according to the
Pro-Choice Network. In hospitals, many women are put to sleep
with a general anaesthetic, while in many situations only a local
anaesthetic is needed.
"The abortion itself is a short procedure which lasts onty five to
10 minutes, ' says Colombo. "Often, depending on the person, it
can take a woman 24 to 48 hours to recover from a general
anaesthetic."
Hrebacka says general anaesthetics are more expensive than
local ones and not necessary for women who are healthy,
"What happens is thai women often go through a gynecologist,
who booksoperating room time at a hospital to perform the procedure,"
says Hrebacka. "Here is where the general anaesthetic is used."
Colombo says her clinic never puts anyone to sleep with ageneral
anaesthetic, but uses a local anaesthetic which freezes the area
instead.
At a clinic, a woman is usually offered a choice of two drugs. One
isSublimaze.apain-killer The other is nitrous oxidegas. which helps
her to relax.
During an actual abortion, the cervical opening is dilated. Then
"curettage," a gentle wiping of the uterus, is followed by suction. If
the cervix doesn't dilate easily, "laminaria." which are like toothpicks
of seaweed, are inserted to gently dilate the opening.
Because of the simplicity of the procedure, Lachance says
hospital abortions are unnecessarily taking up time in the operating
room.
This is time which could otherwise be used for people who are
" she says. "Plus the hospitals are more expensive, so a clinic
ild be a better health dollar option."
Hrebacka explained that there is more involved in hospital
abortions because they are large institutions.
"There are many more steps to getting anything done in a
hospital, for example dealing with admitting and booking," she says.
"A clinic is cheaper just by virtue of being smaller,"
Hrebacka also said the general anaesthetic was also a significant
factor in the expense of a hospital abortion.
"A general anaesthetic means two doctors must be present
because it must be administered by an anaesthetist."
Lachance says women also prefer clinics over hospitals, because
some of the staff at hospitals can come across as anli-choice,
"In the hospitals the staff rotates so if a person is assigned to care
giving for an abortion they can't say 'don't put me there because of
my political views,'" says Fretwell, "But the woman has obviously
made up her mind to get that far. Questioning her judgment
undermines her viewpoint. It takes the decision process away from
her "
The Charlatan sought a comment from hospitals on these
complaints, but those called either could not or would not release
information surrounding abortions.
Colombo says the principle embraced by the Toronto clinic staff
is that women have a freedom to choose.
"At the clinic you get as much support as you need," she says. "No
one here perceives you've done anything wrong."
But Hierlihy says she believes clinics do not require women to;
think or be counselled enough on their decision.
"Women have abortions because they feel they can't carry the
child to term," she says, adding that clinic counsellors may not
present them with all their options.
But for women who do choose to have an abortion, a clinic in
Ottawa will probably make things a little easier.
Two women who have had abortions shared their experiences
with The Charlatan on the condition of anonymity. They answered an
advertisement on a bulletin board asking for their experiences and
opinions about a new clinic. These cases are individual and do not
speak for the experiences of all women who seek abortions at
hospitals or clinics.
Lena is a 21 -year-old Carleton student.
eing pregnant other than being careless."
Lena says she went to a gynecologist and then a hospital . At each
step in the process she had to have an internal examination —where
the cervix is dilated and the woman is checked to make sure there
are not any abnormalities like bumps or cysts in her uterus— before
she could proceed to the next.
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Lena says she first became pregnant because she was not
practising safe sex, but then became pregnant a second time while
she was on the pill.
She sought another abortion within seven months of the first.
Lena says she felt the hospital was busier this time. She says
before the operation, the porter wheeled her bed into the hallway
leading to the operating room, where she had to wait alone for about
10 minutes. She says it was a long time she had to think about getting
up and running away.
leeded to make sure the infection would not return. I finally
so disillusioned I went to (another) hospital where I had a
nan gynecologist who was wonderful. She made me stay for
ast two weeks and gave me a lot of antibiotics; but in the end
Lena's story is exceptional because she experienced severe
complications. Although a hospital would not comment, Colombo
says incomplete abortions, while extremely rare, are the most
common complication that happens.
Lena has a lew suggestions about what she would like to see
in a clinic. She says she didn't like being put to sleep and found
the waking up a bit traumatic. Also, she says she would have
liked a more supportive atmosphere
Lena says she felt it was important to tell women they have
the right to ask for antibiotics after the procedure to fight
possible infection.
"The doctors don't have to give it to you but you do have a
right to ask."
Kari is a 1 7-year-old Carleton student who had an abortion at
a clinic in Toronto when she was 13 She found out about the
clinic through a classmate.
assembly line — I knew the le woman ahead of me
?hind me having abortions.
I had overheard someone say they were supposed to do
five that day. Because of that. I didn't trust them to give me
special care, I felt they wanted me out of thei ould
overhear them talking about me. The doctor wanted me to
go home but the nurse was saying no. I was sent horr.
instructions. I went straight to bed."
According to Fretwell and Laohance, the atmosphere of being on
an "assembly line" is not uncommon for women who have hospital
abortions
Lena talked about a sense of "lurch" after her first abortion . "When
you go home you are not a part of anything anymore. If something
happens, you go to emergency like everyone else."
After her first abortion she experienced a fever and chills which
were soon cleared up by antibiotics. The side effects of her second
experience were more serious.
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Amen I did go (to the clinic) I saw a counsellor right away. They
e leery because of my age and they wanted me to tell my
ents but I was adamant that I wouldn't. They gave me my main
ions. I was the one who brought up the possibility of abortion,
i only time I had second thoughts was when I had the
asound. ! heard the heartbeat and I found out it was a girl. I too
ng time to decide. Finally I sat dow d out all the pros
cons on paper. The procedure itself was very simple,
jything was explained beforehand and carried out like
ained. They didn't put me to sleep like I had expected before,
had a feeling of something leaving my body. Not just physically,
iul emotiona:ly as well."
Kari says the option of abortion was not pushed on her by the
clinic counsellor.
The one thing Kari did not like about the clinic was the waiting
room.
"I would rather not sit and wait in a waiting room. If you have
the appointment you should just get right into the procedure,"
she says. "I would prefer not to see people during the procedure
I think when you're at the clinic you just want to get it over and
done with."
Kari says if she were to be in the same situation now that she
is older, she would probably decide not to abort.
Iways think of what a baby would've looked like and
ould've affected your life in a positive way s I've had .
> about having a baby, but I am a very practical
would never go thr ough with a pregnancy for nine
o give the baby away and I would never keep a baby
Vt realistically and financially feasible. Now it has
3w years and I don' t think I'd have an abor tion now
ne pregnant. Now I do value life. But you can' t think
You're pregnant.
What are you going to do?
Although a new abortion clinic may nottake away the anxiety
you may feel when faced with this decision, it may make sure you
have easier access to all of your options
"Make sure you have somebody — a good sounding board
around you, somebody you can trust, willing to listen, be non-
judgmental," says McEvoy. "Your decision is yours and yours
alone and ultimately the consequences are yours no matter
which way you go."
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SPORTS
Toronto sings the soccer blues
Ravens ranked second in
country after strong win
by Sarah Richards
Charlatan Staff
Toronto may have the Blue Jays base-
ball team, but Carleton has the Ravens
men's soccer team.
And when it comes to winning, the
Ravens are proving to be just as success-
ful as their feathered friends.
Carleton 2 Toronto 0
The Carleton men's soccer team beat
the University of Toronto Varsity Blues 2-
0 on Oct. 25, improving their record to an
undefeated 4-0.
"(Toronto) justdidn'tseem motivated
- I don't think they like playing the
tough teams," said Raven goalkeeper
Stevie Ball. Besides the polished
goaltending of Toronto's George Radan,
the Blues put on a somewhat lacklustre
performance. They were unable to pen-
etrate Carleton's defence in the first half
despite having a strong wind at their
back.
It was Carleton that came closest to
scoring, when at 20 minutes, defenceman
Earl Cochrane's shot chipped the bottom
of Toronto's crossbar. The ball wobbled
on the goal line, but crowding around
the net prevented Raven forward Naoki
Ogasawara from tapping it in. The teams
were left scoreless at halftime.
Offensively, the Basil Phillips-Iohn
Lauro combination has provided excel-
lent Raven scoring chemistry early in the
season. That continued against Toronto.
When the first goal of the game was
posted in the second half, the two for-
wards were the initiators.
"John kicked a through ball over (the
Toronto defenceman's) head. I ran in
behind the defender, got the ball, took a
couple of touches and hit it into the far
comer," said Phillips.
The Toronto goalkeeper was left with
little chance to make a save.
Solid defence allowed Carleton's goal-
keeper Ball to avoid any major confron-
Raven defender Marty Lauter marks a Toronto player in Carleton's 2 0 win.
tations during the game. But when he
was called upon to make a spectacular
save, he rose to the occasion.
Raven lan Roe brought down a Blues
player in Ball's goaltender box and the
81ues were awarded a penalty kick.
"It was a fifty-fifty call. It was kind of
an awkward call," said Ball.
The waist-high shot was stopped by
Ball, who correctly guessed to dive to his
right.
"Everyone told me . . . that they thought
he was going the other way and I sort of
thought he was too, but I don't change
my mind," said Ball of his decision.
A fatal mistake by Toronto's defence
eliminated any chances of a Blues' come-
back. Cochrane was left unmarked on
the far goal post despite the calls of the
Soccer Shots
Here's how the Raven men rank
against the country's best
1 UBC Thunderbirds
2 Carleton Ravens
3 Victoria Vikings
4 McGill Redmen
5 Alberta Golden Bears
Toronto coach for his players to cover
him. Cochrane connected with defender
Marty Lauter's kick before the Blues could
fill the hole and scored the Raven's sec-
ond goal. a
Rugby team demolishes Brock in win
by Matt Shurrie
Charlatan Staff
If you can't find the Brock Badgers
rugby team, go look under a rock.
After the humiliating 50-0 beating
they received from the Raven men's rugby
team at Carleton on Sept. 25, there's no
other place they could be.
Carleton 50 Brock 0
With the victory, the Ravens improved
to 2-0 and remain tied with Royal Mili-
tary College atop the Ontario Universi-
ties Athletic Association's second rugby
division.
"The team was impressive, and I no-
ticed a change in attitude," said coach
Lee Powell. " It was very evident there was
a high level of intensity and a desire to
win."
All-star kicker Mike Rys led the team
with an incredible 23 points on two tries,
five converts and a penalty kick.
"The fullbacks played at the level we
think they can and the rookies continue
to shine," Rys said modestly.
Aside from Rys, much of the Ravens'
success could also be attributed to new
game strategy, said coach Powell.
"We were able to incorporate new
techniques with added twists," he said.
The Ravens soared above the crowd in their game against Brock
Of these new strategies, a fullback
pass fake was the most successful be-
cause it created a hole for the fullback to
run through.
Raven fullback Bruce Maxwell used
the play to perfection, scoring two tries.
Carleton dominated Brock in the first
half, building a 26-0 halftime lead. The
second half was a repeat of the first,
highlighted by missed opportunities for
Brock and a continued Carleton offen-
sive onslaught. .
Although Brock threatened early in
the second half to break the shutout
moving the ball downfield into sconng
position, Raven defence held them back.
Then Raven players Sam Manaiso
and Rick Haldane broke out. Relying on
the pass fake technique, both scored a try
a piece. Mancuso had an excellent 20-
yard run for a score. Following him,
Haldane was able to fake out the Badgers
and run 30 yards for another score.
In other rugby action, the rugby
Ravens' second team defeated Bishop's
second team by a score of 27-9.
"The second team is moving along
very well, making it very difficult choos-
ing players to move up and down, " said
coach Powell. '-'
The difference
a year makes
by Steven Vesely
Charlatan Staff
Excuse me.
But is this Carleton University?
You know, the university the worst
sports teams in the country call
home? The place where the losers
live? Some team called the Ravens?
Because if it is I'm a mighty confused
puppy - 'cause I can't seem to find
them anymore.
Glancing at this year's first-month
Raven results in comparison to the
same figures recorded last year, shows
something previously only dreamed
about in recent years -- improve-
ment among Carleton teams.
Well almost ~ let's take a look at
the difference a year makes.
In men's soccer, after their first
four games, last year's Ravens were
in second place in their OUAA east
division with a 3-1 record. Later on in
the season they'd move into the na-
tional rankings peaking at the
number five spot. Not bad. Not bad
at all. Tough to improve on that, one
would think.
Uh-huh. This year after four
games, the men's soccer team is sit-
ting pretty with a tidy 4-0 record,
they're first in their division, and the
CIAU already has them ranked as
the second best team in the country.
In women's soccer, the Ravens
were fourth in their OWIAA east
division after three games last sea-
son with a 1-2 record.
This year the record remains the
same but they've allowed eight fewer
goals. Last year's team allowed 12
goals in their first three games. This
year's they've reduced that figure to
four. For the women's soccer team,
the improvement's not in the actual
results, but the margin of victory.
Nowhere is this turnaround of
Raven fortunes more noticeable than
in the football team. Lastyear's woe-
ful squad staggered through their
first three games compiling a 0-3
record, bringing up the rearin the O-
QIFC the entire season. After just
three games they'd already given up
121 points and had only managed to
score 14 themselves.
What a difference a year makes.
This year's squad issitting third in
the O-QIFC after three games with a
2-1 record. They've halved their
points against to 60 and scored 61 .
Then there's the rugby team. Last
year's club was alone in first in the
OUAA rugby second division with a
2-0 record. Dejd vu. This year's club
posts the same record. So it's not an
improvement, but it's not a decline
either now, is it?
Finally we come to the women's
field hockey team -- the deviant one
in this month's positive curve.
Last year's club posted a 2-1-2,
fourth-place record after five games.
This year's team is currently sitting
seventh after seven games with a 1-
4-2 record. Less wins. More losses. So
they're not perfect. I'm willing to
forget.
Because this is Carleton Univer-
sity. Where some team called the
Ravens is reversing long-standing
past trends.
This month anyway. □
September 30,1993 ■ The Charlatan • 19
Vanier Cup champs humbled by Ravens
I =1 when Elberg romped for 145
Football team registers another comeback
by Derek DeCloet
Charlatan Staff
As the Carleton Ravens left the Meld
on Sept. 25, one thing was apparent to
the fans at Kingston's Richardson Sta-
dium.
A new era had arrived for Carleton
football.
Carleton 25 Queen's 20
Backed by a strong running game and
a sterlingsecond-half defence, the Ravens
shocked the Queen's Golden Gaels, last
year's Vanier Cup champion.
It wasn't easy. In what is becoming a
weekly occurrence, the Ravens fell be-
hind early, and had to scramble back
from a 1 7-3 halftime deficit.
"We just kept plugging away like we
have in our other two games, " said start-
ing quarterback Sean O'Neill, who was
replaced by backup Shawn Thompson at
the start of the third quarter. "We just
kept scoring and itseemedlikeitwouldn't
stop."
"I think it shows that we've got a lot of
character in us," said Thompson of the
comeback. "There's no death in us. We
never give up."
The workhorse for the Ravens' offence
was running back David Bosveld, who
amassed 145 yards on 29 carries. He
scored one touchdown on a 20-yard pass
from Thompson and ran for two more —
including a 35-yard TD rush in the fourth
quarter, to put the Ravens ahead 21-20.
"He read the holes well, and the offen-
sive line made some big holes for him,"
said Thompson.
Defensively, the Ravens buckled down
and shut down Brad Elberg, the Gaels'
star running back, in the second half.
Elberg, an all-Canadian last year,
opened the scoring less than three min-
utes into the game with an 85-yard touch-
down pass from quarterback Steve Othen.
But the Ravens contained Elberg after
that, holding him to 99 yards rushing
and no touchdowns.
"In thefirsthalf . . .we kind of dragged
Football Follies
Year W L T PF PA PIS
1986 3 0 0 99 33 6
1992 0 3 0 14 121 0
1993 2 1 0 61 60 4
As the season progresses, well com-
pare tfits year's Raven squad against
the best and worst Raven teams of
the past; the 6-1 1986 squad and tfie
Or? 1992 team.
him down, we kind of chased him down,
but we didn't tackle him," said Raven
defensive back Jason Mallett. "In the
second half, we made some hits. We let
him know we were ready to play the
game."
"We had people in Brad Elberg's face, "
said Raven coach Donn Smith.
"(Linebackers) |oey Ducharme and Hubie
Hiltz were really smacking him.
"I wouldn't say we stopped him, but
we did minimize him."
It was another indication of how far
the Ravens have come since last year.
when Elberg romped for 145 yards and
four touchdowns in a 43-3 rout.
With solid defence, the Ravens were
able to trap the Gaels in their own terri-
tory, creating better field position for the
offence.
"We had good field position all second
half," said Thompson. "It seemed like
even when we didn't score, we were mov-
ing the ball."
O'Neill struggled in the first half, com-
pleting just four of 11 passes behind an
erratic offensive line. But he, not
Thompson, will start against Bishop's on
Oct. 2, said Smith.
"I think it will be a boost for Sean
O'Neill to know we have that backup (in
Thompson)," said Smith.
Smith said Queen's may have under-
estimated the Ravens' comeback ability.
"I think Queen's probably felt ... in
the back of their mind that it was pretty
well out of reach for us," he said.
O'Neill, meanwhile, thinks the Ravens'
days as a laughing stock in the Ontario-
Quebec Intercollegiate Football Confer-
ence are over.
"Now they'll take us for real, " he said.
"That's for sure." □
Lacrosse club falls short in high-scoring shootout
by Ryan Ward
Charlatan Staff
What a downer.
The Carleton lacrosse club lost a close,
late 6-5 decision to last year's lacrosse
champion Brock Badgers on Sept. 25 at
Brewer Park.
"It was just adowner," said co-captain
Wayne Paddick. "We fought so hard,
scored a goal in the fourth quarter to he,
and then they scored the winner."
It was a difficult loss to swallow pre-
cisely for that reason - the Ravens could
have pulled off an upset victory.
"It was not a very highly skilled game,"
said Paddick. "It was just full of sloppy
play. We just had a whole bunch of
missed opportunities that we should have
done something with."
Carleton opened the scoring in the
first quarter but trailed 3-2 at halftime.
The third quarter was a story of deja
vu as Carleton stormed back to tie the
game at three. And then again at four.
And then again at five. And then . . .
Brock finally ended the seesaw match
with a cheap goal late in the game.
"It infuriated me," said co-captain
Brye Briggs. "They pretty well did what
we wanted to do - shoot the puck. If we
had taken more shots I'm sure we could
have turned the game around."
Scoring for Carleton were midfielder
Greg Moroski, attack Steve Simenovic
with two and attack Dan McWhirter with
the other pair.
The lacrosse club will play its next
games on the weekend in Guelph Oct. 2
and Hamilton Oct. 3 against the Gryph-
ons and Marauders. □
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Hockey Pool
ON BANK
1 344 Bank Street
(at Riverside)
738 -3323
Rules
Prizes Available
The contestant with the highest point
total at the end of the season will win
the first place prize.
The prize has not yet been determined
but you can bet your booties you're
gonna like it.
Every week the contestant with the
highest point total will be awarded a
dinner certificate for two worth $25 at
Baxter's.
No contestant may claim the weekly
prize more than once. In the event that
a previous winner qualifies for the din-
ner, the prize will be awarded to the
contestant with the next highest total.
1 - This contest is open to anyone with
a Carleton University student card.
Charlatan Staff are not eligible.
2 - All entries must be received by the
Charlatan, room 531 , the Unicentre by
noon Monday Oct. 4, 1993
3 - Only one official entry, per person,
clipped from the Charlatan will be ac-
cepted. The Charlatan reserves the
right to disqualify any entry that has not
been properly completed, and we will
not be held responsible for any lost or
misplaced entry forms.
4 - If one of your players is traded to
another team, his point total will still be
included. If your player is released,
retired, injured, benched, demoted to
the minors, arrested, killed or quits
hockey to write for the Charlatan —
tough. No compensation will be made.
5 - If the final standings result in a tie,
it will be broken by a supervised draw.
6 - Weekly prizes can be picked up at
the Charlatan. Bring your ID card.
7 - All entrants agree to have their
names and scores printed in the Char-
latan.
8 - A copy of these rules will be posted
at the Charlatan for you to admire. If
you have any questions concerning
the rules of your entry, place your
enquiry, name and phone number in
the sports editor box at the Charlatan.
CENTRAL FORWARDS
□ Mike Modano Dal 93
□ Dino Ciccarelli Det 97
□ Brendan Shanahan StL 94
□ Dave Andreychuk Tor 99
□ Sergei Federov Det 87
PACIFIC FORWARDS
□ Gary Roberts Cgy 79
□ TonyGranato LA 82
□ Kelly Kisio SJ 78
□ Murray Craven Van 77
□ Geoff Courtnall Van 77
CENTRAL DEFENCE
PACIFIC DEFENCE
a
Mark Tinordi
Dal
42
□
Dana Murzyn
Van
16
□
Niklas Lidstrom
Det
41
□
Trent Yawney
cgy
17
□
Yves Racine
Det
40
□
Frantisek Musil
Cgy
16
□
Todd Gill
Tor
43
□
Luke Richardson
Edm
13
□
Dave Ellett
Tor
40
□
Doug Zmolek
SJ
15
Name
Phone
CUID
NORTHEAST FORWARDS
□ Dale Hawerchuk Buf 96
□ Jaromir Jagr Pbg 94
□ Vince Damphousse Mtl 94
□ Ron Francis Pbg 1 00
□ Joe Sakic Que 105
NORTHEAST DEFENCE
□ Glen Wesley Bos 33
□ Richard Smehlik Buf 31
□ Patrice Brisebois Mtl 31
□ Curtis Leschyshyn Que 32
□ EricWeinrich Hfd 36
SUPERSTARS
□ Pierre Turgeon NYI 132
□ Alexander Mogilny Buf 127
□ Luc Robitaille LA 125
□ TeemuSelanne Wpg 132
□ DougGilmour Tor 127
BRUISERS
□ Brad May Buf 26
□ Ronnie Stern Cgy 25
□ Shane Churla Dal 21
□ Mike Peluso NJ 25
□ Kris King Win 19
ATLANTIC FORWARDS
□ Claude Lemieux NJ 81
□ Steve Thomas NYI 87
Q Rod Brind' Amour Phi 86
□ Brian Bradley TB 86
□ Peter Bondra Wsh 85
ATLANTIC DEFENCE
□ Bruce Driver NJ 54
□ Scott Stevens NJ 57
□ Greg Hawgood Phi 46
□ Vladimir Malakhov NYI 52
□ SylvainCote Wsh 50
SUPERSTARS
Q MatsSundin Que 114
□ Kevin Stevens Pbg 1 1 1
□ Pavel Bure Van 110
□ Rick Tocchet Pbg 1 09
□ Jeremy Roenick Chi 107
ROOKIES
□ Alexei Yashin Ott 0
□ Chris Pronger Hrt 0
□ Chris Gratton TB 0
□ Alexandre Daigle Ott 0
□ Victor Kozlov SJ 0
20 • The Charlatan • September 30,1993
Raven
Rumblings
Women's soccer looking for offence
One goal in three games
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
-We're averaging on ambulance a
game."
Women's soccer coach Daw Kent
on the- injuries plaguing hl> team.
CHE S
C beets to freshman running buck
David BosveW who was named the O-
QIK player of the week after his hero-
ics in Carletoo's 25-20 vu tory over the
Queen's Golden Gaels. Bosvelcl * aught
a 20-yard pass for a touch-town and
rushed Cor two more, In total, be cor-
ned the ball 29 time tor 345 yards
niching, averaging S yards per carry
tern to McGUI defensive lineman
lohn Fevec for testing positive for
itunuzol after on unscheduled doping
test was conducted after a Sept i pra<
tu e the Ottawa Citizen reportedearliei
this week. Pevec was suspended for
lour years ami hod until Sept 29 to
oppeal the decision.
CALENDAR
Friday Oct. I.
FIELD HCX KEY The women's field
hockey team will travel to Kingston
looking to Improve on their l-t-2record
against the 3-4 Queen's Golden Gaels
in a 1:10 p.m. match.
Saturday Oct. 2.
RUGBY rhe rugby team will travel
to Peterborough to take on the Trent
Excaltbui on Trent Field at t p m
SOCCER - Thi- Carleton men's soc-
cer team will travel to York University
looking to i c n th , ^Oreconl
nuuinst the Y< i i a 1 p tt<
gome at th 1 I itadlum
The women's soccer team will fol-
low with a i p.m. mulch against the
York Yecwomen's tram
FQOTBALl •- The surprising 2-1
Ravens football team will host the con-
ference-leading Bishop's Gaiters on
Raven Fieldat i p m.Ticketsarf J2for
students with ID lords one! i-i for all
others.
WATERPOLO - The men'swoterpol. •
leamopens Us season In Kingston with
a gam* against the Queen's Golden
Gaels at 12:50p m.
Sunday, Oct. 3
SOCCER - The men's soccer team
concludes its road trip with a 1 p.m.
game against the Ri rot Rams.
IT,, women - team will follow with
o 3 p.m. game against the Ryerson
Lady Rams. a
by Bram S. Aaron
Cha/lalan Stall
Where, oh where, has the offence
gone?
The Carleton Ravens women's soccer
team lost 3-0 to the University of Toronto
Blues on Sept. 25, dropping their season
record to 1-2.
True to early season form, the Raven
defence excelled while the Raven offence
disappeared.
Toronto 3 Carleton 0
"Our defence looks strong, said co-
captain Mary McCormick. "And when
(defender Stacey) Doherty comes back
we'll be even stronger." Doherty suffered
an eye injury a week ago in a match
against the Ryerson Rams and likely won't
rejoin the team until mid-October.
But in the meantime, offensive
changes are necessary, said coach David
Kent.
"We have to change the system so
that, without sacrificing defence, we can
shoot some balls at their net," he said.
How that is to be accomplished re-
mains to be seen.
Against Toronto, an early goal by the
Blues set the tone for the entire game.
"We had good spirits going into the
game, but after they scored their first
goal, we went downhilland lost morale, "
said McCormick. "We were all disap-
pointed."
"We played well in the first half," said
Kent. "But they're (Toronto) a strong,
explosive team. In the second half they
slowed us down because they were able to
keep the pressure up and we weren't able
to stay with them."
Aggressive play by Toronto and a lack
of intensity by Carleton was another con-
tributing factor in the Raven loss.
"They (Toronto) played physical for
the whole 90 minutes, and we only played
for 60," said Kent.
The Blues scored twice in the second
half, including a goal on a penalty kick,
to seal the victory.
Despite the loss, there were positive
signs of improvement, said Kent. Goal-
keeper Kristina Bacchi was solid in net.
Midfielder Conine van Ryckde Groot was
a lone aggressive force and defender Sarah
Richards provided strong defence.
Rookie play was another plus, said
Kent.
"We have 1 1 rookies on this team and
we're holding our own and improving at
the same time," he said. "That's g tre-
mendousaccomplishment." □
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Eating Disorder Group
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"Date Rape" Support Group
Thursdays, October 14th (9:30 -11:30 am)
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PLACEMENT
& Career Services
^^^^^ ^^^^ Dmnrimf -> ri H cnmirflf nf iniorQct ■ inHemrarii latoc nraHnatinn ctuHpnte
Check the posting boards at
the Placement Centre for
more Job listings.
Programs and services of interest to undergraduates, graduating students, as well as alumni.
ON-CAMPUS RECRUITING
Permanenl full-time positions are
directed towards graduating students
(available May '94). Dates, unless
specified, refer to deadlines.
To find out the types of positions,
how to apply and where to find
more information on the companies,
please contact the office.
BDO Dunwoody Ward Mallette
Sept. 30, 1 2 noon
Commerce
Positions: Studenls-ln-Accounts
Northern Telecom/BNR
Oct. 1 , 12 noon
Engineering, Computer Science,
Math, Physics, Information Systems
Positions: Sec Job Postings Booklet
Office of the Auditor General
Oct. I, Mail Direct
Commerce. Finance. Economics,
Administration
Positions: Audit Trainee Program
Ernst & Young
Oct. 6, 1 2 noon
Commerce
Positions: Students-ln-Accounts
EXOCOM Systems Corp.
Oct. 7. 12 noon
Computer Systems Engineering.
Computer Science, Commerce-MIS
Positions: Various
Coopers & Lybrand
Oct. 8, 12 noon
Commerce, Other Disciplines
Positions: St utlents-ln- Accounts
Bank of Canada
Oct. 8, 1 2 noon
Computer Science
Positions: Various
Bell Canada
Oct. 12, 12 noon
Computer Science, Computer Math,
Commerce, Systems, Electrical,
Mechanical & Civil Engineering
Positions: Various
Welch & Company
Oct. 12, 12 noon
Commerce
Positions: Studenls-ln-Accounts
Newbridge/Crosskeys
Oct. 13, 1 2 noon
Electrical & Systems Engineering,
Computer Science, Commerce(MlS)
Positions: Various
Object Technology International
Oct. 13, 12 noon
Computer Science
Positions: Software Engineers
Brytech
Oct. 14, 12 noon
Electrical Engineering
Position: Electrical Design Engi-
neer
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Oct. 14, 12 noon
Electrical Eng., Computer System
Engineering, Computer Science
Positions: Hardware & Software
Designers & Developers
Bank of Canada
Oct. 15, 12 noon
Commerce
Positions: Various
CAREER WEEK
Speaker Series/Events
"Chilling Climate for Women
in Academia & the Workplace"
Video, Panel and Discussion
Oct. 4, 301 DT. 2pm-4pm
Interested in working abroad?
Representatives from CUSO,
Canada World Youth and Canadian
Crossroads will be on campus to
share their experiences, discuss
how to get involved and provide
literature.
Oct. 5, 315 PA, 10:30am-12:30pm
Graduate Programs
Representatives from graduate
programs from various univer-
sities will be available to speak
with you about graduate pro-
grams at their institutions.
Oct. 5, Porter Hall, 1 lam-3pm
" Employment Issues Facing
Aboriginal Students"
Oct. 6, 281 TB,2pm-4pm
"Marketing a Liberal Arts
Degree"
Oct. 5, 404 SA, 2pm-4pm
Career Fair
Representatives from private and
public sector companies and
associations will be on hand to
discuss career opportunities in
their fields. Bring a resume and
dress professionally.
Sign up for Speaker Series
in Placement & Career Services
508 UNICENTRE
TD Bank
Oct. 18, 12 noon
Commerce
Positions: Commercial Account
Managers, Personnel Account
Managers, Customer Service &
Sales.
Andersen Consulting
Oct. 19, 12 noon
Computer Science, Computer Math,
Engineering (Systems & Electrical),
Commerce (MIS), Other Disciplines
Positions: Staff Consultant
London Life
Oct. 19, 12 noon
All Disciplines
Positions: Marketing Reps.
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Oct. 20, 1 2 noon
Commerce, Arts
Positions: Disability Sales Consult-
ant Trainees
ATI Technologies Inc.
Oct. 21, 12 noon
Comp. Science, Comp. Math,
Electrical & Comp. Systems Eng.
Positions: Various
Canada Life
Sign Up Deadline: Oct. 26, 12 noon
Interview Dates: Oct. 27 & 28
Commerce, Arts, Social Science
Positions: Sales Reps
EDS Canada
Oct. 27, 12 noon
Engineering: Electrical, Mechanical,
Systems
Commerce: General, Info Systems
Computer Science
Math. Statistics
Positions: Systems Engineering
Development Program
Investors Group
Oct. 29, 12 noon
Commerce, Arts, Social Sciences
Positions: Financial Planner
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Nov. 12, Mail Direct
All Disciplines-Masters or PhD
Positions: Management Trainee
Program
Public Service Commission
Nov. 12, Mail Direct
Commerce, Public Admin., Compu-
ter Science
Positions: Financial Officer/Inter-
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Public Service Commission
Nov. 12, Mail Direct
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Positions: Accelerated Economist
Training Program
Bank of Canada
Nov. 19, 12 noon
Economics
Positions: Various
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September 30, 1993
Embassy of Japan
Dec. 3, Mail Direct
All Disciplines
Positions: Assistant English
Teacher
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22 . The Charlatan ■ September 30,1993
Rys-ing to the occasion simple for Rys
Rugby team captain hoping to
lead Ravens to playoff berth
by Josee Bellemare
Charlatan Staff
He wears a black shirt, faded after
three years on the rugby squad, and
almost every afternoon of the week, in a
cold September wind, you can spot him
wearing that shirt on the rugby field.
He's Mike Rys and it could be argued
he's the Carleton rugby team's most valu-
able player.
"If he were to leave the team, we
would lose 80 per cent of our energy,"
says rugby coach Lee Powell. "Over the
past four years, the energy he's shown,
tied in with his maturity towards how the
game is played, has made him an excel-
lent player."
That energy, maturity and all-round
excellence are what make him such an
imposing offensive force.
Just look at these figures:
- 11 points in a 35-6 trouncing over
Trent University in league action two
years ago.
-11 points in a 1 1-0 victory last year
over the Royal Military College Redmen.
- and just this past Saturday, Rys
accounted for a career high: 23 points in
a 50-0 thrashing of the Brock Badgers.
For numbers like these, and others like
them, Rys was finally rewarded last year
when he was named to the Ontario Uni-
versities Athletic Association's rugby all-
star team.
Sports for Rys started early when his
father played with himasachild. Hockey.
Football. Soccer. If it was a sport, he
played it.
And as grew up in a Walkerton, a
small town two hours north of Toronto,
under his father's watchful eye he began
developing the powerful kick playing
soccer which makes him such an integral
part of the rugby Ravens' offence.
"I developed my kicking when I was
young," he says. "My father was a very
big influence on my life."
Soccer, however, fell by the wayside,
as did his desire to play football when Rys
entered the local high school.
Football wasn't offered. Rugby was.
"It's a different style of game because
you're playing without equipment," he
says, commenting on the difference be-
tween the two sports. "You don 't have the
rests like you do in football. And if there's
a scrum, there's a lot of times you get
kicked and pushed around."
Despite the bruises and punishment,
Rys realized right away he loved rugby.
"It's more of a team sport — you can't
be by yourself, you have to count on
everybody else," he says.
It may be a team sport, but Rys is the
undisputed team leader. And that means
work.
"Mike is a vital part of this team," says
Raven centre Andre Mihelic. "He's a
motivator -- a hard-nosed player."
He practises constantly. Before games.
After games. With the team. Alone. Even
during the summer when rugby is not in
season, Rys says he practised twice a
week.
"I make every effort possible to make
every game and practice, " he says. " I feel
if I'm missing practices, I'm cheating
myself by not being there."
Besides rugby, if there is such a thing
for the fourth-year student, 22-year-old
Rys is finishing off a sociology degree - a
goal he's learned the importance of.
"In my first year, I felt my schooling
was hurt," he says, referring to his less
than stellar grades. "I learned that 1 have
"If he were to leave
the team, we would
lose 80 per cent of
our energy."
Coach Lee Powell
At the centre of every huddle, that's where you'll find rugby Raven Mike Rys.
to balance them equally.
"If I want good marks, I have to put a
lot of time into it. If I want to be a good
player, I have to put a lot of time into it."
Now Rys is putting time into another
goal — a playoff berth for the rugby
team in the second division of OUAA
rugby.
Two years ago, the Ravens finished
third in their division. Last year, they
moved up to second. Neither was good
enough for a playoff berth. Only the first-
place team moves on to the playoffs
against the top three teams of the first
division.
"In the last couple of years, there were
a lot of disappointments, " Rys says. " I get
disappointed because everybody works
hard."
But maybe with Rys in charge, things
will be different this year.
"The main goal is to win this season,"
he says. "You take the good with the bad
and hopefully this year, we'll get there. "□
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Rowing club wins some, loses some, in first regatta
by Alec Maclaren
Charlatan Staff
It was mixed results for the Raven
men's and women's rowing crews in their
first regatta of the season - the Head of
the Rideau -- held within grunting dis-
tance of Carleton on the Rideau Canal.
The novice men's eights took top
honors in their race against the Univer-
sity of Ottawa Gee-Gee crew, while Carle-
ton sculler Rob Bennett finished third
among seven racers in the lightweight
men's single scull.
"Sometimes we were just flying" said
John Nisbet of the novice men's eight.
They beat the Gee-Gee novices by 14
seconds after more than 23 minutes of
racing. The win was a huge victory for the
crew, as it had only been set four days
earlier.
The highlight on the women's side
was the thrilling third-place finish by the
varsity women's coxed four, ahead of
their "down water" rival Ottawa Gee-Gees.
Rowing Raven Trevor MacKay pulled
a 23:12 time against the clock in his
varsity men's single scull race, winning
by default when no other sculler entered.
While some Carleton rowers were able
to show their metal right off the bat,
others talked in terms of perspective.
Brian Jules, of the varsity men 's coxed
four which finished second of two, said
"we have a lot of potential ... we just
need to get in better condition."
Jules described the disappointing last-
Stroking is dangerous to your health.
place finish of the varsity men's eights, in
which the varsity women's four and a
lightweight four raced together for the
first time as "a bit of a science project."
John Ossonski, the Ravens' women's
rowing coach, was pleased with the ca-
pabilities of his rowers.
"I see a lot of potential here, a lot of
good rowers."
Ossonki said he was not concerned
with the women's mixed results because
they had only been together for two weeks.
a: Among other finishes, the women's
£ varsity double finished second of three
8 boats and the van y men's double placed
d third among four.
m The Ravens' next challenge is the Trent
Regatta in Peterborough on Oct. 2. □
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Answer the following ques-
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two at Schadillac's Saloon.
Which CFL coach
won the most Grey Cup
rings and how many did
he win?
1. Place your answer, name and
phone number on a piece of paper
and submit it to The Charlatan sports
editor, room 531 Unicentre. The re-
cipient of the prize, will be deter-
mined by a supervised draw of all
correct answers.
2. All answers must be received by
Monday, Oct. 3, 1993. The winner
will be contacted by phone, by the
sports editor of the Charlatan.
3. Contestents may submit only
one entry per week.
4. Charlatan staff members and
their families are not eligible to par-
ticipate.
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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Feds, Dreads and Toasted Breads
Breakfast with Mr. Poopyhead
by Andrea Smith
Chariatan Staff
Tom Stewart is soooo cuuuuuute.
At eight o'clock in the morning, over
a non-healthy yet inexpensive breakfast,
the bassist/singer for Fumaceface dis-
cussed the band's new CD single, "No-
body To Vote For."
Tom Stewart: he's sooo cuuuute!
While he spoke, he tried to keep a
piece of fried egg from sliding off his toast
as he lifted it to his mouth.
Stewart says musically the band has
come a long way since the last album fust
Buy It.
"We've played a lot more so we're a
better band. We sing a little bit better,"
says the blue-eyed rock god, who at 30,
seems remarkably spry.
"Marty (keyboards/guitar) plays gui-
tar on a lot of the songs in the new record.
It tends to be kinda heavier, more black.
And there's no songs like 'My Girlfriend
Thinks She's Fat.'"
The single's official launch happened
in simulcast on CKCU and CHUO Sept.
27.
"Nobody To Vote For," which has a
limited release of 1,000 copies, features
two tracks from Fumaceface's album set
for release in (anuary: the title track as
well as "Beg The Question."
Stewart says Fumaceface decided to
release the single not just as a promo for
the new album, but because of the gen-
eral lack of outrage over the poor choice
of candidates in the impending federal
election.
"Usually I can bear it, but this time,
oooh man, it'ssooobad." says Stewart. "1
can't vote for any of those people, and
everybody I talk to says 'Yeah, you're
right.'"
He dips his toast in his egg
yolks.
He says he doesn't know of
any other bands doing any-
thing like "Nobody To Vote
For."
"Maybe people are just
ground down and worn out
enough that they feel they
can't make a difference, " says
Stewart. "Maybe you can't
make a difference, but you
can make a statement. That's
what this song is, I guess — or
maybe it's just entertain-
ment."
Apparently, you can get
pretty far with entertainment.
The news media, in a
shocking breach of protocol,
have frenzied around this sin-
gle act of critical thought.
"There's so much hype
about it," says Stewart.
"Maclean's phoned me this
morning. And we're going to
be on the Ralph Benmurgi
show."
Much Music, "Canada's
music station," was so in-
spired by "Nobody To Vote
For" that the station offered
to shoot a video for free.
According to Stewart, all
the electoral candidates re-
ceived press releases regard-
ingthesingle.buthehashad
no reactions from any of them.
The Charlatan tried to reach all the
major parties for a reaction to
Fumaceface's manifesto, but only the
Reform party called back.
Betty MacDonald is in charge of pub-
lic relations for the Reform party in Ot-
tawa.
"Oh for heaven's sake, isn't that an
awful cynical attitude," she said after
hearing the title of the CD.
But when read the lyric "Why is it all
we ever get are short- sighted, power-
hungry jerks?" MacDonald perked up.
"I think they're absolutely right," she
says. "They're looking out for the future
generation."
MacDonald then launched into a
speech on how politicians of the past 20
years have mortgaged our future.
"That's why I joined the Reform party, "
she said.
Regardless, Stewart won't be encour-
aging anybody to vote for the Reform
party.
"I think I'm going to spoil my ballot
and encourage other people
to do the same," he says.
"All I'm saying is give me
some options. I mean, I'm
not saying I have solutions,
or that I know somebody bet-
ter. I'mjust saying thatright
now the people who are be-
ing offered don't cut it."
At that point Stewart had
to leave the restaurantto go
help the rest ofthebandload
equipment. They were leav-
ing that morning to play Lon-
don and Hamilton, and to
shoot the Much Music video
in Toronto over the week-
end.
The Charlatan was invited
to continue the interview
with the rest of the band at
the Sound Of One Hand stu-
dio, with a ride on the new
Fumaceface bus as a bonus.
Stewart knows how to
handle a bus.
He parked it illegally in
front of Sound of One Hand,
with the left-rear tire wedged
up on the edge of the curb.
He was greeted by the
band's patchy-blue-haired
guitarist/singer Pat Bannis-
ter.
Inside 'the studio's posh
surroundings, Bannisterech-
oed Stewart's sentiment be-
hind the single.
"We had this song, we
kind of wrote it awhile ago,
and we couldn't get the
record done before the election, so we
decided to release it as a single," says
Bannister. "There doesn'tseem to be any-
one else saying anything good or bad
about what's going on."
He says his dissatisfaction with the
electoral candidates stems from their lack
of honesty.
"If I could just believe that everyone
was saying what they meant," he says,
"instead of saying what they think they
should be saying."
And what of Friday Night with Ralph
Benmurgi?
"I don't know, I don't know," says
Bannister of what he intends to do on the
show. "I think we're just going to play the
song — thank God. I don't know. It's live,
anything can happen."
Jones is the owner of Sound Of One
Hand, aswell Fumaceface's keyboardist/
guitarist. He didn't seem interested in
answering questions. He spent a lot of
time joking around with the other band
members. I asked him one question, and
he just joked around some more.
At one point he did a Tom Waits-like
thing on the piano, and afterward busied
himself getting things ready to be loaded,
singing something like, "theCaptain was
"The Captain was a one-eyed dwarf."
a one-eyed dwarf."
"I think some people will take it a lot
more seriously than maybe we take it,"
says drummer Dave Dudley of the new
single.
But as Stewart pointed out during the
course of the conversation, it would be
easier for Dudley to take the single less
seriously, because he can't actually vote.
The drummer has had landed immi-
grant status for the past 25 years.
"I'm from England. I've lived here all
my life, 1 just haven't become a citizen, "
he says. "But I certainly agree with the
sentiment that there's a serious problem
with how people you elect get to the
positions they do, and how little choice
we actually have in that decision-mak-
ing process."
As a whole, the band claims they're
not actually suggesting anybody do any-
thing, they're just making their point.
In one brief burst of speech, [ones
summarized their position nicely.
"We wouldn't ever want to suggest
that the Canadian public do anything.
We wouldn't want to throw a complete
spanner into the works," he says. "We
don't suggest that people actually get off
their asses and do anything." □
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September 30,1993 • The Charlatan • 25
Playing music in the big city
by Stephanie Garrison
Cha/iatan Staff
7 s you'd probably expect, Lus-
' /~7_y cious Jackson, a groovily slack
V/^ new band from New York,
picked up its name from a
sports trivia book that had
misspelt basketball player
Lucious Jackson's name.
The band is currently one of Manhat-
tan's big underground draws. Jill, Gabby
and Kate played their first show together
just over a year ago, and keyboardist
Vivian was a May addition.
Right now, they're at that point in
theircareer where the stage is small, the
buzz is big, and financial backing is
almost non-existent. None of the band
members hold day jobs any more, and
they've released their first EP, In Search Of
Manny.
Rumors that In Search Of Manny was
named after a guy who used to own a
record store in Soho before disappearing
are unfounded. The Manny of this record
was a 1 7-year-old boyfriend Cabby's then
35-year-old mother used to date in the
seventies.
This seven-song album is the second
release put out by Grand Royal, the Beastie
Boys-created label that also produced the
Beasties' Check Your Head. Kate is old pals
with the band, and was drummer on the
Beasties' first two EPs, Pollywog Stew and
Cookie Puss.
Drawing on their love for disco, punk
and hip hop music, Luscious Jackson's
EP is a seventies-heavy stew heated by
the band's lazily sexual stage persona.
Their sexuality is not always a key issue
to the music, but it's impossible not to
notice just how sassy this band sounds.
They're even more potent live, and never
fail to compel the audience to dance. In
New York City, this is a feat in itself.
The members, all in their late-20s,
aren't bothered by the "all-girl" tag that
inevitably follows the band around.
"It's obvious that someone's going to
mention it because it's still a novelty,"
Jill, the lead singer, notes. "We're not at
taking back the pit," Jill says. "We're a
bit more mellow."
Kate says although their music and
lyrics have a feminine point of view
"because that's (our) experience," they
are not a pushy, in-your-face band loudly
proclaiming that, 'we're women, we can
rock!'"
"Luckily, we grew up with enough
Luscious Jackson (left to right): Vivian, Jill, Kate, Gabby.
that point where it's considered com-
monplace, so you have to expect it."
Luscious Jackson is more concerned
with making a record that sounds "cool
and original," than with infusing their
music with loads of meaning.
"A lot of bands have female aggres-
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people to encourage us that it was not
unusual to be playing music," Jill says.
"All our favorite bands, the first bands
we saw, had women in them." Bands like
Talking Heads and Blondie.
At an early age, they were exposed to
the cultural going-ons of their native
city via parental influence.
It's probably no coincidence that Jill
told Mean Street Magazine that the EP is
about "searching for our childhood in
the seventies in New York City ... all the
stuff we felt and the music we listened to
and the freedom we had running around
the city."
Around the mid-eighties, the various
band members began to get very de-
pressed. The club scene got stale. It was
no longer geared towards live music, but
drinking, drugs, and trends.
"It was all about fashion and the art
world, cocaine," Jill sighs.
"The art scene didn't engage us, " Kate
deadpans.
The women reacted to the cultural
changes surrounding them. They rejected
the Wham dance, avoided clubs and
started doing well in art school. Gabby
escaped to Paris during one year of col-
lege just to be somewhere else.
" We j ust bummed out, "Gabby laughs.
"I was so depressed in '84, oh my God."
Kate recalls a long, discouraging
stretch of time looking in the Village Voice
for live music clubs. But indie rock and
the slow resurgence of live guitar music
helped the band members gravitate back
to music.
According to Kate, the scene has im-
proved considerably since then, and clubs
are more willing to book bands that
aren't in a particular genre.
"It seems like the whole world is much
hipper now for some reason, or more
open-minded. I don't know why," says
Jill.
"People in their 20s are kind of run-
ning shit now," Kate says. "That might
be it. They have a lot of the same influ-
ences and wentthrough the same phases
we did."
Luscious Jackson has no master plan
to forcibly take the industry by the balls
in the near future.
"I think we're kind of over the goal
thing because it's really depressing," Jill
says. "People promise you things and
they let you down."
She's all too aware of the danger of
naivete in the music business. Although
their focus is a little more long-term than
mere daily aspirations, any projections
more than a few months ahead are de-
scribed in tentative language.
"We're not in that position yet where
we can say which tour we want to go on;
now we're just fishing for who wants us
to go on tour," Jill says. "Who knows?
That (uncertainty) is part of being a New
Yorker."
"A little jaded," Kate says.
"Not really, "Jill concludes, "just more
realistic." □
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Toure de force
by Alex Bustos
Charlatan Staff
Ali Farko Toure (See and Hear
the World '93)
Sept. 24
Museum of Civilization Theatre
Last Friday, I spent an evening with a
musical storyteller.
Ali Farka Toure, a blues guitarist from
Mali, spun his notes around 400 people
Sept. 24 at the Museum of Civilization.
Backed by only two drummers, Toure
treated the audience to an eclectic musi-
cal delight, blending blues with West
African rhythms. At times it was like
listening to John Lee Hooker with an
African beat.
At another point in his performance,
he layered his music with a combination
of a tropical beat and echoes of
psychedelia and "space rock" (d la Steve
Vai) riffs, singing in various African dia-
lects. Even later, echoes of Caribbean
music and memories of Venezuelan tunes
came to mind.
This made the end result surprising.
Instead of his performance being a mix
of clashing styles, his collage of sound
came together into a constant, funky
groove. Like Paco de Lucia (one of the
most famous flamenco guitarists in the
world), Toure can blend various riffs,
melodies and beats into a homogenous
sound unlike anything you've ever heard.
It was a sound the audience ate up.
The couple in front of me were swinging
and swaying in their seats. When the
crowd was instructed to clap their hands,
they obeyed, keeping up the beat for the
entire five-minute song. When the next
tune started, they picked up where they
had left off and kept the beat. Then,
when the show ended, they clapped for
an encore.
For those who have never attended a
concert at the Museum of Civilization,
engendering the reaction Toure did is no
small feat.
Picture this: an audience composed of
mainly ex-hippies who look like they
work for the CBC and a sprinkling of
university students. They are civil - but
"cool" — and are always very proper.
Now picture this group, yelling and
screaming for an encore.
Trust me, you have to be a great
musician to do this.
And Toure is a great musician. At one
point in his performance he commented
in French, "The guitar has accepted us,"
a great metaphor for how the audience
felt about him. □
26
• The Charlatan ■ September 30,1993
The Way I feel
BY DAVID HODGES
Charlatan Outpatient
"Talking about the lack of caring in the world is often a way to forge a special bond
with that certain person. This is so stupid. Why am I alive? Was my life not intended for greater purposes?
Look at me, I'm talking to a computer.
God, I feel stupid. Oh my God, you've Shot my husband. I can't believe you haven't left
yet. Why can't you just leave us alone? Mother of all Saints, the sheep have
come home. Where can we possibly put them? Well, once an
old man told me that sheep have a great fondness for dust. Why not place them under the beds?
Did you know that another name for dust is slutswool? 1 find that rather fascinating. Of course, I always
didn't. I've acquired quite a fondness for liking things that once repulsed me. Why now, I even like eating
lots of milk. Ha Ha. That didn't even make sense. For one, I've always liked milk. Second, you don't eat milk,
you drink it. Well, factually speaking, I suppose you could freeze it, but who would want to suck on milk. Wow,
I really got you there. The world is going to hell, the world is going to hell, you need a whole lot of milk, the
world is going to hell. Speaking of simple things (hell), did you know that if VOU Were to djOV
an egg off a (huCdirig it wouCd6reak operu andthe yoCk wouCdbe
exposed. In fact, if it was summer, ana it was reaCCy hot, that
sucker wouldy>ro6aBCyfr\f. You could scramble it, saute it, do whatever you want, garnish
it, and bring it home to your dad. lust think now glorious it would be to watch him eat that egg, not knowing
that it was fried on the ground. I bet dogs probably shit on that section of the ground, people spit there, old
men drained the water retention of their feet there. You'd be laughing so hard watching him eat it. He'd say,
"Son, what is so damned funny. Did you fry this ego Oil the sidewalk? Ha Ha. of course
you wouldn't. After all, I am your father. So, just what is so funny?" Then you would say,
"Oh nothing father, I was just thinking of an old episode of
Three's Company. " He would keep on eating that egg, and you'd just keep laughing. Why,
you might laugh so hard that you might die, but that wouldn't be so bad. After all, why are we so afraid of
death. It's not like there wouldn't be any ice cream. My face is sore, my face is sore. Why can't I have an
unsore face. La la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la. I'm listening to the Tragically Hip They
are so hip. They are so tragic. It's so bitterly ironic that they are so hip, but are so tragic. Why can t they be
more positive about their outlook on life. Being hip is great, and here is nothing tragic about that. They
should call themselves the loyfully Hip. That would inspire a whole generation to be so happy and full ot
lole Th^ th'nking 'why is my hand so pink? Blah. Chicken boy, your feathers
are a rustling, Chicken boy . . . Chicken boy, come back to the hen house, Chicken boy . . . YOU
are just a Chicken boy and not a Chicken man. pon't
sacrifice your freedom for foolish pride. Chicken boy, it s time to eat
your corn,
Chicken, boy. Corn is good, buttoo much canned com isn't. Thot-srightwhoeverwouid-ve
Com, it seems so perfect, SO free. It's not though, it
thunk it
Will take VOU and SUCk VOU in. SlOWly draining yourbrain. Iris known
■iv,,-.* ^^oen't cm; ton mnrVi fnr the class.
I guess that doesn't say too much for the class.
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Grandmother shakes the Hog Rock
by Christopher Nuttal-Smith
Charlatan Staff
f
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Maria Hawkins
Thursday nights
Hog Rock Cafe
^
1 1 didn't seem like the greatest
'place to listen to Maria
Hawkins sing the blues.
* t/J I wasn't expecting a lot as
I walked into the Hog Rock
J" Cafe last Thursday. Judging
from the chipped paint and
grimy mirrors, the place is
pretty old. Prehistoric liquor
bottles and neon beer signs provide the
only decor and the near-empty bar reeks
of stale smoke and fresh beer.
But after talking with Hawkins, I
warmed up to the place a little. A 36-
year-old mother of three and a grand-
mother, Hawkins is a relative newcomer
to the Ottawa bar scene, having per-
formed for only two years. She's the only
woman — notto mention the only grand-
mother — in Ottawa with a weekly gig.
Her unique status has provided her
with some obstacles to overcome. "It's
rough being a singer when you're also a
mother and grandmother . . . even more
'cause I'm not part of the clique, I'm not
established," she says.
But that doesn't keep her from putting
on a good show. Hawkins fronts a pro-
gressive, down-and-dirty, thigh-slapping
gig that leaves her audience feeling good
and pleading for more.
Her band lept into action at 9:30 p.m.
with "Bonehead Blues," a down and
dirty, hard-driving tune led by the in-
spired handsof guitarist lohn Yemensky.
As the players wiped away the kind of
sweat that can
only be earned
through a phe-
nomenal jam,
Hawkins saun-
tered on stage
and took over a
warming crowd.
Hawkins —
part diva, part
blues-evangelist
— delivered a per-
petual surge of
music that ex-
plored every crev-
ice of the blues,
from KoKo Taylor
to )anis Joplin.
Het stage per-
formance, equal
parts banter and
song, hinted at
how she hitched
up with the blues.
"One day I went
out to a blues jam
and the music
started to come,"
she says from the
stage. "I need to
makealivin'and
this here'-s the
best thing I can
do."
And she did it
well. Hawkins'
euphoric, growl-
ing high notes
could be heard
halfablockaway
from the bar. As the gig progressed, on-
lookers entered, often ather behest. Busi-
ness and professional types trickled in,
mixing with the Hog Rock's working-
Blues singer, grandmother. .
it's really dark in here,
class crowd. And they were all thrilled by
the music.
As the band played on, the Hog Rock
started to look a lot better. I realized that
it's the paradigm of a blues bar: no glitz,
no strobe lights, no shit, with cheap beer
and plastic glasses.
Hawkins poured so much effort and
emotion into her music it's obvious that
she's lived with the pain that her music
satirizes. "The Fishing Song" is about a
lying, cheating boyfriend who goes on a
fishing trip in a new suit and shoes.
When he returns five months later, his
girlfriend asks, "And just what did you
catch on this fishing trip?"
As she introduced the tune, some of
the audience giggled and a few regulars
clapped in anticipation. Hawkins said,
" If s a sad story of my life I don 't know
how you (guys) can get so much enjoy-
ment (out of it)!"
Obviously, much of her inspiration
comes from life experience. A single
mother at 16, Hawkins quickly learned
she "couldn't run home between classes
to feed (her) babies."
While most teenagers were at school
orexperiencing the world, she was work-
ing dead-end jobs trying to support her
family. Hawkins quips, "I've even got my
own collection of hairnets and name
tags."
Her brand of blues is hardly the sad,
twangy blues of the 1930s, though. She
may have experienced the tougher side
of life, but she doesn't show it. She is a
: storyteller who sings about love and sex
and divorce. She's an evangelist who
preaches the power of self.
Now that she's got a regular gig,
Hawkins is already joking about reno-
vating the bar to expand the stage. "I
want a recording contract, I want my
own TV show . . . ."
1 couldn't tell if she was joking. □
Actors kidnap hostile theatre critic!
by Prema Oza
Ghanaian Start
/Critical Acclaim
t Canadian Theatre
Company's Night Howl Series
I and Oct. 2 at 11 p.m.
vy companion and I were com-
pletely psyched to see this
j)play.
The novel premise of a play
reviewer doomed by his own
pen lured us into the GCTC
this late Friday night.
It managed to overcome a slow begin-
ning and in the end was almost grip-
ping. (Whew! I hope this will detract
reality from mimicking the play's plot .
.;..)
This piece of theatre is actually a play
within a play. When a theatre critic
named Mike Loomis gives a "hurtful"
review of a play staged by a small theatre
company, it results in the play's cancel-
lation and the destruction of the lives of
people involved.
To exact revenge, three members of
the company — the playwright Johnny
and two of his actors, Rita and Andy —
kidnap the reviewer intending to kill
him, but not until they make him under-
stand the play and its message. "You're
going to understand this even if it kills
you," says Johnny.
That said, the beginning almost killed
me. Loomis describes how Johnny's play-
ers are "more interested in entertaining
themselves than anyone else." At the
risk of bodily harm, this seems to hold
true for the actual production.
The play takes off rather slowly. Inter-
estingly enough, Loomis says the same
thing about Johnny's play. However, the
plot quickly gains momentum as the
kidnappers become more violent and
the reviewer gets more indignant and
unyielding in the face of their attempts
to sway him.
In addition to this, the reviewer and
the actual audience are repeatedly sub-
jected to tortuous scenes of |ohnny's play
enacted in front of Loomis, who is bound
to a chair.
The script is, however, boundless.
Writer GATD Caplan (who also directed
the play) comes up with some great lines.
After Johnny goes on a rant in defense
of one of his character's lines, Loomis
exclaims, "Oh my God!!! You really talk
like this, don't you!!!"
Another such line in the play Loomis
reviews makes a reference to a charac-
ter's relation to nature being like Robert
Bateman's to roadkill.
At one point, when the kidnappers
hesitate to take the reviewer to the bath-
room, he says if they don't comply he
will shit right there. Andy, the most
tortured of the kidnappers, says rather
glibly, "you've shit on us before."
The set design was cheap. It had to be.
We're talking about a bunch of strug-
gling actors afterall. Talk appeared to be
cheap as well. The dialogue was stiff and
rehearsed, staged even. Perhaps this was
part of the postmodern connotation of
the play within a play premise. I dunno
On a more serious level, this play
takes a very personal look at the lives of
each character as they regale each other
on how they ended up being actors,
playwrights and reviewers. For instance,
Loomis admits that he could never act or
put on a play.
Also, upon hearing that one of the
actors committed suicide, Loomis asks
quietly if it was his review that did it.
"No," says Andy, "she was a heroin ad-
dict."
The conclusion is also quite uncon-
ventional in that the ending has a in-
triguing twist. All in all, it was a good
effort, but I wouldn't contort myself all
out of shape to see this play. □
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September 30,1993 • The Charlatan • 29
JACCdbpfs ffo to heaven
by Rori Caffrey
Charlatan Staff
^Heaven Dog — opening for
Doughboys and Redd Kross
Oct. 1
v. Porter Hall
nsert tape. Press PLAY. The
Ned's Atomic Dustbin-in-
spired bass line enters, fol-
lowed by a crackling sam-
I pled voice complaining "Doc,
II keep seeing this girl wher-
'ever I go — and I hear her
voice too." The guitar and
drums crash down, soon
joined by a high-strung voice singing
"You just make me think I'm the great-
est/If you knew me or my life you'd say
I'm a loser . . . ."
That, the first 32 seconds of Heaven
Dog's Holy Cow cassette, is like the Coles
Nores on Heaven Dog itself.
Those first 32 seconds display power-
pop finesse, suburbia-bred angst, teen-
age self-deprecation and raging hor-
mones; that, folks, is Heaven Dog.
This local suburban foursome of
Damian Brody (bass), Chris Crabtree
(voice), Oliver Marsh (guitar), and Ted
Wilson (drums), has existed for only a
year. In that year though, they have
shared the stage with Ottawa biggies
such as The Skatterbrains, Mystic Zeal-
ots, Fishtales, and Fumaceface, as well as
out-of-town ers like Bliss, Screeching Wea-
sel, and Bad Brains.
Holy Cow, their debut cassette, was
quickly picked up by local label One
Handed Records, has sold around 500
copies (150 within a week of its release
this spring) and has gotten considerable
local campus radio airplay.
What is the secret to their success?
"Being young probably helps," says
Bromby, who, at 20, is the eldest member
of the band. "Everyone likes seeing some-
one as young as them up on stage."
Heaven Dog, sealed for freshness .
Their youth is undeniably a factor in
their popularity. Heaven Dog shows seem
to double as conventions for 14- to 18-
year-olds with a penchant for plaid and
baggy trousers. Fresh-faced fans, male
and female, cram the front of the stage,
dancing, thrashing, and singing along.
It's like a high-school dance, only with
cool music and without the weenies.
"Part of the reason why we're so popu-
lar with the high-school audience," says
Wilson, "is — well, speaking from a
high-school kid's point of view, high-
school kids don't want to hear about
political problems. They want to hear
about stuff that deals with them.
"We don't write about logging prob-
lems in Victoria," he adds, "because we
can't relate to that. The only things on
our minds are school and girls."
Makes you think high school isn't
that bad. □
10 fun Heaven Dog Facts
10) Guitarist Oliver Marsh is the mas-
termind behind local indie label Wet
Records. He has done engineering and
production work for local young bucks
like Lemon Weapons, Mushroom Explo-
sion, Poopookakandthebumbums,
Cowpint and Trip Hammer.
9) Bandmates claim Marsh's body is
incapable of producing adrenaline, thus
explaining his often sedate stage
behavior.
8) Bassist Damian Bromby admits to
"honking" (i.e. throwing up, for those of
us who don't live in Kanata) prior to
going onstage at Furnacefest, last
month's orgy of indie music at Lansdowne
Park.
"It was partially because I was
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7) Vocalist Chris Crabtree was kicked
out of Circle Square Ranch, a Christian
summer camp, for "pooning" (ie. rucking,
for those of us who don't live in Kanata)
a fellow camper.
6) Crabtree was also kicked out of
Beaver Scouts — hopefully not for the
same reasons as the Circle Square Ranch
incident.
5) Drummer Ted Wilson, on the other
hand, was a model Cub Scout and earned
all his merit badges.
"I didn't go on to Scouts though, " says
Wilson. "1 was scared of those winter
camping trips."
4) Bromby didn't participate in Bea-
ver Scouts, Cub Scouts, or Circle Square
Ranch.
"Damian's childhood was a blur of
rock 'n' roll and BMX-ing," says Wilson.
3) Heaven Dog enjoyed their 15 min-
utes of fame at the aforementioned
Furnacefest. They were asked to sign a
female fan's cast, and Crabtree was given
a "wonky thing" (i.e. a cylindrical noise-
making toy, for those of us who don't live
in . . . actually, for anybody other than
from Crabtree) with "I Love You Chris"
written on it.
2) Wilson financed the Holy Cow cas-
sette with money he made from having
green slime poured onto his head.
In the mid-to-late eighties he was an
actor on the television series You Can 't Do
ThatOn Television, a kid-comedy in which
characters were drenched with a myste-
rious goo upon mention of a secret word.
" I made lots of money off that because
it was a big show," says Wilson. "I got
really lucky when I was young so now I
don't have to work through my teenage
years."
Incidentally, the show received many
complaints from parents due to scenes
involving young boys stripping down to
their underwear and being shackled to a
prison wall.
1) They'll be opening for Montreal's
Doughboys on Oct. 1 at Carleton's Porter
Hall. All Heaven Dog members are
Doughboys disciples and are thrilled to
share the stage with Canada'scandycore
gurus. Crabtree jokingly says he hopes to
take advantage ofthe huge show's "fringe
benefits."
"I'm hoping I can get lots of chicks'
phone numbers after," says Crabtree.
"Yeah," says Bromby. "Ones he doesn't
have to pay for by the minute. " □
30 • The Charlatan ■ September 30,1993
Thursday, September
30
Cinematheque Canada in the Mu-
seum of Civilization presents Black-
mail, Alfred Hitchcock's first ever film
with sound. Show starts at 7 p.m.
Friday, October 1
Today's free noontime concert (12:30
p.m., Alumni Theatre) features David
Irving of jazz piano fame. International
Socialists: don't picket this event! It's not
that David Irving.
It's the show of the month!
Doughboys! Redd Kross! Heaven
Dog! At Porter Hall! Tickets are $ 10 in
advance, $12 at the door. They're avail-
able at the usual independent outlets
and the Unicentre Store.
At Zaphod's, it's a Youth Challenge
International Benefit with Ottawa's
Stone Soul Picnic and Atomic Or-
ange. Five dollars will get you in to this
worthy cause.
Far From Vietnam, "one of the most
important films of the sixties," is de-
scribed by the Cinematheque Canada
guide as a "collage/fresco by seven French
directors on the subject of the Vietnam
war." Sounds good. It's at the Museum
of Civilization, at 9 p.m.
Running today through next Thurs-
day it's the Best of the Bytowne series,
featuring the best movies from the cin-
ema's five years of existence. The cel-
ebration starts off tonight at 7 p.m. with
a party for Bytowne members, including
contests, movie previews, free popcorn
and a screening of the definitive
androgyny epic The Crying Game. It's
free for members.
It's the "hottest blend of dancehall,
soca and reggae straight from Barba-
dos!" Or so raves Spice and Co.'s press
release. They're playing tonight at
Creeque Alley.
Saturday, October 2
The late show at the Mayf air tonight
is the always entertaining Craserhead,
David Lynch's first film. It starts at 11
p.m. and tickets are a very reasonable
$5.
It's the infamous traditional sounds
of Killiecrankie at the Glebe Com-
munity Centre at 8:30 p.m. It's put on
by the Old Sod Folk Music Society, so you
know what to expect. As always, tickets
are $10 for members and $12 for every-
one else, available at the Ottawa Folk-
lore Centre and at the door.
The annual Take Back the Night
rally takes place tonight at 7:30 p.m. at
the National Gallery of Canada, with
a march to follow.
Sunday, October 3
The Irish Rovers play tonight at the
Centrepointe Theatre ($22.50 for tick-
ets). Twenty-somethings' eyes well up
with tears as memories of that unicorn
song conjure up images of a time when
things were simpler and they didn't have
to pay rent.
Monday, October 4
For all you cool types out there, the
May-fair showing a double bill: Sid
and Nancy, a homage to a drug-ad-
dicted, talentless media creation. At 9: 1 5
p.m., Rude Boy is a movie featuring
concert footage of The Clash. Hooray.
As part of its Quinzaine Acadienne,
which runs until the 1 7th, the National
Arts Centre presents singer Edith But-
ler through Oct. 9. It's in support of the
Congres Mondial Acadien that'll be hap-
pening in New Brunswick next summer.
It's at the N AC Studio and tickets are $20
though the NAC Box Office or
Ticketmaster.
Ali Farka Toure : the man himself.
Tuesday, October 5
Today's reading hp, courtesy of Char-
latan production manager Kevin McKay,
is W.P Kinsella's baseball classic Shoeless
foe. Says Kevin: "It's the best book about
the American pastime ever written —
and it's written by a Canadian!"
It's a BBQ! Go to the fountain in
front of the admin building between
noon and 1 p.m. Bring $5. It won't get
you much — just a burger or a hot dog,
chips and a drink, but there'll be enter-
tainment and door prizes (where are
they going to put the door?). It's all to
kick off Carleton's United Way thing.
Wednesday, October 6
Big band around Toronto, Lowest
of the Low graces the Zaphod's stage
this early evening. Opening the show is
Winnipeg's Acoustically Inclined.
Tickets are eight bucks at the door.
(Is it just me, or are Zaphod's cover
charges going up? It used to be that
every show except perhaps a big-name
American act was five dollars. This
month, out of 13 bands, only six cost
five dollars, just asking. — edO
Spend time with your radio. This week,
In A Mellow Tone (CKCU 93.1 FM, 9
p.m. — 11 p.m.) features music from
Memphis.
Thursday, October 7
Here's another chance to relive the
seventies. It's Disco Thursday with the
Hammer Heads, at The Pit, below On
Tap.
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2 • The Charlatan ■ October 7, 1993
NEWS
Security officers get special status
»v Brandie Weikle *^
by Brandie Weikle
Charlatan Staff
Four of Carleton's security officers re-
ceived special constable status on Oct. 4.
"They will have the power to make
arrests, to detain people, and to lay
charges," says Mark Tinlin, director of
the department of university safety.
The special constables will not carry
guns or billy clubs.
People detained by the constables will
be held at the patrol office, says Len
Boudreault, assistant director of the de-
partment of university safety.
Security officers who do not have this
status can't lay charges and are only able
to make citizen arrests, says Tinlin.
Larry Sampson, Alan Parker, Mike
Warner, and Rick Percival spent three
months training to be special constables
at Ontario Police College, in Aylmer,
Ont, near London.
Parker says the new special constables
will help make things go a lot smoother.
"It's going to be a lot better for our
staff," says Parker.
"We can deal with the small problems
on sight, instead of having to wait for the
Ottawa Police to arrive.
We can deal with the trespassers and
disturbances ourselves. We will still be
having the police in for more serious
incidents."
Tuition for the course cost the depart-
ment $4,000 per officer, says Tinlin. The
officers were paid their usual salaries
while they were trained.
Because the new special constables
will now fall under a new employment
Two of Carleton's new special constables.
classification, they will be paid $34,000
annually, while the regular security offic-
ers are paid $32,000, says Tinlin.
He says all the new special constables
entered the program by choice.
"No one was forced to take the course,
but they have to be able to pass," says
Tinlin.
Requirements to pass include "a back-
ground check, a psychological test, physi-
cal fitness testing and the passing of the
actual course in Aylmer," says Tinlin.
While the officers were away on train-
ing, no new officers were hired.
"It would take three months to get
them trained and uniformed, " says Tinlin.
"The workload is spread among the other
(officers)."
Carle ton
President
Robin
Farquhar
says the con-
stables
learned
about mat-
ters relating
to culture,
multicul-
tural ism
and sensitiv-
es ity at the
| police col-
§ lege, as well
w asQcominu-
jjj nity ap-
w proach to
policing.
"I should
think that not only are they going to be
more sensitive and knowledgable, but
also more authoritative. As a result, I
think they'll quickly earn the respect of
people on campus," Farquhar says.
Lucy Watson, president of the Carle-
ton University Students' Association, is
not convinced this will solve the problem
of campus safety.
"I think there are a lot of improve-
ments that need to be made throughout
the entire university structure," says
Watson. "We need more lighting and we
need more security phones. We need to
look at the parking garage.
"I think we need to hire more women
in the department of university safety,
more people of color and people with
disabilities."
Watson says the greater efficiency that
security officers can now have as special
constables will be a benefit to everyone,
but says it still doesn't stop incidents
from happening on campus.
Foot Patrol co-ordinator Brenda
Kennedy says she thinks the new consta-
bles will be helpful. "What I'm concerned
about is flashers and sexual assailants
which can now be arrested immediately."
Now, nine of Ontario's 16 universities
have security staff with special consta-
bles. As well as Carleton, these universi-
ties include Windsor, Western, Guelph,
McMaster, Brock, Toronto, Trent and
Laurentian.
Carleton has 20 security staff. Four of
them are trained as dispatchers, and 16
are security officers. Four of these officers
are now special constables.
Two are in training, and another two
have been chosen to go to police college
in January.
None of the new special constables are
women or people of color, says Tinlin.
The department's agreement with the
union stipulates that special constables
must be chosen by seniority, he says.
"Unfortunately, a long time ago, when
most of the people were hired, they were
all men," says Tinlin.
He says a woman will train in the
upcoming course. No people of colorare
represented yet, he says.
"I hope that ail my patrol staff will
eventually take the training and receive
the status," Tinlin says. □
TA union member calls for equity
by Matt Skinner
Chad at an Staff
A motion intended to ensure that peo-
ple of color would be represented at an
upcoming national convention of the
Canadian Union of Public Employees
received only one vote at Local 2323's
general membership meeting.
The local's membership includes
teaching assistants, research assistants,
student computer consultants and stu-
dent sessional lecturers at Carleton.
Robin Browne, a teaching assistant
for the school of journalism who made
the motion, says the Sept. 14 meeting
was the first meeting he had attended.
At the meeting, local members were
preparing to choose two members to send
to a national CUPE convention in Van-
couver from Nov. 14-19.
"I put up my hand and I said 'I see that
I'm the only brown person in the room. I
assume there are more brown TAs, and if
there are they should be represented also.
So I'd like to make a motion that one of
these two people has to be a person of
color,'" Browne says.
"There are concerns that (people of
color) have that really only we would
know how to push at a meeting."
Browne says he was the only person
who voted for the motion. About 30 peo-
ple attended the meeting.
Initially a lot of people spoke in favor
of the motion, says local president Michel
Roy.
"As a result of the debate that went on,
I guess they changed their minds."
Paul Whiteley, the local's vice-presi-
dent internal, says he thinks some mem-
bers felt there were only two positions
available and the only issue the motion
dealt with was that of skin color.
An amendment to Browne's motion,
as found in the minutes of the meeting,
says that at least one representative of a
minority or oppressed group be nomi-
nated for each of the positions. The
amended motion was carried.
An oppressed group includes anyone
who "does not occupy a traditional posi-
tion of privilege or authority," says Roy.
This includes women, gays, lesbians
andbisexuals, people of color and people
with disabilities, he says.
Browne says he feels that the union
needs some sort of affirmative action pro-
gram to go out and meet TAs who are
people of color, because they feel alien-
ated.
He says this could be something as
simple as members of the executive going
and talking to members who are people
of color.
Whiteley says Browne's proposal is a
good idea and something the local has to
work at.
"It seems to me that we, as a union, do
have a problem in making our meetings
accessible and seem relevant to people
from minority communities. I think that
is a problem."
Roy says there are about 1,200 mem-
bers in the local but does not know how
many of them are people of color. He says
there were more people than usual at the
meeting.
Whiteley says due to the September
meeting, the local's human rights advi-
sory committee will "recommend consti-
tutional changes for the local, in order to
better accommodate the empowerment
of various oppressed groups both within
the local and in our representations to the
university and elsewhere."
After Browne's motion was defeated
and the amending motion carried, both
Whiteley and Browne were nominated to
attend the convention, butboth declined.
Browne says he wanted to make it
known that he was angry when the mo-
tion was defeated and he didn't want it to
seem like his motive for the motion was to
get nominated for the trip.
"To me it felt very much like taking
the crumbs instead of the cookie," says
Browne.
Whiteley says he declined for a
number of reasons.
"I didn't think that I would be the
most effective person to carry these bat-
tles forth within CUPE's structures,"
Whiteley says. "I felt that in this case it
was probably more effective to send peo-
ple who could do the necessary shit dis-
turbing at the level of the national un-
ion."
The only two delegates to accept their
nomi nations were Roy andanother mem-
ber, Pam Scholey, says Whiteley. They
will represent CUPE Local 2323 at the
national convention in November. □
Student says CUSA
hiring practices unfair
by Andrea Wiebe
Charfaian Staff
A student who was turned down for a
job with the Carleton University Stu-
dents' Association claims he was dis-
criminated against because he is disa-
bled.
Kevin Kinsella, a mature student who
uses a wheelchair, has complained to
CUSA President Lucy Watson that CUSA
discriminated against him on the basis
of his disability because he was not hired
as CUSA's deputy chief electoral officer.
Kinsella says he plans to take the
issue to the Ontario Human Rights Com-
mission. He says he has contacted a
human rights officer about the situa-
tion, and will file a complaint next week.
Watson says Kinsella's accusation is
unfounded. "I will state, for the record,
that the students' association, particu-
larly theexecutive, has been striving this
year towards ensuring that people of
color, women, and people with disabil-
ities are given an opportunity over and
above (others)."
Kinsella says he applied for the posi-
tion on Sept. 20 and was interviewed on
Sept. 23. He was notified on the same
afternoon that he didn't get the job.
Colleen Felstead was hired for the posi-
tion.
The deputy chief electoral officerhires
the poll clerks and deputy returning of-
ficers, and is responsible to the chief
electoral officer. The position lasts from
the byelection in November until until
the end of CUSA elections in February.
Watson says she sees no discrimina-
tion within the hiring board.
"I have been assured, and I am quite
certain, that the person with the best
qualifications was hired for this position.
However, I am not at liberty to disclose
any of the information that was dis-
cussed during hiring boards, or resumes.
They're all confidential," says Watson.
Kinsella says he has been involved in
politics and in the electoral process since
he was very young. "I've been around
politics since I was a little kid," Kinsella
says.
At the age of 1 3, Kinsella was the first
chair of the children and youth advisory
committee for the City of Ottawa. He has
assisted in municipal election campaigns
and has served on committees such as
Ottawa's disabled citizen's advisory com-
mittee and CUSA's committee on the
HIRING cont'd on page 5
October 7, 1993 • The Charlatan - 3
First-year students stuck on theatre floor
by Naomi Bock
Cha/lalan Staff
First-year engineering students sitting
on the floor of their class in Bell Theatre
aren't getting a quality education, says
their professor Peter Frise.
The dean of engineering's office re-
ports 433 students enrolled in first-year
engineering, 72 more than-lastyear. Bell
Theatre only holds 400 students.
"Every single seat is full, and there are
people sitting in the flippin' aisles. It's
just not right, " Frise says. "A whole bunch
of people showed up at the end of the
summer that we didn 't expect. The infra-
structure of our program isn't able to
cope with that."
Frise says he wasn't told about the
new admissions, and wasn't able to pre-
pare for them with teaching staff or
materials.
"1 don't have any more TAs for this
and I have 50 more people than I figured
I'd have. So the TAs I have are working
pretty dam hard."
Frise says the bookstore wasn't in-
formed of the increase either, and didn't
have enough books until the fourth week
of classes.
"We were photocopying workbook
sheets and that's breaking the copyright
law," says Frise.
Vic Chapman, Carleton's director of
admissions, says the vice-president aca-
demic and the dean of engineering tar-
geted an enrolment of 450 students for
this year.
Tom Wilkinson, the university's as-
sistant vice-president academic, says the
problem is the unpredictable number of
responses to offers of admission.
"Lastyear we undertargeted, thisyear
we overtargeted. We don't know what
the response will be from year to year."
Chapman told The Charlatan, through
hisassistant Barbara Brady, that it would
take "too much time to calculate" how
many offers of admission were sent out
this year, or how many were accepted.
Wilkinson says more students means
more money for the university. But he
says while this year's target rate was
"revenue-related," it also matched the
faculty's capacity.
Chong Chan, the associate dean of
engineering, says "once offers of admis-
sion are accepted, we have to honor
that."
He says this year's sharp increase was
due to a "last-minute rush that no one
can explain."
Booking lecture halls must be done
months in advance, says Chan. "But
there needs to be a reminder of the num-
bers (of students)."
Chan says his office has few alterna-
tives at this point.
"We are addressing the problem, how-
ever poorly equipped we are."
Frise says he doesn't object to an in-
crease in numbers, but to the fact he
wasn't warned and the university wasn't
organized for the increase. "There is a
pretty serious lack of communication,"
he says.
"They didn't tell me, they didn't tell
the dean, they didn't tell the bookstore. I
just don't understand it."
Frise says there is also a safety issue
with overcrowding. "If there was a fire
and somebody tripped because there was
a knapsack in the aisle, I'd be responsi-
ble.
"But what really bugs me is that the
CLASS cont'd page 6
by Drew Edwards
Charlatan Staff
Why is the OC Transpo student
bus pass only available to full-time
students and not part-timers?
Well, the answer to this humdinger is
basically in the numbers.
A student bus pass for one month
costs $43.50.
If a part-time student travelled to the
university four times inaweek, atotal of
eight trips, it would cost $13 if four trips
were during peak hours and four were
off-peak.
Multiply that by four weeks and it is
$52 a month. That is about $10 more
than the bus pass, which hardly seems
right, considering many part-timers are
part-timers because they are stone broke
and may need the bus for other things
like making money to go to school.
But consider further. Most full-time
students only purchase bus passes for
September, October and November be-
cause December is exam time and doesn't
justify the expense. Same applies in the
winter semester.
So actually, bus passes are only worth
it for six months of the year, seeing as
they are not available during the sum-
mer (another scam, but that's another
story). So really part-timers might pay
only $60 more than full-time students for
the entire year.
And if they do use the bus more than
four rimes a week, then they can buy a
regular bus pass for $53, which is the
regularprice. And they are still only hit
for about $60 more than a full-time
student would pay.
So are part-timers getting the shaft
from OC Transpo? Yes, butonly moder-
ately. Says AJ Crippen, co-ordinator for
■ the Mature and Part-Time Students'
Centre, "I haven't heard complaints
from anyone that was strictly a part-
time student."
And there are other concerns for all
students concerning bus service. Says
Jim Watson, city councillor and OC
Transpo board member, "you can't
have a hundred priorities, and you
have to determine what is the most
attainable and what is going to help
the greatest number of people."
Those concerns include improving
the frequency and number of buses so
that people that don 't live in the Glebe
can get service too and so students
aren't crammed into the buses like
small, smelly fish.
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fish too, ya know. □
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by Brent
Dowdall
Charlatan staff
"CUSA
council is
like q
Hyundai
in a win-
ter storm in Ottawa. It goes nowhere."
The author of this quotation? No, not
Kim Campbell. A Charlatan staffer? Good
guess, but wrong. Sparky? Strike three.
It was none other than CUSA's own
magician of math, sultan of statistics,
finance commissioner Rene Faucher, who
let everyone around him know early in
the meeting that he would rather be in a
winter storm on Sparks Street than at the
CUSA council meeting held in Baker
Lounge on Sept. 30.
Surprisingly, some interesting things
arose from the meeting. It just took a
long time to get there.
Councillors spent 45 minutes debat-
ing the meeting's agenda, because some
councillors wanted to move a motion up
on the agenda to remove nine delin-
quent councillors who haven't shown up
to meetings.
Arts rep Todd McAllister, who just
happened to be on the list, argued for
moving it up, saying that he wouldn't be
Anybody know a good
able to do his job with the axe poised over
his head. But that was defeated.
Councillors spent just as long arguing
over when and how to drop the byelection
writ, the procedural motion to hold No-
vember's CUSA byelection.
They were in a classic catch-22 situa-
tion. Because if council dropped the writ
before getting to that nasty delinquent
councillor item, they wouldn't know how
many seats were vacant for the writ.
But if council got rid of the delinquent
councillors first, then they would lose
quorum and wouldn't be able to move
the writ at all.
Faucher tried to jump-start the
Hyundai by suggesting that council move
the writ and fill in the number of seats
later. Council compromised by agreeing
to this.
During question period, arts council-
lor John Edwards, 1 'enfant terrible of CUSA
council, grilled Faucher and President
Lucy Watson over executive perks such
as the $273 gold rings each executive
member receives atthe end of their term,
and $80 refills for their day planners. "If
someone asked me, how could I possibly
justify these perks?" asked Edwards.
"Don't justify it. Tell them to come to
me and I'll justify it," Faucher replied.
After two hours of this type of ex-
change, the fun started.
Councillors debated that nasty delin-
quent councillor motion moved by vice-
president internal Rob Jamieson (coun-
cillors skipped over about 30 items in
between, but most of them had been
tabled at past meetings anyway).
The list started with nine naughty
councillors, but since three had already
resigned and the five who managed to
make the meeting were forgiven, it quickly
dwindled to one — arts rep Chris Rogers,
who had not been seen at council for
many months.
To impeach a councillor, council needs
a majority vote of at least 18 members.
There were only 18 councillors present.
Council first voted on whether to vote
by secret ballot. That was defeated. Then
they debated whether to vote in favor of
vacating Rogers's seat, and judging by
the course of debate, it looked as if Mr.
Roger's neighborhood would be deserted.
Council chose to vote by roll call, so
each councillor's vote wouldbe recorded.
Council voted 16-0 with 2 abstensions to
impeach Rogers, butthatwasn'tenough
to remove him.
The abstainers were architecture rep
Sheldon Baker and arts rep Tom Golem.
What followed belongs in the proce-
dural Hall of Fame. Councillors tried to
reconsider the matter, but they couldn't
because to do so someone who voted
against the motion had to reconsider it,
and no one had voted no.
So council threw out Robert's Rules of
Order (which guide standard meeting
procedure) so they could reconsider the
Chris Rogers question. Councillors voted
to conduct a secret ballot when they
voted again.
After a second vote on Rogers's seat,
by secret ballot, council voted 18-0 to
declare the seat vacant. Golem said later
he abstained on the first vote because it
wasn't right to vote publicly on a matter
such as a councillor's future.
But it still wasn't over yet. Some coun-
cillors and Anandasangaree, the proxy
for Watson after she left the meeting,
moved a motion to destroy the minutes
of the roll call, arguing that the circum- t
stances were different after the second
vote than they were after the first vote,
namely that the roll call exposed how
councillors voted the first time. But that
motion was defeated without a formal
vote. This was probably a good thing
since TheChartatan had been taking notes
the whole time and destroying the min-
utes would look pretty silly.
Better rev up those Hyundais. The
storm could get bad. □
HIRING cont'd from page 3
status of students with disabilities.
Kinsella says he feels he had the expe-
rience needed for the job. "I've been
working in more elections than these
people have been voting in."
In a letter of complaint sent to Watson,
Kinsella requested a copy of the winning
candidate's resume. "I don't think they
wanted a disabled person on the job," he
says.
According to Kinsella, he was given
no explanation as to why he was not
hired even though he requested an ex-
planation on Sept. 27 in a letter.
"Their (CUSA's) hiring policies may
notfit with their practice. All you have to
do is took around and see how many
white people are working for CUSA.
They're all white; they're all able-bodied.
Not that I believe in affirmative action,
but when they're all that way, you sort of
wonder."
Watson says she has responded to
Kinsella's letter by defending the hiring
board's decision.
Rob jamieson, CUSA's vice-president
internal, says there were three people on
the hiring board for the position of deputy '
chief electoral officer — jamieson, CUSA
vice-president external Kristine
Haselsteiner, and James Rilett, CUSA's
chief electoral officer.
"It was not an official hiring board; it
was more of an advisory board to the
chief electoral officer," says jamieson.
Watson confirms this, saying, "This is
one of the only times that the CEO (chief
electoral officer) has actually held hiring
boards. In the past they have appointed
the individual because, in our constitu-
tion, the CEO is given the power to ap-
point the DEO (deputy chief electoral
officer)'.
"In our situation, we actually went
through interviews and a formal hiring
process to ensure that everything was
above board," she says.
Watson says no one on the hiring
committee feels they acted inappropri-
ately.
" I think everybody was really surprised
actually, when they found out about the
complaint. However, Kevin has yet to
take this on to formal complaint stage."
She says to formally complain with
CUSA, Kinsella must write to the chair of
council and lodge a complaint. □
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CUSA legal bill for
summer finally in
by Brent Dowdall
Cha/lalan SlaH
The Carleton University Students' As-
sociation has spent over two-thirds of its
legal budget with eight months left to go
in the school year, says CUSA finance
commissioner Rene Faucher.
Faucher says legal bills from May to
August amounted to $21,144.13 and
CUSA has budgeted $30,000 in legal fees
for the year.
Mostofthattotal, $17,793.81, was for
CAMPUS BRIEFS
bills CUSA incurred in the labor dispute
with some of its service co-ordinators. But
it does not include the costs of represent-
ing CUSA at the Ontario Labor Relations
Board hearings, which were to determine
if CUSA unjustly fired two co-ordinators
for trying to organize a union.
Faucher says the bill includes legal
fees for any staff-related matter and ne-
gotiation on any union-related matter
before the hearings in late August.
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Rally at 11:30am on Parliament Hill.
For more information, contact Kristine Haselsteiner at 788-6688
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If you have any questions or concerns contact
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"The bill is higher than in the past
because there has been more activity in
those areas than usual," Faucher says.
He says there will be one more "size-
able" billing, which will include the legal
fees for the hearing. The Canadian Union
of Public Employees covered the service
co-ordinators' legal fees.
He says CUSA's final legal bill should
be under $40,000 for the year, "unless
something else comes up. Knock on
wood," he says.
But Faucher says the fees are not an
irresponsible use of funds.
"If we didn't spend extra' money for
proper legal representation itwouldhave
cost more in the long run. This is the bare
minimum we could spend." □
Byelection date set
by Brent Dowdall
Charlatan Staff
The Carleton University Students' As-
sociation will hold byelections on Nov. 9
and 10 to fill vacancies on CUSA council
and undergraduate student seats for the
university's senate.
The positions available for representa-
tives on CUSA council are: one computer
science, three science, two engineering,
one architecture, one arts, one industrial
design, three special students and three
commerce.
The positions available on the senate
are: two social science, one architecture/
industrial design and two science/com-
puter science.
Nominations must be made between
Oct. 19 and 27. Chief electoral officer
James Rilett says he will hold a nomina-
tion information meeting on Oct. 19.
Referendum questions are due Oct. 1 9
so CUSA council can vote on them.
The campaign opens Nov. 2 and the
results should be known on Nov. 11. □
Computer thief caught
in Loeb building
by Charlatan Staff
A man was charged with theft on Oct.
4 after campus security responded to an
alarm in "a restricted area" of the Loeb
Building, says the assistant director of
the department of university safety.
Len Boudreault says a Carleton stu-
dent was apprehended at 9:30 p.m. by a
campus security officer, who was assisted
by another officer at the scene.
The man was caught with two com-
puters, two desk monitors and two key-
boards from a computer lab in the Loeb
Building, says Boudreault.
The individual was held in the patrol
office for 10 to 15 minutes until the
Ottawa Police arrived, he says.
Boudreault says the matter is still un-
der investigation and he doesn't think it
is concluded yet. "The incident is normal
for this time of year," says Boudreault.
Boudreault says he doesn't know how
many cases of theft there have been this
year. However, he says "thefts increase
around the beginning of the year."
Boudreault also says other computer
equipment has been stolen from build-
ings on campus this year. □
Debating update
by Charlatan Staff
The Carleton Debating Society showed
its resolve at the University of Western
Ontario's novice invitational tournament
Oct. 1-3.
More than 80 teams representing 15
universities took part. The Carleton De-
bating Society sent seven teams.
Team member Julie Shouldice placed
first as an individual speaker, while Gavin
Laird placed 13 out of 165 as an indi-
vidual speaker. Shouldice and Laird made
it to the quarter finals as a team. They
placed sixth overall out of 82 teams, says
Elaine Silver, the debating society presi-
dent. □
CLASS cont'd from page 4
students are being hurt here. They're not
getting a good deal," says Frise.
Delina Campbell, a first-year engi-
neering student, says the problem is also
particulary noticeable in her physics and
chemistry classes. "If you don't get there
right on time you sit on the floor."
Campbell says her chemistry class was
so crowded they changed the room, but
in the confusion forgot to post a room
change notice.
Campbell says Frise's class is quite
crowded and some people don't show up.
"If you put more students in the thea-
tre than it can hold, you're sending a
subliminal message to students that we
really don't expect them to show up,"
Frise says.
"Those students don't know who the
admissions office is All they know is,
'Frise is up at the front of the class, I can't
get a textbook at the bookstore, and he's
the prof. Who's fault is it — it must be
his.' Well, it isn't my fault."
Campbell says, "It's all new, so I don't
know what's the norm. Except it's not
normal for people to sit in the aisles." □
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93
McKenna stumps for Harb at CU
by Stefanka Kirincich
and David Docking
Charlatan Start
New Brunswick Pre-
mier Frank McKenna visited Carleton on
Sept. 30 with Ottawa Centre incumbent
candidate Mac Harb to promote the cause
of the Liberal party in the federal elec-
tion.
McKenna, touted by some as a future
candidate for the leadership of the fed-
eral Liberals, gave a short, bilingual
speech before about 50 people in Baker
Lounge.
Though McKenna said the purpose of
his talk was to "provide insight into what
it's like to run a Liberal government and
the kind of difference it can make," he
concentrated mostly on why students
should vote for the Liberals in the Oct. 25
federal election.
McKenna said lean Chretien is the
only leader who has had experience in
dealing with fiscal, constitutional, abo-
riginal and international issues.
"To deny him the chance to be prime
minister of Canada because he is experi-
enced would be like denying Paul Molitor
the chance to play in the World Series
because he is experienced and going into
the Hall of Fame," said McKenna.
McKenna said he was pleased to sup-
port Harb, whom he described as an
activist.
"I like the fact that he is on the side of
education issues . . . because I believe that
if Canada is really going to meet the
challenge of the 20th century, then edu-
cation is going to be far and away our
most important investment," said
McKenna.
During a question and answer period,
Harb said his party would be in favor of
removing the seven-per-cent Goods and
Services Tax from books. He also said the
Liberals would not tamper with the level
of transfer payments to the provinces for
education.
A Liberal govemmentwould also make
sure any tuition fee increases at the pro-
vincial level would not take place, Harb
said.
Student reaction to McKenna's talk
was mixed. Many commented on the
new Liberal plan McKenna endorsed,
which includes majorspending to create
jobs through improving infrastructure —
roads, sewers and other public works.
Steve Dolorenski said he liked
McKenna "but the Liberals' proposed plan
to rebuild infrastructure ... is not our
main concern right now. It's the high
taxes that are killing jobs and preventing
businesses from hiring people."
Meredith Armstrong agreed, saying
"it was interesting having him at school,
but I am going to support the Conserva-
tives, so I don't feel that building roads
and infrastructure is going to help the
country."
However, |ohn Manning said he
thought McKenna did a great job at
addressing education-related issues.
"I was enlightened by the fact that
they would remove the GST on books."
David Gourlay, president of the
Carleton Young Liberals, said he was
pleased with the interest shown by the
students who came to the event.
When asked if he brought McKenna
to Carleton in response to Harb losing
at all four residence polls in the last
election, Gourlay said he invited
McKenna because he is one of the top
premiers in Canada and he has an
| excellent social and economic track
i8 record.
As to the residence poll results in
the last election, Gourlay said, "it is a
concern of ours ... I'm not going to say
that we expect to take it all. We're not,
but we are going to do what we can."
Harb also said he wants to do a lot of
campaigning on campus because of his
poor showing here in the last election,
adding he is concerned about students.
Harb said the Tory record on educa-
tion has been poor.
"We want to remind students . . . that
the Tories have not delivered on their
promises."
Harb also criticized the NDP's Ottawa
Centre candidate Marion Dewar. Hesaid
students "should not forget what the
NDP did to them in Ontario by increas-
ing tuition fees." □
Student groups join the election fray
by Sara-Lynne Levine
Charlatan Staff
With the federal election less than
three weeks away, the Carleton Univer-
sity Students' Association is switching
into campaign mode.
On Oct. 5, CUSA began its campaign
to promote student issues and awareness
with the help of the Canadian Federation
of Students, a national student lobby
group.
CUSA President Lucy "Watson says it is
"imperative that we start to address the
concerns of the 450,000 students across
Canada. That is a substantial voting
block that is being ignored."
Watson says CUSA and the CFS have
developed a variety of strategies to in-
form students about election issues.
Kristine Haselsteiner, CUSA vice-presi-
dent external, says the students' associa-
tion has budgeted $4,995 for its cam-
paign expenses. CUSA is getting no fi-
nancial help from CFS, which has only
$15,000 to spend on a national cam-
paign, Haselsteiner says.
On Oct. 5, a table with election infor-
mation was set up in Baker Lounge.
Watson says the table includes the vot-
er's guide published by the Nation Ac-
tion Committee on the Status of Women
and letters about student issues for peo-
ple to send to candidates. The table will
be set up each day until after the election
on Oct. 25.
Beginning on Oct. 5, Watson says
CFS chair Gitlis: "investing in education.
students can play phone tag with the
candidates every Tuesday using free tel-
ephones setup by CUSA in Baker Lounge.
"Students will have access to tel-
ephones so they can call candidates in
their riding and ask questions about what
they propose to do about education,"
says Watson. The phone campaign is
happening at universities all over On-
tario, she says.
As well, every Thursday from
now until the election, CUSA
will encourage students to use
its phones to call the local me-
dia. Watson says this is impor-
tant because "students can ask
the media why they are not ad-
dressing student issues."
As well, Watson says, "CUSA
is putting togethera voting guide
with facts on education and
other student concerns as well
as commonly asked questions
with answers."
Trade Osier, a first-year jour-
nalism student, says she thinks
CUSA's campaign will help stu-
dents make an informed deci-
sion. But she says the money
CUSA is spending may be a bit
too much.
"I don't know if I'd put that
much into it," she says.
.-■ ^ Osier says she thinks student
< issues have been adequately ad-
dressed in the election campaign
so far.
Jane Christie, an English and wom-
en's studies major in second-year, disa-
grees, saying politicians "don't really
address students and we're the first peo-
ple to get cut."
She says CUSA's campaign is good to
imoh' vate students to vote, but could prob-
ably be conducted for less.
From Sept. 26 to Sept. 28, Watson and
Haselsteiner attended a national CFS con-
ference outside Toronto to discuss elec-
tion strategy.
"Approximately 80 student repre-
sentatives from across the country came
to discuss election strategy", says CFS
chair Carl Gillis.
The conference included information
seminars on student assistance, access to
universities and summer employment
programs. It ended with a free public
concert called Rock the Vote, which fea-
tured Bob Wiseman, the Bourbon Taber-
nacle Choir and Scott Thompson. Gillis
says there were about 300 or 400 hun-
dred people at the Opera House in To-
ronto.
He says all the artists played for free
and the Opera House donated the thea-
tre for the night. He says it was "great to
get the message out and it was very well
received. "
According to Watson, the conference
was very "motivational, it really got us
going."
Watson says ads will be placed in The
Charlatan and the Ottawa Citizen encour-
aging student voting. As well, the CFS is
running a national advertising campaign
on television, radio and in newspapers.
Gillis says the focus of the CFS ads is
"bringing attention to investing in edu-
cation and how it makes sense to invest
in youth, people and education." □
October 7, 1993 • The Charlatan • 7
First Nations group makes trek to Parliament
by Brent Dowdall
Charlatan Staff
"We walked
700 kilometres
for our home."
Clifford
George was re-
ferring to the
arrival on Par-
liament Hill of
about 50 mem-
bers of the
Stoney Point
First Nations
band, some of
whom walked
729 km from the
shores of Lake
Huron to de-
mand their res-
ervation back.
The three-
square-mile reservation was taken from
them by the Department of National
Defence in 1942
under the War
Measures Act and
never returned.
The band was up-
rooted and forced
to join the Kettle
Island reserva-
tion, two miles
away.
On May 5,
1993, thebandre-
occupied the res-
ervation and in "
August there was
an incident where shots were fired at a
Canadian Forces helicopter. The inci-
Canada in 1942 when the Canadian
military first took over the land because
the War Measures Act gave it the power
to seize property. He said he received a
letter from his father saying the army
had taken over the land but the band
would get itback when the war was over.
"The government tries to divide and
conquer the people, " said band council-
lor Glen George. "We went to war so the
people could be free. But we found out
the government was the real enemy be-
te cause they took our homes."
1 Stoney Point band elder Rose Man-
8 ning said she was 10 when she and her
s family was forcefully evicted from their
t- reservation.
Stoney Point bond members drum away on Parliament.
dent is still under investigation.
"On May 5, we walked into our home
to stay," said
~~~ ~ ~ George. "We
don't care about
the money. We
want our land."
The marchers
walked up to the
Parliament Build-
ings around 2
p.m. Several peo-
ple then spoke,
hugs were ex-
changed and the
■ " " 1 band put on a
demonstration of
Native drumbeats.
George was in Britain fighting for
"We went to war so the
people could be free.
But we found out the
government was the
real enemy because they
took our homes."
Clifford George
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A band member speaks on the Hill.
"I'm back at our old home, 50 years
later."
Band Chief Carl George said the walk
was undertaken to force the government
to answer the band's demands for the
return of its land.
The public has a right to know if the
government will respond," he said. .
Defence minister Tom Siddon said in a
letter to NDP Aboriginal affairs critic
Robert Skelly in August that the military
was still using the land and would return
it when they are finished.
Carleton elder-in-residence Wilfred
Peltier said he helped cook food and took
it out to the walkers Sept. 29 when they
were staying at the Nepean Tent and
Trailer Park.
Peltier said there was little support
from Native groups such as the Native
Council of Canada and the Assembly of
First Nations. He also said the timing of
the march was bad.
"It was very bad tim-
ing, with the election go-
ing on and they didn't get
any press attention," he
said.
Murray Angus, commu-
nications co-ordinator for
the Native Council of
Canada, confirmed there
\ was no involvement by the
organization and it was
not represented on the Hill.
"We were occupied on
other fronts. Our energies
were spent elsewhere," he
said.
Angus said the council
was involved in preparing
criticisms of the federal
parties for ignoring Native
- issues during the cam-
paign and the leaders' debates.
While waiting for a government re-
sponse, the band plans to return to its
land and continue occupying the reserve.
□
With files from Doug Johnson,
Grits' kiddie camp plan
Some students wary of Liberals' Youth Corps pro-
posal- will the government have the cash?
by Jennifer Boyle
Chariatan Stalf
Some Carleton students are critical in
their reviews of the youth corps proposal
released last month by the federal Lib-
eral party.
Liberal leader Jean Chretien released
a proposal Sept. 21 to create a Canadian
Youth Corps he says will provide much-
needed jobs, training and experience.
The l iberals propose, if elected, to
tnvestSIQOrniUionperyear by the third
year of the youth program and expect
that 10,000youth wouldparticipate each
year.
Youth Corps participants from ages
15 to 24 would spend up to a one-year
term assisting in community projects
such as the tourism Industry, services for
senior dtizens, environmental projects
and local literacy projects.
The costs of food, lodging, transpor-
tation and training wouldbe covered by
the program and participantswould also
receive a weekly allowance for personal
expenses.
Mac Harb, Liberal candidate for Ot-
tawa Centre, says he believes the Youth
Corps would benefit Ottawa's two uni-
versities and community college tremen-
dously.
"The bottom line is thatit isa strategy
by the Liberal party that could get our
youth back on track," Harb says. "More
than anything, we have to invest In our
youth."
But at Carleton, some students had
mixed reviews.
Sean Carson, a second-year history
major, says he believes the idea of a
Youth Corps is only a "farce."
"When you look at it clearly and cut
through all the crap, there really is not
much that is new here. It is window
dressing for old ideas . . . lets slap a new
label on it and call it the Youth Corps,"
he said.
Sean Kidd, a second- year psychology
student, says"Youth training programs
are basically a good idea, but they are
only profitable in an economy in which
the training can actually be put into
practice."
The proposal also calls for the estab-
lishment of a community service coun-
cil to co-ordinate federal support for the
work projects and establish the guide-
lines for selection of participants.
The program wouldbe financed with
no new money, according to the pro-
posal, but through the reallocation of
existing federal budgets.
As well, a Liberal government would
soUdtdonatlorisfrom community groups
and companies who could benefit from
the training the participants would re-
ceive, p
8 • The Charlatan • October 7, 1993
VIEWPOINT
Big bucks for beer? Blame the government
by Richard G.D. Scott
Charlatan Stan
Beer drinkers looking for a greater
variety will be pleased to find an
increased flow of American brands
coming into Canadian beer stores.
But those looking for cheaper beer
prices will have to wait for a change
in the Ontario government's poli-
cies.
Beer prices in the United States are
about three-fifths of the cost of beer in
Canada. That's because of a tariff
battle between the provincial gov-
ernments and the American govern-
ment as well as the monopoly on
beer sales in Canada.
Beer prices in the
United States are about
three-fifths of the cost of
beer in Canada.
American beer companies, in par-
ticular Heileman Brewers Co. and
Stroh Brewers Co., have been behind
a fight against Canadian foreign beer
policies foryears. The companies con-
tend that they don't have free access
to the Canadian market due to unfair
tariffs levied by provincial govern-
ments.
Their complaint was first taken to
the General Agreement for Tariffs
and Trade in the late 1980s and the
issue escalated into a cross-border
trade war. It peaked in the summer
when the U.S. levied a retaliatory
three-dollar tax on every Canadian
24-pack of beer. But the battle has
since cooled.
Instead of trying to break into the
market themselves, some American
companies now have their brands
brewed and distributed in Canada by
Canadian companies.
So, although provincial govern-
ments have budged little on foreign
beer policies and tariffs, U.S. brands
have finally won access to provincial
beer stores.
Provincialbeertaxes, however, are
still being levied on American beer
companies. Even with the Free Trade
Agreement in place, U.S. companies
are faced with stiff surcharges in
Ontario, the site of about one-third of
all beer sales in Canada.
In May 1992, the NDP govern-
ment issued a 10-cent environmen-
tal tax on beer cans to increase the
use of bottles even thouqh cans are
just as easily recycled. Bottles are far
more expensive to transport and U.S.
beer companies have been suscepti-
ble to the tough Ontario levy because
of their use of cans.
In August, the Ontario govern-
ment changed beer pricing systems
from a minimum flat rate for all
beers to a price reflective of alcohol
content. This was done in response to
American complaints to GATT.
Regular Canadian beer price mini-
mums were dropped to $23.70 for a
case of 24 bottles from $24.95, while
light beers now start from $22.80.
The minimum price in Ontario for
U.S. brands, which contain less alco-
hol than regular Canadian brews, is
now $23. 15 for 24 bottles and $26.55
for 24 cans. Stroh is the first U.S.
brewer to directly enter the Ontario
Beer Stores and is selling their Old
Milwaukee beer at $26.90 for 24 cans.
These lower prices, however, fall
far short of some early anticipation
that price drops from free trade would
be as much as one-quarter of the
average beer price.
There are two explanations for the
higher Canadian prices, besides tar-
iffs. Some market analysts blame the
provincial government's theory that
higher beer prices will translate into
less drinking. The other reason is that
Brewers' Retail Stores, the major On-
tario distributor, is owned by the two
Canadian brewing front-runners,
Labatt and Molson.
Some market analysts
blame the provincial gov-
ernment's theory that
higher beer prices will
translate into less drink-
ing
There is no such monopoly in the
States. Instead, American brewers
ship beer independently to different
supermarkets and comer stores, as
well as beer stores. The result is a
competitive market with cheaper
prices.
Maybe Canadian beer stores and
provincial governments can make a
move to do the same. □
HATE HURTS
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Quotable Politicos
"We believe we have to take meas-
ures to make our economy grow and
to create jobs."
— jean Chretien on the Liberals'
$5.3 billion public works plan.
"Any politician who believes you
can stimulate a $700-billion economy
with a few sewer projects, would be-
lieve you could start a 747 with a
flashlight battery. "
- Preston Manning on the Liberal
plan on the Oct 4 televised leadership
debate. □
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October 7, 1993 • The Charlatan ■ 9
93
Government slammed in local issues fair
by Anthony Pangalos
Charlatan Siaft
Talk of grassroots
politics and disappoint-
ment in politicians dominated an after-
noon-long discussion held by Ottawa-
area interest groups on Oct. 3 at the
Sandy Hill Com-
munity Centre.
Organized by
the Ottawa Coa-
lition for Social
Justice, "Agenda
Day" was an op-
portunity for
community
members and
various interest
groups to exchange views
on election issues, including post-sec-
ondary education.
"Government doesn't
care and government is
getting farther away from
the people."
-Linda Lalonde
Many speakers expressed dismay at
the widening division between the public
and politicians.
"Government doesn't care and gov-
ernment is getting farther away from the
people, " said Linda Lalonde of the Social
Assistance Recipient Council, a lobby
group represent-
ing people on so-
cial assistance.
Also on hand
were organiza-
tions such as the
Ottawa and Dis-
trict Labor Coun-
cil, the Coalition
to Oppose the
Arms Trade and
the Ontario Public Interest Research
Group. About 45 people visited the com-
munity centre to pick up information
Social justice groups discussed election issues in Sandy Hill
and hear speakers.
"This is an opportunity for us to pull it
all together and have one forum where
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people can present the materials they
have developed for the election," said
Debbie Ferren, a social justice coalition
member.
Post-secondary education was a ma-
jor issue at the event. According to the
Canadian Federation of Students, the
government has cut $6.8 billion in fed-
eral transfer payments to provinces and
territories since 1986.
The result of the lost revenue is, "a
deterioration of buildings, less courses
offered, overcrowded classrooms, inad-
equate libraries and a reduction in re-
search and development," said Carole
Sauve, vice-president external of the
Student Federation of the Univerisity of
Ottawa, who represented CFS.
About 41 per cent of students rely on
student loans and they are also affected
by less government funding, said Sauve.
"They (the Tories) are becoming less
and less involved with the administra-
tion of student loans because they are
handing it over to the banks, " she said.
"Students will have to go negotiate their
loans and (the banks) will take into con-
sideration the courses and the financial
situation of that student."
Day care for students was also on the
agenda "because the government failed
to implement a new subsidization policy, "
said Sauve. "There is very little space to
absorb the mothers with children."
At Carleton, a new day-care facility is
being built but the waiting list for subsi-
dized day care is two and a half years.
Another issue Sauve raised was stu-
dent unemployment.
"Over the past summer 20 per cent of
students were unemployed," said Sauve.
"193,000 jobs were lost between 1985
and 1992."
Marja Kagis from the Somerset West
Community Health Care Centre said cuts
to transfer payments to the provinces is
hurting health care.
The federal government "pays one-
quarter of the cost of health care," Kagis
said. "The government downloaded the
public debt onto the provinces."
Cuts to Canadian social assistance
plans, such as daycare, welfare, social
housing and unemployment insurance,
were discussed by Lalonde. Instead of
continuing inequality, "society should
pick these people up and help them, " she
said.
Only two candidates for the election
— NDP candidates Marion Dewar (Ot-
tawa Centre) and Willie Dunn (Ottawa
East) — made an appearance at the
community centre although all were in-
vited, according to Judi Varga-Doth, co-
ordinator of OPIRG at University of Ot-
tawa.
Other groups and organizations that
were represented included the East Timor
Alert Network, the Great Canadian Thea-
tre Company, and the Political Action
Committee. Q
10 • The Charlatan • October 7, 1993
EDITORIAL PAGE
Six minutes
with sock
puppets
Try to address 2,000 years of racist, sexist,
patriarchal culture in six minutes.
We don't think so.
And obviously neither does the department
of athletics.
The department has produced a video for $1,000
which is supposed to educate new and returning athletes
about racism, sexism, violence and homophobia. But
last week, directorof athletics Keith Harris said he thought
the video wasn't capable of challenging "deep-rooted
convictions" about these issues.
After seeing it, we tend to agree.
All athletes mustwatch the video as part of a seminar
discussing the use of steroids and other performance-
enhancing drugs. Then they must sign a statement
saying they took part in the seminar.
The video was produced in the wake of last year's
investigation into a chant book of explicit sexually
violent, racist and homophobic chants allegedly usedby
the rugby team . Two years ago, the university found that
the lacrosse club had chanted similarly sexually violent
songs late at night in September of 1991.
While we agree with Harris that a video isn't enough,
we think it could at least have been a starting point. A
video which actually deals with why racism, sexism and
homophobia are harmful, followed up with a discussion,
could have gone a lot further in challenging athletes'
beliefs.
Making people think is far more effective than just
telling people not to do something because it's "today's
taboo, " as Harris called racism, sexism and homophobia
in an interview with The Charlatan last week. That's just
sweeping hate under the carpet where it will continue to
fester and poison the atmosphere at Carleton.
This is exactly what the video does, dismissing
discriminatory and harassing behavior in a few short
sound bitesfrom our illustrious leader, Carleton President
Robin Farquhar, and his sidekick Harris.
In the video, both have as much personality as badly
made sock puppets.
First they massage the athletes' egos, calling them
"the most physically skilled athletes on the entire
campus." Athletes are told they are looked up to as
"leaders" on campus.
Then Farquhar addresses the burning question of
campus landscaping, saying "what an attractive physical
setting" we have at Carleton. He also mentions our "fine
library" and resource centres.
Oh yeah. He says that sometimes bad things happen
too.
In the video, Harris talks about how an unspecified
team chanted "vulgar songs" at an unspecified "some
time ago." By leaving the event this vague, it is easy to
ignore the entire incident. It's easy for new athletes,
especially new rugby team members, to miss the
connection. The video makes it seem like it was somebody
else's team.
Both talking heads mouth some platitudes about how
"to learn, we must be free, and to be free you must not be
afraid — of abuse, or harassment, or ridicule or
discrimination of any kind, " and how "it is essential that
we conduct ourselves as a non-violent community."
One can't help but think how these hard-hitting
lectures would be received by a room full of athletes who
have been given an ultimatum — watch this and sign a
Paper saying you saw it, or you can't play.
No doubt they would all be hanging on Sparky's every
word.
But if the video is, as Harris says, only to "introduce"
athletes to the issues of sexism, racism and homophobia,
we suppose it doesn't matter if they watch it or not.
The $ 1 ,000 it's expected to cost to produce the video
could have been much better spent on seminars led by
People who have experience dealing with racism, sexism
and homophobia.
It's not enough to tell someone what they're doing is
wrong. You have to tell them why it's wrong.
It's much harder to dismiss someone who's in your
face.
Six minutes with Farquhar and Harris doesn't cut it.
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OPINION
Health care system isn't a 7-1 1
by Steven Pruner
SlBven Pruner is a second-year masters ol social work student at Carleton.
Re; "Health system needs help," The Charlatan, Sept.
23, 1993.
Clayton Wood may very well have the economic
resources at his disposal to purchase health care, but
what about the rest of us who cannot afford to privately
buy it?
Wood says he would like to have eye surgery when it
is convenient for him - before he
goes to Europe. But health care
should not necessarily be like
going to a convenience store to
have needs immediately satisfied.
Universal health care should be
about equal access, not about
jumping the line because one has
the money.
Iflneededeyesurgeryatacost r^-^^i
of $3,000 or more, 1'dbe waiting |^«i'V£.*
a long time before I could afford ^
it. In a true free market economy,
I would have to forgo eye surgery.
WeALLbenefitfrom universal
health care and other social
programs. Withoutthem, any at-
tempt to create equal opportuni-
ties, regardless of social class, is
lost, only to be replaced by
Darwin's "survival of the fittest"
principle.
For health care, this would
mean that those who can afford
it will have the best care and
those who can 't afford it will have
to make do with a lower quality of
care.
Wood is suggesting that we create a two-tier health
care system — a lower tier that provides "basic" services
for everyone and a higher tier of first-class premium
services for those who can afford to pay for it. I have some
concerns with this kind of system.
Wood suggests instituting a model similar to Great
Britain's. This is not a good idea. One needs only to look
at what is happening there now: those who can afford
private insurance receive the fastest and best quality of
care while those who are dependent on the public health
system often have to wait.
Many British doctors, particularly specialists, have
opted out of the public health system to set up their own
private practice to make more money. As more doctors
opt out of the public system, who will be left to provide
service for those who can't afford private care?
If a system like Great Britain's was used in Canada, I
imagine the same thing would happen.
Based on my understanding of how money works in
our economy, the best physicians and the best medical
equipment and care would naturally gravitate towards
the higher tier. The rest of us would have to make do with
the "basics" that would be available in the lower tier.
Knowing the kindof assistance thatsociety affords the
poor through social service
programs, I can only imagine that
"basic services" would mean the
absolute minimum. That
minimum would mean a longer
wait for services provided by doc-
tors who lack the necessary skills
and talents to make it in private
practice. Granted, there would be
some altruistic doctors who would
remain in the public system, but
how many would really stay?
If reform is needed in our health
care system, let's look at other
issues first. For example, the
overuse and abuse of services; the
incredible pricescharged by phar-
maceutical and medical equip-
ment suppliers who make huge
profits; the oversupply of medical
professionals who encourage
overuse of the system through
unnecessary tests and interven-
tions; and lack of resources in the
community to practise preventa-
tive medicine to stop illness before
it starts.
In addition to this, the majority of our health care
dollars are spent during the first few years and the final
few years of one's life. Why are we spending thousands
upon thousands of dollars unnecessarily replacing hips
and knees in people who are in nursing homes dying of
otherillnesses from which they will neverrecover? Many
of them won't benefit from getting new hips and knees.
We must get our priorities right. Medical interven-
tions that enhance and prolong the quality of life should
come first.
Wood writes that "the days of unrealistic and
unaffordable social programs are over." I guess we
should say goodbye to universal health care, unemploy-
ment insurance, income assistance and pensions, too.
Maybe it's time we cut the rope, sink or swim. I hope not!
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Hurray for hemp!
Editor:
We found your article on the legaliza-
tion of marijuana (The Charlatan, Sept.
16, 1993) to be far too heavily focused on
hemp's use as a recreational drug. There
are far more significant social and envi-
ronmental benefits to be had by legaliz-
ing hemp.
Forexample, hemp fibre is an ecologi-
cally and economically healthy source
for paper and fibre board. According to
the Business Alliance for Commerce in
Hemp, "one acre of hemp produces as
much pulp as 4.1 acres of forest."
Hemp also has a variety of useful
medical applications. Dr. Lester Grinspon
and James B. Bakalar discuss these uses
in their book Marijuana, the Forbidden
Medicine, describing the effects of mari-
juana on glaucoma, migraines, men-
strual cramps, chronic pain, asthma,
mood disorders and other conditions.
Hemp seed is a good food source as
well — "second only to soybeans in
nutritional value," according to the
Whole Earth Review.
It's not just "potheads" calling
for the legalization of hemp. The Globe
and Mail, ("Canadian farmers' pipe
dream?" April 12, 1993), says "the
head of the largest provincial farmers'
group is asking the federal government
to lift its 70-year-old ban on hemp . . .
citing the economic potential it holds for
the beleaguered agricultural sector."
Although your article did touch on
some of these uses, it barely scratched the
surface and readers are not directed to-
wards more detailed writings on the de-
bate. The Hemp and Herb Working Group
at OPIRG Carieton is slowly compiling a
file of articles on hemp and its legaliza-
tion. We urge your readers both to bring
in (or suggest) to us their own favorite
articles on hemp, and to read the articles
on hemp presently in the OPIRG resource
centre.
fieid Cooper
Mike Panesar
Hemp and Herb Working Group
OPIRG Carieton
Tasteless 'toon
Editor:
As the writer of the opinion piece
"What the poster didn't say," The
Charlatan, Sept. 30, 1993, 1 met with the
editorofthatsectionseveral times. When
I saw my article in print, and read the
graphic placed in the middle of the text,
I was horrified.
The graphic was tasteless, and al-
though it was perhaps meant as a satiri-
cal piece of humorto accenttheconcems
raised by my article, it had the opposite
effect.
In fact, many of my colleagues were
confused as to the meaning of the graphic
and I had no answers to offer.
The victim of the original attempted
assault was distressed over the lack of
judgment that The Charlatan displayed.
In addition, we were both alarmed that
after reading my article, the graphic art-
ist felt it was necessary to blame campus
security for the poster. If the artist would
have done minimal research and read
the security poster, he/she would have
realized campus security does not have
its extension number on the poster.
In fact, campus security's responding
officer, Michael Warner, was helpful, sen-
sitive, and active on the victim's behalf.
Campus security deserves much more
recognition and support than they cur-
rently receive.
If I would have known that such a
juvenile, uninformed attempt at humor
would accompany my article, I would
not have allowed it to be printed. The
Charlatan may now add its name to the
12 • The Charlatan • October 7, 1993
agencies which perpetuate the second-
ary trauma that makes victims of assault
hesitate when faced with the decision to
pursue the apprehension of their aggres-
sors.
Jason Ramsay
MA II
Graphic ridicules
Editor:
That hideous "warning" plas-
tered in the middle of Jason Ramsay's
serious editorial, ("What the poster
didn't say," The Charlatan, Sept. 30,
1993), disgusted me. The thrilling ad
about the return of Freddy the Flasher.
The individual responsible for such hate
literature used words like "tickle"
and "harmless." Sexual assault is
not tickling or harmless, it is violent --
violating.
I pose a question to The Charlatan staff
who permitted the publication of such
repugnant journalism: Would any of you
confront the woman or any woman who
was brutally assaulted with these words
to her face?
It is much easier to remain anony-
mous and hide behind deadlines, throw-
ing journalistic responsibility and ethics
to the wind. Imagine yourselves looking
into the eyes of a sexually assaulted
woman, what would you say? "No
cause for alarm ..." Yeah, now that
he has disappeared for the time being,
yet such words do not heal pain.
Instead of drawing attention to the
critical problem of campus safety, The
Charlatan ridiculed it, alienating an as-
saulted woman and all of those women
who endure, violating their bodies even
further, notwithapenis, but with words.
Stuart A. Shein
' MA II
Dan - he's
everywhere
Editor:
Unicentre = boring. Aykroyd Centre =
flair.
Why? Why not!
I think that the Dan Aykroyd Student
Centre is a fine name. It sounds much
better than the plain old Unicentre.
Here are 10 good reasons to rename
the centre:
1 . He was a student in good standing.
2. His parents contribute regularly and
generously to CKCU.
3. We have a better chance at getting
him to visit Carieton than getting Bruce
Springsteen, or anyone else.
4. He went to my old high school on
Fisher Avenue, St. Pius X.
5. People of Ottawa should make up
for the Paul Anka scandal.
6. He brings laughter through movies
(I have an illegal copy of Ghostbusters).
7. He did do something with his life.
8. One of our frosh groups this year
was named after a skit he did about the
Boss-o-matic. .
9. 1 haven't heard any better sugges-
tions.
10. If we wait until he's dead we'll still
have a boring student centre name.
So, you see, he's everywhere. He's fa-
mous. So what if he wasa bit of a trouble-
maker. Students can relate to his image
and I bet they even like the name too.
I think it would be a nice change.
Maybe next year we can name our frosh
groups after movies he's been in.
Luke Read
English III
Learn the lingo
Editor:
Re: "Scotiabank only place to sock
your loot," The Charlatan, Sept. 23, 1993.
An error was made by Tanya Work-
man in her article which outlined stu-
dent packages offered by several char-
tered banks.
Workman stated that the Toronto-
Dominion Bank'sstudentplan offers "no-
charge withdrawals and deposits . . . and
two free cheques per month ..." What
Workman neglected to mention is that
no-charge withdrawals are only no-
charge when made through the bank's
automated teller machines.
Upon further investigation, Workman
would have found that the plan offers
two free cheques or in-branch withdraw-
als per month. "In-branch with-
drawal" is a withdrawal processed by
a teller. Therefore, a student can only
make two such debit transactions: two
cheques, two in-branch withdrawals or
one cheque and one in-branch with-
drawal per month. Any subsequent debit
transactions not made through the bank's
automated teller machines will be sub-
ject to service charges.
It is to the benefit of the students,
when shopping around from financial
institution to financial institution, to have
bank lingo explained and to have under-
stood all applicable service charges. This
will eliminate or lessen unpleasant sur-
prises, frustration and time consump-
tion.
Christine Tenn
Former Toronto-Dominion customer service
officer
Bike racks lacking
at Loeb
Editor:
As I was locking my bike to a parking
meter outside the Loeb building, a cam-
pus security officer came up and ordered
me to unlock my bike immediately. I told
him that the one-and-only bike rack in
the immediate area was full and that
there was nowhere else to lock my bike.
Hesaidthathedidn'tcare, andthatlhad
to move my bike. Parking meters cost a
lot you see, and my bike might damage
it.
My bike costs a lot of money too, and
I'm not prepared to sacrifice it so that a
parking meter may remain unscuffed.
Perhaps it would be in the university's
best interest to.invest in a few more bike
racks, since I'm not the only one who has
to lock my bike to a parking meter on a
regular basis.
Matthew Bruce
Psychology IV
Waiting list woes
Editor:
Re: "Health system needs help," The
Charlatan, Sept. 23, 1993.
Clayton Wood, in his opinion piece on
the Canadian health care system, says
that he is concerned about the quality of
our health care. However, when you read
what he has written you see that what he
is really concerned with is the waiting list
for services.
While I agree that this is a problem, I
do not feel that the solution lies in offer-
ing bribes to bud in line.
His system of paying for "better" service
would not work to shorten lines or im-
prove service for the majority of users. It
would only mean that those people with
money would get priority while the rest of
us are pushed further down the list.
What is needed is better and faster
health care services for everyone, not just
the wealthy.
AnnetfeZ.ee
MA Philosophy
Twist in with
Orville
Editor:
Re: "Who needs a life?" The Charlatan,
Sept. 23, 1993, by John Greenwood a.k.a.
Grimm.
I'm glad you like stories about me - 1
do too! I've got a life and no longer go to
Oliver's. I didn't even realize that I was
there. In fact, I thought I was at my third
cousin's wedding in Smiths Falls. The
music was the same - who knew? I was
justwaiting for my great-uncle Orville to
come and ask me to dance a jig. I did
come to my senses and told the D| (if you
can call him that), the music sucked.
Don'tyou remember, John? Keepspinnin'
those tunes — go, grease lightning!
Renee Twaddle
Ph ilosophy III
Access for all
essential
Editor:
This letter is in response to "Health
system needs help," The Charlatan,
Sept. 23, 1993. An article such as this
saddens me more than anything else. It
is unfortunate that certain Canadians
such as Clayton Wood fail to realize that
we do have one of the best and most
accessible medical systems in the world.
- Wood talks about the inefficiency of
our "crumbling" system. Again,
this is partially true. The health system is
currently in a state of financial instabil-
ity across the country. However, this is
not because our system is too costly in
general. It is because hospitals, particu-
larly in Ontario, have been misman-
aged.
People have also used our system to
obtain many services they don't need.
Even with this, our system is still more
cost efficient than the U.S. health care
system.
To say that we should adopt a health
care system like Great Britain is complete
rubbish. The national health system in
England is a very inferior system to ours.
No one there with any capital uses it. This
is because all the good physicians are in
private health care.
I am not trying to say that our system
does not have problems. It is obvious that
it does. Yet the basic principle of access to
all in such an important thing as health
care is really the only way to go. With
better administration and understand-
ing we can make our system cost efficient
and long-lasting.
Fraser Needham
Political Science III
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October 7, 1993 ■ The Charlatan ■ 13
An
Interview with
poet and
playwrigh
Joseph
Dandurai
by Rob McLennan
Charalatan Staff
Joseph Oandurand is a 28-year-old local poet and playwright. He is a Salish
Indian originally from Fort Langley, B.C., and up until September was living and
writing in Texas for four months.
Dandurand returned to Ottawa with a performance of a short scene, Touches,
as part of the SAW Gallery's "Rushes" series, held every third Sunday to show-
case works-in-progress by local artists.
His first performance was a reading of his play No Totem for My Story, as
part of an evening of Native story-telling on Sept. 24, 1 992, by the Theatre
Distinct Theatre Company at the University of Ottawa.
His second reading was of his play Crackers and Soup, at the National Arts
Centre Atelier Theatre last April.
He will be presenting the first full-length production of one of his own plays
Where Two Rivers Meet, by his fledging One Crow's Theatre Company at the
SAW Gallery on Oct. 28, 29 and 30.
Dandurand's most recent, and only, chapbook is titled The Upside Down
Raven. A poetry chapbook is a thin booklet of poetry, usually made up on a
photocopier and stapled together by the author.
Dandurand is part of a collective of Native writers called the Writer's Inde-
pendent Native Organization (WINO), a group which encourages and supports
Native writers in the Ottawa region.
He is also one of four interns taking part in the Aboriginal Training Program
in Museology at the Museum of Civilization in Hull. The program is designed to
give those who are developing their own cultural centres or museums on Native
and Inuit reserves the training to gain greater control over the presentation and
preservation of their own cultural histories.
Dandurand will be working closely with David Parry, who is head of interpre-
tive programs at the museum, on various writing projects including a theatrical
presentation on some of the pieces in the Great Hall, such as the
Kwakwak'wakw feast dish.
Parry says he is confident the eight-month program will culminate in a
completed theatrical presentation to be performed as part of an international
symposium, called languages of live Interpretation, at the museum next May.
After that, the performance will be open to the public.
I was finally able to catch up with Joseph in the middle of his busy schedule
over breakfast two weeks ago. The following is from an hour of interview,
between cups of bad coffee.
14 • The Charlatan ■ October 7, 1993
Dandurand: What om I do'mg? I'm working on o play I've written, producing it ol SAW Gallery. II
runs the 28, 29, 30 of October. It's called Where Tm Hirers Meet mi it's kind of a spiritual thing. It's not really
Native. Very deeply spirituoL It's about love. I'm trying to finish a book of poetry, four poems short and I'm oho
finishing some plays that are half-finished.
McLennan: Tell 'me about your internship at the Museum of "Civilization.
Dandurand ! Yeah, I'm starting there on September 30, but getting thereon the ISth, doing some
work for them, working on a symposium for children and some other things. Basically, I'm there to work with
their theatre company, to create stories, and to leam. It's a learning experience for eight months. And from there,
I've applied to go to York University, to study plays, to gel my masters in playwriting, so hopefully I can leach
someday. At Ottawa It, I finished my BA in theatre.
McLennan: Have you produced any previous work?
Dandurand: I haven't produced any (ploys). I've produced some readings and some workshops,
that's about it. This is the first full-length production.
This play, actually, the NAC bought the rights to it. Yeah, just until January, Ihey gave me a thousand dollars
and they want a copy of the script when it's done. Which is cool, you know. It's a good theatre.
McLennan: Why is this only your first full-length play?
Dandurand ! Why? Why not? I think it's because I've been waiting for people to produce my work
and it hasn't happened in this city, so I decided to create a theatre company and produce this play, which is my
own work.
The theatre group is loosely hosed on theatre groups in the sixties, the voice of their generation, and that's
what we all are, because I'm the oldest and the other people in the company are in their early twenties, so we're
just fresh, and want to do something outside university theatre. Almost sort of semi-professional. Make a run at it,
you know?
McLennan: You told me once that you have moved around a lot.
Dandurand: I've been around. I've been in Ottawa for 1 0 years. My dad was in Ihe oir force and
ended up here, but my mother's family 'is from B.C, a reservation called Fort Langley. It's nice, a little island on
ihe Fraser River — good fishing. Salish, Slolo Nation. My mother is a full-blooded Indian and my dad's French.
McLennan: How has that influenced your work?
Dandurand: It has in Ihe sense that I can write in both perspectives and not hove to justify either of
them. The characters in my plays lake on a . . . Ihey can have either race — Ihey can he white, or Ihey can be
Native. Ifs not a story about race, it's a story about human beings, I guess.
McLennan: From what I've seen of your poetry, your first chapbook Ihe
Upside Down Raven, I was wondering about your use of Native mythology in
your work.
Dandurand: I love writing about animals, is thai what you mean? I just love it. I think it's just so
easy to do. That's when I'm at my most comfortable.
Right now I'm finishing a book of poetry called Running ley, Where Did fou So7. (I'm) four poems short, (I
hove) about 40 1 guess. It's about a young Indian boy running around the work) from his reservation, in o big
circle.
I guess half my plays are Native, that would mean Native actors. That's one of the biggest problems I have,
living in Ottawa, is the lack of Native actors, so I do my other plays.
I'm still involved in WINO. We have an anthology coming out. I'm not sure when, we're still working on B . . .
no, it's done. They just need enough money to print it.
Thai's with six other writers, such as Anne Acco, Alan leary. Yeah, we've been together for years. Writer's
Independent Native Organization.
Ifs a group lhat originally got together to workshop each other's works, and basically now is just on
organization that promotes Native writing in the Ottawa area. And we do Ihe Ottawa Volley Book Festival every
year. And other things, (like) help each other with our books, ond lhat. Tney helped me with my first chapbook.
McLennan: Do you see a lot of 'people interested 'in Native writing?
Dandurand: Yeah, I guess so. Yeah, there's a market for it, you know, lhat whole granolo thing.
Walk down Glebe, there, I could probably sell all my books there. I think there is a voice. We're searching for H.
I'm searching for mine. Art h art, right?
McLennan: I've noticed }in your plays you use a lot of 'angry characters.
Dandurand: (laughter) Why, I don't know. Angei? I wouldn't say they're angry. I'd say they're frustrated.
Ifs whal I see, I guess. I just think that as a new writer, it's much easier to write characters like that, instead of
someone who's compassionate and weak. Passive, yeab. I don't know, 1 don't find Ihem as interesting as
someone who's got an edge to them, /know? Who's ready lo fight Ihe world.
McLennan: Crackers and Soup, whal was that?
Dandurand: Crackers and Soupms definitely onger. Thofs weird. I don't know how you write, but
when I write plays, when I write poetry, it's like an escape for me. Ifs like a different world, so it's hard for me to
talk about it r.jhl now.
Whenever I write a play, I go inlo that world for a week, or whatever it tokes for me lo write one, ond I'm
there, and Ihen I come out of it and I try lo get bock into it. But that's what my plays are. They're dreams.
Dandurand:
McLennan: Do you escape into anger?
Sure. Why not? I hold it in all Ihe way through life, might as well escape into it.
McLennan: Are you angry?
Dandurand . Am I? Isn't everybody? (laughter) Why am I angry? Oh, I feel like I'm being analyzed
here. Why am I angry, why am I angry. I don't know, I just om. I just always have been. There's no profound
reason far my onger, I guess.
I'm not always angry. God, I try lo write serious plays and when I stage them, halfway thiough Ihem people
are laughing, you know, laughing at Ihe wrong moment. I'm sitting there almost crying, and they're sitting there
laughing. Whkh is great, because I think that's one of Ihe reasons I write plays, is to sit there in Ihe audience ond
watch people read. Thai's what I enjoy doing, creating a reaction. You know, whether it's anger, or compassion
for my characters, sympathy or empathy.
I've seen a lot of plays. I love going inlo a theatre. That's what it's all about, Ihe act of illusion, Ihe art of
creating a new world.
That's why I write plays, because I want lo create an hour of escape for people ond try, once the script is
there, and then as a director, lo create this world by using the set ond Ihe lighting and the actors and staging a
world for them.
Ifs hard, for at any moment they might snap out of il and realize, "Hey, I'm watching a play," you know, it
'isn't real. So that's why I enjoy writing and trying lo perfect Ihe art of telling a story, making il as real as
possible.
I've seen almost everything in the city — try not lo pay, go lo previews and GCTC Sundays, pay what you
can, take two bucks, pay a buck and buy a Nanaimo bar with Ihe other dollar. But other companies that are
failing I pay. I pay the full prke to help Ihem out. Thai's whal it's all about.
I'm harmless. God, I'm harmless, (laughter) I was in Europe lor four years, Winnipeg for seven . . .
McLennan: Do you think this has anything with your need to escape?
Dandurand : No, I escape because I'm crazy, (laughter) I have to write. My head feds like it will
explode if I don't write. Ifs weird. I just gotta write when I can't deal with things One day 111 go to an analyst
who will tell me I'm sane. For now, I'll play Ihe mank.
McLennan: Are you making any sort of living from mis?
Dandurand: No, I've got to make money olhei ways. I work as a professional stage hand at the
National Arts Theatre. I've been there foi foui years.
Ifs great. I see things there, I see how ifs done, and when I go to produce things, I know exactly how it's
done. The greatest formula for theatre, for writing, is lo keep il simple. You know, use whal you've got.
We got Ihe spoce at SAW Gallery for free. Scrounged my set-up, just collecting favors, just knowing people
who owe me favors. Yeah, it's running three days, Ihen I'll pock 9. Il fits 1 25 people in there, five dollars a head.
I have Ihe theatre community, the literary community, people who like my stuff. Well, maybe not like my
stuff but appreciate 3, 1 guess. Ifs great. Ifs whal I need.
I'm going to apply for an Explorations grant (from the Ontario Arts Council foi new artists}. The next deadline
is January 1 5, so I om going to do that. And, I don'l know.
I might try Thelus Books (lo publish the poetry manuscript), which is a Native publishing company out West,
see if they'll jump at it. I'll probably end up self-publishing it, you know.
Rob McLennan is a poet who lives and writes in Ottawa. His last lost chapbook was entitled August.
He also edits, publishes and distributes the Free Verse Anthology, os well os being a co-editor of the
Corleton Arts Heview.
photo by Andre Belief euille
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16 • The Charlatan ■ October 7, 1993
SPORTS
The truth rears its ugly head
Jmwnc hnmhorl In ■HBIWJiHBar .
Ravens bombed in
loss to third-ranked
Bishop's Caiters
by Steven Vesely
Charlatan Staff
It's about time they lost.
After two straight dramatic come-from-
behind victories, the bubble burst on the
Carleton Ravens football team.
No miracle finish. No win. fust a 34-1
trouncing at the hands of the Bishop's
Gaiters on Oct. 2 at Raven Field.
Bishop's 34 Carleton 1
With the loss, the 2-2 Ravens fall into
a three-way tie for second place in the
Ontario-Quebec Interuniversity Football
Conference with the McGill Redmen and
the Concordia Stingers. Bishop's improves
to 4-0 and, with three games remaining
in the season, has first place virtually
locked up.
"I hope theguys will remember how
this feels, " said Raven wide receiver [ames
Tickell, who led the team offensively with
59 yards on three receptions. "It feels
shitty. If we can remember this feeling,
maybe we won't let it happen again.
Maybe we just thought we didn't have to
go out and work hard for the win. But
that's not true. We have to practise hard
and play hard like we did last week (in a
25-20 win against Queen's)."
True to past form, the Ravens started
slowly, allowing the Gaiters to build a 1 7-
0 halftime lead.
"It seems every game we try to play
catch-up,"saidTickell. "And against good
teams like Bishop's, you can't do that."
No kidding.
"Past history dictates this team doesn't
believe they're ever out of it," said Bish-
op's coach Ian Breck. "They showed a lot
of confidence to come from behind and
beat Ottawa and Queen's. That's a sig-
nificant accomplishment. We knew we
had to take control and get out at them. "
And Bishop's did just that when they
stuffed a Raven third and goal drive late
in the third quarter, preserving a com-
fortable 1 7-1 lead.
" It would have been a big score, " said
Raven running back Einard Jean-
Let's see, three Gaiters pummelling one Raven - no wonder we lost.
Francois, who had the ball knocked out
of his hands in the end zone on the play.
"It would have brought us up . Instead we
made mistakes that made us look bad.
They dominated. They played better than
we did so they won the game -- but it
looked worse than it really was."
After the goal line stand, Bishop's
then pulled away in the fourth quarter,
amassing 1 7 points en route to the win.
Offensively, Raven starting
quarterback Sean O'Neill was only able
to make one completion in 10 attempts,
including one interception. He was re-
placed in the second quarter by backup
Shawn Thompson, who was only some-
what better in amassing 104 yards on 10
completions in21 attempts. Healso threw
four interceptions.
"We were unable to consistently make
Football FoOies
Year W L T PF PA PTS
1986 4 0 0 139 65 8
1992 0 4 0 20 138 0
1993 2 2 0 62 94 4
As the season progresses, we'd
compare this year's Raven squad
against the best and worst Raven
teams of the past: the 6-1 1986
squad and the 0-7 1992 team.
long drives this week and we left our
defence out on the field too long," said
Raven coach Donn Smith. "The guys
were resting on a win from last weekend.
This was a wake-up call." □
Rugby team rolls along undefeated
by Matt Shurrie
Chaitalan Staff
Two more games. Two more wins.
And the rugby Ravens are on a roll.
On Sept. 29, the Ravens defeated the
top-ranked Royal Military College
Redmen 17-10 and then trounced the
Trent Excalibur 26-3 on Oct. 2, to im-
prove to 4-0.
Carleton 17 RMC 10
Carleton 26 Trent 3
This makes them the only remaining
undefeated team in the Ontario Univer-
sities Athletic Association's second rugby
division.
"The skill level of the team has defi-
nitely improved over the past few weeks, "
said coach Lee Powell. "However, the
players seem to be working individually,
at times causing the progress of the team
to be held back."
At halftime against the Redmen, the
two teams were locked in a 3-3 tie. The
Ravens then turned the tables on RMC
with back-to-back tries by rookie outside
centre Rick Haldane and kicker Mike Rys.
Rys led the Ravens against the Redmen
with a try, two converts and one penalty
kick for 11 points.
The Redmen countered with a try of
their own later in the second half to close
the gap to 17-10, but then the Raven
defence clamped down and took over.
With RMC driving down the field in
the final minutes of the second half, the
Ravens shut the Redmen out with excel-
lent ball control and a concentration of
tackles.
In Saturday's game against Trent, the
Ravens again performed well defensively,
holding the Excalibur to a meagre 3
points.
"The chemistry was a little off for most
of the first half and we really didn't gel,"
said Haldane. "(But) in the second half,
the team came together and played ex-
cellent-controlled ball."
Trent pressured Carleton early on, scor-
ing first and threatening to score on two
other occasions.
"It took us a while to get going", said
inside centre Dave Howard."This allowed
them to really pressure our defence and
in rum forced us to rum it up a notch in
the second half."
Following the defence's lead, the of-
fence began to click in the second half.
Flanker Mike Row hadatryforthe Ravens,
and Rys added another.
The victory allowed trie Ravens to re-
main the only undefeated team in their
division and let the coaching staff assess
the club's play so far.
With three games remaining this sea-
son, Powell said he is pleased with the
team's progress, but cautioned there still
is room for improvement.
"The players need to perform as a
team rather than as individuals. When
the team works as individuals, they seem
to take an extra two or three steps and get
caught up field trying to make the big
play."
Two injuries occurred in the rugby
games this week. Mark Morrison left the
match against RMC with an injury to his
right leg. It's doubtful if he'll play in the
Oct. 7 rematch against RMC in Kingston.
Against Trent, Dave Howard suffered an
injury to his neck, and he's doubtful for
the rematch as well.
In other action, the Ravens' second
team beat Trent's second team 56-0 □
Lesson learned
by Steven Vesely
Charlatan Stall
They are like children, these foot-
ball Ravens - fumbling, bumbling
and stumbling along one moment,
and then showing off confidence
and poise in a comeback victory the
next.
And this football season is, as
much as anything, the story of their
struggle to mature.
For them, this season is like a
finishing school. Head coach Donn
Smith is the teacher. They are the
students. And each and every game
provides them with a new lesson to
be learned.
In their first game of the season
against the McGill Redmen, they
discovered the comeback. Trailing
17- 3 at halftime, the Ravens re-
bounded in the fourth quarter to
make a game of it before losing 22-
1 7. But the lesson was understood.
We can do it, they realized. We can
be competitive.
So they went back to school and
studied some more. And in their
second game against the University
of Ottawa Gee-Gees, they put into
practice the lessons they had
learned. Trailing 12-3 at the half,
this time they rebounded to take an
18- 12 lead - their first of the year.
They must have been nervous
then, those Ravens, and it showed.
Because late in the fourth quarter,
four Ravens misplayed a kickoff re-
turn and allowed Ottawa to recover
a fumble. You could almost predict
what was about to happen.
Sure enough, the Gee-Gees
stormed back to tie the game at 18
apiece and then set up to kick a
game-winning convert. Thekickhit
the uprights and bounced through
into the end zone. But the referee
didn't see it go through; the game
remained tied. And the Ravens
mastered another lesson -opportu-
nity.
Like little army ants, they
marched down the field and won
the game 1 9-1 8 on a single with 1 7
seconds left in the game.
It was their first win in two years.
Lesson accomplished.
Moving on to their third game
against last year's Vanier Cup cham-
pions, the Queen's Golden Gaels,
the Ravens had another exercise in
mind -- maintaining momentum.
And even though they fell behind
once again trailing 1 7-3 at halftime,
they remembered the lesson, and a
second-half offensive outburst pro-
pelled them to a 25-20 victory.
They must have been feeling
cocky, those Ravens, after two
straight come-from-behind wins like
that. School's a breeze, they must
have thought. What more do we
need to learn?
A little humility perhaps.
And that's exactly what they dis-
covered as they were trounced 34-1
by the fourth-ranked Bishop's Gai-
ters in their latest game this past
weekend. No miracle comeback. No
win. Just the humble feeling that
remains afteryou've been shellacked
by a better team.
They're learning all right, the
hard way.
And the lesson continues. □
October 7, 1993 • The Charlatan - 17
Soccer men rebound after humbling tie
18 • The Charlatan ■ October 7, 1993
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Soccer Shots
Here's how the Raven men rank
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4 Alberta Golden Bears
5 Victoria Vikings
that are scrappy and out of control like
Trent -- it just doesn't work the same.
Trent plays all over the place, and you get
a lot of unexpected things happening."
The Trent goal came in the second
half, when a scramble in front of the
Ravens' net allowed the Excalibur to
equalize forward |ohn Lauro's first-half
goal.
The one-all tie against Trent shocked
many, including the Trent goalkeeper.
Serge Desbienssaidthe Ravens were "very
predictable."
He did, however, admit that Carleton
was unlucky on several occasions. One
such chance came from a goal by Phillips.
Although the linesman did not raise the
flag to indicate an offside player, the
referee overruled the call and disallowed
the goal.
"Maybe we needed that tie to get us
back on track," said Raven sweeper
Michael Zaborski. "For us, a tie is a loss."
But the Ravens won both their week-
end games.
Four minutes into their Sunday match
against Ryerson, the Rams were fetching
the ball out of their net on a goal by
defender David Rowntree. Phillips scored
three goals and midfielder Chris Scuccato
scored as well.
Ryerson scored on a penalty kick after
Raven stopper Earl Cochrane fouled in
the box setting up the penalty. Another
goal in the second half rounded out the
Rams' scoring.
The day before, the Ravens shut out
the York offence to win 2-0. In his second
game for the Ravens, composed rookie
Marty McCaffrey scored when he chipped
the ball over the York goalkeeper.
Rowntree scored the second goal. □
Seven goals in seven games for forward
Basil Philips after three against Ryerson
by Sarah Richards
Charlatan Start
Call it a lesson well learned.
After four straight victories to start
their season, the Carleton men's soccer
team was humbled with a 1-1 tie against
the last-place Trent Excalibur on Sept. 29
in Ontario Universities Athletic Associa-
tion's east division soccer action.
Carleton 1 Trent 1
Carleton 2 YorkO
Carleton 5 Ryseron 2
The Ravens rebounded on the week-
end with a 2-0 victory against the York
Yeomen on Oct. 2 and a 5-2 thrashing of
the Ryerson Rams on Oct. 3.
The Ravens are now ranked second in
the country with a record of 6-0-1.
"Their egos were inflated and they
thought they could go out and win with-
out playing the system that (coach) Sandie
(Mackie) has taught them," said assist-
antcoach Hugh Campbell. "They wanted
to play tippy-tappy football."
Several Raven players gave their own
explanations behind the tie. Rookie for-
ward Marty McCaffrey's agreed with
Campbell.
"We were a little over-confident, be-
cause we heard they weren't a strong
team, and they had given up a lot of
goals. Before the game players were say-
ing they would score certain goals."
But forward Basil Phillips partly disa-
greed with Campbell's explanation, say-
ing that although the Ravens played
poorly, they played a system nonethe-
less. The Ravens' strategy is to have. the
back four defencemen dear the ball up to
their two forwards and have their four
midfielders come up to provide offensive
support.
"I think we played a system, but it
works best against good teams. Teams
Lacrosse club fights back for an overtime win
by Ryan Ward
Charlatan Staff
They are not as bad as the Ottawa
Senators.
The Carleton lacrosse club avoided
total defeat this weekend, losing 1 1-5 to
the first-placed Guelph Gryphons and
rallying to an 8-6 overtime win against
the McMaster Marauders.
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The lacrosse club is now 1-3 on the
season and tied for third with Brock Uni-
versity among five teams in the Ontario
Universities Field Lacrosse Association
League.
Guelph 11 Carleton 5
Carleton 8 McMaster 6
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On Oct. 2 in Guelph, the team played
the 3-0 Gryphons, fell behind early and
never caught up. They trailed 10-2 at the
half.
"When we played against Guelph, we
were very unorganized. We fell behind in
the score," said rookie attack Shawn
Murphy. "At least we got Guelph out of
the way so we can concentrate on beat-
ing the other teams."
The lacrosse club has been unorgan-
ized in recent games because they've
been playing without their coach Glen
Harrison, who has been busy organizing
the Canadian national lacrosse champi-
onships.
"I've been organizing the champion-
ships for some time and at least 1 will be
returning for the team's next game,"
said Harrison.
Playing without coach Harrison has
definitely hurt the Carleton team. Without
the stability, leadership and coaching he
provides, too many players have been
playing selfishly and without a team
focus.
"Many guys want to do their own
thing and without a coach, it's hard to
play as a team," said lacrosse attack
Jason Tasse.
As a result, Carleton lost to Guelph.
Tasse led the club with two goals. Attacks
Dan McWhirter, Steve Simenovic and
Scott Covin each added singles.
Following that loss, the 0-3 lacrosse
club faced off against the 0-3 McMaster
Marauders in a basement battle to es-
cape last place.
At the half, Carleton clung to a 5-3
lead, but McMaster stormed back in the
second half, scoring three straight goals
and taking a 6-5 lead.
"We thought we were down but we
weren't out and we fought for the win,"
said Tasse.
With 30 seconds remaining in the
game, McWhirter netted his first of the
game to tie the contest at six.
In overtime, Shawn Murphy netted
the winner and an insurance marker
completing a hat trick and giving
Carleton the 8-6 win.
"Our team was passing the ball around
and I saw an opening so I took it," said
Murphy. "We will be a force to be reck-
oned with if we play like we did Sunday.
There is still a long way to go and we
could come out ahead in the end."
Murphy led the club with three goals,
Tasse scored twice and singles went to
midfielder Pat Murawski and attack
Shawn Gilmour.
The club's next game is Oct. 16 at
McMaster and Oct. 1 7 at Brock Univer-
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"For us, a tie is a loss."
Raven sweeper Michael Zaborski
on the humbling 1-1 tie the men's
soccer team split with the Trent
Excalibur. At the time, the 4-0 Ravens
were ranked second in the country
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BRIEFS
The Carleton hockey club lost 4-3
to the Royal Military College Redmen
in exhibition play on Oct. 3 at the
R.A. Centre.
Scoring for the hockey club were
forward Rob Carleton, forward Adam
McGuire and defenceman Ken Pa-
gan.
CORRECTION
We goofed. Our apologies to wom-
en's soccer defender Christine
Archambault, whose name we
mispelt for two weeks straight.
Archibald was wrong. Archibault
was wrong. But from here on in -
Archambault will be right.
CALENDAR
Thursday, Oct. 7
SOCCER -The 6-0-1 men's soccer
team will be in Kingston tonight
gunning for another victory against
the Queen's Golden Gaels. Two weeks
ago, the Ravens beat Queen's 1-0.
WATERPOLO - The Raven men's
waterpolo team will host the Univer-
sity of Ottawa Gee-Gees tonight in
the annual Seal Game.
Game time is 7:30 p.m. at the
Carleton pool. Last year the Ravens
won their first Seal Game in seven
years.
RUGBY - The 4-0 men's rugby
team will travel to Kingston tonight
to kick off against the 2-2 Royal
Military College Redmen.
Friday, Oct. 8.
FIELD HOCKEY - The women's
field hockey team will face off against
the McGill Redmen on Minto Field at
3 p.m., looking to improve on their
1-6-2 record.
Saturday, Oct. 9.
FOOTBALL - The 2-2 Ravens foot-
ball team will host the Queen's
Golden Gaels in a 1 p.m. match on
Raven Field. Two weeks ago, the
Ravens surprised last year's Vanier
Cup champions with a come-from-
behind 25-20 victory.
Tickets are $2 for students with ID
cards and 4$ for all others.
Wednesday, Oct. 13
SAILING - The sailing club will
be meeting in the Loeb lounge on
the second level by the tunnel at
5:30 p.m. New members are wel-
come.
HOCKEY - The Carleton hockey
club will open their season in the
R.A. senior hockey league against
the Abloom hockey club tonight at
7:30 p.m. in the R.A. Centre. □
Field hockey drops another pair
Frustration mounts
as losses pile up
by Steven Vesely
Charlatan staff
The losses just keep piling up and the
frustration just keeps growing for the
Carleton women's field hockey team.
At Minto Field last weekend, the
Ravens lost 1-0 to the Queen's Golden
Gaels on Oct. 1 and then went down to
defeat 2-1 against the McGill Redmen on
Oct. 3 at Lansdowne Park.
Queen's 1 Carleton 0
McGill 2 Carleton 1
The losses drop the Ravens' record to
1-6-2 midway through the season and
leaves them in eighth place among nine
teams in the Ontario Women's
In teruni versity Athletic Association's field
hockey league. *
But despite the losses, there's another
more serious and underlying problem
threatening the Ravens field hockey team
— a lack of intensity.
"I was thinking it was just going to be
a matter of time before they scored," said
coach Suzanne Nicholson, referring to
the Gael's offensive spark in the first
game. "We just didn't seem to want to
win as much as Queen's did. They (the
Ravens) have to decide they want to beat
these teams. It looked like they almost
stopped trying. To me it was just a matter
of time before one (Queen's shot) went
into the net."
And so one did.
Early in the second half, a Queen's
shot deflected off Raven link Vicki Wilcox
into the Carleton net.
"It was a shot our goalie wasn't ready
for," said Raven forward Krista Wilson.
"One of our players tried to get to it and
it changed directions and deflected off
her so that our goalie couldn't react."
Trailing 1-0, the Ravens had the op-
portunity to mount a comeback but the
desire to win wasn't there.
"There was so much time left," said a
frustrated Wilson. "But people have to
want to win. It was just the beginning of
the second half and people were giving
up already. You can't stop playing until
the second half is over."
The intensity was gone. And unfortu-
nately, the same scenario eventually
played itself out in the McGili game.
Carleton opened the scoring on a beau-
tiful breakaway goal by midfielder
Suzanne Bird 10 minutes into the game.
"She was on a break, and as she got
close to the goalie, the goalie knocked
her feet out from under her, " said Wilson.
"But the ball was still loose and as she
was down on the ground she reached
over and sweeped it in."
And so it was. The only problem was
that McGill twisted Carleton's momen-
tum-swinging goal into a challenge for
themselves. And just two minutes later,
the game was tied.
"With McGill, our goal gave them the
strength to come back and score," said
Nicholson, commenting on the Redmen's
quick equalizer.
McGill scored again in the second half
and the Ravens lost heart.
"We get down one goal and almost
assume we've lost even though there's a
whole half to go," said Nicholson.
Players agree there's an intensity prob-
lem, but the agreement stops there.
"It's a mental thing," said Wilson,
who won a silver medal with the Ontario
field hockey team at the Canada Games
this summer. "There's not much of a
difference between us and these other
J
last week, the Ravens beat Trent 40, lost 7-0 toToronto and tied 11 with York
teams. It's not a talent thing, it's more of
a mental thing. Sometimes it takes a
while to leam how to win."
Not so, says Nicholson. She says the
veterans need to show more leadership.
"They're very good players but I could
be getting a lot more out of them," she
said, referring to her upper-year players.
"The rookies have been doing all I can
expect of them, but I need more effort out
of some of the stronger veteran players.
They're certainly good players but I know
they have more to offer."
Defender Suzanne Lachapelle sees it
differently.
"Maybe some people are more com-
petitive than others," she said. "And it's
hard to bring all of us together on the
same intensity level because we're all so
different."
The Ravens will attempt to regroup
Oct. 8 at Minto Field with a rematch
against the Redmen at 3 p.m. □
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October 7, 1993 • The Charlatan ■ 19
Rowing club strokes to improvement
by Alec Maclaren
Charlatan Staff
There were signs of life on the Trent
River Oct. 2.
At the Head of the Trent regatta in-
volving universities and clubs from across
southern Ontario, the Carleton rowing
club improved on the results from its last
regatta in Ottawa.
Rowers Trevor MacKey and Rob
Bennett dominated both the individual
and double lightweight competitions.
"They smoked everybody -- Ottawa U,
Queen's, Toronto and Western," said
rower and club president Dave Lewis.
MacKey and Bennett won the men's light-
weight double in a time of 19:4 7 over the
4.5 kilometre course. In the_single light-
weight sculls, MacKey took top honors
while Bennett finished in third.
The varsity men's coxed four came in
third out of five boats. Their time of 18:23
was just 28 seconds behind the winner,
Queen's.
The varsity men's eight finished in
sixth and last place by eight seconds.
The Ravens' rowing results after two
regattas are an improvement over previ-
ous years.
"It's because we have more boats in
the events," said Lewis. "A lot of return-
ing athletes have come back to build the
program and help the sport at Carleton
University."
Lewis says much of this improvement
can be attributed to a maturation of the
Carleton rowing club itself. While much
of the management has been in place for
a few years, experienced coaches, such as
ex-Olympian John Ossowski, are help-
ing out the program.
Furthermore, there's a large number
of both novice and experienced rowers in
Raven colors this year. □
The varsity men's eight finished last among six crew^at the Head of the Trent regatta in Peterborough this past weekend.
Swim team gets wet behind the ears
by Mark Cotgrave
Charlatan Staff
The Carleton Ravensswim team, along
with the University of Ottawa Gee-Gees
and the Queen's Golden Gaels, partici-
pated in a pre-season swim meet Oct. 2 in
Montpetit Hall at Ottawa University.
It may not have been the Olympics,
but this small "swim meet suited the
men's and women's swim teams just
fine. The loosely run relay tournament
almost looked like a friendly game of
pool tag. There was no point system and
no times were recorded.
"We didn 't care if we won or lost, " said
women's swim coach Jitka Kotler. "We
have a lot of first-year swimmers, and we
needed to introduce them to swim meets
at the university level. It was a lot of fun,
and we believe we're off to a good start for
the upcoming year."
A highlight of the meet was the men's
4 X 100-metre relay. The Carleton squad
came from behind to take the race in the
last 200 metres — something that didn't
escape the watchful eyes of the men's
coach Brian Johnson.
"It was the last event of the day
and we wanted to leave with a win,"
he said. "So we put in a couple of
young guys and a couple of big guys and
they won it in the end."
Most of the time an athletic competi-
tion is judged on concrete results. Simply
put, wins and loses. But this swim meet
could be evaluated on a different level.
The coaches can now address the
strengths and weaknesses in their teams
and build a strong swimming unit. □
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20 • The Charlatan ■ October 7, 1993
Waterpolo men surprised in season-opening loss
by Richard G.D. Scott
Charlatan Staff
In sports, frustration is an uncontrol-
lable emotion that usually has a ten-
dency to explode.
For the men's waterpolo team, that
frustration was being down a man in the
final quarter, which led to a season-
opening loss to the Queen 's Golden Gaels
on Oct. 3.
Queen's 11 Carleton 5
After defeating Queen's twice last year,
the Ravens strode into the game with
plenty of confidence. After a quick score,
it appeared the Ravens would have little
trouble with the Gaels.
Over-confidence, though, quickly led
to mistakes and lackadaisical play. At
halftime, the Ravens trailed 5-3.
"There was a lot of good work, but
there were basic things that were not
being done," said head coach John
Pankiw. "We needed better execution
with the extra man as well as better
checking and one-on-one play on de-
fence."
In the second half, the Ravens kept
themselves within two goals of Queen's.
A couple of posts, though, and some hot
Queen's goaltending by Mark Bason,
prevented the Ravens from tying the
game.
Then, early in the final quarter, the
Ravens' top offensive threat, driver Dave
Bason, reacted to a cheap foul from a
Gaels defender and the referee whistled
in a controversial brutality call to the
cries of the opposition's bench.
"Dave lost his temper and we were
down one man from there," said cap-
tain/goaltender Allemander Pereira.
Bason was ejected from the game and
will also miss the Ravens' next match.
From there, things fell apart and the
Gaels pulled ahead for an 11-5 victory.
"Frustration led to the Dave Bason
brutality call," said Pankiw after the
game. "It's tough to come back when
you're a man down and you've lost your
top scorer."
Oooh,that sinking feeling.
Coming off their best season in years,
the defending bronze medal champions
will be looking for little less than last
year's prize. Even with a turnover of three
of the team's starting veterans, Pankiw
and his players believe they have the
talent to return to the final four playoff
round to be held at McMaster University
this November.
"The game was really frustrating be-
cause we knew we were a better team
man for man, " said fourth-year veteran
(effMcGrath.
The Ravens' discipline this year will
have to come from team play. Although
a lot of individual talent graduated from
last year, there are underlying stars such
as the sophomore Bason and ex-Brazil-
ian National team member Pereira.
"Maybe it was good we lost game
one," said McGrath. "Now we'll know to
work hard for our victories and nothing
will be taken for granted. It kind of acted
as a reality check."
The Ravens' next game is Oct. 7against
the University of Ottawa Gee-Gees: the
Seal Game, which is waterpolo's equiva-
lent to football's Panda Game rivalry.
Carleton won the Seal Game for the first
time in seven years last season and are
favored again this year. The Gee-Gees
have few experienced players this season
and could prove weak in net after a
season opening 10-3 loss to Queen's. □
Two road victories vault soccer women into second
Raven offence discovers scoring finesse
InearlierOWIAAaction lastweek, the
Ravens hammered the Trent Excalibur 7-
by Bram S. Aaron
Charlatan Staff
The Carleton Ravens women's soccer
team picked up three points on a road
trip to Toronto this past weekend, im-
proving their record to 3-2-1 and moving
into second piace in the Ontario Wom-
en's Interuniversity Athletics Association
east division soccer league. After tying
the undefeated York Yeowomen 1-1 on
Oct, 2, Carleton shut out the Ryerson
Lady Rams 3-0 on Oct. 3.
Carleton 7 Trent 1
Carleton 1 York 1
Carleton 3 Ryerson 0
1 on Sept. 29 at home.
The Trent game marked the first ap-
pearance of coach David Kent's new 4-3-
3 field alignment. The previous 5-3-2
alignment featured five defenders, three
midfielders, and two forwards. The new
arrangement has three forwards and only
four fullbacks.
"It's giving us more offensive opportu-
nities (to score) up the middle," said co-
captatn Mary McCormick. "We're im-
proved as a team. I'm pretty happy with
the way we played."
It must have worked. The Ravens ex-
ploded for a season high of seven goals
against Trent. Previously, Carleton had
only scored one goal in three games.
Against York, the Ravens played most
of the game one player short. Within the
first 10 minutes of the game, sweeper
Anne-Marie Irwin received a red-card
ejection for an alleged handball in the
goalie's 1 8-yard box. The resulting pen-
alty shot netted York's only goal.
"The team was shocked at the red
card," said Kent. "But each of them
reached back for something inside and
they played a hundred per cent better."
Carleton trailed the game until the
75th minute, when Nancy Sheppard
scored to gain the tie.
"It's the best game we've played
against York in years, " said Kent.
Finally, in their last match of the week-
end, the Ravens defeated a Ryerson squad
slightly improved over past years.
"They're one of the better Ryerson
teams I've seen," said defender Christine
Archambault. "Usually we defeat them
quite handily."
Last year, Carleton defeated Ryerson
5-1 and 3-0 in two regular season matches.
The Ravens resume action Oct. 7 with
an away game in Kingston against the
Queen's Golden Gaels. □
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Does gold lie at the end
of the waterpolo pool?
by Steven Vesely
Charlatan Staff
University of Toronto Varsity Blues
LAST YEAR: Finished first in the league
with McMaster. Defeated Carleton in
semi-final action before losing the gold
medal game to McMaster.
STRENGTHS: The "ocean" and experi-
ence. The Blues practise in the league's
largest pool -- a 20 by 30 metre pool as
opposed to the smaller 15 by 22 metre
ones most other schools use -- and they're
a stronger swimming team as a result.
The Blues are led by the experienced core
of driver Brian Turner, who has a cannon
for an arm and holeman John Szabo.
WEAKNESSES: Bench strength. Take
away the Blues' starting lineup and holes
exist because they have no quality re-
serves to fill their places.
McMaster Marauders
LAST YEAR: Finished tied for first with
Toronto during the regular season but
placed second on tie-breaking rules. De-
feated the Western Mustangs in semi-
final action before winning the Ontario
Universities Athletic Association's cham-
pionship game against Toronto.
STRENGTHS: Training and confidence.
Most team members are used to training
10 months a year in the Hamilton aqautic
club waterpolo system, as opposed to two
months like most other league teams.
Confidence is another strong suit. In the
last 10 years, the Marauders have only
lost two championships.
WEAKNESSES: None, If you really want
to beat McMaster, you need two things:
luck and more luck. This team has no
real weakness so to win, you just have to
catch them on an off day.
University of Western Mustangs
LAST YEAR: Finished third in the OUAA
men's waterpolo league. Lost to the
McMaster Marauders in semi-final playoff
action and then lost the bronze medal
final to Carleton.
STRENGTHS: Fitness. Western is a well-
skilled andstrong swimming team - and
that makes it difficult for opponents to
exploit a weakness.
WEAKNESSES: Leadership and coach-
ing. On this team, nobody stands out.
Two veterans, drivers Rob Mcloud and
Doug Klein lead the team, but neither is
a dominant superstar who can single-
handedly win a game. Coaching conti-
nuity is also a problem. The Mustangs
have had three different coaches in each
of the past three seasons.
Carleton Ravens
LAST YEAR: Fourth in regular season
play with a 6-5-1 record. Lost to the
University of Toronto Varsity Blues in
semi-final action. Defeated the Western
Mustangs for the bronze medal ~ their
first top- three finish in eight years.
STRENGTHS: Bench strength and left-
ies. The Ravens lost three starters to gradu-
ation last year and they can still field a
competitive team. Lefthanders are a rar-
ity in the league but Carleton boasts two
in drivers Dave Bason and Dave
Creaghan. They bring a unique scoring
punch to the Carleton side.
WEAKNESSES: Depth and swimming.
Last year's bench is now the starting
lineup. That leaves the reserve core inex-
perienced.
Queen's Golden Gaels
LAST YEAR: Fifth in the league.
STRENGTHS: GoaltenderMark Bason
and holechecker Mike Greenwood were
both members of the junior men's na-
tional waterpolo team. They provide lead-
ership to a young, mostly second-year
team.
WEAKNESSES: Inexperience. After
Bason and Greenwood, the talent level
drops. It might take the Golden Gaels a
full season to develop their younger and
less talented players.
University of Ottawa Gee-Gees
LAST YEAR: Sixth in the league be-
hind Queen's University.
STRENGTHS: Coaching andspeed. Ot-
tawa coach Jim O'Malley was a member
of the national team and a well-respected
coach. He will be counting on fourth-
year driver Matthieu Lebreque to lead the
team along with converted speed swim-
mer Matt de Vleiger, who was a force in
last year's juvenile championships.
WEAKNESSES: Inexperience and strat-
egy. Despite having a top-notch coach,
the Gee-Gees don't have the skill to ex-
ecute smart, strategic waterpolo.
York Yeomen
LAST YEAR: Seventh and last in the
OUAA.
STRENGTHS: None. Okay, maybe
that's a little too harsh. The Yeomen are
coached by junior national team
waterpolo coach Ross McDonald and they
have recruited left-handed Dennis
Milenov to lead, but after that?
WEAKNESSES: Everything. There's a
reason why York has finished last in the
OUAA for the past two years. The team
has no outstanding players, they train in
a small pool which impedes their swim-
ming ability and they're the punching
bag for the rest of the division. □
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cipient of the prize will be deter-
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2. All answers must be received by
Tuesday, Oct. 12, 1993. The winner
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4. Charlatan staff members and
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Wake up people. No one knew
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we're running it again.
22 • The Charlatan ■ October 7, 1993
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Tibetan monks share spirituality
by Roy Fu
Charlatan Staff
( Monks of Ganden Jangtse
Benefit Concert for Tibetan Refugees
Canadian Museum of Civilization
, Sept. 29
I) his group of 10 monks from
the Ganden Jangtse Mon-
astery in India is touring
around the world to raise
^awareness about the politi-
cal situation in Tibet and
raise money for its monas-
tery in exile in South India,
which is home to more than 800 monks
and receives between 70 to 90 refugees
from Tibet each year.
The original Ganden Monastery was
founded in 1409 in Tibet. It was the
first and regarded as one of the most
important monasteries in the Gelugpa
tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. It was
demolished in 1959, when the Chinese
invaded Tibet.
I have to admit, during most of the
performance i did not connect with what
the monks were doing on stage. I was lost
and my mind was wandering.
There were a couple of reasons for this.
First, there's my ignorance of Tibetan
Buddhist philosophy and how it was sym-
bolically represented in the rituals per-
formed.
Second, I was distracted by the worry
of making any association with my own
Chinese culture. That would have been
no big deal, save for the current
unfavorable political situation between
the two people, or to put it more bluntly,
the oppression of the Tibetans by the
Chinese state.
And seeing how I'd already once of-
fended a Tibetan with a natural, albeit
naive, association between the two cul-
tures (doing something so simple as ask-
ing her if she spoke Chinese), I did not
want to do it again via this mass me-
dium.
However, after unpacking all that, the
show was enlightening.
Before the backdrop of a giant tapes-
try of the Potala Palace in Tibet, and with
the presence of the Dalai Lama in a
black-and-white portrait, the Ganden
(symbol of compassion), cymbals and
drums.
The chanters welcomed the spirit of
the Dalai Lama and asked the Buddhas
andBodhisattvas (gods) to bless and pro-
tect the rituals. Five dakinis, goddesses of
five wisdoms, entered onto the stage.
They invited the Buddhas to the Pure
Land. The monks chanted and offered
the universe to the dakinis, so in return
the Wise Ones, or Buddhas, would be
allowed to stay in the world. The dakinis
Is that the Dali Lama or Dizzy Gillespe? Who can tell.
Jangtse monks chanted.
A hypnotic continuous chant. The
monks stood on stage, sometimes sitting,
at times accompanied by instruments:
the Dungchen, a long trumpet; the Drilbu,
a bell (symbol of wisdom); the Dorje
agreed.
The music was rhythmic but
unmelodic, usually constituting only two
or three notes. Up and down, up and
down, accompanied by the unrhythmic
clashing of cymbals and knocking of
Raffi, kids and the environment
by Drew Edwards
Charlatan Staff
Boby beluga in the deep blue sea, you
swim so wild and you swim so free ....
In the early part of 1990 renowned
children's musician Raffi announced he
was no longer going to perform for kids.
He was going to become a "serious"
musician, doing songs with an environ-
mental message. Raffi was giving up the
kids to become a tree hugger. Everyone
thought he had lost his marbles.
Heaven above and the sea below and the
little white whale on the go.
He was not very successful. 1990's
Evergreen Everbluesold only 150,000 cop-
ies. Raffi went for radio airplay, Raffi
made videos and as he says "the cross
over into other mediums didn't work too
well." Hugging trees, it would seem, is
not a career enhancing experience if
you're a kids' musician.
Baby beluga, baby beluga, is the water
warm, is your mama home with you so
happy.
So now he's back with the kids. He's
just released his 1 1th album, a live offer-
ing called Raffi on Broadway. It contains
all the old favorites like "Brush Your
Teeth" and "Baby Beluga" as well as new
stuff that is more environmental in its
message.
And Raffi, though his last album didn't
set sales records, is a definite success as
an environmentalist. He received the
United Nations' Environmental Achieve-
ment Award in 1992 and attended the
Earth Summit in Rio last year.
Way down yonder where the dolphins
play, where you dive and splash all day. The
waves roll in and the waves roll out, see the
water squirting out of your spout.
Raffi's message in his concerts is sim-
ple: "Why we love the earth and how we
can preserve it," hesays. Butto university
students his message is a little less festive.
"Students should ask why there is so
much denial about the environment,"
he says. "There is a federal election less
than a year after the conference in Rio,
yet nobody is saying anything about the
environment.
Baby beluga, baby beluga, sing your little
song, we like to hear you.
Raffi left children's music to educate
himself and others.
"The baby beluga
whales that I sang
about are now an
endangered species.
When they die the
toxins in their body
are at the level of a
toxic waste site, " he
says. "I couldn't
know about things
likethatandnotdo
something about
it."
And so he did.
Baby beluga in the
deep blue sea, swim
so wild and you swim
so free . . .
When examined
from that perspective, Raffi's tree-hug-
ging no longer seems so strange. While it
may have not garnered him the
Muchmusic audience he was looking for,
he made a good personal decision to do
something about an issue which trou-
bled him. That's further than most of us
get.
In the long run, passing on an envi-
ronmental message to a young audience
may do more for his earthy cause than
anything else he could possibly do. □
drums.
The chanters showed their aspiration
and commitmentto realizing the essence
of Buddha-dharma (the spiritual path)
through the Lama, by offering all good
things, including theirmind, theirspeech
and body . The universe is purified through
prayer andmeditation. The monks asked
Karma Yama, a wrathful protector, to
dispel all negative energies and protect
theirgood intentions.
More deep, hypnotic chanting. The
monks moved off and on stage with a
natural gracefulness and ease, as if the
stage had been transformed into their
monastery.
The second part was less solemn, more
festive, with dancers in elaborate cos-
tumes, a dramatic sketch, and ended
with a prayer for peace.
The dances included: Durdru Dakpo
(dance of death), where the Enlightened
Ones appeared as two skeleton lords, to
help realize the truth of impermanence
and destroy worldly attachment; the Sha-
nag Garcham (Black Hat Dance) and
Palden Lhamo tso Khorsuum (Palden
Lhamo and her two disciples) celebrated
other aspects of Tibetan history/mythol-
ogy-
With offerings of incense and rice,
music and song, the Ganden Jangtse
monks concluded their performance with
"Victory of Goodness and Enlighten-
ment," praying for the success of all
spiritual practice and the happiness of
all sentient beings.
My favorite moment of the evening
was after the show when the house lights
came on. Theaudience continued to clap.
Finally the monks reappeared on stage.
As they stood at the back of the stage with
great humility, they smiled at the audi-
ence, held outtheir hands, bowed repeat-
edly and waved. It seemed they were
saying: Thank you for letting us show
you a bit of our lives, even though you
may not understand all of it, we who are
from such a distant place.
That was when I finally connected. □
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Sugar and spice and everything soca
by Sean Site off
Chajlaian Staff
ce and Co. with Outcry
ue Alley
pice and'Co. came to Creeque
Alley last week to show Ot-
tawa thatthe latest Caribbean
export is a little soca with a lot
of sugar.
The soca-dancehall band
from Barbados played their
infectious tunes (a new hybrid
of familiar Caribbean styles)
to an appreciative crowd, but underneath
the hip-shaking groove wasa slick, sugar-
coated stage show that could have passed
as standard wedding or bar mitzvah fare.
It didn't help that lead singer Alan
Sheppard, a dead ringer for Billy Ray
Cyrus, delivered his songs in a trite, af-
fected manner. His over-the-top emo-
tional rendition of "Bob's Song, "a ballad
dedicated to a certain dead Jamaican
superstar, came complete with clenched
fists and unconvincing contemplative
upward glances, while the dander num-
bers were recited as if by rote.
The band was hampered by shallow,
cliche-ridden song titles, like "It's Just an
Irie Feeling," "Rastaman" and "Island
Woman," and dumb lyrics ("Cause the
only gun I got/Is the gun inside me
pants.").
The music also had a commercial air
to it, slick in packaging and professional
in execution.
But since this is feel-good dance mu-
sic, it's doubtful that such things as lyrics,
song titles and presentation really mat-
ter. What's more important was the
band's ability to get everybody on their
feet and keep them there.
In that regard, Spice and Co. delivered
big time.
Within 90 seconds of hitting the stage,
the band had packed the dance floor. By
the end of the first song, Sheppard re-
ceived hearty confirmation from all at
Creeque Alley that everyone wanted to
"party tonight."
Sheppard maintained a good rapport
with the crowd, prompting them to wave
their hands, sing along and keep up the
good spirits. The snaky tempo of the
soca-dancehall beat ensured that legs,
hips and heads were in constant motion,
even at the back of the club.
So what if the show seemed more like
a West Indies revue, a Star Search version
of a Caribbean band? So what if you
expected a conga-line of suited fifty-some-
thing family- of-the-bride members to
come crashing through the door at any
minute?
Spice and Co. were more concerned
with inflicting a good time on everybody
than squeezing musical excellence out of
their thin material.
The package may have been glossy
and trite, but everyone seemed to have a
good time.
Local reggae outfit Outcry opened the
show, showing the promise of a band
with better days ahead. This young band
(all but one of its members are still in
high school) played mostly originals,
demonstrating a good ear for melodic
roots-reggae stylings.
The band's songs, which frequently
mentioned conflicts in Central America
and the former Yugoslavia, may have
seemed like pretentious politicking on
the part of these teenagers.
But the group is seasoned by its inter-
national diversity. Most of the players
are from outside Canada, including Q
Bosnian drummer and a Trinidadian lead
singer. This lent a certain credence to
their calls to "Raise your fist in the air for
the victims in Bosnia/Guatemala/South
Africa."
The band also covered familiar reggae
territory, managing to shoehorn the
words "Babylonians," "exploitation" and
"soldier man" into one song.
The band's smooth tempo and me-
lodic ear made up for a complete lack of
stage presence. Each band member was
so preoccupied with his instrument that
the group seemed to forget it was per-
forming in front of other people.
Outcry received a polite reception from
the crowd. One can expect them to re-
ceive more attention in the future. Q
The skinny tie that binds
by Ian McLeod
Charlatan SlaH
□ onald Trump announces his
new and grandiose business
plans. A television mail-or-
der music collection offers
hits by — among others —
A-ha, the Bangles, and the
Pet Shop Boys. A major
magazine proclaims that
legwarmers are the height
of fashion.
Is it 1 983 or 1993? Believe it or not, the
time is now, and the eighties are back in
style.
It all started to dawn on me the other
day. I was sitting at home, watching TV,
when all of a sudden, a certain ad came
on. Some generic dude, sitting in comfy
Scandinavian splendor, offers this soft
pitch for a CD collection featuring the
greatest hits of the 1980s.
Clips from various, basically inter-
changeable eighties' bands followed, fill-
ing my living room with the sounds I
sometimes confess to having grown up
on (I found myself humming "Walk Like
An Egyptian" for the next three days).
Yes, Totally '80s can be yours now - in
case, God forbid, you've thrown this stuff
out in the past three years.
This appalling lapse in taste started
me thinking— whatif the eighties make
a comeback? Then I remembered things
that I had seen or heard, but which my
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mind hadn't fully registered: "The
Donald" announcing his attempt at a
comeback, now thathe's out ofthe multi-
million-dollar hole he had dug himself
into during the.eighties, Duran Duran's
spectacular comeback earlier this year,
all those rollerbladers out on the streets
(remember the roller disco craze of 1 980-
81? Ugh.) and the like.
I voiced my concerns about this to
Charlatan editor-in-chief "The Mo"
Gannon and she noted that Sassy maga-
zine had announced that legwarmers
were coming back into style. I mentioned
this as a possible story idea to the arts
editor, and when I responded to his sub-
sequentphone message, hewas listening
to the Pet Shop Boys! More evidence in
my favor, thought I.
So, it's pretty well official. The eighties
are staging a revival. Never mind that
the decade's barely over to begin with —
three years seems to be enough time to
regurgitate that fateful decade back into
mass culture.
This is not a good thing. I was really
starting to enjoy the seventies' revival —
you know, disco, bell bottoms, platform
shoes and pot. Now comes the time in
which we are supposed to celebrate
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Europop, shoulder pads, skinny New
Wave ties, and Perrier? I don't think so.
My friends do, though. Mere moments
into my tirade about the "greed decade"
coming back, I was interrupted mid-sen-
tence by two of them launching into an
appreciation ofthe "really great" clothes
that we wore in the eighties: Peter Pan
booties, designer jeans, and rugger pants,
to name but a few. I protested, complain-
ing about the whole lack of ethics and
morality in the eighties, summarized in
the movie Wall Street as "greed is good."
Not to mention the music, I pro-
claimed. This started them off on the
"cool" music that we listened to back
then and how much fun it would be to
have Totally '80s for parties. Then an-
other realization struck me — these peo-
ple are part of the same group of my
friends who want to start an eighties'
band called the Blue Cheese Generation,
intending to perform both covers and
original works.
Worse yet, I remembersupportingthis
idea.
I AM AN EIGHTIES TRAITOR!!!
All right, perhaps I should rethink
this. The eighties may not have been as
bad as I've been portraying them. A lot of
the music has held up nicely. Duran
Duran's closet fans came out of hiding to
help make their comeback a success,
David Bowie's Let's Dance is one of my
favorite albums of all time, and the
Smiths' "How Soon Is Now?" is being
used to sell "eis-bier." ■
I would also like to admit to a secret
fetish for Bananarama's cover of "Ve-
nus," and to a not-so-secret one for the
Cure.
Some of the clothes weren't too bad
either: patterned sweaters, leather bomber
jackets and the Gap were all very stylish
products of the eighties (and sexist though
it may be to admit, 1 think women look
very nice in miniskirts). Okay, so "greed
is good" is a terrible philosophy, but so
was "Burn, baby, bum!"
And maybe every woman I know is
gagging with a spoon at the thought of
everwearing legwarmers again exceptin
direst times of freezing cold. There must
be someone out there who will embrace
them. Everything old is new again. It's
just a matter of time.
What was the number for Totally '80s
again? Never mind, I'll find out — it's all
a matter of networking . □
24
The Charlatan ■ October 7, 1993
Cracker
Kerosene Hat
Virgin
Excuse me if I sound like I'm going
overboard in my praise of this, Cracker's
second CD. I've had this album for sev-
eral weeks and I've been listening to it
non-stop.
Cracker captures the essence of Ameri-
can rock and they make it sound good.
They've got the authenticity that pre-
tenders like the Spin Doctors only dream
about and people like Bruce Springsteen
used to have. Plus, unlike these fellows,
they have a wicked sense of humor.
They also sing country better than
anyone else around. Take the country
track, "Lonesome Johnny Blues." I love
it. Me, who hates all country except for
Johnny Cash.
And " Loser, " a Grateful Dead cover. I
can't stand the Grateful Dead and I'm
completely sucked into the morose angst
of this tale.
Then there's "Low," "Movie Star,"
"Sweet Potato" and "Let's Go For a Ride. "
Pardon the expression, but this is hard
rockin' feel-good music for when you're
driving the pickup truck.
And the lyrics. They're alternately
witty, absurd and sometimes downright
poetic, with flashes of true brilliance.
Nowhere else will you hear the lines,
"The chief of police kept the crime off the
streets/Deep in his heart, we all knew he
felt differently/We all knew he was an
anarchist." It's music you can just spit
out as you're driving too fast down the
highway.
There's more, including some hidden
tracks, but I don't want to ruin all your
fun.
Even though there's still a couple of
months to go, this album has my vote for
release of the year.
Blayne Haggart
Dinner is Ruined
Songs from the Lubritorium
Raw Energy
Lubritorium: the 1950s equivalent of
an automobile oil change facility.
If you think the title is weird, you
should hear the music. This Toronto-
based band's debut CD isn't comparable
to anything 1'veever heard before. There's
no three-chord wonders on this one, folks.
A little beyond alternative, it's pretty
much unorthodox.
Aside from the traditional distorted
guitar, bass and drums, there are traces
of banjo, mandolin, rainstick, recorder,
cello, violin, a cheesy organ, tuba, trum-
pet and trombone.
While the instrumentation sounds a
bit folkish, the music is anything but. It is
disturbingly dissonant and sometimes
lacks a lot normal things — a well-de-
fined key, for example.
Lyrical content is good. You've got to
admire any band who can sing about the
Heritage Front and Harry the Burger Man
(a guy obsessed with dead meat) on the
same CD. Unfortunately, it's hard to ap-
preciate the lyrical depth unless you ac-
tually read the lyrics on the liner notes —
singer Dale Momingstar'svocals are com-
pletely unintelligible.
While this release scores big points on
originality, it's not for everyone. Beware
unless you're into left-wing alternative or
experimental music.
Rob Clements
Definition FX
Light Speed Collision
RCA
You can't label Definition FX. Fusing
together elements of jazz-metal-dance-
pop-trash and techno on this, their first
album, they have produced a fresh, inno-
vative sound.
Formed in 1990 in Sydney, Australia,
Definition FX quickly found themselves
in the spotlight. After being together for
only three months, they became finalists
in a major band competition and ended
up performing two songs (they knew
only four at the rime) on national televi-
sion.
A collage of sound is the only way to
describe Definition FX. Jazz, metal and
pop riffs are thrown on top of a techno
beat with splashes of dance and trash.
The end result: songs that sound hyp-
notic, and then, a few bars later, are
spurting with uncontrolled fury.
Notable tracks include "This Is The
Place," "Something Inside (No Time For
Nowhere)" and "Crystalise."
If you want something fresh and origi-
nal, this is the album for you.
Alex Bustos
Ren & Stimpy
You Eediot!
Crock O' Christmas
Nickelodeon
You like the old Ren & Stimpy stand-
ards — the opening and closing music,
"Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy," the "Log
Theme," the "Muddy Mudskipper
Theme," "Don't Whiz on the Electric
Fence," — you buy You Eediot!
All the music and most of the running
jokes are there, with one unforgivable
exception: nary a mention of Powdered
Toast Man.
Several tracks, like "Firedogs," "Space
Madness" and "Sven's Theme" are noth-
ing more than culled sound material
from the show, set to simplistic R & B riffs.
If you have a CD player, program it to
avoid these tracks — they really blow.
"Nose Goblins," however, with its subtle
wit, kicks ass.
You like to hear new material, you buy
Crock O' Christmas.
It also has the same running jokes —
body hair, fecal matter (both solid and
gaseous), shaven yaks flying in enchanted
canoes through the winter sky, stay-put
socks, meat by-products, circus-midget-
beating firemen, and everyone's favorite
holiday highlight, old drunken bums —
put to those annoyingly saccharine
Christmas carols. Ren singing "I Hate
Christmas" is the album's sole saving
grace.
But hurry, only 30 shopping days left
before these fine products become "that's
so 10-minutes-ago."
David Bartolf
Iggy Pop
American Caesar
Virgin
He's back. Back from the edge of the
abyss, going back over the edge, kicking
the abyss's ass, and making
it back more zombified than
alive.
Punkdom's favorite bag of
bile and sinew, still looking
like a wiry, mummified
Jeremy Irons, has put out an
Iggy Pop album as it should
be: meandering, belligerent,
malevolent, and totally lack-
ing in synthesizers and
bullshit.
Dangerous as ever, Ig can
still half-croon, half-yell the
most malicious lyrics you'll
ever hear. He opens with
"Character," a growling la-
ment for the lost attribute of
moxie in today's world: "One
good thing at least about
some/Of these junkies was/
They had some character . . .
At least when they played/
The damn guitar they'd play it/Like they
meant it. These white bread boys nowa-
days/Knowin' all the score/Don't even
know how to puke."
On "Plastic and Concrete" he husks,
"I'm a nightmare child/Stuck on my own
knife/I'm glad my mother loved me/I'm
sick and paranoid."
With "Fuckin' Alone," Ig has put out
the strongest song about feeling alien-
ated and disconnected I have heard in
years; listening to it I kept on saying,
"Damn straight,"to myself. It'ssotrue. It
has replaced John Cale's "Fear" as my
favorite song of loathing.
Rollins fans be warned. Here's the
extent of his contribution to the album:
two "yeahs" and a knee-jerk, jingoistic
phrase "I'd just like to say at this point
that I'm a 24-hour, 7-days-a-week, 365-
day-a-year American. "
For those wanting a reprise of "Wild
Child," there's "Boogie Boy" and "Wild
America."
The last two tracks are killers. Iggy
does a wicked cover of the tune "Louie
Louie" and winds the record down with
an epic, rambling, decadent role-playing
of Nero in "Caesar."
David Bartolf
Dog" and the very guitar-based "Psych-
edelic Billy and the Zanies" and "Crazy
Little World" are also worth listening to.
The rest of the songs are either down-
right boring or are ruined by the imita-
tive vocals of Danny Michel and Mike
Blanchard — at points, they come across
like they're trying to imitate Bono.
The band is made up of five members
who use several guests on the album,
including vocalist Errol Blackwood who
guestson the song "Celebrate Life. " Funny
that it is one of the better songs on the
tape. Hmmm ....
It's too bad that they don't really
sound as melodious as other great Cana-
dian artists, but they do have potential.
Their unused talent could create mira-
cles if it was to ever erupt.
Ali lafri
The Rhinos
Fishing In The Fountain of Youth
Sonihr
The Rhinos possess talent but don't
use it.
They've got a whisper of UB40 in their
sound in songs like "Celebrate Life" and
"Slow Easy Groove." These songs are
among the few decent tracks on this
album.
The humorous "Dancing With My
Twilight Rituals
Nazca Runway
EMI
This album starts off with "The Top,"
a melange of deep vocals, heavy guitars,
mellow humming and pop-like mid-
range vocals. Forget the mellow fade out
that most songs end with. This has a
powerful, poignant, killerending. POW.
You'll never see it coming ... at least the
first few times. But then you'll start pay-
ing attention, learning the lyrics and
when you get that last note right on . . .
boy, does it feel good.
The Rituals, with great spirit, are able
to successfully meld many musical ele-
ments together. These songs seem influ-
enced by the likes of 13 Engines mixed
with a jazz feel. From beginning to end,
the more I listen to this album the more
I enjoy it.
Twilight Rituals, based outof Toronto,
have produced some singles in the past
as well as an independent release, but
this is their full-fledged debut on a major
label. Forme, eightsongsarenotenough.
These guys are going to be around for a
while.
Ron Orol
October 7, 1993 • The Charlatan ■ 25
*6f
by Jane Tattersall
Charlatan Start
^a^CS. haos. That was the first word
\*>^<J to enter my mind as I entered
f? the Muchmusic studios for the
^ 1993 video awards on Sept.
30. 1 had expected the awards
V An £j> to be in some sort of "show"
format, as most awards shows
are.
Leave it up to the people at Muchmusic,
however, to run the show as an open
concept and throw everybody in the stu-
dio together, with little indication ofwhat
was going on.
Sure we got a list of what awards were
being presented and when, but who could
find the "Much Area" or the "Much Ori-
entation," or Denise Donlon's office for
that matter? That was part of the reason
we missed some of the presentations we
wanted to see.
When we walked in, we immediately
became lost in the crowd, and the first
part of the evening turned into an adven-
ture exploring the maze of hallways and
rooms. It was an "anything goes" men-
tality, where you could turn a comer and
find a video camera in your face, or a bar
(an open bar at that), or a Barenaked
Lady.
Those Barenaked Ladies were pop-
ping up everywhere. They were there as
we walked in. When we were at the bar,
taking full advantage of the liquid re-
freshments, there they were.
If you were the upwardly mobile am-
bitious type, the night was a great oppor-
tunity to schmooze. Performers mingled
with record company execs, video direc-
tors hung with industry types and lots of
up-and-coming bands like Vancouver's
Rymes With Orange, and the
Gravelberries kinda crashed the party
and talked to the press.
However, the best meetings were those
that happened by chance, and it was
way more fun just hanging out and peo-
ple-watching. Example of a cool chance
meeting with "Somebody Important:"
Strange-But-Pretty-Cool-Guy: So
what's your excuse for being here?
Charlatan: We're press from Ottawa.
(General discussion about alternative
music, Fumaceface, and public radio fol-
lows.)
Strange-But-Pretty-Cool-Guy: So
how do you like Ottawa?
Charlatan: It's pretty cool, it's got a
great music scene, but it would be perfect
if we had City-TV.
Strange-But-Pretty-Cool-Guy :
Thank you. Did I mention I'm the presi-
dent of City-TV?
Of course, some attention should be
paid to the award recipients that night.
Best Alternative Video went to Pure, who
was nominated twice and also performed
live. Perennial favorites The Tragically
Hip won three awards but didn't deign to
put in an appearance. Oh well, it was
their loss. Maybe Gord Downie had to
wash his hair or something.
The triumph of the evening, however,
was undoubtedly Fumaceface beating
out faves Moxy Friivous in the Best Inde-
pendent Video category with "About To
Drown. " The Fumaceface video was shot
partly underwater and was far more in-
spired than Moxy's sing-a-long-in-the-
Improv madness in Baker Lounge!!!
streets "King of Spain," so credit to
Muchmusic for actually judging the vid-
eos and not being swayed by the Friivous
following in Toronto. (Was that a
Barenaked Lady standing in the back-
ground when Fumaceface accepted their
award?)
The evening may have seemed out of
control, but it worked. We had a great
time, met some neat people, and saw
some great live performances. Next year,
a map of the awards area would make
things easier, but compared to holding a
sit-down ceremony, this was far better.
For example, I was able to be inside
and very far away when Moxy Friivous
performed "King of Spain" on the
sidewalk outside the Much building. Con-
gratulations also goes to security at the
show for never getting impatient with
people asking for directions ("Where is
the orientation area? " "This IS the orien-
tation area, ma'am.") and always being
nice.
If you watched, you got an idea of how
things were happening and maybe a
better perspective on the presentations,
but being there was half the fun.
Muchmusic, in its own way, showed the
absurdity of treating music, a form of
entertainment, as something very seri-
ous. Instead, they made it fun. The Ameri-
can music industry should take note. □
by Ryan Ward
Charlatan Slalt
I must say that it got more laughs
than the last CUSA council meeting.
The Sock 'N' Buskin Theatre Com-
pany held a five-hour improvisational
marathon Oct. 1 in Baker Lounge.
When I first sat down to see the show
I didn't know what to expect from a
bunch of actors getting up on stage and
acting out skits based on ideas provided
randomly by the audience.
By the end of the show I had this
unexpected urge to watch a sitcom.
This event served as a kickoff and
fundraiser for the plays that Carleton's
theatre company will be staging overthe
next two months.
When they weren't selling tickets or
popcorn, the actors involved did a great
job and they all showed an uncanny
ability to think on their feet.
Most of the actors will be appearing in
the company's first production of the
year, Hell of A Mess, which premieres Oct.
27.
Taking suggestions from the audience
and mixing in their own personal ideas,
the group put on a spectacle that was
amazing. Throughoutthey demonstrated
a great versatility, acting out everything
from sailing on a three-hour tour to walk-
ing down a catwalk at a fashion show.
Despite the various bizarre sugges-
tions coming from the ever-expanding
crowd — they made one actor bark like a
ra
IK WAREHOUSE
dog — the cast's imagination never dried
up.
Plus, their impressions of the charac-
ters they played (like Goldilocks and her
furry friends) were astounding.
Another bonus was the music. There
was keyboard accompaniment for many
of the sketches, playing everything from
the funeral march to hockey organ tunes.
The audience was with them through-
out the five hours, especially when vari-
ous audience members were taken up on
stage to act out some scenes. This gave
the audience a sense of being a part of the
show.
Although the show was generally en-
tertaining, it could have done without
some parts. For instance, while the em-
cee stuck his head in a bucket of water for
some scenes to wait until they finished,
he couldn't do it all the time. This raises
the question, "Why bother with this gim-
mick in the first place?"
Despite this, the improv was excels
lent. □
Huh?
Life is a monotonous, confusing en-
tanglement of truth, emotion and de-
ception, whereby morals, ethics, love,
hurt and the realities of life combine
together to produce what some may call
human — or so-called human — life
where men and women, or mostly (as far
as the majority goes) boys and girls get
together in what is supposed to be a
harmonious, monogamous and healthy
relationship where differences as well as
similarities blend together into what we
sometimes call happiness — But is it
ever?; :
Martin I David
The Charlatan wants to hear your mo-
rose tales of angst. Honest, just scribble
your thoughts, along with your name
and phone number, on a piece of paper
anddropitoffintheartseditor'smailbox,
Room531, Imicentre. Justplease keep it
short. Jf you can work a computer and
have access to an IBM-compatible and
WordPerfect 5.1, put your rarft on a disc
with your name and phone number. All
submissionsbecome property of TheChar-
latan.
26 • The Charlatan ■ October 7, 1993
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7 TO THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14
Recognize the chicken?
Thursday, October 7
What a megafabulous double bill at
the Mayfair tonight! At 7 p.m. it's the
Sean Connery turkey Rising Sun. At
9:2S it's the inexplicably popular High-
lander. As always, it's $7 for non-mem-
bers, $5 for members.
The hip sounds of Whetherman
Groove Tube shake Zaphod's tonight.
Cover is five bucks. Toronto's Uncle
Chaos open.
Friday, October 8
The lunch-time concert at 12:30 p.m.
in Carleton's Alumni Theatre features
a piano recital by Elaine Keillor, a
professor at this very university. The music
for today's show includes compositions
inspired by and based on the musical
traditions of the First Nations in North
and South America. And it's free.
The Carleton Film and Video Society is
staging a Buster Keaton festival in
Room 100 of the St. Patrick's Build-
ing. It'll cost ya $2 if you're a non-
member. Show starts at 7 p.m.
Bo Diddley (yes, that Bo Diddley)
plays two shows at the Penguin. You
may want to call ahead to make sure
they're not sold out.
Goober and the Peas play way cool,
stylish, silly electric country stuff at
Zaphod's tonight. Cover charge is $8.
Toronto's the Pariahs (quite the week
for Toronto bands, huh?) are opening.
If you feel you haven't been getting
your fill of flamenco lately, you'll want to
be at Nepean's Centrepointe Theatre
tonight at 8 p.m. to see guitarist Ottmar
Liebert do his thing. Tickets are $23.50.
All weekend at the Central Experi-
mental Farm, the only place to go for
fun in Ottawa, they're having a fall
festival featuring many different horses
doing horse-type stuff. It's fun for the
whole family and it costs only $2 for
adults, $1 for children and $5 for fami-
lies. Food, horses and fun. What more
could any sane being want?
Saturday, October 9
Fans of Belgian choreographer/direc-
tor Wim Vandekeybus will want to catch
Her Body doesn't fit her soul at the
National Arts Centre Theatre. Tick-
ets are $20 to $24 at the usual outlets.
Catch the French Caribbean dance
music of Haiti's Phantoms. They're play-
ing in the grand hall of the Museum of
Civilization tonight as part of the See
and Hear the World series. Tickets are
$ 1 6 in advance (through the museum) or
$19 at the door.
Sunday, October 10
If s Thanksgiving weekend. Stay home.
Eat turkey. Recover on Monday.
Monday, October 1 1
Enjoy cartoons? Then you'll probably
find yourself at the Mayfair for tonight's
showing ofWatership Down and Akira.
People who think there is too much vio-
lence in cartoons may want to consider
waiting for Free Willy to come out.
Tuesday, October 12
At 7 p.m. at the Mayfair it's the Mike
Myers classic So I Married An Axe Mur-
derer.
This week's reading tip, courtesy (as
always) of Charlatan production man-
ager Kevin McKay, is Michael Ondaatje's
In the Skin of the Lion. Says McKay:
"The prose is as excellent as in The Eng-
lish Patient, but it's easier and more
enjoyable to read!" The Charlatan liter-
ary critic can be seen every Wednesday
night at 1 1 p.m. holding court in Mike's
Place.
Wednesday, October
13
WhatdoTerryGibbs, LeeKonitz, julia
Lee and Art Tatum have in common?
Well, theywereall bom today and they're
all being profiled tonight on In A Mellow
Tone (CKCU 93.1 FM).
The Developing World: An Intro-
ductory Course on Issues and Pros-
pects is a series of lectures organized by
Oxfam Canada. It kicksofftonightat the
Sandy Hill Community Centre. To-
night's lecture is about media and devel-
opment. It runs from 7:30 to 10 p.m. The
cost for this seven-week course is $30 for
the employed; less for the unemployed.
To register sign up at Arbour Recycled
Products.
Thursday, October 14
Hey!!! It's OPIRG's general meeting
from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at a location to be
announced. Elections! Nominations! De-
bates! And oh, those refreshments!
Running today through Nov. 11 at
Gallery 101 it's The Men's Room, an
exploration of images of men in society.
Tonight at 7:30 p.m. Charles McLean
will perform a theatrical monologue and
the other artists will be present to answer
questions.
If you've got a listing you
want to appear in this
handy calendar, drop us a
line at Room 531
Unicentre during regular
office hours or fax us at
788-4051. Listings must be
in by the Friday before
publication.
Hey Kids
You could be the very proud owner of Blur's new cassette,
Modern Life Is Rubbish!
All you have to do is correctly answer this skill-testing question:
Which pal of the Beatles was the inspiration for the
Natural Law Party of Canada?
That's it. Drop your answer off along with your name and phone
number in the arts editor's mailbox at the Charlatan's office
(Room 531 Unicentre) by 3 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 12. The winner will
be selected in a random draw. Charlatan staff aren't eligible for
this wonderful contest.
Good Luck!
Congratulations to Karen Keyes whose favorite color is. . .well, let's just say
it's akin to the color blue. Karen, come on up and pick up your prize. And while
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2 • The Charlatan ■ October 14, 1993
Library lets borrowers off hook
by Andrea Wiebe
Charlatan Staff
The library let delinquent faculty, staff
and students off the hook to the tune of
almost $11,000 in unpaid fines during
its amnesty week.
Library patrons had the chance to
return overdue material without paying
any fines from Sept. 23 to Sept. 30.
The library counted 2,111 books re-
turned during the amnesty week, com-
pared to 1,258 books during the same
time period last year when there was no
amnesty, says Linda Rossman, the asso-
ciate librarian.
Of the books returned during the am-
nesty period, 142 of them were consid-
ered "seriously overdue," which means
they were at least six weeks late, says
Rossman.
"We'd sent the people the replace-
ment bill, but they hadn't paid the bill
and they hadn't returned the books, so
we count them as lost," says Rossman.
She says the 2,111 books that were re-
turned would have brought in $10,900
in fines.
Of the 142 seriously overdue books
that were returned to the library, 6 7 came
from staff and faculty, and 75 came from
students, says Rossman. They were re-
turned by 39 patrons, 23 of whom were
students, and 16 of whom were staff or
faculty. The most books returned by a
student was 27.
"That person saved himself $2,280 in
fines," says Rossman. The most books
returned by a staff or faculty member was
15, saving them $978.
The most overdue book returned was
due lune 6, 1980. According to Diane
Gavin, at the circulation desk, the book
was probably returned by a staff or fac-
ulty member.
"A few came back from 1987, 1988,
and 1990, but really, most of the books
that came back were from 1992-93,"
Rossman says.
None of the instructional television
tapes that were considered lost came
back during the amnesty week. "We had
25 in that category, and none of them
were returned," says Rossman.
She says the library usually gets some
seriously overdue books returned each
year. "We got back 142 long-overdue
books compared to 57 in the same week
last year."
The number of lost books has also
decreased this year compared to previous
years, Rossman says.
Last year, the library considered 1,500
books lost. Rossman says this year, after
amnesty week, there were about 670
books considered lost. She says higher
fines may play a role in the lower figure.
"We also think there were fewer lost
books because we raised our fines this
year, including the replacement charge,
it went up quite a bit," says Rossman.
The fines for overdue books were in-
creased last November to 50 cents for
each day the book is overdue, from 35
cents a day. The replacement charge for
a lost book rose to $65 from $55.
The library's new sanctions policy be-
gan on Oct. 1 . Students, staff and faculty
who have more than three books or in-
structional television tapes overdue will
have their borrowing privileges sus-
pended until all overdue materials are
returned.
Lisa Martin, a second-year psychol-
ogy student, says she sees the sanctions
as an annoyance. "If you're doing a
project, and you have all these things
due at the same time, the last thing on
your mind is returning books. It's a total
inconvenience if you have something
due and you need those books. I think the
limit shouldn't be three. I think the limit
should be a little bit higher."
Rossman says 1 62 library patrons had
their privileges suspended Oct. 1.
According to Deven Thakrar, a sec-
ond-year law student, people are finding
ways around the system.
"The fines are too tremendous for me
to pay, and 1 can'ttake out books now, so
I have to use otherpeople'slibrary cards,"
says Thakrar.
Though Rossman says she had ex-
pected many more books to come in, she
says she thinks the amnesty week was
still a success.
"Any time you get a book back that
you thoughtyou'dneversee again, that's
a success." □
Faculty network helps fix curriculum
by Prema Oza
Charlatan Staff
A new group at Carleton is working to
help. faculty members make the curricu-
lum at the university more inclusive.
The Curriculum Transformation
Teaching Support Network was designed
to provide support, for faculty members
who support including material by and
about people of color, women, people
with disabilities, gays, lesbians and bi-
sexuals in their courses.
"(We're looking at) ... a curriculum
that reflects the diversity of the human
race instead ofthe Euro-centric or white,
male view of the world," says Carole
Dence, director of Carleton's teaching
and resource centre and network
facilitator.
The network was formed after a group
of faculty members attended a confer-
ence on curriculum transformation in
the United States earlier this year.
Its goals, although not yet formally
defined, will be to address any shortcom-
ings ofthe curriculum at Carleton, says
Dence.
"The current curriculum does not take
into account all experiences, " says Susan
Gottheil, a network spokesperson.
Gottheil says concerns about the cur-
rent curriculum come not only.from fac-
ulty but students and administrators.
"There are accusations that the cur-
riculum is heterosexist, ignores women's
experiences and is class-biased in that it
ignores the working class, " says Gottheil.
Gary Anandasangoree, director of
academics for the Carleton University
Students' Association, says "from my
perspective, it (Carleton's curriculum)
doesn't represent me.
"In political science, I'm taughtevery:
thing from a European, North American
perspective," he says.
The network will focus on everything
from course readings to alternative re-
search sources and is open to students
and faculty.
Right now there are a few faculty
members and some former students in
the group, says Gottheil.
"The network is in the process of emerg-
ing and taking shape, " she says. "Its role
has not been fully determined yet."
Gottheil says she is waiting for input
from faculty and students at a meeting
Nov. 1 before making more plans. The
meeting will be the first formal one after
the network was struck.
Gottheil says she and a group of Car-
leton professors went to a conference on
curriculum transformation in New Jersey
in April.
"The group went and we were excited
by the keynote speakers and workshops,"
says Gottheil. "We felt good, and we
wanted to meet to share ideas we were
exposed to."
The state of New Jersey is a model for
Carleton's network, says Dence. Twenty
years ago, the state implemented a pro-
gram to make all levels of education
more gender-equitable. This was then
expanded to incorporate other under-
represented communities.
Fran Klodawsky.directorof Carleton's
institute of women's studies, says she
CURRICULUM cont'd on page 6
CKCU establishes sexual harassment policy
by John Steinbachs
Charlatan Staff
CKCU, Carleton's radio station, has
introduced its own sexual harassment
policy. The policy was ratified by the
station's board of directors in September.
Max Wallace, CKCU's station man-
ager, says the policy is "part of an inter-
nal clean-up at CKCU."
Wallace says when he arrived at CKCU
in April 1992, he inherited a number of
problems among staff and volunteers at
the station, one of them being sexual
harassment. Carleton's sexual harass-
ment policy did not apply to CKCU be-
cause the station is not under the control
of the university.
Wallace says the station had to de-
velop its own policy because it deals with
more than 350 volunteers, not all of
whom are students or staff at the univer-
sity. He says the most common form of
harassment is one volunteer harassing
another.
"It's not necessarily taking place by
someone with power over someone else,"
he says. "Sexual harassment is every-
where. The question is do you recognize
it? And what do you do about it?"
Wallace says CKCU put together a
group ofvolunteers from the station and
took a year to complete the policy. The
group looked at over 100 policies from
different organizations across Canada,
with the help of Nancy Adamson,
Carleton's sexual harassment adviser.
Wallace says a major part of dealing
with sexual harassment is education.
"It's an ongoing educational process. The
definition of sexual harassment will al-
ways be posted in the office, saying it will
not be tolerated."
Wallace says the number of com-
plaints has "significantly decreased" since
the notice was posted a year ago.
Sexual harassment has been defined
to the staff in general meetings and work-
shops on sexual harassment are planned.
Wallace says he plans to incorporate the
workshops into other events, such as the
station's monthly general meetings. He
also plans to have workshops at quar-
terly meetings, which are mandatory for
all volunteers.
Wallace says new volunteers will get
information about sexual harassment
"right from day one. The second they
walk in the office, they will know what
our policy is on sexual harassment, and
that it isn't tolerated here."
CKCU's policy contains a framework
for disciplinary action including media-
tion, counselling and dismissal, says
Wallace.
CKCU's policy not only defines what
sexual harassment is, it also defines what
it is not. Wallace says mutual flirtation
and hugs between friends are not consid-
ered sexual harassment.
Jane Keeler, Carleton's human rights
educator, says sexual harassment in uni-
versities and the workplace is evident
and serves as a way to keep women down
by making them feel uncomfortable.
"I want women to go into the
workplace with some encouragement that
CKCU cont'd on page 6
Clarification
In "NUG rep cries foul over caucus
chair" (The Charlatan, Sept. 23, 1 993) a
quotation attributed to Corey Mulvihlll
was an off-the-record remark which
should not have been reported. The
quotation dealt with the Carleton Uni-
versity Students' Association "brown-
nosing" with administration. □
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October 14, 1993 • The Charlatan ■ 3
Debate over transcripts lingers
by Margaret Wilson
Charlalan Staff
The debate surrounding withdrawing
from courses at Carleton isn't over yet.
On June 8, the university senate passed
a motion removing the WDN notation
from all official transcripts sent out since
that date.
Before, WDN appeared on your tran-
script if a student pulled out of a course
after the final date to add a course, but
before the final date to withdraw from a
course without academic penalty.
This year, the final date to add a
course was Sept. 24 and the final date to
withdraw without academic penalty is
Nov. 15 fora half credit and March 11 for
a full credit.
A task force was set up in September to
deal with "concerns expressed during the
discussion of that motion," says Les
Copley, Carleton's vice-president aca-
demic.
Professor Robert Lovejoy, the chair of
the senate committee on admission and
studies policy, says one question the task
force will consider is whether to make the
final dates to withdraw from a course
earlier in the year.
Lovejoy says the Nov. 15 and March
1 1 dates may be unfairbothto professors
and to students who want to get into a
course that is full.
"Faculty members complain some-
times because they've done all the mark-
ing and then the student withdraws," he
says. "As well, they're taking another
student's space."
Copley says he is concerned with the
impact a change in the withdrawal date
may have on Carleton's budget.
He says a motion to make the date for
withdrawal without academic penalty
earlier was actually passed in the senate
as long as two years ago, but was never
implemented "because of possible finan-
cial implications."
Bill Pickett, director of the office of
budget planning, says an earlier dead-
line could cost the university in tuition
refunds as well as incurring a lower level
of government funding.
Funding for each university in On-
tario is calculated based on the number
of students enrolled at that university on
the "reporting date," the date when each
university tells the provincial govern-
ment how many students are enrolled,
says Pickett.
This year the reporting date in On-
tario is Nov. 1, so the university is un-
likely to require withdrawals be com-
pleted before that date, says Copley.
Schools such as Trent, Queen's, the
University of Toronto, Brock, Lakehead
and Wilfrid Laurier generally have an
earlier deadline for withdrawal without
academic penalty than Carleton.
A survey of available university calen-
dars showed half-course deadlines rang-
ing from Nov. 12 for Trent students this
year to Sept. 30 for Queen's students last
year.
Copley's vice-presidential task force
on transcripts and related matters will
also study whether other information
currently given in transcripts should be
removed, or whether relevant informa-
tion exists which could be added to the
present format.
Senate clerk Michel Gaulin speculated
that the award of Canada Scholarships
might be one piece of information that
the task force may consider worth includ-
ing on the transcript. Presently, some
undergraduate scholarships appear on
transcripts,, but not graduate scholar-
ships.
In addition, this task force may decide
that the concept of "withdrawn in good
standing" requires re-definition, says
Copley.
Lovejoy says rightnow, astudentwho
withdraws from a course with an F will
still have the ^notation "withdrawn in
good standing"" on his or her internal
audit, seen by students and their aca-
demic advisors or counsellors.
One thing the task force will not con-
sider is the motivation which prompts a
student to withdraw from a course, says
Copley.
He says he hopes to fill this gap by
introducing a program of exit interviews
to be administered to students withdraw-
ing from courses or programs given at
Carleton. The interview would try to de-
termine why a student has withdrawn
from a course or program, says Copley.
Although there is no deadline for the
task force's report, it is expected to be
ready by the end of this academic year. □
A safety guide to Carleton's not-so-safe spots
Here is a list of safety tips com-
piled by the Carleton Women's Cen-
tre and the Foot Patrol.
BUS STOPS
Try not to use bus stops on campus
alone at night. If you must, try and wait
at a stop with a friend. If you are alone,
the Foot Patrol will escort you to a stop
and wait until a bus comes.
TUNNELS
Don't use them unless the weather is
really bad. Familiarize yourself with the
tunnels by touring around them in the
daytime with a friend to find out where
the security phones and exits are located.
QUADRANGLE
Don't cross through the quad between
the library and the Tory Building alone at
night.
LIBRARY
Study on the second floor in the
evening — it is the busiest floor. Stay
away from empty floors. Don't use the
new bathrooms in the newer extension
to the library building — they are iso-
lated from the rest of the building.
LOEB BUILDING
Avoid Loeb lounge in the evening. Try
and use the computer labs with a friend.
Give the Foot Patrol a call when you go.
ATHLETICS BUILDING
Use the pedestrian tunnel running
under the train tracks when going to and
from the athletics building, as opposed to
crossing over the tracks.
ST. PAT'S BUILDING
Don't use the road behind the build-
ing.
PATERSON HALL
Try to avoid Paterson Hall at night as
well. Keep the Foot Patrol in mind.
RIDEAU RIVER PATH
This is a deserted area where daytime
use is as dangerous as at night. Walk
along the sidewalk running along Colo-
nel By instead.
RESIDENCE BUILDINGS
Follow the lit path in between the
residence buildings. The spaces between
the buildings are very dark and isolated.
Use the lit entrances and ALWAYS lock
your doors. Don't leave the building doors
ajar either.
THE NORTH 40 PATH FROM RESIDENCE
TO BR0NS0N AVENUE
Don't let the lights fool you. Don't
walk on this path alone at night. The
Foot Patrol will escort you across this area
to Bronson Avenue.
PARKING LOTS
Lot 6, by Stormont-Dundas residence,
is not safe, it is too big and isolated. The
parking garage and lot by the athletics
building are unsafe for the same reason.
Try and use lot 1 (by Oliver's, behind
the Unicentre) or Lot 2 (behind the li-
brary). □
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The Charlatan ■ October 14, 1993
Tunnel gets overhaul
by Doris Gutenkunst
Charlatan Star)
The pedestrian tunnel under
the railway tracks by the athletics
building has been renovated to
make it safer.
The changes cost $30,000 and
came from the budget of Carle-
ton's presidential advisory com-
mittee on personal safety.
Renovations to the tunnel in-
cluded painting it white and the
addition of lighting to the inside
and outside of the tunnel.
The committee gets a $42,000
yearly grant from the Ontario Min-
istry of Colleges and Universities
to work on campus safety, says
Nancy Adamson, co-ordinator of
the university's status of women
office.
In past years the university has
usedsimilargrantstoimproveresi- D , . .
dence security, educate people Pedestnan *"""*> " >« brighter at night.
aboutsafety and install phones in teach- Building, says Adamson.
ing assistants' offices, says Adamson.
This is the third year the university has
received a grant. -
There are also plans to put a safety
mirror at the parking lot side of the
tunnel and a chain link fence above the
tunnel, says Tom Novosedlick, project
co-ordinator for construction services. The
fencing is to stop pedestrians from cross-
ing the tracks, he says.
Last year the university worked mostly
on the section of the tunnels from the
residences to the Unicentre, painting the
walls white and yellow, installing better
signs and adding mirrors at intersec-
tions. This year renovations will con-
tinue from the Unicentre to the Loeb
First-yearstudentChristineVan Dusen
says students can feel isolated walking
across campus, especially at night.
She says she feels services like the Foot
Patrol are inconvenient because you must
either book an escort in advance or drop
by the Foot Patrol office to have someone
escort you.
Brenda Kennedy, co-ordinator of the
Foot Patrol, says use of the Foot Patrol
has risen over the past year by about a
quarter.
"(We escort) anywhere from 15 to 20
people every night," she says. In spite of
the changes to the tunnel, Kennedy says
"there's no such thing as enough, until
campus is completely safe. " □
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..everything you wanted to know about Sparky but were too
athletic to ask
by David Bartolf
Charlatan Start
As we put Oemo-Corleton Man's
life further under the microscope, we
realize the awful truth: Sparkomatic
is a jock.
Sparkomatic jogs daily. He annu-
ally punts or pitches for the United
Way. In his Who's Who In Canada
entry, hisonly listed hobbiesare sports
swimming, golf, cross-country skiing
and jogging.
What didn't make the list are .'he
sports he secretly indulges in on cam-
pus:
• Kite-flying in the wind tunnel
entrance to the library
• Bob-sledding down Library Road,
whizzing past the bus stop, or luging
with Spruce when their Jamaican com-
patriots are busy
• Skinny-dippinginCarleton'sonly
year-round outdoor pool, conveniently
located behind the admin building
• The parking Lot 6 to Southam Hall
marathon (also popular amongst the
students rich enough to own a car, but
too poor to pay any more than $4 for
parking)
• Dunton Tower bungee-juraping
• Sidewalk skating (available only
for the 11 days between any snowfall
and when buildings and grounds fi-
nally gets around to cleaning it up)
• Glengarry camp-outs (scheduled
immediately after friendly midnight
fire alarms to meet with the residence
population)
• Tunnel spelunking
• Doing thewaveandcrowd-surflng
during Psych 101 lectures in Theatre A
wearingonlyaRainbbwheadwig, stra-
tegically holding a john 3:16 cardboard
sign. □
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October 14, 1993 • The Charlatan ■ 5
School rings in the new
by Susie Haley
Chatlalan Staff
Carleton's school
of industrial design
has created a ring to
"promote and en-
courage the visibility
of our profession
among other disci-
plines," says (on Buss,
president of the
school's student asso-
ciation.
The winning ring
was designed by Steve
Jones, whograduated
from Carleton s
school of industrial
design in 1993. It
costs about S25.
According to Buss,
the sterling silver ring represents the refinement of material, going
from rough to smooth design.
Buss says he hopes the ring will become a symbol of the industrial
design as a profession. Q
Eat your heart out, Green l antern and Hercules.
CKCU cont'd from page 3
something can be done," says Keeler,
who gave a seminar at Carleton on sexual
harassment on Oct. 4.
Keeler says Carleton's sexual harass-
ment policy, which covers students and
university employees, concentrates on
women and defines two types of sexual
harassment.
The first is the "trading favors" type of
sexual harassment, in which the victim
is forced to trade sexual favors for ad-
vancement.
The second definition includes sexual
comments, jokes or inappropriate touch-
ing. Keeler says this is the most common
type of sexual harassment. "It doesn't
matter if you're male or female, you've
seen it."
Nancy Adamson, Carleton's sexual
harassment advisor, says Carleton has
had three or four formal sexual harass-
ment complaints this year.
Most women who talk to her about
sexual harassment do not followthrough
with their complaints because they're
worried about the possible ramifications,
says Adamson. She says these include
fall-out from the complaint and self-
doubt.
Keeler says men and women need to
work together to address sexual harass-
by Karin Jordan
Charlatan Staff
Here at The Charla-
tan we getlots of mail
— pressreleases, junk
mail, hate mail and
news tips. But by far
our favorite inter-of-
fice communican'onis
that from the senate.
No, not the house
of sober second
thought on Parlia-
ment Hill, but that
haven of contempla-
tion on the sixth floor
of the administration
building here on cam-
yg^r pus'
Xl. Not iust because
^Si we love getting moil,
but because the mail
from the senate constantly challenges
our linguistic prowess. Take this ex-
cerpt from the Sept. 20 account of the
proceedings of the 216th meeting of
the Council of Ontario Universities,
dealing with whether to participate in
Maclean 's magazine's annual ranking
of Canadian universities.
Adminspeak:
"The Committee {on Government
and Community Relations) had con-
curred in the recommendation of the
Committee on Accountability, Perform-
ance Indicators, and Outcomes Assess-
ments, a committee of COU's Council
on University Planning and Analysis
(CUPA), thatOntariouniversities refuse
to participate in the survey, but com-
mit themselves to making public, on
an annual basis, some standard infor-
mation developed in accordance with
recommendations which the Commit-
tee on Accountabili ty etc. had made to
the provincial Task Force on University
Accountability."
Whew. Say that one three firnesfast.
Translation:
The committee thinks Ontario uni-
versities should tell Maclean's to get
lost, and instead should publish their
own data which will make them look
better. Q
ment. For example, often people don't
respond to jokes which put down women,
she says.
"A lot of things go by and people say
'is that for real,'" says Keeler. "You blink
and the moment passes."
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against sexist comments. She says fears
which men have that their workplace is
being restricted by the threat of sexual
harassment complaints are unfounded.
Women have a right to work in an
atmosphere which is comfortable and
respectful, says Keeler. □
CURRICULUM cont'd from page 3
hopes to see courses and curriculum
change as a result of the group's work.
"I'd like to see more support for change
and more discussion among faculty,"
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Gottheil says she believes one of the
main problems with improving the cur-
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" A lotof things have been happening,
but they (faculty) are doing them in
isolation. They don't know what other
faculty is doing. This network could pro-
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they tried to do," says Gottheil.
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one another and the network may be
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6 • The Charlatan ■ October 14, 1993
NATIONAL AFFAIRS
Natural Law: not a bunch of flakes
by Ian McLeod
Chart at an start
Neil Paterson says he
is not just another flake.
The leader of the Natural Law Party of
Canada passionately believes in the
powerof transcendental meditation and
the group practice of Yogic flying as a
cure-all for society's ills. Everything from
the mental and physical health of the
population to the battered economy, and
even war, can be healed by Natural Law's
programs, says Paterson, the party's can-
didate for the Ottawa-Centre riding.
Yogic flying is a process of transcen-
dental meditation which can, when prac-
tised by a group of 7,000 people, exert a
positive influence on society, says
Paterson, a native of Saskatchewan.
The Natural Law Party has hit the
ground running since its inception a year
and a half ago and is fielding 231 candi-
dates across the country in this election.
Among the candidates is illusionist
Doug Henning, running in Toronto's
Rosedale riding, who promises in his
television commercials to be able to make
the deficit disappear much as he would
an elephant.
Many of those involved with the party
use the title of "Doctor," including
Paterson himself. But in his case, Qnd in
that of Henning, the title is misleading.
Both are listed in Natural Law's media
information as PhD graduates of the
Maharishi European Research Univer-
sity in Switzerland. But according to the
Swiss Embassy in OttQwa, those doctor-
ates are from an institute for private
study and are not recognized as legiti-
mate degrees by the Swiss government.
The university teaches the philosophy
of the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, a spir-
itual leader from India. Natural Law is
founded on the Maharishi's principles.
A Charlatan reporter caught up with
Paterson last week as he was filming
television commercials in a downtown
hotel.
Charlatan: A lot of people seem to be
dismissing the Natural Law Party as a
group of "flakes. " What would you like to
say to people to dispel this perception?
Paterson: The Natural Law Party is
the only party that offers scientifically
proven programs to solve many of Cana-
Neil Paterson: an all-around serene guy.
da's prob-
lems, such QS
crime, vio-
lence and the
lack of good
health, or bet-
ter health,
among Cana-
dians. No
other party
can make
such a claim.
We have sci-
entific re-
search to back
up what we
have to offer
and I think
that we have
already seen
in surveys
that were con-
ducted that
the people of
Canada are
very inter-
ested in our
programs.
So we have very specific programs to
. . . eliminate problems in the country
that others are completely at their wits'
end about. They don't have any solution
... to improve the health of Canadians,
whereas we offer complete knowledge of
prevention. We would introduce these
prevention-oriented health courses
which, we believe, could reduce disease
by as much as 50 per cent within three
years if they are adopted widely through-
out the country.
Charlatan: Where did the Natural
Law Party originate?
NP: Well, the Natural Law Party was
first established in Great Britain — 1
believe that was last April, and the rea-
son it was established (is) more and more,
people are seeing that our whole ap-
proach to administering the country is
inadequate and that governments are
not able to solve the pressing problems,
they're not able to prevent problems and
they're becoming less andless effective in
administering society.
As a result, of course, in this country,
there'sgrowing disillusionment with poli-
tics as usual. There's growing dissatisfac-
tion and frustration amongst the people
that their gov-
ernment is not
effective. And
when we heard
that in Great
Britain, some of
our...uh, those
people who
practise tran-
scendental
meditation,
they thought
"well, why
don'twe forma
party ,"and take
to the people
directly these
programs that
can solve the
problems of the
country."
Charlatan.
On the subject
u of unemploy-
z ment, in your
information
package there
is a statement that "everything in crea-
tion has a function." It's a logical state-
ment and a lovely thought, but the fact
remains that everyone in creation does
not have a job. What sort of job creation
strategies does the Natural Law Party
have?
NP: Well, we immediately would en-
gage the unemployed in a national pro-
gram of reconstruction in the country.
And this, we would organize on the local
levels with the mayors in each constitu-
ency — that the unemployed get job
retraining and participate in a kind of
national service to improve the infra-
structures of the country.
On a long-term basis, what we are
proposing (are) a number of things. First
of all, we would introduce programs to
develop the full creative potential of the
citizens. Transcendental meditation,
again, has been shown in scientific re-
search to develop the full creativity, and
... we believe all problems of economy,
including unemployment, have their base
in lack of creativity of the individual.
And also, we would encourage stu-
dents to spend more years in education,
to gain higher degrees, and also to have
one year or two years of on-the-job train-
ing . . . technical training in specific skills
in the profession which they're going
into, so they're more qualified when they
enter into the workforce.
We would also want to create a situa-
tion in the country that will give the
opportunity for mothers not to have to
work out of the home, so that they can be
at home to nourish the next generation
and care for their children, so that the
next generation is very strong and vital.
Charla tan: Would itnecessarily have
to be mothers?
NP: (pause) Well, no one can replace
a mother. Mother is mother, and particu-
larly in the early years the child needs, we
believe, the attention of mother. You
know, there's no replacement for it.
There's just no replacement.
So, we're not saying that this is some-
thing we would enforce. We're just say-
ing we would create an economic climate
in which it would not be necessary, or
mothers would have the opportunity . . .
they'd not feel forced that they have to go
out of the home to work.
Charlatan: But how can the economy
be influenced by meditation?
NP: All problems of economy, as I just
said, are due to lack of creativity. And
stress in the individual blocks their crea-
tive potential. On a national level, with a
group of 7,000 Yogic flyers, this would
dissolve the collective stress, the stress of
society, which also, when it builds up in
society, blocks the national creativity,
and that's why we have economic reces-
sion and depression.
Charlatan: You've stated support for
higher education, but education funding
is being cut across the board. What would
the Natural Law Party propose to do
about that?
NP: . . . We can save the government
up to $121 billion annually, because of
wastage (and) the lack of efficiency in
government and the problems in the
country.
So, by reducing problems, what we're
then able to do is shift more of the re-
sources of government to that which is
most important, to give every student in
Canada the opportunity to study and
even gain a degree, or into higher educa-
tion, at least to have a bachelor's degree
NATURAL cont'd on page 9.
New student group promotes higher tuition
by Lisa Young
Charlatan Staff
Some Ontario students will vote this
year on membership in a new under-
graduate lobby group which advocates
higher tuition and automatic loans for
every student enrolled in university.
At least five Ontario university stu-
dent councils will hold referendums to
decide whether or not the Ontario Under-
graduate Student Alliance can represent
students better than the national student
lobby group, the Canadian Federation of
Students.
The University of Toronto, Queen's
University, the University of Western
Ontario and Waterloo University will hold
referendums on OUSA membership this
year. These schools have all left CFS in
the last few years.
"The CFS has not concentrated on the
right issues . . . and this has distracted
them from concerns important to stu-
dents," says OUSA spokesperson Rick
Martin. "The structure of the CFS has
made it unresponsive to students."
OUSA was formed last year by a group
of student councillors, some from 8rock
and U of T, who were unhappy with CFS's
representation of students.
Students at U of T voted to withdraw
from CFS last year. Meny-LN Unan, ex-
ternal commissioner for U of T's student
council, says one of the reasons she's
opposed to the CFS is its unrealisdc aim
of wiping out tuition.
Unan says she supports OUSA's man-
date of a 30 per cent hike in tuition as
long as it is coupled with an increase in
money given to member universities by
private corporations.
"One thing OUSA has always made
clear is that (it) will not support tuition
hikes in isolation .... OUSA feels the cost
of education should not be borne by
students alone," she says.
In September, the student council at U
of T decided to delay their referendum
until the spring to coincide with their the
student council election.
Brock is already a member of OUSA.
Student council President Mike Zywicki
says he hopes students will confirm this
in an upcoming referendum on Oct. 21.
He says tuition increases are a reason-
able demand and can only have a posi-
tive effect on students.
"I think any change will be positive,"
says Zywicki. "The university will be reap-
ing the benefits of the 30 per cent in-
crease ... it goes directly towards the
quality of education."
OUSA intends to lobby governments
to share the cost of post-secondary edu-
cation more evenly among students, gov-
ernment and the private sector. Under
their plan, students would pay more in
fees but corporations would donate fa-
cilities such as computer labs and re-
search grants.
Martin says OUSA also supports a new
system of student aid called income-con-
tingent loans, which would guarantee a
loan to every student not less than the
amount of tuition fees.
Students would then take out a loan
based on their own assessments of how
much money for expenses they would
need for each school year. No repay-
ments would be requested if the student
made less than $22,000 per year after
graduation. If the graduate got no in-
crease in salary for 15 years, the loan
would be totally forgiven.
"No one would have to pay more than
a set amount of their income, no one
would have to pay for longer than a set
period of time ... if anything it will be
disadvantaging the rich," says Martin.
But OUSA is attacked by pro-CFS stu-
dent politicians who say the new loan
system means higher debt loads for stu-
dents. Lucy Watson, president of the
Carleton University Students' Associa-
tion, says the university will "definitely
not" become a member of OUSA.
"I think the CFS has always believed,
in the student, whereas OUSA seems to
be pushing for something that could hurt
students financially and academically,"
says Watson.
focelyn Charron, communications co-
ordinator for CFS, says the current system
of Ontario loans leaves students with an
average debt load of $16,000 after four
years.
"Already we think that's too much,"
he says.
Under OUSA's proposed loan system,
Charron says students can run up a debt
OUSA cont'd on page 8.
October 14, 1993 • The Charlatan
Res debate focuses on student assistance
93
by Oavfd Docking and
Stefanka Kirincich
Charlatan Staff
ability of the loan program to more stu-
dents by eliminating the means test,
which evaluates student need based on
Lee said he is unsure how to encour-
age accessibility for people entering uni-
versity because he is a professor and
Local candidates pro-
posed different ways of improving fed-
eral student assistance at the second Ot-
tawa-Centre all-candidates debate held
on campus.
About 60 students and members of
the public filled Fenn Lounge in resi-
dence on Oct. 7 to hear the nine candi-
dates, and one Natural Law representa-
tive standing in for absent leader Neil
Paterson, speak about themselves and
their platforms.
After the candidates gave brief open-
ing statements focusing mainly on stu-
dent issues, audience members had an
opportunity to ask questions for over an
hour.
Questions were, for the most part,
directed atthe four main parties — Liber-
als, Conservatives, Reform and NDP —
and ranged from the Goods and Services
Tax to the legalization of marijuana, but
several focused on student assistance.
One student asked what specific
changes the three traditional parties
would make to the student loan program
to make it more open to women, visible
minorities and mature or part-time stu-
dents.
Ian Lee, the Conservative candidate,
said the Tories would open up the avail-
Harb: offered no specifics.
their own and their guardians' incomes.
He also said the government should in-
crease the maximum amount students
may draw each year for loans.
"Campbell almost doubled the limits
to $5,400, but I think they are going to
have to be increased further than that,"
Lee said.
Lee: favors income contigent loans.
deals with students who are already in
the post-secondary system. But he said
he supports programs that encourage
women to stay in math and science classes
in secondary school.
While Liberal incumbent Mac Harb
agreed that "the Canada student loan
has to be arranged in such a way where
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8 • The Charlatan • October 14, 1993
it enhances the access to education" for
special groups, he didn't offer any spe-
cific details. However, Harb said in his
opening address that he would reinstate
student grants for education.
Marion Dewar, the NDP candidate,
said the loan program is inaccessible to
certain groups because itlacks additional
supports, like day care and English-as-a-
second-language training, to encourage
them to enrol in university and apply for
student loans.
"The student loan program (must) be
increased to the point where we can
make sure that post-secondary educa-
tion is available to all," she said.
Although the question of loans was
not directed to him, the Reform Party's
Len Tucker said his party would open up
funding to students.
"You borrow based on your expected
lifetime earnings and not on the means
test, what your parental income might
be," he said.
Another student questioned the Re-
form and Conservative policies propos-
ing income-contingent loans, whereby
students repay their loans based on their
income after graduation. The student
said a similar program in Australia failed
and h urt those in a lower income bracket,
especially women.
Tucker's only response was that Re-
form would revamp the Canadian Stu-
dent Loans program so that students
only pay back a portion of their loan
when they are working at a pre-set salary
level.
Lee, who favors loan repayment based
on a percentage of a student's income
after graduation, said the income contin-
gency plan "does not affect your debt
load, it affects the repayment of the debt
you incur."
Student reaction towards the perform-
ance of the candidates ranged from
pleased to perplexed.
"The Reform guy answered my ques-
tions the best," said Steve Jefferys, a sec-
ond-year aerospace engineering student.
Paul Ferreira, in second-year journal-
ism, said, "Marion Dewar put in a fine
performance. I was also impressed by Ian
Lee but, unfortunately, the PC Party is
not viewed very highly."
Kevin Glew, a second-year journalism
student, agreed, saying it was an "excel-
lent debate . . . the Conservative candi-
date did very well."
Other students were not as impressed,
however.
"The candidates didn 't always answer
the questions the way they should have, "
said Tim McNamara, a fourth-year po-
litical science student.
Kevin Lacey, in first-year political sci-
ence, said "I think I'm more confused
now than I was before the start of the
debate."
In the end, cynicism prevailed for at
least one student - Christine Gough, in
first-year journalism, said, "As we know,
politicians are apt to say whatever they
think the voters would agree with and
then to immediately contradict that once
they get to the House of Commons." □
OUSA cont'd from page 7.
of $30,000, a demand he says he consid-
ers unreasonable for students given the
poor job market.
"The people we represent don't think
they're able to pay more and don't like
the idea that tuition will go up," Charron
says.
Martin says OUSA has no plans to
become a national organization, but they
might consider joining a reformed CPS.
He says OUSA has no immediate plans to
lobby other Ontario universities to join
the organization. Q
Western s dying J school may end up at Carleton
by Sara-Lynne Levine
Charlatan Statf
Carleton's journalism school may
absorb faculty members from the gradu-
ate journalism program atthe University
of Western Ontario if the program's clo-
sure is finalized on Oct. 29.
On Sept. 29, Western's university sen-
ate voted 45-34 to close its graduate school
of journalism as of April 1994. This vote
was the second-last step in closing the
door on the only other graduate journal-
ism school in Canada besides Carleton's.
Western's board of governors will meet
on Oct. 29 to finalize the decision.
Western's university administration
said the school is a low academic priority
and cutting it will save $1.1 million over
10 years.
Michael Gourley, Western's vice-presi-
dent academic, blamed underfunding
from the province for the need to cut
programs at the university.
"The provincial government will re-
duce money further by cutting transfers
to universities. This leaves universities
with no option," Gourley said.
The initial proposal to close the school,
announced in April, sparked fierce, on-
going opposition from the school's stu-
dents and faculty.
Western dean of journalism Peter
Desbarats condemned the proposal, say-
ing it was "ridiculous that a university
would close a respected program like the
J-school."
Members of the journalism school's
class of 1 994 — the final graduating class
if the program closes — staged an early-
morning protest at the university's gates
on Sept. 27, but they were unable to sway
the votes of the university's senators.
Carleton's journalism department
may hire some faculty from the Western
program, said Peter Johansen, director of
Carleton's school of journalism.
johansen said Western's administra-
tion contacted Carleton's university ad-
ministration with the news of the pro-
posed closure in April.
"Atthatpoint, itwassaid that Carleton
would consider making some offer to
Western," he said. "That decision was
announced to our faculty the same time
Western found out the school would be
- closed."
johansen said Carleton's administra-
tion has set two conditions for an amal-
gamation proposal.
"The first is, that it wouldn't cost
Carleton anything," he said. Since West-
em has already agreed that it would pay
the salaries of those who left for the rest
oftheircareer, "salary was not an issue,"
said johansen.
He said other costs would include reno-
vating the radio and television studios,
finding faculty offices and increasing the
amount of classroom space. He said these
costs would have to be covered by the
provincial government.
"Informally, the province let Carleton
know that they would do so."
Johansen said the second condition is
that faculty at Carleton's journalism
school must agree to accept the new
faculty members.
"It was made clear by vice-president
(academic Les) Copley that it was up to
us whether we accept or not," said
Johansen.
Johansen said the Carleton journal-
ism faculty's decision will be based on
three factors: whether the background of
Western's faculty is appropriate, whether
future enrolment demands would out-
weigh the increase in faculty and whether
journalism school would have the facili-
ties to deal with the undetermined in-
crease in students.
"What it boils down to is the quality of
education," said Johansen.
Carleton 's faculty is already consider-
ing inviting Western's professors to teach
at Carleton.
"At least three faculty meetings have
been held on the issue," said johansen.
"The most recent was on Oct. 1, three
days after the Western senate vote."
Johansen said Carleton has currently
adopted a "position of neutrality, be-
cause it is still an internal matter at
Western."
While the Carleton journalism school
has adopted a neutral stance, negotia-
tions have still been taking place.
"The hope of the upper administra-
tion at Carleton and Western is that a
decision will be arrived at so that if
Carleton makes an offer, individual West-
em professors will accept the offer by the
end of January," he said.
The Western administration's decision
to close the journalism school was met
with harsh criticism. Over 500 letters and
petitions were sent to the school by June
5.
Before the Sept. 29 senate vote, Jeffrey
Shearer, publisher of Saturday Nigh tmaga-
zine and Ted Eadinger, vice-president
and general manager of CFPL-TV, met
with Western President George Pederson
to try and convince him to withdraw the
proposal.
Shearer's letter to Pederson was signed
on behalf of 11 Ontario media execu-
tives, including TV-Ontario chair Peter
Hemdorf and Keith Kincade, president of
Canadian Press. In the letter, they ex-
pressed disappointment with the admin-
istration's plan to cancel the program. □
Wilh files irom ThgG
sity ol Western Ontario
Local Reform candidates hear hecklers at open forum
by David Docking and Stefanka
Kirincich
Charlatan Start.
The Reform Party's Ottawa-area can-
didates were given a rough ride by some
students on racism and language-rights
issues at an open forum held by the
candidates on Oct. 7.
Four Reform Party candidates from
the Ottawa area came to Carleton to
answer questions from a large crowd of
students crammed into Baker Lounge.
Peter Boddy (Ottawa West), Sam
Dancey (Ottawa-Vanier), Gus Klovan
(Nepean) and Doug Walkinshaw (Ot-
tawa South) came to Carleton to "intro-
duce the students to the Reform Party,"
said Max Fishman, president of the
Carleton University Reform Party Club.
Notably absent from the forum was
Ottawa Centre Reform candidate Len
Tucker. He could not attend the event
because he was preparing for the all-
candidates debate in residence later that
evening, said Ian Whyte, the vice-presi-
dent external for the Reform club.
For the most part, students were quiet
at the open forum, interrupting the can-
didates only when they weren't answer-
ing the questions put to them.
But at one point the forum was loudly
interrupted by a student who disagreed
with Reform's policy of treating all Cana-
dians equally in employment and pro-
motional situations. The student seemed
to contend that because employers are
racist in their hiring practices, it is neces-
sary to implement hiring quotas.
Walkinshaw responded by reiterating
the Reform policy of the equality of all
Canadians, saying merit was the best
qualification for hiring.
The student refused comment to The
Charlatan after the forum.
Another student questioned Reform's
stand on bilingualism, saying Canada
should have a national bilingualism
policy because the French and English
are the two founding nations.
Walkinshaw, as well as some students in
the audience, argued Canada was
founded by Native peoples and, later,
other immigrants who were not exclu-
sively French or English.
When the candidates were pressed
further on the issue of bilingualism and
the difficulty francophones have finding
French services outside Quebec, Klovan
said a simple solution was for people "to
leam English."
In general, student reaction to the
forum was positive, but many commented
that a few students seemed to be there
only to harass candidates, turning the
NATURAL cont'd from page 7.
before they take their technical training.
And also, we would introduce educa-
tional programs whereby students can
develop the full potential of their con-
sciousness. This is something that's been
missing in education so far and that's
why education has been inadequate, and
in many cases unsatisfactory, to the stu-
dents.
Charlatan: In Britain, 1 don't believe
that anyone was elected from the Natu-
ral Law Party.
NP: That's right.
Charlatan: The attempts in Alberta
and Nova Scotia were also unsuccessful.
What do you think your chances are of
getting elected at the federal level here?
NP: Well, first of all, just to comment
on those previous elections. For example,
in Alberta and Nova Scotia, actually, the
Edmonton lournal said that we were re-
ally the big winner of the election in
terms of the other, smaller parties be-
cause even though we had been in exist-
ence only three weeks, we did get one per
cent of the vote in Alberta.
In this election, though, in my per-
sonal opinion ... I feel that Canadians
are more intelligent and more wise and
thatif they're able to hearaboutwhatthe
Natural Law Party has to offer ... if the
media takes it, and the people under-
stand it, that they will vote for the Natu-
ral Law Party because the one thing they
know for certain: other parties, the exist-
ing parties, the Conservatives, Liberals,
the NOP, they don't have answers to
these problems. They don't have solu-
tions to the problems of the country. □
discussion into a bit of a free-for-ali.
Marty Rubenstein, a third-year com-
merce student who had come "to find out
more about the Reform Party," said he
foundsome students " pretty rude . . . they
were asking their questions but they
weren't listening to the answer."
Ron van Shaik, a student in third-year
economics, agreed, saying "the hostility
of the audience shouldn't have ever been
accepted by the Reform Party." But he
thought the event was valuable for "just
making people think .... I think that's
the most important part."
- However, Gifty Gyimah, a first-year
law student, was displeased.
"I don't think my question was an-
swered. I don'tthink I got much info from
this that I didn't already have," he said.
"I think the goal of the debate wasn't
accomplished at all."
Other questions to the candidates at
the forum ranged from Reform's plan to
reduce the deficit to its policy on educa-
tion.
As for student issues, the candidates
said deficit reduction would stimulate
the creation of new jobs in the private
sector and that these new jobs would
obviously benefit students.
Fishman said while there may have
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event was to raise the profile of the Re-
form Party on campus and from the
crowd .... I think we can say that was
accomplished." □
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SCIENCE & HEALTH
The enviro-friendly sewage system
by Debbie Poon
Charlatan Siaft
A recently developed water treatment
system which is environmentally friendly
can recycle sewage instead of dumping it
into the environment.
The system, not yet in use in Ottawa,
uses natural ways to break down domes-
tic and industrial sewage.
Professor Bryan Hollebone of Carle-
ton's chemistry department has been
working on the system for 10 years, de-
veloping detectors that check the quality
of the water throughout the process.
Hollebone says the system is better
than the current water treatment sys-
tems. Unlike current systems, this one
retrieves metals and makes fertilizers for
resale and produces clean water for re-
use. It also produces heat.
"If you try and make a river do this
job, you're depending on the accidental
capacity of the river, and it may not
always be able to do the sewage treat-
ment, " says Hollebone.
In the new system, initial breakdowns
by bacteria occur in the very first tank.
The bacteria break down waste chemi-
cally without using oxygen. They are the
first step in this process, just as in nature.
After that, the sewage moves into the
second set of tanks, where different kinds
of detox ifi cants work.
These detoxificants can be bacteria,
plants, or animals, depending on the
detoxifying process in each tank.
In the end, digestible substances be-
come non-toxic and are converted to
biomass, which can be sold as fertilizer.
Poisonous metals such as mercury and
lead and precious metals such as silver
are trapped by specific plants. Heat pro-
duced as a byproduct may be used to heat
buildings.
Hollebone says this environmentally
friendly alternative is also cheaper, be-
cause it costs one-tenth of the current
systems to install and one-fith of the costs
to run. He says one traditional $30-mil-
lion sewage system in the United States
was replaced by this new one for a cost of
$3 million.
The system is being used in some parts
of the United States and Toronto. Repre-
sentatives from the Ministry of the Envi-
ronment and the Regional Municipality
of Ottawa-Carleton did not want to com-
ment on the viability of the system.
While current systems involve expen-
sive underground concrete networks, this
system can be contained in a greenhouse.
Greenhouses are easier to build and
change around than a constructed water
treatment plant, so the system can be
manipulated easily as the needs of the
community change.
Hollebone says the major problem
with this new system is that people may
not believe the treated water is clean . To
show the public that contaminants in
the water are below the trace level, which
is the level harmful to people, Hollebone
has been developing analysis equip-
ment.
These detectors check the quality of
the water as it moves through 15 eco-
logical tanks. When there is a problem,
water is diverted into a holding tank.
The old system only checks water at the
end of the treatment. □
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EDITORIAL PAGE
Proposals
fail to root
out racism
If a tree is rotten at the roots, do you continue to
prune the upper branches or do you just chop the
whole thing down?
The Ontario Ministry of Education proposals forstop-
ping racism and discrimination on university campuses
suggest you just keep pruning.
Lastweek, Ontario's education minister, Dave Cooke,
announced that colleges and universities will have to
develop policies calling for "zero tolerance of harass-
ment and discrimination."
While the ministry's proposals look promising at first
glance, they don't go far enough in challenging racism
and discrimination at universities.
The ministry has two main proposals. One is that
universities have guidelines that ensure governing boards
are representative of the community itserves. This would
mean guaranteeing spots on the board for students,
faculty and under-represented groups, such as people
with disabilities.
The other is that universities develop a "harassment
and discrimination prevention policy." These policies
would give people a way to complain about specific
instances of harassment and discrimination on campus.
A big problem with the ministry's proposals is that
universities who already have similar policies in place
are given no guidelines on how they can improve fur-
ther. This lets universities who already have some type of
discrimination policy off the hook.
For example, if an university already had guaranteed
spots on their board of governors for students, faculty
and under-represented groups, it would be awfully easy
for them to say "We meet the minimum standards, and
that's all we're going to do about racism."
The other problem is that while the policy would allow
overt incidents of racism and discrimination to be at-
tacked, nothing addresses the much more difficult issue
of systemic discrimination.
Racism and discrimination don't just happen on an
incident-to-incident basis. A lot of discrimination at
universities is built right into the system, making it
difficult to root out. While overt racism should not be
tolerated, it is as important to deal with the ingrained
racism that exists at universities.
While the ministry's proposals are valid, they don't
strike at the real problem. Fundamental issues, such as
a curriculum that teaches almost everything from a
Euro-centric viewpoint, are not even touched upon in the
ministry's proposals.
The ministry's proposals are a good start for universi-
ties which don't have any policies in place. What the
ministry should have done is make suggestions for
further steps. For example, ways to integrate philoso-
phies, other than the standard Western point of view,
into courses and course material. While the ministry
can't dictate what is taught to students, they could at
least suggest that universities take a look at it.
Instead, they suggest trying to save a dying tree by
treating only the top branches. Most people know that if
you want a tree to flourish, it has to have healthy roots.
CHECTm TARZ^N LOST IN BAKER LOUNGE JUNGLE
OPINION
Vegetarian for a healthy world
by Paula du Hamel
Paula du Hamel Is in her last year ol a double major in English and anthropology at
Carieton.
When we think of being environmentally
friendly, we gather our tin cans, newspapers
and paper products to dump in the recycling
bin. Some of us may extend our practices to
shutting off the lights when they're not needed, tighten-
ing taps to prevent leakage and reducing water waste.
However, what we do not tend to admit, or control, is
our attitude towards the animals we serve on our dinner
table and the way they are raised as feed for our world.
1 was taught that cattle
roamed in pastures and were pro-
vided to me by the Creator for
food. I lived with that, because I
was not about to go out and hunt
when I could go to my local gro-
cery store. What I did not know
(and probably should have in-
vestigated many years ago), is
how our meats are raised and
slaughtered for human consump-
tion.
After attending a lecture on
vegetarian ideology held by Car-
ieton's Vegetarian Club a couple
of weeks ago, I was shocked when
they showed a film of the farm-
ing techniques some people use
to raise animals.
The film showed baby chicks
in the United States being held
up to a mechanism similar to a
bottle opener. Their tiny, soft
beaks were wedged in to fit be-
tween the opening and snipped
at the joining of the beak to their
face. This technique is used to
prevent them from pecking each
other in their cramped storage quarters.
Some of these babies could not withstand the shock
and died. Others bled. Their eyes were filled with unbe-
lievable devastation at this predetermined course exist-
ence had in store for them.
One comment made by a farmer in the film was that
the procedure was "just like cutting toenails," an illogi-
cal statement because toenail- cutting never killed any
living thing. Here, we saw baby chicks dying.
Some farms keep their animals boxed in a rectangu-
lar stall with their necks and head encircled by yet
another cage which thrusts their faces into the feed. This
is to keep them continually eating. These animals never
see daylight or exercise their legs in a pastoral setting.
The film also made me aware of the chemicals and
antibiotics fed to animals to prolong their lives. Animals
being trucked to their destination often develop various
ailments that hinder their survival and therefore de-
crease their market profitability. Hence the drugs.
While travelling in New Zealand, 1 was guilty of
tasting as many lamb burgers as were offered my way.
Somehow, I could justify my gluttony by assuring myself
these creatures lived a full and healthy life. Since viewing
the film, I've changed my mind and I've become a
vegetarian.
As a Native person, I was taught
to honor the animal and to thank
the animal for providing its body
for my earthly sustenance. Nota-
bly, most powwows I've attended
serve wild meats. Interestingly
enough, however, I was speaking
to a Mohawk friend who, when 1
asked if there could be a broader
vegetarian diet offeredatnextyear's
Montreal powwow, agreed that this
idea would be taken into consid-
eration.
My friend informed me that the
ancient teachings of the Mohawks
had included a vegetarian diet and
that there were some who were
strict vegetarians.
Today, we have supermarkets
available to us if we're in the city
and if we have some land in the
country or a city garden we may
grow vegetables. Any other things,
such as grains to make bread, are
easily available. Why then should
we insist on buying meat, when
animals' feed includes cement and
drugs, yes, cement and drugs, used
to speed up the process of fattening the calf and to bulk
it up.
Why not develop better methods for the farming of
vegetation and grains?
We have enough food to feed the hungry now, but
somehow, governmental systems are against those whose
bellies are empty. Much food goes only to the highest
bidder, not to those who need nourishment.
We are definitely out-of-sync with nature and it's
affecting our planet. We should all be aware of it, so let's
fix it, and treat other living entities with the respect we
know they deserve. The baby chicks did it for me. What
will it take to convince you? Q
October 14, 1993 • The Charlatan • 11
LETTERS
CHARLATAN
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October 14, 1993
VOLUME 23 NUMBER 9
Editor In-Chief
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Do it defensively
Editor:
There are some really bad cyclists out
there who give the rest of us a bad name.
You know the kind — they bike on
sidewalks and ignore stop signs. It's get-
ting pretty bad. Here's an example.
A few weeks ago, my friend was biking
down Library Road ata fairly fast clip. He
was approaching another cyclist who
wasn't going too fast. My friend decided
to pass.
Without signalling, without even a
glance overhisshoulder, the otherdamn
cyclist turned left. My friend was toast.
He ploughed right into him and went
head-over-handlebars onto the pave-
ment. He landed on his back and had to
be taken to hospital by ambulance.
Fortunately, he was not injured seri-
ously, but what gets me is the sheer
stupidity of that cyclist. What if there was
a car coming instead of my friend? What
if a car had been following behind my
friend when he was thrown from his
bike?
What the hell fuels the irresponsible
behavior of some people? Riding a bike is
like driving a car - you've got to do it
defensively.
With all the hoopla over the helmet
law, I question whether or not the money
would be better spent on education and
skills development. Helmets can reduce
injury, but proper skills could prevent
them.
Neil Seto
Engineering IV
Don't curse the
captain
Editor:
I was extremely offended by Marty
jones's lyrics, "The Captain was a one-
eyed dwarf," in "Feds, dreads and toasted
breads," The Charlatan, Sept. 30, 1993.
Such close-mindedness regarding Visu-
ally and Vertically Challenged Persons of
a Nautical Persuasion (ViVeChaPe-
NauPers) is unacceptable, especially from
an artist of Jones's stature.
Ash Asudeh
Mass Communication II
Haywire heating a
health hazard
Editor:
Three years ago The Charlatan head-
lined a story on "Colds and claustropho-
bia in Carieton res, " (Health Supplement,
The Charlatan, Oct. 25, 1990). It included
stories about university buildings and
how they affect students' health.
The situation seems to have changed
little. For three weeks students have had
to sit with their jackets on, in a cold
classroom. Others have been in boiling
classrooms. It is a great atmosphere for
learning, as the pedagogical specialists
with their comfortable offices in the ad-
ministration building well know.
Worse, however, is the situation of the
university administration, which is ap-
plauding the discovery of underground
water to heat the university. It is not
enough that the first system still mal-
functions; we now will have a second to
reinforce it.
How much will that cost? Students
had their fees increased dramatically.
That has not improved the heating or
health situation.
In this period of restraint, has the
university borrowed money to pay for
this new system that might work as well
as the old one? If so, how much ond what
will be the repayment cost? Will students
fees increase, staff and faculty wages be
reduced, and fewer faculty and staff hired
in order to provide for this magnificent
system which does not work effectively or
efficiently? Does it mean the old system is
impossible to fix?
Why is the university administration
being so secretive? Why is the staff and
the faculty and their unions so reluctant
to ask questions about this costly im-
provement? Why are the students or their
representatives so silent? Is it managerial
prerogative with a vengeance?
It is not surprising to see upper man-
agement blithely endorsing spending
while crying penury; students, faculty
and staff remain frozen (or boiled) in
their classrooms. Must be a question of
empire building priorities.
Foster Griezic
Associate professor
of history
No happy end to
discount deceit
Editor:
Maybe The Charlatan isn't the right
channel to make the following complaint,
but it surely reaches enough people to stir
the matter up.
As an international student, prior to
my arrival in Canada, like everyone else,
I received a batch of pamphlets, bro-
chures, booklets and bulletins bragging
about Carleton's services, including heavy
advertising telling us to purchase the
residence association's discount card. The
card was intended to give us discounts at
Abstentions, a residence store.
I bought the card. Only $5.
So far, no discount to be seen. I am
paying full prices.
Now, I'm not going to ask for a five-
dollar refund. That's not the point. The
point is the residence association lied,
whoever runs Abstentions lied, and a lot
of advertising led miserable, ignorant
international students to believe this was
a bargain. We took the time to fill a form
out. Every time I go to Abstentions to
claim a discount, I sound like a nut,
pursuing a vain hope.
Some of the chaps at the residence
association are really willing to help set-
tle this matter, claiming the discounts
will be in force "next week" and apolo-
gizing. Nevertheless, they can't seem to
get whomever is in charge to write a
happy end to this story.
Abstentions won't mind my quitting
shopping there.
Carlos Pheysey
MA International Affairs I
Halting Student
Hunger
Editor:
ThisyeartheQueen's University Alma
Matter Society has created the "Hidden
H uriger Committee." We don't often think
of how hunger affects people in our uni-
versity community.
It's pretty easy to miss the students on
campus who are struggling to provide for
basic needs like food and shelter. Yet,
there are hungry students who suffer
from improper diets and malnourishment
and they aren't nameless, faceless peo-
ple. They may be your friends, neighbors,
classmates or housemates.
Students are feeling the effects of these
strained economic times. Some aren't
able to get a part-time job or their parents
are unable to provide financial assist-
ance. Government grants and loans con-
tinue to face funding cuts. This all adds
up to the reality of some students being
in serious need.
Unfortunately, there's no real way to
identify who needs help. Hungry stu-
dents don't fit any stereotype of age,
personality or appearance. But some-
thing can be done.
At Queen's University, the Hidden
Hunger Committee is attempting to not
only raise awareness of this issue, but to
giving concrete help by organizing weekly
food drives and setting up a hotline for
students who need help.
We ask that Carieton students help
our cause by setting up their own com-
mittee and join our nationwide cam-
paign to give the issue of hunger a stu-
dent voice across the province.
Matthew W. Blake
Queen's University
Hidden Hunger Committee
Deciding what is
right and wrong
Editor:
Re: "You're pregnant," The Charlatan,
Sept. 30, 1993.
Consider the statistic: "Number of
aborted fetuses at a Bombay clinic out of
8,000 that were female: 7,999." ("The
violence index," The Globe and Mail, Dec.
5, 1992)
Is this right? If you say yes, anyone
who holds men and women as equally
valuable will tell you that it isn't. If you
say no, ask yourself, why is it wrong?
Well, violence against women and
mass discrimination against the female
gender. The only reason the proportion is
such is because female life is so little
respected in that Third World city.
Ah! Life. Female life. Yet, it is not
respected in our society, not when female
fetuses can be aborted just because an-
other female, who votes and pays taxes,
wishes it so.
Solomon Slazenger
English I
Everyone's a Tory
Editor:
After the leaders' debates it has be-
come clearer how this election is to be
fought. Attacks on Quebec, the Bloc
Quebecois and on the legitimate wishes
of Quebecers are now the common theme
of all other parties, including (tragically),
the NDP.
The International Socialists hope that
these attacks will be opposed by English-
Canadians. Other Reform Party policies
have become common, such as their
targeting of immigrants as a cause of
crime and unemployment. The Tory Bill
C-86 entrenches this attack by curtailing
the right of people to live and work where
they choose.
There is, on the federal stage, no real
opposition to the various shades of Tory-
ism. All parties accept the need to make
some sacrifice, our sacrifice, to fight the
deficit. It is not our deficit, but rather the
deficit of undertaxed corporations and
their Tory politicians.
Voting in this election represents a
rejection of old politics. Rather than this
dissatisfaction turning into a basis of
political self-activity, many people, in-
cluding those on the left, are rejecting
policies altogether, and even abandon-
ing the only party of the working people
in Canada, the NDP.
We in the International Socialists feel
this is a mistake. The election provides an
opportunity to remember the despised
Tory record and to expose the repressive
economic plans of the Reform Party.
We can make our voices heard by
people who might otherwise hear noth-
ing but mainstream politicians. Come
start an opposition that must continue
regardless of the election results.
Linda Ripley
Carieton International Socialists
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jHrflfeves lists. She make- all kinds "I lists. I "here arc shopping
lis(s and "Books-l-nave-Yet-to-Read" lists. She makes clothes-to-
huj lislSyond food-lo-htiv lisls. Clara usually writes tint lists For
.hfflffthat she knows will slay on paper lorcv er. The list ol condos
to buy outside of Canada is one example.
Clara is a waitress at a kids' hangout joint. even though no cme
calls them that anj more. The restaurant is really called "The Purple
Palm" and Clara must wear purple from head to ankle. Her shoes are
while. \snvvaitrcss. Clara usually only has enough money Intake her-
from one week to the nest. Although sometimes when the kids are
extra generous with the lips I maybe only a buck more — but they add
up). Clara sa\es the loonies and quarters in a jar so at the end ol the
(ear she can lake a vacation. Sometimes she even drives by some ol
(he condos she circled the previous fall while visiting Florida or
California. But that's as close as she comes to being a serious buyer.
Still, she makes lists. Clara's favorite is the MAN LIST. That list
is more complicated. She places her men into categories. There is the
"past list." the "present list," the "long-term list" and the "fling list."
The men she had sex with are given five-pointed stars. The kind she
learned to draw in Grade I.
Clara is 22 and has been inv olv ed vv ith 1-4 men in the last fiv e years
I any before that don't count ). It works out to 2.S mcna year, although
she's unsure how she managed the .X part. Whenever she has been
dumped or cheated on or forgotten about she looks at the M AN LIST
and pauses over the names and realizes that if she dates for eight more
years there are still 22.4 men to go. That tends to cheer Clara up.
Clara has also managed to stay close friends with all but one of her
past boy friends. They call her up on Tuesday nights to w atch mm ies
and to drink a beer afterwards at a local bar. They tell her about their
love lives or the lack thereof and she sits at the end of her scat, eyes
wide, a half-mouth-smile that says "Oh, I'm listening and your story
is the most important thing on my mind." Meanwhile. Clara ponders
the list she wants to write up when she gets home. She is already
thinking about the next day.
The end of the "dale" always ends the same way, regardless of the
man.
"Clara, win didn't it work out for us? What did vve do wrong?"
A gentle pleading. A flutter of prodding lo get through her door.
Clara doesn't like this lime. They always say I he word "we" as though
she was pari of I he problem. As though she was partially lo blame for
the wanderings, Ihe quickies in her kitchen with her best friends
w hile she went out for groceries.
Clara {Iocs not have best friends any more. She thinks it's rather
ironic I hat she becomes so furious with her female friends while the
ex-buy friends always weasel their way into her life again. In a
different form maybe, but they always come back. Maybe Clara
expects more from her girl friends. With men. she thinks, at least she
can dismiss I heir mistakes as emotional/sexual 'social stupidity .She
picks Ihe one most suited depending on Ihe offence and the offender.
Clara thinks Ihe women are supposed lo be on her side.
The mnsl elaborate list and Ihe longest running is Ihe "Where-I-
Want-to-Mov. e-and-Why " list. Clara has written (low n Sydney. Aus-
tralia. San Franciscu I for (he houses alone! I. Yancnuv er and Iceland.
\ ancouver would be Ihe easiest destination to move lo because she
doesn't need w ork permils or v isas and she doesn't have to prove to
Ihe government of the country thai she has enough money lo live on
lor two months. The Vustiailian Embassy expected her to hav e four-
thousand dollars. Iceland. Clara decided, would be loo depressing
after she got over the initial excitement of actually being there.
Toronto is had enough in Ihe winter.
She realizes thai she w ould like lo be in Iceland to say, "I've lit ed
in Iceland." and that is all. So. Vancouver it is. 1 1 he American Green
Card for San Francisco, too lengthy a process.] Besides. Ihe only
bov friend vv ho does not remain a friend vv ould be far aw a v and Clara
would never have to worn abuut humping into him in a restaurant
or bar ev er again. That giv es Clara peace of mind.
Clara is seeing a new man now. He is only a little taller than her
and smokes self-rolled cigarettes and worries that she vvill move to
Vancouver and forget about him. He has never told her Ibis because
he senses she wouldn't want to hear about il. He is right. He also
worries about Ihe Tuesday mov ie and drink dates Clara goes on.
This, he does toll her and she laughs il off and swallows a few times.
Clara skids off Ihe car seal, gently closing Ihe door behind her and
never calls Ihe new man again. She knows he will make an excellent
mov ie partner.
lew people have ever gotten very angry with Clara. She is always
punctual and rarely backs down on previously made plans. She
rarely raises her voice above a conversational level and says please
and lhank von ai all Ihe riglil limes. When Clara shows up al a party
people pick their way over to her one at a time so thai Clara is always
listening lo other 's lives, l ew people al these parlies leave knowing
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14 • The Charlatan ■ October 14, 1993
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what Clara dues fora living, bin they all leave nidi her lace in (heir
eyes. -
David is at oncofthe.se parties. \\ lien Clara finally sees hint. she
is standing liesidc hi in and linds ii impossible to move. He looks at
her. crinkling his eyes like broken accordions, all wrinkles and mi
music. She lets (ail a moan, sways fo the right and rolls her eyes up
inlu her head. She pushes her way past a lew acquaintances and
heads for Che door. \\ hen she is in her ear she decides tn go home.
Clara can't sleep for tun nights and rubs old bruises and shakes
in her slippers as she wobbles In the bathroom to he sick. Her buss
is concerned and calls a few times to make surect cry thing isalrighl.
Clara can not be taking — not with a voice like that.
When she finally dues lull asleep, days later. Clara has dreams.
Clara \sdr cuius arc unlike Anyone else *s she knows. Thev arc larger
than life movies. The) have a beginning, middle and end. Clara's
dreams replav life, but n ith inure colors. In these dreams though.
Clara always knows how the stun will end.
In the dream, Clara sits across from David at her kitchen table
and the) are arguing. He complains about the number of male
voices he hears on her telephone. He says he cannot trust her
anymore. He says she lies to him and screws other men. David is
getting angry. Clara has Celt his anger before. It is stinging and hot.
David's anger is a bullet ricocheting off the kitchen walls. Some-
times Clara gets hit.
In the dream she is thrown down on the kitchen floor of her
apartment. It is checkered, black and White. Clara s nails tear into
Dai id's neck and she is choking on her nw n surprise. Her eves are
blurrv and she thinks about the crumbs on the Floor that her head
is crushing. Another dutv she must add to the cleaning list — sweep
the floor. She wonders if she will come out of it alive. The dream is
o\ er w hen he leav es her apartment.
Of course the arguments with David were more three dimen-
sional in real life. Il wasn 't just all macho jealousy that started it.
Sometimes Clara still blames herself tor the \vu\ the arguments
began, It was usually a black shot at him — something stupid he had
done in the past, like the lie she overheard him telling one of his
friends about their sex life. He had never made her orgasm 17 limes
in a row. He rare!) was into il enough to go for a double header.
Afterwards Clara hated il when bis friends looked at her with new
interest, searching out signs of her unnatural power In the waj she
ate or sal or walked to the bathroom. Clara haled how their laces
turned to each other as she left the room lo get them a drink.
Sidelong glances, a flick of a cigarette, a well-placed smile. I>a\ id's
friends si ill have nothing had lo sa) about Clara.
Fighting w ith l)av id cost ( 'lara six jobs. W hen she was all bruises
and puss she didn't don cov crop and dark glasses. Clara called in
sick. The jobs lasted no longer than two months apiece hut she never
worried about finding a new one. Clara had lists of places tn applv
to. Within days she had a new uniform and new trays lo earn.
Finallv . after a fight she knew would result in going ov er the job list
again looking for job number seven. Da\ id left the apartment and
never called her again. He began living with a friend of a friend. She
had introduced them to each other a lew weeks before. Clara's
withdrawal w as painful. She rarel) ate or slept and hoped 'feared he
would show up in her bed. Sometimes she wondered wh) she had
Stayed w ith Dav id for so long. Itol that was later. Towards the end.
Clara could make jokes. She once told her last remaining female
friend that she didn't see red « hen she was angry, onlv black and
while checkers like Ihose on the kitchen floor. Her friend onlv
crunched her forehead and did not smile.
Clara saw David at the part) ov era week ago and is hack at "The
Purple Palm" again. Her dreams have stopped and she is circling
newspaper-houses to bu) in Florida, ( "lara is making lists again.
The) have lilies like "How lo (Jet Moncv I Need to Move" and
"People to See Before 1 Leave."
She is in her bedroom making these lists. Her feel are sore from
standing on them all dav. There arc fain! traces of blue veins
running up and (low n both of her legs as she crosses them. When the
lists are completed, Clara goes to the dresser to find a clean T-shirt
to sleep in. I ndcr one oi lier shirts she sees her old jew eh\v-bo\-wilh-
a-hallerina and opens it. Clara lifts a fistful of dried crumbs from
the box. She had taken them from her kitchen floor and saved them
for over a year. The crumbs are all crushed to sand.
( lara opens the door lo the balconv and looks out to the streets
from 14 floors up. Every w here there are lights; stars ahov e her and
street lights below her. Clara pushes a slick of hair from her
soldered mouth and releases the crumbs from her hand, allowing
the wind to earn them to Iceland. □
Kira Vermond is a third year journalism student at
Carleton. Her short story Seeing Red recently won
third place in the Books Canada Student Writer
contest. She won $250, and had her name mis-
spelled by the Globe and Mail.
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SPORTS
Anita stays put with Raven win
Driver Corry Burke
scores five to pace
team to victory
by Richard G.D. Scott
Charlatan Staff
Anita Phoque likes Carieton.
The Ravens men's waterpolo team
defeated the Ottawa Gee-Geesll-9inthe
Seal Game Oct. 7 to capture its prized
trophy — Anita Phoque — for a second
straight year.
Carieton 11 Ottawa 9
The Seal Game is waterpolo's equiva-
lent to football's Panda Game, celebrat-
ing Carleton's cross-city rivalry with the
University of Ottawa. The trophy is a
stuffed seal named Anita Phoque
awarded to the winner each year.
After a disappointing season-opening
loss to the Queen's Golden Gaels Oct. 3,
Carieton wanted to even their record at 1 -
1 by winning their second straight Cup.
In front of Rodney the Raven and an
energetic crowd of Carieton fans, driver
Cony Burke scored five times and driver
Stewart Mackie scored a hat trick, as the
Ravens defeated the Gee-Gees in their
first of two meetings this year.
But the Ravens did not score an easy
victory against the far less experienced
Gee-Gees. Through the first three quar-
ters, the Ravens teased the Gee-Gees,
never pulling ahead by more than two
goals. In fact, the Ravens allowed the
Gee-Gees to swim so close that the game
was tied 7-7 for part of the third quarter.
"They did what they were supposed to
do on offence," said Raven coach John
Pankiw, "but they didn't follow our strat-
egy on defence."
Finally, in the fourth quarter the
Ravens flared up the opposition's net
and scored three straight times.
But after that quick outburst, the
Ravens again had problems controlling
the Gee-Gees and maintaining their 11-
7 lead. The Gee-Gees scored twice more
before the clock ran out.
"They didn't play as well as I hoped, "
said Pankiw. "They gave up the ball too
much."
With the Seal Game over, the Ravens
will now look to improve their record
fe^MT WEN
Okay, so it's not a genuine Seal Game photo - at least it's a pretty cool shot.
against the tougher teams in the Ontario
Universities Athletic Association's
waterpolo league at the University of
Toronto tournament Oct. 16-17. This
weekend, the Ravens will play Toronto,
Western Ontario, McMaster and York
universities.
Last season, the Ravens were 0-5-1
and outscored 73-38 against the combi-
nation of Toronto, Western and
McMaster. Only in the playoffs did they
squeezea 10-9victoryagainstWestem in
the bronze medal playoff game.
"We're a much better team than we
have been in the last two games," said
Raven driver Steve Bell. "The game
(against Ottawa) should never have been
that close."
The return of top offensive threat Dave
Bason, who was suspended for the Ot-
tawa game because of a brutality mis-
conduct in the Ravens' 11-5 loss to
Seal Stats
1993 Ravens 11 Gee-Gees 9
1992 Ravens 14 Gees-Gees 5
1991 Gees-Gees 12 Ravens $
1990 Gee-Gees 23 Ravens 5
1989 Gee-Gees 1 7 Ravens 3
1988 Gee-Gees 14 Ravens 6
Queen's, should prove helpful.
But the Ravens will still need to gear
up their intensity to win games against
the top teams of the league this year. The
team will need to improve their ball
control, their breaks and quick shots and
most importantly — their team play.
"We're improving with each game,"
said captain Allemander Pereira, "but
we still need to play with each other
more." □
Field hockey fights back to fie McGill
Team winless in six
by Kevin Restivo
Charlatan Staff
A step in the right direction.
After their latest game, a 1-1 he with
the McGill Redmen on Oct. 8 at Minto
Field, that's how one could characterize
the effort of the Carieton women's field
hockey team.
Carieton 1 McGill 1
The tie raises Carleton's record to 1-6-
3 but leaves them in eighth place among
the nine teams in the Ontario Women's
Interuniversity Athletic Association. The
tie also runs the Ravens' winless streak to
s'x games — two ties and four losses.
Carieton came out extremely flat early
on and McGill opened the scoring at 2:22
»n the first half. Redmen midfielder
Stephanie Wollin capitalized on sloppy
Play in front of Carleton's net.
The Ravens trailed 1 -0 at halftime but
evened the score at the 30- second mark
°f the second half, when Raven midfielder
^zanne Bird poked in a shot after a pass
""am forward Krista Wilson.
Bird, like her basketball namesake,
was a force the rest of the game.
"Sue really helped out today. She made
a good overall contribution," said head
coach Suzanne Nicholson, commenting
on Bird's performance.
The Ravens created tons of scoring
opportunities, but they couldn't capital-
ize on any with the exception of Bird's
goal-
"Even though we missed some oppor-
tunities, we're really starring to see the
spaces well, " said Bird. "We played really
strong, much like we did against York (in
a 1-1 tie)."
Even McGill, whobeatCarleton2-l on
Oct. 3, noticed the improvement.
"Carleton's improved a lot over the
season," said Wollin. "They really came
on (in the second half)- If we hadn't have
scored early on, who knows what would
have happened."
The match left everyone enthusiastic,
including Nicholson, who noted the team
is really starting to gel and play well
together.
But Nicholson does admit the rest of
the schedule isn't favorable to the Ravens,
who are hoping to land the sixth and
final spot in the OWIAA field hockey
league.
"We're playing Toronto, which is one
half of the national team, and then we've
got York, which is the other half of the
national team, so we're definitely in
tough."
The Ravens play the league-leading
University of Toronto Blues on Oct. 15
and the York Yeowomen on Oct. 16. □
Overconfidence
leads Ravens down
the dark path
by Sarah Richards
Charialan Staff
Yes, they are human.
Despite the undefeated 6-0-2 record
in the Ontario Universities Athletic
Association's east division, the media
attention, and the general hype
around the Carieton men's soccer
team, one thing is clear — they have
weaknesses just like any other sports
team.
"There's a lot of talk about us be-
ing very experienced just because
we've been to big games. But just
because you've been playing for five
years doesn't mean you're mature
enough to handle the situation on
your own, " says five-year veteran stop-
per and twice all-Canadian Earl
Cochrane.
And in a period of seven days, a
lack of maturity has resulted in a lack
of discipline. The overconfident
Ravens tied two of the eastern divi-
sion's weakerteams — the 1-5-1 Trent
Excalibur and the 3-4-1 Queen's
Golden Gaels.
"Sometimes we think we can lapse
with these teams and they won 't pun-
ish us, but they have managed to,"
says Raven goalkeeper Stevie Ball. "I
don't know . . . (the ties are) a bit of a
mystery."
The ties leave some players like
midfielder Joe Gabor saying the style
of soccer the Ravens play is geared
more towards stronger teams like To-
ronto and Laurentian.
"The style we play sometimes works
against us," says Gabor.
In soccer, if s all too easy to aban-
don game strategy and sink down to
the level of inferior teams. Before you
know it, crisp ground passes disinte-
grate into unthinking boots upfield.
But the Trent and Queen's set-
backs go beyond that mistake, be-
yond the black and white chalkboard
of game strategy and technique.
" It almost seems like immaturity is
creeping in," says Cochrane. "(The
players) need someone there to be on
them all the time, need someone yell-
ing at them. It's annoying at times, to
see it from the bench. People have to
start realizing what they have to do as
individuals."
And what they have to do as indi-
viduals doesn't include locker room
predictions on how many goals will
be scored against weaker teams like
Trent.
Whatever the reasons behind the
two mysterious ties by the Ravens,
there is some irony in the whole thing.
In their drive towards the OUAA east
division playoffs, and maybe even in
their grail-like quest for the CIAU
national championship, the Ravens
have stopped concentrating on the
little games that may, in the end,
count most. "I think people have to
start focusing on the game at hand
and not worry about two games down
the road," says Cochrane.
Weaknesses are acceptable. A lack
of maturity is not.
And if the Ravens truly do dream
of a national title, they better start
taking these so-called little games
against weaker teams a little more
seriously.
Or their dream might turn into a
nightmare. □
October 14, 1993 • The Charlatan • 17
Ravens we remember come out to play
Golden Gaels win
rematch easily
by Derek DeCloet
Charlatan Staff
For the Queen's Golden Gaels, revenge
was like an after-dinner mint that some-
one just spit out.
Sweet and sloppy wet.
The Gaels avenged their 25-20 loss to
Carleton Sept. 25 by drubbing the Ravens
26-8 on a rain-soaked Raven Field Oct. 9.
"I guess it kind of was a little bit of
revenge," said Queen's quarterback Steve
Othen, who was 13 for 29 with three
touchdown passes. "They beat us on our
home turf, so we wanted to beat them
Queen's 26 Carleton 8
here."
Carleton was beaten in every aspect of
the game, but especially on offence.
"All phases of the offence were just not
functioning today," said Raven coach
Donn Smith after the game. "The receiv-
ers were dropping the passes (when) they
were wide open, the quarterbacks weren 't
finding (the receivers), and the running
backs just weren't hitting the holes. And
on top of all that, the offensive line just
wasn't blocking."
The Ravens could musteronly 78yards
on offence, compared to370forQueen's.
In fact, Carleton used almost as many
quarterbacks — three — as they had first
downs — five.
"We're just going to have to re-evalu-
ate who will be starting quarterback next
week (against Concordia)," said Smith.
Shawn Thompson, who engineered
the comeback win at Queen's on Sept. 25,
made his first
start of the
year and was
ineffective.
He com-
pleted just 4
of 15 passes
and threw an
interception
that set up
the Gaels'
first touch-
down, a 24-
yard pass
from Othen
to his brother
Paul in the
second quar-
ter.
Sean
O'Neill took
over to start
the second
half with the
Ravens trailing 13-1 and threw an inter-
ception to end the Ravens' first posses-
sion. Soon after, Othen hooked up with
Gaels' receiver Paul Kozan for a 63-yard
score and a 19-1 lead.
After the catch, Kozan found himself
quickly surrounded by several Raven de-
fenders, but managed toelude them until
Queen's could give him some blocking
help. When that help arrived, Kozan
scampered the rest of the way for the
touchdown.
"1 stopped because I knew if I contin-
ued on straight, (a Raven) would have
tackled me from behind," said Kozan.
"(They) sort of ran past and then I kind of
danced around. The blockers down-field
did a great job."
Ten minutes later, O'Neill connected
with linebacker Stephen White for the
It was a crappy day for the Ravens even though they managed to stay on top on this play.
Ravens' only touchdown to narrow the
gap 1 9-8. Butany hopes of another come-
back were quashed when the Othen broth-
ers linked up for another 20yard TD pass.
Matt Tickell took over for the Ravens
in the fourth quarter, but couldn't sus-
tain any drives heading into a suddenly
brisk wind.
The 2-3 Ravens are now tied with
McGill and Queen's for third place in the
Ontario-Quebec Intercollegiate Football
Conference. Their next game, at
Concordia on Oct. 16, will be critical to
their playoff hopes. Only the top four
teams in the O-QIFC make the playoffs. □
Football Follies
Year W L T PF PA PTS
1986 5 0 0 192 87 10
1992 0 5 0 30 182 0
1993 2 3 0 70 120 4
As the season progresses, we'll
compare this year's Raven squad
against the best and worst Raven
teams of the past the 6-1 1986
squad and the 0-7 1992 team.
The Carleton University Alumni Association
invites students to come out and join in the fun of
Homecoming '93.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23
I p.m. Ultimate Frisbee Match
Students vs Alumni
Carleton Football Field (Free)
6 p.m. Reception, Dinner and Dance
Featuring the music of Soul Train
Chateau Laurier Ballroom ($45/person)
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 24
II a.m. Chancellor's Breakfast
Guest Speaker Ruth Lifeso, BSc/63
Assistant Dean and Registrar,
Faculty of Science
Chateau Laurier Hotel ($15/person)
Call Kelly for information and reservations
788-3636
Football men remembered
Saturday's game was dedicated to
the memory of two football men who
died lost week.
Aformer Raven offensive linesman,
Sudbury Const. Joseph MacDonald
was shot several times and left to die
beside his police carafterpullingover
a car on Oct. 7 in northeast Sudbury.
The father of two young girls died
shortly after arriving at the hospital.
MacDonald, who graduated from
Carleton in 1988, was a member of
the famed McHog line of the mid-
1980s, when the Raven football pro-
gram was a force in the country.
A moment of silence was observed
and the Ravens all wore MacDondld's
old number, Number 55, on their hel-
mets in his honor.
Earlier in the week, Frank Tindall,
the legendary coach of the Queen's
Golden Gaels, died on Oct 5. He was
84. Tindall died as a result of head
injuries from o fall two weeks earlier.
Tindall, a former coach of the team,
led the Golden Gaels to a 111-84-2
record over 29 years. Under his guid-
ance, the Golden Gaels won eight con-
ference champtonshipsand the Vanier
Cup in 1968. □
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Mumblings
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
"They can play with the best of them,
but they hove to score a goal to win.."
' Women's soccer coach David Kent on
his team's lack of offence.
BRIEFS
The Carleton Ravens rugby team lost
1 7-9 to the Royal Military College Redmen
on Oct. 7. It was their first loss against
four wins and the team must now win
their last two games against Toronto and
Trentto guarantee themselves first place
in the OU AA division II rugby league and
an appearance in post-season action.
The Carleton hockey team opened
their new season in the senior R. A. league
the same way the ended their last one —
with a loss to the Abloom hockey club.
Abloom bounced Carleton in the first
round of last year's playoffs and contin-
ued the punishment Oct. 6 at the R.A.
Centre with a 4-2 win over Carleton.
"It's tough when you have 18-year-
olds playing against 30-year-olds," said
general manager Paul Correy.
Carleton's new sailing club placed
last in the All-Star Invitational Intercol-
legiate Regatta in Toronto Oct. 9- 10, com-
peting against university sailing clubs
from Queen's, Brock and Western On-
tario, Carleton fielded one team in the
lightning class boats and competed in six
races. Queen's won the regatta.
CALENDAR
Friday, Oct IS.
HOCKEY - The Carleton hockey club
will face off against Brock's St. Lawrence
College in exhibition action at the R.A.
Centre. Game time is 1:30 p.m. Tickets
are$l at the door.
FIELD HOCKEY - The women's field
hockey team will be in Montreal looking
to improve on their 1-6-3 record against
the 10-0 University of Toronto Blues in a
4:30 p.m. match.
Saturday, Del. 16.
FOOTBALL - The 2-3 Ravens football
team travels to Montreal this weekend to
kick off against the 3-2 Concordia Sting-
ers. With only two games remaining in
the season, the Ravens need a win to
keep their playoff hopes alive.
FIELD HOCKEY - The women's field
hockey team will continue its road trip in
Montreal, facing off against the 7-0-2
York Yeowomen at 9 a.m. and following
that up with a 1 :30 match against the 0-
1 1 Trent Excalibur.
RUGBY - The 4-1 rugby team will host
the 3-2 University of Toronto Blues on the
Carleton rugby field at 1 p.m. The Ravens
must win their remaining two games to
make the playoffs.
SOCCER - The 6-0-2 Raven men's
soccer team will host the 5-3-1 Laurentian
Voyageurs on the soccer field at 1 p.m.
WATERPOLO - The men's waterpolo
team travels to Toronto this weekend to
take on the.McMaster Marauders at 1 :30
p.m. and the Western Mustangs at 6 p.m.
SAILING « The sailing club will be
launching the first ever Wet Panda Re-
gatta between the sailing clubs of Carle-
ton and Ottawa.
Sunday, Oct 17.
SOCCER - The 3-3-1 women's soccer
team will kick off against the 4-1-1 York
Yeowomen in a home game at 3 p.m.
The men's soccer team will continue
their home-stand against the York Yeo-
men in a 1 p.m. match.
WATERPOLO - The waterpolo team
continues its road trip with games against
the Toronto Blues at 10:30 a.m. and the
York Yeomen at 3 p.m. □
Sooner spirit inspires Ravens
Former junior champs brings winning attitude to the dressing
by Derek DeCloet
Charlatan Staff
They are about as varied a group as
you're likely to find on a university foot-
ball team.
The difference between the heaviest
andlightestplayersis nearly 100 pounds.
Tallest and shortest? Seven inches. There
is a speedy comerback and a stocky
linebacker and a lanky kicker, and just
about everything in between.
But there's one thing these former
Ottawa Sooners all have in common: a
winning attitude.
"You can't help but appreciate the
fact that you can bring players in that do
know what it takes to win, " says Ravens'
head coach Donn Smith.
Smith has ties to 1 1 ex-Sooners, in-
cluding six rookies, who are now on the
Raven roster of 56. He spent the last two
years with the Sooners, as a co-offensive
co-ordinator and offensive line coach.
The Sooners play in the Ontario Foot-
ball Conference, a league made up of
players under 23.
Most are university-age players who,
for a variety of reasons, have elected not
to attend university and play varsity foot-
ball. For the playoffs, the OFC joins with
other leagues like it in Canada to form
the Canadian junior Football League.
The Sooners made it to the champion-
ship game in each of Smith's two years.
In 1991, they losttoSaskatoon. Lastyear,
they beat the Surrey Rams to claim the
CjFL title.
Smith says experience helps those
players now.
"These guys have been to the top
twice, so they know what it takes."
room
Wayne Wilson returns a kickoff.
The attitude is contagious around the
locker room, says Raven quarterback
Shawn Thompson.
He should know. Thompson played
for the Ravens in 1991, jumped to the
Sooners last year after a poor academic
year, and has returned to the Ravens'
nest this year.
"You bring guys that have won na-
tional championships . . . they bring that
(experience) with them and they pass it
around the locker room, " he says, noting
that players who haven't had the Sooners'
winning experience often ask him about
it.
With Carleton 's early success this year,
and with Smith's connection to Sooner
head coach Greg Marshall, one can be
sure the Ravens will continue to put ex-
Sooners on the field.
"He (Marshall) is a full supporter of
the Raven program," says Smith. "He
will do his utmost to make sure that any
of his players who wish to go on to school
will be coming to Carleton." □
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Quarterback Shawn Thompson has been mighty effective in a back-up role
Ex-Sooners have been instrumental
in the Raven football team's early suc-
cess. Here, then, are the 11 former
Sooners who now wear Raven black:
Chris Giacobbi, kicker: Lastyear,
he led the team in scoring with a measly
14 points. This year, he already has 18.
Shawn Thompson, quarterback:
Thompson replaced struggling starter
Sean O'Neill at Queen's and rallied the
Ravens to a come-from-behind victory.
Wayne Wilson, comerback: A
speedster who handles kickoff returns.
Sean Baptiste, free safety
(rookie): Baptiste has taken over as
"quarterback of the defence" for Mark
Senyshyn, an O-QIFC all-star in 1992.
loey Oucharme, linebacker
(rookie): He's one of those guys you're
happy is on your team, not on the
opponent's team.
Brace Bachelder, centre: In his
second year with the Ravens, Bachelder
is one of the team's offensive captains.
Harry Van Hofwegen, defensive
end (rookie) : Van Hofwegen is off to a
monster start, leading the conference
with five quarterback sacks
Scott Bishop, nose tackle: A pleas-
ant surprise. "We had no idea he was
going to be able to play the level he's
playing right now," says Smith.
Greg kenney, wide receiver
(rookie): Smith says Kenney has sure
hands. "He'll make the big catch foryou
when you need it."
Jeff Koradi, running back
(rookie) and Mike Lavery, defen-
sive end (rookie): Koradi and Lavery
are both former Sooners who practise
with the team, but are not playing be-
cause they are not full-time students.
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Raven men lapse leads to a soccer tie
Stopper Cochrane
missed on the field
by Sarah Richards
Charlatan Start
The field conditions were right. Per-
sonnel was not.
Whenthe6-0-l Carleton men'ssoccer
team kicked off against the 3-4-0 Queen's
Golden Gaels on Oct. 7 in Kingston, there
was a lazy sun warming the still air and
the pitch was in good shape.
But missing from the Carleton lineup
were forward )ohn Laura and stopper
Earl Cochrane.
Soccer Shuts
Here's how the Raven men rank
against the country's best
1 UBC Thunderbirds
2 Carleton Ravens
3 McGill Redmen
4 Alberta Golden Bears
5 Victoria Vikings
Carleton 2 Queen's 2
Lauro had the flu and Cochrane was
suspended for the Queen's game after
taking his third yellow card against
Ryerson on Oct. 3.
It shouldn't have mattered. But it did,
as the Gaels fought back from a two-goal
deficit to tie the Ravens 2-2.
Carleton scored first at the 1 4-minute
mark when rookie striker Marty
McCaffrey beat two defenders in the cor-
ner and scored a low shot to the far post
"I was thinking of shooting earlier
because the goalie was off his line, but i
decided to try to take (the ball) in and
beat the defender," said McCaffrey. "If
we had more chances, we should've tried
to get the ball over the keeper, because he
was really moving off his line a lot."
Two minutes later, the Ravens heeded
his advice.
McCaffrey crossed the ball to mi dfielder
Chris Scuccato sitting in front of the net.
The Queen's goaltender was left out of
position for the save.
"The keeper, for some reason, was
way out of his net, " said McCaffrey. "For
a shot from that far, I don 't know what he
was doing."
Cochrane was a force the last time the
Ravens played the Gaels winning 4-1,
The Ravens dominated the first half of
the match, but the second half was a
different story.
"The guys sat back, took it easy and
felt that two goals were enough to seal
the win, but it wasn't," summed up
midfielder Andrew Wooldridge. Call it
deja vu of the Trent game when the
Ravens tied the last-place Excalibur 1-1.
Queen's may have been less skilled on
the ground, but they were dangerous in
the air. The Gaels' centre-midfielder
placed his long throw-ins perfectly be-
tween Ball and the Raven fullbacks.
"We lost two balls in the air, and those
cost us the goals," said Ball.
It wasn't long after their first goal that
the Gaels evened the score.
"They just got up after that goal, and
itwas like a domino effect. They just kept
getting better," said Wooldridge.
g Despite commending the work of
stand-in stopper Ian Wright, some play-
=i ere said the outcome may have been
| different had stopper Cochrane played.
z "Earl just has a presence on the field.
e Those two plays might not have hap-
" pened because Earl would have got his
head on it or he would have been first to
get to the ball," said midfielder Joe Gabor.
Said Cochrane afterwards:
"I thing the calming effect (of my
presence) would have helped."
Cochrane and Lauro will be in uni-
form when the 6-0-2 Ravens take on the
4-2-1 Laurentian VoyageursonOct. 16.Q
Soccer women lose game and stifl make playoffs
by the
by Natasha Rapchuk
Charlatan Stall
You take the bad with the good.
That's the latest lesson learned by tl
Carleton women's soccer team.
Even though the Ravens suffered a 1-
0 loss to the top-ranked Queen's Golden
Gaels on Oct. 7 in Kingston, they still
clinched a playoff spot in the Ontario
Women's Interuniversity Athletic Asso-
ciation's east division.
Queen's 1 Carleton 0
Last week, the Trent Excalibur lost 2-0
to the University of Toronto Blues and the
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COMES DOWN
OCT. 25.
Don't get caught
unaware, like this
poor soul.
Read The Charlatan's
election supplement, which
hits the newsstands Oct. 21
You'll find hard-hitting
questions for local
candidates, university poll
results and analysis of
student issues.
No shit.
Ryerson Rams lost 3-0 to the York
Yeowomen. With only three games re-
maining in the season, neither team has
any hope of catching the Ravens for the
fourth and final playoff spot.
The Ravens held the Gaels until the
20-minute mark of the second half, when
Queen's forward Deb Cancian slipped
through the Carleton defence to score.
The Ravens, not renowned for their
scoring prowess, were unable to respond
— missing two open-net chances and
hitting a crossbar.
"They can play with the best of them,
but they have to score a goal to win," said
Kent of his team. "That's 1993's Achilles
heel, that no one on the team has come
forward and become a scorer."
But Carleton's scoring record is an
improvement over last year. This time
last year the Ravens had scored seven
goals. They've scored 12 so far this year.
Kent is proud of that progress, but sees
a problem with it.
"No one has taken charge," he said.
"There are six different people who have
scored the 12 goals. That's a wide spread. "
Despite the lack of scoring finesse, the
Ravens did manage to pepper the Gaels'
goalkeeper with some difficult shots.
"(Carleton) had some chances," said
Queen's assistant coach Marco
Giacomello. "Our keeper made a great
stop in the first half. Otherwise, Carleton
would have been one up on us, and it
would have been hard to come back."
The offence may have been lacking,
but the defence was not.
Kent praised the play of his defensive
players, especially goalie Kristina Bacchi,
who's averaging less than a goal a game.
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20 • The Charlatan ■ October 14, 1993
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Bo Diddley does the blues, and then some
by Chris Nuttall-Smith
Charlatan Staff
Bo Diddley
Penguin Rock Bar
Oct. 8
=-orthe most part, Bo Diddley's
performance was incredible.
His dancing, playing and
singing had the full house at
the Penguin hooting with
laughter and screaming in
approval for most of his Fri-
day night gig.
Diddley warmed up the worshipping
crowd with "I'm A Man," dancing and
shaking his knees better than Elvis ever
could. His satirical rendition of a less-
than-romantic husband in "Shut Up
Woman," with equal parts talking and
singing, had the crowd roaring. It was
shaping into a historic event.
The historic feeling continued into the
next tune, which was hardly characteris-
tic of Diddley's usual blues and classic
rock. No one expected to hear country
from Bo, but with help from his cracker-
jack band and lots of communication
with the crowd, he pulled off "Promises,
Promises" with gusto — bragging "I jus'
wrote that song a week ago."
Switching genres once again, Diddley
didn't really impress with his rap song
"I'm Gonna Get Your Girlfriend." The
song's only redemption was its hilarious
lyrics and primal Jungle Book beat.
The rock and roll legend moved back
to familiar ground with a short rendition
of "I'm a Roadrunner, Baby" be-
fore blowing the roof off the house with a
25-minute epic instrumental, complete
with strumming, hip shaking and the
occasional "Come on, Come on!"
into the mike. Only Diddley could have
had middle-aged women dancing in the
aisles amidst a frenzied audience, with-
out him singing one note.
The next bit was a show-stopper. With
his grassroots blues voice and twangy
guitar, Diddley delivered the ultimate
blues performance. This had to be it. He
was finally playing the classic Diddley
the crowd came to hear — maybe he'd
even do "Hey Bo Diddley."
But he didn't.
Diddley closed what had been an in-
credible show with a 10-minute, out of
place, overly paternal lecture about kids
and society today and a third-rate, bleed-
ing heart rap called "Kids, Don't Do It."
Rap's hard enough to listen to when it's
good. Unfortunately, Bo don't know rap.
Talking with Diddley after the show
was almost as hard as listening to him
rap. The man was more interested in
raving on about the problems with kids
today and how the hippie generation is
to blame for them than talking about his
music.
Back to more familiar music territory,
he didn't seem confident about the fu-
ture of guitar: "Unless we rum around
and go back, we're movin' out of the
plain electric guitar; we're movin' more
into the electronic stuff," he said.
When asked how long he would be
playing he said "I'm
not lookin' to go
anywhere soon.
You're gonna be
botherin' me a long
time."
Diddley was ex-
cited to tell of how
he discovered the
guitar. "I took violin
lessons for years
when 1 was a kid; all
I ever did was play
scales."
He sang a scale
and laughed. "Then
I discovered the gui-
tar," he said. "My
mother didn't like
the guitar though,
she said it was devil
music. All I said was
'The devil never paid
me.' I was on the
move when I said it."
And after 46
years of shaping
rock and roll,
Diddley is still on the
move. Aside from
being weighed down
by a disappointing
lastnumber, his per-
formance was
amazing. That it
took place in such a
personal venue
made it unforgetta-
ble. □
Bo plays the box.
Fires of Kuwait light up screen
by Dahila Tanasoiu
Charlatan Staff
if Fires of Kuwait
II Cineplus (Museum of Civilization)
II Directed by David Douqlas
ires of Kuwait is a stunning
documentary, where a small
film crew follows a team of a
dozen professional firefight-
ers into the oily, dark desert
of fire. And it's all brought to
you on the larger-than-life
I MAX screen.
As the Iraqi troops were retreating at
the end of the Gulf War, dictator and
pyromaniac Saddam Hussein ordered
more than 600 oil wells to be sabotaged.
As the war ended, another battle was
beginning.
Originally, David Douglas, the direc-
tor of B/ueP/anerand Rolling Stones At The
Max, needed only some short footage for
a segment on air pollution for another
movie. Douglas and co-producer Di
Roberts were encouraged by their pro-
ducer to bring along extra film. They
soon realized that the plains of fire were
more than just an environmental disas-
ter.
Ata press screening for the film, Doug-
las salD he made the movie to document
the heroes that risked their lives putting
out those fires. He also wanted people to
realize the true "cost of victory."
The film crew followed Texan Wild
Well teams, led by veteran oil well fire-
fighter Joe Bowden Sr., depicting the ex-
traordinary conditions these men and
one woman endured.
Throughout, they wore only long johns
and thin coveralls that were usually
soaked in water and crude oil. In order to
get close enough to extinguish the un-
controllable fires, they had to withstand
tremendous heat. Oil fires bum at about
a thousand degrees Celsius.
The biggest risk to the firefighters came
when the fire was out, but the oil contin-
ued to shoot up from the ground. This is
the most critical time, with a whole area
just waiting to flash into flames again.
In one instance, a Romanian team
lost some of its crew when natural gas
built up and ignited the area. Although
teams from other countries were profiled
briefly, it would have been nice to see
more of the international teams. The
film focused very much on the Texan
team, while other teams had worthwhile
stories of their own.
The Hungarians had an innovative
system to put out fires. They converted an
old Russian T-34 tank by replacing the
gun turret with two jet engines from a
MiG21 fighter plane. This contraption
literally blows out a fire with a high
powered stream of water and wind. The
Canadian team invented a prototype
called "Foamy One," but unlike the Hun-
garian contraption, you won't see it here.
The roar of the images on the screen
was punctuated with quiet, moving scenes
of what was left behind in the desert after
the war.
In one scene, there was an abandoned
truck in the desert, the sand around it
littered with lost valuables and a rusty
sewing machine sitting upright and
ready. Douglas represented the impact of
the war on the Kuwaiti people without
the traditional "suffering population"
clips, but the point was well taken none
the less.
From the clips of the empty trucks to
the scenes of a machine scanning the
beaches for land mines, it was made
clear that the people of Kuwait are just
starting to reclaim their skies. Their land,
economy, and society lie in ruin. When
the thick clouds gave way to the sun, the
true extent of the damage was visible.
The desert was a landscape of tar and
lakes of oil.
This movie moves the viewer with
touching and frightening images. The
narration is kept to a minimum, letting
the images speak for themselves. Doug-
las is a master with the IMAX camera; his
handiwork only adds to the story.
I left the theatre changed by the movie
because it wasn't just a movie. It was an
experience.
When Bowden was asked to describe
the oil fields, he said with his southern
drawl, ". . . there's no words around to
describe what we saw when we came
here." □
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October 14, 1993 • The Charlatan ■ 21
Got up early, earned some respect
by Mike Peters
Charlatan Start
Lowest of the Low with
Acoustically Inclined
Zaphod Beeblebrox
Oct. 6
J
The high point of the evening came
with the final song, the immensely popu-
lar "Henry Needs A New Pair of Shoes,"
which transformed the stage and crowd
alike into a flailing, singing mob.
The Low's independent CD, Shake-
We talked to everybody. (LSD) were the
only ones who weren't knobs."
Three thousand copies of a special
numbered edition of their new CD
Hallucenigenia will be available at their
shows starting Nov. 13 ("for our real
owest of the Low is riding a
wave of success that brought
them splashing into Ottawa
for part of their "I Oughta . .
. #!@%! Tour."
And they didn't disappoint.
Winnipeg's Acoustically Inclined
opened up the evening with their own
special blend of music, which combines
folk, bluegrass, rock and a healthy dose
of punk. When asked where their musi-
cal roots lie, they are quick to name Nu
Grass Revival as their principal inspira-
tion.
The high points of their performance
were the intricately carved and aggres-
sive violin solos and country reels. Watch
for this upbeat group on CBC's Ear To The
Ground in January, and a return to Ot-
tawa shortly thereafter.
The beginning of Lowest of the Low's
set was uncharacteristically subdued.
They apologized to the crowd, saying,
"We're not usually up this early," refer-
ring to Zaphod's policy of starting shows
precisely at eight o'clock so they'll be
over by 11 p.m. in time for dancing.
After this slow beginning, they quickly
warmed up to the crowd and the crowd
quickly warmed up to them. By the fourth
song, the Low was delivering theirtypical
high-energy performance, bleeding every
ounce out of their down-to-earth thrash-
rock.
The set was divided equally between
material from Shakespeare My Butt and
new material. The crowd sang along to
old favorites such as "Eternal Fatalist"
and "Bleed a Little While Tonight." The
new songs, from an upcoming album,
were well-received, especially the hard-
edged "Pistol" and "Gambles."
little harder."
The band was featured on Ear To The
Ground this month and have just re-
leased their first video for "Eternal Fatal-
ist." Also in the works for the Toronto
four-piece is a possible Australian tour
with Weddings, Parties, Anything.
With their schedule packed with tour-
ing, recording, filming and countless
other projects, has this little indie band
from Toronto finally earned some re-
spect?
"We're The Lowest of the Low," says
Hawkins. "We don't deserve respect." □
My guitar: oh yes, it's my friend'
speare My Butt, has sold over 25,000 cop-
ies, one of the most successful indie re-
leases in Canadian history. Based on
that success, it is somewhat surprising
that they decided to sign with a label.
They've just recently signed with Van-
couver's LSD Music.
When asked about their decision, gui-
tarist and vocalist Ron Hawkins would
only say, "It may sound like a cliche, but
it's true- the music industry is a bio, scam.
fans," says Hawkins) with a national
release scheduled for Jan. 13.'
"Hallucenigenia, " explains road man-
ager John Brooks with a grin, "is a kind of
those fish that lives on the bottom of the
ocean. You know — the lowest of the
low."
Hawkins says the new album will be
much stronger than Shakespeare, My Butt.
"The fast stuff is a little faster, the slow
stuff is a little slower, the hard stuff is a
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This
Fudds
for U
by Jeff Zavitz
The Imprint. University of Waterloo
Consider this. Elmer Fudd as mass
man. White. Male. Crew cut. Alliter-
ate. Gratuitous hunter. Homophobic.
Balding. Unemployed. Dim-witted.
Prone to stammering. Seeking to con-
trol nature. Out of touch with his
inner self. Sexually repressed. Over-
weight. Obsessive. Violent. The man
can't catch a rabbit. Worse yet, he
won't stop trying.
Is the rabbit a metaphor for non-
conformism? The imagery of an
exponentially multiplying warren of
bunnies, each doing their own thing,
hopping uncontrollably in blatant dis-
regard of any established order, must
be quite terrifying to such a servant of
the status quo.
Although such fears may be some-
what understandable, things are get-
ting seriously out of hand. The intrac-
table nature of this adversarial rela-
tionship seems to have become de-
void of any causal raison d'etre. This
is aimless rage. Volatile testosterone
without restraint or understanding.
Unquestioned need to stamp out any-
thing revolutionary or exploratory.
Drone.
As a cartoon, this is cute, funny
and seemingly harmless. It parades
itself around as fictional and isolated.
But as an army, bureaucracy or cul-
ture, the mindset becomes most dis-
quieting.
Elmer Fudd runs the LAPD. Elmer
Fudd is a Grand Dragon, KKK. Elmer
Fuddloves the Super Bowl and always
smiles while he beats his wife. Elmer
Fudd calls war a "theatre" — he cho-
reographed Desert Storm then rushed
home to catch it on CNN. Fudd has
Nintendo thumb.
Fudd pushed drugs, pulls strings
and punches the clock. Fudd opposes
immigration, censors high-school
texts and knows right from wrong.
Fudd makes policy and Fudd makes
history. More importantly, Fudd
makes more Fudd makes more Fudd
makes more Fudd.
Fudd is the lowest common de-
nominator. Upstanding citizen. Old
boy. Immune. The Fudds are the ones
who multiply like bunnies. They don't
beat you with intelligence. They
swamp you with numbers and ho-
mogenous intolerance.
Don't laugh rabbits, run for the
hills. □
22 • The Charlatan ■ October 14, 1993
Intertext: Making paperobsoTete
by Alex Bustos
Charlatan Slarf
ason SnelUs offering the fu-
ture today.
A second-year masters stu-
dent of journalism at Berkeley
University in California, Snell
is the editor of Intertext, a
fiction magazine available
only on the Internet, the international
computer network of networks.
Like any kind of magazine, Intertext
accepts unsolicited manuscripts, edits the
work, and publishes what it considers the
best stories. However, all transactions,
from the sending of manuscripts to the
sending of the magazine to subscribers,
are done via e-mail ( the "e" stands for
electronic).
Three people run intertext. There's
Snell, assistant editor Jeff Duncan, an
employee of a computer firm in Seattle,
and Jeff Quan, an illustrator for the
Oakland Tribune, does the cover art. Amaz-
ingly, Duncan and Snell have never met
face to face, while Quan and Snell had
their first and only meeting just recently.
So, one asks, how did the three meet
and how do they work together?
Before Intertext, there was Athene, a
non-genre magazine that published the
stories of network users on e-mail. When
the editor decided to stop doing the maga-
zine, Snell contacted him via e-mail ask-
ing if he could continue the magazine
under a different name. Soon after,
Duncan e-mailed the editor of Athene,
who told him about Snell. Quickly, an
electronic correspondence between the
two began. A cover artist joined, butwas
later replaced by Quan.
Once the group was formed, all work
was done through e-mail. Copy editing
was done by printing the file, editing on
paper form, and then sending the cor-
rected story via e-mail.
"I like editing," confesses Snell, the
former editor-in-chief of The Guardian,
the student paper at the University of
California at San Diego.
"We are doing all we can do with the
medium," he says, commenting on the
magazine's venture in the emerging field
of electronic publishing.
Snell told The Charlatan about some
otherelectronic magazines, pointing out
that Intertext is not the first magazine to
appear on the net, the name used by
computer users for the Internet.
Inthemid-'80s, thenowdefunctmaga-
zine FSFnet (Fantasy Science-Fiction Net-
work) was available on Bitnet (a compu-
ter network). Put out by the University of
Maine, the magazine published science-
fiction.
Following in this genre is Quanta. Pub-
lished by Dan Applequist, who presently
presides in Washington D.C., the maga-
zine is readily available on the net.
The first issue of Intertext came out in
March, 1991, with plans to publish bi-
monthly. The second issue, however,
came out July 2, 1991, but ever since the
magazine has published every two
months.
The latest issue came out on Sept. 15.
Snell has high hopes for electronic
publishing. When asked if electronic
publishing will survive, Snell commented,
"There are parts of the Internet which are
going to go the way of the dinosaur . . .
however, as for electronic publishing, no
way."
The number of people who read
Intertext is impossible to know. Snell has
1,200 individual subscribers, who ask to
have it sent to their e-mail accounts
directly instead of going through bulletin
boards. However, Intertext is available
through a variety of FTP sites (machines
that store files which can be downloaded,
FTP stands for File Transfer Protocol),
bulletin board services and networks like
Compuserve.
For example, I accessed Intertext on a
bulletin board service that the National
Capital Freenet has for electronic publi-
cations.
Hence, thousands of people have ac-
cess to Intertext everyday.
"I was told, " says Snell, "that for every
one reader (on his subscription list) there
are eight others."
Magazines like Intertext are a great
way for aspiring writers to practise their
craft and be read by thousands of read-
ers.
Snell argues that even though Intertext
doesn't pay its writers, it's sometimes
better forsomeone to publish with Intertext
or Quanta.
"Few magazines pay well," he says,
adding it's very hard to get submissions
acceptedby main stream magazines. Snell
says / Uertext publishes roughly 50 per
cent o submissions and has a "reader on
every single continent except Antarc-
tica."
Computer networking is the way of
the future. This is no longer a prediction
but an established fact.
Magazines like Intertext and Quanta
are pioneers in the field of electronic
publishing. However, as electronic pub-
lishing becomes more commercial, maga-
zines like Intertext could disappear.
Can a magazine who offers its readers
a free source of entertainment survive up
against a fancier Internet magazine that
charge its customers a small price?
Perhaps. But thedayoffancier Internet
magazines has yet to come, and anyone
with access to the Internet (an account,
at no charge, with the National Capital
Freenet allows access) can enjoy both
Intertext and Quanta.
Intertext can be reached at FTP site
network.ucsd.edu
The e-mail address of Jason Snell is
jsnell@acf.berkely.edu
Dan Applequist, Quanta editor, e-mail
address is dan@porsche.visix.com
Posts on Intertext are made by Snell on
alt.etext, alt.zines, and rec.mag. He also
posts on newsgroups dealing with
cyberpunks, Star Trek, and anything re-
motely relevant to the magazine. □
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No purchase is necessary. To enter and be eligible to
win, a person must be a resident of Canada who has
reached the age to purchase beverage alcohol and who
is not an employee of, or a member of the immediate
family of, or domiciled with, an employee of FBM
Distillery Co. Ltd., its affiliated companies, the Provincial
Liquor Boards, their licensees, agencies, Roll Magazine
Inc., advertising and promotional agencies, prize suppli-
ers or the independent judging organization. Chances of
winning depend on the number of correct entries
received. For complete contest rules write to: Impact
Campus Offer, Roll Magazine Inc., 219 Dufferin St., Suite
100, Toronlo, Ontario M6K 3II. Contest closes December
17, 1993. Winners will be drawn on January 10, 1993.
October 14, 1993 • The Charlatan ■ 23
PLACEMENT
&r Career Services
Programs and services of interest to undergraduates, graduating students, as well as alumni.
Check the posting boards at
the Placement Centre for
more job listings.
508 Unicentre • 788-661 1
October 14, 1993
ON-CAMPUS RECRUITING
Permanent full-time positions are
directed towards graduating students
(available May '94). Dates, unless
specified, refer to deadlines.
To find out the types of positions,
how to apply and where to find
more information on the companies,
please contact the office.
Brytech
Oct. 1 4, 1 2 noon
Eleclrical Engineering
Position: Eleclrical Design Engi-
neer
MPR Teltech
Oct. 1 4, 1 2 noon
Electrical Eng., Computer System
Engineering, Computer Science
Positions: Hardware & Software
Designers & Developers
Bank of Canada
Oct. 15, 12 noon
Commerce
Positions: Various
TO Bank
Oct. 18, 12 noon
Commerce
Positions: Commercial Account
Managers, Personnel Account
Managers, Customer Service &
Sales.
Andersen Consulting
Oct. 19, 12 noon
Computer Science, Computer Math,
Engineering (Systems & Electrical),
Commerce (MIS), Other Disciplines
Positions: Staff Consultant
London Life
Oct. 19, 12 noon
All Disciplines
Positions: Marketing Reps.
ATI Technologies Inc.
Oct. 21,12 noon
Comp. Science, Comp. Math,
Electrical & Comp. Systems Eng.
Positions: Various
Norcen Energy Resources Ltd.
Oct. 22, 1 2 noon
Geology, Mechanical Engineering
Positions: Geologists, Geophysi-
cists, Engineer in Training
Unum Canada
Oct. 25, 12 noon
Commerce, Arts
Positions: Disability Sales Consult-
ant Trainees
Note: Deadline Extended from
Oct. 20
Unum Canada
Oct. 25, 12 noon
Commerce
Positions: Group Sales Representa-
tives
Great West Life
Oct. 26, 12 noon
Commerce
Position: Sales Representative
Canada Life
Sign Up Deadline: Oct. 26, 12 noon
Interview Dates: Oct. 27 & 28
Commerce, Arts, Social Science
Positions: Sales Reps
ON-CAMPUS RECRUITING PROGRAM
Employers from both the private and public sectors visit Carleton University
to recruit graduating Carleton students interested in obtaining permanent
employment at the end of the academic year. Positions sought through the
On-Campus Recruitment Program are of a professional nature. Applying for
positions involves the completion of an Application Employment Form
(ACCIS) accompanied by a photocopy of the applicant's most recent Aca-
demic Transcript (not an Academic Audit) and a list of courses currently in
progress. There are two application methods:
1. Pre-Screening: All applications must be submitted to Placement &
Career Services, 508 UC, to be forwarded to the respective employers. Late
applications will not be accepted. Employers pre-screen all applications
and select a limited number of applicants for on-campus interviews. All
students selected for an interview will be notified by the employer. It is the
responsibility of the students selected for an interview to contact Place-
ment & Career Services to arrange an interview time for the day(s) on
which the employer will be interviewing.
2. Direct Sign Up: Some employers do not choose to pre-screen prior to their
on-campus interviews. To arrange an interview with such an employer, it is
necessary to visit the Centre and sign your name beside a time slot on the
employer's interview schedule. At the time of sign-up a completed ACCIS
form must be submitted. This application will be presented to the recruiter
prior to your actual interview.
EDS Canada
Oct. 27, 12 noon
Engineering: Electrical, Mechanical,
Systems
Commerce: General, Info Systems
Computer Science
Math, Statistics
Positions: Systems Engineering
Development Program
MacDonald Dettwiler
Oct. 28, 12 noon
Computer Science, Computer Math,
Electrical Engineering, Computer
Systems Engineering
Positions: Various
Cognos
Oct. 28, 12 noon
Computer Science, System Engi-
neering, Electrical Engineering
Positions: New Products Business
Unit
Investors Group
Oct. 29, 12 noon
Commerce, Arts, Social Sciences
Positions: Financial Planner
Prudential Assurance
Nov. 2, 12 noon
All Disciplines
Positions: Sales Representatives
Metropolitan Life
Nov. 3, 12 noon
Computer Science, Commerce-MIS
Position: Computer Programmer!
Analyst
Export Development Corp.
Nov. 10, 12 noon
Commerce
Positions: Financing Services
Officers, Underwriters, and Treas-
ury Officers
Metropolitan Life
Nov. 10, 12 noon
Commerce, Other Disciplines
Positions: Account Representatives
Public Service Commission
Nov. 12, Mail Direct
All Disciplines-Masters or PhD
Positions: Management Trainee
Program
Public Service Commission
Nov. 12, Mail Direct
Commerce, Public Admin., Compu-
ter Science
Positions: Financial Officer/Inter-
nal Auditor
Public Service Commission
Nov. 12, Mail Direct
Economics, Public Admin.- Masters
Positions: Accelerated Economist
Training Program
Bank of Canada
Nov. 19, 12 noon
Economics
Positions: Various
Embassy of Japan
Dec. 3, Mail Direct
All Disciplines
Positions: Assistant English Teacher
Price Waterhouse
ASAP, Mail Direct
Commerce - Accounting
Postions: Students In Accounts
EMPLOYER INFORMATION
SESSIONS
Andersen Consulting
Oct. 14, 5:00pm
Faculty Club, 4th fl. UC
Disciplines:Engineering, Commerce,
Computer Science, Other Disciplines
Unum Canada
Oct.21, 11:30am -2:30pm, 513 SA
Sign Up Deadline Oct. 20, 12 noon
Disciplines: Commerce, Arts
SUMMER EMPLOYMENT
Parliamentary Guide Program
Oct. 22, Mail Direct
All Disciplines
Positions: Parliamentary Tour
Guide 1994
Norcen Energy Resources Ltd.
Oct. 22, 12 noon
Geology, Earth Sciences
Positions: Summer Geologist,
National Research Council
Nov. 15, Mail Direct
Sciences, Engineering
Positions: 1994 Summer Employ-
ment Program
Canada Employment Centre for
Students - New Brunswick
Nov. 19, Mail Direct
All Disciplines
Positions: Summer Employment
Officers
National Defence
Nov. 30, Mail Direct
Biochem., Biology, Chemistry,
Comp. Sci., Economics, Engineer-
ing, Int'l Relations, Math/Stats,
Microbiology, Ops. Research,
Physics, Psychology
Positions: Defence Research Asst.
I.A.E.S.T.E
Dec. 2, Mail Direct
Engineering, Science
Positions: Summer & Fall Exchange
Positions
24 • The Charlatan ■ October 14, 1993
Fantasy, innovation and symbolism
&G^°m,n° the short film E/ba and Frederico, that background: bats. darinpr hnm nnH v^A.v^
Her Body doesn't fit her soul
II National Arts Centre Theatre
\£ct. 9 -
n this performance, Belgian cho-
rm i reographer/director Wim
I Vandekeybus has created some
I imaginative and incredible
/J scenes.
Sometimes, though, creativity doesn't
completely pay off, because too many
conclusions obout the show can be as-
sumed and none may actually be in sync
with the creator's concept.
Throughout the production, I kept try-
ing to link the title to the show. Perhaps
Vandekeybus meant that people are not
being sensitive enough to what's not
obvious and so he's handing the audi-
ence something that's unclear so people
have to work at understanding it.
As best as I could figure, this produc-
tion was about a blind woman trying to
compensate for her lack of eyesight by
journeying into a world of fantasy, which
is where the show seemed to take place.
The nine other dancers seemed to repre-
sent characters in her imagination.
Being blind, perhaps her body didn't
fit her soul because she had aspirations
and dreams that couldn't be fulfilled in
the real world.
The only two things on the stage at the
beginning of the show were two wires,
one suspended over the other, from left to
right.
When the blind woman walked onto
the stage, she was stopped by the bottom
rope. She turned around, sat down and
began to watch a film on the big screen at
the back of the stage (which is actually
the short film Elba and Frederico,
Vandekeybus directed in 1993).
After this, the other dancers came on
and acted out scenes from her subcon-
scious.
All 10 dancers danced much more
than they spoke. Even though they said
little, one could determine their person-
alities by their actions. For instance, one
male dancer with really short hair came
across as innocent and strange. He said
and did such odd things that he was
contagiously funny.
Atone point, he said, "Onetime, I had
a pair of shoes on. One was black, and
the other one brown . And this was pointed
out to me by someone. I said, 'Yeah, I
know, I have another pair at home.'"
There were also some amazing and
bizarre scenes. Picture aboutfive dancers
suspended horizontally in the air, hold-
ing very still.
Later, these ropes were cut, and the
dancers were freed.
Perhaps symbolic of the desire to just
end it all, a woman came onto the stage
with a bucket of water, placed it on the
floor and dunked her head in it for sev-
eral minutes. She was then "saved" by
another dancer.
One actor even spoke to the audience
exclusively in some Arabic language.
The rope that was present at the be-
ginning of the show, that prohibited any-
one from crossing it, was burned by all
the dancers in the end.
Technically, the dancing was very crea-
tive and energetic, although they did not
come across as sensual as they might
have wanted.
Throughout the production, the audi-
ence was struck with bolts of fantasy,
stark dark/light contrasts and subtle hints
of a message. Music was playing in the
Sky Cries Mary
A Return to the Inner Experience
World Domination
Sky Cries Mary is a band that doesn't
fit into any of the conventional music
categories. It definitely breaks free from
the recycled grunge-rock stereotype at-
tached to most other bands hailing out of
Seattle.
A Return To The Inner Experience, their
newest release, transports the listener to
an elevated plane of musical awareness.
The seven-member band draws its
musical inspiration from every type of
musical background imaginable, from
industrial, rock and pop to jazz, classical
and even country.
The first track off of the album is an
instrumental piece entitled "Walla
Walla. " The song is soothing and uplift-
ing, setting the mood for the rest of the
album.
The musical trip continues with "Mov-
ing Like Water," a psychedelic mosaic of
musical tones and colors. Sky Cries Mary
manages to tap into a spiritual pool that
runs deep with hypnotic rhythms and
melodies. The lyrics are refreshingly posi-
tive, rejoicing in the power of the human
mind and spirit.
It's nice to find an alternative band
true to the sense of the word. They are
attempting something totally new and
original, ignoring the formula forsuccess
that is currently spreading like the plague
throughout the music industry.
Sky Cries Mary is a band that should
definitely be checked outby anyone look-
ing forsomething new and original. This
is an experience on the leading edge of
trippy, New Age, spiritually based music.
Gavin Power
The Tear Garden
Sheila Liked the Rodeo
Nettwerk
Sheila Liked the Rodeo would like to
come off as a psychedelic-electronic hy-
brid by a couple of tortured artists.
Unfortunately, theendresultsuggests
members of the Tear Garden are neither
tortured enough nor terribly artistic.
Rather, the album comes across as a
poor cousin of the band MC 900 Foot
Jesus' Welcome to My Dream, which is
itself a bit of a yawner.
The Tear Garden seems to strive for
some sort of deconstrucrionist machine-
driven musical ideal. But the band is
either not trying that hard, or else is not
very good at it — what we end up with
sounds like a couple of guys goofing off
with a mixer, a sampler and a multi-
track tape deck.
This has been done a lot better, by
artists as diverse as the Beatles, De La
Soul and B.A.D. II. •
This murky, overwrought effort is a
waste of time.
Sean Silcoff
background: bass, clarinet, hom, and
drums.
The lights knew how to visually roar,
and the music would change just as
quickly as moods and fantasies do: from
classical, to modernly instrumental, to
jazz-like, which may have been too loud
for a few members of the audience.
Her Body doesn't fit her soul was defi-
nitely different, wonderfully confusing
(hopefully on purpose; I assume this was
Vandekeybus's way to get us to think),
and very entertaining.
At times, the show was very poetic and
artistically reminiscent of Twin Peaks. If s
too bad this performance was a one-
timer. I would have enjoyed seeing it
again, so that I could look for more
details that could have clued me in as to
what Vandekeybus himself actually in-
tended. Q
Confusion bubbles through our thought channels.
ACADEMIC EXCHANGES 1994-95 FOR STUDENTS
Students should be graduated students or senior undergraduates.
Deadline for applications: November 30th, 1993 unless otherwise indicated;
United Slates:
-State University ot New York (SUNY) system
-University ot Massachusetts
University of Copenhagen fDIS)
Poland
Hungary
Russia
France
Middle East
Tanzania
Germany
Spain
The Netherlands
University ot Edinburgh
University of Leeds (Pol. Sc. students only)
University of Bradlord (Business students only)
Strathclyde University (Business students only)
East Anglia (Computer Science students only)
Universite des Antilles et Guyane
Italy
Japan
Cuba
China
Mexico
Argentina
Egypt
Sweden
Commonwealth Universities Study
Abroad Consortium (CUSAC):
Ghana. Singapore, West Indies. Tanzania, Australia
Commonwealth Scholarships
(October 31, 1993 - Australia and
New Zealand December 31, 1993)
CIDA Awards for Canadians {Int'l Development)
(February 1994)
Foreign Government Awards Program (October 31 ,
1993)
Further information and application forms now available from
Carleton International, Room 1506 Dunton Tower - 788-2519
Ontarlo/Baden-Wurttemberg/Rh6ne-Alpes Student Exchange Programs 1993/94
The above programs are open to all students in all fields who are registered in an
undergraduate (2nd yr. or higher) or graduate degree program at Carleton. Successful
applicants will be required lo attend full-time at an institution either in France or Germany
for a full academic year. During the year the student remains registered at Carleton.
Competence in the language of instruction i.e. French or German which is appropriate to
the level of study is essential. A $1,500 bursary is awarded to defray costs.
Deadline: November 30, 1993
Further information from Carleton International, Dunton Tower 1506.
October 14, 1993 - The Charlatan • 25
by Mo Gannon
Charlatan Slat
a n
The Charlatan Pub Crawl Extravaganza
x Magnificence!
actually got to sit down at the
Manx Pub the other night.
That's a big deal, you know.
Most nights, you have to
squeeze in with a merry bunch
of mainly regular Manx-
goers, who seem quite con-
tent to stand hip to hip.
Perhaps that's because they know this
pub is a very, very good thing. After
passing by the all-dressed-up-and-noth-
ing-to-do-but-cruise in the other bar
lineups on Elgin, the Manx is like coming
home.
Reminiscent of the days of gas
streetlamps and leather-bound books,
the small, dimly-lit salon with red plush
couches and hammered-copper tables
lies unpretentiously low a few steps un-
der the Elgin sidewalk.
The pub's unpretentious atmosphere
seems to brush off on the staff and its
patrons — or maybe it's the other way
around. Regardless, it's as clear as a flat
gin and tonic that no one is there to do
anything but make good conversation
over a drink or two.
That's sort of what owners Chris Swail,
David Dorey, Marcia Lea and John
Archibald had in mind when they came
up with the idea for the Manx.
"It's almost like a community centre,"
says Lea. "It's not just a place to drink. It's
a place to meet people."
Among the odd but comfortable mix
of sweatshirts and second-hand cloth-
ing, it's pretty hard to pick out the staff
because they're apt to sit down at a table
to chat as they make their rounds.
"The people that are regulars here
become your friends," Swail says. "There
is a definite appreciation between us and
the staff and the people who come in."
Another good thing about this place is
the lack of obnoxious boozers bent on
ruining your good time. Swail, who is
intent on maintaining a safe and non-
confrontational atmosphere in the pub,
makes it known that no one welcomes
buttheads at the Manx.
Otherwise, the doors are open. "I think
anyone who comes in would feel com-
. fortable," he says.
Swail says he appreciates the amount
of faith people have invested in the pub
by coming back over and over, and that
makes him want to give them more.
Thaf s why if someone wants another
name added to the list of 34 scotches,
he'll do his damnedest to get it. Giving
people some input into the pub makes
them feel at home.
"This place grows with them," Swail
says. "They feel like they're part of the
wealth behind this pub."
Swail is also part of that wealth and
thankful for it. Whether he ever gets to
sleep is the question. When the 23-year-
old Carleton student is not working at the
Manx or going to school, he's fronting
the local band Fun for Malakai'.
Swail hooked up with Lea and Dorey
when they were all working at the
Mayflower, a restaurant and pub down
the road. The idea came up in December
and they found the location to lease a
month later.
"We just got together and figured
through all of our experiences we could
probably run a pub," says Dorey.
From there, they got to-
gether investors amongst their
friends and families and kicked
in shares themselves. For 20-
hour days over three weeks,
about 30 friends volunteered
their time to renovate the place
and have it ready for its open-
ing April 14.
Manx, an old Celtic lan-
guage spoken in the Isle of
Man, was chosen to reflect the
Celtic character of the pub,
while avoiding any stereotypi-
cal references to St. Patrick,
harps and shamrocks.
"The genesis of the pub tra-
dition has come from Celtic
countries," Lea explains.
While the owners hadbudg-
eted at first for the Manx to
survive, that's no longer a
worry. "We've overshot tre-
mendously, " says Dorey.
The owners say they're com-
mitted to the place for at least
five years — the length of the
first lease — although they'd
like to see it stick around for
longer.
"I'd like to see this place
become sort of a positive insti-
tution," says Swail.
None of the owners are too
keen to actively promote the
place, because they believe in
the power of word of mouth
and the strength of the pub's
reputation to travel that way.
Pass it on. □
Such a lovely place.
In the past years the federal government has cut 6.8
BILLION dollars in federal transfer payments to the
provinces and territories, THEREFORE less money is
spent on post-secondary education.
The 6 month post-graduation interest subsidy has been
eliminated.
A poor system of Canada Student Loans Programme
reduces accessibility to post-secondary education.
This summer the percentage of UNEMPLOYED students
between the ages of 15 and 24 reached over 20%.
In Ottawa Centre at 460 O'Connor St. Suite 100, Monday to
Friday 9-9; Saturday 9-6; Sunday 12-4 UNTIL OCTOBER 20th
In other locations you may vote on October 16, 18, and 19
Call 237-4036 to find out where.
On October 25
... If you are a Canadian citizen 18 years of age or older
on the day of the federal election.
There are three ways to exercise your right to vote:
— ► In person on polling day
— ► At an advance poll
— ► By special ballot if you wish to vote in your home
riding
Are you on the voters list?
— ► You can be put on the voters list up until October 20th
For the riding of Ottawa Centre go to 460
O'Connor St. Suite 100, Monday to Friday 9-9;
Saturday 9-6; Sunday 12-4.
-or- To the respective Elections Canada office for
your electoral district.
For more information in Ottawa-Centre call 237-4036
For other information call 1 -800-267 -VOTE.
Make Your Mark
If you have any questions or concerns contact
Knslme Haselsteiner, CUSA VP External at 788-6688
■HSH NOW HIRING FALL/WINTER COUNCIL CHAIR AND CLERK.
S?Ion}°wo'[1forma!ion con,act Rob Jamieson, Applications are available in the CUSA office room 401 Unir-pntre
Deadline for applications is FRIDAY OCTOBER 22 at 1 1 pm
26 • The Charlatan • October 14, 1993
Thursday, October 14
Delicatessen, a movie about meat in
post-apocalypse France, plays tonight at
the M ayfair.
We told you about it last week, but
here's a reminder anyway. OPIRG's an-
nual general meeting is happening to-
night from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Where is it, you
ask? We're not sure. Call OPIRG to find
out.
Tonight at 7 p.m. at Cinematheque
Canada at the Museum of Civiliza-
tion, it's a screening of Kanehsatake:
270 Years of Resistance. This film, di-
rected by Alan is Obomsawin, focuses on
the 1 1-week standoff at Oka. Voted Best
Canadian Film at the 1993 Festival of
Festivals in Toronto, this should not be
missed.
Friday, October 15
Tonight and tomorrow at the Glue
Pot Pub, if s groove rock courtesy of the
Saddledogs. Opening for them is the
grungalicious sounds of Last Call. Show
starts at 9:30 p.m.
The Pursuit of Happiness bring
their brand of phallo-rock to Creeque
Alley tonight.
Sky Cries Mary play Zaphod's to-
night. They're a Seattle band without all
that grunge baggage.
Saturday, October 16
India's Harlprasad Charurasia,
one of the world's greatest flautists (sez
the press release), appears at the theatre
of the Museum of Civilization tonight
as part of the See and Hear the World
series.
It's a Black Boot Trio foot-stom pin '
rock-a-rama at Zaphod's tonight, cel-
ebrating the release of their first CD,
PonyRide. Plus, there's bagpipes on this
album! Kingston's Inbreds open. Show
starts at 8 p.m.
Jazz fans won't want to miss this
evening of jazz devoted to Duke Ellington,
"Jelly Roll" Morton and others, featuring
some of the best jazz talent in Canada.
How's this: Guido Basso, Ed Bickert,
Sim Galloway and Rob McConnell,
among others. It's all at the
Centrepointe Theatre at 8 p.m. Tick-
ets, though are a veeeery steep $24.00 for
students . . .
And we thought they had spontane-
ously combusted! Teenage Head play
Creeque Alley tonight and the eighties
revival is in full swing.
Sunday, October 1 7
Puppets! Live action! It's all in the
Mermaid Theatre of Nova Scotia's pro-
duction of Gulliver at 2 p.m. at the
Centrepointe Theatre. Go. Have fun.
It's the Humane Society's Seventh
Annual 10K Run For The Animals
today at 1 p.m. It starts at the arboretum
at the Experimental Farm. You know,
if you reversed a few letters in that an-
nouncement, it would be the 10K Run
From The Animals. Now that is some-
thing we'd pay to see.
Something else we'd pay to see is Ot-
tawa Mayor (acquelin Holzman, X-
Press editor Derek Haymaker,
award-winning aerobics guy Yves
Paul and Ottawa Food Bank direc-
tor Greg Joy as they dance for a meal.
They'll be participating in a "dance crea-
tion" as part of City Moves '93. Tickets
are $50 and proceeds go to the Ottawa
Food Bank and Le Groupe de la Place
Royale.
Stone Temple Pilots. Congress
Centre. If it isn't sold out, go see 'em.
Monday, October 18
At the Mayfair at 7 p.m. it's the
stunning director's cut of Blade Runner.
Tuesday, October 19
Leam everything you've ever wanted
to know about elephants. Doctor Iain
Douglas-Hamilton, world-renowned lec-
turer and elephant communication pio-
neer, will be talking about elephants at
the Canadian Museum of Nature at 2
p.m. As a special bonus, Dr. Douglas-
Hamilton will be autographing hisbook,
Battle for the Elephants'.
Thisweek's reading tip, courtesy of (as
always) The Charlatan's lovely and tal-
ented production manager Kevin McKay,
is Ragtime by E.L. Doctorow.
Says McKay, "Even though I haven't
read it yet, it's high on my reading list
and I hear great things. " About the book
presumably.
Wednesday, October
20
Author/architect Indra MacEwan
will be discussing "Philosophy and Ar-
chitectural Beginnings" at 6 p.m. in the
Hey Kids!
How would you like to win a copy of Machines of Loving
Grace's new CD Concentration?
All you have to do is correctly answer this skill-testing question:
Name the group whose song graces the Labatt Maximum
Ice ad.
That's it. Drop your answer off along with your name and phone number in the
arts editor's mailbox at the Charlatan's office (Room 531 Unicentre) by 3 p.m.
Tuesday, Oct. 19. The winnerwill be selected in a random draw. Charlatan staff
aren't eligible for this wonderful contest.
Good Luck!
Congratulations to Andrew (eanes, who knew that the Maharishi Mahesh
Yogi, friend of the Beatles and the inspiration for this election's version of the
Rhinosceros Party, the Natural Law Party. Come on up, Andrew, and pick up
your copy of Blur's Modern Life is Rubbish!
pit of Carleton's architecture build-
ing. Now you know as much as we do.
Thursday, October 21
Jimmy George venture out of their
basement haunt for a gig at Creeque
Alley. This is a rare chance for jimmy
George aficionados to see the band in a
spacious environment. Claustrophobes,
rejoice!
If you've got a listing you
want to appear in this
handy calendar, drop us a
line at Room 531
Unicentre during regular
office hours or fax us at
788-4051. Listings must be
in by the Friday before
publication.
LOCKMASTER
LOUNGE
Join us for Great Food (new expanded menu),
Refreshment and Entertainment
4 Large Screen TV's
TSN and Satellite Dish for the best in sports
Breakfast Menu served Saturday and Sunday til 4 pm
Saturday and Tuesday - Wing Nights
and now with SUPER PIZZA!
Live Entertainment Friday, Saturday, Sundays
No Cover
Tony True Oct. 15, 16
Vic Nasralleh Band Oct. 22, 23
White Wyne Oct. 29, 30
Wednesdays - Karaoke with "Wacky Wally"
SOMERSET HOUSE HOTEL
In the heart of the city for 95 years
A great, inexpensive spot for visiting frie'nds
352 Somerset St. W., at Bank
Telephone 233-7762
October 14, 1993 • The Charlatan ■ 27
i SNOOKER & BILLIARDS CLUB*
t Meet new people
I and test your ever
improving skills.
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(one block west of Preston & Wellington)
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NEWS
Watson a no-show at BOG
by John Steinbachs
Charlatan Stafl
The president of the Carleton Univer- ■
sity Students' Association has failed to
attend any board of governors' meetings
or events since September.
Lucy Watson was elected as a board
governor student representative last Feb-
ruary.
Watson's term as a board member
began July 1. Since then, she has failed to
attend a board orientation meeting on
Oct. 1 3, a board of governors' meeting on
Sept. 29, a board of governors' retreat on
Oct. 18, a board finance committee meet-
ing Sept. 22 and a board reception for
new members which followed the Sept.
29 meeting.
Watson says even though she didn't
attend the meetings she has kept in touch
with the other board members.
"Although to this date my attendance
record has not been stellar, I certainly
have been involved," says Watson.
Watson says she was unable to attend
the monthly board meeting, the board
reception and the finance committee
meeting because she has a class on
Wednesday afternoons.
She says she missed the Oct. 13 orien-
tation because of National Student Day
and couldn't attend the Oct. 18 retreat
due to "internal problems" of a staff-
related nature.
The board of governors is comprised of
university administration officials, com-
munity representatives, business people
and Carleton students. There are three
student seats out of 33. The board votes
on issues which directly influence the
university and students, such as tuition
hikes.
Watson says she had to take the course
on the same day as the board meetings
because she needs it to finish her degree
and it is only offered on Wednesdays, but
says she has spoken to her professor and
will now attend the meetings.
Watson says she is unhappy that the
board is not very accommodating to peo-
ple who are trying to balance their stud-
ies.
Board meetings were set for Wednes-
days last June, says Charles Watt, secre-
tary to the board of governors. He says all
members of the board were notified of
the change through a letter from his
office which was mailed at the beginning
of |uly.
Watt says all board members are no-
tified one week before the meetings by a
phone call from his office. He says this is
done to ensure the board has quorum.
lim Watson, Ottawa city councillor
for Capital Ward, also cannot attend the
Wednesday meetings because he has re-
gional council meetingsat the same time.
Elaine Silver, who occupies another
student seat on the board, says she re-
ceived a notice on |uly 5 that the board
and committee meetings would be held
on Wednesdays.
Silver says she has been to all the
board meetings and events. She says she
found the retreat and the orientation an
"invaluableexperience"becauseshewas
able to meet the other board members
and understand how they feel about cer-
tain issues.
She says the orientation allowed her
to understand her role as a board mem-
ber. "It's difficult to take over a task with
a history and you don't know the his-
tory," says Silver. □
Students upset over tunnel locker removal
by Tonya Zelinsky
Charlatan Staff
Do you have a lot of books to cany
around with you this year? Thinking of
getting a locker? Well, get in line.
This summer 1,623 lockers were re-
moved in response to a 1 972 report and
"due to the growing numberof students,"
says Stan Britton, manager of construc-
tion services, which leaves 3,633 in total.
Of those lockers, 765 were in the quad
area around Dunton Tower and the li-
brary.
When the lockers were removed, how-
ever, the parking and lockers depart-
ment received about 160 complaints,
says Pat Barker, a member of the Clerical
staff for Carleton 's parking and lockers
office. She says many students were un-
able to get a locker in the area they
wanted.
Tara Wagg, a second-year linguistics
student, is upset by the locker removal. "I
can tell you that last year I had a locker
near the library and it was very conven-
ient for me. Now it's by the Unicentre
which is inconvenient," says Wagg.
Liza Castro, a second-year political
science student, says she was upset about
the changes.
"Last year I didn't really need one (a
locker). But this year rolled around and I
have about a thousand books and all my
teaching assistants are in Dunton Tower.
When I went to the business office, they
j ust didn 't have any lockers available for
me or in the area I wanted."
There are still about 100 lockers avail-
able in the tunnels under the Mackenzie
Building.
In 1972, a report made by the univer-
sity traffic consultants "strongly recom-
mended" that all lockers in the tunnel
between the library and Southam Hall be
removed. The year is now 1993 and the
changes have been made. Britton wasn't
sure why the report was first made in
1972.
"It had to do with two things. The halls
were already congested; there was that
safety aspect. There was a safety alarm
raised by the (university traffic) commit-
tee, so a report was made," he says.
Barker says the parking and lockers
.office was told by construction services
the renovations were "for safely and fire
regulations." With the growing number
°f students and vehicles using the- tun-
nels, lockers had to be removed to widen
the space, she says.
She says the locker situation "didn't
look good. People were complaining it
^as crowded. There were so many people
m the area that It was congested."
Less lockers mean more room for traffic.
The parking and lockers office was
informed by construction services in the
first week of August about the locker
removals, which
began a week later.
The office was
left with little no-
tice because mid-
August was the
most convenient
rime to fit in the
work, says Tom
Novosedlik, co-
ordinator of con-
struction services,
m He says the goal
d was to have the
£ work done for Sep-
j tember.
m "The tunnelsare
g used for people go-
I ing back and forth,
and the width has
to be maintained.
Other vehicles there are travellingaround
all the time. It's far too congested."
Students were not notified by con-
struction services about the renovations.
Novosedlik says because it was summer-
time there was "no need to notify stu-
dents. The lockers removed were not in
use." Students attending school during
the summer used one block of lockers
which was not touched until the end,
says Novosedlik.
The parking and lockers office did not
notify students of the changes either.
"We were in charge of selling lockers,"
says Barker. She says the department
wasn't responsible for informing students
about the changes.
Britton could not determine the cost of
removing the lockers. He says the money
for locker removals came from the Dunton
Tower elevator restoration project and
the library elevatorconstruction project.
Renovations on the entrances to the
tunnels between Dunton Tower and the
library were made to provide an elevator
which will improve the accessibility of
the library, says Britton. □
No contested seats in NUC election
by Mario Carlucci and Matt Skinner
Charlatan Staff
Twenty-seven candidates were ac-
claimed as New University Government
representatives in an election held Oct. 5
and 6.
Since none of the seats were contested,
the candidates automatically claimed
their seats without students' votes.
The 27 students represent 15 per cent
of the available NUG positions. There
were about 180 positions available, says
Gary Anandasangaree, the NUG caucus
chair.
NUG representatives sit on university
department boards and committees as
voting members on academic decisions
made by those bodies. In the past, these
academic decisions have dealt with the
curriculum, class size and the use of
instructional television.
"There are quite a number of vacant
positions, " says Anandasangaree, who is
also director of academics forthe Carleton
University Students' Association.
"Law, public administration, mass
communication, film, computer science
— just to name a few — have seats
available to be filled," says
Anandasangaree.
Ron Saunders, chair of the depart-
ment of law, says he's not surprised that
only 27 students applied. He says law
students weren't told of the upcoming
NUG election in classes because no one
from NUG told him when they were go-
ing to be held.
Saunders says he wasn't made aware
of the NUG election until he was ap-
proached about it by a Charlatan reporter
a week after they were held.
Paul Attallah, associate director for
the school of journalism and communi-
cation, says he wasn't notified of the
election.
"In previous years there has been a
very similar outcome, " says Senthooran
Sridas, the deputy NUG chair. "Beyond
the election process, whatever seats were
empty, we'd just write to the department
and the faculty would announce it (to the
students) at the lectures," he says.
"One of the things NUG has to do this
year is get more people involved, build
more enthusiasm for NUG, and it's some-
thing all NUG reps can play an effective
role in," says Anandasangaree.
NUG cont'd on page 4
The day of reckoning is
near, according to this
San Franciscan prophet.
Maybe so . . . see our
election supplement.
arts 29
classifieds 1 2
national 9
news 3
opinion 1 3
sports 23
supplement 15
October 21, 1993 • The Charlatan • 3
CUSA to hire new safety commissioner
by Tanya Workman
Charlatan Staff
After six months of operating without
a safety commissioner, the Carleton Uni-
versity Students' Association has finally
decided to hire one.
The new commissioner will work 10-
15 hours a week and will be in charge of
conducting campus safety audits, talk-
ing to students about safety issues, sitting
on safety committees and lobbying ad-
ministration to improve conditions on
campus, says CUSA finance commis-
sioner Rene Faucher.
Since May, CUSA President Lucy
Watson has been responsible for thesafety
commissioner's duties. She announced
Oct. 1 8 at a council meeting that a safety
commissioner will be hired during the
first week of November. She said the
reason for the delay in hiring for the
position was that she was busy in Sep-
temberand "the month just disappeared."
The announcement was made shortly
after Kristin Russel, a councillor for the
Graduate Students' Association, com-
plained to CUSA council about the lack
of concern she felt it had towards campus
safety.
Russel is the GSA representative on
the presidential advisory committee on
personal safety, and there is a place for
CUSA. Russel says she was disappointed
no one from CUSA attended the commit-
tee's last meeting Oct. 14. Watson was
supposed to attend, but says she was
unable to because of her involvement in
hiring for Oliver's pub.
Russel says she met with Watson a
couple of weeks before the committee
meeting and told her she was not im-
pressed with CUSA's involvementinsafety
issues.
At that time, CUSA still had not made
plans to hire a safety commissioner.
Faucher says it was up to Watson to
decide if she wanted to hire one.
"What we did this year was that we
made plans so that in the event that Lucy
wanted a part-time safety commissioner
during the school year ... we have funds
put aside to hire someone and pay for
their wages."
Last year, safety commissioner
Samantha Sheen had her own portfolio
in the CUSA budget. This means she had
a budget of more than $20,000 for ex-
penses like office supplies and safety fly-
ers, including $8,800 for her salary.
The new commissioner is expected to
earn between $3,500 and $3,800. This is
considerably less than what Sheen earned,
because she also worked full-time in the
summer before the 1992-93 school year.
The new commissioner's term will run
until the end of the academic year.
Faucher says when he was preparing
the budget in the summer, he wasn't sure
whether CUSA would be hiring a commis-
sioner and so a portfolio was not neces-
sary.
Watson says there was never a question
of whether a commissioner would be hired
and that she had been planning for one
all along.
The money for the commissioner's sal-
ary will be coming out of CUSA's discre-
tionary fund, which is used for "anything
that comes up that wasn't planned,"
Faucher says.
The fund, in the operating budget, is
budgeted at $39,565 and Faucher says it
hasn't been dipped into yet. He says he
doesn't anticipate more than $1,000 in
office expenses for this year's safety com-
missioner.
Watson's involvement in safety is-
sues was one reason a full portfolio was
not needed, says Faucher. "Safety has
been one of her priorities over the last
couple of years. So she wanted to deal
with a lot of the issues herself."
Russell says she wants CUSA to lobby
university administrators to improve
conditions on campus so they are safer
for students at night.
"1 expect to have emergency phones
on campus. . . There are no emergency
phones; there's minimal lighting."
The presidential advisory committee
would like to have outdoor emergency
phones and well-lit designated walk-
ways across campus, but they only have
$30,000 to do this with. Phones cost
$6,000 each, says Nancy Adamson, co-
chairof the committee, andspecial light-
ing costs over $12,000 per light.
"I want to get some sort of support
from the undergraduate students that
yes, this is an issue and we're not going
to letitdie, because it's far from finished
now," says Russel. □
Woman assaulted
in library
by Mario Carlucci
Chariatan Start
A man assaulted a woman while she
was studying on the third floor of the
library on Sunday, Oct. 17.
The woman was studying at a desk on
the third level of the library at about 4:30
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A safety poster was circulated about the
incident on Tuesday, Oct. 19. □
Man exposes
himself on Heron
Road Bridge
A man indecently exposed himself to a
female student walking alone along Colo-
nel By Drive at around 7:30 p.m. on Tues-
day, Oct. 12.
The woman noticed the man on the
stairs of the Heron Road Bridge.
"It was at a distance as 1 recall (from the
report). She was in no danger," says Len
Boudreault, assistant director of the de-
partment of university safety.
The man is described as a slim, English-
speaking Caucasian, with long grey hair
and balding. He is believed tabe in his late
forties and between 5 feet seven inches
and 5 feet 10 inches.
While the incident occurred off cam-
pus, Boudreaultsaysmanystudentsuse
the walkway along Colonel By to the
Heron Road bridge.
A safety poster was circulated about
the incident on Friday, Oct. 15.
"(The notice) is up there because of
the concern for the students," says
Boudreault. The matter was turned over
to the Ottawa Police. □
Campus car thefts
up for October
Car thefts are increasing on campus,
says Len Boudreault, assistant director
of the department of university safety.
" I haven't seen any (car thefts) since
I came in here in January," says
Boudreault, but "there have been car
thefts recently."
He says he doesn't think there is a
professional theft ring operating on cam-
pus, but says thefts have happened in
the parking garage near the adminis-
trationbuilding.
Boudreault says some precautions
can help prevent car thefts:
• Keep your car locked at all times.
• Lock all valuables in the trunk.
•Report any suspicious-looking peo-
ple to the department of university safety
at 788-3612. Q
4 • The Charlatan • October 21, 1993
NUG cont'd from page 3
But the past few years haven't been
stellar, he says.
"Traditionally, the response for NUG
hasn't been enormous. In my three years
here, there have only been two seats con-
tested in NUG elections. That was in jour-
nalism and political science (two years
ago)," says Anadasangaree.
"I think for one thing, a lot of students
don't know what NUG reps can do. And a
lot of people are sceptical," he says. "Some
people may feel intimidated by that proc-
ess of working with people who may mark
you in the future."
He says the students represent IS per
cent of the votes in each department, with
faculty representing the other 85 per cent.
Sridas says he thinks if all the NUG
positions were filled and the students rep-
resented the full 15 percentoftheirvoting
power, they would have a good chance of
raising issues that are important to stu-
dents. He says with just a fraction of the
180 seats filled, this won't be possible.
"When the student representation
goes down, the voice of the students is
not loud enough," Sridas says.
Anandasangaree says he can now
appoint students as NUG representa-
tives, if they are interested.
Sridas says about nine students have
volunteered since the election. "It's an
ongoing process," he says. "We expect
the number (of student reps) tocome up
to at least 75."
Michel Gaulin, clerk of the university
senate, says the poor rum out for NUG
is indicative of student priorities.
"I think students right now are pre-
occupied with a number ofthings — the
economic situation, combination of
studies and work, and they're preoccu-
pied about jobs," he says.
"The work of the university contin-
ues and academic decisions are being
made," says Gaulin. He says student
inputisn'trestrictedtoNUGalone. "The
leadership of CUSA and GSA provide
input as well." □
Native elder shares wisdom and wit
by Naomi Bock
Charlatan SiaH
Wilfred Peltier sat silent and blinking
beneath a Stetson hat covered in eagle
pins and feathers.
The room was filled with about 30
people sipping tea and waiting for his
talk on education and traditional
knowledges to begin, at the Oct. 15 ses-
sion of the "Tea and Cultural Studies"
series.
Taking off his hat and glasses, he
pulled a braid of sweetgrass out of a
plastic bag and lit it. The room fell silent,
mesmerized, as he touched his braided
hair and the back of his head, shaking
the grass until the sweet, smoky smell
filled the room. He explained that it is
used in Native ceremonies for spiritual
purification. Then he paused.
"I'm not comfortable. And I'm not
comfortable because people are sitting
behind me." The room was rearranged so
all could see.
Peltier, Carleton's Native elder-in-resi-
dence, began to talk about his early life
on Manitoulin Island, when he was given
"a sentence for school" and taken from
"the fields with the birds and animals,"
where he said the real learning is.
" Learning is as old as life; there's noth-
ing new about it."
He talked about the knowledge of
nature, the instincts of the plants and
animals. "A tree knows how to grow. It
knows when to put on leaves and when
not to ... . We're the only ones that are
messed up."
The Native way of learning is by expe-
riencing and discovering the world
around you, said Peltier. "I learned by
touch, by hearing, from all that flowed
from within me." In school, Peltier said,
"everything was discovered for me.
"Our education is for survival. (Main-
stream education)- is in the hands of
Wilfred Peltier gets comfortable.
those totally ignorant of survival. Every-
thing there is to know in this world every
one of you already knows; you just have
to experience it. That, too, I know."
Peltiersaid he saw a sign in the univer-
sity aimed at Native people that read,
" Discover who you are — stay in school. "
He exclaimed, "My God, that's where
you lose your identity — in an institu-
tion!"
Peltier talked about the misguided
nature of modem self-discovery. "Most
people I know are hying to discover who
they are by a process of becoming, by
naming some category." He said univer-
sities encourage this because students
work toward a goal or occupation with
their studies.
Peltier said people's connection with
nature is lost, and this loss will destroy us.
"As you lose your relationship with the
land because you're trying to become
something, you're going to destroy your-
self, and take us along with you."
Peltier talked ironically about the mis-
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Native peoples are poor. "Maybe we're
struggling to find something to eat, but
all these people trying to get a million
dollars and then they're not satisfied —
they want two. That's poverty."
People today are run by time, said
Peltier. "There is no more time of the
seasons, no more time of wild strawber-
ries, of the ducks or the moose."
Peltier said technology is dangerous.
"We're all at odds, caught up in a big
machine we've built .... We've got that
monster running loose, a technological
monster."
Peltier recounted one of his stories,
called "The Board and the Mountain."
He once went up to a mountain with
a friend. It was a beautiful moment,
amidst the poplars with the song of
meadowlarks in the air. His friend asked
him what changes he would make if he
had the power. Peltier looked up and saw
adistantcloud. Hesaid maybe he'dbring
half the cloud closer, but decided it was
perfect where it was.
Then he listened to the meadowlarks,
and thought of making more of them,
but again decided there were just enough .
Then he looked down and saw a board
that had been pushed aside. He decided
to move it back where it had been.
Peltier reached down and picked up
the board, and to his surprise, millions of
insects angrily squirmed at his action.
" I was stunned. I had lifted the cap off
the world with good intentions. All those
people who came into our reserves lifted
the cap off the world with good inten-
tions. They said we had no recreation, so
they gave us games so we could fight
each other. And not any one of them
know what they're doing."
Peltier said sharing within Native com-
munities has given way to competition
and suspicion which didn't exist in the
past.
"We had no lists but everything got
done anyway. We didn't have what they
have now — stress, I think they call it.
Peltier said our society needs more
openness. He once heard another Native
man say, "The pine grows with the birch,
the birch with the elm, so all are welcome
in my lodge. Trees don't discriminate, so
how can I?"
Part of the problem is the nature of
language, said Peltier. "Words separate.
What is the spoken language for? For the
sake of control. " Peltier laughed. "That's
what I've been doing, so ! better shut up.
I was going to tell you about my teeth but
I won't." □
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by Angie Gallop
Chartalan Staff
Alan Shain has spent his life chal-
lenging barriers.
. At 25, he is a Carleton political sci-
ence/sociology graduate. Besides his job
at Statistics Canada, he is a comedian
and a poet. He has been doing comedy
for four years now, working regularly for
the past two years, often doing opening
spots at Yuk Yuk's.
Shain has had cerebral palsy since he
was injured at birth. He uses either a
walker or a motorized scooter to get
around and his speech is impaired, caus-
ing what he calls his "funny accent."
Shain has been using comedy to break
the ice and teach people who do not
share his condition about the needs and
feelings of the disabled community.
"My accent scares people away and at
times I might be ignored or people as-
sume I can't understand before they even
try," he says. "I often have to deal with
this mindset more than my heavy ac-
cent."
He describes himself as "someone who
wants to do it all." He has just been
selected to go to Costa Rica to work on
development projects with the Youth
Challenge International Program. Past
Youth Challenge International projects
have included building bridges and roads.
Although Youth Challenge has had a
deaf woman participate, Shain is the
first participant to have a mobility dis-
ability.
Grant Hogg, youth director of the pro-
gram, says he was first in touch with
Shain through a past participant, Mike
Gifford. Hogg says Shain became inter-
ested during one of Gifford's presenta-'
tions on his experiences in Guyana.
Since then Hogg says he's talked with
Shain about the program opening its
doors to the physically disabled.
"One reason for going was to promote
some disability awareness among devel-
opment projects because people with dis-
abilities get left out," says Shain. "So I
want to see if 1 can perhaps change some
attitudes within the communities I will
be working in."
Shain says one of his main concerns is
that all too often people with disabilities
in developing countries are hidden away.
"We are very much an invisible group,
partly because things are inaccessible so
we can't get around, but also because of
religious or community beliefs," he says.
Shain says in a lot of cultures, a dis-
ability is seen as a punishment to the
family, so often children and older fam-
ily members with disabilities are hidden,
away to escape ostracism.
"The experience of poverty and lack
challenges societal barriers
of education and lack of employment is
greatly enhanced by the experience of
disability," he says. "Even the United
Nations considers people with disabili-
ties the most impoverished and exploited
social group in the world."
Because Youth Challenge is a very
physically strenuous program, Shain
must work hard to make the experience
positive.
" It takes a lot of effort on both sides, "
says Gifford. "Al doesn't know exactly
what to expect and Youth Challenge
doesn't have a lot of experience in ac-
commodating disabilities, so it will be a
good experience for both."
Hogg says he hopes Shain will deter-
mine if Youth Challenge is able to ac-
commodate mobility-disabled workers
and how to adjust the program. He says
both sides are aware of the possibility
that Youth Challenge might not be able
to accommodate the needs of workers
with disabilities.
" I am interested and excited about the
potential but we must take it one step at
a time," Hogg says.
Shain says he will have to make his
group aware that he will need their sup-
port.
"I walk with a walker right now so that
means I am slower than average," he
says. "Also the terrain will be a problem
and so I will need physical support from
the group to help me get around the
worksite or the community."
But Shain will need more than physi-
cal support.
"Not to say the project itself will be a
negative experience, but until the com-
munity gets used to me they might se-
clude me, not speak to me, speak over my
head or ignore me when I speak to them, "
he says.
"So I'll need my fellow crew members
to say "Hey, did you hear what he said?'
when this happens."
Hogg says although Shain may pose
different challenges for his group, group
members must work together to accom-
modate individual differences.
"When someone (who does not have a
mobility disability) twists an ankle, the •
team must work together to make sure
that person makes it to the next site," he
says. "Because he has a strong spirit,
(Shain) will be a great role model for both
his co-workers and the people in the
community."
Gifford says he hopes Shain's experi-
ence will encourage other people with
disabilities to participate in things like
Youth Challenge International.
"It's about time they are included in
these experiences, like everyone else," he
says. "Hopefully this will be a good start. "
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Despite the ob-
stacles Shain
must overcome,
he is confident
because of his
successes in
Canada in bridg-
ing the barriers
he faces.
"It's interest-
ing because peo-
ple quickly find
outthat it doesn't
take long to get
used to the way I
speak," he says.
"Some people
come up to me
and say 'Hey Al!
Youknow, I think
you're really im-
proving!' And I
say'Youknowits
not me that's im-
proving, -it's
you!'"
Shain's poem,
"The girl with the
blanket," de-
scribes the frus-
tration he some-
times feels be-
cause of his dis-
ability.
"sometimes i
cannot deal with It
(my Cerebral
Palsy)
Alan Shain will raise awareness in Costa Rica.
and i need to go somewhere where It will
not follow"
Although he cannot change his real-
ity, he is accommodating it and not let-
ting it limit his life experiences. □
Alan Shain is having a benefit night of folk
music and comedy at Mike's Place, Thursday,
Oct. 22, at 8 p.m.
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terms the benefits of his new bus wheel, nor stopping to
explain its harmonic relationship to environmental purity and
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travel between Ottawa and Toronto.
Unfortunately in the general evolutionary scheme of things
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1993. He also said that he feels students should support him in
his efforts to keep his wheels rolling.
'All other things being equal.
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J
Where the Buffalo Roam
NATIONAL AFFAIRS
Innu camp on the Hill to protest policy
by Prema Oza
Chaiiatan siaf)
Despite cold weather and an even
colder initial reception from the federal
government, about 50 men, women and
children from the Innu community in
Hew Davis Inlet and Sheshatshui in Lab-
rador set up camp on Parliament Hill
from Oct. 5-10.
But despite finally meeting with offi-
cials from the Department of Indian and
Northern Affairs, the Innu's plight is far
from resolved.
The main event of the protest was a
rally on the third day, Oct. 7, where
many native leaders spoke out against
the government. Among the speakers at
the rally were Assembly of First Nations
representatives, political candidates and
Ron George, the president of the Native
Council of Canada.
The Innu protest was to draw atten-
tion to the inhumane conditions they
have been forced to live in since being
relocated from Old Davis Inlet to New
Davis Inlet by the federal government in
1967.
"The issue is colonization. We feel
that we have a responsibility to ourselves
to deal with our own issues and our own
problems," said Innu nation president
Peter Penashue.
The Innu also say the government has
not fulfilled its promises to address issues
like unfit housing, improper heating con-
ditions, poor health conditions, social
decay and a lack of job opportunities in
the New Davis Inlet settlement in New-
foundland.
According to a report on the com-
plaints by the Innu of Labrador to the
Canadian Human Rights Commission
released in August, these promises have
not been kept.
Peter Peshanue addresses the rally on Parliament Hill
The report says poor housing and serv-
ice conditions led to a decline in the
social structure of the Innu community.
The Innu say this was "discrimination"
and a violation of their human rights.
They say they wish to relocate to Little
Sango Bay on the mainland of Labrador.
Despite initial approval by the federal
government, the re-settlement has not
yet gone ahead.
Indian and Northern Affairs says it is
studying the site's water resources and
possible job opportunities to assess
whether or not the area is a good alterna-
tive for re-settlement. Those who support
the Innu, however, feel the group's re-
quests are being ignored by the federal
and Newfoundland governments.
"Clyde Wells and his Liberal govern-
ment in Newfoundland want to tell the
Innu where to go. I'd like to tell Clyde
Wells where to go. Maybe he could try
living at Davis Inlet, " said Cindy Moriarty ,
a candidate from the NDP in the Carle-
ton-Gloucesterriding who addressed the
rally.
Above all is the long-standing debate
over both the federal and provincial gov-
ernment's desire to have the Innu regis-
tered as Status Indians under the Indian
Act. The government says the Innu must
register to receive social benefits under
the act.
As well, the government says the Innu
must register out of fairness to other
Aboriginal groups who are already regis-
tered. But the Innu maintain that they
have the right to self-government.
"We want a process where we can start
dealing by a bilateral process with the
federal government and the federal gov-
ernment has said that we have to go
under the Indian Act," says Peshanue.
"Any kind of a system based on
whether you have a number or not, any
kind of a system that will only give you
rights if you subjugate your sovereignty
to them, can be called nothing other
than an apartheid government," said
George at the rally.
"Apartheid is alive and well in Canada
and . . . they are trying to get the Innu to
subjugate themselves under the Indian
Act, which everybody knows is archaic
and has to be dismantled. It has to be
replaced by the inherent right to self
government .... Give us the self-determi-
nation we deserve."
On Oct. 10, a representative of Indian
and Northern Affairs met with the Innu.
The next day, the Innu left the Hill.
"It is my understanding that the Innu
would not have left unless their original
proposal was looked at, " said Karen Issac,
media relations spokesperson for the
Assembly of First Nations. "They must
have received some assurances that their
file would be given the priority that it
deserves."
According to an Indian and Northern
Affairs spokesperson, the government
assured the Innu that it would give their
concerns priority and promised funds to
help them.
"One portion of the money is to go to
study registration under the Indian Act, "
said Toni Bramley, the deputy director of
communications for the department.
"The other portion is to go to (the study
of) social issues. Now it is up to them."
Bramley did not disclose the exact
amount of money given by the govern-
ment.
At the rally, Elizabeth Penashue, an
elderly member of the Innu community,
summed up the Innu's sentiment.
" Our struggle is not for ourselves, it is
for all our people, all the children who
will be born years from now. It is for their
health and their well-being." □
Harb is the invisible candidate on CU campus
by Jodi McKenzie
Charlatan Slaff
Although Mac Harb says he has been
supportive of student issues as the Liberal
Member of Parliament for Ottawa Cen-
tre, Carleton students seem oblivious to
his efforts.
And for a candidate who lost all four
residence polls in the 1988 election, that
can't be good news.
Harb, who is running for re-election,
says he has been very active in promot-
ing student issues during his term.
"I have done a good job for students, "
Harb says. It was due to his influence, he
says, that the Liberal Party adopted na-
tional policies to set up apprenticeship
programs and promote literacy that were
unveiled in this election.
Harb introduced three private mem-
ber's bills to Parliament regarding edu-
cation and literacy during his term. A
private member's bill is proposed legisla-
tion submitted to the House of Commons
by an MP who is not acting on behalf of
a party.
Harb introduced a bill on educational
standards in I une 1991, but it did not get
pastits first reading because the House of
Commons went on itssummer break. Bill
C-318 sought to "achieve access to qual-
ity education for all Canadians," says
Harb.
At the time, Harb told The Charlatan
he wanted to establish national stand-
Qrds for all levels of education because of
the high dropout rate in Canadian uni-
versities. He said the standards would
ensure everyone had an equal opportu-
nity to get a quality education.
Harb's second private member's bill
sought to ensure that federal transfer
payments to the provinces for health and
post-secondary education are used for
those specific purposes. Although Bill C-
426 also failed to become law, Harb says
he will propose it again.
"The government should not give the
money if it is not going to be used for
education properly," says Harb.
BillC-435, another of Harb'sbills which
also did not pass, would have set stand-
ards for national literacy.
Despite these efforts, many students
in his own riding do notrecognize him as
someone who has done a lot for them
since his election.
The great majority of the Carleton
students who talked to The Charlatan had
no idea who Harb was. Those who did
had no idea what he had done for them.
One student who did know something
about Harb's performance was sympa-
thetic.
"If (the Liberals) weren't in opposition
he might get (his bills) through," said
Mike Tobson, a third-year history stu-
dent. Although he says he's not a sup-
porter, he says he "has no problem with
Harb."
As well as his work in Parliament,
Harb says he has worked with the Cana-
dian Federation of Students for some
time.
Harb "has not been extremely closely
linked" with the federation, says Jocelyn
Charron, CFS communications director,
but he has been "constant" in regard to
student issues.
Harb has worked with the CFS to de-
velop programs for student apprentice-
ship training and literacy. Charron also
says Harb "has been active among the
Liberals on student issues."
Harb says education is in his cam-
paign platform now, as it was in 1988.
Harb says students should support him
in the upcoming election because he
"plans to continue to stand up for stu-
dent issues and concerns."
But he seems to have failed to make
himself visible to many students here at
Carleton. □
National Student Day flops again this year
by Carolyn McBain
Chartata/i Staff
The Carleton University Students' As-
sociation invested about $500 in Na-
tional Student Day, but the student inter-
est rate was extremely low at the Oct. 1 3
rally on Parliament Hill.
Less than 20 Carleton students joined
studentsfrom the University of Ottawa at
the annual event to protest issues such as
increasing tuition fees and cuts to stu-
dent loans. Only about 31 students In
total appeared at the rally.
CUSA rented two buses to take stu-
dents from campus to the Hill, but the
second bus was turned away due to the
poor turnout.
KristJne Haselsteiner, CUSA's vice-
president external, organized the event.
She says the students' association ex-
pected a larger turnout.
"Students kept saying they were com-
ing," she says.
last year, only the seven organizers
showed up to board the three buses char-
tered to take students to the rally. The trip
to the rally was cancelled and CUSA was
left with a $ 1 70 bill for the bus rentals.
Kim Newton, then-vice-president exter-
nal, blamed the poor showing on poor
promotion of the rally.
This year, CUSA advertised the rally in
The Charlatan in addition to posters and
leaflets distributed in residence. Mem-
bers of the CUSA executive also spoke to
several classes, encouraging them to at-
tend the rally.
Gary Anandasangaree, director of
academics for CUSA, says he believes
students wanted to come but they were
too busy.
"A lot of people didn't come because
they have part-time jobs. It's not because
they're not interested."
President Lucy Watson agrees.
"Students have to make choices — -
work, school or attending the rally. A lot
of students are busy with work and
school," she says.
Haselsteiner has a different theory.
"Students don't think their voice re-
ally matters," she says. "We need to
motivate them."
She says she hasn 't come up with any
ideas on how to accomplish this yet.
"But I'd love to hear from someone
who has " Q
October 21, 1993 • The Charlatan ■ 9
VIEWPOINT
Election TV ads: the slick and the silly
by Eric Langenbacher
Every four years or so,
Canada's boring and uneventful national
image is shattered.
The occasion is the federal election
campaign and the deluge of political
advertisements that accompany it.
This time around, the ads run the
whole gamut of styles, from the slick
Madison Avenue type to the amateur
ClOHtype.
In case you didn't have time to watch
the tube, I spent hours psychotically
switching channels in order to catch all
the ads. Hopefully this effort will help
you decide who to vote for.
Progressive Conservative — PC ads
are as slick, commercialized and vicious
as in the past. Most of them have stressed
the leadership factor of the Prime Minis-
ter, Kim! Campbell.
Tory viscousness has also surfaced,
most notably in the brouhaha surround-
ing the anti-Chretien spots. Actually,
these two ads are my favorite Tory ones.
Some very unflattering mugs of Chretien
were shown with voices questioning his
leadership abilities. The ads ended with
the question, "jean Chretien for Prime
Minister?" andtheslogan "Think Twice."
I give this ad an A+. It was concise and
to the point. Sure, it could be viewed as
vicious, but, let's face it, Chretien is not
the most photogenic candidate who has
ever run.
I also give the Liberals credit for seiz-
ing this opportunity and creating a
pseudo-event for the media. Chretien's
remark, "God gave me this defect," was
the chance politicians and media types
dream of.
The most fascinating aspect of the
event is the
Liberals
have used
Chretien's
"look" in
their own
ads for him
in his riding
of St.
Maurice
with a slo-
gan to the
effect of
"funny
face, but
good poli-
cies." How quickly we forget.
Most of the Tories' ads, however, sim-
ply show Campbell talking. New images
of the PM are portrayed: the slick busi-
nesswoman with her KC pin has passed
and lately a haggard au nature/Campbell
image has dominated. The sheernumber
of Tory commercials attest to the their
increasing desperation in the face of
unflattering polls.
Liberals — The Liberals know they're
winning and their ads show it. Well,
they've had almost a decade out of power
to work on them. Most of their ads have
a very patronizing, almost magisterial
tone to them, as if they have already
formed a government.
But the ads send out conflicting sig-
nals, as the commercials themselves mir-
ror Chretien's folksy style (although there
is subject/verb agreement, unlike his
speeches) and the issue the Liberals find
important: jobs. The Grits stress their
Pplan inces-
this the image the "man of the people"
wants to convey?
The Liberals' best ad is in black and
white and has some sort of inspirational
elevator music. Young and sullen faces
presumably show the effects of Tory policy
and the simple slogan "Give 'em back
their dignity" merits an A.
New Democratic Party — Is the
NDP a political force anymore? The polls
say they are not, but their commercials
are actually the most professional.
Audrey McLaughlin's little talk in the
hospital waiting room about medicare
reveals one of two major NDP themes.
The other, free trade, attacks the Liberals'
position. Both spots end with a slick Zorro-
like X and, then, boom! — NDP.
I found these commercials well-engi-
neered and concise. But perhaps these
ads show what the electorate already
know: the NDP is just not "with it," qs
they have not chosen issues that are
central to voters in this election.
Reform — Preston Manning is por-
trayed as a beaming leader with victori-
ous fist raised high in triumph. Any simi-
larities with certain rightist self-promo-
tion in the past, or with the Bloc
Quebecois?
My favorite Reform ad was the super-
market check-out one, with all the Tories'
financial mistakes being tallied, adding
up to an oversized grocery bill for Cana-
dians. A-.
Finally, here's the best and worst com-
mercials of all.
The worst are, by far, the pathetic and
completely unsuitable local ads. Hector
Clouthier's independent "Hello seniors"
ads and Barbara Clark's NDP ads are so
bad words cannot express it. Well, what
can one expect from local TV?
The best overall ad is for the Marxist-
Leninist party. A t prim, middle-aged
woman in a tweed suit with glasses and
a bob hardly conveys the image of many
campus radicals. Their slogan is "Give
yourself a break." I give them credit for
pirating the old Kit-Kat commercial but
laugh at their anti-capitalist hypocrisy.
Now that we've shown you the best
and worst of the bunch, here's a word of
warning: don't sit too close to the televi-
sion. Q
(Eric Langenbacher is a fourth-year German/political science
major at Carielon with a sore re mole-control thumb. }
10 - The Charlatan ■ October 21, 1993
Local candidate doesn't want votes Oct. 25
by Tim Pryor
Charlatan Staff
Keith "Clayoquot"
Ashdown has no cam-
paign manager, no volunteers working
for him and no political party backing
him. He doesn't even have a platform.
But he wants your vote Oct. 25.
The 21-year-old Ashdown is running
as an independent candidate in the Ot-
tawa Centre riding to help raise aware-
ness about Clayoquot Sound, the British
Columbia rainforest he says is in danger
of being clear-cut.
The only independent candidate in
this riding, Ashdown has no party affili-
ation and, like many independents, is
running to raise awareness of a particu-
lar issue. In 1988,54 independents ran in
ridings across Canada and there were 1 0
independent Members of Parliament
when the election was called Sept. 8.
According to Ashdown, the B.C. gov-
emmentdecided on April 13thatalarge
portion of old-growth forest at Clayoquot
Sound on Vancouver Island would be
opened to logging.
By July 5, protestors had erected block-
ades to stop loggers from entering the
area. Australian rockers Midnight Oil
played a benefit concert there, which
helped bring international attention to
the plight of the forest.
"There's been a lot of fights in the
forests around the world and there's been
dozens of these occurrences, such as
Clayoquot Sound," says Ashdown.
"Clayoquot Sound is the last straw for
many people. Seven hundred people have
gotten arrested there. It is the last low-
lying temperate rainforest in the world.
There are trees that are 1 700 years old."
It's not only environmental damage
that will be done if Clayoquot is lost, he
says.
"It'sourheritage. Wedon'thave build-
ings as in Europe; we have trees. You
have to protect it."
The decision by the Ottawa Coalition
to Save Clayoquot Sound to field a candi-
date in the election was made at the last
minute.
"We decided (to run) the Friday before
Sept. 28, which was the last day you
could apply to run in this election, " says
Ashdown. "The Ottawa Coalition to Save
Clayoquot Sound decided to run a protest
candidate in this election so at every all-
candidates meeting and in the media
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But don't
expect
Ashdown to
have a 100-
page book
explaining
ways to re-
duce the defi-
cit, a plan to
keep health
care down, or
a solution to
the constitu-
tional crisis.
"We all
have our
world views,"
says
Ashdown,
"But the only
thing we are running on is the Clayoquot
.Sound issue. That is our only platform."
The coalition raised the $ 1 ,000 to get
Ashdown's name on the ballot. The de-
posit to run increased $800 since the last
election under new election legislation
passed in May.
"It's undemocratic," he says of the
increased fee. "There's a lot of other peo-
ple that would love to run in this election,
but they can't because of economic rea-
sons and they're not in a situation where
they can leave a job. Running for election
is a privilege. (The candidates) can take
time off and leave a job and the majority
of Canadians can't do that."
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Ashdown "Clayoquot Sound is the last straw. "
age.
Ashdown
says there are
several reasons
an independent
would have dif-
ficulty getting
elected and be
effective once in
power.
"An inde-
pendentwill not
have the kind of
power within
the House of
Commons. You
don't have peo-
ple working for
you," says
^ Ashdown.
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< dia attention in
debates and
overall cover-
None of the students The Charlatan
spoke to were even aware that Ashdown
was running for election in Ottawa Cen-
tre. But they did have opinions on the
effectiveness of voting for an independ-
ent candidate.
Frank Semrau, a PhD student in politi-
cal science, says he thinks voting for an
independent candidate might be better
way of expressing discontent with the
traditional parties than spoilinq your
ballot.
"It depends on how important you
think your single vote is. If you think it is
very important, you should not, in a way
spoil it, in terms of giving it to an inde-
pendent candidate," he says.
"I'd vote for an independent candi-
date if he or she were worthy of my vote.
Everyone's got a right to run," says Lor-
raine Gabor, a third-yearlaw and politi-
cal science student.
But others disagree.
"I would probably only go with the
political parties," says jason Craig, a
second-year economics student. "I be-
lieve in theirstability more than an inde-
pendent. If you vote for an independent,
it doesn't really do much. It's a waste of
a vote."
"I wouldn't vote for a candidate run-
ning independently, because I know they
won't get elected. It would be a waste. I
would stick to the main three or four
(parties) that I know," says Namjoo
Hashemi, a third-year international re-
lations and business major.
Ashdown says he doesn't subscribe to
any political doctrine. "I disagree with
political dogma. I can't put myself into a
box like that."
Although Ashdown says he realizes
his chances of getting elected are remote,
he has a plan in that unlikely event.
"First of all, I would cut my salary in
half,1' he says. "I don't know what the
citizens of Ottawa Centre want. Itsounds
political, but I would start knocking on
doors to see what people do want in this
region."
Apparently, his experience in politics
has made Ashdown even more cynical
about the electoral process.
"Politics suck,"says Ashdown. "There's
a lot of things you can't do. I don't like it.
"But it's a reality in our system and
we've had to work with it and we're
trying to use it to our success." □
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EDITORIAL PAGE
Education
ignored in
election
I-n every election campaign, certain issues take
the spotlight. The 1993 election is no different.
Unfortunately, education is not one of the issues
in the spotlight. It should be.
Every Canadian has been bombarded with a lot of
talk about fighting the deficit and saving the economy
over the past few weeks.
Kim Campbell says she will eliminate the deficit in
five years by cutting government waste. Jean Chretien
says he will help the economy by pumping money into
the economy which will create jobs. Preston Manning
thinks he can eliminate the deficit in three years by
cutting federal transfer payments to the provinces. All
say they will preserve our current social system while in
power.
But, these plans are all missing one crucial ingredient:
education.
The only way to reduce the deficit and preserve our
social system is through a healthy economy. A healthy
economy is one that is competitive in world trade. This
requires a highly skilled work force, which can only be
attained through education.
However, education has rarely been mentioned in
this election. When education has been discussed, it has
usually been in a negative way. For example, talk of
cutting federal transfer payments to the provinces for
education.
As students, we are the first generation to realize just
how important post-secondary education is. Without it,
job prospects are absolutely dismal. Yet, every year, the
government makes it more difficult for us to go to school.
Tuition continues to skyrocket, loans are harder to get
and classes are overcrowded. The government should be
making it easier for people to go to school, not harder.
Education is an important investment, not just for
students, but for the future of Canadian society as a
whole. Any plan to cut the deficit and help the economy
needs to include education.
Instead of talking about education, politicians are
trying to offer quick-fix solutions to problems like job
insecurity and the deficit. This isn't surprising, as politi-
cians are interested in eitherstaying in orgaining power.
So, they seek out the broadest-based group for support -
- the middle-class.
Most middle-class Canadians are worried about pre-
serving their current quality of life in these difficult
times. Unfortunately, the solutions politicians offer them
do not look toward the future.
So, what can students do as far as the upcoming
election is concerned? Quite frankly, not too much. To
vote in terms of who is best representing education would
be foolish, because education is not being seriously
addressed by any of the parties.
Yet, there is always something you can do. If you are
unhappy about your tuition costs, your difficulty in
obtaining a loan, or the general quality of education,
don't be afraid to phone up your local Member of
Parliament and ask them why this is so.
Also, it is important to be aware and supportive of
student groups, like the Canadian Federation of Stu-
dents, who are trying to stop what is happening to the
post-secondary system.
It is clear that education is of utmost importance to
our future and the future of the country. It is also clear
that politicians are not properly addressing the issues. It
is left to us students to try to do what we can. If we don't
stand up for education, no one else will. FN
TheChariatan welcomes all letters and opinion
pieces. Letters should not be more than 250
words and opinion pieces not more than 700
words. Pieces may be edited for length or clarity.
The deadline is Tuesday at noon. Include your
name, signature, faculty, year and phone number
or your letter won't be published. Phone numbers
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Send to: The Charlatan, Room 531 Unlcentre,
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OPINION
Fraternities: myth and reality
by Robert K. Kislelewski
Robert K. Kisielewski graduated from Carleion in 1 992 with a pass BA in law and
political science and is now working on his honors 6A in law. He helped found the local
Sigma Pi chapter in 1992.
Sexist, beer-guzzling rapists with homoerotic
tendencies, or community volunteers who
pledge to be scholastic achievers and to better
one's self and society?
Based on what you know right now, which terms
would you use to describe fraternity members?
Fraternities are, as they have been for centuries,
objects of shrouded mystery. In an unsuccessful attempt
to uncoverthe mystery, people outside fraternities create
myths and rumors. These have had the effect of discred-
iting such organizations.
Myth #1: Joining a fraternity is a way of buying
your friends.
The truth is dues, which are about $250-5350 annu-
ally, are applied against many expenses, including
housing, office supplies, clothing, trips, scholarships,
mementoes, insurance and charity. Friendships are de-
veloped over time, not with money.
Myth #2: Fraternities are elitist, homophobic and
discriminatory.
Sigma Pi's policies for recruitment of potential mem-
bers is they must be people who get along with other
members and have the potential for leadership.
This forces fraternities to accept only the best possible
members, rightfully labelling us elitists. However, re-
spect for peers, no matter what their sexual or religious
preference, is supported.
Visible minorities are ever present among our broth-
erhood. Co-ed fraternities exist in the United States and -
it's foreseeable that they will eventually cross the border
into Canada. In the mean time, our sister fraternities,
sororities, are a strong group.
Myth #3: Fraternity houses, members and parties
are a great combination for regular bulk alcohol
consumption and obnoxious "girlfriend-on-pe-
riod" type humor.
The days of "Animal House" are gone. Sigma Pi's
local and international policies encourage non-alco-
holic events. Other fraternities have identical policies.
Also, local chapters are forbidden from purchasing alco-
hol for members.
Myth #4: Fraternity members are the number-one
rapists on campus.
The date rape video shown by Carleton's students'
association during frosh week portrayed fraternity mem-
bers as rapists. Although there have been links between
fraternity members and rape in the U.S., no such inci-
dent has occurred at Carieton. If such an incident did
occur, the local chapter of the fraternity would be disas-
sociated from the international fraternity which certifies
them.
Sigma Pi is one fraternity that educates its members
on an on-going basis about rape prevention, AIDS and
safe sex.
Myth #5: Fraternities have homoerotic, abusive
and degrading initiation rites.
Please see Myths #4, 3 and 2. If fraternities work hard
to be better people, why would we degrade someone
who's coming into the group?
Myth #6: You can't graduate from Carieton Uni-
versity if you are a fraternity member.
This rumor is untrue, according to the best knowledge
of fim Kennelly, Carleton's ombudsperson and Robin
Farquhar, the university president and also, according to
my research that turned up no laws. If this is true, the
school has to pull my degree. Be it known, Carieton uses
one system of granting degrees: marks.
Myth #7: Carieton University refuses to acknowl-
edge the existence of fraternities on campus and
encourages an active disassociation.
Carleton's senate and board of governors have no
written, unwritten or implied policies to discourage join-
ing such groups. Neither is there any policy regarding
the hiring of fraternity members for positions on cam-
pus.
According to Farquhar, if the students' association
were to hold a referendum asking students whether or
not fraternities should be acknowledged and a majority
of the students answered "yes," then Farquhar, although
not bound, would consider associating the university
with fraternities and sororities.
These are the myths surrounding fraternities.
So, who are these fraternity members nicknamed
Riggs, Lefty, Mo, Crash, Walter or Slider? Fraternity
members go on to hold respected places in society. They
are the leaders of countries, like former U.S. president
George Bush, Bill Mensch, the engineer that helped
pioneer the microprocessor industry, and men who ex-
plored space, like Walter M. Scirra, Jr., astronaut on
Mercury flight "Sigma 7" and the Apollo missions.
Fraternity members are not angels, but people fallible
to human thought and behavior. Yet, we pledge to
believe in ourselves, our group. United in brotherhood,
we advance truth and justice and promote scholarship,
helping society progress. Always feel free to approach a
member and ask questions. Maybe together we can help
elevate sceptics from blissful ignorance. □
October 21, 1993 • The Charlatan . 13
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LETTERS
India helped by
Carleton
Editor:
I would like to take this opportunity to
thank everyone involved in helping raise
almost $200 for the Indian Earthquake
Relief Fund. Thanks to Lucy Watson,
Sheri Boyd, Claire Campbell, Raj Doobay,
Song Cho, Tony Monpturo and everyone
at OPIRG Carleton.
The biggest thanks go to the people
who donated money at Oliver's on
Wednesday, Oct. 6, 1993. It was these
people, who had more on their minds
than having a good time, who helped
save lives in India.
The money has been sent to India's
high commissioner on behalf of all
Carleton University students.
Natasha Gill
Journalism III
Jim says play safe
at Panda
Editor:
Earlier this summer, the Panda Game
was cancelled for a number of reasons,
including scheduling conflicts at
Lansdowne Park and escalating costs in
holding the game.
As someone who has attended every
Panda Game since 1 980, 1 was pleased to
intervene in an effort to get the game
back on track.
Thanks to work by the University of
Ottawa's and Carleton's athletics depart-
ments and Carleton's student associa-
tion, the game was saved. I look forward
to attending Panda on Sunday, Oct. 24.
Many people found it mildly amusing
that as the councillor for Ottawa South
and the Glebe I would be pushing to keep
the Panda Game alive, given its less than
positive image in the community. I stood
up to defend the Panda Game because I
believe it is one of the best traditions that
students have at Carleton.
Every year, many neighbors in Ot-
tawa South and the Glebe dread Panda
because of the behavior of a small minor-
ity of students. I am asking students to
please respect the neighborhoods that
you travel through on your way to and
from Lansdowne Park.
If you are planning a Panda party,
please take into consideration your
neighbors. This will help keep Panda
alive for years to come.
A great number of people from your
students' association, Lansdowne Park
and the Ottawa Police work very hard to
ensure that the Panda Game goes off
without a hitch. I am seeking your co-
operation in making Panda a success.
Jim Watson
City councillor
Capital Ward
Committee misses
mark
Editor:
I find it very interesting that the
Queen's University Alma Mater Society
has created the Hidden Hunger Commit-
tee, ("Halting studenthunger," TheChar-
latan, Oct. 14, 1993) while actively sup-
porting a student group that advocates a
30 per cent tuition increase, coupled with
a regressive form of student loans, ("New
student group promotes higher tuition,"
The Charlatan, Oct. 14, 1993).
Studentpoverty, hunger and inability
to meet basic needs will not be solved by
food drives and hotlines. These are Band-
Aid solutions. I suggest that Matthew
Blake, organizer of the committee, make
the link between student poverty and the
30 per cent tuition increase and regres-
sive student loans advocated by his Alma
Mater Society.
Kim Newton
Sociology 111
Get an opinion
and vote!
Editor:
I am writing with regards to the
"streeters" inquiring about the impend-
ing federal election, ("Shut up and lis-
ten!" The Charlatan, Sept. 30, 1993). I find
it difficult to believe that the students
who appeared represent the average
Carleton student voter. In the very least,
I hope they are not average.
Two students were opinion-less, one
said he would vote for the Reform Party,
and the other was a Liberal. As I under-
stand, the reporter questioned 30 people
before finding these four who were will-
ing to offer their opinion or lack thereof.
This election, like all federal elections
is crucial to the future of our country. It is
not a time for complacency.
When I graduate from university, 1
want to be confident that there will be a
job waiting for me. While I am still here,
I want the security of low-income hous-
ing, quality education and a fair and
equitable student loan program. I did not
have to look far to find the candidate
who will fight for these rights on my
behalf.
That candidate is Marion Dewar.
Marion Dewar is the only candidate in
Ottawa Centre who has shown, by ac-
tion, not rhetoric, that she is committed
to the issues which are important to me.
This is a university, a place of educa-
tion. So, educate yourself about this elec-
tion and the candidates in your riding
and vote for the one who best represents
your views. The politicians will never
care what becomes of students if the
students don't care who becomes their
politicians.
Why not a
woman?
Ali Biggs
Film Studies HI
Editor:
It is appropriate President Farquhar
would commemorate the administration
building by naming it after Gordon
Robertson, the bureaucrat's bureaucrat
and a career federal bureaucrat involved
with Carleton. But, are there not other
possibilities?
Robertson's career is instructive and
merits close scrutiny. As commissioner of
the Northwest Territories from 1953 to
1963; was Robertson practising white,
liberal imperialism?
The question is one of many before the
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peo-
ples. He and the Inuit have presented
their recollections of what transpired.
He moved 13 Inuit families from Hud-
son's Bay to Grise Fiord in the Arctic,
3,000 kilometres closer to the North Pole.
Living conditions were considerably dif-
ferent from what they were accustomed
to. They confronted perpetual nights.
They were helped by having three Native
families from Pond Inlet to help adjust to
the change and the RCMP were present.
It was a difficult situation for the Inuit.
The money the Inuit made from theirfur
trade was not given to them, but was
taken by the federal government.
There is no question that there are
different interpretations of what tran-
spired during that 10-year period, and
the Royal Commission report may not
resolve it to anyone's satisfaction. None
the less, until that happens should
Farquhar be so hasty in naming the
building after Robertson?
As well, if the building is to be named
after someone, why not Pauline Jewett?
Or Dolores Neilson? Or Jean Loates? The
latter two knew something aboutadmin-
istration and Carleton from first-hand
knowledge, as they were both long-time
administrators in various capacities at
Carleton for over 35 years. There is not
one building on campus named after a
woman, yet Carleton's administration
prides itself on its equity program.
Foster Griezic
Associate professor of history
Doug needs help
Editor:
One of the most surprising compo-
nents of the election has been the Natu-
ral Law Party. Even more surprising is all
the attention they seem to be getting. Its
biggest claim to fame is that Doug
Henning, the washed-out seventies' ma-
gician, is one of its star candidates.
Henning used to be a star; now his head
is in the moon.
When celebrities lose their status, they
often seek therapy of some sort. Unfortu-
nately, for a failing Canadian magician,
transcendental meditation was the cure-
all. If the Maharishi Yogi was good
enough for the Fab Four, he was most
certainly competent to help Dougie.
Twenty years ago, Henning was a
magician. Ten years ago he was a magi-
cian pushing cable boxes in local Ottawa
TV ads. In 1993, he's just pushing it.
What goes up must come down. That
includes flying yogis and ex-celebrity
magicians who need a haircut.
Neil Herland
journalism 1
14 • The Charlatan ■ October 21, 1993
Save this House!
The Charlatan Election Supplement
by Brent Dowdall and Blay ne Haggart
Charlatan Staff
In the midst of an election campaign,
the attention of the media focuses on the
day-to-day activities of the leaders and the
candidates. Things like the silly remarks
by the prime minister and the number of
yogic flyers needed to reduce the national
debt.
These petty topics overshadow more
basic questions, like who or what are we
voting for? Why do we even perform this
ritual every four or five years?
The popular belief is that we live in a
glorious democracy. But it's not at all clear
that we do. Power is wielded by the few non-
directly elected offices, such as that of prime
minister. Professional lobbyists huddle in
the corridors of power like mercenaries,
waiting to pounce on a government con-
tract.
Democratic reform has hovered on the
fringes of the campaign as an issue, but few
people have taken an interest in raising it.
Democracy Watch is a two-week-old,
Ottawa-based organization which was
formed to promote citizen participation in
the democratic process in Canada.
The group is financed with proceeds
generated by a book entitled Canada's
Firsts: Ralph Nader's Salute to Canada
and Canadian Achievement, which Democ-
racy Watch's co-ordinator Duff Conacher
co-authored with Nader and Nadia
Milleron.
Democracy Watch is producing a report
card on all the major parties' attitudes
toward democratic reform. Its interim re-
port card gives the new National Party the
highest grade, but that's only a C. The
Liberal, New Democrat and Reform parties
get Ds, while the Tories and the Bloc
Qu6becois get incomplete grades because
they have no position on most of the group's
criteria.
The group's terms for a better democ-
racy include reforming the electoral sysT
tem, changing election financing to better
control who funds campaigns and making
MPs more accountable to their constitu-
ents.
Conacher says he supports some kind of
proportional representation, where the
percentage of seats won is relatively close
to the percentage of the popular vote. This
is in direct contrast to Canada's system,
where a party can win a majority of the c
seats in Parliament with a minority of the
popular vote. This is because MPs only 1
need the most votes in their riding, not a
majority.
Carleton political science professor Glen
Williams is also a supporter of proportional
representation. As well, he favors term
limits on politicians. ■
"We would be better served if there were
term limits, so no one could serve more
than 15 years," Williams says.
As it is, Conacher says he has serious
complaints about the state of Canadian
democracy.
"I don't think Canada's very democratic
at all: politically, socially or economically,"
he says.
He points to the lack of any real influ-
ence backbenchers have in Parliament and
election financing laws which sway politi-
cians to favor their financial backers.
In order to get a cabinet job, backbench-
ers must back the leader, even if this means
Members of Parliament supporting poli-
cies that are reviled by their constituents.
Like, say, the Goods and Services Tax.
Because of this system, says
Conacher, "when you vote, your vote
doesn't count."
Conacher's doubts about the system
are shared by many people, including
students.
"As far as choosing the direction that
the country will go, there is no democ-
racy," says a Carleton third-year politi-
cal science student Fred Minna.
"We're democratic in name and, com-
pared to other parts of the world, we are,
but we still have a ways to go," says
another third-year political science stu-
dent, Aaron Goldstein.
But others disagree. Carleton politi-
cal science professor Robert Jacksonsays
Canadian democracy is no t in dire straits.
There's no pure, absolute democ-
racy," says Jackson, who formerly served
as an advisor to former Liberal leader
and prime minister John Turner.
Jackson is also regular commentator on
Global TV.
"There are 185 countries in the world,
and relative to those countries, Canada
is one of the oldest and most successful
democracies on earth."
Jackson says proportional represen-
tation would lead to "an even more
fractionalized 'pizza' Parliament," be-
cause he says regional and minor par-
ties would hold even more seats than
they do now.
Jackson also brings up the role of
leaders in the Canadian system. In con-
trast to advocating more influence from
the grassroots, he says leadership from
"the top" is more efficient. Hesays Cana-
da's current problems stem from a lack
of leadership from any party leaders.
"We have weak leadership," he says.
"Great leadership requires a coherent
national vision and high executive tal-
ent."
But is strong leadership, or the idea
of strong leadership, the solution or the
problem?
At least one person would say that
Canada's struggle for democracy is hin-
dered by the cult of "the leader."
Patrick Watson is the chairman of
the CBC and narrator of the acclaimed
documentary series The Struggle For
Democracy, which traces the history of
democracy from ancient Athens to the
present day.
Watson says Canada has the best
democratic system in the world, but the
system would be better off if people
would stop looking for a strong, charis-
matic leader.
"We don't hear our elected leaders
advising people about their ability to
proceed as individuals (in a democracy),"
says Watson. There is a very bad hango-
ver from royal tradition."
He says the royal tradition has led to
cynicism, and cynicism "lets people off
the hook" when it comes to participating
in the political process.
There has never been, and probably
never will be, a perfect democracy. This
doesn't mean we can't make Canada's
better.
Perhaps that change lies in the chang-
ing the way we elect people. Perhaps it
lies in changing election spending laws.
Wherever it lies, there is no denying
Canada is a democracy. But our democ-
racy does need improvement, if only
because many people simply aren't
happy with it.
With files from David Hodges S
October 21, 1993 - The Charlatan • 15
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Students could care less about apathy
by Michael Mainville
Charlatan Staff
Although apathy among young voters has been
high in the recent past, students might buck the trend
this year with increased participation in the 1993
election.
According to Elections Canada's statistics, the
university student age group has traditionally had the
least interest in voting federally. In Canadian national
election surveys, voters between the ages of 18 and 25
have had the lowest turnout of all age groups in the last
three federal elections.
But some say the issues in the 1993 election, such
as the recession, the job market and the future of post-
secondary education, seem to have raised student
interest.
"Students are getting more politically conscious
and will be getting out to vote," says Denise McCulloch,
youth liaison for Elections Canada.
Even though Elections Canada didn't provide an
enumeration booth at Carletonforoff-campus students,
McCulloch says she feels student participation in the
election will be higher than in the past. She says
students seem to be more interested in voting. ||j
Most of Elections Canada's efforts to inform students
about voting have been directed towards First-time
voters and those who have recently moved to a new
riding, she says.
McCulloch added that Elections Canada's promotion
programs, including extensive advertising campaigns
and election simulation kits, seem to have had a
positive effect.
"There seems to be a lot of political movement on
Canadian university campuses, I received a lot of
phone calls from student councils and student political
groups," says McCulloch. "They were hoping to get
more material to be handed out on campuses."
TheCanadian Federation of Students hasattempted
similar measures during the campaign, says Jocelyn
Charron, communications co-ordinator for the national
student lobby group.
Charron says the CP'S hopes it reached as many
students as possible with on-campus posters and
national advertising in print, radio and on television.
"We tried to get the point across that students must
vote, that something is at stake," says Charron.
Although they have had some success informing
students, Charron says they are "fighting a trend of
distrust in politics and politicians in general."
Charron says since so many of the issues in the
election affect students directly, they should get
informed.
But students are aware of election issues, says
Kristine Haselsteiner, vice-president external of the
Carleton University Students' Association.
"Ithinkstudentsareextremely informed andcurious
about the election," says Haselsteiner.
She says she discovered this while tending an
election information booth in Baker Lounge over the
past three weeks. Haselsteiner says many students
used the telephones CUSA provided at the booth to call
up local candidates and ask them questions.
Although Haselsteiner says an enumeration booth
on campus would have made the electionmuchsimpler
for students, she says CUSA's efforts seem to be
making a difference.
"Even though cynicism is very high, 1 think there is
a good interest in the election," she says.
Taking their interest one step further, some students
have even become involved in the electoral process by
volunteering for the various candidates in Ottawa
Centre.
Cree Lanbeck, a first-year environmental studies
student at Carleton, is a volunteer for NDP candidate
Marion Dewar. She has been working to get support for
Dewar in Carleton's residences.
Her duties include canvassing in Lanark residence,
handing out pamphlets and answering students'
questions about NDP policies.
After talking to numerous residence students,
Lanbeck says she thinks "most students will be voting."
This feeling is echoed by Lanark resident and first-
year arts student Miles Cooke, who says "most of the
people I know will be voting in the election."
So it seems that despite the apathy of the past,
many Carleton students are overcoming their doubts,
getting informed and registering to vote. S
Political clubs active in campus campaign
by Jill Mahoney
Charlatan Staff
Membership in Carleton's political clubs has swelled
because of students' interest in the federal election,
say the clubs' leaders.
As of September, the approximate membership of
the campus political clubs was: 150 Conservatives, 56
Liberals, 30 NDPers and 10 Reformers. All figures are
up from this time last year, say the club leaders,
although exactly how much is difficult to tell, because
membership fluctuates during the course of each school
year.
Lucy Sharratt, co-chair
of the Carleton University
New Democratic Youth
Club, credits the increases
in club membership to the
election campaign.
"I think it's actually
increased interest for
people to be involved in the
party because they realize
there is an election and
that it's an important time
to become involved," she
says. "Lots of people have
signed up without even
questioning."
All the leaders say
increased membership is
positive because they need
more people to help
candidates with their
campaigns.
Max Fishman,
president of the Reform
Party of Canada Club of
Carleton University, says
the election has changed
the attitudes of club members.
"Before people were happy to be members and to
come to meetings, but now with the election, people
want to become more involved and are more eager to
help," he says.
Campus political clubs become involved in their
parties' campaigns in different ways, but all say they
are an important linkbetween students and politicians.
Dave Gourlay, presidentoftheCarleton University
Young Liberal Association, says his club's main
responsibility is the campus campaign to re-elect
Liberal MP Mac Harb (Ottawa Centre).
Club members have done pamphlet drops and
canvassed in residence, he says, and some are involved
in Harb's headquarters as well as canvassing off-
campus.
"This election is very important for young people,"
Gourlay says. "We're talking about the deficit being
eliminated iniive years or three years or 10 years. We,
this generation, will have to deal with it."
Mike Bonser, policy chairperson for Harb's
campaign, says Carleton's Liberal club does a lot of
legwork for the campaign.
"They're, more than anything, a link between
students and their concerns and us.- They're our eyes
and ears because they're able to tell us what happens
at Carleton.'*' ■W^^^«»':^*^*;*32SKiM5Wi^
Katie Robinette is vice-president external of the
Carleton University Progressive ConservativeCampus
Association. She says the whole focus of the club has
changed because of the election.
"People are joining because they want to work
within the election strategy aspect of it," she says.
"They're all interested to learn what goes on."
Between elections, club members are placed on
Parliament Hill to volunteer with Tory MPs. But now,
she says, the club is trying to get its members involved
in lan Lee's campaign in Ottawa Centre. She says
people take part by helping in Lee's office or by
canvassing in the residences.
Robert Fielder, Lee's campaign manager, says the
club has been organizing all aspects of Lee's campaign
at Carleton.
"It's ridiculous for fj^^^H an l"Jult on thL'
outside to try and | , | provide
lection
ordination. How do 1 know the main issues of concern
students are facing? The club has been vital in briefing
Lee."
Sharratt says the New Democratic Party club is
focusing on gaining recognition for the party on campus.
"At pre-election time, we have a responsibility to
publicize the policies of the NDP and support candidates
who are running, and to be a presence as a club."
Sharratt says the club aims to make people aware
of the different issues involved in the election by
setting up tables on the North American Free Trade
Agreement, women's issues and the economy. She says
the club is focusing on
NAFTA as a major issue
because it feels free trade
is not receiving enough
attention as an election
issue.
Sharratt added club
members are also
canvassing in residences
and making sure students
know they can vote.
Fishman says the
Reform club is involved in
many different Ottawa-
area candidates'
campaigns.
"We serve as a link to
student issues and the
candidate," hesays. "We're
always asked by candidates
'what do students want?'
and we supply them with
answers. We also supply
volunteers for various
ridings, whatever their
needs may be."
He says the club's main
goal is to inform people about what the Reform Party
stands for by setting up information tables and inviting
local Reform candidates to speak.
Fishmansays the people involved in campus politics
gain knowledge in all areas of politics, but also enjoy
other fringe benefits.
"Bluntly put, chances of employment on the Hill
become better, especially if you have experience," he
says. "MPs on the Hill look for young people with
energy."
Gourlay says involvement in campus politics has
long-range implications for Canada's political future.
"I just want young people to get involved," he says.
"If young people are not involved, we're not going to
have a political system in 10 or 15 years because no one
will care." ®
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Rather than spoil your ballot. . .
by Ian Mcleod
Charlatan Siafl
Fed up with the state of politics in this
country? Do the blow-dried blowhards
stumping for the major parties give you
the heebie-jeebies? Well, don't spoil that
ballot just yet; you do have a few options.
There are 13registeredparties running
in this election, a record number. A party
has to have 50 candidates run to be a
registered party with their name on the
ballot. Some of these folks didn'tget their
say at the two big televised debates and
some of them didn't even get their say at
the fringe debate of the smaller parties
Oct. 5.
Here are some of the lesser known
parties that are vying for the electorate's
attention, as well as a brief summary of
their platforms.
ABOLITIONIST PARTY Led by
Ottawa-areagamblingentrepreneurJohn
Turmel, the Abolitionists claim to stand
for the abolition of interest rates. The
party is only six weeks old but is fielding
80 candidates, primarily in Ontario.
Ottawa Centre candidate Pauline
Morrissette has been deliberately evasive
about party policy and Turmel himself is
alleged by the Ottawa Citizen to have
been barred from the fringe debate for
refusing to follow the set format and
demaiidingthreeminutestogiveaspeech.
In the 1988 election, Turmel ran as an
independent candidate in Ottawa Centre
and generated a storm of controversy when
he staged a sit-in at a candidates debate
from which he had been excluded.
Candidates claim the solutions to the
country's problems are to be found on
mysterious diskettes they all seem to carry
around.
CANADAPARTYJosephThauberger
is the leader of this Western-based party,
whose platform seems to revolve almost
exclusively on the linchpin of monetary
reform, like taking monetary control away
from private banks and putting control in
the hands of the Bank of Canada. They
are not running a candidate in Ottawa
Centre.
CHRISTIAN HERITAGE PARTY
Led by Heather Stilwell, a mother of eight,
the Ten Commandments are the rule of
law for Christian Heritage. Despite this
Scripture- centred belief, and their anti-
abortion, anti-gay stance, Stilwell claimed
during the television debate that their
party was "not exclusionary." Go figure.
They don't have a candidate in this riding
either.
GREEN PARTY Led by Chris Lea,
this group of social, environmental and
political activists, based in Vancouver,
wants to create an "environmentally
sustainable" economy. That is, they want
to create jobs without hurting the
environment. They would replace the
Goods and Services Tax and lower current
income taxes, replacing them with taxes
based on resource use, waste disposal
and, generally, environmental damage.
Their candidate in this riding is Frank
Thompson. They are affiliated with the
international Green movement.
MARXIST-LENINIST PARTY
Under the leadership of Ottawa Centre
candidate Hardial Bains, the Marxist-
Leninists would try to bring about
democratic change and empower the
people through referenda, overhauled
social programs (including domestic help
for all at least once a week), the ability of
people to propose legislation and direct
responsibility of the politicians to the
electorate, including recall of MPs.
NATURAL LAW PARTY Neil
Paterson is both the leader and Ottawa
Centre candidate for his party. This party
is trying to bring both the power of
transcendental meditation and the
teachings of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi to
government. The Maharishi was the
spiritual guru of the Beatles in the late
1960s and developed the theories of
transcendental meditation.
According to their campaign promises,
a group of 7,000 "yogic flyers" can direct
their positive mental energies into
affecting the government. Believe it or
not, they are fielding 231 candidates, the
fourth largest number of any party.
PARTY FOR THE COMMON-
WEALTH OF CANADA A group with
links to arch-conservative American
politician Lyndon Larouche. Their local
candidate is Marie Therese Costisella.
The party's main objective is to create a
republic commonwealth of Canada where
we would be independent politically from
England.
PARTI RHINOCEROS Those wacky
men and women of the Rhinos have
suffered their share of trials and
tribulations since the last election and
have split into two factions, because some
party insiders wanted to treat the election
as more than just a joke.
The flippant Montreal-based Rhino
Classique wants to move the capital of
Canada to the Ottawa in Texas, so it will^
be warmer all-year round and it wants to
knock down the Rockies so it won't be
always raining in Vancouver.
The Regina-basedBorn-Again Rhino
Force, known by its acronym BARF,
would introduce a universal credit card,
so every Canadian could buy the things
needed for a minimum standard of living.
"BARF will abolish everything that cuts
trees except old-fashioned two-man
bucksaws."
The original Rhino party has been de-
registered, while BARF and Rhino
Classique don't have enough candidates
to qualify as official parties.
So, if Kim and Chretien can't, Preston
seems putrescent and you want to "bloc"
Bouchard out, think about one of these
men and women. It may not count for
much, but that vote does count. S
Undecided but not apathetic
by Steve Dobrenski
Chariatan Staff
The Charlatan s residence election poll
may notbe as scientific as one done by the
Decima Research group or Angus Reid,
but it gives us some insight on the politi-
cal landscape at Carleton..
The poll was a random sample of 388
students who were approached at the
entrance to the residence dining room on
Monday, Sept. 27.
They were asked, "Are you going to
vote and if so, for what party?"
The majority of those interviewed live
in residence, but a few are off-campus
students using the meal plan offered in
residence.
Sixteen per cent of the decided stu-
dents said they would cast their votes for
the Liberals and the Progressive Con-
servatives garnered 14.2 per cent to fin-
ish second among the parties. The others,
including Reform, the NDP and National
Party, trailed far behind the big two. Only
nine per cent of students said they would
not vote.
A poll with 50 per cent undecided does
not give any clear indication on the out-
come of the election. Although it is highly
unlikely, our results indicate the National
Party could still form a majority govern-
ment. Even some of the decided voters
claimed they might change their minds.
Our research does tell us that over 90
per cent of students are planning on vot-
ing, compared to the national voter turn-
out of about 75 per cent in 1988. The poll
tion. One woman figured she would play
"tic tac toe" on her ballot. Another student
wasn't sure who he would vote for, but he
one per cent in our poll. But it might be
difficult for these supporters to vote for
the Rhino Party, seeing as it isn't running
any candidates here in
this election.
50%
Liberal |
(| 16 "i
1
P.C. -|
14.2"/
1
No Vote H^BH
9%
Declined 1
5) 3.4%
Reform -|
§] 2.8%
N.D.P. -J
1) 2.6%
National 4
J 1.3%
Rhino -|
0.7%
i 1 1
0%
10%
20%
30% 40%
% of Students
50%
was conducted with almost a month still
left in the campaign, prior to the national
debates and just after television ads hit
the airwaves.
As for the mood of students towards
the campaign, one residence stu-
dent said he preferred his floor party
to any parties running an the elec-
knew it would be "definitely a guy," while
another said he plans to make the trip to
the polling station only to spoil his ballot.
Many people still wanted to hear more
party positions on education and the defi-
cit.
Surprisingly, the Rhino Party
isn't dead yet, showing up at almost
If Carleton has fol-
lowed recent Canadian
poll trends, the Reform
Party will have gained
support, while the Con-
servatives will have lost
some ground. The Lib-
erals and NDP will still
be in first and fourth
place respectively.
In the 1988 election,
Mac Harb of the Liber-
als lost all four of the
voting polls in Carle-
ton's residence, despite
winning the Ottawa
Centre riding by 762
votes.
The most popular
candidate in residence
that yeaf was Progres-
sive Conservative Bob Plamondon, who
won all four polls. The total spread in
residence between Harb and Plamondon,
however, was only 33 votes. The NDP
trailed in third spot, 155 votes behind the
Tories.
Data waa collected by Rob Clements and Steve Dobreauki.
60%
supplement
election
20 • The Charlatan ■ October 21, 1993
Women get the NAC of voting
by Angie Gallop
Charlatan Slatt
When asked to write an article on women and
the vote it occurred to me how ironic the whole
concept was.
Why must a feminist organization like the
National Action Committee on the Status of
Women (NAC) existto further the special interests
of women?
Women's groups are not "special
interest groups," according to the
organization's voters' guide, which
was put out in June and written by
former NAC president Judy Rebick
and Huguette Leger, a member of
NAC's executive.
The interests of 52 per cent of the population
are not special interests — they are public
interests.
NAC is the largest feminist
organization in Canada, which
represents about 500 women's groups
and receives grants from the Canadian
government.
The guide was put out to provide
information on issues relating to
women's equality.
So why must an article on women
and the vote be written?
According to Jill Vickers, a professor
of political science and Canadian
studies at Carleton, women have a
differentrelationship to the state than
men.
Vickers says because women are by
and large still left with the
responsibility of child care, they are
more dependent on federal funding
for such things as housing, daycare,
and social assistance.
But according to NAC's voters'
guide, women were virtually absent
from constitutional reform
negotiations at both Meech Lake and
Charlottetown, and the media is still
not reporting the impact of federal
policies on women.
The guide criticizes free trade,
taxation, cutbacks to social programs
and other government policies. For
instance:
• There has been an 11 per cent reduction in
women's employment in manufacturing since the
Free Trade Agreement.
• Taxation policies allow men to deduct child
support payments from their taxes while divorced
women receiving these payments must pay taxes
on them. The average amount of child support is
half the cost of child rearing.
• Cutbacks to social programs affect women
the most because women make up the majority of
workers in the social and health services.
• Women's unpaid labor, such as staying home
to take care of children, tends to pick up the slack
from funding cuts to social services like daycare.
But this federal election promises to be different
because we have two women as leaders of the
more established, traditional parties.
Or does it?
"The fact that you have women leaders does
not necessarily mean that issues of particular
concern to women are being dealt with either by
political parties or by the media," says Vickers.
Right now, out of 25 cabinet posts,
women hold five positions, including
Prime Minister Kim Campbell. Brian
Mulroney's last cabinet had seven
women cabinet ministers out of 35
positions.
Women are still invisible in a political domain
which was made by and is still dominated by men,
Vickers says.
"The political system was developed by men
before women were even legally allowed to
participate," she says. "It was a very narrow
segment of men who were competing to control
the instruments of the state.
"Women now have the vote and are interested
in making policy," says Vickers. "Those women
don't just want to choose between brand A and
brand B. They want to have an input into making
actual policy decisions — and they want political
parties and politicians who do what they say they
i ne
NAC
Voters' Guide
are going to do."
While speaking at Carleton last month, Rebick
said she supports proportional representation as
a better way to reflect women's issues in
parliament. There are many types of proportional
representation, but it basically means that a
citizen votes for a party, not for a candidate.
According to Rebick's proposal, each party would
be required to be "gender-, racially and regionally
balanced" in their choice of proposed candidates.
In a representative parliament, the party gets
the same percentage of seats as the percentage of
votes it receives at the polls.
Rebick says this system would increase voter
confidence because MPs would better reflect the
interests of their constituencies, meaning better
representation for women and minorities as well
as better chances for smaller parties.
Vickers also proposes a kind of modified system
of proportional representation. Shesaysoneoption
would be a system like that of Germany, where
there is a minimum percentage of votes required
before you get any seats.
election
Right now we have a "first past
the post" electoral system. The
person who has the most votes
wins — even if the total number of
votes for other candidates may
exceed the votes the winner
receives.
"Conventional political parties, political science
and the media define politics very narrowly,"
says Vickers. "Women, like some men, share ail
alienation from official politics. . . . Issues that
interest most women are not being debated in
official politics, but are being debated in social
movements."
Vickers says this "narrow definition" of politics
is why politicians don't talk about topics like
aboriginal issues, child-care issues or the
environment.
Some students agree.
"They are really dealing
in a patriarchal
framework and they are
perpetuating it," says Pat
Gentile, a student in her
qualifying year for
graduate studies in
Canadian studies. "I don't
think anything ... to make
this a better society can
ever really be addressed in
a patriarchal framework."
"The agenda has to be rewritten,
basically. The most disappointing
thing about Kim Campbell is that she
assumes we have to keep the same
agenda which totally excludes the
needs of women," says another
student, Nancy Janovicek. "We are
assuming that day care isn't going to
help because it doesn't fit into the
agenda of jobs, jobs, jobs."
What these opinions indicate is that
invisibility in political institutions and
the mainstream media is a reality for
Canadian women. That is the irony
for52 percentofthe population. Until
our society starts to make and report
on government policy with the interests of both
women and men in mind, ironic articles like this
one will continue to appear and women will
continue to have a separate movement. 0
Here are some good reads on the
subject of women and politics if you are
interested:
"Introducing the Feminine into
the Body Politic - and
Experiencing its Allergic
Reaction," by Anne Smart, in
Canadian Women's Studies, Spring
1992.
"Ms. Representing Feminism?
The Troubling Ascent of Kim
Campbell," This Magazine, May
1993.
On Being Brown, by Rosemary
Brown.
Not One of the Boys, by Sharon
Carstairs.
supplement
October 21, 1993 • The Charlatan ■ 21
Fumbling, Bumbling and Campbell Crumbling
by David Docking and Stefanka
Kirincieh
Charlatan Staff
The 1993 election campaign has been
a long and winding road.
So, just in case your newspaper
subscription ran out or your telly's on the
blink, The Charlatan has digested the
basic issues and events of the leaders'
campaigns covered in the various media.
WEEK I (Sept. 8-11)
The campaign
officially begins on Sept.
Sand the hot topicquickly
becomes job creation for
1.6 million unemployed
Canadians.
Liberal Leader Jean
Chretien pledges a
"return to the good old
days, "promising to revive
the economy with
massive government
spending on public works
programs.
Prime Minister Kim
Campbell says her
priority is to reduce the
deficit and once that is done, jobs will
come naturally. Unfortunately, thismeans
that Canada's unemployment rate may
not drop below 10 per cent until the end of
the century, she says.
NDP Leader Audrey McLaughlin
reiterates her strategy for job creation. It
includes an investment fund to help
finance innovative companies, and
measures, such as removal of the GST, to
trigger consumer spending.
Reform Party Leader PrestonManning
begins his campaign by promising to let
voters dictate his agendafor the first part
of the campaign.
He says Reform sees the debt as a root
cause of many of Canada's problems,
including high unemployment.
Bloc Qu6becois Leader Lucien
Bouchard says federalism is bad and
sovereignty is the only answer for Quebec.
National Party Leader Mel Hurtig files
an application for a court injunction to
include his party in the television debates
on Oct. 3 and 4.
WEEK II (Sept. 12-18)
Chretien promises to create 1.6million
jobs over four years as he unveils the
Liberal economic plan on Sept. 15.
The Liberals take an unusual step by
releasing their platform
all at once. It promises a
national apprenticeship
plan, public works
projects to build roads and
sewers, a three-year plan
to provide up to 150,000
new child-care spaces, a
head-start education
I program for aboriginal
pre-schoolers as well as
grants and bursaries for
post-secondary
aboriginal students. The
plan calls for increased
investment for research
and development, a new
j venture capital fund for
innovative small
businesses, and the cancellation of the
multi-billion-dollar military helicopter
purchase.
I Campbell promises never to criminalize
abortion and disavows the abortion bill
she supported as justice minister.
McLaughlin promises to support a
j Liberal minority government if it agrees
to kill the free trade agreements. She also
accuses the Tories and the Liberals of
conspiring with multinational
pharmaceutical companies to keep drug
prices high.
WEEK III (Sept. 19-25)
Campbell comes under heavy fire when
she says an election is no time to talk
about Tory plans for social programs.
Campbell is also attacked over her
reluctance to outline her
deficit-cutting plans. She
claims government books
are in too much of a mess.
Chretien also stirs up
controversy when he tells
students at a
Newfoundland college he
favors experimentation
with "workfare" —
programs in which
welfare recipients must
work for their payments.
He later clarifies his
statementbysayingsuch
a system wouldn't
necessarily include
mandatory work for
welfare payments, "but nothing is
impossible."
Manning outlines in
detail his party's plan to
eliminate the $35- billion
deficit in three years
through cuts to programs
including federal transfer
payments,
unemployment insurance
and old-age pensions. The
"zero-in-three" plan is
given prominent
exposure when a Sept. 23
Globe and Mail editorial
endorses it, calling it "the
only deficit plan we've
seen."
In a bid for attention,
McLaughlin uses a
dinosaur skeleton as a backdrop for an
anti-Senate speech at the University of
Saskatchewan.
Bouchard promises if the Bloc holds
the balance of power, it would only topple
a minority government in order to protect
Quebec interests.
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Manning runs into some controversy
over Reform's health care platform. He
clarifies his party's position by stating
that federal health care spending would
be keptatcurrentorevenincreased levels,
but he would allow the provinces to charge
user fees if they wish.
WEEK V (Oct. 3-9)
There is no clear winner in the Oct. 3
French-language leadership debate on
television, though
Campbell and Chretien
hold their own, say the
pundits.
On Oct. 4, the
National Party fails in <vs
its bid to get the
Supreme Court to force "ifey-jitf
the TV networks to
allow Hurtig in the
English- language
debate to be held that
evening.
As in the previous
night's debate, no leader
makes a major blunder.
Chretien and Manning
do particularly well,
according to some observers.
Campbell comes under fire on Oct. 6
when the Liberals
reveal leaked
government documents
which give details of her
government's plan to
privatize two terminals
of Pearson
International Airport in
Toronto. The $1.6biUion
deal would transfer
control of the terminals
to a private consortium
of developers with
strong links to the
Tories.
The plan is called
"immoral" by Chretien,
who vows to block it.
Campbell insists the consortium was
chosen through public tender and that
14,000 jobs would be lost if the dealwas
scuttled. The deal is approved by the
government on Oct. 7.
Chretien has his own problems to
contend with after an unannounced,
exclusive fundraiser in Montreal is
reported. News reports say 200 guests
paid $1,000 each and were promised
private meetings with "the future prime
minister." Chretien defends the cocktail
party as an annual fundraising affair,
which gives the business elite no special
access to him or privilege within his party.
Hurtig says a National Party
government would call a referendum on
whether Quebec would like to leave
Canada.
WEEK VI (Oct. 10-16)
Although she starts
strong at the beginning
of the week, the PM is
forced to pull a
campaign ad that
caused widespread
distaste among the
public and fellowTories.
The ad, which depicts
Chretien with crooked
mouth and wild eyes,
has a voice in the
background that asks
"Is this a Prime
Minister?"
On Oct. 12, Chretien
vows either to cancel or
rewrite the Tories' deal
to privatize Pearson airport.
Manning warns voters that they
shouldn't give Chretien a blank cheque by
awarding the Liberals a majority
government. He says a minority
parliament with fiscally responsible
Reformers holding the balance of power
would keep a short leash on the tax-and-
spend Liberals.
Like Campbell, Manning finds himself
in hot water when the Reform candidate
in York Centre makes controversial
remarks about immigrants, at one point
comparing them to criminals. Manning
quickly forces the candidate to withdraw.
McLaughlin offers a three-point
medicare guarantee, setting out conditions
that must be met for her to support a
minority Liberal government. The
declaration demands the government
restore federal transfer payments for
medicare and other social programs to
past levels, ban user fees and repeal
amendments to the drug patent law.
Sunera Thobani, president of the
National Action Committee on the Status
ofWomen, criticizes the five major parties
for ignoring women's issues during the
election. S
Campbell finally outlines her strategy
to trim government spending and save
$5.85 billion over the next five years. The
savings, she says, will
come from a freeze in
future defence spending
and international
development assistance,
from reducing subsidies
to business and through
further trimming of
spending for government
operations. She promises
there will be no cuts to
health care, education
and social assistance.
Chretien promises to
stop the government re-
organization Campbell
began during the
summer. He also
promises to scrap the GST
and replace it with an unspecified
alternative that would generate the same
revenue.
On Sept. 26, the parties" TV ads begin.
Advertising experts quickly nominate an
unusually calm message from Chretien
as the most convincing.
Don't touch that dial! This is what
listen to after you've heard enou
Top 10 songs to listen to while considering your vote and why, according
to Charlatan staff.
10. "Nobody to Vote For" — FurnaoeFace. 'Because there isn't."
9. Dirty Deeds (Done Dirt Cheap)" — AC/DC. "Strikes a chord with
politicians."
8. ""irforDemocracy"— Spirit of the West. "Because of poor Mel Hurtig.*'
7. "Call it Democracy" — Bruce Cockburu. "One of the great cynical
musicians of our time."
8. "Fuck the Vote" — 25th of May. "Fuck it, man, just fuck it."
5. ^Revolution" — the Beatles. ""Cause we need one."
4. "Youth Against Fascism" — Sonic Youth. "Evokes the angst of youth in
the face of politics."
3. "No More Nervous Breakdown" — Me, Mom and Morgentaler. "Because
of the famous Intro speech by a Free Speech Movement representative at
Berkeley in the late '50s that just sums it all up."
2. "Get Up, Stand Up" — Bob Marley. "Because all the candidates are as
white as the PGA golf tour."
l."Don*t Worry BeHappy"— Bobby McFeirin.'Iteminiscentofacatatonia
caused by fear, which conies with the realization that one of the brain-dead-
Envi ronics-pollin g-produced media zombies we might refer to a« candidates
will be at the helm of 24 million sq ti are kilometres of natural resources, over
26 million citizens, and your Canada Student Loan. Blah."
Top solution to all your problems — two words: yogic flyers.
22 • The Charlatan • October 21, 1993
Raven women singing in the rain
Cocky Yeowomen
humbled in loss
by Steven Vesely
Charlatan Staff
Oh, how sweet it is to watch the mighty
fall — particularly when you're not the
mighty.
The Carleton women's soccer team
defeated the first-place York Yeowomen
3-2 at home on a cold, wet Oct. 17.
The win improves the Ravens' record
to 4-3-1 andsolidifies their holdonfourth
place in the Ontario Women's
Interuniversity Athletic Association's east
division soccer league.
I Carleton 3 York2 I
"We were really pumped for this game
and we really wanted to win as a team,"
said goalkeeper Kristina Bacchi. "York is
a team known to have attitude', to be a
very cocky team and we wanted to show
them."
Show them they did.
Midfielder Nicole Maynard put Carle-
ton up 1-0, taking advantage of poor
Yorkgoaltending.
"It was a throw-in and I just turned on
it and went to the net," said Maynard. "It
hit the post, hit the goalie and went in."
Immediately momentum swung to the
Carleton side. Riding that wave, Maynard
scored again when she tapped in a cross
from the left side.
"The (York) goaltender went across
the net and misplayed it. I just put my
foot in there and kicked it in," she said.
York closed the gap a minute later and
trailed 2-1 at halftime.
"That one goal they got just proved to
us that we had to keep not just trying for
another goal but defend as well," said
Bacchi.
And that's exactly what the Ravens
did in the second half. Led by sweeper
Ann-Marie Irwin, the Ravens settled into
a defensive shell while still striking when
the opportunity arose.
Striker Mary McCormick gave Carle-
ton a 3-1 lead and Yeowomen striker
Clair Ralston scored her second to close
the gap 3-2.
Then Irwin took over clearing the ball
away time after time.
Chasing the ball on a crummy day led Carleton to a satisfying 3-2 victory
"I just like playing in wet conditions,"
said Irwin. "I just had a lot of good
plays."
"She played great," said Bacchi. "She
was reading the game very well and she
knew exactly when to go and when to
tackle. Everytime she tackled someone
she got the ball." -
Even York coach David Bell was im-
pressed with her play.
"Their sweeper just kept making one
great block after another to keep them in
the game."
Nowhere was Carleton's defence more
apparentthan in the dying minutes with
York scrambling for a tying goal.
"They were hungry for a goal," said
Bacchi. "Those last couple of minutes
were really intense. The ball would stop
dead (in the mud). People were swinging
and missing, and the referee let the game
go an extra two minutes so we all started
panicking."
Irwin agreed.
"It was just a big mudbath. We were
trying to keep it out of our own end
because we knew time was almost up
and we knew that we could win."
The whistle finally blew. Game over.
The Ravens end their season Oct. 24 in
Toronto against the third-place Varsity
Blues. □
Polo men find Toronto to their liking
by Richard G.D. Scott
Charlatan Staff
There were some hot birds in Toronto
this past weekend and they were not the
Blue lays.
At the Oct. 16-17 waterpolo tourna-
ment at the University of Toronto, the
Carleton Ravens made impressive strides
towards the final four playoff round next
month.
Carleton 5 McMaster 5
Carleton S Western 4
Toronto 8 Carleton 4
Carleton 9 York 5
The Ravens posted a 2-1-1 weekend
record against strong competition from
the universities of York, Western On-
tario, Toronto and McMaster, moving
into third place in the Ontario Universi-
ties Athletic Association waterpolo
league.
After losing 1 9-5 and 1 1 -3 in last sea-
son's meetings against McMaster, the
Ravens opened their weekend tourna-
mentby tying the defending champs 5-5.
Led by an excellent checking perform-
ance from holechecker Cony Burke, the
Ravens led McMaster from start to finish.
But leading 5-4 in the last quarter, the
Ravens were robbed of a victory when the
referee allowed a controversial McMaster
goal in after it sat on the goal line.
"There's no way that ball crossed the
line," said Raven coach John Pankiw.
The ball must completely cross the line to
be counted as a goal.
The Ravens returned to the pool that
nightto face the Western Mustangs, who
Carleton beat for the bronze medal in
last year's playoffs. Led by the sparkling
goaltending of captain Allemander
Pereira, who held the Mustangs scoreless
until the 4:40 mark of the third quarter,
the Ravens pulled outa5-4 victory. Burke
scored the game winner on a penalty
shot.
After the surprising McMaster tie and
Western Ontario win, the Ravens were
hoping to do the same to the Toronto
Blues.
No such luck.
Last year the Blues outscored the
Ravens 27-15 in two regular season
games. This time around, Toronto dou-
bled up Carleton 8-4.
"There were a lot of stretches that they
didn't score (in) and we played right with
them," said Pankiw.
The Ravens then finished their week-
end with an easier 9-5 victory over the
winless York Yeomen. Against the weaker
York squad, Carleton played some of
their bench players, includinggoaltender
Andy Pohl, who saw his first action this
season in the fourth quarter.
The 3-2-1 Ravens are now in third
place behind Toronto and McMaster. The
Ravens' next match will be an exhibition
game against an alumni Carleton team
on Oct. 30 and their next league game
will be against Queen's on Oct. 31. □
Gillick brains
behind Jays
field success
by Ryan Ward
Charlatan Staff
It's October.
Therefore the Toronto Blue fays
must be in the WorldSeries— again.
So let us give credit where credit is
due.
Let's thank general manager Pat
Gillick for the Blue Jays' success.
In 17 years at the fays' helm,
Gillick has engineered a major-
league-record 11 straight winning
seasons, five divisional champion-
ships, two American League pen-
nants and, so far, one World Series.
Not bad at all. That's a record of
success far superior to almost any
other modem day general manager.
And what has Pat done?
Year after year Gillick has en-
sured the fays remain a contender.
After winning the World Series
last year, Gillick replaced half the
Jays' 24-man roster.
The key men gone include
Winfield, Key, Cone, Henke, Lee,
Stieb and Gruber.
In their place, Gillick recruited
Molitor, Stewart and Fernandez and
promoted Hengten, Sprague and
Ward.
Then, to give the Jays an edge in
post-season play, Gillick picked up
baseball's greatest all-time leadoff
hitter Rickey Henderson as this year's
rent-a-player.
The newly melded fays only man-
aged to win their third straight
American League east division title
and fourth in five years.
Not bad at all.
Thanks to Gillick's astute trading
and player development, the Jays
were the first team in 100 years to
have three players — Roberto
Alomar, Paul Molitor and John
Olerud — finish 1-2-3 in the batting
race.
On top of that, first baseman
Olerud only managed to flirt with
the .400 mark for most of the sea-
son. That's a feat that hasn't been
accomplished since Ted Williams of
the Boston Red Sox batted .406 in
1941.
Thanks Pat.
And thanks for manager Cito
Gaston.
With the fays floundering at 12-
24 early into the 1 989 season, Gillick
promoted Gaston to the manager's
position and has never regretted the
decision.
Few people realize how much
Gaston has accomplished in so little
time — four first-place finishes and
one second in five years.
With those results, Gaston's taken
too far much flak over the years and
his recognition is long overdue.
Only Gillick has stood by him
year after year.
Gillick has been the architect.
Gillick has been the genius.
Maintaining a contenderfor over
a decade has been his legacy.
Thanks Pat — we look forward to
seeing the fays play in October again
next year. □
October 21, 1993 • The Charlatan • 23
Voyageurs battle Ravens to soccer tie
First-place battle with Toronto next week
by Sarah Richards
Charlatan Staff
Strong, explosive starts are considered
an asset by most teams. But for the
Carleton men's soccer team, they've been
more of a mixed blessing.
Sometimes they relax and settle for a
tie. Other times they start quickly and
roll to victory.
The former happened in a 1-1 tie
against the Laurentian Voyageurs in a
home game on Oct. 18, the latter in a
severe 5-0 mangling of the York Yeomen
on Oct. 19. The 7-0-2 Ravens are now
ranked third in the country.
Soccer Shots
Here's how the Raven men rank
against the country's best
1 UBC Thunderbirds
2 McGill Redmen
3 Carleton Ravens
4 Alberta Golden Bears
5 Victoria Vikings
Carleton 1 Laurentian 1
Carleton 5 YorkO
"We'll start off the game strong - the
last few . . . we've been scoring early, then
we lay back," said Raven midfielder lan
Rowe after the Laurentian tie.
The moment the whistle blew, the
Ravens came out aggressive. A well-posi-
tioned give-and-go allowed striker Basil
Phillips to take advantage of a sleeping
Laurentian defence seven minutes into
the game. Laurentian goalkeeper lohn
Kowal said the goal was a result of a
defensive mix-up.
"There wasn't a clear understanding
of who was doing what." .
Now the question remained -- would
they relax or would they roll?
It seemed like the answer would be the
latter when 15 minutes later, Phillips
had a second chance at the net when the
Voyageurs left the door wide open for the
Raven's offence. His shot went wide.
Nevertheless, the first half was pep-
pered with Raven chances with another
good shot coming off a free kick taken by
sweeper Michael Zaborski. Theball sailed
over an eight-man Laurentian wall, but
was tipped over the bar by Kowal.
But come second half, the Ravens lost
steam and relaxed.
"Other than Marty Lauter, our de-
fenders couldn't kick it over the
(Laurentian) defence today, which is our
game," saidassistant coach David McFall.
"That hurt us, because the ball was get-
ting kicked into midfield, and then
Laurentian was winning it."
It was just such a play that allowed a
cross from the 18-yard line to meet up
with Laurentian striker Tony Giorgio's
foot.
"I saw the lob coming, defence was
cheating, so I just went on the outside to
stay onside. The ball lobbed over, they
didn't mark up, so 1 just put it through
the keeper."
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One Raven against two Yeomen was more than enough on most occasions.
boot and bash became the Raven's domi-
nant play as Laurentian pressured to
score the tie-breaker.
"Communication started to go, and
everything started to break apart," said
Rowe. "Everyone was screaming at each
other in the end, they were just out of
control."
In the dying minutes of the game, the
Voyageurs came close to marking a sec-
ond point when they struck the crossbar
in Carleton's jammed six-yard box.
"There wasn't a lot of pretty football
played today," said Kowal walking off
the field after the game.
It was a different story when the Ravens
played York the following day. Instead of
relaxing and settling for another tie, the
Ravens stormed to victory, completely
dominating York's weak defence.
Fullback Lauter scored on a cross. Min-
utes later, Phillips scored on a header
past a shell-shocked York defence. With
two minutes left in the first half, a small
chip by Phillips to forward Marc
Baumgartner allowed him to score on a
waist-high shot to the left of the net.
And the carnage continued in the
second half.
Ravens Zaborski and midfielder foe
Gabor scored a goal each, leaving York
empty-handed when the whistle blew. □
Fumble blows Raven win
by Derek OeCloet
Chajlatan Staff
If the Carleton Ravens miss the playoffs
again this year, they might look back on
Oct. 16 as the reason.
Or, the Ravens might simply remem-
ber their 2S-21 loss to Concordia as the
one that got away.
The Ravens seriously jeopardized their
chances of making the Ontario-Quebec
Intercollegiate Football Conference
playoffs blowing a 21 -6 third-quarter lead.
The Ravens now must beat the Univer-
sity of Ottawa Gee-Gees in the annual
Panda Game Oct. 24 to have any chance
of claiming their first playoff berth in six
years. They also need a McGill victory at
Queen's on Oct. 23. If the Ravens get
both, they're in.
Concordia wrapped up their come-
back victory in an unusual way. Trailing
2 1 • 1 8 with less than two minutes to play,
the Stingers attempted a game- tying field
goal — and missed.
Raven Wayne Wilson, the team's lead-
ing kick returner, went to scoop it up —
and dropped it. Concordia's Mike Noble
fell on it for the game-winning touch-
down with 1 : 38 to play.
Game over.
"It wasn't in the cards for us," said
Raven coach Donn Smith. "We played
our hearts out but it was a real bitter
lesson."
Although Wilson dropped the big one,
he wasn't the only goat. A pile of Carle-
ton mistakes opened the door for
Concordia's comeback.
"I think the guys got a little bit com-
placent and thought that we'd won the
game," said lineman John Merry.
The Ravens should have been able to
trap the Stingers in their own end in the
fourth quarter, said Smith. But despite
having a strong wind behind them, punt-
ers Joey Ducharme and Harry Van
Football Follies
Year W L T PF PA PTS
1986 5 1 0 221 117 10
1992 0 6 0 44 217 0
1993 2 4 0 91 145 4
As the season progresses, well
compare this year's Raven squad
against the best and worst Raven
teams of the past the 6-t 1986
squad and the 0-7 1992 team.
Hofwegen booted a couple of poor punts
and gave Concordia good field position
for the final drive.
On the positive side, Carleton finally
showed some scoring spark after two
weeks of lacklustre offence. Ray Hubbert
started for the first time at quarterback
and threw two touchdown passes. He was
10 for 29 with 136 yards.
This year's Panda fight will be espe-
cially meaningful because both Carleton
and Ottawa are 2-4 and fighting for the
last playoff spot in the O-QIFC.
"There's a great deal of optimism,"
said defensive back lason Mallett.
"There's no question that this Panda
game probably means more to us than
any game in the past couple of years.
We'll be on fire for that game."
Of course, Carleton's playoff hopes
will have already vanished by kickoff if
Queen's beats McGill.
"We don't like to look at it that way,
and I don't think there are many guys
looking at it like that," said Merry. "We
gotta get two points."
Smith meanwhile, just hopes for a
weekwith as little distraction as possible.
"We're a young, gullible team easily
influenced by distractions," he said.
And that's the last thing the Ravens
need for Panda. □
24 • The Charlatan ■ October 21, 1993
Rumblings
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
"I think the guys got a little bit com-
placent and thought that we'd won the
game."
Football lineman ]ohn Merry on the
Ravens' 25-21 fuck-up in their game with
the Concordia Stingers.
BRIEFS
The Carleton swim team hosted and
lost their own relay exhibition meet on
Oct. 16 against the University of Ottawa
and Queen's. The women's team lost
154-48 to Queen's and 161-41 to Ottawa.
The men's team did slightly better,
losing 126-75 to Queen's and 143-78 to
Ottawa.
The Raven men's basketball team
hosted and lost their annual alumni game
on Oct. 16 at the Ravens' Nest. The alumni
team, led by Alex Overwijk's 20 points,
defeated the varsity squad 80-61. (ames
Marquardt led the Ravens with 29 points.
Bumpers on Bank Street will be hold-
ing a wing-eating contest on Thursday,
Oct. 21 , at 8 p.m., involving six Carleton
Raven football players, six Ottawa Gee-
Gees and six Ottawa Rough Riders. A$l
cover charge will go the Children's Hos-
pital of Eastern Ontario.
Carleton's radio station, CKCU 93.1,
will be broadcasting this year's Panda
Game between the Carleton Ravens and
the University of Ottawa Gee-Gees foot-
ball clubs. Air time is 2:45 p.m. on Sun-
day, Oct. 24.
CORRECTION
Our humble apologies to Raven
midfielder lan Rowe who we mistook for
Ian Wright of Liverpool in England's
premier soccer league. Sorry Ian, you'll
just have to go back to being plain old
Rowe again.
CALENDAR
Friday, Oct. 22.
FIELD HOCKEY - The women's field
hockey team will be at Minto Field facing
off against the University of Waterloo
Athenas in a 5:30 p.m. match.
WATERPOLO - The women's
waterpolo team hosts its annual
invitational tournament this weekend at
the Carleton pool.
Saturday, Oct. 23.
FIELD HOCKEY - The women's field
hockey team continues its homestand
against the Guelph Gryphons in an 11
a.m. game.
ROWING - The rowing club will be at
the McGill Open in Montreal today.
RUGBY - The 5-1 Ravens rugby team
hosts the Trent Excalibur in a 1 p.m.
match. A win guarantees them first place
and a spot in the Ontario Universities
Athletic Association playoffs.
Sunday, Oct. 24.
FOOTBALL - The Panda Game, the
annual fall football classic between the
Carleton Ravens and Ottawa University
Gee-Gees, will kickoff at 3 p.m at
Lansdowne Park. Tickets are available at
the Tuck Shop in the athletics centre.
Student tickets are $8 in advance and $9
on game day. Adult tickets are $10.
FIELD HOCKEY - The women's field
hockey team ends its season with a 10
a.m. game against the University of
Western Ontario Mustangs.
SOCCER - The 4-3-1 women's soccer
team ends it season against the Univer-
sity of Toronto Blues at 1 p.m. in Toronto.
The men's soccer team also ends its
season in Toronto against the University
of Toronto Blues. □
Weird and
by Jay Tharayil
Charlatan start
Jekyll and Hyde.
That's the best way to describe the
effect mental preparation has in trans-
forming Carleton student Chris Coulter
from an everyday scholar to a tight-end
for the Carleton Ravens football team.
"You're totally focused," he says. "If
there's a spot on the wall, you totally
focus on that spot. You look at it, but
you're really looking past it, trying to get
your mind totally free of everything ex-
cept your job and what you have to do."
By preparing himself mentally, Coul-
ter allows Mr. Hyde to emerge and change
his entire personality.
"You just get into this vicious mindset
thatyou're going to kill someone. If you
don't getinto that vicious mindset, you're
going to get bowled over."
Concentration. Psyching up. Focus.
Those are the buzz words for the proc-
ess Coulter and a thousand other ath-
letes go through before each and every
game.
But everyone does it differently. Some
athletes foreshadow game situations in
their minds. Others work themselves into
a state of frenzy. Some, like Coulter, focus
their thoughts on a single thought or
emotion. And still others just try to relax
and ignore the pressures of the coming
game.
But all athletes, in some way, men-
tally prepare themselves.
And this intense concentration is not
something athletes strive for just before
games. It's something that's instilled by
coaches continuously during weekly
training sessions and throughout a long
season.
"It's just like a train," says Coulter of
the process. " It starts out slow, but by the
end of the week, it's going full speed."
Marg fones is the coach of the worn-
wacky mind games
en's basketball team. She says mental
preparation is key to success on the court.
_ "If you have no doubt, if you've gone
through the situation in practice, your
confidence level goes up and it allows
you to play at your best."
That concentration is a two-way street,
says Jones. It's the coach's responsibility
to ensure players are strategically pre-
pared for the game. But it's also an
athlete's responsibility to get themselves
focused.
Towards that goal, Raven basketball
guard Erin O'Grady arrives early at the
gym before each game.
It's in this time period she thinks of
fundamentals, of what the coaching staff
said, and what the coach expects of the
team in that game.
While some coaches like lones take a
passive approach to mental preparation,
others are more aggressive.
Raven fencing coach James Ireland
insists each of his athletes listen to re-
laxation tapes for 15 minutes each night.
These tapes consist of exercises which
induce athletes to remain calm while
competing.
One of these exercises is the creation
of a suggestion word that athletes can
repeat to themselves when they are nerv-
ous in order to remain calm.
Although Ireland has confidence in
the methods he employs, he is quick to
point out the danger of putting to much
faith in mental preparation.
"Sports psychology does not guaran-
tee you are going to be the best at some-
thing," he says. "It guarantees, thatwhen
you need it, you are going to be the best
you can be."
Ireland also says each athlete is
unique, and should be treated as such.
"Everyone is different. Our system is
designed behind the belief that everyone
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Rugby Ravens one win away from playoffs
Defence doses the door on Blues' offence
by Matt Shurrie
Charlatan Slatf
At least Toronto can be proud of its
professional baseball team.
At home on Oct. 16, the 4-1 Carleton
Ravens dumped the 3-2 University of
Toronto Varsity Blues 25-6, closing the
door on any Toronto rugby playoff
dreams.
Carleton 25 Toronto 6
With the victory, the Ravens improve
to an impressive 5-1 and remain tied for
first with the Laurier Golden Hawks in
the Ontario Universities Athletic Asso,
ciation's second rugby division.
If the Ravens win their game against
the 1-5 Trent Excalibur this weekend, it
will clinch them first place because the
Ravens defeated the 5-1 Laurier Golden
Hawks 12-7 on Sept. 18.
"The club came out slow off the mark,
and they continued to shoot themselves
in the foot with mental mistakes," said
coach Lee Powell, commenting on a slow
Carleton start. "However, the club turned
it up a notch and showed me the way
they can really play in the second half."
The first half was a struggle of sloppy
ball control and ineffective passing. Only
a strong, stand-tall defence held an im-
posing Toronto offence in check.
At halftime, the clubs were tied at six.
But in the second half, a completely
different Raven team appeared. Passing
was executed to perfection, ball control
improved and the defence remained —
not giving up any second-half points.
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lead to a more comfortable 13-6 score.
Defence again stood out, limiting the
Blues to only two penalty kicks.
Both flanker Dennis Djonlich and
rookie outside -centre Rick Haldane had
stand-out games at defence. Haldane
especially looked like a man on a mis-
sion, showing off perfect blocking tech-
niques.
"(We've) really developed since our
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S team's defensive play.
§ "The club's success is based on skill,
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each game, and they deserve everything
they have earned," said Powell. □
Wet Panda a friendly splash
Sailing club defeats Ottawa in regatta
by Shannon Fraser
Charlatan Slafl
Competitive yet friendly.
That was the atmosphere surround-
ing the first Wet Panda Regatta between
Carleton University and the University of
Ottawa hosted and won by the Carleton
sailing club at the Britannia Yacht Club
on a cold, wet and windy Oct. 16.
In sailing competitions, different types
of boats enter different classes, In this
regatta, Carleton entered three boats in
the 420 class "and placed first in all five
races.
Ottawa lost.
Carleton sailor Dave Nurse won four
of five races in the laser class, losing only
the first race when he false-started.
Ottawa lost.
Ottawa was unable to field a full boat
in the echo class and a combination
Carleton/Ottawa crew defeated a second
Carleton crew.
"That worked really well," said Carle-
ton sailorGordon Dewis, about the shared
win. "Adam (Voisin) was a very good
sailor."
Voisin, an U of O sailor on the combi-
nation team, was equally pleased with
the way the race turned out.
"It doesn't matter who I'm sailing
with," he said. "It was fun anyway."
This sense of kinship was the theme
for the Wet Panda Regatta.
"I hope they do this again next year,"
said Carleton sailor Jonathan Hirst. "I
Icnow I'll be back. It's good there's a lot of
camaraderie even though you're sup-
posed to be school against school."
Race organizers Nurse and Gyllaum
Godbout of Ottawa U hope to make the
Wet Panda Regatta an annual event.
"Nextyearwe'll cream Carleton," said
Godbout with a laugh, reflecting on Ot-
tawa's second- and last-place finish. □
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26 • The Charlatan • October 21, 1993
1
Injuries sink Ravens
by Kevin Restivo
Charlatan Staff
One win. Two losses. Three injuries.
The Carleton women's field hockey
team ran their winless streak to eight
games in Montreal, losing 8-0 to the
University of Toronto Blues on Oct. 15
and losing 6-0 to the York Yeowomen on
Oct. 16.
That streak was finally broken with a
4-1 victory over the Trent Excalibur later
that afternoon at McGill Field.
Toronto 8 Carleton 0
York 6 Carleton 0
Carleton 4 Trent 1
During the weekend, three players
also went down with injuries. Forward
Vicki Wilcoxsuffered a knee injury and is
out for the year. Goaltender Julie Sudds
reinjured her back and defender Chris-
tina Morula was carted off to the Mon-
treal General Hospital after getting hit
above the left eye.
"It was a little bit tough at this time of
the year with so many injuries to deal
with," said assistant coach Sandy Roy.
"Considering all the changes we made
and all the injuries, the girls really han-
dled it remarkably and played quite well
under those conditions."
Against Toronto, the Ravens came out
fired up and actually held the 14-0 Blues
scoreless through the first 10 minutes of
the game. Forward Vicki Wilcox then
went down with akneeinjuryand after a
long delay the Ravens followed suit. While
defending, Wilcox partially tore her left
anterior ligament, the spot behind her
knee, when she planted her left foot and
turned at the same time to make a tackle.
Even if Wilcox had continued to play,
versatile midflelderSuzanne Bird doubted
it would have made a difference.
"Even when we're playing our game,
a team like Toronto, which has almost
half the national team players, seems to
force their game on us," said Bird.
Carleton's contest against 10-1-2 York
Yeowomen was a carbon copy of their
Toronto loss.
This time the tide shifted when Raven
goalie julie Sudds left the game with back
spasms and defender Christina Matula
was hit in the head with an errant shot..
"We're not normally expected to beat
teams like York, " said a frustrated Wilson,
"but when you've got players where they
normally aren't (supposed to be) it makes
it next to impossible."
Still, Carleton went into their match
against the 0-1 1 Trent Excalibur with an
upbeat attitude.
"The girls worked hard in both games
and that carried over into our game
against Trent. We knew we could com-
pete with them. They have the same type
of team as us," said coach Suzanne
Nicholson.
Once again, the Ravens came out
firing on all cylinders.
Bird opened the game with a hat trick
and Carleton never looked back. Rookie
forward Amanda Mullin capped off the
scoring for Carleton with a second-half
goal.
Carleton endstheirseasononthe road
with games against the fourth-place
Waterloo Athenas on Oct. 22, the third-
place Guelph Gryphons on Oct. 23, and
the sixth-place Western Mustangs Oct.
24. □
Charlatan Hockey Pool
Here are the point leader's in the Charlatan Hockey Pool.
Points were tabulated as of Tue. Oct. 19, 1 993.
1 344 Bank Street
(at Riverside)
738 -3323
1
Donnalee Bell
76
2
Joseph Kurikose
75
3
Alex Varki
75
4
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73
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Dan Grant
73
6
Edward Kerr
73
7
Carl Chapman
72
8
Scott Rinn
72
9
Edwin Chock
72
10
Guy Nicholson
72
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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Local bands stage excellent show
by Rob Willbond
Cha/lalan Start
Gogo Rock-a-Roo
Hall
D
\ f you missed it (and if you
'were over 17 you probably
did), Songbird Music held its
fourth Pogo-a-Gogo Rock-a-
* Roo music fest this past Sat-
/ urday in Porter Hall. Perform-
ing were local bands Fishtales,
Heaven Dog, Tongues and Bones and
Black Triangle.
1 arrived roughly 40 minutes before
the doors opened, hoping to trap the
ever-elusive co-organizer Tom Stewart
Socks go on feet! Socks go on feet!
for a brief interview on the evening's
events. This poorindividual didn'tpause
for an instant from the moment I walked
through the doors. Once I finally man-
aged to confront him, Tom happily
brought me backstage to a less noisy
venue for the interview.
According to Stewart, Pogo-a-Gogo
originated in the minds of the people at
Songbird Music, who wished to create a
large all-ages show with local talent. It's
designed to make up for the lack of all-
ages shows in Ottawa, and to do so in a
really large way with good equipment
and lots of people attending.
Stewart says he feels Pogo-a-Gogo has
had a good effect on the local scene, and
that it's an important event, with the
possible upcoming loss of the SAW Gal-
lery as an all-ages venue.
My last impression, before the
show started, was Stewart run-
ning madly about the hall
searching for the switch to turn
off the main lights. Interesting
prelude to what was an excellent
show.
The first band to perform was
Fishtales. They've already re-
leased their second album,
Ulysses, and can they perform.
Their music radiated a positive
and happy state of sonic bliss.
They even owned that much
treasured set of special effects,
the strobe light/smoke machine
combo. Their 40-minute set
showcased a wide spread of styles.
Maybe it was because they
were the first band, or perhaps
the crowd was mellowed by the
smoothness of the music, but
there was relatively no dancing.
At most, some people shook their
heads and moved from side to
side.
p A few times the band exhorted
o the. crowd, "Don't be afraid to
y dance." Their wish was fulfilled
w best when they performed
| "Untitled." A great set and good
~" opening band.
Heaven Dog was the second
Fire! Fire!
band to perform, and before long they
had the crowd up and moving. They
played songs off their current release,
Holy Cow, and even gave the audience a
few hits from their upcoming CD.
The highlights of their set were their
pleas to use Fishtales' smoke machine
and strobe (which they didn't get) and
some reflections on the eighties marked
by their set-ending cover of A-ha's great
pop hit "Take On Me." A driving mosh
with guest appearances from the lead
singer made for a good time.
Up next was Tongues and Bones. They
played an interesting set with lots of
keyboard fun. The crowd, however,
seemed to have been spoiled by the punk
action of Heaven Dog and many people
just sat and listened to the less aggressive
music. The performance was decent, but
was not enough for the audience.
What can one say about a perform-
ance by Black Triangle? Perhaps they
said it best themselves with the promise
of 20 songs in 40 minutes. One moment
I felt as if I was at a Dead Kennedys'
concert, the next at a Celtic rock recital.
And it's even better than television
by Chris Reid
Charlatan Stafl
//I Had A fob J
if Great Canadic
\sgct. 13— Oct.
Liked. Once.
Canadian Theatre Company
30
ot having been to a play in a
while, it was a little unusual
experiencing the intimacy
and well, liveness of a stage
play again.
1 found myself fighting the
urge to turn up the sound or
flip the channels all the time. Not that I
really had to. Author Guy
Vanderhaeghe's first stage effort is fairly
entertaining stuff.
The play is centred around RCMP Sgt.
Finestad, an aging, tired cop becoming
disillusioned with his life as it starts to
unravel in small town Saskatchewan in
1967.
The story is about a highly political
case of an alleged sexual assault on the
daughter of a influential local pojitician.
The suspect in the case is Les Grant, a kid
from a troubled working class family.
The case makes Finestad more aware of
the realities of his job, raising questions
about corruption and his own faith in the
law.
While the play isn't as heavy as itmay
sound, the theme of the law does tend to
dominate things. Finestad is likeable but
seems a little too preoccupied and philo-
sophical for a cop of his temperament
and experience. On the other hand, it is
a play and total real-
ism is best experi-
enced by hanging
out in a real police
station somewhere.
There are some
other problems here
also. None of the
characters are totally
original. These in-
clude the standard
stuck-up bitch and
her rich father, the
poor Canadian kid
with an attitude, and
the aging but tough
gravel-voiced cop.
On the plus side,
while the entire play
is limited to the con-
fines of Finestad's
office and the same
props are used
throughout, effective
staging and lighting
and use of music
keep things from be-
coming dull. can-t we ouy
For a first time effort, / Hada/ob I Liked.
Once, is pretty good entertainment. It has
some flaws but a live performance has
merits on its own. And hey, it's better
than television. □
This band melds distorted punk rhythms
and a frentic violin, and all you want to
do is roll around merrily in the mosh,
which is exactly what happened.
In order to keep their promise, they
played theirsongs back to back, stopping
only for minor guitar adjustments. Even
then, the drums and base pounded on,
keeping the crowd busy. Saved for last for
a reason, Black Triangle is a must see.
The fourth Pogo-A-Gogo Rock-A-Roo
was quite a success. The crowd was good-
sized, appreciative of what it saw, and
the music was fantastic.
Hopefully Songbird will continue to
sponsor this event, allowing Ottawa to
maintain regular access to a well-man-
aged all-ages show. □
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We Read
the Phone
Book
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in Ottawa
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2. Big Ben Discounts
3. Big Bucks
4. Dollar Bill's
5. Dollar Bin
6. Dollar Steals Ltd.
7. Dollar's Worth 4 U
8. Liquidator Lou's
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October 21, 1993 • The Charlatan ■ 29
The Charlatan Pub Crawl Extravaganza
Meat Market Mayhem!
by Joanne Olszewski
Chariawn smtt
ot being one who is enthralled
about listening to the same
[ram machine bearing con-
nuously throughout 20
ongs, 1 entered level-headed
andwilling to open my mind
to the concept Yucatan's Liq-
uor Stand had to offer.
Tuesday nights seem to be a popular
and attractive night to university-aged
students who are trying to stretch out
their OSAP loans. The beer and mixed
drinks at $2.25 were pretty cheap and if
you can make it through the one dollar
cover charge, the night is in the palm of
your hands.
By 1 1 o'clock, the venue was crowded.
The bartenders were hustling away pour-
ing drinks, opening bottles. It was remi-
niscent of Santa's elves on the night
before Christmas, scurrying around to
ensure the children's happiness.
The walls of this establishment are
quite cleverly decorated. Abstract objects
hang from the ceiling while complimen-
tary junk art is pasted to the walls. With
more standing than sitting room, club-
goers mingled, tried to pick each other
up, attempted to find their soulmates,
and rekindle friendships from their past
years of school.
Being a pick-up joint, Yucatan's is
kinda cheezy, but not as cheezy as the
ones you'd find in Hull.
Fashion-wise, it's not the place to go
withoutpurdngonyourface. Most of the
girls were decked out in those trendy
styles: jeans, with either black or white
fitted shirts, cowboy boots or brand new
Doc Martens.
A few grungies couldbe found in their
Le Chdteau stripes or Gap plaid shirts.
This social group could be spotted easily
while the DJ spun the Pearl Jam CD and
"Even Flow" came crashing out from the
speakers, in between club-hell songs
"Rhythm is a Dancer" and "lump
Around."
Yucatan's also boasts full-customer
service. An employee, dressed like Bozo
the Clown, complete with a sequined
shirt, striped sarin top hat and unbear-
able shoes, provided a photo service.
Kind of a "If you can't remember what
you did the night before, we'll help you."
His Polaroid was kept busy, taking pic-
tures mostly of drunken women. Quite
the deal for four bucks, mefhinks. Or
maybe not.
In the midst of the evening, a buzzing
screech filled the air. This sound wouldbe
familiar to residence folk, but Yucatan's
patrons paid little attention to the fire
alarm as it buzzed for over 10 minutes.
Nobody left. The few who noticed this
annoying sound simply took a few steps
away, where the less-than-pleasant tone
could be avoided. In the end, It turned
out to be a false alarm.
So If you and your pals are looking to
hang out at a drinking establishment
and if you like the pick-up scene and
lotsa mind-numbing dance music, your
search may be over. Have a beer. If you
don't like the music, have another beer.
Have fun, but don't forget about those
classes Wednesday morning. □
Pearson biography
complete but boring
by Brent Dowdall
Ctiariaian Staff
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The Worldly Years: The Life
Lester Pearson 1949-1972
John English
Vintage Books
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he latest biography of Lester
Pearson, Canada'sfourteenth
prime minister and the man
they named Mike's Place af-
ter, seems to be yet another
/attempt by an author to
harken back to the so-called
"good-old days," when jobs were plenti-
ful and hope sprung eternal.
With a federal election only days away,
many Canadians wax nostalgic for the
Pearson era. Author John English taps
into this feeling by portraying Pearson -
- the Nobel Peace Prize winner and popu-
lar prime minister -- as a giant among
Canadians.
English begins the book with Pearson's
post as minister of external affairs in the
late 1940s and most of the 1950s. It
follows the successes and failures, his
election to the leadership of the Liberal
party in 1958, his rise to the prime min-
istership in 1963 and the trials of his
government
English's book is a masterpiece of re-
search. The biography is an impressive
barrage of numbers, dates, cabinet meet-
ings and papers. For example, English
has obtained private letters and docu-
mentation which painta convincing pic-
ture of Pearson's diplomatic negotiations.
However, English's book fails to in-
spire readers, or to give them a reason to
keep reading. English hovers around the
edge of Pearson's personal and political
life but seems unable to make the reader
feel Pearson's persona in the book. Eng-
lish seems unable to penetrate Pearson's
inner thoughts, visions or beliefs. If it
wasn't for a library of research, English
wouldn't have much to go on.
English's overwhelming body of facts
also keeps the reader from enjoying this
biography. Because the text is so full of
information, the writing is awkward and
difficult to follow.
Forexample, English spends 30 pages
describing in great detail the French presi-
dent Charles De Gaulle's visit to Canada
in 1967, when he shouted "Vive le Que-
bec libre."
The formal negotiations over arrang-
ing De Gaulle's visit are greatly detailed.
However, the details don't go beyond the
formal statements of the various govern-
ments involved. There is no sense of what
Pearson thought of De Gaulle and there
are no personal anecdotes dealing with
this period. The technical details bog
down the reader's interest.
English attempts to portray Pearson
as a hero, doing his best for Canada and
the world.
There is no question that Pearson made
errors and bungled several policy mat-
ters during his political career. English
does mention these, including Pearson's
disastrous firstbudget. However, he justi-
fies and makes excuses for Pearson's mis-
takes. Pearson hardly needs English to
defend his historical image.
If you're looking for dates or names
for a research essay, this book will suffice.
If you're looking for an enjoyable biogra-
phy, this book's not for you. As someone
who wasn't around during Pearson's
political career, this biography doesn't
help me understand him much better.Q
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J
Music from the past enters the future
by Prema Oza
Charlatan Stall
f
Pandit Ha riprasod Chaurasia
: I Museum of Civilization Theatre
andit Hariprasad
Chaurasia, the interna-
tionally acclaimed flautist,
played before a breathless,
packed theatre Saturday
night.
As one of India's foremost classical
Indian artists and contemporary master
of the bamboo flute, or bansuri, as it is
known in Northern India, Chaurasia sees
the future of classical Indian music as a
strong one.
"The future is bright. It is really won-
derful. It's not like the olden days when
there were very few audiences," says
Chaurasia. "Nowadays, you'll find (the
theatres) very crowded. More people lis-
ten to classical music and they enjoy it."
However, he does perceive the need to
deter young minds from the soundtrack
songs of contemporary mainstream In-
dian cinema, where music is most acces-
sible, most popular and least inspira-
tional.
"We don't get any historical movies
any more like Mughal-E-Azam or Anarkoli,
so we don't get that kind of music with a
classical base. We must approach pro-
ducers to make these kind of movies so
that we will have this classical base."
Chaurasia, a native of Uttar Pradesh
in Northern India, was accompanied by
sitar, tambura (which is like a mini sitar in
appearance) and tablo (drums). The tablas
were played by Subhankar Banerjee of
If this was Lolapalooza, people would be crowd surfing.
Calcutta, an accomplished musician in
his own right.
The performance began with a ro-
mantic, evening raga. A raga is a melodic
form of music which follows very strict
guidelines. Theevening performance fea-
tured Northern and Southern Indian
ragas.
"The basic melodies are improvised
with the structure of skill, like jazz,"
Chaurasia says of the ragas.
An example of this would be the tail
end of the performance, where Banerjee
and Chaurasia engaged in a bit of "call
and response, " a popular jazz technique.
As the music penetrated the audito-
rium, I felttransported back to my native
homeland. Back to my parents' farm in
Northern India, watching the cattle re-
turn home from the fields before a sooth -
ing Rajasthani sunset. The performance
was stirring, and served as an inspira-
tional reminder that there is more to
music than synthesizers and mass pro-
duction. More than a grunge guitarist
playing guitar in a masturbatory man-
ner . . . much, much more.
Among Chaurasia's major influences
are Indian vocalists and other musicians,
both Eastern and Western.
"Musicians who play jazz, rock and
pop music also influence me," says
Chaurasia.
The flautist, who was introduced as a
"legend of his time," sees music as devo-
tion to God.
Religion aside, thismanistruly blessed.
The music wafted from the wooden
instrument with all the peace and tran-
quillity of a lotus flower. I soon noticed
the audience take what could only be
considered a collective sigh as they eased
into their chairs.
Seeing Chaurasia in action, it is not
difficult to see how he acquired his fame.
I pitied the labia player who, although
quite good, had difficulty keeping up
with the elder and more accomplished
Chaurasia and was therefore subjected
to the occasional blank stare from him.
The audience seemed to find this rather
amusing.
Theaward-winning virtuoso, who has
studied under such lauded musicians as
Annapuma Devi, offers this advice to
struggling, young musicians: in order to
be a good performer, you must first be a
good listener. □
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Blackwood is a well-formed, believ-
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However, this slow development is not
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actually a nice reflection of Blackwood's
transformation into a sober, successful
television arts critic. That transforma-
tion is slow, but tantalizingly so.
This, though, brings about another
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The back cover lauds it as the story of
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his longtime friend Winncup.
Butwhile the bizarre tale of theirfriend-
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as a heroic figure in the aftermath of the
murder.
Perhaps it's modesty that keeps
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Winncup is also a believable charac-
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who shares a strange bond with
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other, sometimes they don't, but they
never show real compassion for each
other.
Perhaps that is just Gilmour's ugly
interpretation of real life. He's been criti-
cal of the Canadian writing community
for failing to deal with real issues and
relationships in a realistic way, andwon't
be caught doing the same.
Having said that, there are two rela-
tionships that are underdeveloped and
unsatisfying.
The first is Blackwood's relationship
with his ex-wife, Kalie. It's ambiguous
throughout, and though a reader may be
rooting for a reconciliation, it's still in
doubt at the end.
The other is Blackwood's relationship
with Florence Winncup, Harrow's mother.
Gilmour keeps hammering away on their
hatred for each other, but scarcely illus-
trates why.
While this book is refreshingly low on
sentimentality, Gilmour uses emotion
well. This isespeciallytrueof Blackwood's
relationship with his son Jesse, who lives
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by Gavin Power
Cnaflalan Staff
Poseur Pilots lacidngln originality
Temple Pilots
ess Centre
)
)his was a very unusual spot to
have a concert. The Congress
Centre is a rather posh location,
more suitable for business meet-
ings or perhaps a political rally
for the Conservative Party.
The wall-to-wall carpeting would have
been nice on bare toes but was not really
suitable for Dr. Martens. However, the
tuxedo-clad bartenders were a nice touch,
even if they did clash with the sea of
plaid-on-plaid.
Not only was it the most unlikely
location for the Stone Temple Pilots' con-
cert, but the room's acoustics were terri-
ble. The sound was either swallowed by
the carpet or distorted by the dozens of
chandeliers on the ceiling. A lousy loca-
tion to say the least.
The opening band, Boston's Mighty
Mighty Bosstones were excellent; even
taking into account the horrible loca-
tion. They're an eight-piece band and
they play a variety of instruments, in-
cluding two saxs and a trombone. Their
sound resembles Fishbone's earlier mu-
sic. They have two lead singers both with
a very different style of singing. The first
— dressed head to toe in plaid — sounded
like he was singing through a voice box.
The second — dressed in a tux — was a bit
more melodic. The combo produced a
funky ska set. A terrific band definitely
worth checking out next time they're up
this way.
The Pilots were not nearly as impres-
sive as the opening band. The light show
could have been topped by most high
school dances — they had maybe five
differentcoloredlights and way too much
smoke.
Where did all the CDs go?
by David Bartolf
Charlatan Staff
shout from the crowd started
the show.
"I want to buy a CD!"
" I'd like to apologize about
that," Steve Fai, Black Boot
Trio's singer, said smiling.
Thanks to Federal Express's
bumbling, copies of Pony Ride,
the group's new, still-long-awaited CD,
were "somewhere between here and Mon-
treal," as the trio held their CD release
party. So Fai spent that afternoon assem-
bling cassette packages for impatient
fans.
Fai, Stef Bennett, who is credited as
playing "drums and power tools" on the
album, and bassist John Kanakis put on
a kick-ass show, mixing songs off Pony
Ride and their "Everthing's Gonna Be Al-
right" cassette of two years ago.
Again, the group focuses on fast, growl-
ing songs about drinking, love/hate and
murder, as if sung by a young, electric
guitar-playing Johnny Cash. Spending
four months from June to September
recording Pony Ride sure has paid off in
terms of how tight and professional the
group sounds, both on the album and on
stage.
"Bertie" featured a wicked guitar riff
with all the powerof gunning the engine
of a '71 Buick Skylark with no muffler
(trust me on this, I know).
Fai, from the prairie town of Bienfait,
still has a lot of that Western Canadian
angst to workout. "Kitty" is an apocalyp-
tic, seedy tale of a woman's bus ride to
Regina and visit to the Hotel Saskatch-
ewan bar.
At the show, Fai dedicated "14-Foot
Trail" (which will be on the CD after Pony
Ride) to "fellow Saskatchewan refugees."
Fumaceface guitarist Pat Banister and
his pal Shane Smith hopped on stage to
play a mean game of paddy-cake, sort of,
and sing backing vocals on "Drinking
Too Much." Banister also does backing
vocals on the recorded version.
Fai introduced one song, saying mock-
ingly that Garth Brooks was going to
record it on his next CD and make him a
rich man.
The trio encored with "Everything Is
Gonna Be Alright." A long-time close
friend of the group, as he jumped and
danced around the floor, accidentally
dropped a beer glass and shattered it,
adding to the country/punk texture of
the song.
The group ended the show with a
rollicking cover of Lou Reed's "Rock 'n'
Roll Heart." Despite Kanakis's disclaimer,
"Stef and I are doing this against our
wills," it had all the campy, playful en-
ergy of Fun For Malakai's versions of
"Black Cars" or "Stayin' Alive."
So, as with all good things, the slightly
premature party celebrating Pony Ride's
release was worth the wait.
Half of the time the in-
struments were turned up
so loud that they drowned
out Scott Wellland's vocals.
The overall sound quality
was garbage. The music was
loud and distorted at the
best of times.
To give the band credit,
they did perform a few songs
really well. They did a slow
version oftheirhif'SexType
Thing" that was amazing.
They immediately followed
it with the same song, only
this time they played the
faster album version. Itwas
a nice touch.
Their big hit " Plush " was
exciting to see live, but like
the rest of the songs, it was
very distorted.
The San Francisco band,
accused by some of being
an Alice In Chains/Pearl
Jam ripoff, tried far too hard
tosoundhardcore. Weilland
danced around the mike
stand as if he were possessed.
This would have been fine if
it was even the slightest bit
believable. The entire rou-
tine looked and sounded like
an act, and a poor one at
that.
Most people can appreciate a band
attempting to connect with the fans. The
fans at this show were absolutely nuts.
The pit was jumping long before any
band hit the stage. But Weilland's idea of
becoming one with his audience was:
"Take care of each other cause we're all
brothers and sisters out there," almost
exactly like Eddie Vedder's sanctity of life
speech at Lollapalooza II. Anyways, he
sounded anything but sincere.
A Mighty Bosstone: "Where'd everyone go?"
Overall the show was pretty bad. The
lights were bad, the sound was bad, the
room was bad and Weilland looked like
a fake. If not for the great crowd and the
Mighty Mighty Bosstones, the evening
would have been a complete writeoff.
Weilland summed up the Stone Tem-
ple Pilots' performance best when he,
said, "Anyone with drugs gets a free
backstage pass!" That may explain the
lousy show, but who knows, eh? □
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CHARLATAN
CAJtLETON'S lIDEPENDfMT STUDENT NEWSPAPEI
PRODUCTION
VOLUNTEERS!!!
At the beginning of the school year the production
department was inundated with a goodly number of
persons eager to become involved in the production
process. Where did you all go? I am very keen on your
return as your assistance is needed. Any help you can
offer is appreciated.
^jnrank^You and please come home soon. Jj
October 21, 1993 ■ The Charlatan ■ 33
Excitement, adventure and real wild things
by Bram S. Aaron
Cha/laian Staff
Demolition Man
Directed by Marco Brambilla
ell, it's about time. A nice,
quiet Oscar winner from
Sly Stallone.
Right, andl'm Gene Siskel.
The year is 1996. Los An-
geles is a gang-controlled
wasteland, where fearand
chaos rule.
Stallone plays LAPD Lt. John Spartan
who, while attempting to arrest the sa-
distically violentSimon Phoenix (played
by Wesley Snipes) during a hostage stand-
off, apparently botches the rescue and all
30 hostages are killed.
Phoenix and Spartan, as punishment,
are sentenced by the state to be "repro-
grammed" and frozen for 75 years in
cryogenic suspension, with no chance of
parole for 50 years.
Jump to 2032. The city is now San
Angeles, a merger of Los Angeles, San
Francisco and San Diego. San Angeles is
a docile and peaceful society where crime
is unheard of. All "bad" things, includ-
ing chocolate, sex, beer and profanity
have been outlawed.
At his own parole hearing, Phoenix, a
martial arts expert, escapes from the
SAPD cryogenic prison facility into the
tranquil streets of San Angeles and be-
gins a violent and murderous rampage.
Due perhaps to accidental reprogram-
ming, however, Phoenix is now even
more vicious and brutal than before.
Cashing in on the success of Free Willy, Sly and Snipes release the Demolition Man.
Completely baffled about how to deal
with Phoenix, the SAPD decides the only
way to stop him is to fight fire with fire.
Thus, they awaken Spartan and begin
the manhunt.
The movie, of course, features lots of
gratuitous violence and mass destruc-
tion. Although not too gory, there is one
graphic scene involving a removed eye-
ball.
Demolition Man features a hilarious
script. Most jokes involve the cute but
anal dialect the San Angeleans use in the
future.
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The plot is an over-simplistic one of
revenge and counter-revenge. A budding
romance between Spartan and a pretty
SAPD lieutenant (played by Sandra Bul-
lock) is thrown in for good measure.
While the story is predictable and easy
to follow, no reason is given at all for
Phoenix being so evil, and one is left
wondering how the feud and mutual
hatred between Spartan and Phoenix
began in the first place.
Though typical of the genre, one is
still amazed at how both the protagonist
and antagonist can fall out of speeding
cars on their heads and take hundreds of
rounds of machine-gun rounds, several
dozen laser death-rays, dozens of pistol
bullets and stabbings, too many punches
and kicks to count, and still emerge with
nary a flesh wound.
The action is fast-paced and thrilling.
Combat scenes, both armed and hand-
to-hand, move at a dizzying pace. Spe-
cial effects, while not spectacular, are
nevertheless impressive, and mostly in-
volve the cryogenic freezing facility or
high-tech laser ray guns.
Overall, this film was entertaining
and enjoyable. If you're looking for an-
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by David Hodges
Cultural Archaeologist
Theyeor was 1980, and I was all
of eight years old.
It was the dawn of a new decade,
which would serve to be the long
hangover for the sins of a previous
generation. I was young and free,
unaware of the disaster which
would be deemed the '80s a decade
later. This did not matter though,
because through it all they were
there.
While I was bathing in a sea of
ignorance, dressed to the height of
fashion in my Empire Strikes Backl-
shirt, red corduroy rugger pants,
and a hand-me-down pair of North
Star sneakers, they were there.
Late at night, long after my par-
ents thought I was sound asleep, I
would He restless in my bed, strum-
ming away feverishly at the tennis
racket that served as my guitar. As
those sweet melodies coarsed
through the headset of my Sears'
deluxe beginner'sstereo set, Iwould
close my eyes, entering a different
reality as I lip-synched all those
lyrics I knew so well.
Maybe 1 was just a young fool,
caught up in a world of fantasy,
living out my dreams through the
accomplishments of others — butit
didn't matter, because they were
there. Yes, those pioneers of early
'80s cheese glam-rock were there
for me. Many great groups may
come to mind: TROOPER, FOR-
EIGNER, AIR SUPPLY, TRIUMPH,
HAYWIRE, CHILLIWACK, TOTO,
but I am of course speaking of . . .
LOVERBOY.
Friday, Oct. 22, 1993. Loverboy.
At the Penguin. Be there. Because
they were there for me.
"Turn me loose, turn me loose,
turn me loose.
I gotta do it my way, or no way
at all." □
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34 • The Charlatan ■ October 21, 1993
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21 TO THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28
Thursday, October 21 Sunday, October 24
like Water For Chocolate is playing
tonightandtomoiTOwat7:15and9:15at
the May fair. It's about sex and cooking.
•Yum!
Friday, October 22
Carleton's English department is pre-
senting Native Canadian writer Jeanette
Armstrong, who will be giving thisyear's
annual Munro Beattie lecture at C264
Loeb Building. She's just written a pa-
per titled "Writing Visibility: Life Writing
and First Nations Identity, " which sounds
informative. It starts at 8:15 p.m. Re-
freshments will follow.
Sub Pop recording artists Eric's Trip
touch down at Fenn Lounge in resi-
dence tonight at 8 p.m. Opening are Pig
Out and Mushroom Explosion, who
we hear are big fans of the Natural Law
Party. Tickets are $7 at the usual inde-
pendent outlets or $8 at the door. For
more info, call 234-PUNX.
Loverboy, those heroes of cheese rock,
play the Penguin tonight. It's now offi-
cial: the nineties have become the eight-
Saturday, October 23
It's the long-awaited return of Ottawa
emocore demigods Uncommon Soci-
ety, with extra special guests Kill the
Ego, Fosseceptic and Trailer Dickson,
8:30 p.m. at Cafe* Alternatif at the
University of Ottawa. Prepare yourself
for a surprise announcement from Un-
common Society. What will it be? Are
they turning into a John Denver tribute
band? Will they be teaming up with
Heaven Dog to salute the eighties? Go see
the show to find out.
Spain's Milladoiro play the Museum
of Civilization's Theatre tonight at 8
p.m. as part of that fun See and Hear the
World series. They play Celtic music in a
way that's truly exhilarating. Go see.
Tickets are $16 in advance, $19 at the
door.
The Mahones, from Kingston, are at
Zaphod's tonight. Expect great Celtic-
type music. Cover is six dollars.
Comic Debris do wacky, wacky sketch
and improv stuff every Tuesday night at
the Glue Pot Pub. But tonight, for their
adoring fans, they're presenting their
show Les Miserable Phantom Cat (and
His Amazing TechnicolourDreamcoat)
atCreeque Alley. Hint: bring 200grams
of mild cheddar cheese and make the
actors feel very special.
Monday, October 25
Election night. Government is cap-
tured by a tired party with a tired leader.
Much is made of how the popular vote
doesn't represent the number of seats
captured.
Tuesday, October 26
It's been a good month for the blues in
Ottawa. Tonight, at the Congress Cen-
tre, check out Buddy Guy and John
Mayall at 7 p.m. Tickets are a whopping
$25.50. Then again, these guys are blues
legends.
This week's reading tip, courtesy of
Charlatan production manager Kevin
McKay is Player Piano, by Kurt
Vonnegut. Says McKay, " Vonnegut's first
book examines what happens when so-
ciety displaces every person except for
the minute numbers of the elite and the
millions of laborers. It asks some excel-
lent questions."
Wednesday, October
27
OnCKCU's/nA Mellow Tone (93.1 FM),
stride pianist Donald Lambert is profiled.
Toronto's clown princes of comedy (or
something like that) Corky and the
Juice Pigs are at Zaphod Beeblebrox
tonight. Watch for the interview in next
week's Charlatan. Cover is $7.
Thursday, October 28
King Cobb Steelie, Guelph's best
band, have a new bassist and they're
playing Creeque Alley tonight. This
marks the beginning of a weekend of fine
music, courtesy of Fumaceface, D.O.A.
and Mystery Machine. Check out next
Hey Kids!
How would you like to win Carol Shields's book The Stone Diaries?
All you have to do is correctly answer this skill-testing question:
Where does your lap go when you stand up?
That's it. Drop your answer off along with your name and phone number in the
arts editor's mailbox at the Charlatan's office (Room 531 Unicentre) by 3 p.m
Tuesday, Oct. 26. The winner will be selected in a random draw. Charlatan staff
aren't eligible for this wonderful contest.
Good Luck!
Congratulations to Nita Boushey who knew that mega-rock star sellouts
Ministry ditched their integrity to sell beer. Come on up Nita and claim your
prize!
week's Charlatan for more details.
Hooray! The Rankin Family are play-
ing tonight at 5 p.m. at the Festival
Hall in beautiful cosmopolitan
Pembroke! Contrary to rumors, Black
Triangle will not be opening. (I know Rob
already reviewed Black Triangle's show
this issue, but let me just say they kicked.
It's been too long since I've last saw them
and they've really improved, playing a
really tight set. When I first saw them
open for the Dead Milkmen in 1 989 they
were horrid. Now, well, let's just say
they're totally cool. — ed.)
If you've got a listing you
want to appear in this
handy calendar, drop us a
line at Room 531
Unicentre during regular
office hours or fax us at
788-4051. Listings must be
in by the Friday before
publication.
Eric's Trip. This Friday. Fenn Lounge. Don't make me come after you.
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2 • The Charlatan ■ October 28, 1993
fire alarm system malfunctions
(... Mall QLinnar
by Matt Skinner
Cha/latan Stall
Carleton's fire alarm system has been
partially inoperable since Oct. 16 and
students living in residence were not no-
tified of the problem until days after the
malfunction occurred.
Bonnie O'Neil-Small, a floor rep on
the fourth floor of Stormont House, says
she was not aware there was a problem
withthealarmsuntilshe was approached
by a Charlatan reporter on Oct. 22.
She says students pay a lot of money
to live in residence and should be made
aware of situations such as these, just like
tenants in any other apartment build-
ing.
"If (residents) weren't told of the situ-
ation, that's a serious problem," says
Dave Scott of the Ottawa Fire Depart-
ment's prevention division.
Kevin Gallinger, chief operating engi-
neer of the central heating plant, says
the problem with the alarms was discov-
ered on Saturday, Oct. 16.
He says the malfunction affects all the
buildings on campus and each building
was informed about it on Monday, Oct
18.
Mancel Cummings, superintendent of
buildings and grounds services, says usu-
ally when a fire alarm is triggered on
campus, either at a pull station or by a
smoke detector, the alarm will sound but
the fire department will not be automati-
cally notified of the fire.
Cummings says a triggered fire alarm
registers on a warning panel at the uni-
versity heating plant and someone from
the plant calls the fire department.
He says the problem is the central
processing unit has broken down, but a
new one is on rush order. Without it, the
heating plant is not automatically told of
a fire on campus, and therefore cannot
call the fire department.
Gallinger says the new unit should
have arrived Thursday, Oct. 2 1 , but when
approached by The Charlatan on Oct. 26,
it had still not arrived.
"It's on its way," he says.
Gallinger says while the main alarm
panel is not working, each building on
campus still has an individual panel that
indicates where an alarm has sounded in
the building.
But Cummings says these panels are
not under watch 24 hours a day like the
warning panels in the heating plant.
Residence fellows were told of the prob-
lem in a memo issued on Oct. 21 by
Beverley Cruikshank, assistant director
of housing and food services.
The memo says in the event of a fire,
members of residence are to telephone
the residence service desk rather than the
fire department. The service desk will
then contact the heating plant, and the
plant will call the fire department.
O'Neil-Small says when floor reps were
trained prior to the first- year students'
arrival, they were told that in the case of
any emergency they are not to call 911,
but rather should call the res fellow c
campus security.
"It goes against anything we've ever
been taught," she says.
Gallinger says there is nothing wrong
with an individual calling 91 1 after evacu-
ating a building, but says the heating
plant should also be notified, so they can
also contact the fire department.
Cruikshank says she was made aware
of the malfunction immediately, butshe
did not pass on the information to res
fellows until Oct. 21 because the resi-
dence security and maintenance crews
were informed of the problem immedi-
ately.
"We've got people in the building
almost 24 hours a day," she says.
A memo distributed throughout the
Unicentre building on Oct. 18 by Lucy
Watson, president of the Carleton Uni-
versity Students' Association, says the
heating plant is experiencing serious
problems with the fire alarm panel for all
buildings of the university.
The temporary procedure outlined in
the memo requires that in the event of a
fire, each office is advised to call the
university heating plant, not the fire de-
partment. If the plant's line is busy, the
procedure is to call the university emer-
gency number, so they may call the plant.
The plant then telephones the fire de-
partment.
Gallinger says the heating plant is
informed beforehand if a fire alarm is a
drill and they can pass this information
on to the fire department.
"Anytime anyone is aware of a fire,
regardless of the procedure, you can al-
ways call the fire department, "Scott says.
Watson says she thinks the problem
with the alarm system poses a minor risk
to students in the Unicentre building. She
says in her office the person at the front
desk has been designated to call the
heating plant in the event of a fire. □
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Muslims seek prayer space
by Andrea Wiebe
Charlatan Staff
Muslim students at Carleton must find
a new place to pray because their prayer
room in the International Students' Cen-
tre is too small, says Ehab Shanti, the
centre's co-ordinator.
"This room was given approximately
seven or eight years ago and, at that
time, the (number of) persons requiring a
place to pray were small enough so that
the room was adequate for their needs,"
says Umar Kabir, president of the Muslim
Students' Association.
The prayer room was moved to the
centre about eight years ago as a tempor-
ary measure, until another space could
be found.
"The problem wasn't solved last year
because there wasn't any space avail-
able," says Shanti.
Now, some Muslim students are work-
ing with the centre and Theresa Cowan,
director of services at the Carleton Uni-
versity Students' Association, to make
arrangements for a new prayer room.
"We are looking at different options
and looking at finding a better place for
the prayer room," says Cowan. "My re-
sponsibility is to make sure that the Inter-
national Students' Centre is operating at
its fullest capacity and to help the Mus-
lim students find a room that's better
than the International Students' Cen-
tre."
Kabir says about 50 people come into
the prayer room each day.
"What has happened is that, over the
past few years, growing numbers of inter-
national students have caused this room
to become simply too small for their
needs."
Practising Muslims pray five times
each day. The students who use the prayer
room do not all come in at the same time
but, says Kabir, they "come in waves, " so
the room gets crowded quite often during
the day. Canadian students who are
Muslim often use the room to pray, as
well as international students.
There have been other problems
caused by the overcrowding, says Shanti .
Since Muslims must wash before pray-
ing, they have to use the washrooms
beside the centre which accommodate
only one person at a time. The Mature
and Part-Time Students' Centre shares
the washrooms with the International
Students' Centre and the line-up can get
to be enormous.
"You can't ask a 90-year-old man to
walk downstairs to use the washroom,"
says Shanti. Some men have even started
using the women's washroom because
they had to wait so long, he says.
The overcrowding is even worse dur-
ing the winter.
"The room gets quite crowded," says
Kabir, "because prayer-rime is according
to the position of the sun and, because
PRA YER cont'd on page 6
City inspects local homes to enforce bylaws
by Susie Haley
Charlatan Staff
Some student residences in Ottawa
South were found to be in violation of the
City of Ottawa's property standards by-
law during property inspections con-
ducted between Oct. 1 and Oct. 15.
Out of about 1 ,900 homes in Ottawa
South, 131 were found to be in violation
of the bylaw. About 31 of these were
thought to be student residences.
The City of Ottawa's property stand-
ards office has responded to specific hous-
ing complaints in previous years. How-
ever, this is the first year they have initi-
ated inspections, says Jim Watson, city
councillor for Capital Ward.
Watson says he has observed "a trend
over the last several years of student
properties falling into disrepair" in Ot-
tawa South.
"It is not acceptable that landlords
continue to extract large amounts of rent
from student tenants, but in many cases
allow their properties to deteriorate to
the detriment of both the student and the
neighbors," says Watson.
The area affected by these inspections
is bordered by Bronson Avenue, Bank
Street, the Rideau Canal, and the Rideau
River.
Joe Cottitto, an inspector for the city,
says the first step in the inspection proc-
ess was a drive-by visual inspection. He
inspected for various violations set out in
the property standards bylaw.
For example, the bylaw states "a yard
should be kept clean and free from rub-
bish, or other debris, refrigerators, freez-
ers, or similar appliances, whether oper-
able or inoperable and objects or condi-
tions that may create a health or acci-
dent hazard."
The bylaw further states that "every
dwelling shall be kept free from rubbish,
debris or any condition which constitutes
an accident hazard."
While the legal obligation to keep a
property clean is the landlord's, students
often contribute to property infractions
by littering and being irresponsible, says
Catherine Junop, manager of property
standards and site plan inspections for
the city.
Twenty-five student rental properties
in violation were served with an informal
notice that they were in violation of the
bylaw, following a closer external in-
spection, says Watson. Jhe owner of the
property then had 48 hours to fix any
problems before the city intervened.
The property owners who had not
made repairs in that time received a
formal notice, which legally binds to
make the repairs.
Of the student properties in violation,
two landlords received formal notices,
says Watson. Owners will not be allowed
to appeal, but extensions may be granted,
says Junop.
Watson says student housing is "one
area where we actually do have leverage
to get things done."
According to Watson, the city may opt
to repair the property and add the ex-
pense of the repair to the owner's tax bill,
with an added administration fee. It is
not certain whetherthis will happen with
any properties that have received no-
tices, because the landlords have "sev-
eral weeks" to respond to the formal
notices of violation, says Watson.
He also says because of the Landlord-
Tenant Act, student tenants of problem
properties cannot be punished.
Junop and Watson say they hope the
inspections opened dialogue between the
student residents, property owners, and
the property standards office.
Watson says the inspections were "a
HOME cont'd on page 6
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October 28, 1993 • The Charlatan • 3
Curriculum helps perpetuate racism
by Josee Bellemare
Ch.3r1.iMn siaH
Carleton's Euro-centric curriculum
might help perpetuote racism, says the
director of academics for the Carleton
University Students' Association.
"The school system does a lot to per-
petrate racism through the curriculum
in all levels of education," says Gary
Anandasangaree.
He gives the example of a second-year
political sciencecourse aboutthe history
of political theory. The course is described
in the university calendar as "a study of
Western political thought from classical
times to the nineteenth century."
Anandasangaree says this is too nar-
row a perspective. "The only thing that
they're teaching is Western political
thought. They're not even considering a
thinker like (Mahatma) Ghandi."
Simon Brascoupe, Carleton's race re-
lations advisor, says he agrees with
Anandasangaree. He says students he
has met with feel the European focus of
Carleton's curriculum is inappropriate.
Brascoupe says he's trying to solve the
curriculum problem through public and
private consultations of a university needs
assessment committee. He says public
consultations regarding racism were con-
ducted last March by nine committee
members, both students and faculty.
The committee was formed last No-
vember to "address systemic racism at
Carleton," Anandasangaree says.
During the consultations, speeches
were given about international issues
and a group of students asked questions
concerning the curriculum, teaching
methods, and the general environment
at Carleton, says race equity co-ordinator
Rashmi Luther.
Luther is a professor in Carleton's
school of social work. She says private
consultations are still provided for stu-
dents who donotwishtoask questions in
public.
Brascoupe says the purpose of the
consultations is to make people more
sensitive to issues like employment eq-
uity and sexual harassment. He says the
committee provides support by helping
people talk about their concerns.
"One of the things we've been told by
students is that they need a mechanism
for complaints, " he says. "The university
will have to develop a race relations
equity policy."
Luther says part of the problem with
the Euro-centric curriculum is the lack of
teachers at Carleton who come from dif-
ferent ethnic backgrounds.
"I think related to that are the lack of
sufficient numbers located in teaching,"
she says. "People are not given an oppor-
tunity to hear from a range of voices."
Luther says the committee is looking
at ways to improve the situation at Car-
leton and hopes it will be ready to make
recommendations to administration
starting in January.
The committee will have an interim
report ready "very soon," says
Anandasangaree, and a final report by
the end of March.
Brascoupe says he will try to open
more doors for frustrated students. He
says he will recommend that Carleton
establish an educational program on
racism nextfall so people become more
aware of racial issues.
He says it may be seminars and work-
shops depending on what staff and stu-
dents need. He says training will be
provided for people interested in build-
ing better approaches to racism and
race relations. Anandasangaree says
racism won't disappear easily.
"It's a long-standing problem and
it's going to take a long rime to resolve,"
he says. Q
Activist shatters misconceptions about disability
by Alexis English
Charlatan StaH
Robin Smith's "Disabled and Proud"
seminar was a light-hearted approach to
relating to people with disabilities,
whether you are disabled or not.
Smith is a disability rights activist
from New York. Her seminar, held on
Oct. 15, was aimed at destroying myths
about disabilities. Between 25 and 30
people attended Smith's talk.
A poster on the wall at the seminar
read, "A Disability is just another gr8t
way to B Alive." To help people focus on
positive attitudes about their bodies and
themselves, Smith had them repeat state-
ments like, "1 love making mistakes."
5mith asked the group to recognize
that differences exist in nature and
among people that aren't automatically
good or bad.
"There is no such thing as imperfec-
tions in nature, " she said. "How wonder-
ful it would be if we could all appreciate
each other free of constraints of percep-
tions about what is perfect. We could all
just be."
She emphasized that our perceptions
about other people are all culturally and
socially formed. Smith called these per-
ceptions "recordings" that we are "hyp-
notized" with as children.
Group members offered words associ-
ated with misconceptions about the disa-
bled: "damaged, helpless, wheelchair-
bound, chains, victim, needy, depend-
ent."
One person with a disability offered
the word "deformed," while others said,
"slow, incompetent."
A volunteer sat in a wheelchair and
draped herself in a sheet of paper with
the negative words about disabilities.
Smith pretended to hit the woman over
the head with a cardboard stick to dem-
onstrate the oppression of these negative
perceptions and how the disabled and
non-disabled internalize this oppression.
She said we do the most damage by
pulling ourselves back and putting up
barriers.
Smith said attitudes about disabilities
prevent us from getting close to one
another and to ourselves.
"Littlechildren don't care — they will
play with one another even if one kid
can walk and one can't. But parents tell
their children not to bother people who
are in wheelchairs," she said.
Jane Keeler, human rights educator
on campus for Carleton's status of
women office, was at the seminar.
"Sometimes when I see a person in a
wheelchair, 1 close down and I just don't
think about them because they're differ-
ent. 1 go unconscious. And I don't realize
how they may have a whole variety of
life that can be as rich and different as
anybody else's," she said.
Keeler said we have to feel comfort-
able about ourselves before we can over-
come labels in our minds and become
closer to others who may act and look
different.
At any moment, we may all have to
deal with a disability. A woman at the
Robin Smith doesn't let anybody box her in.
seminar who usesawheelchairdescribed
hersituation to the group as "a challenge
to adapt, and constantly figure out how
to get from point A to point B, how to
park on hills."
She also said she doesn't like people's
reaction to her and having to always
explain things to people. She said she
doesn't like people thinking she can't do
anything — like speak, think, or use her
hands.
"In case you didn't all know, this is a
very intelligent woman," said Smith,
which prompted laughter from the group
and from the woman as well. Smith en-
courages others to think, listen and talk
with each other because, "we are all
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4 • The Charlatan ■ October 28, 1993
by Anthony Pangalos
Charlatan Staff
Why is the parking garage so
ugly?
When I look out my classroom win-
dow at the visitor's parking garage near
the administration building, my mind
begins to drift and the faint sounds of
gunfire, mortar explosions, and the Roll-
ing Stones' "Paint it Black" fill my head.
This has gone on for some time and I
thought the stress of post-secondary edu-
cation was pushing me over the edge. I
began to believe I was going crazy, deliri-
ous, and whompin' mad!
I'm not crazy. Nor do 1 take pleasure in
listening to the horrific sounds of war.
It's because Carleton's parking ga-
rage looks like the bombed out Sarajevo
Hilton!
Why would anyone in their right mind
design a structure that foreign journal-
ists would love to photograph if Canada
was being blitzed by the Luftwaffe?
Aren't post-secondary institutions,
including parking garages, places of
beauty and serenity? Aren't they sup-
posed to be full of trees, squirrels and
other assorted critters?
Not at Carleton. Here we believe in
grey, boring concrete slabs.
"It's poorly placed," says Ben Gianni,
director of Carleton's school of architec-
ture. "It's a shame that one of the nicest
places on campus, the lawn by the ad-
ministration building, has to be taken up
with that structure."
A parking garage shouldn't be more
than four stories but here we have 10,
says Gianni.
"That's what happens on most uni-
versity campuses. More students with
cars want a place to park and this is the
result," he says.
Here's the history of Carleton's dark
and morbid structure.
The visitor's parking garage was built
in 1969, according to Bill Radway, project
coordinator for physical plant. The ar-
chitect's firm was Murray and Murray
and the contractor is unknown.
It has received many renovations and
repairs since then, says Radway. "From
1989 to 1993 there has been structural
repairs to the spinal ramp and perimeter
in 1989. In 1990, stairwell renovations
were done on all 10 floors. And water-
proof applications have been done on all
floors between 1990 and 1993."
It holds about 750 cars and maybe a
few pockets of soldiers that think the war
isn't over yet. What a pity that the visi-
tor's parking garage ruined it for build-
ings like the Mackenzie Building and
Paterson Hall.
Now, every time I look at the grey
walls and hollow insides that make up
the garage, I will continue to feel as if I
am at the front. But that's okay, because
now I have an even bigger problem — I
am obsessed with counting the bricks in
Dunton Tower. □
Duh, it's a divider, dimwits
1 Jj^
by Ian
McLeod
Chaiiatan Staff
It's Q page
divider.
Forthepast
four weeks,
glossy, green,
advertising-
laden slabs of
cardboard
have been
flapping
about the
campus.
Available
| at Rooster's,
If the Unicentre
3 Store, and the
= Carleton Uni-
g versity Stu-
I dents' Asso-
ciation head-
quarters, students are snapping them
up, with but a single question — "What
the hell are they?"
Well, according toCUSA publications
officer Stacy Fietz, it's a bookmark.
No, make that "a page divider, 'cause
it's bigger and better than a bookmark."
Originally intended to accompany this
year's student handbook which was dis-
tributed free at the beginning of Septem-
ber, Fietz says "the printer took three
times as long as anticipated," hence its
delayed debut.
Renee Gallant, the ad and sales repre-
sentative for the handbook, adds that the
divider cost CUSA nothing.
Indeed, CUSA President Lucy Watson
says the production cost of $5,704.29 is
covered by the ad revenues it generated.
However, there is one problem for
those who want to use the divider for the
purpose forwhich it is intended — it has
a tendency to slip off the page. 1
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terms the benefits of his new bus wheel, nor stopping to
explain its harmonic relationship to environmental purity and
general green-ness, GROG simply noted that, ceteris paribus",
Voyageur's S59 student return fare is the cheapest way to
travel between Ottawa and Toronto.
Unfortunately in the general evolutionary scheme of things
this offer is relatively short term, i.e. it ends December 15th,
1993. He also said that he feels students should support him in
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October 28, 1993 • The Charlatan • 5
Fun ForOUnOr FffCt ... everything you wanted rto knowabout Sparky but
were too apathetic to ask
by Blayne Haggart
Cha/iaian Stan
Strange things come in the moil.
There we were, just finishing off our
communal bowl of
Life cereal, when the
mail was dropped off
on a Monday morn-
ing. It contained the
usual stuff: numer-
ous fan letters, bills,
a complementary
packet of strawberry-
flavored ]ell-0 brand
gelatin.
Amidst all that,
there was also a let-
ter from Maclean's.
A subscription of-
fer perhaps.
Maybe a bill.
We're not sure, be-
cause our mothers
always told us never
to open other peo-
ple's mail.
Plus we weren't
able to steam itopen.
All in all, it was
just a regular letter.
Except for one thing:
it was addressed to
(and we're not mak-
ing this up)
Sparky
Farquhar,
Room 5311
Unicentre,
Ca r leton Univ.
What could this
mean?
Is Sparky con versing with the enemy?
Has his Teen Sent subscription expired
and he's now looking for a similar mag
to replace it?
Why the pseudonym? And why the
mailing address so close to ours (Room
531 Unicentre)?
We have a few theories:
1) Sparky needs a new clock radio.
2) He's a closet Maclean's fan. He
enjoys the insightful commentaries and
the tasteful, not-at-all sexist orexpioit-
ive "People" page. As for the address.
Sparky fantasizes aboutworking for The
Charlatan and in a fit of imaginative
bliss gave Maclean's the wrong address.
3) Someone in the Maclean's
mailroom has a keen, if pedestrian, sense
of humor. If so, this person should be
promoted immediately to inject some
life into what is a humorless and dull
magdzine. Editor-in-chief would not be
too modest a promotion.
4) Someone at Maclean's (or some
other sick individual) thought they'd
have a cheap laugh at Farquhar's ex-
pense by mailing said envelope to Car-
leton's newspaper.
If so, we ay, "Shame!" We at The
Charlatan say rally 'round our fearless
leader in his time of need. If he wants to
read a magazine, let's all chip in to buy
him a subscription to a real magazine, a
quality magazine. Like, say, Highlights
Tor Children. □
Postscript: after Mr, Haggart nrote
this report and we forwarded the un-
opened envelope to Sparky, a copy of
Maclean's magazine arrived at The
Charlatan office. Don't ask us* We
just work here.
HOME cont'd from page 3
good educational process" for both ten-
ants and landlords. He says a lot of land-
lords were not aware of their obligations
under the bylaw.
The Ottawa South area was chosen as
the first to be tested partly due to the large
number of complaints, says Junop.
If successful, Junop says the inspec-
tions could spread to other parts of the
city, including areas where large num-
bers of students from the University of
Ottawa live.
While the city is aware that many
students live outside of Ottawa South,
Junop says limited funds restrict what
areas the city can look at. □
PRAYER cont'd from page 3
the days are shorter, the times are closer
together."
Kabir is hoping to find a central loca-
tion on campus for the prayer room.
"Last year, they found a place in the
gym; however, due to the inaccessibility
of that location, it was impractical for
students to use," Kabir says.
Since some Muslims pray five times
each day, it is inconvenient for them to
walk all the way to the gym. Shanti says
there has been some discussion about
moving the prayer room to Room 225 in
Residence Commons.
Cowan, the Muslim Students' Asso-
ciation and the International Students'
Centre will meet again soon to decide
whether having the prayer room in resi-
dence is a practical solution, says Shanti.
"It's a problem for the International
Students' Centre and a problem for the
Muslim students themselves, " says Kabir.
"The issue should be resolved as quickly
as possible and hopefully it will be in the
near future." □
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to November 15, 1993, validation on November 16 and 17,
campaigning from November 18 to 23, 1993, and voting on
November 24, 1 993. For more information, call Sen Sridas at
788-2600 ext.1 266, Gary Anandasangaree at 788-6688, or James
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Student representatives voicing your academic
concerns at departmental and faculty levels.
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• Decisions made at faculty levels affect you
throughout your university years and beyond!
• There is one seat for every department, every
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6 • The Charlatan ■ October 28, 1993
NATIONAL AFFAIRS
Carleton cool on Chretien's majority
by Jill Mahoney
Charlatan Staff
Out with the old and in with the new?
Well, sort of.
The Liberal party won a large major-
ity, taking 1 77 seats in the Oct. 25 federal
election, more than 60 per cent of the
possible 295 seats.
The Progressive Conservative govern-
ment suffered a massive defeat, falling to
only two seats in the House of Commons.
Ottawa Centre, the riding that in-
cludes Carleton, re-elected the same Mem-
ber of Parliament as in 1988. But instead
of sitting on the opposition side of the
House, Mac Harb is now part of the
majority Liberal government.
Harb won the riding by a landslide
over his closest rival, Marion Dewar of
the NDP, with 19,576 votes to Dewar's
8,530. Carleton business professor and
PC candidate Ian Lee finished third with
4,367 votes and the Reform candidate,
Len Tucker, came fourth with 3,559 votes.
All vote totals are still unofficial tallies,
according to Elections Canada.
Around Carleton, reaction to both
Harb's victory and the Liberal majority
was mixed.
"I have serious concerns with the fact
the Liberals took such a majority. It will
have a profound effect on students and
post-secondary education," said Lucy
Watson, president of the Carleton Uni-
versity Students' Association.
Watson says the Liberals didn't clearly
define a specific plan for students in the
election campaign and the party's un-
willingness to reinstate student grants
will adversely affect students.
Watson says she hopes having a gov-
ernment member representing Ottawa
Centre will benefit students, but has res-
ervations about Harb's commitment to
Carleton students.
"I don't think Mac Harb has played a
big role here. He has
been invisible on
campus. Marion
Dewar was very ac-
tive on the board of
governors and sup-
ported the initiative
to only increase tui-
tion by three per cent
last year."
LucySharratt, co-
chairof the Carleton
New Democratic
Youth club, says she
hasn't felt Harb's
presence on campus,
either.
"I can't believe
Mac Harb's back in
office. I thinkMarion
Dewar would have
been such a brilliant
person in Parlia-
ment," she says. "I
think it's disastrous
for students that
Marion Dewar
wasn't elected. I
haven't seen Mac
Harb on campus. I don't know what he
stands for."
Max Fishman, president of the
Carleton Reform Party club, says he
doesn't think the Liberal majority will
make any significant change in students'
conditions.
"If students hoped for a dramatic
change, like in the reduction of tuition, it
won't happen."
He says the Liberal plan of short-term
job creation will probably increase the
deficit, but the large number of Reform
members elected to Parliament will work
to keep the Liberals in line. The Reform-
ers won 52 seats to finish third behind the
BlocQuebecois.
Chretien: new PM gets mixed reviews at Carleton.
"The Liberals have a history of wast-
ing money. Now with the large Reform
representation, the Liberals will have to
be more responsible."
But he says there will be short-term
changes in Ottawa Centre with a Liberal
government member that will affect stu-
dents.
"I have a certain feeling there will be
an abundance of government contracts.
The Liberals have always been good to
Ottawa."
He says this could be in the form of
civic work projects or cultural programs
the Liberals might develop in order to
create employment. He also says the
Liberals' job apprenticeship program will
probably be tested here.
Dave Gourlay, president of the
Carleton's Young Liberals, said the elec-
tion result was "just phenomenal."
Despite Harb's convincing re-election,
Gourlay says he doesn't believe Harb is in
line for a cabinet position. But he said
Harb could end up as parliamentary sec-
retary dealing with literacy and educa-
tion issues.
The Liberals won in all four Carleton
residence polls, although the official
margin is not yet available from Elec-
tions Canada. Gourlay says this positive
reaction from students represents "a sig-
nificant change." In 1988, all four resi-
dence polls were won by the PC candi-
date, despite Harb's victory in the riding.
"This election will be one that political
science students in the future will want to
study and analyze," says Gourlay.
[ill Vickers, professor of political sci-
ence and Canadian studies, says the elec-
tion result represents the break-up of the
traditional right-wing coalition between
the East and West, formerly held together
by "Mr. Mulroney's bag of patronage."
Vickers also said she was happy the
Liberals received a strong mandate.
"I'm very pleased we have a majority
government."
Carl Gillis, chair of the Canadian Fed-
eration of Students, said he hopes the
Liberals will approach student issues in a
differentway than the Conservatives and
consult more with students.
Gillis says the CFS will be pushing the
Liberals to reform the Canada Student
Loan program and to increase transfer
payments to the provinces for education.
He says he is feeling "cautiously opti-
mistic" with the thought of a new gov-
ernment, but it is too early now to know
if there will be substantial positive
changes for students. □
International students face cuts to health care
by Ryan Nakashima
Charlatan Staff
Some university students in Ontario
are petitioning to stop the provincial
NDP government's plan to stop paying
for foreign students' health care cover-
age.
The plan to cut Ontario Health Insur-
ance Plan (OHIP) coverage to Ontario's
temporary residents was announced
along with the social contract in April as
part of the province's overall plan to
reduce its deficit. Other items of the over-
all package have been implemented, but
the government has only recently begun
to work out the details of the planned
health cuts.
If implemented, the cuts would save
the government about $50 million per
yearbycuttingOHIPtoOntario's 167,000
temporary residents, says Paul Kilbertus,
a spokesperson for the Ontario Ministry
of Health.
About 20,000 of those are interna-
tional students, says Kilbertus. Refugee
claimants, people who are applying for
landed immigrant status and temporary
workers will also be affected.
The government is still reviewing the
plan, but it is mainly working just to
"firm up numbers," not to redefine the
groups thatwill be affected, says Kilbertus.
"This is the plan. So it's not for me to
say if political pressures are going to
change their plans," says Kilbertus. He
also says the plan will likely take effect in
the next two years.
Emechete Onuoha, chair of the Cana-
dian Federation of Students-Ontario, says
while the decision can be made by the
Ontario cabinet, the proposal has not yet
been discussed in the NDP caucus.
Onuoha is organizing a petition and
letter-writing campaign among over 26
Ontario universities through their stu-
dent associations to stop the plan. He
says student groups were not consulted
by the government about the plan.
"You would think a responsible gov-
ernment would try to get some input
from those who will be affected," says
Onuoha. "Hopefully we'll be able to avoid
the prescribed decision from being taken."
Ehab Shanti, co-ordinatorofthelnter-
national Students' Centre at Carleton, is
circulating the petition at Carleton, along
with Dave Hubka, vice-president exter-
nal of the Graduate Students' Associa-
tion.
Hubka says over 500 people have al-
ready signed. Although other universi-
ties have already been sending their pe-
titions and letters to the government,
Hubka says Carleton's will be sent in
about a month when more signatures
have been collected.
Shanti says the planned cuts are un-
fair to international students who al-
ready pay about four times as much as
other students. They pay higher tuition
(between about $7,000 and $ 11,000 per
year) and, on top of living expenses, they
have to pay for visa renewals and work
permits.
"This is adding to the message that to
be an international student in Ontario,
you have to be very, very well off," says
Shanti.
Kilbertus estimates OHIP coverage is
worth about $ 1 , 700 per person per year
in private insurance, a number the min-
istry got by taking their annual OHIP
budget of $ 1 7 billion and dividing it by
Ontario's population of about 10 mil-
lion. The cost of universal health care is
currently paid for by deductions from
businesses at no cost to individuals.
But Onuoha says the CFS's student
health network estimates private cover-
age would cost anywhere from $300 per
year if an Ontario-wide group plan
among international students is organ-
ized, to $1,000 per year for individual
coverage.
No matter the cost, says Onuoha, the
planned cuts represent a "systemic fi-
nancial attack on international students. "
Shanti says while some students are
covered under plans originating in their
home countries or by the Canadian In-
ternational Development Agency, many
do not have any coverage other than
OHIP.
Some students say they may opt to go
without coverage if the NDP plan takes
effect, deterred by the high cost of private
coverage.
Gary Lo, a second-year Carleton eco-
nomics student from Hong Kong, says he
will probably not pay for coverage if
OHIP is taken away.
"I won't buy it. I don't have enough
money," says Lo. He says he already
spends about $15,000 per year going to
school.
He says if he loses his coverage he will
be "very scared if I get into an accident. "
Kilbertus says there will be plenty of
advance notice forintemational students
to secure private coverage before their
OHIP is dropped.
Butmany insuranceagencies, like Blue
Cross, only have programs that supple-
ment, notduplicate.OHIPcoverage.OHIP
currently provides almost all Ontarians
with basic health insurance, while pri-
vate insurers cover dental procedures,
prescriptions and share some other spe-
cial costs with the province.
fasmine Mohamed, a customer serv-
ice representative for Blue Cross, says to
get Blue Cross insurance right now, you
need an OHIP card and number. At this
point, it is unclear how the private sys-
tem would be adapted to provide full
health coverage to those without OHIP if
the plan is implemented.
Jeff Ische, who helps organize health
plans for graduate students at Carleton
and other universities for Crown Life In-
surance, agrees the present system relies
on OHIP for main health coverage.
"At this point, there's obviously not
(other alternatives)," says Ische.
But Ische says private insurance com-
panies will probably take up the slack in
primary coverage if OHIP is cut, because
there are profits to be made.
While Kilbertus is uncertain of the
details of private coverage, he says if the
cuts are implemented, health coverage
to temporary residents will be out of the
government's hands.
"From what I understand, there is
private insurance available. That's not
really our end of things." □
October 28, 1993 • The Charlatan • 7
BOG subject to new affirmative action policy
by Michael Mainville
Charlatan Staff
New initiatives proposed by Ontario's
NOP govemmen t to make university gov-
erning bodies more representative of
minority groups have raised concerns
about the makeup of Carleton's board of
governors.
On Oct. 7, Dave Cooke, Ontario min-
ister of education and training, an-
nounced new initiatives to help broaden
university and college board representa-
tion by including more visible minorities
and women.
"Ontario's society is changing and it's
important thatour institutions and their
governing structures reflectthatchange, "
said Cooke in a press release. "The initia-
tives we're proposing will make govern-
ing bodies more representative."
To this end, the provincial govern-
ment has come up with new guidelines
for theappointment of universities' board
members.
University or college boards are the
schools' senior governing bodies and are
usually comprised of student, faculty,
staff, administration and community
representatives. Boards ratify budgets and
vote on policy decisions which affect the
schools.
The new gui ielines are based prima-
rily on three pmciples, the first being
"that membership should reflect the va-
riety of perspectives, backgrounds, expe-
riences and skills required for the effec-
tive functioning of the body."
The second guideline states "univer-
sity governing bodies should be suitably
representative of internal communities, "
which includes student, faculty, and staff
groups.
Finally, university governing bodies
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should "ensure equitable representation
of groups traditionally under-represented
on boards, such as women, people with
disabilities, Aboriginal peoples,
francophones, and racial and ethno-cul-
tural minorities."
Carleton's own board is not a reflec-
tion of visible minorities in the commu-
nity, says Jim Watson, city councillor for
the Capital Ward and a member of
Carleton 's board of governors. He says he
is in favor of the government directives.
"It makes sense for the board to be
given direction to better serve the univer-
sity's best interests," says Watson.
Watson says his personal preference
would be to have more students on the
board because "the board does not truly
reflect the student population."
The board's members are all elected,
except for the permanent positions held
by the president and chancellor of the
university.
Currently, the university community
is represented by three faculty members,
three students and two staff members.
The rest of the board's 33 members are
chosen from the community outside
Carleton and consist mostly of profes-
sionals and senior executives.
Presently, there are 1 1 women on the
board, or 33 per cent.
That's not an accurate representation
of the university community, says Renee
Twaddle, co-ordinator of Carleton's Wom-
en's Centre.
"Thirty-three per cent is not repre-
sentative. 1 don't think that the univer-
sity consists of straight white men, " says
Twaddle.
Twaddle says the board should take
steps to make the board more accessible
to women and minority groups, so it can
be "inclusive of all perspectives."
"I think that maximum affirmative
action is something all universities should
follow," says Twaddle.
Ehab Shanti, co-ordinator for the In-
ternational Students' Centre, is also in
favor of the incentives to improve acces-
sibility to the board.
"The board should go by how many
international students are in the Carle-
ton community. If there is 10 per cent
international students, then there should
be 10 per cent on the board of gover-
nors," says Shanti.
The number of people from visible
minorities on the board is already close
to 10 per cent, says Charles Watt, the
board's secretary.
Watt says the board has had since Oct.
7 to consider the new initiatives and are
taking steps to follow the guidelines.
"At their next meeting, the university
relations committee of the board will be
considering to what extent we will con-
form to the guidelines," says Watt.
All universities and colleges mustsub-
mit their proposal to adhere to the guide-
lines by March 1 994. Q
Ghiz walks around the Bloc at Carleton
by Derek OeCloet
Charlatan Staff
Quebec's support for the Bloc
Quebecois doesn't mean Quebecers will
choose to separate from Canada, the
former premier of Prince Edward Island
told a Carleton audience on Oct. 20.
"A lot of the people who are support-
ing the Bloc do not necessarily support
sovereignty," said Joe Ghiz. "They are
supporting the Bloc for protest reasons."
But, he added, it may mean Canadi-
ans will soon be discussing the constitu-
tion again.
The Bloc gained about half the popu-
lar vote in Quebec and 54 seats in the
election Oct. 25.
Ghiz's lecture gave a crowd of about
70 people an inside look at what hap-
pened during the constitutional negotia-
tions at Meech Lake and Charlottetown.
Ghiz, now the dean of law at Dalhousie
University in Halifax, was the Liberal
premier of P.E.I, from 1986 to January
1993 and a strong supporter of both
agreements.
The agreements, both of which failed,
were attempts by the premiers of the
other nine provinces to gain Quebec's
consent to the Constitution.
Politicians realized Canadians were
"fed up" with the constitution and didn't
want to discuss it during this election
campaign, said Ghiz.
But he predicted forces such as the
Bloc and the aboriginal community will
make sure the issues discussed in the
Charlottetown Accord will be discussed
again.
"The issues have not disappeared from
the Canadian agenda. They are at the
back of the stove," said Ghiz. "And sooner
or later they are going to emerge.
"How long do you think the aborigi-
nal peoples of Canada are going to take
a back seat?"
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was given a big boost by failure of the
Meech Lake and Charlottetown constitu-
tional accords, said Ghiz.
"What is happening in Quebec today
is a direct result of the failure of the
country to address the fact that Quebec is
a distinct society," he said. "The failure to
recognize that, in my view, imperils the
country."
The distinct society clause was one of
the most controversial elements of both
agreements.
Ghiz's speech was peppered with
amusing anecdotes, mostly about the
Meech negotiations.
He laughed at the media's notion that
the premiers were in a "pressure cooker"
during negotiations to save Meech in
June 1990. The negotiations were really
between the federal government and the
two dissenting provinces, Newfoundland
and Manitoba, said Ghiz. "We (the other
eight premiers) were sitting around talk-
ing about football and baseball."
During that same week, Manitoba
premier Gary Filmon complained that
he was running out of underwear, be-
cause the scheduled one-day meeting
had turned into a one-week meeting.
The next day, a dozen pairs of under-
wear arrived for Filmon, each with the
words "Meech Lake" printed on them,
sent by former Tory leader and under-
wear manufacturer Robert Stanfield.
There would not have been another
round of negotiations after the death of
the first accord, said Ghiz, if former Que-
bec premier Robert Bourassa hadn't called
for a referendum on sovereignty to be
held in Quebec by October 1992. That
effort led to the Charlottetown Accord,
which was defeated in six "provinces in
last year's referendum.
Ghiz said former prime minister Brian
Mulroney wanted the original negotia-
tions, between the premiers of the nine
English-speaking provinces, to fail. That
way, he could take his own resolution,
without the premiers' input, into the
House of Commons for approval.
Butwhen the negotiations eventually
succeeded, producing the Charlottetown
Accord, he said, Mulroney became a li-
ability to the referendum campaign. The
resulting no-vote was largely an anti-
Mulroney protest vote, said Ghiz.
During the speech, Ghiz, a Liberal,
couldn't resist taking a few political jabs.
Federalists in Quebec would "waste
their vote" if they voted Conservative in
the election, he said, because virtually no
Conservatives were expected to win seats
in that province. He said they should vote
Liberal, to give that party a majority. □
8 • The Charlatan ■ October 28, 1993
Clayoquotltump^rciJ
by Brandie Weikle
Charlatan Stall
A 4,000-kilogram stump was parked
outside Dunton Tower on Oct. 26.
The stump has been on tour since
Sept. 23 to raise awareness about logging
in its former home in Clayoquot Sound,
British Columbia.
Clayoquot Sound is among the largest
remaining temperate rainforestson earth
and is the largest rainforest intact on
Vancouver Island. The area includes
260,000 hectares of densely forested in-
lets, valleys and islands on the west coast
of the island.
On April 13, the NDP government in
B.C. announced it would allow logging
in a large portion of Clayoquot's old-
growth forest. MacMillan Bloedel and
Interior are the only companies which
hold licences to log the area.
The B.C. government owns four per
cent of MacMillan Bloedel's shares. A
pamphlet published by Greenpeace said
"this makes them the largest single share-
holder in the corporation they are re-
sponsible for regulating."
The stump's tour is part of the Western
Canadian Wilderness Committee's cam-
paign to draw national attention to
Clayoquot. The stump is making its way
across Canada on a flatbed trailer.
Bernard Schulmann, who left his job
in the computer industry in B.C. to cam-
paign for the committee, is one of the co-
ordinators of the "Coast to Coast for
Clayoquot" tour, which hit Parliament
Hill Oct. 22.
Schulmann said the tour arrived in
Ottawa before the election so the partici-
pants could draw attention to Clayoquot
as a national issue. He said the stump
tour has been received very well.
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While at Carleton, the committee pre-
sented a slide show and information semi-
narabout Clayoquot on Oct. 27. The day
before, tour participants sold buttons,
calendars, postcards and memberships
to the Western Canadian Wilderness
Committee outside Dunton Tower. They
also gave away complimentary chunks
of wood cut in Clayoquot to donors.
The funds they collect are used to
finance the tour and any money leftover
will go to the Nuu-Chah-nulth Tribal
Council, a Native group on Vancouver
Island, says Schulmann. Part of
Clayoquot Soundis a Native land reserve
and much of the rest is claimed by Native
groups.
"They have very active land claims in
the area and want to enter negotiation
with the provincial government and the
federal government, " said Schulmann.
Eighteen people from the Ottawa Coa-
lition to Save Clayoquot Sound were ar-
rested Oct. 19 after a sit-in protest at
Progressive Conservative party headquar-
ters.
Among those arrested was
"Clayoquot" Keith Ashdown, who ran
for Member of Parliament in Ottawa
Centre in this week's election to raise
awareness about the issue. All those ar-
rested were subsequently released.
The Clayoquot area itself has seen
widespread civil disobedience, with al-
most 800 people arrested since the deci-
sion, says Valerie Longer, director of the
WCWCmembers (L-R):JtariaMuhr, Misty Mac"™", Vv^SirRolf^a^&cS
Friends of the Clayoquot Sound, a B.C.
environmental lobby group. Blockades
of logging roads have been -set up by
environmentalists to disrupt the logging
operations.
One woman who was arrested on July
27 has been sending dispatches describ-
ing her trial for contempt of court through
FreeNet, a national public computer in-
formation network.
In an Oct. 25 dispatch describing the
first week of her trial, Gwethalyn
Gauvreau wrote "there have been almost
800 of us arrested andcharged with crimi-
nal contempt of court for the same crime
of blocking a logging road in a remote
part of Vancouver Island."
Gauvreau said the people on trial be-
fore her received sentences of 45 to 60
days in jail and $1 ,000 to $3,000 fines for
delaying trucks for 15 to 20 minutes.
Another national awareness effort is
the Clayoquot Express, a train starting in
Halifax that is travelling "From the Ocean
without Fish to the Forest without Trees, "
according to its slogan. It will be passing
through Ottawa Nov. 2.
Toki Geurer, a Sierra Club member in
Ottawa, said she will be among about 50
people on the train by the time it leaves
Ottawa and expects 150 to 200 people to
be on it by the time it arrives in B.C.
"We are asking for a moratorium on
all road building and logging in
Clayoquot Sound," said Geurer.
The first stop after Ottawa is Toronto,
where Blue Rodeo and other artists will
give a benefit concert for Clayoquot
Nov. 3. □
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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
Spanish Celtic: Out of this World
by Alex Bustos
Charlatan Staff
Outstanding! Amazing! Out of this
world!
Milladoiro, a Celtic band from Spain,
completely blew away the 400 people
that gathered to listen to this musical
gem at the Museum of Civilization. The
concert was part of the museum's See
and Hear the World series.
The group comes from Galicia, a re-
gion located in northwest Spain. It has
served as an important religious centre
since the Middle Ages, as Catholic pil-
grims from every country in Europe have
been travelling here since the 10th cen-
tury.
"Galicia is within the area of influ-
ence of Celtic countries that existed be-
forethe Romanization of European coun-
tries and the extension of the Roman
Empire," says Rodrigo Romani, harpist
and group leader.
He says the region has also been
influenced by the Persian civilization,
the Latin civilization, and the Germanic
People.
"All of them created a conglomerate
of a strange mixture of cultures that
reflect in the traditional music today, " he
says.
Unlike the south of Spain, Galicia was
not greatly affected by the Moors, who
Milladoiro wowed the crowd with their special blend of Spanish Celtic.
conquered Spain in the 8th century.
The group's name comes from the
small piles of stones left by pilgrims en
route to signify that their journey had an
historic as well as religious significance.
Romani says there is no special mes-
sage in Milladoiro's music.
"Traditional music transmits a part of
the soul of a nation and says something
about its history. The influences that
traditional music receives are historical
influences from the various peoples that
constitute the traditional soul of a na-
tion," Romani says.
"However, there is a generic message
that today you can live tradition in a
more modem way. In other words, it's
like cooking recipes with modem spices,
and it's a music capable of reaching the
peopleand entertain and amuse a public
during two hours in a theatre."
And did it ever reach the crowd!
The crowd gave the group three stand-
ing ovations.
The music, a Celtic sound which mixed
jazz, popularmusic, and medieval tones,
combined to produce an utterly awe-
some display of musicianship.
When the concert ended, I asked
Romani if he was planning to come back.
He responded, "We hope to be back every
year."
It is safe to say that everybody in the
crowd felt the same way. One of the
recurrent questions asked by the audi-
ence during the intermission and at the
conclusion of the concert was, "Where
can I get a cassette?"
The Museum of Civilization has a
sharp eye for picking brilliance.
However, this time, they found gen-
ius. Milladoiro is a group that, like a
spectacular author, deserves to be in the
library of every person who appreciates
music.
They opened the eyes of the crowd to
a precious part of Spain. The group, is,
without a doubt, out of this world. □
Commentary: Language of a New Fusion
by Vishnu Som
Charlatan Siatf
With a fusion of sounds that range
from Jamaican reggae to rap to Indian
bhangra, Apache Indian, a Manchester-
based singer of Indian origin, has her-
alded a revolution among Indian youth
both abroad and at home.
As an entire gamut of singers of In-
dian origin are becoming more popular,
an increasing number of Indian young-
sters are turning to western forms of
music to express their discontent with
elements of Indian culture and society
which they find constraining and restric-
tive.
Indian's bhangramuffin is immensely
popular today in large Indian cities as
well as in London, Manchester, Toronto
and Vancouver, where there are a large
number of youngsters of Indian origin.
Bhangramuffin is a style of music; a
frenzied fusion of lively Indian folk known
as bhangra, with western types such as
hip-hop, dance-hall, reggae and rap. The
impact of this truly international sound
upon urban Indian teenagers the world
over has been tremendous.
To the casual observer, the language
of bhangramuffin and rap seems silly and
meaningless, as when Indian proclaims
himself "hotter than the Bhindaloo
curry!" and yet an in-depth look reveals
that there is a point behind this ostensi-
ble silliness.
The language of rap is a language
that mirrors the contradictions of cul-
tural identity that young people feel.
Indo-Canadians, forexample, have been
dubbed coconuts — brown on the outside
with reference to their original identity
and yet white on the inside with regard to
their acceptance of the values and norms
of the western society that they have
been bom into.
In a society that missed the sexual
revolution which hit the west through
the likes of Marilyn Monroe, issues such
as dating have been long considered
taboo. "Ail of us have girlfriends and
boyfriends, butwecan'ttalkaboutthisto
our parents," explained Indian in an
interview with India's Sunday magazine.
"We can't talk about safe sex either."
He has, however, addressed such is-
sues through songs such as "Arranged
Marriage, " where he has touched upon a
topic that highlights the difference in
attitudes of the older and younger gen-
erations of Indians. The last line of the
song says it all — "About me arranged
marriage, me have a problem. When is
the right time to tell me girlfriend?"
Today, rap is fast becoming a channel
through which urban youngsters in In-
dia can actually rebel by addressing top-
ics that have for long been considered
taboo. Raja, for example, has created a
stir in India through his lyrics that de-
scribe the attributes of his voluptuous
dream woman more graphically than
most conservative- minded elders would
care to hear.
As the older generation looks on in
despair, Tips, a company in the music
business has launched the album Shree
Ramayan Mahatmya, a rapped up and
satirical translation of the Ramayana,
an ancient Indian epic with profound
religious connotations.
With Indian as their idol and the
increasing popularity of MTV in South
Asia, numerous singers and groups have
come up in India, adding a distinctly
ethnic blend to rock, pop, reggae, rap
and hip-hop.
Hindi rap is a sensation today in In-
dia. Rappers such as Raja and Baba
Sehgal, whose album Thanda thanda pani
had sold over 1 million copies in five
months, are part of an immensely popu-
lar industry whose slogan is fast becom-
ing "need no talent, will pay."
Outside India, bhangramuffin has be-
come symbolic of a new fusion, a fusion
in the interests of different ethnic minori-
ties, whether West Indian, African, or
Asian, who are trying to contend with the
culture of the majority. It is a language of
solidarity through which these disparate
minority groups are trying to search for
an identity.
Speaking to the Illustrated Weekly of
India, Indian says — "What I am writing
and singing about makes as much sense
to the whites, who have grown up in a
multi-racial society, as it does to the
Jamaicans who have grown up with reg-
gae.
"When black people understand white
people and white people understand
black people, a lot of problems can be
solved" he adds.
For millions of Asian youth in the
west, singers such as Indian are a symbol
of their generation, a role model and
theirown Asian hero in the western world.
For youngsters in the big cities of In-
dia, the explosion of western music has
resulted in an explosion in expression. So
while the older generation watches in
bewilderment and dismay, young Indi-
ans sway comfortably to the beat of a
Baba Sehgal. □
10 • The Charlatan • October 28, 1993
October 31
!f you are a Peruvian citizen with
electoral identification issued by the
consular section of the Peruvian
Embassy, don't forget to vote be-
tween 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. ! To vote just
go to suite 1007 at the embassy on
170 Laurier West.
The Constituent Democratic Con-
gress of Peruhascompletedthedraft-
ing of a new political constitution
and President Alberto Fujimori has
call ed for a nation-wide referendum.
November 5
If you are interested in Polish poli-
tics, Tadeusz Diem, ambassadorof
the Repubticof Poland, will be speak-
ing from 1:30-2:30 pjm. in A720 of
the Loeb Building. In 1989 he was
appointeddeputy minister of educa-
tion in Poland. He will be speaking
on the recent political and economic
developments in Poland.
Nov. 29 to Dec. 2
The Third World Bazaar will
be held in Porter Hall. So if you're
looking for a big cheap sweater for
that special someone, gol
EDITORIAL PAGE
Damn! No
yogic flyer
MPs
Whatever you might think of the results of this
election, there's no denying that Canada has
never seen anything quite like it before.
In postelections, we've seen births of parties and huge
majority governments, but never have we seen a found-
ing party of Canada go down in flames and a separatist
party become Her Majesty's Official Opposition with a
scary ultra-right party nipping at their heels.
Not that these are all necessarily bad things. Let's start
with the Tories.
Glory be! The Tories are no more (for the time being)
and does anyone really care? In her concession speech
Kim Campbell boasted the Conservatives got as much of
the national popular vote (about 1 6 per cent) as the Bloc
Quebecois, a party that ran candidates in only one
province. While Kim appeared composed, it came across
as a desperate bit of spin-doctoring.
While we're all dancing on the Tory grave, let's also
make a toast to Canadian democracy. The death of the
Tory party shows that your average voter can actually
accomplish something.
And don't believe anyone who tries to play down the
severity of their defeat. Right now they have about as
much legitimacy as the Natural Law Party (and only two
more seats).
They deserved what they got. Campbell and her
Progressive Conservatives have finally paid for nine
years of arrogance, ignoring the wishes of Canadians
with their unpopular policies. The GST, the sheer hell of
constitutional negotiations and Brian Mulroney have
not, and will never be, forgotten or forgiven.
There's a valuable lesson for all the other parties to
leam from the Tory annihilation: ignore Canadians'
wishes at your peril.
But in the process of turfing the Tories, Canadians'
protest votes went to the Bloc and the Reform party — a
party to the right of the Conservatives.
It's understandable in tough times that people would
vote for Reform, a party which promises a return to
traditional values and democratic reform. But as a
protest, voting for Reform makes absolutely no sense.
Reform believes in things the Conservatives only wish
they could implement, like the dismantling of Canada's
social safety net.
There's some hope though — the nature of power in
Ottawa is such that any party that desires to form the
government must move their policies toward the centre.
They also may keep their promise to bring in democratic
reform, but don't hold your breath.
A better protest vote would have been for the NDP.
Canada is home to views that span the entire ideological
spectrum and whatever's left of the left needs a voice in
Parliament. But there's no reason to feel sorry for the
NDP — they're just paying forseveral years of invisibility
on the federal level and some blatant promise- breaking
by certain provincial governments.
As forthe BlocQuebecois — official opposition? Huh?
While it's true they do oppose Canada, this is probably
not what the founders of the parliamentary system had
in mind for the role of the official opposition.
The Bloc has only one goal: the destruction of the
country and whatever they do in the House should be
viewed in this context.
It's up to the Liberals to check the Bloc at every rum
and get the strong federalist message out.
Just remember, the Liberals set the stage for our
current fiscal crisis with the chronic deficits of the seven-
ties. It won't be a total shock if they break all their
promises, but if they actually do some good, (hey, you
never know), it will a pleasant surprise.
Just a quick bit of advice to Mac Harb, our Liberal MP
for Ottawa Centre: How 'bout showing up on campus
every now and then and telling us what you've been up
to instead of waiting until the next election and just
expecting our vote?
It was a historic election and it promises to be an
eventful five years. The only thing that could have made
this Parliament more interesting would have been a
Natural Law MP yogic flying to work everyday. BH
KIM'S NEW TOB
OPINION
Why can't men be victims?
by David
David is a Carleton student who was abused by his wile lor seven years. He divorced
her mis year. The author was willing to use his last name. However, it has been witheld
to avoid identifying his ex-wile.
Relationship violence is becoming less and
less a taboo topic these days. It's in the news
and people are finally talking about it --
including me.
Before I met my wife eight years ago, I had known
women who were battered by men, and I had heard
people say that "men are violent and women are vic-
tims." No one told me that it could be the other way
around.
Men can be victims of relationship abuse. My wife was
both verbally and physically vio-
lent towards me. I was beaten up
everyday, sexual ly.assaulted regu-
larly, and starved to the point
where I was skin and bones by a
woman who was a psychopath,
sadist and pervert.
People noticed there was some-
thing wrong, but no one said any-
thing. I guess they didn't know
what to do.
Sometimes, as a form of gang
rape, my wife's friends would hold
me down while my wife sexually
assaultedme. She enjoyed humili-
ating me before my friends and
relatives by grabbing me between
my legs or exposing my body in
front of them.
I wanted to preserve the mar-
riage, so I never hit back. Self-
defence was limited to dodging
her blows or running out of the
room. I never even raisedmyvoice.
I tried to stop her anger by con-
forming to all of her demands. I believed that if I tried
hard enough to be the perfect man then she would stop
beating me, but she was still violent.
Several times, I said that I might phone the police and
charge her with spouse abuse, but she just laughed and
said no one would believe me. I also thought this, so I
never phoned the police.
I know what it is like to be with a woman who is so
possessive and emotionally dependent on me that she
needed to control my thoughts, feelings and behavior
through violence. She isolated me from my friends and
family, so I had no support network.
She either trivialized the violence or blamed me for
her abusive behavior. She repeatedly told me "you like it
when I hit you" even though I was worried she would kill
me. But, the worst thing was the verbal abuse, because
my injuries have healed, but her words have stayed with
me.
Finally, I realized there was nothing I could do to save
the marriage, so I divorced her on the grounds of cruelty.
I'm not the only abused man. This happens to other
men, too.
Even though there is growing acknowledgement
amongsocial scientists thatequalpercentagesofwomen,
men, and lesbians are beaten up by their intimates,
violence against men is still a taboo topic.
Way back in 1978, Murray Straus, in his article "Wife
Beating: How Common and
Why?" published in Victimology:
An International lournal. found
"the data on severe violence, sug-
gests that the wives were more
violent" than husbands. Although
Straus questions whether battered
husbands are injured more seri-
ously than battered wives, the in-
escapable conclusion is that wives
are at least as violentas husbands.
Ever since then the literature
on battered husbands has grown
in leaps and bounds.
Douglas Mould, in his 1990
article "Data Base or Data Bias?"
in American Psychologist, noted
that since violent women often
beat up non-violent husbands, you
can't assume that when a woman
beats up a man, she is acting in
self-defence.
L.R. McNeely and Coramae
Mann, in their 1990 article "Do-
mestic Violence Is a Human Issue"
in the journal of Interpersonal Vio-
lence, explain women are capable of injuring men,
especially since 82 per cent of male victimizations in-
volve weapons used by females.
When I talk with people about abused men they
almost always agree battered husbands exist. But, some-
times they believe abused men should not get public
attention . They fear open discussion about violent women
will distract attention from violence against women.
But why? Working to eradicate all violence does not
trivialize the horrible tragedy of violence against women.
Besides, isn't the real issue whether or not violence is
acceptable behavior? Cruelty is never acceptable. Lef s
end all violence. □
October 28, 1993 • The Charlatan . 11
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LETTERS
For shame Alex,
for shame
Editor:
1 just thought that Carleton students,
staff and alumni would like to know that
Carleton University was slammed on tel-
evision across North America by Cana-
da's own Alex Trebek.
Good 'ol Al had a contestant from
Ottawa on jeopardy and he took the lib-
erty of asking this fellow Canadian if
they had gone to the "dreaded Carleton."
Thanks, Alex.
First of all, it is a wonderful thing,
(sarcasm interlude), that Trebek felt the
need to insult those of us in the pursuit of
higher education. Secondly, it is just as
pleasant thatit is an insultagainst fellow
Canadians.
Alex may be a top-notch spermologist
(one who collects trivia), but is he some
sort of expert regarding the Canadian
university system? You cannot believe
everything you read in Mac/ean'5, Al!
Personally, 1 am offended on behalf of
a school that I am proud to attend. I am
equally offended that a Canadian in
high international standing would use
his influence to perpetuate misinformed
rumors.
I urge anyone else who feels this way
to write CBS, jeopardy's parent network,
requesting either an on-air apology or a
written apology to those in any way
associated with Carleton.
Perry Simpson
Political Science/Law IV
Preston 'Fudd"
Manning
Editor:
A brief comment on Jeff Zavitz's little
tidbit, "This Fudd's for U, " The Charlatan,
Oct. 14, 1993. It is, in my opinion, one of
the more enlightening articles I've read
in The Charlatan to date. And oh, so true!
Imagine, all those years of my watch-
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ing endless hours of The Bugs Bunny Show
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ing, just hating, Elmer Fudd with every-
thing my little 10-year-old body had.
He was the scariest cartoon character
to haunt my Saturday mornings. He was
a maniac! Where did he get off chasing
Bugs around like that? And all the while
wearing that stupid fucking hat of his
andstroking that double-barrel 12 gauge
likeitwas his. . .well, I'm sureyou getthe
idea.
Anyway, just thought I'd letyou know
what a good job I thought Zavitz did in
helping me realize where my severe para-
noia of Preston Manning stems from.
Although Zavitz did not state outright
that Manning and his Reformers are
"Fudds" per se, parallels can easily be
drawn.
Remember what Zavitz so rightfully
pointed out: "They don't beat you with
intelligence. They swamp you with num-
bers and homogeneous intolerance." If
Manning gets in on Oct. 25, take Zavitz's
advice, bunnies, and run for the hills,
'cause th-th-that'll be all folks.
/ason /. Moreau
English III
Hold on to your
steak
Editor:
Re: "Vegetarian fora healthy world,"
The Charlatan, Oct. 14, 1993.
This article expounded a doctrine
which was carefully designed to elicit a
highly emotional response by glossing
over the reason certain techniques are
used on animals. Before anyone decides
to give up meat forever, they should have
complete information and not j ust propa-
ganda.
Many of the practices which this arti-
cle found to be so reprehensible are usu-
ally necessary for the good of the animal.
For instance, the sharp tips of chick beaks
are removed to prevent the chicks from
pecking each other to death.
These pecks are thrusts powerful
enough to draw blood and even daze
chicks pecked on the head. Eventually
some of the chicks die from the abuse. So,
while it is sad that some chicks die from
the trauma of having the sharp tips re-
moved, it is preferable to the alternative
of even more chicks suffering far worse
deaths.
But, the article didn't mention that.
Nordiditexplain thatthe way the "chemi-
cals and drugs prolong their (the ani-
mals') lives" is to make the animals less
susceptible todisease and parasites which
weaken them and at times, kill them.
Disease would run rampant in domestic
animals withoutantibiotic and pesticide
treatments because domestic animals
lack natural resistance. So while the
farmer does benefit from treating the
animals with drugs and chemicals, so do
the animals.
On our family farm we cared for our
animals, not simply because they were
our income, but because we were truly
concerned with their well-being. I'm not
suggesting that terrible practices do not
occur on larger corporate farms, but I
think it's important that people realize
that not all farming practices are detri-
mental to the animals involved.
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Itinerant Farmer
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16 • The Charlatan ■ October 28, 1993
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Football men kiss Panda goodbye
3-0 lead evaporates in final quarter failure
by Derek DeCloet
Ctia/latan Staff
With only 15 minutes of football sepa-
rating them from their first playoff spot
in six years, the Carleton Ravens were
struck by lightning.
Not once. Not twice. Three times.
The Ottawa Gee-Gees scored three
touchdowns early in the fourth quarter
en route to a 21-3 Panda victory at
Lansdowne Park Oct. 24.
Ottawa 21 Carleton 3
It had all the hype and implications of
a playoff game. The two teams entered
the game with identical 2-4 records. The
winner would finish fourth, make the
playoffs and play Bishop's on Oct. 30.
The loser would go home.
The Ravens' collapse was as quick as it
was decisive.
"That's the sign of an inexperienced
team that cannot keep it together for 60
minutes," said Raven coach Donn Smith
of the fourth quarter collapse. "Today,
we played 45."
The Ravens had been hanging on to a
3-0 lead since early in the second quarter,
when kicker Marco Dinardo hit an eight-
yard field goal.
But even that play epitomized the
Ravens' frustration on offence. They had
the ball on the two-yard line, but were
stopped on two consecutive plays and
were forced to settle for a field goal.
"Maybe some of the guys thought that
(lead) was enough but three points ... it's
not enough," said Raven tailback Hien
Phan, who led the Ravens with 45 yards
rushing.
It was good enough until the second
play of the fourth quarter, when Gee-Gee
quarterback Steve Clarke hit wide re-
ceiver Warren Grant fora 20-yard touch-
down pass.
Less than two minutes later, Ottawa
comerback Chris Barton picked off a pass
by Raven quarterback Sean O'Neill and
returned it 65 yards for the touchdown.
When Grant and Clarke hooked up
for another touchdown three minutes
later, the Ravens were as good as buried.
"The guys got a little rattled (when the
score was 3-0)," said Gee-Gee coach Larry
Ring. "Then we decided, 'Listen, we've
got Warren Grant, he's the best wideout
in the league. Lef s go downtown to him.'"
But while the defence faltered in the
fourth quarter, it was bad timing on
offence that ultimately doomed the
Ravens.
"We had some untimely intercep-
tions," said Smith. "Our passing game
was really hurting us. We knew we had to
throw (but) we continued to shoot our-
selves in the foot."
Starting quarterback Ray Hubbert hurt
his elbow in the first quarter and did not
return.
O'Neill took over and moved the ball
well at first. When he hit Chris Dorrington
with a 47-yard pass— Carleton's longest
completion of the year — the Ravens
appeared to have the momentum in the
first half. But they were unable to crack
Ottawa's defence and get into the end
Football Follies
Year W L T PF PA PTS
1986 6 1 0 268 149 12
1992 0 7 0 44 237 0
1993 2 5 0 94 166 A
As the season's progressed, we've
compared this year's Raven squad
against the best and worst Raven
teams of the past: the 6-t 1986
squad and the 0-7 1992 team.
zone.
Overall, Carleton 's quarterbacks were
10 for 28, with three interceptions.
While the Ravens' season was consid-
erably better than last year's 0-7 record,
it may be remembered as a season of lost
opportunity.
The Ravens were 2-1 after a stunning
comeback win over Queen's on Sept. 25.
And they could have entered the Panda
Game with an even better record, had
they not blown a 21 -6 lead at Concordia
on Oct. 16, ultimately losing 25-21.
"It's a success compared to the past
few seasons but some of the games we
lost this year were really close," said
Phan. "We could've went 5-2."
While Smith has reason to be optimis-
tic about next year — half the team this
year was rookies — he couldn't hide his
disappointment with the Panda loss.
"It's ended on a bitter note," he said.
"We had a nice opportunity to win this
game but we let it slip away."
No kidding. □
Panda Lore
The Panda Game was bom in 1955
when Bryan McAnulty, an editor at
the University of Ottawa newspaper
The Fulcrum, decided there was a defi-
nite lack of rivalry between the uni-
versities of Ottawa and Carleton.
McAnulty asked a local jeweller to
donate a Panda bear as the Ottawa
mascot and then set up a pre-arranged
kidnapping to attract newspaper at-
tention for the upcoming football
game. The bear went on to become
the trophy for the winner. Incredibly
enough, the Ravens actually won the
first Panda Game 14-6.
Pedro's Exploits
In 1956, some dimwit nominated
Pedro for President of the Carleton
Student's Council. The Panda lost.
Responding to the hippier times of
1968, Panda organizers changed the
traditional Hate Week prior to the
game into a more appropriate Love
Week. Pedro became a flower child at
the tender age of 13.
During half-time in the 1 977 con-
test, five pigs were released onto
Lansdowne field from a box marked
Carleton Pork Chops. The Ottawa Hu-
mane Society pressed charges against
the Ottawa students responsible.
After a 24-year career, Pedro re-
tired in 1 979 to the Canadian Football
Hall of Fame in Hamilton. A copper
replica trophy was built to carry on
the tradition.
Hello, Anybody Out There?
Total attendance for this year's
Panda Game was about 3,500 people.
Last year's attendance was 5,324.
Crowds peaked in the late seventies,
with figures exceeding 15,000.
Good Little Boys And Girls
Both Ottawa and Carleton univer-
sities chipped in 1 lOsafety volunteers
apiece and 30 police officers were on
hand to keep the rowdy crowd — not
— in check. Breaking with recent tra-
dition, only one student stormed the
field. Goof.
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
Past Panda's
Ravens 8 Gee-Gees 4
Gee-Gees 29 Ravens 9
Gee-Gees 23 Ravens 10
Gee-Gees 30 Ravens 17
Gee-Gees 34 Ravens 15
Gee-Gees 17 Ravens 6
Gee-Gees 21 Ravens 3
Overall, since theinaugural Panda
Game in 1955, the Ottawa Gee-Gees
hold a 27-12 victory edge. That bites.
Editorial Comment
"I'm bitter. I'm going to graduate
from this school without ever having
seen those bastards win this game.
That bites."
Charlatan sports editor Steven Ves-
ely on the angst he felt watching the
Ravens blow the big one.
A Fitting End
On the last play of the game, Car-
leton quarterback Sean O'Neill com-
pleted a beautiful 20-yard pass — to a
wide open Gee-Gee. That bites. □
October 28, 1993 • The Charlatan • 17
Rugby men bound for playoffs
First divisional
title since 1987
by Matt Shurrie
Cha/lalan Staff
Excoli-bumt.
The Trent Excalibur should have stayed
at home. But no, foolishly they came to
Carleton on Oct. 23 and were soundly
beaten 33-0 for their stupidity.
With the victory, the rugby Ravens
win the Ontario Universities Athletic As-
sociation's second division for the first
time since 1987.
Carleton 33 Trent 0
"The team is very deserving of this
honor, " said head coach Lee Powell, who
was a first-year coach with the Ravens in
1987. "We're all very excited that the
club has been oble to work hard all
season long."
Team captain Mike Rys, playing in his
fourth year with the Ravens, was ecstatic
about the club's division championship.
"This is the best feeling in the world,"
he said. "We knew from the beginning of
the season that if we played hard, we
could get the job done."
The Ravens opened the scoring early
in the first half when third- year winger
|im MacKay scored a try and all-star
kicker Rys added a successful convert.
Third-year winger Darryl Bellamy
scored a try with a 50-yard run later in
the half. Rys closed the half with two
successful penalty kicks, giving the Ravens
a comfortable 20-0 lead.
The second half was no different.
Rys added two more three-point pen-
alty kicks and hooker Mike White's try
rounded out the scoring 33-0.
1%
A defence not afraid to tackle will help the Ravens against Queen's this weekend.
Defence, Carleton's calling card this
entire season, kept Trent off the board
and out of the Raven's zone for almost
the entire game.
"The defence is very important for our
club," said Powell. "At times, there ap-
peared to be a lack of concentration
amongst the players, but whenever Trent
pressured us, they turned it up a notch. "
With the victory, Carleton advances
to the playoffs on Oct. 30 against the
first-division champion, Queen's Golden
Gaels.
With both defence and offence click-
ing, a playoff win isn't out of the ques-
tion.
" In order for us to win, we must go out
there and play a full game," said Rys. "If
we go out on the field and concentrate
and do what we can do, then we will be
able to show the first division why we
were able to win the second division. " □
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They've got heart, soul and char-
acter.
And because of it, this year's rugby
Ravens stepped out of the shadow of
past failures to finally finish first in
the Ontario Universities Athletic As-
sociation's second rugby division and
advance to the league playoffs.
Unlike pastyears where the Ravens
came agonizingly dose to a playoff
spot only to come up empty — this
year's squad came through.
They began the season with a per-
fect 5-0 win streak. After one heart-
breaking 1 7-9 loss to the Royal Mili-
tary College Redmen on Oct. 7, the
Ravens rebounded two weeks ago to
destroy Toronto and Trent this past
weekend, clinching the division.
With a record of 6-1, the club im-
proved by two wins over last season's
disappointing 4-3 record and renewed
varsity interest in rugby.
Who could have predicted it?
Heading into this season, the
Ravens' coaching staff wondered
whether the team could even com-
pete, let alone win against the other
teams in the weaker second division.
With a roster half-filled by first
year rookies, pessimists wondered
from day one if raw rookies could
compete at an intense university level.
But boy did they perform.
Players like Rick Haldane, Andrew
Kay and Chad Yates practised hard
and — when push came to shove —
made fans forget about those who
graduated. If it hadn't been for the
hard work and determination of such
a strong rookie crop, the club would
have been hard-pressed for a playoff
berth.
With proven veterans like Mike
Roe, Jim MacKay and Dave Howard,
the Ravens also had a solid nucleus of
strong leadership.
With an explosive offensive at-
tack and a brick-wall defence, there
were times when the team looked
invincible. With mental lapses and
rookie mistakes, there were also times
when they looked quite beatable. Still,
the Ravens worked together and for
the most part, played like proven
veterans rather than inconsistent
rookies.
Mr. Consistency — kicker Mike
Rys, captained this year's squad and
lifted the team to new performance
standards.
Coach Lee Powell and the entire
coaching staff need to be commended
for the hard work time they put into
the club this season.
But the season's not over yet.
Playoff territory has been un-
charted for the rugby Ravens since
the 1987-88 season when the club
went undefeated 7-0. Like the Ravens
of that season, this year's club de-
feated Trent to clinch the division
title.
Like the 1987 team, the Ravens
will also encounter the 5-1 Queen's
Golden Gaels in the first round of the
playoffs.
The only difference is this year's
club hopes to avenge the perform-
ance of the 1987 team, who lost 21-6
to the Golden Gaels.
Can it be done?
We're waiting. □
18 • The Charlatan • October 28, 1993
Field hockey Ravens shut out of the playoffs
2-1 1-3 record speaks loud and dear
by Kevin Restivo
Charlatan Staff
It was a tough way to end a disap-
pointing season.
The Carleton women's field hockey
team finished their season with three
losses the weekend of Oct. 22-24.
The Ravens lost to the Waterloo
Athenas 1-Oon Oct. 22; 5-0 to the Guelph
Gryphons on Oct. 23; and 1-0 to the
University of Western Mustangs Oct. 24.
The losses leave the Ravens with a 2-
11-3 record, in eighth place out of nine
teams in the Ontario Women's
Interuniversity Athletic Association field
Waterloo 1 Carleton 0
Guelph 5 Carleton 0
Western 1 Carleton 0
hockey league, and out of the playoffs.
Againstthe 6-7-3 Athenas, the Ravens
came out with what seems to be their
latesttrend. That is, starting strong in the
first half. The game remained a scoreless
tie until just before halftime when the
Athenas got one after some sloppy play
in the goaltender's crease. Waterloo
banked the goal in off goalie Julie Sudds.
Unfortunately, it also turned out to be
the game winner for the Athenas.
"That was a tough one to swallow but,
the ball really should not have been in
the crease to start off with," said head
coach Suzanne Nicholson. "Somebody
missed their assignment on that one.
Overall though, we played quite well."
The Ravens' second match of the week-
end against the 9-5-2 Gryphons saw con-
fusion reign for much of the first half.
Carleton continually missed defensive
assignments throughout the first 25 min-
utes and wound up allowing three goals
in that span. The Gryphons added two
more in the second half and cruised to
victory from there.
"We were defensively mucked up most
of the first half," said Nicholson. "I told
them (the Ravens) at halftime that I
couldn't help them out there and that
they had to start reading and reacting
better. That's where we need some of our
veteran leadership to come through."
Defender Christina Morula saw the
game differently.
"I thought we played better against
Guelph, butGuelph's front line was strong
and so was their right side, so it was hard
to defend against," she said.
The Ravens rebounded though, with
one of theirbest efforts of the year against
the 5-5-6 Mustangs. Carleton stymied
the Mustangs with some tough defence
but couldn't make good on any of their
own chances.
"We really played a great game. We
practised our passing techniques all week
and it really paid off. We just couldn't
score," said injured forward Shannon
Hawkins, who watched the game from
the sidelines.
The 0-0 stalemate was finally broken
with 10 minutes left in the second half,
when Western scored a beautiful goal off
a penalty comer, which left the normally
reserved Nicholson in awe.
"I would' ve loved to have scored that
goal — it was that beautiful," said
Nicholson.
Despite the loss, Nicholson called it
one of her team's best efforts all year
because of the adjustments that had to
be made.
"I had to move Laura (Morris) to wing.
Sue Bird's shin splints were bothering her
so we had to move her to midfield, which
hurt our scoring. Also, Julie Sudds' back
was still bothering her, so it was good to
see we played so well," said Nicholson. □
Raven Records 8 Results
CIAU FOOTBALL
O-QIFC
OWIAA SOCCER
East Division
W
L
T
F A PTS
W
L
T
f
A
PTS
Bishop's
6
I
0
176 91 12
Queen's
8
1
1
32
7
17
Cncordia
4
3
0
148 142 8
York
7
2
1
23
10
15
McQll
4
3
0
158 136 8
Toronto
5
3
2
22
7
12
Ottawa
3
4
0
114 109 6
Carleton
5
3
2
16
9
12
Queen's
2
5
0
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0
8
2
5
33
2
Carleton
2
S
0
94 166 4
Ryerson
O
8
2
3
35
2
OUAA SOCCER
East Division
OW1AA FIELD HOCKEY
Ontario Division
Queen's
Ryerson
Trent
York
W L
T
F
A
PTS
Toronto 16
0
Q
91
1
32
8 1
3
31
11
19
York 1Z
2
2
43
11
26
8 1
3
24
8
19
Guelph 9
5
2
28
16
20
7 3
2
27
9
16
Western 5
5
6
22
17
16
6 4
2
29
15
14
Queen's 6
6
4
20
24
16
2 8
2
9
27
6
Waterloo 6
7
3
23
24
15
2 9
1
9
37
5
ycGill 4
8
4
16
27
12
2 9
1
9
31
5
Carleton 2
11
3
13
40
7
Trent O
16
0
1
97
0
OUAA RUGBY
East Division II
W L
T
F A PTS
Carleton 6 i
0
17043 12
Laurier 6 1
0
164 44 12
RMC 5 2
0
98 73 10
Toronto 3 4
0
130 99 6
Trent 1 6
0
34 1702
Brock 0 7
0
52 219 0
Three more losses ended the Ravens' field hockey team season on a dark note.
Charlatan Hockey Pool
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Points were tabulated as of Tue. Oct. 26, 1993.
1344 Bank Street
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(ayson LuLz 111
MyrianBaes 107
|osh Ail 106
Allan Russ 106
Kelly McDonald 104
Al White 104
DonnaleeBeil 103
Dan Grant 103
Steve Trudel 103
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103
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Game.
October 28, 1993 • The Charlatan ■ 19
Soccer men watch as the bubble bursts
Undefeated season just a dream
by Sarah Richards
Charlatan Staff
They picked a hell of a time to lose.
The Corleton men's soccer team fi-
nally confronted the spectre of defeat
when they lost 3-1 against the University
of Toronto Varsity Blues in their last
regular season game on Oct. 24 in To-
ronto.
The loss came after an earlier 4-0 win
on Oct. 20 over the Trent Excalibur.
Carleton4 Trent 0
Toronto 3 Carleton 1
But one goal was all it took for the 7-
1 -3 Ravens to snatch the Ontario Univer-
sities Athletic Association east division
title for a second consecutive year.
Prior to the game, Toronto trailed the
first-place Ravens by two points and a
win by more than three goals would have
propelled them into first place. "I'm hop-
ing the loss was good, because then that
stigma is out of the way," said Raven
goalie Steve Ball, in a sense relieved the
team finally lost a game and won't have
to play with the fear of blemishing their
undefeated record any more.
The Blues controlled the game for the
first half, putting away all their goals in
the first 25 minutes. Two goals came off
headers in the six-yard box, while a third
came off a sharp kick from the 18-yard
line. Come halftime, the Ravens were
down a stunning 3-0.
It was all or nothing in the second half
— either the Ravens scored a goal or lost
their league title.
"We knew we needed a goal, if we lost
3-0, we would have finished in second
place, " said Ball. "Everyone was pushing
up; I was standing at half with about five
minutes left . . . we were so dose."
And as the minutes ticked by, so did
the Ravens' chances. Forward ]ohn Louro
missed, sweeper Michael Zaborski had a
try, fullback Marty Lauter hit the cross-
bar — the ball wanted to go anywhere
but in the net.
Then, with a minute left, stopper Earl
Cochrane's head connected with the ball
to score. It was a fitting end to the veter-
an's five years of regular season varsity
soccer.
Soccer Shots
Here's how the Raven men rank
against the country's best
1 UBC Thunderbirds
2 McGtH Redmen
3 Alberta Golden Bears
4 Toronto Varsity Blues
5 Carleton Ravens
"In terms of being undefeated, it would
have been nice (to beat Toronto), but in
terms of the big picture, it was a win,"
Ball said.
The loss was surprising, considering
the comfortable 4-0 win the Ravens man-
aged at Trent University. The zestless
Excalibur began the game as if the score
was predetermined, leaving the initia-
tive to the Ravens.
Raven midfielder Chris Scuccato was
the first to take advantage of the swiss
cheese Trent defence, when he sliced
through the field, chested a high ball
down and placed the ball perfectly in the
upper left-hand cornerofthe net. Scuccato
scored again before halftime came.
"They didn't have a genuine striker; 1
didn't feel threatened during the game, "
said Ball. He has five shutouts to his
credit, equal to his 1992 tally.
"They didn't seem interested in jump-
ing with us or tackling," he said. "For the
most part, they seemed disinterested."
Louro scored in the second half when
Trent's keeper Serge Desbiens committed
himself when he came out to cut down
the angle on Raven forward Basil Phillips.
Phillips passed off to Louro who shot a
low ball to the right.
Carleton's final goal came on a pen-
alty shot by Cochrane. Trent was fouled
when Louro was brought down in the
box. Desbiens said it was an unfortunate
call for his team.
"All the referee saw was our player go
up and going forward, and unfortunately
the Carleton player did the right thing —
he went down. I wouldn't say he dove,
but he did the right thing."
After the game, Trent's head coach
Marvin Buchan was disappointed, say-
ing the team played to only 60 percent of
its potential.
"We don't have a lot of talent," said
Buchan. "What we try and do is work
very hard."
fust not hard enough. □
Scoreless draw leaves soccer women sitting in fourth
5-3-2 record is Ravensjbest ever
by Bram S. Aaron
Charlatan Start
The Carleton Ravens women's soccer
team has some good news and some bad
news and some more good news.
The good news is that the team played
to a scoreless tie versus the 5-2-2 Univer-
sity of Toronto Varsity Blues in Toronto
on Oct. 23 to finish with an overall record
of 5-3-2 — their best in the six-year his-
tory of the team.
Carleton 1 Trent 0
Carleton 0 Toronto 0
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The tie leaves the Ravens in fourth
place in the six-team eastern division of
the Ontario Women's Interuniversity
Athletic Association.
The bad news is the Ravens' failure to
win the game means they'll finish be-
hind Toronto and have to play the 8-0-4
Laurier Golden Hawks, who finished first
in the OWIAA west division.
Last year the Golden Hawks won the
national women's soccer title.
The two will meet in semi-final playoff
action at Windsor University Oct. 28-31.
Winners of each playoff round move on
to the next one, until the championship
final.The other good news is that goalie
Kristina Bacchi picked up her fourth shut-
out of the season.
"I wasn't really tested," said Bacchi.
"It was a hard field, not like the muddy
conditions we played in last week (against
York). (The Blues) only had five or six
shots on our net."
"They had a lot of comer kicks, " said
striker Mary McCormick. "But Kristina
always managed to get her hand on the
ball or something to clear them out."
Coach David Kent said the double
shutout was the first in team history.
"It was a great match between two
excellent teams who were both trying to
finish third," he said. "Everybody played
well. Ittook the full effortof all 19 women."
"We really wanted to finish in third
place," said Bacchi. "We were a bit down
(after the game), but we're happy about
the results. We figured we did what we
had to do."
Looking ahead, Kent is cautiously
optimistic about the Ravens' playoff
chances.
"There can be more accomplished this
season," he said. "If we stay focused, we
have a chance to go to the nationals." Q
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20 • The Charlatan ■ October 28, 1993
1
Raven
Rumblings
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
"It's sometimes good when a team
like Toronto (16-0) gives us a good
whipping. It brings them (the veter-
ans) back down to earth."
Field hockey coach Suzanne
Nicholson on the internal strife plagu-
ing her team.
BRIEFS
In exhibition action the women's
basketball team won once and lost
twice at the Ravens' Nest on the Oct.
23-24 weekend. The Ravens defeated
Dawson College 57-49 with forward
Gillian Roseway leading the team with
15 points. The Waterloo Athenas de-
feated Carleton 60-44 and John Abbott
College beat Carleton 69-36.
The women's waterpolo team won
the Carleton Invitational tournament,
defeating the University of Ottawa club
6-4 in the final at the Carleton pool on
the Oct. 23-24 weekend. Asecond Raven
squad defeated Queen's 9-8 on a last-
second goal to win bronze. Carleton's
Marianne Illing was named the tour-
nament's most valuable player.
Four members of the Carleton sail-
ing club participated in the Canadian
Nationals on Oct. 23-24 at the Toronto
Sailing and Canoeing Club. Sailor Dave
Nurse posted Carleton's best finish with
a third-place result in the laser class.
YEARBOOK GOOF
Take a peek at page 7 of this year's
athletic yearbook. In the bottom right
comer of the women's rowing write-up
is a lovely picture — of canoeists.
CORRECTION
We're not having any luck with
spelling among members of the soccer
team. First it was Christine
Archambault. Then it was Ian Rowe
Now it's forward John Louro, whom
we've been calling John Lauro in every
issue this year. Our apologies.
CALENDAR
Friday, Oct 28.
BASKETBALL —The men's basket-
ball team continues its exhibition sea-
son at the University of Ottawa Tip:Off
Tournament.
Saturday, Oct 30.
ROWING — The OUAA finals await
the rowing team at the Henley Course
in St. Catherines today.
RUGBY — The division two cham-
pion rugby team travels to Kingston
today to kick off against the division
one champion Queen's Golden Gaels
in their first playoff game since 1987.
SOCCER — The men's soccer team
will host the Queen's Golden Gaels in
a 1 p.m. match in semi-final playoff
action on the Raven Field.
The women's soccer team will travel
to Windsorto face the Sir Wilfh'dLaurier
Golden Hawks in semi-final playoff
action.
SWIMMING — The Carleton swim
team will participate in an exhibition
tri-meet at Queen's University along
with the University of Ottawa.
Sunday, Oct. 31.
WATERPOLO — The men's
waterpolo team faces off against the
Queen's Golden Gaels in a noon home
game looking for revenge. The Ravens
lost their season opener 11-5 to the
Gaels.
Internal squabbling divides team
•jy Kevin Restivo
Chaffatan Staff
A huge disappointment is how
Suzanne Nicholson, the head coach of
the Carleton women's field hockey team,
describes the season her team just com-
pleted.
The Ravens finished with a 2-11-3
record, in eighth place out of nine teams
and out of the Ontario Women's
Interuniversity Athletic Association field
hockey playoffs.
That record is a drop from their 3-6-4
sixth place finish just one year ago.
With six veterans returning, includ-
ing three provincial team members, and
an influx of enthusiastic rookies coming
in, the Ravens had every reason to think
that they could improve on their record
of last year.
Unfortunately, they never got on track.
Carleton kicked off the yearwith three
consecutive losses to Waterloo, Western
and Guelph, and their problems snow-
balled from there.
Not only did the team have problems
scoring goals, but as the losses piled up,
so did the frustration.
This frustration surfaced at the mid-
point of the season, when Nicholson com-
mented on her team's lack of intensity
after a 1-0 loss to the Queen's Golden
Gaels, saying that "they just didn't want
to'win as much as Queen's."
It was at this point Nicholson said
veterans needed to show more leader-
ship. Veterans like forward Krista Wilson,
defender Suzanne Lachapelle and
midfielder Suzanne Bird agreed there was
a problem, but that it could it attributed
to lack of experience and different levels
of competitiveness.
"It's not a big thing," said Bird, after
Lacrosse wins
by Ryan Ward
Charlatan Start
It is a strange sight seeing a top team
like the University of Western Mustangs
not show up for a game against a 1-5
team.
But it happened.
Due to a scheduling mix-up, the 1-5
Carleton lacrosse club did'nt have to play
the heavily favored Mustangs on Oct. 23.
"I was a little disappointed that we
didn't get to play Western," said rookie
attack Shawn Murphy. "We worked on
some plays that would prove very effec-
tive in the game and we could have given
them a run."
The game will not be replayed as long
as Carleton defeats the 0-6 McMaster
Marauders at Brewer Park on Oct. 30. A
win will give them the fourth and final
playoff birth against the undefeated 6-0
Guelph Gryphons.
"We're confident we will defeat them
like we did earlier this season (a 6-5 win
on Sept. 28)," said Carleton coach Glen
Harrison. "They have to win by at least
two goals to make the playoffs so we are
confident we will do well." □
Hockey ties
by Bill Labonte
Charlatan Staff
Half of last year's Carleton hockey
club graduated last spring and left.
But they couldn't stay away.
Those who stayed in town joined to-
gether to form the senior R.A. hockey -
league's newest team - the Carleton kings.
In the first season matchup betwen
the old and the new - no one won.
The Carleton hockey club tied 2-2 with
the Carleton graduate kings on Oct. 20 at
the R A. Centre to improve theirrecord to
0-2-1. a
KNOW IN'
two losses to the top-ranked Toronto and
York Oct. 15-16. "Wecouldstill use some
more drive on the team, but everyone is
generally working really hard."
Nicholson disagrees with that assess-
ment.
"Some of our veteran players came
back from provincial play this summer
with many unreal expectations. They've
expected the rookies to step right in and
play to the level they're used to, " she said
earlier this week. "They definitely could
have contributed a little more leadership
as well as intensity at times."
Nicholson became even more disen-
chanted with the veterans after the Oct.
15-16 weekend at McGill, even going as
far as saying that "it's sometimes good
when a team like Toronto gives us a good
whipping. It brings them (the veterans)
back down to earth."
The Ravens' gloomy season did have
its bright spots, even though they were
few and far between: Bird's natural hat
trick in a 4-1 Carleton win against the
Trent Excalibur back on Oct. 16; a 1-1 tie
against the second-place York Yeowomen
on Sept. 24 was also a pleasant surprise
even though York was missing key play-
ers.
But despite those few highlights, inter-
nal strife reared its ugly head all too often
and this season was a disappointment.
"There must be more team unity and
we have to get rid of the undercurrents of
our problems this year, " said Nicholson,
after this week s losses to Waterloo, West-
em and Guelph.
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for another long season. □
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i
Overweight rowers weigh team down
by Janine MacDonald
Charlatan Staff
Carleton's rowing crew has quick
hands, powerful legs and long, hard
strokes.
But their weight, ill-luck and strong,
wintry winds were all against them dur-
ing the Oct. 23 McGill Invitational Re-
gatta in Montreal — and the best they
could do was come away with three third-
place finishes.
The problems began when the men's
lightweight four hopped on the scales.
All together, they were overweight.
"Cut-off for lightweightis 159 pounds.
I weigh 1 75 pounds," said crew member
Shawn Houghtlin.
Rowers like Alyson Chambers were
not happy with the men's
weight problem. There's a
lot of pressure on a rower to
maintain their weight, but
it's part of the commitment
expected in the sport, she
said.
"The guys need to know
they can't fool around, " said
Chambers. "They need to
take the sport more seriously.
I had to diet before this race
or we weren't going to row.
The guys were 15 pounds
over. That's crazy. Commit-
ment to rowing includes
Rachel Fallows & Nancy Mariuz raced the heavyweight women _$_double sculls.
weight. If you don't have that commit-
ment, don't row."
Also overweight was women's novice
eight coxswain Jillian Kohl, who weighed
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in at 120 pounds. The coxswain is the
little person with the loud voice who
steers the boat and is expected to weigh
between 100 and 110 pounds.
With the extra weight, the women's
novice eight crew placed last among five
in their heat.
Ill-luck also dodged the Carleton crew.
In the men's novice eight race, the
McGill boat came too close to the Carle-
ton shell and both boats crashed oars.
Carleton was forced to stop and re-start
and ended up placing fourth among five
boats in the race.
"We were cheated out of a good race, "
said crew member Peter Petrovic "There's
rules to games. Rules should be followed.
McGill hit ourboat and they should have
been disqualified. We were rowing 120
per cent at the beginning to catch up, but
we just couldn't."
Carleton wasn't the only university
with rowing problems.
During the same race, as Queen's
rushed through the course, one of their
rowers was launched into the icy water
when his blade got caught in a wave —
an experience rowers call "catching a
crab."
In the finals, three Carleton crews
finished with top three results.
The men's heavyweight crew consist-
ing of Brian Brown, Brian Jewell, Jim
Luker, Dave Zieba and coxswain Jenn
Clarke battled with Toronto's Erindale
College for third place. With 500 metres
left in the 2,000-metre race, they pow-
ered on into third behind Trent and
Queen's.
"I wish I was just a bit fitter," said Dave
Zieba, as he stepped out of the boat. "The
cross-wind makes it hard to set up. I'm
happy about our performance. We've
come a long way in a short time."
After placing third in the lightweight
women's four with cox, rowers Nicole
Lebon, Sarah Mullin, Josee Paquette and
Chambers had mixed emotions.
"What a headwind," said Lebon. "It
was like rowing into a brick wall. But we
smoked Ottawa U, and that's all that
counts."
But it was Trevor MacKay's third place
finish in the men's single sculling which
capture?! everyone's attention on Satur-
day.
"I was very impressed by Trevor
Mackay," said Carleton rowing head
coach John Ossowski. "He was the out-
standing performer today."
Earlierin the day, Mackay had cruised
to a single scull heat victory in a time of
8:59.22. In the finals, only a strong cross
wind and a poor lane position held him
back from repeating that feat.
Ossowski, with rowing expertise from
the Commonwealth Games, the World
Championships and the 1988 Olympics,
said Carleton performed well on Satur-
day considering they've only been to-
gether for six weeks.
"It's always an experience-building
progress," he said. "I think if we can get
the crew to do some hard work over the
winter, and improve the fitness level, we
should have a really competitive crew in
the spring." □
— ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Loverboy, you'll never be lovermen
by David Hodges
Charlatan SlaH
Loverboy
Penguin Rock Bar
Oct. 22
ff
•^Qa smallsidewalksignstoodpre-
cariously in front of the Pen-
guin.The sign itselfwas rather
ugly, but what it had to say
was beautiful — LOVERBOY
LIVE. TONIGHT. PLEASE LINE
UP BEHIND THE SIGN.
Oh man. could this be true? I've
never been a very lucky person. Doom
and misfortune seem to plague me like
the bastard institutions of this society
plague the walkways of our streets, mak-
ing it unsafe for children and cats. If
LOVERBOY was actually here, this was
truly the sweetest dream from which I did
not want to awaken.
Walking into the room, one could not
help but feel the tackiness of the '80s
revisited. Memories of parachute pants,
acid wash jeans, Peter Pan boots, and
various zipper-accessorised articles of
clothing were brought back to startling
life. It was rather frightening.
Still, among all this goofiness, there
was a magical presence of some sort in
the room, an indescribable aura, a pul-
sating electricity if you will. The whole
room was buzzing with anticipation and
expectation. The tension was so thick
you could cut it with a dull spoon.
Being the literary evangelist that I
am, I felt there was something newswor-
thy about this event of the millennium. I
had to let the rest of the world feel the
love I was experiencing. With the deter-
mination of a moose, I began asking
people to describe what strange, magical
force had drawn them to see LOVERBOY.
Ron Strieper, a visiting neighbor from
Holland, described the concert event as
the realization of a 10-year dream. He
stumbled upon a cassette of LOVERBOY
Mike Reno and Loverboy: next stop: Las Vegas!
10 years ago and has been infatuated
with them ever since. The only negative
comment he had was that hash wasn't
legal here, but nothing could ruin this
nght.
Annie Bissonnette, looking back on
her high-school years and seemingly
choking back tears of joy, could only say,
"Remembering the music!" Atthat point,
she seemed embarrassed by her sudden
outburst and turned away from me, back
into the dark coolness of the night scene.
It was 10:23 p.m. They were late. But,
in a truly dramatic entrance, LOVERBOY
became one with the stage. Like a group
of well-seasoned pros, lead singer Mike
Reno led the band into a musical odyssey
of intangible delights. People swayed to
the magical euphoric beat, and the room
began to spin with deliciousness. A dingy
tavern had been transformed into a gar-
den of love.
Theopening number immediately had
the crowdbegging formore. Playing har-
monica with the feverish intensity of a
man on fire, Reno delighted the crazed
crowd. This was certainly a much harder,
grittier band.
The days of playing stadiums might
be behind them, but my God, they were
awesome. The constant pulsating beat of
the drummer kept the crowd fixated —
he played those skins like a wild cheetah.
The crowd could be heard chanting re-
peatedly, "Ya baby," "Go baby," and
"Oh, baby."
Though at times Reno looked like a
pathetic half-assed version of Gordon
Downie and Stevie Wonder combined,
one could not deny the sexual energy of
this rock demigod. Women danced madly
around him while men admired from
afar.
One disappointed female fan described
Just havin' some fun in the elevator
by Mike Ramanauskas
Charlatan Staff
A thief dashes into an elevator hoping
it to be his passage of escape. A pregnant
woman goes into labor while trapped in
the elevator of a hospital. Two children
send an elderly woman on a tour of the
Rideau Centre via the elevator.
These scenarios are part of a short film
about elevators (yes, elevators). The film,
Going Down, is being produced and di-
rected by second-year Carleton film stu-
dent Bill Melnyk.
The first thing I wondered was what
kind of crazed person would be so in-
spired by elevators that he would go as
far as to create a movie about them.
Melnyk remarks he was always fasci-
nated by how unusually people behave
in their actions and mannerisms while
riding in them.
Putting his Sociology 100 training to
the test, he decided to further study this
phenomenon of human behavior with
hands-on research.
Claiming to have ridden in over 50
elevators watching people while devel-
oping the script for this film, he feels he
has gained quite an insight in the area of
elevator behavior.
"There's probably not an elevator in
the city I haven't been in," says Melnyk.
Chosen by the Independent Film Co-
operative of Ottawa (IFCO) as one of five
productions it is sponsoring, Melnyk's
project is still in the early stages of film-
ing. He is hopeful that his film will be a
finished by mid-December and will be
part of a screening of IFCO-sponsored
films tentatively scheduled to play at the
Bytowne for the beginning of next year.
Melnyk hopes to eventually enter his
work in the Montreal Film Festival's stu-
dent film competition in the near future
and from there he sounds enthusiastic to
enter his work in other festivals. □
success, as is his production staff, com
posed entirely of volunteers, including
Randy Guest as first assistant director
and Mike Tier as cameraman.
His somewhat unorthodox methods
stray from typical conventions in main-
stream movie-making. His compilation
of five scenarios, filmed in both black-
and-white and color, will be no longer
than 15 minutes in length.
Going Down is also somewhat
unique in that it has no speaking
parts, something Melnyk says he
wanted to stay away from since the
film'sconception. Instead, itwillhave
an original jazz music score in the
background composed by local com-
poser Rowle Hugh. This choice, he
claims, also opens his options to
foreign film festivals, where dialogue
in English can act as a language
barrier.
Filmed on location throughout
Ottawa, Melnyk even went as far as
to build a set for an elevator in the
garage of his parents' house, com-
plete with collapsing walls so that
each shot can be different.
In doing this he strove to get the
elevator's perspective of how it would
see a situation unfolding within it.
Melnyk says he is happy that short
films are finally getting recognition.
This helped by outlets like the short
feature Liquid Television spots on
Much Music.
Going Down is scheduled to be Your normal everyday elevator passenger.
Reno as having three chins, and while
this band was certainly showing its age,
most people didn't seem to care.
An excruciatingly long guitar solo was
at first mildly entertaining but eventu-
ally made me want to vomit. However,
Reno, being the master that he is, quickly
won back the crowd with this statement,
"The only way you can tell it's Canada is
because the crowds are fuckin' insane.
Yea, let's go."
When it seemed nothing could top
that moment, LOVERBOY played "Turn
Me Loose," "Lovin' Every Minute of It"
and "Everybody's Working For The Week-
end." An onslaught of this magnitude
could only be compared to few groups —
The Beatles and Rough Trade come to
mind. The band was truly in fine form,
high -fi ving each other constantly.
£ Before anybody could even react, they
0 were gone. A standing ovation quickly
« brought LOVERBOY back on the stage,
^ and then they really blew the roof off the
1 Penguin. Reno addressed the audience:
"Ottawa, nice to see you again. I mean
that," with the most heartfelt warmth
imaginable.
Reno found it quite hot up on stage
during the encore, but didn't seem to
mind because according to him, "That's
what rock is all about. The heat."
LOVERBOY finished the set with "The
Kid Is Hot Tonight." The perfect finale.
After such an emotionally draining ex-
perience, I was glad it was over.
But then something happened. Some-
thing really bad.
They wouldn't stop. They came back
on the stage again. What were they do-
ing? They started doing this weird key-
board solo that seemed to last an eter-
nity. Butitdidn't end there, it just wouldn't
stop. I don't know why.
I began to lose every semblance of my
sanity. This band wouldn't go away!
After finally escaping the club, I con-
fronted my feelings and realized that was
just part of the LOVERBOY experience.
LOVERBOY takes you through the whole
spectrum of emotions — love, hate, loath-
ing, adoration, nausea. I'll never forget
it □
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The Charlatan Pub Crawl Extravaganza
b\G SCARY CITY
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by Josee Bellemare
Charlelaa SlaH
ttowa and Toronto don't even
compare when it comes to
the bar scene.
After spending one night
a of clubbing in Toronto, I'll
0tkf never look at Ottawa bars
the same way.
Tnefirst club I went to In Toronto was
RPM on larvis Street. The cover charge
was $5, which is a bit more expensive
than the usual $2 charged by Ottawa
clubs, but it's nothing to fret over.
This huge club was packed with col-
lege and university students all staring
in one direction — at the go-go dancers.
1 don't know why they were bothering to
stare since they weren't very good. The
dancers, clad in short shorts and black
bras and standing on two platforms on
each side of the DJ, showed very little
enthusiasm in their dancing.
In the meantime, techno and house
music blasted out of the huge speakers at
the seemingly bewildered and bored
crowd.
Standing out in the centre of the dance
floor were a few people in strange cos-
tumes. One of the them sported a floppy
black and white polka-dotted hat, black
and white polka-dotted bell bottoms and
large black and white striped platform
shoes.
A tall black man wearing a long black
home-made skirt with running shoes
was dancing with a lady in a yellow and
orange flowered dress and brown clogs.
Her uncombed hair was laced with pink
barrettes. Other people were wearing
fake bright-colored afros.
If people dared to dress this way in
Ottawa, they would be laughed out of
the club. Ottawa clubbers tend be much
more conservative. Cafe Deluxe on
Dalhousie Street and The Pit on Rideau
Street may boast a more extravagant
clientele, but they're still not as wild as
some of the people at Toronto bars.
walked with the elephants
At about 2 a.m., I left this club and
went to an after-hours party at Catch-22
on the corner of Adelaide and Spadina.
The same RPM music rumbled through
the club.
Bouncers charged whatever they
pleased. Although the people before us
were charged $2, my friend and I had to
pay $3. Three dollars is actually cheap.
A private club party in Ottawa can cost
up to $10.
Catch-22 was quite the place. Itwas a
small basement with many of the same
people from RPM, including the polka-
dot man. My friend, who knows the
Toronto club scene, mentioned that most
of the people in the club were using the
drug ecstasy. It makes people very happy
and gives them the urge to dance all
night long. Afterwards, an urge to par-
take in sexual activities at someone's
house is not uncommon, or so 1 hear.
One of the go-go dancers from RPM
was at Catch-22. She sported thick blue
eyeshadow with fake eyelashes. Her big
lips were covered generously with red
shiny lipstick. Her attire was scarce —
striped shorts revealing half of her but-
tocks and a black leather bra. She sat in
a chair applying lipstick to two girls with
long braids. Afterwards they all began
kissing, with generous amounts of tongue
showing.
One of the girls noticed me watching
them. This very happy camper came
over to me to tell me the go-go dancer she
was kissing was actually a man. When
she finally left me alone, 1 was relieved.
All these extravagant happenings
wouldn't happen in Ottawa clubs unless
it was a gay/lesbian bar. Maybe it does in
some clubs or house parties, but I haven't
seen it.
It's too bad people in Ottawa seem to
be afraid to express themselves as freely
as they do in Toronto. It would make
Ottawa more of an exciting and interest-
ing place to live In. □
by Susie Haley
Chariatan Slat!
"It is only the strongest bulls that are
able to mate with a female."
The bull gets a huge rush of
testosterone into his system and becomes
aggressive and sexy.
They always take in and process in-
formation before reacting.
They rumble to each other for reassur-
ance.
When they meet, they "clash tusks,
mill around and urinate."
No, this is not a description of Oliver's
on a Wednesday night
These are actually
excerpts from a lec-
ture called Out ofAf-
rica: Battle for the El-
ephants, conducted
by Dr. Iain Douglas-
Hamilton at the Mu-
seum of Nature Oct.
19.
As I biked to the
lecture, 1 had images
of stuffy old profes-
sors discussing aver-
age gestation periods
and rates of food con-
sumption — not the
best way to kill a
Tuesday afternoon.
Instead, I entered into
the world that Doug-
las-Hamilton and his
wife, Oria, have
shared for over 20 years.
Douglas-Hamilton is like the lane
Goodall or Dian Fossey of the elephant
world. And, he didn't discuss gestation
periods, although I did get to see a slide
of copulating elephants — pretty im-
pressive!
Douglas-Hamilton, who has written
two books with his wife called Among the
Elephants and Battle for the Elephants,
started off by describing the matriar-
chal, tribe-like behavior of the animals.
Elephants live in large family units of
which the female is the head. They are
quite similar to humans in that they
have a long childhood, followed by pu-
berty in their teens, and can live to be 60
to 70years old. Douglas-Hamilton main-
tains that elephants have a sense of self
and death, and have a high level of
communication.
He went on to say that "there's some-
thing very close to compassion in el-
ephants." To support this, he told a story
about a Somali man who was wounded
by an elephant. She stood over him for
an entire day, lightly rubbing his face
with her trunk, to protect him until help
could arrive. And for all you lovers of
Dumbo, mother elephants really can lift
their babies, espe-
cially when they
are in danger.
Douglas-Ham-
ilton originally
went to Africa over
20 years ago to
study population
numbers among
the elephants, but
he became deeply
involved when he
realized the extent
of elephant
poaching. At one
point, the accom-
panying slide
showed a field of
illegally obtained
tusks that would
have easily filled
Brewer Park.
The good news is that poaching is on
the decline; the bad news is that there is
an even greater problem: human over-
population. "We're set for an extinction
spasm more acute than anything we've
seen since the dinosaurs," says Douglas-
Hamilton.
The human overpopulation on the
African continent has greatly limited the
space elephants have to roam freely. It
has also limited the number of elephant
watering holes, forcing elephants to be-
gin stealing water from reservoirs.
But it's not only the elephants that are
at risk. Douglas-Hamilton drawsaparal-
lel between the elephant and the canary
in the coal mine warning of the presence
of gas. He stated if the elephant is going
down, so, too, is the environment.
In order to help, Douglas-Hamilton
recommends that we keep pressuring the
Canadian government to support Cana-
da's ban on elephant ivory as well as
providing family planning services for
those African countries that request it.
My advice to everyone is to watch out
for future lectures at the Museum of Na-
ture. If they're as good as this one, they're
a perfect way to spend a Tuesday after-
noon. Q
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24 • The Charlatan ■ October 28, 1993
The (not so) dark sounds of the House of Love
by Blayne Haggart
Charlatan Staff
The new House of Love album will
come as a shock to long-time followers of
the band. Oh, this English band still has
Guy Chadwick's distinctive vocals and
the group sounds as good as ever. What
will shock is the cover.
More specifically, the title of the al-
bum. As in, it has one. Audience With the
Mind is their fifth release and the first
album that isn't self-titled.
Until now, long-suffering fans have
had to make up their own titles based on
visual clues provided by the album cov-
ers in question. For instance, their last
album was called Babe Rainbow because
that's what was written below a painting
that appeared on the cover.
"We just felt it was necessary," says
vocalist/guitarist/driving force Chadwick
of the latest album's title. "A lot of people
have asked us that."
Plus, it's not like the albums were
bereft of a name. "All the albums have
some kind of reference point," he notes.
Putting a title on the album is not the
only change that has been happening
for Chadwick and Co. Five years ago,
they started off as a quartet, but they kept
having problems keeping a second gui-
tarist. Happily, Chadwick says they've
managed to come to terms with their
personnel problems.
"We're a three piece now and that's
the way it'll be from now on, says
Chadwick. "We've always had lineups
problems in the past. We've always had
a problem trying to find a second guitar-
ist.
"We've done one tour we did it as a
three piece in France and it worked really
well."
Chadwick (centre) and Co. have finally released an album with a proper title.
This means no session musicians fill-
ing in for that second guitar.
"Any work we do we'll do as a three-
piece," he says.
Truth be known, one would never
guess they don't use a second guitarist on
Audience With the Mind. It has their trade-
mark emotional vocals and full guitar
sound. It's your "basic guitar, drums,
bass, singing," says Chadwick.
Having said that, the band has tink-
ered with their sound a bit.
''There's more of an acoustic sound
on this album," notes Chadwick. "It's
something we haven't pushed as much.
It'sthe fastest album we've recorded since
our first album and I think that made it
sounda little bitdifferent. But essentially
it's the same people playing the songs
written by the same person. We are our
own style and we try to develop with each
album."
Anyone who's ever listened to the
band will know what Chadwick means
when he talks about their style. House of
Love songs have a way of hitting that
emotional funny bone with the listener,
evoking a feeling of understanding on
one's most primal levels. The music is
both powerful and delicate.
Chadwick, who writes most of their
songs, has a gift for picking out a certain
age in life and capturing its emotional
essence. One need only listen to songs
like "Beatles and the Stones," "Shine
On" or "Feel" to see this is true.
The songs themselves sound like they
were written with someone in mind. Ac-
cording to Chadwick, this couldn't be
further from the truth.
"No, and I think that's the very reason
why they are quite passionate — because
I don't have an audience in mind and I
don't think about that."
The trio of Chadwick, drummer Pete
Evans and bassist Chris Groothuizen,
who have been together since the band's
inception, have been pretty busy over
the past 12 months. It has only been a
year since the last House of Love album.
They followed that up with a North
American tour with fellow label mates
and countrymen Catherine Wheel and
Ocean Colour Scene.
Now that Audience With the Mind is on
the shelves, they're about to begin re-
cording another album between now
and Christmas, with a very tentative
release date set for the middle of next
year. This will probably be followed by
another tour.
"It's going to be poppier," says
Chadwick of the next album. "We want
to make a record that you can play on
the radio. It's not a very radio- friendly
album, the one we've done. We didn't
want ittobe, although 'Hollow' has been
played on the radio."
Hearing this makes itsound like Audi-
ence With the Mind was a dark epic, but
it's all relative. Using kettle drums on
some songs and slightly heavier guitars
on others means it has a slight edge to it.
It may not have the elegant beauty of the
last album, but it is still a delicate, stir-
ring creation.
With all their creative output, it looks
to be a good year for House of Love
afficionados. □
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October 28, 1993 • The Charlatan ■ 25
Taking pride in political incorrectness
by Blayne Haggart
Charlatan Staff
"The magazine is racist, sexist, ageist,
sizeist; you name it. It's totally
unpolitically correct, for want of a better
term."
Rather than an indictment of it, one
gets the feeling that Frank magazine
editor Michael Bate couldn't be prouder
of his description of his magazine.
For the past four years, Frank maga-
zine has taken sacred cows of both the
right and left and desecrated them, be it
in their anonymous news morsels or in
theirsometimes subtle, sometimes crude,
and always controversial parodies.
These parodies have now taken on a
life of their own, in Random House's Best
of Frank, which features the best of the
past four years.
As a result of this, Bate, who seems to
be more comfortable behind the scenes,
has been promoting this compilation.
Of the promotional angle of the new
book. Bate says he finds it "a little too
establishment. It's a sign that the maga-
zine is getting a little too institutional-
ized, but I guess that goes with the turf.
We're trying to generate some interest in
it (the magazine)."
This it should do. Packed into 128
pages are some very deft parodies, in-
cluding samplings of the regular fea-
tureslike "The Puffster," "Low Definition
Television" and Charles |affe's always
funny cartoons.
Conspicuous in its absence from the
collection is the parody ad Frank is most
infamous for: the Deflower Caroline
faux-contest that caused then-prime
minister Brian Mulroney (or Muldoon,
as he's known to Frank readers) on na-
tional television to threaten to shoot
Bate. This has dogged Bate and Frank for
quite a while.
When asked about the whole inci-
dent, he replied, "Oh, Muldoon. I think
he misplaced his prescription drugs or
something."
He also doesn't think Mulroney was
serious about the whole incident.
"I think it's interesting that Mulroney
waited six months to air it out on na-
tional TV because he thought he could
use that to score points.
"To me, it's the most cynical tactic to
try and gain votes, putting his daughter
forward at the G7 summit, at
Kennebunkport (George Bush's residence
in Maine) and at the Tory convention,
all within a three-month span. That was
what triggered us doing the mock ad.
"It was not by any stretch of the im-
agination an incitement to (paraphras-
ing Mulroney) gang-rape his daughter
on the cover of Trash magazine. It was
buried on page 20 and a lot of people did
get it. Subscription sales went up and a
lot of people were supportive who under-
stood what we were doing."
As for its absence from The Best of
Frank, Bate says it just wasn't good
enough. "Itwas controversial butitwasn't
good satire. It wasn't as deft as it should
have been. Really good satire to me. . .
you don't throw the pie and hit the
victim; you don't victimize Caroline
Mulroney. We did that. I acknowledge
that. At the time I said it was clumsy."
Although he wishes he could have
had more time to get the ad just right,
Bate doesn't have any regrets, with this
or with the news content of the bi-weekly.
These clippings, which have covered eve-
rything from the trivial details of Peter
Mansbridge's extra-marital affairto Glen
SPELLBINDING. ASTONISHING.
Bridges' portrayal ranks with the year's finest. 'Fearless' soars!''
Opening October 29
Kealey's charges of cor-
ruption against promi-
nent Tories, get a lot of
heat on two angles: their
rumor-like nature and
their seeming irrelevance.
"While we don't have
the video evidence, if it
has the ring of truth we
print it anyways. We go
out on a limb, which most
publications won't." As a
result, Frank often gets the
stories weeks, if not
months, before other pa-
pers.
Bate points to their
coverage of Pierre
Trudeau's latest foray
into fatherhood, which
he says scooped The Globe
and Mail's front page by
eight months.
But who really cares
about these things? Well,
Frank and their subscrib-
ers do.
Using an example
taken from their pre-elec-
tion issue, Bate says,
"How does Wendy
Mesley's anorexia or her
weight loss affect us? It
doesn't. But Wendy
Mesley and Peter
Mansbridge and Pam
Wallin come into our
home every night. We "
know them, their faces and something
aboutthem more than we know our own
neighbours, so it's of interest.
"I'm sorry, but I think there are a lot
of people, judging by our circulation,
who are interested in information about
Wendy Mesley. Maybe to some people
it's a gratuitous thing, but so what? It's of
interest."
It's this combination of irrelevant fact,
irreverent humor and printed rumor that
makes Frank such a great read and gives
it an edge in both style and editorial
content that most papers lack.
"It bothers me because newspapers
that only print the empirical evidence
and scientific proof often times print
stories that are of little interest," says
Bate.
Summing up Frank's mission state-
ment, Bate says, " I'd much rather have a
story that is speculative that makes me
think than have some institutional news
that I already know. How do you sepa-
rate truth from rumor until they open up
the diaries of Mackenzie King and find
out he was talking to his dog and his
dead mother? We wait 50 years to find
out?
ELECTIONS CARLETON
REFERENDUM NOTICE
A meeting for anyone interested
in forming a NO Committee will
be held on Tuesday November
2nd at 8:30 am in Room 424
Unicentre.
The YES Committee will meet at
9:00 on Tuesday November 2nd
in Room 424 Unicentre.
Anyone may attend these
meetings.
For more information, contact the
CUSA office, Room 401
Unicentre, 788
Michael Bate with all his favorite heroes.
"We're in the business of putting out
a bi-weekly magazine. We can't wait 50
years to find out." □
Frank Speaks
Out:
ON THE NATURAL LAW
PARTY:
"We endorsed the Natural Law
party. Doug Henning's our kind of
guy. Anybody who could paint the
word deficit on the side of an el-
ephant and make it disappear is
our kind of guy."
ON THE NOP:
"I don't know, maybe Audrey
McLaughlin will have just enough
people to form a barber shop quar-
tet (to) sing union songs to seniors
in Regina. We're about to find out
how many disabled lesbians of
color there are in Canada."
ON THE LIBERALS:
"It's like inviting back house
guests that you've forgotten how
they wrecked your house, stole your
sheets, smashed all your china and
spent all your credit cards."
ON THE REFORM PARTY:
"These guys are like the Rut
coon Lodge: pale, (with) white plas^
tic shoes. It's going to be good
because they're oh, so green. And
Preston Manning's going to have
to become a politician. He got
where he is by being the anti-poli-
tician. Once he gets to Ottawa he's
going to have to become a politi-
cian like the rest of them."
ON THE LOSS OF BRIAN
MULRONEY:
"We should start a Draft
Muldoon movement and get him
back; it will only cost us the price of
the furniture."
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26 • The Charlatan • October 28, 1993
Thursday, October 28
You only have three more days (in-
cluding today) to catch Sock 'n' Buskin's
presentation of A Hell of A Mess, de-
scribed as a satirical comedy. It's in the
Alumni Theatre at 8 p.m. each night.
CKCU kicks off its 16th annual fund-
ing drive today with a Pagan Bash at
Zaphod'stonightWhattoexpect? Prizes
and fun. Oh yeah, wear a costume. Five
dollars gets you in and the fun begins at
8 p.m.
King Cobb Steelie, the best damn
band Guelph's ever produced, plays
Creeque Alley tonight. They combine
loud guitars and some groovy bass lines.
This show is a must-see.
Friday, October 29
This week's Friday lunchrime concert
(Alumni Theatre, 12:30 p.m.) features
flautist Paula Conlon and guitarist
Douglas Reach.
Furnaceface, a band that needs no
introduction, is at Creeque Alley to-
night and tomorrow. If you haven't seen
them yet, this is your big chance.
The Freeway Band plays an unique
style of retro-seventies, groove-based rock
at the Penguin tonight.
Saturday, October 30
Lock the doors and hide the kids!
D.O.A. and Mystery Machine play
Zaphod's tonight. It should be fun!
Show starts at eight.
There's a new rock band in town.
Strange Danger play rock and roll at
Ozzie's tonight.
Quebecois musical sensation
Laurence (albert brings her "husky
yet clear voice" (or so says the press
release) to the NAC Opera tonight at 8
p.m.. Tickets are $19.50, $23.50 and
$26.50. (Husky yet clear? Isn't that like
rough yet smooth? -ed.)
Tongues and Bones and Sam I Am
(the Ottawa version, not the American
one) play a special Halloween show at
the Equinox at the University of Ottawa
tonight.
Sunday, October 31
It's the perfect Halloween double bill
at the Mayfair. At 7 p.m. it's the always
popular Rocky Horror Picture Show,
followed at 9:05 p.m. by Jason Goes To
Hell. Yum!
Monday, November 1
Comedy-wise, itdoesn'tgetbetterthan
this: Monty Python's And Now For Some-
thing Completely Different and The
Adventures of Baron Munchausen at
the Mayfair tonight at 7 p.m.
Media sociologist and mass commu-
nications program director at the Uni-
versity of California, Berkeley Todd
Gitlin delivers a talk called "The Unifi-
cation of the World by Arnold
Schwarzenegger and Mickey
Mouse." Be amazed as he reveals his
stunning thesis that American pop cul-
ture is overwhelming the world. It's at 8
p.m. in Room 3380 Mackenzie. It's free.
But so's Wisecracks, a film featuring
five excellent female comics. It's at 7
p.m. in the Bell Theatre. It's co-spon-
sored by OPIRG-Carleton and CKCU.
There are free refreshments, too.
Tuesday, November 2
Here's the reading tip of the week,
courtesy of The Charlatan's as-of-yet
unindicted production manager Kevin
Hey Kids!
Sorry folks, there's no contest this week due to a total lack of
creativity from you people. Honestly, you'd think in an institution
the size of Carleton someone would know where you lap qoes
when you stand up. See you next week.
McKay. It's Nobody Nowhere by Donna
Williams. Says McKay, "For the first
time, the general public receives an un-
obstructed view into the mind of an
autistic in this important autobiogra-
phy."
Today through Saturday at 8 p.m. in
the Academic Hall of the University of
Ottawa, it's Vinegar Tom, a play put on
by the UniversityofOttawa Drama Guild.
Wednesday, November
3
I don't know. Go be yourselves.
Thursday, November 4
Wilde About Sappho is a night of
gay and lesbian literature moderated by
Marion Dewar. It's taking place to-
night at the National Library of
Canada at 8 p.m.
As port of CKCU's funding drive, the
Bytowne is screening John Water's cult
classic Polyester. It's in Odorama so get
there early to get your very own scratch
and sniff card!!! Show starts at 9:20 and
it costs $5 to get in (CKCU gets $2 of every
$5).
Carleton's Centre for Aboriginal Edu-
cation, Research and Culture presents
acclaimed Native author Tomson High-
way at Porter Hall tonight at 8 p.m.
The evening's topic is "Rebuilding Strong
Communities — Aboriginal Self-govern-
ment."
If you've got a listing you
want to appear in this
handy calendar, drop us a
line at Room 531 Unicentrc
during regular office hours
or fax us at 788-4051. List
ings must be in by the
Friday before publication,
ACADEMIC EXCHANGES 1994-95 FOR STUDENTS
Students should be graduated students or senior undergraduates.
Deadline for applications: November 30th, 1993 unless otherwise indicated:
United States:
•Stats University of New York (SUNY) system
-University of Massachusetts
University ol Copenhagen (DIS)
Poland
Hungary
Russia
France
Middle East
Tanzania
Germany
Spain
The Netherlands
University of Edinburgh
University ol Leeds (Pol. Sc. students only)
University ol Bradford (Business students only)
Strathclyde University (Business students only)
East Anglia (Computer Science students only)
Universite des Antilles et Guyana
Italy
Japan
Cuba
China
Mexico
Argentina
Egypt
Sweden
Commonwealth Universities Study
Abroad Consortium (CUSAC):
Ghana, Singapore. Wesl Indies, Tanzania, Australia
Commonwealth Scholarships
(October 31, 1993 - Australia and
New Zealand December 3 1 , 1993)
CIDA Awards for Canadians (Inl'l Development)
(February 1994)
Foreign Government Awards Program (October 31 ,
1993)
Further information arid application forms now available from
Carleton International, Room 1506 Dunton Tower - 788-2519
Ontarlo/Baden-WOrrtemberg/Rhbne-Alpes Student Exchange Programs 1993/M
The above programs are open to all students in all fields who are registered in an
undergraduate (2nd yr. or higher) or graduate degree program at Carleton. Successful
applicants will be required to attend full-time at an institution either in France or Germany
for a full academic year. During the year the student remains registered at Carleton.
Competence in the language of instruction i.e. French or German which is appropriate to
the level of study is essential. A $1,500 bursary is awarded to defray costs.
Deadline: November 30, 1993.
Further information from Carleton International, Dunton Tower 1506.
It's Sock n Buskin's first production o< the year, a stylish bit ot
political satire called A Hell of A Mess. It runs through Oct. 30.
Tickets are SS to S7 and are available at Info Carleton and the
University Bookstore. Go see this, if for no other reason than it has
a Groberman in the cast!
Plus, for all you cash-conscious types out there. Sock n' Buskin's
putting on a special 4 p.m. showing on Oct. 29 to benefit CKCU's
funding drive. It's pay what you can. J
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2 • The Charlatan • November 4, 1993
NEWS
Board rules in labor dispute
by Brent Dowdall
Charlatan Staff
The Ontario Labor Relations Board
has ordered certification of all Carleton
University Students' Association employ-
ees as part of a union.
The board made the ruling on Nov. 2.
This means 300 to 350 CUSA employees
who aren't already unionized will be a
bargaining unit which will negotiate a
collective agreement with CUSA.
The decision was released after hear-
ings before the board in Toronto in the
last week of August. The board had to
rule on whether CUSA unjustly fired Stu-
dent Academic Action Bureau co-
ordinator Wayne Ross and Carleton
Women's Centre co-ordinator Renee
Twaddle and whether CUSA interferedin
a union drive.
CUSA fired Ross July 15 and Twaddle
July 29. Both were re-instated by the
board in September after it decided they
were wrongfully dismissed.
The latest decision sets a precedent
because it is the first ruling under Section
9.2 of the Ontario Labor Relations Act,
which came into effect on Jan. 1, 1993.
The section allows the board to auto-
matically certify all employees in a
workplace if it determines the employer
interfered with a unionizing drive.
CUSA employees will now be mem-
bers of the Canadian Union of Public
Employees Local 1281, a union of small
units of employees mostly in Ontario
who work for employers such as student
associations and student organizations.
"They (CUSA) fired two union organ-
izers," says Twaddle. "There was just no
way in my mind (the board) could not
certify. That's whatthe legislation is for."
Ross says he has already received about
seven complaints from CUSA employees
concerning employment conditions since
the decision was handed down.
"I think what this shows more than
anything else is the necessity for a un-
ion," he says.
The union guarantees CUSA employ-
ees against "intimidation and coercion
by anyone in the workplace," says Ross.
"This does not mean, however, that
there have to be wage increases necessar-
ily. What it means is that rules can be
established so people's rights do not get
violated as they have been in the past,"
he says.
CUSA President Lucy Watson says she
anticipated the board would order auto-
matic certification of CUSA employees
after the hearings.
"I think (automatic certification) is
great because we can move on and start
talking about getting things done," says
Watson. "1 think the right to vote is still
a right that has to be protected and
fought for and that was the whole reason
we were at the board," she says.
Ross says CUSA had a chance to avoid
theboardhearings. "Ironically, they had
the opportunity on Aug. 18 to settle the
issue through arbitration. We were will-
ing to settle the issue. But they saw fit to
fight."
Brian Robinson, the chief steward of
Local 1281, says the CUSA employees are
the largest unit in the local. "The board
took the stance that you can't jump all
over a union drive and get away with it, "
he said. "It sends a message to employers
that whether a union drive is happening
or not, the drive is none of their damned
business."
Twaddle says CUSA mishandled the
situation. "They just weren't learning
that they are accountable and that they
have broken the labor laws of Ontario."
Ross says there will likely be a meeting
of all employees in the third week of
November to answer questions and pro-
vide information. □
Local business seeks space at Carleton
by Prema Oza
Charialan Staff
The Carleton University Development
Corporation is studying a proposal to
have a seasonal entertainment park built
on the northeast side of campus near
residence.
The proposed place for the park, in-
tended to operate from June until Au-
gust, is the field between the railway and
the path leading to Branson Avenue.
The proposal includes a "melody tent"
for theatre productions, which would seat
2,500 people and take up 25,000 square
feet. There would also be an outdoor
dance floor, an adult theatre and a chil-
dren's theatre. The total land absorbed
by these facilities would be about 39,200
square feet.
Additional space would be taken up
by a sports activity area, a beertent, and
space for food, beverage and craft ven-
dors.
The field area, called the North 40, is
about 871,200 square feet, according to
Jim Jones, environmental officer andspe-
cial project officerforCarleton's physical
plant.
"The university is currently experi-
menting with how to make the best use of
the land, " says David Brown, president of
CUDC.
CUDC is a university-owned corpora-
tion which attracts and investigates cor-
porate investmentproposals for develop-
ment on campus.
Brown says the university was ap-
proached by Bretton Woods Entertain-
ment Inc. in March. Bruce Firestone,
founderof the National Hockey League's
Ottawa Senators, is the company's presi-
dent.
"Bretton Woods contacted the univer-
sity to inquire about the land. Because
the land is community-based the univer-
sity decided to seek views of the local
area," says Brown.
The initial proposal had the univer-
sity and the entertainment corporation
sharing the profits with Bretton Woods
covering the operating costs, but this was
rejected by the university, says Bretton
Woods vice-president Barry Lette.
Lette says the university also wanted
an increase in the proposed rental
amount.
"We have offered to pay the university
a substantial amount for rent, " says Lette.
"It's a net benefit to the university and it
is guaranteed."
Lette declined to divulge the amount
the corporation would be paying the
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university.
FoTenn Consultants, hired by CUDC
to examine the proposal's feasibility, has
met with community groups to talk about
it, although students have not been con-
sulted. FoTenn declined to comment on
how much they were being paid by the
CUDC.
According to Brown, it was up to
Carleton President Robin Farquhar to
determine who was going to be con-
sulted.
"The matter is for the president," says
Brown.
FoTenn director Ted Fobert, says its
consultations with community groups
were a preliminary attempt to test the
waters.
"The concern was on the impact on
the neighborhood. "It was important to
understand how they felt."
CUSA President Lucy Watson says the
proposal will be brought to council at the
next meeting on Nov. 16.
"We're concerned about the use of
green space," says Watson. "It's the last
area that large on campus. We're also
concerned that we might need that land
in the future to make academic build-
ings, residence buildings or for parking."
Watson says students and CUSA coun-
cillors she has spoken to fail to see the
need of such facilities on campus.
"The response I got was that it is a
ridiculous proposal and that it didn't
seem to be a logical one for a university. "
She says CUSA hopes to draft a letter
stating their position on the preliminary
proposal as well as schedule meetings
with the CUDC. Watson says it's impor-
tant to protest the proposal before it's in
the final stages.
Nia Challenger, a first-year English
student, says students should have been
consulted about the proposal and the
green space would be wasted by enter-
tainment facilities.
"It's so nice in the summer," says
Challenger.
Catherine Jordan, a first-year psychol-
ogy student, finds the proposal unneces-
sary.
"It's part of the Carleton property.
They should use it for educational pur-
poses. That's what everybody's here for."
Mike Carroll, vice-president of the
Rideau River Residence Association, ques-
tions the use of the property.
" I know that in the future the North 40
will be looked at for residence purposes,"
says Carroll. "During the summer there
are approximately 60 students in res.
The noise would surely bother some stu-
dents. For conferences, it might deter
some people."
Beverley Cruikshank, assistant direc-
tor of Carleton's housing and food serv-
ices department, was not aware of the
proposal and would not comment.
"If s strange to hear about this from
The Chorlotan," says Cruikshank.
Cam Robertson, vice-president of the
Dow's Lake Residence Association, says
the community has a number of con-
cerns about the proposal.
"The association is concerned that it
will affect the quality of life and have an
impact on Dow's Lake . . . not to mention
we'll be inundated by the noise. Is this
how the university wants to make use of
its parkland?" says Robertson.
The concerns of nearby residents go
further than noise pollution.
Michael Lynch, president of the Ot-
tawa South Community Association, says
the university's priorities should be fo-
cused elsewhere.
"Why is the university getting into the
business of entertainment? There are not
enough residences on campus. The land
could also be used for academic pur-
poses," says Lynch. □
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Carleton's 1st place
men's soccer team.
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November 4, 1993 • The Charlatan • 3
CUSA executive outlines year's plans
by Michael Mainville
Charlatan Slaff
Ever wondered what goes on in that
CUSA bubble on the fourth floor of the
Unicentre?
Well, we often do. So we decided to
find out what the 1993-1994 Carleton
University Students' Association execu-
tive plans to do this year.
The six-member executive consists of
President Lucy Watson, finance commis-
sioner Rene Faucher, vice-president in-
ternal Rob lamieson, vice-president ex-
ternal Kristine Haselsteiner, director of
services Theresa Cowan and director of
academics Gary Anandasangaree.
While each executive member has his
or her own ideas for this year, they say
certain goals are shared by the entire
executive, including increased awareness
of ethnic diversity on campus and better
communication with students.
LUCY WATSON
CUSA PRESIDENT
parts of the association.
"A lot of initiatives come forward for
cost effectiveness, but then CUSA's poli-
tics get in the way and they get buried,"
says Faucher.
"CUSA is not only an association. It is
also a corporation."
Faucher also deals with all the busi-
nesses CUSA operates, including the
Unicentre store, the pharmacy and Roost-
er's Coffeehouse.
One of the things Faucher says he is
working on this year is to make sure the
newly renovated Oliver's gets off on the
right foot.
"The Oliver's renovations were a big
risk, but so far this year has been a
banner year," says Faucher. "This Sep-
tember, Oliver's made $160,000. We've
broken the record for monthly profits."
Faucher is currently working to change
Oliver's format to include more varieties
of food and by making it more accessible
to students during the day.
One of his other projects is a proposal
to change the main floor of the Unicentre.
"We would like to open up the lower
level, build some sort of mini-mall and
establish new services, " says Faucher. He
says this could be done at a low cost.
Faucher says he is also trying to ex-
pand the Charity Ball by getting more
room at the Congress Centre, a better
coat check and a casino.
KRISTINE HASELSTEINER
VICE-PRESIDENT EXTERNAL
ministration to make sure student con-
cerns are well-represented.
Watson says one of her main objec-
tives thisyearisto "increase awareness of
student issues, including the student pov-
erty level." She also deals with safety
concerns and says she hopes to raise
awareness of these concerns at the ad-
ministrative level.
Promoting diversity in the students'
association is another issue on top of her
agenda.
"We feel we need to promote the asso-
ciation to people of color and women
and encourage them to get involved with
the association and make sure their voice
is heard," says Watson.
Watson says she has also worked with
the University of Ottawa's students' fed-
eration to write a proposal called "Myths,
Lies and Half-Truths" to send to On-
tario's NOP government. The proposal
criticizes the tuition hike of up to 50 per
cent proposed by the Council of Ontario
Universities.
Watson says she finds it difficult to
deal with office bureaucracy as well as
scheduling her time to deal with every-
thing. She also has problems finding
enough volunteers to help out at various
CUSA events throughout the year. How-
ever, she says she will continue to do her
best to represent student interests.
RENE FAUCHER
FINANCE COMMISSIONER
Essentially, Faucher1 s long-range goal
is to ensure CUSA continues to experi-
ence economic growth.
Faucher, who held the position last
year, says CUSA is growing financially.
He says he is continuing to bring about
growth by restructuring the organization
to make it more efficient, by cutting costs
and building up Oliver's, the bar owned
and operated by the students' associa-
tion.
Fauchersays he also hopes to improve
CUSA's image by emphasizing the sepa-
ration between the political and business
body.
She deals with various organizations,
such as community groups and the mu-
nicipal, provincial and federal govern-
ments.
Haselsteiner also co-ordinates events
for the Canadian Federation of Students
and Canadian Federation of Students —
Ontario on campus. These events in-
clude International Students' Week and
Pink Triangle Week.
Haselsteiner says one of her major
concerns was informing students about
the federal election and to accomplish
this she set up an information booth on
campus with telephone lines available
for students to call local candidates.
Now that the election is over,
Haselsteiner says she has been working
towards organizing an advisory commit-
tee to meet with Mac Harb, the Liberal
MP for Ottawa Centre.
She says the committee will attempt to
deal with issues pertaining to post-sec-
ondary education and Carleton's involve-
ment in the community.
Dealing with the community at large
is also one of her main responsibilities,
says Haselsteiner.
She says she would like to "open the
doors of what Carleton can offer to the
community."
The tuition hike proposed by the Coun-
cil of Ontario Universities is also a con-
cern, says Haselsteiner.
She says she has met with representa-
tives of the provincial government about
this.
Haselsteiner says she is also in the
process of lobbying the municipal gov-
ernment to have the Route 4 bus pass
through Carleton.
By raising awareness at all levels of
government, Haselsteiner says she hopes
many student issues can be dealt with.
ROB JAMIESON
VICE-PRESIDENT INTERNAL
[amieson's
main re-
sponsibility
is to encour-
age partici-
pation in
student go v-
ernment
and help
make CUSA
more acces-
sible to
Carleton's
student body.
He also works with alumni and uni-
versity officials on different committees.
He describes his main duty as "dis-
semination of information." In other
words, he is supposed to pass on essential
information to the various committees
and services that CUSA operates.
Right now, he's trying to organize and
create an information package about
CUSA.
"It will be about 20-25 pages and will
be available at the CUSA office and will
give a brief description of every area
(CUSA is involved in)," says Jamieson.
He has recently completed a reorgani-
zation of CUSA's constitution which sim-
plified the text.
Jamieson says his biggest problem is
the bureaucracy he has to deal with in
the CUSA office. For example, jamieson
says he deals with many small bureau-
cratic issues, such as who books space in
Porter Hall or Baker Lounge. He says this
ends up consuming a lot of his day.
"The red tape always bogs us down."
THERESA COWAN
DIRECTOR OF SERVICES
tional Students' Centre. She says she also
deals with issues of harassment and in-
equality on campus.
"Increased awareness of target groups
is our main objective," says Cowan.
To this end, she says she is trying to
organize educational workshops for CUSA
staff dealing with equal treatment for
minority groups.
She says she hopes these workshops
will help the association's staff deal with
the public more effectively.
Cowan says she also organizes vari-
ous events throughout the year to in-
crease awareness on campus, such as
AIDS Awareness Week and Hate Hurts
Week.
Cowan says she is lobbying for anony-
mous AIDS testing on campus, in which
a student would not have to give their
name or health card number in order to
be tested for HIV, the virus believed to
cause AIDS.
Anonymous testing means people
don't have their results or the fact that
they got tested appearing on their medi-
cal records, which they may want to
avoid because of the stigma attached to
the virus.
This kind of testing is available off
campus but Cowan says on-campus test-
ing would be more accessible for stu-
dents.
"This is currently in the initial stages, "
says Cowan. "We are mostly hoping to
raise awareness with this project."
GARY ANANDASANGAREE
DIRECTOR OF ACADEMICS
Anandas-
a n g a r e e
says many
of his objec-
tives for this
year have
already
been accom-
plished.
Accord-
| ing to Anan-
dasangaree,
this year's
Grad Fair
was a success and the on-campus book
exchange "managed to break even and
even make a slight profit."
His next project involves organizing a
course evaluation guide that would be
put together with the help of students.
"It would be done through a survey,
then all the data would be compiled and
put into a format that would be very
objective and useful to students," says
Anandasangaree.
Another project involves bringing ex-
perts to campus to give seminars about
preparing for graduate exams like ad-
mission tests for law and medical school.
Anandasangaree also administers
numerous clubs and societies on campus
and is in charge of lobbying the admin-
istration to improve the quality of educa-
tion at Carleton. a
Clarification
In "CUSA to hire new safety
commissioner," (The Charlatan,
Oct. 21, 1993), it was stated that
Graduate Students' Association
representative Kristin Russel and
Carleton University Students' As-
sociation President Lucy Watson
had met before an Oct. IS CUSA
council meeting. In fact, Russel
and Watson did not meet before
the Oct. 18 CUSA council meet-
ing. Russel says she tried to con-
tact Watson before the meeting
but was unable to. □
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TAs looking for collective agreement
by Matt Skinner
Charlatan Staff
Negotiations between teaching assist-
ants and Carleton's administration are
at a standstill and a strike may be the
only solution, says Michel Roy, president
of Canadian Union of Public Employees
Local 2323.
"The only way anything is going to
change around here is through a strike,"
says Roy.
The local's membership includes
teaching assistants, research assistants,
student computer consultants and stu-
dent sessional lecturers at Carleton.
The first negotiating session between
the union local and administration was
Oct. 14. The local's collective agreement,
which establishes wages, benefits and
working conditions with the university,
expires Aug. 31, 1994.
At the Oct. 14 meeting, university
negotiators proposed a freeze on the col-
lective agreement which would freeze
the members' wages, says Roy.
The university's proposal to freeze
teaching assistants' wages is unthink-
able, he says, because of impending tui-
tion increases.
Roy says the local proposed a five-per-
cent wage increase for next year, as well
as a tuition freeze. If accepted, a tuition
freeze would maintain a union mem-
ber's tuition for the duration of their
employment.
Roy says he was insulted at adminis-
by Anne Showatter
Charlatan Staff
Why are there video cameras
in the Unicentre Arcade?
"So the guy working in the booth
can scope out babes," according to
Dave Fails, a first-year student.
Wrong,
"Are there drug deals going down
in there?" asks third-year student
Katelynn Packner.
Wrong again.
"I know why," says Cyrus Bulsara,
another first-year student. "Someone
1 know from high school broke a joy-
stick."
Sorry Cyrus, you too are incorrect.
So why are there video cameras in
the arcade? Well, according to one of
the managers, Chris Kupiro. the cam-
eras are there to monitor high-school
students using the arcade, since some
of them were caught stealing change
in the summer.
Apparently some of these students
were attaching a magnet to a string,
dropping it down the money slot and
pulling up quarters one at a time.
When asked how much money has
been taken this way, Kupira says "not
much money gets taken; it's just a real
pain in the ass."
Security cameras to relieve a pain in
the ass . . .
If they can install a few cameras in
the arcade tomonitor high-school kids,
why can't they do the same for the
tunnels? □
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tration's proposal and outlined this at a
second meeting with administration held
Oct. 18.
"We think that if they want to freeze
the contract, that's fine, but not without
a tuition freeze," he says.
David Van Dine, a member of admin-
istration's negotiating team, declined
comment, saying he wants the local to
hear from administration directly, not
through the media.
John ApSimon, dean of graduate stud-
ies, is also on the administrative negoti-
ating team. He also declined comment
on the discussions, saying it was inap-
propriate to ask questions while negotia-
tions are still in progress.
lane Fairhurst, a teaching assistant
for Carleton's German department, says
she thinks a favorable settlement for the
local is important.
"1 think this issue is worth striking
over. It directly affects our ability to re-
turn to university," she says.
Van Dine says the need to strike is a
long way off.
"As long as we're talking, there's the
possibility of a settlement," he says.
But Roy says bargaining is almost a
useless exercise since the university just
wants to freeze the local's entire collec-
tive agreement.
"(Administration) cites the persistent
and substantial underfunding of the
university as theirproblem, and we raise
the issue that teaching assistants here
are suffering from some pretty severe,
persistent and substantial
underfunding," says Roy.
"Right now, after tuition is calculated,
our level of earnings is less than in 1984,"
he says.
Graduate student teaching assistants
earn $7,055 a year, which is equivalent
to $26.13 an hour. Undergraduate teach-
ing assistants earn $14.83 an hour.
Fairhurst says most teaching assist-
ants currently need to earn at least $2,000-
$3,000 more than they presently earn
just to survive through the year.
" If the wages were to stay the same for
next year, and tuition were togo up, then
itwould be impossible to live on the wage
that we get and it would be necessary to
earn even more money in the summer.
"Given the current economic climate
that would be very difficult," says
Fairhurst. "Even now it'salmost impossi-
ble."
Roy says the local has filed for concili-
ation, with the support of the member-
ship.
"We're expecting a conciliation date
for early December," he says.
In conciliation, Ontario's minister of
labor appoints a conciliator who tries to
get the two parties to agree to a settle-
ment.
But Fairhurst says she thinks most
teaching assistants are doubtful that
anything will be settled during the con-
ciliation process.
If no settlement is reached, the typical
procedure is for the conciliator to file a
"no board report," says Roy.
This means the parties are so far apart
no amount of conciliation is going to
help.
Sixteen days after a report is filed, an
employer is in a position to lock out
employees and the union will be in a
position to strike. □
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November 4, 1993 • The Charlatan • S
Native professor shares experiences
by Grace Park
ChailatHn Staff
Patricia Monture-OKanee has a pow-
erful, personal messageabout contradic-
tions aboriginal people experience in
academia and the Canadian justice sys-
tem.
Monture-OKanee, a Mohawk woman
and a law professor at the University of
Ottawa, spoke to a group of around 30
students at Carleton on Friday, Oct. 29.
The lecture was called, "Surviving the
Contradictions: Academia and the Abo-
riginal Tradition." Monture-OKanee
added the subtitle "Welcome to My Life, "
because she said she felt it was important
for people to know that her identity as a
Mohawk woman is an inherent part of
her experiences.
Aboriginal peoples are faced with
many cultural contradictions in the uni-
versity system, said Monture-OKanee.
"There'sthiswhole system of expecta-
tions of academic style-things that were
created without the participation of abo-
riginal people."
Monture-OKanee said the aboriginal
way of maintaining knowledge is through
an oral tradition. Information from oral
knowledge is not usually considered a
"real" source, because it is not frequently
transcribed into books, she said.
Monture-OKanee expressed frustra-
tion over the lack of "legitimate" reading
materials written by aboriginal peoples.
As a contributor to the Royal Commis-
sion on Aboriginal Peoples, Monture-
Okanee said she finds herself confronted
with a lack of academic sources for her
research on aboriginal women and the
law.
"1 certainly can't go to the law library
and look up 'aboriginal women and jus-
tice' and actually find aboriginal women
speaking.
If I could find
one or two things,
they probably al-
ready had my
name on them . . .
. Aboriginal expe-
rience does not fit
into the legal
paradigm."
Monture-
OKanee said she
has faced numer-
ous editorial di-
lemmas within
university. She de-
scribed how she
wrote in the first
person, using "I"
for an article on
aboriginal women
and violence be-
cause she was writ-
ing from personal
experience.
Her editor
erased the "I's" be-
cause itdidn'tcon-
form to proper
academic standards.
"Itwas like being academically raped.
I get back this story about my life, my
Mohawk experiences, my woman's ex-
periences, and I'm gone. I didn't even
sound like me," she said.
Monture-OKanee also criticized offi-
cial meanings in legal language. For
instance, she said Mohawk people define
the word 'law' as "the way to live most
nicely together. " In contrast, she describes
the institutional definition of law as
conflictual.
"The two legal systems are so different
because the dominant system, the non-
aboriginal system, presumes that there is
conflict and that laws are going to be
Patricia Monture-OKanee survives cultural contradictions
about those conflicts and settling those
disputes."
The aboriginal system presupposes
that the reason there is law is because
people want to live together in harmony,
she said.
Monture-OKanee said she does not
discourage participation in progressive
action.
She encouraged people to challenge
the university system, to make curricu-
lum more representative of different cul-
tures. She said her intention is to make
people aware of the harsh realitips of
exclusion.
"I'm not advocating not to go to uni-
versity and become a professor. I'm say-
ing know the reality when you get there
and understand that you're not getting
out of the trenches. You're getting into a
bigger trench if this is what you're plan-
ning to do."
Monture-OKanee said she is aware
her position as a professor has given her
privilege and legitimacy.
She said it has allowed her to main-
tain her integrity as a Native woman.
"I am indeed very, very, privileged
when I think about where a lot of my
sisters sit, where my brothers sit .... I
think about the poverty of reserves or the
cold realities of jail cells. That's where my
heartrests." □
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Man charged in
library
assault
by Angie Gallop
Charlatan Staff
A man was charged with assault and
illegal use of university property on Thurs-
day, Oct. 21.
A library staff member spotted a man
lying on the floor under a desk, fondling
a woman's legs and ankles, says staff
sergeant Bill Blake of the Ottawa Police.
The man was apprehended by a campus
safety officer in another part of the li-
brary.
A security poster was circulated on
Oct. 19 about a similar incident in the
library Oct. 17.
Len Boudreault, assistant director for
the department of university safety, says
the man is not a student or staff member.
Michael Garvey, a 40-year-old Smiths
Falls man, was charged, says Blake. Po-
lice are investigating the matter and fur-
ther charges may be pending. □
Security tightens
up on false alarms
by Angie Gallop
Charlatan Start
A Carleton student has been charged
with false alarm of fire and issued with a
notice to appear in court, after a fire
alarm was pulled in Oliver's pub Sept. 25.
Len Boudreault, assistant director of
the department of university safety, says
although the offence has been treated as
a student prank in the past, it is now
being taken seriously by the department.
"In the future we will be laying charges,
and the charges will be criminal," he
says.
Campus security will be actively look-
ing for the misuse of fire alarms, says
Boudreault. □
Car thefts on rise
by Angle Gallop
Charlatan Staff
Thefts of cars and valuables in the
parking garage are becoming a problem,
says Len Boudreault, assistant director of
the department of university safety. Here
are seven precautionary steps to follow
put out by campus security:
1 . Never leave your vehicle unattended
with the engine running.
2. Keep your vehicle and house keys
on separate rings. Do not mark keys for
easy identification and do not attempt to
hide extra keys in your vehicle.
3. Install a good alarm system in your
car.
4. Never leave valuables such as wal-
lets, purses, credit cards,jewellery or
cheque books in your vehicle.
5. Never leave valuables unattended
on roof racks.
6. Engrave identification marks on
valuable items such as stereo equipment,
CB radio, speakers etc.
7. Mount tape decks and other stereo
equipment out of sight. □
6 • The Charlatan • November 4, 1993
i
NATIONAL AFFAIRS
Western j-school saved by BOG vote
by Sara-Lynne Levine
Charlatan Staff
In a surprise decision Oct. 29, the
board of governors at the University of
Western Ontario voted not to close that
university's graduate school of journal-
ism.
This puts to an end plans for Carle-
ton's journalism school to absorb some
of the faculty from Western's school.
Western's board voted 13-12 to over-
rule the Sept. 29 decision of the university
senate to close the journalism school.
For Peter Desbarats, the dean of the
graduate school of journalism, this is
good news.
"We are very pleased," said Desbarats,
hours afterthe decision had been reached.
"Members of the board really thought
about it and the reasons to close the
school just weren't there."
Desbarats said the decision of theboard
solidifies the journalism school's place at
Western.
"The state of the school is probably
stronger now than before the vote," he
said.
The move to close the school began in
April. The university administration said
the school was a low academic priority
and cutting it would have saved $1.1
million over 10 years.
The board's decision is directly in con-
flict with the senate and some members
of the administration. Western President
George Pedersen had campaigned long
the senate."
About
Pedersen,
Desbarats
said, "He
and hard to close the journalism school.
In a press release Oct. 29 after the
decision was announced, Pedersen said
he would respect the board's decision but
"it is as chair of the senate, however, that
I am concerned about the implications of
differing judgements of the two govern-
ing bodies of this institution. Senate has
principle responsibility in the academic
sphere and some reconciliation of these
differences will have to be achieved."
Desbarats said it "took a lot of courage
from members oftheboardto vote against
the senate, Barker described this vote as
anti-climactic.
"There was a lot of talking and rea-
soning, no shouting. They did two counts
and people started cheering once it was
clear the vote had passed."
The euphoria was also felt by the
journalism school's students. Barker said
the journalism students were "ecstatic.
Once they found out about the verdict,
they opened six bottles of champagne. It
was a big celebration."
The school may now proceed with
screening applicants for the 1 994-95 aca-
demic year. Desbarats said even though
the school was scheduled to close, it has
received 1 30 paid applications from peo-
ple "just to get in line for the chance to be
considered."
The board's decision also puts an end
to any speculation that Carleton's jour-
nalism school would absorb or be amal-
gamated with any part of the Western
program.
Carleton and Western's administra-
tions have been formulating plans to
amalgamate the programs since the pro-
posed closure in April.
Peter Johansen, the director of the
Carleton school of journalism, said he
has mixed emotions about the verdict.
"I am delighted to see journalism has
not been seen as a discipline which is on
the margins of the University of Western
Ontario. On the other hand, I think the
benefits that could have accrued in jour-
nalism education generally, through the
development of our own school towards
PhD studies, is a temporary set-back," he
said.
Johansen, who sits on Carleton's sen-
ate, called the conflict between the West-
em board and senate votes "a real crisis
arising at that institution" and said he
would be "very disappointed in the
Carleton university board of governors if
it were to overturn the decision about an
academic issue." □
Be more civic-minded, Nader urges students
by Sara-Lynne Levine .
Charlatan Star!
Urging students to become civic activ-
ists, world-renowned consumer advocate
Ralph Nader addressed a crowd of over
100 people at the University of Ottawa on
Oct. 31.
. Nader was one of the speakers in town
to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the
Ontario Public Interest Research Group
at U of O. Nader's appearance was part of
a weekend-long conference called "Ex-
ploring Alternatives."
Nader has spent the past 20 years as
the United States' foremost consumer
advocate. He has been responsible for
spearheading changes in consumer, en-
vironmental and regulatory legislation.
His group of lobbyists, the "Nader
Raiders, " issued reports in the 1 960s con-
demning government policies and pri-
vate companies forunsafe practices, mis-
management and poor products.
The lanky, 59-year-old watchdog ar-
rived at Montperit Hall dressed in a con-
servative, navy blue suit, burgundy tie
and well-wom, sturdy black shoes. His
besides getting good grades," he said.
"It is extremely important in what-
ever you do, to read and think and grow
up civic," said Nader. "Otherwise you
walk through life with invisible chains,
and these chains are corporate chains."
Students should become more knowl-
edgeable about what is going on in the
world, said Nader, so they can make a
difference.
"It is important to ask yourself: how
do you avoid passivity, resignation and
fatalism? How do you avoid being part of
a huge crowd of people who, when asked
what's the difference between ignorance
and apathy, respond 'we don 't know and
we don't care?'" Nader spoke with a
sincerity and a manner that was appre-
ciated by the crowd. Spontaneous ap-
plause was frequent, as was the nodding
of heads to show agreement. He received
a standing ovation when he was fin-
ished.
Nader was invited to the conference
by OPIRG because of his great influence
on public interest groups in the U.S. and
Canada, said Len Bush, a co-ordinator at
"How do you avoid being part of a
huge crowd of people who, when
asked what's the difference between
ignorance and apathy, respond 'we
don't know and we don't care?'"
— Ralph Nader
close-cropped, salt-and-pepper hair was
windblown and turning white at the tem-
ples. Like his shoes, Nader looked trust-
worthy and dependable.
Nader said he wants to see university
students getting involved in the political
process. "There is a lot to do at university
OPIRG-Carleton.
"There's a dose tie between the PIRGs
and Nader," said Bush.
He said Nader practically founded the
PIRG movement by organizing advocacy
groups as a student and speaking at
universities in Canada, which inspired
the first OPIRG to form
at Waterloo University.
To illustrate how ef-
fective student activism
can be today, Nader
cited the example of
Brown University in the
United States, where the
school has developed a
sophisticated, campus-
based environmental
program encompassing
recycling and conserva-
tion.
"You must believe
how much waste there
is on campus in terms
of paper, in terms of
lighting, in terms of
heating, in terms of air
conditioning," he said.
"You hear schools say
they have to raise tui-
tion and close libraries
and impose more fees
on you, and they are
heating the heavens
and wasting like crazy. "
Nader urged stu-
dents to do things to
change the status quo
by taking part in the
things that affect them, which he says is
important because when students gradu-
ate, they will be "leaders from experi-
ence."
Nader said students should acquire
civic skills such as learning how to de-
velop strategies, how to use the freedom
ofinformationactandhowtohold effec-
tive news conferences.
"The intellectual challenge of civic
skill development is unparalleled," said
Nader. He said students should have civic
skills courses in the schools as part of the
curriculum in history, political science,
sociology or anthropology.
Nader suggested setting up a curricu-
lum reform committee to ensure they
leave something behind to the students
Ralph Nader: lookin' good for an old radical
coming after them.
Bush said he liked the speech and that
Nader has an important message for
students.
"Nader's always advocated notions of
personal empowerment and notions of
political involvement," he said.
If students do become more civic-
minded, said Nader, things may become
better in the future despite the world's
problems.
"Looking forward to the next 50 years,
in addition to the problems of mass pov-
erty, potential war, environmental deg-
radation, disease and artificial intelli-
gence, there are a lot of promising things
to look forward to." □
With files from Arn Kaelng, C/iarfararr start.
November 4, 1993 • The Charlatan ■ 7
QueenVvotes to join new student lobby group
by Jeff Gray
The Oueen's Journal, Queen's University
KINGSTON — Queen's students will
be paying their dues in the Ontario Un-
dergraduate Student Alliance next year
and the president of the Queen's under-
graduate student council is breathing
easy.
Queen's students passed a 95-cent stu-
dent levy to fund OUSA in a referendum
Oct. 13 and 14 by a margin of 273 votes.
Aboutone quarterof eligible voters turned
out, casting 2,799 votes.
"I'm so thrilled that OUSA passed,"
said Alma Mater Society President
Katherine Phillips.
OUSA is a two-year-old student lobby
group whose members include some
groups of students at six universities:
Queen's, the University of Toronto, Brock
University, the University of Western
Ontario, Waterloo University and Wilfrid
Laurier University.
Queen's students were the first to vote
for membership in the organization. Not
all of the students who are members have
voted to do so. Brock students voted to
join OUSA in a referendum on Oct. 21,
but not to increase student fees to pay for
membership. The other universities'
memberships are all based on decisions
made by their student councils.
"I really didn't know what to expect,"
said Phillips of the vote at Queen's. "The
issue ended up being about membership
and not about (OUSA's) policy."
Phillips said she thought there was
"no comprehensive discussion" about
OUSA on campus and blamed this on "a
lot of misinformation" that she said was
circulating during the campaign.
"The key thing is that nowwe have the
money and we will be able to be effec-
tive," she said.
The levy, which she said will amount
to about $10,200 from Queen's under-
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came out when it was formed by student
councillors from different universities,
was a document called Students for
Change, The document called for tuition
hikes to help solve underfunding at uni-
versities, aslong they were accompanied
with student loan reform.
OUSA advocates an income-contin-
gent loan repayment plan, whereby stu-
dents would repay loans as a percentage
of their income after graduation. As well,
OUSA called for greater contributions
from both government and corporate
coffers.
A new report is due to be released this
week, said Phillips. Part of the document
will be a response to the Council of On-
tario Universities' proposal to increase
tuition up to 50 per cent over two years.
But she said it will also present proposals
which deal with accountability, accessi-
bility, student aid reform and discretion-
ary fees charged by universities.
The report will tell the provincial gov-
ernment that "our student aid is not
adequate to allow for substantial tuition
increases," Phillips said.
She also said she hopes "there will be
more discussion about the policies that
OUSA is advocating, and more student
input — because OUSA is supposed to be
a flexible organization that responds to
the current needs of students." □
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on getting and keeping power
The Prince himself.
by Blayne Haggart
Chsrteian ii'ir" :
The Prince, Niccolo Machiavelli's
16th-century work on the amoral
nature of power arid how to ac-
quire it, has in-
spired generations
of aspiring lead-
ers, dictators and
businessmen.
Its basic thesis,
that anything goes
as far as getting
and maintaining
power is con-
cerned, is of obvi-
ous interest to
power-mad fas-
cists everywhere.
With this
thought in mind,
we wondered if old
Nick had any advice he'd like to
Share with Mr. Chretien, our fear-
less leader, as he forms his cabinet,
which is sworn in Nov. 4. So we
drew up a number of questions
we'resure leader for thr ncxt-five-
years-un til -he-screws- up- really -
badly Chretien would like to ask.
Machiavelli's answers (taken
from Harvey C. Mansfield (r.'s 1985
translation, available at the Uni-
versity Bookstore) were illuminat-
ing, to say the least.
Q: So the Bloc Quebecois swept
Quebec. Since our party was em-
barrassed there, can't I just send in
the army and subdue the seditious
weasels?
Niccolo Machiavelli: Even
though one may have the strongest
of armies, he always needs the sup-
port of the inhabitants of a prov-
ince in order to enter it. (p. 8) *
Q: Then how exactly did the To-
ries sweep Quebec In 1984?
NM: . . . yoa can easily enter
there, having won over to yourself
some baron of the kingdom; for
malcontents and those who desire
to innovate are always to be found,
(p. 18)
Q: I want to slash the army some
more. After all. the Americans will
protect us.
NM: A wise prince . . . has always
avoided (auxiliary) arms and tamed
to his own. (p.
55)
Q: I'm a left-
leaning liberal
and believe in
our sacred, if
expensive, so-
cial programs.
Is this a prob-
lem?
NM:... there
is nothing that
consumes it-
self as much as
liberality;
while you use
it, you lose the capacity to use it:
and you become either poor and
contemptible or, to escape poverty,
rapacious and hateful. Among all
the things that a prince should
guard against Is being contempt'
ible and hated, and liberality leads
to both. (pp. 64-65)
Q: I want to raise taxes. What do
you think?
NM; This will begin to make (you)
hated by (your) subjects, (p. 63)
Q: What did you think of those
underhanded, innuendo-filled
sleazy Tory campaign ads?
NM: A prince who wants to main-
tain his state is often forced not to
be good. (p. 77)
Q: I Just want to be loved. Is that
so wrong?
NM: It is much safer to be feared
than loved, (p. 66)
Q: Should 1 keep my promises?
NM: A prudent lord . . . cannot
observe faith, nor should he, when
such observance turns against him,
and the causes that made him prom-
ise have been eliminated, (p. 69) 0
Mediocribus esse poetis non
dii, non homines, non
concessere columnae...
But you are. wanted at The Charlatan',
Come see what we mean, Room 531
Unicentre. (with apologies to Horace)
8 • The Charlatan ■ November 4, 1993
EDITORIAL PAGE
Today, cuts
to OHIP,
tomorrow..?
Every year, the cost of getting a university
education gets higher and higher, but pro-
posed increases for the future are more daunt-
ing than ever.
The Council of Ontario Universities earlier this year
proposed to increase tuition by as much as 30 per cent
over two years for undergraduate students. The provin-
cial NDP government will soon announce if the increase
will take place and by how much.
But the latest symptom of the disease that's eating
away at our access to education is the Ontario NDP
government's plan to stop paying for health care for the
province's 167,000 temporary residents, including about
20,000 international students.
This will add even more to the cost of education for
international students by making them pay for private
health insurance. By raising the costs of health care, the
government is raising barriers to education as well.
This cheap-shot plan is not worth the paper it was
written on. The NDP government announced the cuts to
the Ontario Health Insurance Plan in April as part of its
deficit reduction scheme. The cuts should save the defi-
cit-ridden province about $50 million a year by not
covering health care for all temporary residents.
But cutting health care for temporary residents means
universal health care, once a pillar of the Canadian
identity, may no longer apply in Ontario.
It means international students in the province will
have to fork over $300 to $ 1,000 for private insurance to
cover check-ups and hospital stays if they get sick or get
into an accident.
It means there will be no more free tests and follow-up
treatment for tuberculosis in Carleton's International
Students' Centre for people who come from countries
where the disease may be more prevalent than in Canada.
It means some international students will go without
any health coverage at all. After all, international stu-
dents already pay tuition between $ 7,000 and $ 11 ,000.
On top of living expenses, they have to pay for visa
renewals and work permits. God forbid if they want to go
home for the summer — a plane ticket overseas can cost
around $2,000.
Emechete Onuoha, chair of the Canadian Federation
of Students -Ontario, was right when he said the cuts to
OHIPrepresent "a systemic financial attack on interna-
tional students."
Gladly, though, he says he's going to do something
about it. He's going to talk to David Cooke, the Ontario
minister of education. He's going to talk to Ruth Grier,
the Ontario minister of health.
There's also a petition and a letter opposing the
planned cuts that Carleton will send to the government
in the hope that it cancels the plan.
The government is being lobbied now, because the
plan hasn't come before the NDP caucus members yet.
They are the ones who will either swing the axe or put it
aside. So, there's still a chance to stop this plan from
happening.
All students, not just international students, should
be worried about these cuts.
If students can't unite on the most basic thing we have
in common — that a lot of us are poor, living on OSAP
or just scraping by — what can we unite about?
Go to the International Students' Centre. For God's
sake, it's just up the stairs from Mr. Sub in the Unicentre.
Sign the petition. Find out what the cuts are all about and
how they're going to hurt international students. Talk to
Ehab Shanti, the centre's co-ordinator. Call the Ministry
°f Health. Bark in someone's ear.
This plan is just a symptom of the big disease that is
eating up budgets to satisfy the deficit, harming univer-
sal access to education. By putting students low on their
list of spending priorities, the NDP seems to be saying
only rich kids should go to school.
If we don't fight to stop this plan in Ontario, just wait
to see what other cuts and fee increases come down the
Provincial pipe. Thirty-per-cent tuition increases could
be coming our way.
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OPINION
Our future: just us and algae
by Trina Poots
Charlatan staff
Man is more powerful than he is intelligent; and he interprets
self-interest as something entoiling short-term advantage
rather than long-term survival. — Isaac Asimov, science
fiction writer and essayist, 1972.
In the past hundred years there have been a count-
less number of medical and technological break-
throughs that have supposedly improved life. We
have drugs that can do things like alleviate a
headache or slow the spread of cancer and technol-
ogy like cars and computers that are supposed to make
our lives easier.
My question is, are these breakthroughs really im-
provements or are they actually setbacks? 1 don't think
these "advances" are as wonderful as they appear to be.
Although they have both a positive and negative impact
on the individual, they are a threat to humankind
overall.
Automobiles are an obvious
example of how technology has
both adverse and favorable ef-
fects on individuals. In 1 989, there
were 1,286 traffic fatalities in On-
tario. A hundred and fifty years
ago, cars didn't exist so no one
had to remember to buckle up for
safety.
In spite of the fact that thou-
sands of people die each year in
traffic accidents, cars do have their
advantages. A car will get you
where you want to go in a frac-
tion of the time it takes to walk.
Of course, cars burn gasoline
which releases pollution into the
air. Exhaust emissions are carci-
nogenic and destroy the ozone
layer.
There is the argument that some of these advances
help us live longer, more comfortable lives. We have
chemotherapy to help fight leukaemia, central heating
to keep us warm and X-rays to discover injury and illness.
But, as with automobiles, there are trade offs. You may
get nauseated from the chemo, sick building syndrome
from poor ventilation and radiation from the X-rays.
Despite the trade offs, these and other advances have
made life longer for the individual. In 1950, the average
lifespan of any person in the world was 46 years; in 1990,
that increased to 63 years. Every year, the average
lifespan grows by about 2.4 years.
But, as the length of time each individual spends on
the planet increases, so does the world's population. In
1950, the number of people on the planet was about 2.5
billion. In 1985, itwas almost double that at 4.8 billion.
If the current growth rate continues there will be over 8
billion people on the earth in 2020.
This rapid population growth is what makes me
question the value of technology and medicine. As the
world's population grows, so does the area that we
occupy. As cities expand, forests and lakes get destroyed
— if acid rain doesn't get to them first
We can't take up every square kilometre of land on
the planet. We need trees to produce oxygen and land to
grow food. Not to mention that it would be nice to leave
some room for wildlife.
In his 1972 essay, "Man, the Overbalancer," Isaac
Asimov said unless something is done to slow or main-
tain population growth, in 400 years the planet will have
a denser human population than Manhattan Island.
Because there will no space available for anything
besides people, the planet will
only be capable of supporting
one type of plant life: algae,
which will be breakfast, lunch
andsupper. Ifpopulation growth
continues people will die from
starvation and malnutrition.
What little food there is avail-
able will cause world-wide ten-
sion and violence.
So, do the benefits of technol-
ogy and medicine to the indi-
vidual outweigh the costs to hu-
mankind? If something isn't
done to control population
growth, then no, the costs to
humankind are too great.
There are no simple solutions
to the problem, but technology
and medicine could be used ef-
fectively to help find answers.
For example, palliative care is a branch of a medicine
that focuses on letting a terminally ill person choose to
die comfortably instead of trying to make them live as
long as possible.
I'm not saying that everyone should give up all
modem cures and luxuries. These breakthroughs are
only part of the reason our population is growing so
rapidly. But, the problem of population growth should
be considered when we decide what kinds of technologi-
cal and medical research to pursue.
Instead of being concerned with making life longer for
the individual, we have to think about making life
longer for humankind. □
November 4, 1993 • The Charlatan
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Editor:
Re: CUSA to hire a new safety commis-
sioner, The Charlatan, Oct. 21, 1993.
It stated in your article that Lucy
Watson has, since May, been responsible
for the duties of safety commissioner. I'd
like to ask where this information came
from.
Brenda Kennedy, the Foot Patrol co-
ordinator, from my understanding, was
given the duties of safety commissioner
in May until it was decided if and when
a new commissioner would be hired.
She fulfilled these duties by dealing
with Carleton's department of safety and
public relations, sitting on required com-
mittees and putting up safety posters
around campus.
While CUSA council meetings stated
inconclusively the hiring of a new com-
missioner, (Watson "yes," Faucher, "not
sure") throughout the summer, Brenda
Kennedy continued these additional du-
ties (for no additional pay).
I think The Charlatan overlooked this
woman's dedication, effort and advo-
cacy for a safe campus.
I'd also like to raise the issue of hiring
policies at CUSA. It was falsely believed
by myself and others that the position of
safety commissioner was an affirmative
action position.
Considering the momentous impact
that campus safety has on women at
Carieton, why would CUSA neglect to
incorporate a way of ensuring that a
woman (preferably a woman who falls
under affirmative action herself, i.e. of
color, lesbian, disabled), is safety com-
missioner? The same arguments can be
used for the position of Foot Patrol co-
ordinator. This position was also believed,
even by Brenda Kennedy herself, that it
was under affirmative action. All Foot
Patrol co-ordinators and safety commis-
sioners have been women, (though white,
straight and abled), so far. Let's ensure
that women stay in these positions. An
affirmative action policy would allow for
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these positions.
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Extra weight isn't
rowers lost
Editor:
Re: "Overweight rowers weigh team
down," The Charlatan, Oct. 28, 1993.
The last-place finish of the women's
novice eight crew at the McGill
Invitational Regatta was by far and away
a consequence of their combined team
performance and the type of boat used
and not, as the article incorrectly sug-
gested, due to their coxswain weighing
over 1 10 pounds. It is hoped that future
articles on rowing will be written with
more accuracy and sensitivity.
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Editor:
Re: "Curriculum helps perpetuate rac-
ism," The Charlatan, Oct. 28, 1993.
That article highlights comments by
CUSA representative Gary Ananda-
sangaree which criticize the curriculum
why
of the political science department for
supposedly ignoring non-European or
non-North American perspectives on the
basis of the fact that one of our courses in
political theory focuses on Western po-
litical thought.
The department of political science
offers the following courses that fall pri-
marilyintothenon-European, non-North
American category:
47.310 Government and Politics in Af-
rica
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America
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Asia
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and South-East Asia
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Middle East
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(China, Japan, Korea)
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Asian Powers
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and Southeast Asia
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East Asia
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47.522* Politics of Third World Develop-
ment
47.523* The Politics of Southern Africa
47.545* Public Administration in Devel-
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of the world. In addition, our MA and
PhD programs allow specialization in
other areas of the world.
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around without those responsible for
making them providing systematic evi-
dence and without your reporter bother-
ing to contact the victims of such vicious
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seriously in future.
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by Michelle Watt
CfwMan Sufi
Cuba Is a fascinating and complicated
country.
Since my return from a three-month
exchange with the University of Ha-
vana this past July, I have spent many
moments digesting thoughts on my time
in Cuba.
Latin, Carribean and African cultures
are fused together on this crowded
island of 1 0 million people, where Fidel
Castro's socialist politics have gov-
erned the country for the last 34 years.
Cubans continually feel the immense
negative economic pressure from the
United States' trade embargo, designed
to cause Castro to step down. The
influence of capitalism in the
United States, not 100 kilome-
tres away from the island, has
been intensifying in the last five
years. Coupled with the fall of
communism in Eastern Europe,
Cuba is in a state of uncertain
change.
Despite Cuba's current economic
and political crisis, academic in-
stitutions such as the University
of Havana maintain intellectual
ties all over the world.
Carleton International started an
official exchange program with
the University of Havana last
year largely due to the work of
my supervisors, professors
Margaret McCully and Martin
Canny of Carleton's biology de-
partment, who recognized the
potential for collaborations in
plant research with the faculty
of biology at the University of
Havana.
SCIEHCE AHD AGRICULTURE
As a master's student in biology,
I study plant roots and the way
they interact with soil, water
and micro-organisms.
During the exchange I had the
opportunity to work amongst Cu-
ban scientists who have been
studying special bacteria found
on corn roots and in sugar-cane,
which have been shown to actu-
ally improve the growth of these
plants.
I worked in the microbiology de-
partment and plant physiology
laboratory at the University of
Havana. Despite their extreme short-
ages of scientific resources and such
basic things as running water, electric-
ity, and gas, Cuban students and pro-
fessors gave me a lot of help and often
suggested practical alternatives to sci-
entific procedures.
I was immediately struck by their abil-
ity to work with very little equipment
and produce scientific work which is
competitive world-wide.
I also saw advanced levels of science
at the Cuban Hational Institute of Sci-
ence and the Biotechnology Institute.
I had first-hand experience with Cuban
agriculture when I went for two weeks
with 300 students and faculty of the
biology department on agricultural duty.
Although this Is a volunteer experience
often enjoyed by many, the students In
the faculty of biology were told they
would not graduate if they failed to
participate. n
Agricultural duty Is Cuba's policy of
ensuring that each and every Cuban
contributes the production of the na-
tion's food and, in the process, is aware
of the kind of labor involved in agricul-
ture. Cubans leave their regular jobs
for a total of four weeks out of the year
and go to field stations where they tend
to crops. After working for two weeks
at a field station planting and harvest-
ing crops, I realized that Fidel Castro's
idea of economic prosperity coming
through advanced science and tech-
i to plant.
The Soviet Union may have given Cuba
much aid, but it seems to have been
accompanied by bad agricultural ad-
vice.
It is difficult to understand why a sub-
tropical country that should be grow-
ing a wide range of fruits and vegeta-
bles all year round only offers such
things as cabbage, beet roots, carrots
and sweet potatoes to the people.
MICHELLE WATT
The Cuban National Academy of Science
in Havana City.
nology has not played a positive role in
providing immediate basic needs, such
as food, for the people.
Unfortunately, technologically ad-
vanced agricultural methods are used
where they are not needed. Instead of
planting in fertile Cuban soil, we planted
in cement banks filled with special
rocks and sprayed with expensive, elec-
trically pumped, nutrient solution. The
process was costly and inefficient. Plus,
the produce all went to tourism and
would never reach areas where stu-
dents and faculty received their food.
Cuba, at one point in the mid 1 980s, had
the highest number of tractors per
capita In the world. These tractors can
be seen today sitting unused due to
lack of fuel, broken parts or lack of
EL PERIODO ESPECIAL
The Soviet Union withdrew all its aid to
Cuba in the late 1 980s, which amounted
to about $4 billion per year. It also
stopped selling Cuba oil at reduced
prices and buying Cuban sugar at el-
evated prices.
Since then Cuba has Increas-
ingly felt the effects of the strict
trade embargo that the United
States began 31 years ago,
three years after the revolution
in 1 959 led by Fidel Castro. This
embargo was tightened in 1 992
to prevent not only businesses
in the States from trading with
Cuba, but also their subsidiar-
ies outside the United States.
To add to Cuba's economic
woes, a severe hurricane this
past March damaged important
sugar-cane crops and caused
about $100 million in damage.
In an attempt to preserve its
limited resources and faced
with no other option, the gov-
ernment was forced In 1990 to
implement a program called El
Periodo Especial, or the Spe-
cial Period.
There is nothing special about
El Periodo Especial.
There are food shortages, and
people receive through la libreta
(a ration book) limited amounts
of rice, black beans, vegeta-
bles such as cabbage and beet
root (occasionally potatoes and
carrots), almost no meat, occa-
sionally eggs, and only some-
times fruit, such as oranges
and plantains, at their local dis-
tribution stands. Everyone gets
one piece of bread per day,
which has to be picked up daily.
There is very little fossil fuel
and thus there is almost no
public transportation. Those buses still
running in Havana arrive three to four
hours late, so crowded that people are
falling from the doors.
People with cars very rarely receive
gasoline any more. When I left, 20 litres
a month was the infrequently received
ration. Fortunately, Fidel Castro re-
ceived 1 million bikes from China in the
late 1980s and started a bicycle riding
campaign. Most people will say they
enjoy the bicycle as a mode of trans-
port, but in hot weather, with far to go
and not enough to eat, people naturally
complain.
The shortage of fossil fuel also means
little electrical power. Depending on
the region of the country, people face
10to16hoursofbl<
12 • The Charlatan • November 4, 1993
Cement banks for growing crops at a
field station in on agricultural duty in
Havana province.
cal plants are breaking down and there
i machinery parts for repair.
Material things such as clothing are
non-existent In Cuban stores. Medi-
cine is also becoming scarce and a
doctor friend told me that hospitals are
running out of essential supplies such
as anesthetic.
I found everyone, students and employ-
ees alike, discussing El Periodo Espe-
cial all the time. People continually
talk about food,
where they get It,
when they will re-
ceive it, cook it, eat
it.
Transportation and
blackouts are also
a continual source
of conversation.
People are so con-
sumed by their
daily survival that
they spend less and
less time doing
their jobs or study-
ing. This problem
has recently inten-
sified since govern-
ment-run cafete-
rias in the schools
and workplaces
were closed down
this past Septem-
ber and people now
take additional
travel time out of
their day to go home for lunch.
Physically, people have very little time
and energy to try to change things
constructively. Notably, some people
in Havana, those with small yards or
patios, have tried to grow food and
raise such animals as chickens and
even pigs. But seeds are difficult to
get, feed for the animals is expensive
and leftover meal scraps are scarcer
and scarcer.
The government has offered people the
opportunity to use any vacant land in
the outskirts of the city to grow things
for personal consumption but, again,
where does one get the seeds, equip-
ment and the expertise to farm the
land?
THE CHANGING ECONOMY
In an attempt to restore basic things
like fuel, electricity, food and medical
supplies the Cuban government is try-
ing, Ironically, to get American dollars
to use on the foreign market.
Any foreign investor is welcomed by
the Cuban government to put up to 50
per cent of the capital involved In any
business venture In Cuba. Joint ven-
tures in tourism with Spain, Mexico, to
some extent Canada, and now Colom-
bia, Venezuela and Panama are slowly
bringing in some money. There are also
promising foreign investments In off-
shore oil drilling, nickel mining and
tropical fruit growth.
The influx of tourism and the American
dollar have caused many changes in
Cuba. Hotels with large satellite dishes
on their rooftops carry American tel-
evision stations like CNN. The Cuban
people have been able to pick up these
channels and are exposed to a news
source other than the one provided by
the government.
Special tourist stores sell such things
as Coke, western jeans and Labatt's
Blue beer In addition to much sought-
after food products, soap, toothpaste
and shampoo, all for American dollars.
American dollars are very valuable in
Cuba because they can buy both basic
MICHEUE WATT . *
needs and the lat-
est western fashion.
Cubans, especially
young people, are
not immune to de-
siring the latest run-
ning shoes or trendy
T-shirts.
While I was in Cuba,
only foreigners and
tourists could use
American dollars to
eat in restaurants
and buy things in the
special stores that
only deal in Ameri-
can currency. This
has created a large
black market, where
products that can
only be bought in
dollars in these spe-
cial stores are
resold at inflated
prices. On the black
market a pair of
jeans would cost a Cuban professor
three months' salary.
Also available on the black market are
services and products made by people
in their homes. These range from plumb-
ing and hair dressing to the making of
sweets and earrings.
In an attempt to in-
ject illegally held
American dollars
into the official
economy, Cubans
are now allowed to
use this currency in
tourist stores and
restaurants.
In early September
the government le-
galized the "privati-
zation" of over 1 00
small businesses
and trades, like
plumbing, hair
dressing, and taxi
companies. But the
people providing
these services are
still not legally al-
lowed to be paid in
dollars, so they are
still operating
within the black
market.
Only people who do
not have a university degree can own a
private business. This widens the eco-
nomic gap between, for example, a
university professor and a taxi driver.
As a person involved with tourism and
dollars, the taxi driver Is a rich person
In Cuba.
In agriculture, farmers must sell their
produce in pesos to the government,
who in turn sells to the people. This
does not increase productivity if farm-
ers can sell their produce on the black
market in dollars.
The government should open up a farm-
ers' market, like one the government
shut In the early 1980s because It was
thought they were getting too rich,
where farmers directly benefit from
their labors.
People do not receive enough food from
their local government food stands,
and the Cuban government cannot ex-
pect agricultural duty by the general
public to be productive. Although the
surroundings of agricultural duty are a
break from day-to-day city life, the in-
centive to work is low, the cost of
mobilizing and feeding people while
they are not at their regular jobs is too
much and does not produce the amount
of food required. The social and moral
benefits gained from the experience of
knowing the labor involved in produc-
ing food are good, but are outweighed
by present economic need In Cuba.
THE UNCERTAIN FUTURE
For a sheltered Canadian student, the
opportunity to experience a place like
Cuba was great. Although I encoun-
tered a country with many frustrating
shortages, I returned to Canada to be
repulsed by the excesses we take for
granted.
What I saw was a country paralysed by
a complicated economic and social
situation. The economic problems are
brought on by both the trade embargo
by the United States and the strict
internal control of Cuban markets, such
as agriculture, by the Cuban govern-
ment.
The social envi-
ronment is a re-
sult of 34 years of
control of the peo-
ple. People seem
not to know what
their alternatives
are. If they say
they do, they think
it is the capital-
ism of the United
States.
Now is the time to
preserve all the
benefits of the
Cuban revolution:
widespread edu-
cation, a high
standard of sci-
ence and technol-
ogy and universal
medical care.
The infrastructure
for a First World
country exists.
Cuba is a country
with highly nationalistic people, but
they want to enjoy an acceptable stand-
ard of living. Hopefully the slow but
seemingly progressive changes of the
government will mean neither of these
aspects have to be compromised in
Cuba's future. Hi
November 4, 1993 • The Charlatan ■ 13
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14 ■ The Charlatan • November 4, 1993
SPORTS
Overtime thriller ends in loss
Playoffs over fa
for soccer men
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^
The Ravens dominated the Gae/s during the regular and overtime periods.
by Sarah Richards
Charlatan Staff
After over two hours of soccer, a soli-
tary player sat on the field, hands on his
knees, white towel draped over his head.
Only the white jersey with the black
number 10 on the back identified him as
Raven forward Basil Phillips.
Buried under the towel was the disap-
pointment and frustration of Carleton's
1-0 overtime playoff loss against the
fourth-place Queen's Golden Gaels.
Queen's 1 Carleton 0
The Oct. 30 loss on penalty kicks ended
any dream the first-place Ravens had of
advancing to the provincial finals and
possibly the nationals.
"I think I felt worse today than when
I was playing, because it's out of your
control. It's frustrating to lose in penalty
kicks," saidassistant coach David McFall.
He played last year when the Ravens lost
2-1 to Laurentian in the league finals.
The Ravens played a near-faultless 90
minutes against Queen's, pressuring the
Gaels' defence the entire game. The ball
seldom crossed into the Ravens' half, and
when it did, Carleton's defence was there
to send it upfield. Queen's goalie Liam
Stevenson said it was the most intense
game he had ever played.
" It makes it very hard to defend against
them because the defence just pumps it
back up so you're constantly under pres-
sure just being bombarded by balls all
the time," said rookie Stevenson.
Had it not been for the many saves
made by Stevenson, Carleton would be
probably heading to the league finals.
On numerous occasions the Ravens
were presented with a opportunity to
score, but the decisive goal eluded them.
Raven fullback Earl Cochrane said the
team's failure to score was not the fault of
any particular forward.
"The way we play, there's no one
person you should be saying, 'Oh, you
should be scoring our goals.' We end up
putting five or six guys in the box; prob-
ably half of them aren't even attackers."
The referee's decision to disallow two
goals added salt to the Raven loss.
A throng of players in front of the
Queen's net let Carleton tap the ball in
during the second half. The referee, who
was out of position to judge if the ball had
crossed the goal line, disallowed it.
"The ball did go over the line. We
scored. We were all cheering . . . then ol'
gutless didn't call it," said fullback Andre
van Heerden. "I think we were robbed."
The second disallowed goal came in
the shootout, which capped a 20-minute
scoreless overtime period.
Fullback Marty Lauter was the second
Raven to face Queen's goalkeeper
Stevenson. Lauter*s shot cuffed the bot-
tom of the crossbarand deflected directly
down to the ground.
"First of all the referee said it was in .
. . so of course everybody celebrated, and
then all of the sudden the linesman shook
his head," said Lauter.
After four penalty shots apiece, both
teams had scored two goals.
On the Ravens' fifth shot, Chris
Scucatto missed. Golden Gael's Rich Price
didn't.
Price drove a low ball into the right
side of the net, scoring the 3-2 tie-break-
ing goal for an ecstatic Queen's team.
The Ravens stood numb on the field.
" I guess if you believe in fate a little bit
... it wasn't meant to be," said Raven
keeper Stevie Ball afterwards. "If you
have a game like that, maybe 80 or 90
per cent you win those games that you
dominate . . . then it really sucks the 10
per cent when you don't." □
Pedro prays
for Panda
by Steven Vesely
Charlatan Staff
Dear Carleton Athletics,
It's me again.
You know - the Panda your football
team hasn't won since way back in
1987.
And I'm writing because I've heard a
scary, scary, scary rumor.
I understand Carol Turgeon, the Uni-
versity of Ottawa athletic director,
doesn't want to hold the annual
Lansdowne Park Panda Game any more
because attendance is down and the
universities loses money.
A peak crowd of over 1 7,000 six years
I ago dwindled to just 3,500 this year.
Profits are non-existent and both uni-
versities have turned accumulated losses
of $50,000 apiece since 1987. Neither
| school is expecting to make money this
^ year either.
< Bummer.
jl Now as you know, I'm just a small
to stuffed bear. I don't know much about
| politics, money, sex — or even football.
\> But I do know that the Panda Game
g in my honor — a tradition between the
I o University of Ottawa Gee-Gees and Car-
°- leton Ravens football teams for 39 years
— is the university sporting event of the
year in this city.
No ifs, ands or buts about it.
Now we both know students can be
apathetic little weenies and that mon-
ey's tight all around. But surely there's
an alternative solution to scrapping the
game.
And because I'm such a bright little
guy with plenty of time on my hands,
I've come up with the following four-
point Panda proposal to raise attend-
ance, make money and keep the tradi-
tion alive:
1 — Lower the ticket prices. Eight
dollars for a student ticket is outra-
geous. No wonder attendance is down.
If you're going to charge an exorbitant
sum like that, you'd damn well better be
able to provide an entertaining event
worthy of the price.
2 — Eliminate the attendance limit.
Ever since a 1 987 accident when a rail-
ing broke under the weight of spectators
and injured 1 4 students, an attendance
limit of 1 0,000 has been in effect to keep
the crowds under control. That hardly
seems necessary any more.
3 — Another financial drain result-
ing from the 1987 accident was the
necessity of having a security force on
hand to keep the rabble under control.
Last year's security cost the schools about
$32,000. Figures aren't in for how much
this year's three-tiered force of 50 Ot-
tawa police, 80 stadium and 220 stu-
dent security guards cost the schools.
But you can bet your bamboo shoots it
didn't cost any less. Certainly security is
needed, but that many?
4 — Move the Panda Game to an
earlierdate. The end of orientation week
would be the ideal weekend to host the
game. Just think of it -- a new hoard of
enthusiastic students with money to
bum at a football game.
Now I know I'm just a silly little
stuffed bear who's not very bright and
whose opinion doesn't really count for
much in the big scheme of things, but I
think these are reasonable suggestions
to keep my game alive.
Sincerely,
Pedro the Panda □
Overtime shootout:
shot by shot
1 — Carleton stopper Earl Cochrane
does his traditional galloping stride
approach to shoot a waist-high ball to
the right. The shot is blocked in a spec-
tacular dive by Queen's goalkeeper
Liam Stevenson.
Carleton: 0 Queen's: 0
2 — Golden Gael John Soler shoots
wide to the left of Raven goalkeeper
Stevie Ball. Theball strikes the postbut
does not go in.
Carleton: 0 Queen's: 0
3 — Raven fullback Marty Lauter
steps up to shoot a high ball that hits
the centre of the crossbar and deflects
down to the ground. The goaliscounted
at first, then minutes later, is disal-
lowed by the referee.
Carleton: 0 Queen's: 0
4 - Gael Ken Butler kicks a waist-
high shot into the centre of the net Ball
dives to his tight.
Carleton: 0 Queen's: 1
5 — Michael Zaborski, Carleton's
sweeper, prepares to take his penalty.
He shoots straight toscoreonowolst-
Queen's goalkeeper Liam Stevenson made big saves in the overtime shootout.
Carleton: 2 Queen's: 2
high shot to the centre of the net.
6 - Marc Labrom of Queen's takes his
kick, but drives the ball too far right,
missing the net.
Carleton: 1 Queen's: 1
7 — Raven midfielder Andrew
Wooldridge shoots low to the left of
Stevenson, who is able to get a finger on
the ball but unable to stop the powerful
shot
Carleton: 2 Queen's: 1
8— Golden Gael Peter Milonas scores
on a grounder to the left of Ball.
9 — The pressure of the final shot for
Carleton rests on the shoulders of
midfielder Chris Scuccato. He shoots
high and the ball goes over the cross-
bar.
Carleton: 2 Queen's: 2
10 — Queen's rookie right fullback
Rich Price must score to avoid going
into sudden death penalty shots. He
approaches the ball and drifts it low to
the left.
Carleton: 2 Queen's: 3
November 4, 1993 • The Charlatan ■ 15
Raven football season of improvement
by Derek DeCloet and Steven Vesely
Chaitatan Staff
What a difference a year makes.
Years of frustration, pain and agony
were wiped away this year as the Ravens
football team posted its best record in six
years.
Sure, the 2-5 Ravens ended the season
on a sour note, losing their last four
games including the playoff-determin-
ing Panda Game — but that still doesn't
diminish what this team accomplished.
In fact, the Ravens — who were 0-7 a
year ago — were probably the most im-
proved team in the Ontario-Quebec
Interuniversity Football Conference.
Was the Ravens' season a success?
You bet. Here's the evidence:
Carleton more than doubled their 1 992
offensive output of 44 points, scoring 94.
The defence trimmed lastyear'spoints-
against total of 237 by 71, bringing it to
a more respectable 166 allowed.
Kicker Chris Giacobbi led the team in
scoring lastyearwith 16 points. This year
a trio including Giacobbi, running backs
Chris Dorrington and Dave Bosveld all
scored 18 apiece.
Bosveld also managed to place second
in O-QIFC, rushing with 270 yards on 62
carries despite only playing in four games.
Other offensive leaders included
Wayne Wilson, who led all kick off re-
turners in the league with 12 returns for
212 yards and defensive back Jason Mal-
let who was second in O-QIFC intercep
Ravens review:
game by game
SEPT. 11: McGill 22 Carleton 17
You can't win if you'realwaysgiving
the ball to the other team. That's what
the Ravens did, committing seven turno-
vers. Still, the Ravens were persistent in
this one — coming back, nearly all the
way back, from a 22-3 third-quarter
deficit.
SEPT. 18: Carleton 19 Ottawa 18
The win that really wasn't. Ottawa
scored a touchdown to tie the game in
the dying minutes, then kicked the con-
vert to go ahead — or so they thought.
Line judge John Lamont ruled it was
wide and the Ravens later won it on a
single by kicker Chris Giacobbi. It was a
controversial win, but hey, a win's a
mn.
SEPT. 25: Carleton 25 Queen's 20
Knocking off the '92 Vanier Cup
champs was the high point of the sea-
son for Carleton. Trailing 17-3 at
halfume, quarterback Shawn Thompson
came off the bench to lead the Ravens'
comeback. The real story, though, was
running back Dave Bosveld — three
touchdowns and 145 yards rushing.
OCT. 2: Bishop's 34 Carleton 1
This was a reality check for the eu
phoric Ravens as they were humbled by
the first-place Gaiters at Raven Field,
Quarterbacks Sean O'Neill and
Thompson combined for five intercep-
tions and the Ravens were never in it.
"This was a wake-up call," said Smith
after the game.
OCT. 9: Queen's 26 Carleton 8
Smith's wake-up call went unheeded
as the Golden Gaels exacted revenge.
The play that told the story: Queen's
receiver Paul Kozan caught a long pass
downfield from quarterback Steve Othen
and was immediately surrounded by
several Raven tacklers. They missed him
and Kozan's subsequent touchdown
gave the Gaels a 19-1 lead.
OCT. 16: Concordia 25 Carleton21
Perhaps the most heartbreaking loss
of the season. Carleton had a 21-6 lead
in the third quarter and let it slip away.
Hanging on to a three-point lead with
two minutes left, Raven Wayne Wilson
fumbled a missed field goal attempt in
the end zone. Concordia recovered for
the winning touchdown.
OCT. 24: Ottawa 21 Carleton 3
The Gee-Gees scored three touch
downs in less than six minutes in the
fourth quarter to recapture Pedro for
the sixth year in a row. A win would
have put Carleton in the O-QIFC
playoffs. Instead, we got to share the
pain and reflect on a season of might-
have-beens. □
tions with four.
Defensively, tackle Harry Van
Hofwegen'sseven quarterback sacks were
also good enough for second in the league.
Certainly much credit should go to
coach Donn Smith, who was a strong
contender for O-QIFC Coach of the Year
honors, as well as the support staff he
recruited.
Topping it all off, two Ravens were
named to the 1993 O-QIFC all-star team
— offensive tackle Steve Szumlinski and
Van Hofwegen.
The Ravens didn't have a perfect sea-
son. At times, they didn't even a pretty
season. But they did provide fans with
some long-awaited happy highlights and
hope for future success. -J
Carleton celebrated against Ottawa
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Rowing club places six crews in finals
by Steven Vesely
Charlatan Staff
The Carleton varsity rowing club pro-
duced its best ever results at the com-
bined men's and women's rowing cham-
pionships on Oct. 30atthe Henley Course
in St. Catherines, Ont.
With entries in six rowing categories,
Carleton placed crews in the finals of
every event they entered. Last year, only
sculler Elizabeth Kuran made the finals,
placing third in the single sculls race.
This year was a different story.
"We had so many entries in the cham-
pionship categories," said club president
David Lewis. "It's a sign of our success.
The people who are now involved are
really making it happen. Their dedica-
tion and commitment have allowed us to
have such a strong and competitive sea-
son."
Topping the list of results was the
men's lightweight double crew of Rob
Bennett and Trevor MacKay, who fin-
ished second in the final behind the Uni-
versity of Western crew.
"They're both very, very good scullers
and they came together really well, " said
men's coach ByTon Johnson. "I wouldn't
have been surprised if they had won it.
They're first-rate rowers at a university
level."
MacKay and Bennett followed up the
lightweight double's second-place result
with individual honors as well. MacKay
placed third in the men's heavyweight
Trevor MacKay and Rob Bennett led Carleton at the OVAA/OW1AA finals.
ing against some pretty stiff competition.
Some of those students out there are
national team members. It's not like
single while Bennett finished fourth in
the men's lightweight single.
The men's heavyweight fours finished
sixth in their final, beating out the Uni-
versity of Ottawa.
"That was disappointing," said
Johnson. "They had a much better race
last week against McGill. We were ex-
pecting to challenge for first or second
but it just didn't happen. They got off to
a bad start."
In the women's races, both the light-
weight fours and the heavyweight fours
finished sixth in their respective finals.
"I think the results are quite good
considering it's such a young program,"
said women's coach John Ossowski.
"You've got to remember they were row-
they were rowing somewhere in the Prai-
ries."
In overall team standings among the
nine universities competing, the men's
crew placed seventh with a team total of
21 points. The women's crews placed
eighth with eight points. Western crews
dominated, winning both the men's and
women's team standings with 109 and
80 points respectively.
"All things considered as a club we did
as well as we could have. Six weeks is not
a lot of time together and we did all
right," said lightweight women's four
member Nicole Lebon. □
Playoff loss ends impressive rugby men's season
Ravens move up
to first division
by Matt Shurrie
Charlatan Staff
It's tough being a cub playing against
a fully grown lion.
And when the Carleton Ravens rugby
team stormed into Kingston to face the
Queen's Golden Gaels on Oct. 30 — a cub
is exactly what they were as the less
experienced Ravens lost 28-3 to the
stronger Gaels team.
Queen's 28 Carleton 3
Kicker Mike Rys scored three points.
The Ravens are the second-division
champions in the Ontario Universities
Athletic Association, while the Gaels are
the first-division champions.
"Our guys played well against them, "
said Carleton coach Lee Powell. "But I
think they (Queen's) play a high-level
game on a regular basis so their level of
play was just a touch higher than ours.
We have the same skills and ability, but
you don't see it on a regular basis."
The OUAA rugby league is divided
into two divisions. The stronger teams
play in the first division and the weaker
teams play in the second. The playoff
format pits the division one champion
against the weaker division two cham-
pion. The second- and third-place teams
in the first division also make the playoffs,
facing off against each other.
Being a less experienced, weaker team
facing off against a more powerful foe,
the Ravens did the best they could but
their playoff inexperience couldn't be
overcome. The Ravens' last playoff game
was in 1987, when they lost 21-6 to the
Golden Gaels.
"The game was closer than the score
indicates, with the Golden Gaels putting
points on the board near the end", said
Powell, explaining the lopsided 28-3 score.
"The team gave everything they had, but
Queen's showed us what an advantage it
is to be coming out of the first division."
Despite the trouncing, it can't be for-
gotten the Ravens had weaker competi-
tion in the second division and playing
the top team in the league was some-
what of a culture shock for Carleton.
"What needs to be looked at, is the fact
that they've proven that they're worthy
of the first division next season," said
Powell.
This year's team dominated its divi-
sion two opponents, racking up 1 70 of-
fensive points while allowing only 43 en
route to a 6-1 record.
As a result of their first-place finish in
the second division, next year's Ravens
will face off against the universities of
Queen's, McMaster, Western, Guelph and
York in much stiffer competition. □
16 • The Charlatan ■ November 4, 1993
4
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Raven
Rumblings
Soccer women shut out in playoff loss
Three Ravens
named all-stars
by Bram S. Aaron
Charlatan Staff
The women's soccer team lost 3-0 to
the Sir Wifrid Laurier Golden Hawks,
ending their playoff drive in Windsor on
Oct. 29.
Laurier went on to beat the University
of Western Ontario Mustangs 2-0 Oct. 30
and the McMaster University Marauders
2-1 Oct. 31 in the Ontario final to repeat
as Ontario Women's Interuniversity Ath-
letic Association's provincial champions.
GoalkeeperKristina Hacchi, defender Kathy Keegan and halfback Nicole
Maynard were named to the OWIAA all-star team.
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
"We're not keeping the official scorer
very busy."
Athletic director Keith Harris com-
menting on the 0-0 tie between the
Ravens and the Golden Gaels soccer
teams as they prepared for overtime.
BRIEFS
In exhibition fencing, Carleton
dominated the second annual Rookie
Challenge on Oct. 31 at the Ravens'
Nest.
In the men's foil class, Carleton
fencer Curtis Lokett placed first, fol-
lowed by Ravens Chad Ito and Andrew
Morrier.
In women's foil, Heather Findlayfon
and Natalie Remedes finished second
and third behind Ottawa's France
Daviault.
About 50 rookie Carleton fencers
competed against the universities of
Ottawa and Queen's.
The Carleton hockey team lost 5-4
to the Potsdam State Bears in exhibi-
tion action on Oct. 30 in Potsdam, N.Y.
Trailing 4-2 in the third period, the
Carleton club tied the game at four
with four minutes left before the Bears
squeezed a soft shot through the pads
of Carleton goal tender Pat McFetridge.
McFetridge was the game star, stop-
ping 35 of 37 shots.
Earlier in the week on Oct. 27, the
Carleton club tied the National De-
fence headquarter team 1-1 in senior
R.A. league action. The tie raises the
hockey club's record to 0-2-2.
CALENDAR
Friday, Nov. 5.
VOLLEYBALL — The Carleton wom-
en's volleyball team opens its season
with a game against the University of
Ottawa Gee-Gees at U of O's Montpetit
Hall. Game time is 8 p.m.
BASKETBALL — The men's basket-
ball team hosts its fourth annual House-
Laughton Hoops Classic basketball
tournament at the Ravens' Nest. Carle-
ton will take on the defending Cana-
dian Interuniversity Athletic Union's
national champion, the St. Francis X-
Men, at 9:05 p.m.
Saturday, Oct 8.
FENCING — The men's and wom-
en's fencing teams will travel to King-
ston to participate in the Royal Mili-
tary College Invitational fencing tour-
nament.
WATERPOLO — The men's
waterpolo team hosts the second crosso-
verwaterpolo tournament, playingthe
University of Toronto Varsity Blues at
noon and the York Yeomen at 4:30
p.m.
Sunday, Nov. 1.
WATERPOLO — The men's
waterpolo team continues league play
at the Carleton pool with games against
the McMaster Marauders at 9 a.m. and
the University of Western Mustangs at
3 p.m.
SAILING — The sailing club will be
hosting an all-Carleton regatta at the
Britannia Yacht Club at 10:30 a.m.
Laurier 3 Carleton 0
" Going in as a fourth-place team, you
can't expect to dominate a first-place
team," said Raven defender Kathy
Keegan, of the 8-0-4 Golden Hawks.
Despite the team being shut out and
having scored only four goals in the final
four games of the season-, Keegan refused
to blame her team's offence.
"We're not as technically a good team
as they are. Their passing is superior.
They're a notch above us in every way,"
she said.
Nevertheless, the 5-3-2 Ravens were
optimistic heading into the match.
"All four (of Laurier's) ties occurred
near the end of the season, so we figured
they were on a bit of a downside. We
thought we'd just go out and give it our
best shot," said Keegan.
Their best shot wasn't enough.
Laurier opened the scoring at the 25-
minute mark of the first half with a goal
which bounced off goaltender Krishna
Bacchi's hands and was blown in by a
strong wind.
A rocket shot to the left comer gave
the Golden Hawks a 2-0 halfhme lead.
Another bullet late in the game sealed
victory for Laurier.
On a happier note, three Carleton
players were named to the east division
all-star team at a league banquet on Oct.
28.
Rookie goaltender Bacchi, midfielder
Nicole Maynardand Keegan were named
to the OWIAA eastern all-star team. It
was the first time Carleton had placed
three players to the all-star team in the
same year.
" It's tremendous, " said Kent. " It really
shows the improvement of the (soccer)
program." □
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Waterpolo men exact revenge over Queen's
by Richard G.D. Scott
Charlatan Staff
Teamwork.
There's not too much else that seems
to work better for the Carleton Ravens
men's waterpolo team.
The Ravens opened the second half of
their regular season with an 11-3
pummeling of the Queen's Golden Gaels
on Oct. 31, improving their record to an
impressive 4-2-1 and keeping them in
third place in the Ontario Universities
Athletic Association's waterpolo league.
Carleton 11 Queen's 3
"We just played as a team and that's
pretty much it," said driver Stewart
Mackie.
Entering the game, the Ravens were
determined to avenge a season opening
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11-5 loss to Queen's on Oct.3.
The Ravens had first possession of the
ball and quickly scored 30 seconds into
the game.
"Their weakness is they don't have
strong outside players so we were making
theirweaker players take the shot," said
Carleton holeman Brian Young. "We just
kept control and kept to our game."
The Ravens led 8-2 at halftime and 1 1-
2 after three quarters. In the final quar-
ter, the Ravens played some of their sec-
ond-string players, including back-up
goalie Andy Pohl, while cruising to the
easy 11 -3 victory.
Goal scoring was well-distributed
amongst team members. Driver Dave
Bason scored three, while Young, Mackie
and holecheck Corry Burke each scored
twice. Drivers Rob Weber and feff McGrath
added singles.
In earlier action, the Ravens defeated
a Carleton alumni team, including last
year'sMost Valuable PlayerScott Tweedy,
15-14 in overtime. It was the first time in
the history of the game that the varsity
club had defeated the alumni team.
Bason led the Ravens with seven goals
while Burke scored the winner in over-
time. a
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November 4, 1993 • The Charlatan • 17
Basketball men drop pair in Ottawa tourney
Reagh Vidito nets all-star selection
by Kevin Rest i vo
Charlatan Staff
Too many tricks and not enough treats.
That sums up the Halloween weekend
for the Carleton men's basketball team.
The Ravens dropped two games to the
University of Ottawa Gee-Gees and the
Guelph Gryphons by the ghoulish scores
of 100-82 and 92-66 at the 19th annual
University of Ottawa Tip-Off Classic Oct.
29-30.
Ottawa 100 Carleton 82
Guelph 92 Carleton 66
Against Ottawa, Carleton kept the
Gee-Gees off balance early with an ag-
gressive trapping defence. In fact, the
Ravens even outran the blazing Gee-
Gees, capitalizing on many fast-break
chances.
But that early tide shifted at the 10-
minute mark of the first half when third-
year forward Taffe Charles received his
third foul of the game. Ravens' head
coach Paul Armstrong was forced to pull
Charles — theteam'sbestoffensive threat.
The score was 21-20 at the time, but
without Charles, the Ravens faltered and
trailed 51-35 at the half.
Charles wasn't alone in courting foul
trouble. The Ravens as a team picked up
23 fouls in the first half alone.
"I don't mind if we pick up fouls, but
we simply weren't moving our feet and
we ended up picking up some stupid,
sloppy fouls," said Armstrong.
Carleton made a number of runs at
the Gee-Gees in the second half, but
couldn't sustain them as foul trouble
continued to take its toll.
Back in the game to start the second
half, Charles left the game with his fifth
foul with 10 minutes left to play. Fresh-
man forward Brian Russell followed suit
two minutes later.
Perhaps the biggest loss of the game
occurred with 5:14 left on the clock when
second-year forward James Marquardt,
the Ravens' leading scorer with 18points,
injured his right knee in a scrum for the
ball. He's expected to be out of the lineup
for a minimum of two weeks.
The Ravens shot 10 for 24 from the
foul line while the Gee-Gees were 29 for
42 — a 19-point difference which was
almost exactly the margin of victory for
Ottawa.
"We're not a good foul-shooting team
this season and it's costing us" said
Armstrong. "I'm still impressed with the
intensity and enthusiasm that we had to
start off but we've got to be a much
smarter team and that should come with
experience."
The following evening, the Ravens
were thoroughly outplayed by the Guelph
Gryphons. Guelph stormed out to an
early 19-7 lead and never looked back.
Inexperience hurt the Ravens as third-
year point guard Luca Diaconescu sat
out with a swollen hand and Marquardt
did not play because of the injury sus-
tained against Ottawa.
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Rookie replacements were exploited
by the Gryphons, who took advantage of
Carleton's inexperience by throwing a
variety of pressure defences at the Ravens,
pouncing on any forced free balls.
"We just had no intensity at the start.
Our heads weren't into it" said second-
year point guard Curtis Houlden.
Despite the losses, Reagh Vidito, a
first-year swingman recruit from Prince
Edward Island, supplied one huge, bright
spark for the Ravens.
Vidito was phenomenal against
Guelph, draining seven three-pointers
en route to a spot on the tournament all-
star team.
"It was really gratifying but it was
disappointing that it had to come in the
effort that it did, " said the humble Vidito.
Carleton faces off against the last
year's Canadian Interuniversity Athletic
Union national champions, the St. Fran-
cis Xavier X-Men, on Nov. 5 at the an-
nual House-Laughton tournament at the
Ravens' Nest. □
Sailors sail
by Shannon Fraser
Ghanaian Statl
On a chilly Halloween morning, mem-
bers of the Carleton sailing club gathered
at the Britannia Yacht Club to host a
regatta with Queen's University.
Racing 420-class boats in eight races.
Queen's posted the top three overall re-
sults while the recently formed Carleton
crew brought up the rear.
"Queen's has some very experienced
sailors, " said Carleton sailor Dave Nurse.
"They've been racing in hundreds of races.
They had quite a good team and they
thrashed us thoroughly."
Ian Eckhart, a Queen's sailor and na-
tional team member, was skipper of the
first-place boat. Queen's skipper Craig
Rogers and his crew placed second while
John Curtis, anothernational team mem-
ber and president of the Queen's sailing
club, completed the sweep.
Carleton skipper Derek Vandermeer
took the top Carleton position with a
fourth-place finish, followed by Nurse
and crew in fifth. Cressida Robsom and
Claire Fishlock cheered up the rear. □
Lacrosse loses
by Ryan Ward
Charlatan Stall
The Carleton lacrosse club ended their
season with a 10-7 loss to the McMaster
Marauders at Brewer Park on Oct. 30,
Three costly penalties at the end of the
game left the 1-6 Carleton team short-
handed when it badly needed a goal.
Heading into the final quarter tied at
seven, the lacrosse club had the opportu-
nity to win, but three unanswered goals
was a deficit they could not overcome.
With six minutes left in the fourth
quarter, attack Shawn Gilmorewas nailed
from behind by a McMaster player and
retaliated. The referees called the retalia-
tion but not the hit from behind, leaving
Carleton one man down for three min-
utes.
Two more Carleton penalties with two
minutes left in the game put the game
out of reach for the team.
"There were three calls that could be
questioned," said Carleton coach Glenn
Harrison. "I'm not blaming the loss on
the referees, but they were to contribute
in this one."
Carleton midfielder Pat Murawsky led
the way with a goal and two assists.
Attack Dan McWhirter had two goals,
midfielder Phil Dubuc had two assists
while Murphy, Gilmore and Tasse each
added singles. Q
'NEON, BYWARD MARKET
18 • The Charlatan ■ November 4, 1993
by Christina Craft
Charlatan staff
This Earthly Paridise
National Gallery of Canada
vOct. 22 — [an. 16
British artist William Morris was a
socialist who wanted to improve art for
the working class, but the working class
could never afford to buy his crafts.
Of his more than 285 works of art on
display here — including crafts, furni-
ture, wallpaper, tapestry and books —
many have never been exhibited pub-
licly. This exhibit is also the most com-
prehensive survey of Morris's work ever
exhibited in North America.
Quotations by the artist are on the
walls above the displays. "I spend my life
in ministering to the swinish luxury of
the rich," one reads.
Morris sold his crafts through Morris
and Co. — a company that made expen-
sive handmade crafts.
"Most of products of Morris and Co.
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
furniture on exhibit at gallery
were beyond the reach of the workinn i„ „„„ . : ........... . l. ~
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were beyond the reach of the working
class home," says Douglas Schoenherr,
assistant curatoratfhe National Gallery.
"Morris was aware of what he was doing
and at the same time he was a socialist."
Morris's work was a reaction to the
beginning of industrialization around
him in Britain in the late 1800s.
"He wanted to reassert the dignity of
working with your hands," says
Schoenherr.
His crafts also emphasize preserving
the purity of nature and country life. All
his works have designs of leaves, flowers
and birds.
The exhibit is broken up into several
rooms, some of which are actually set up
like living and drawing rooms.
Katharine Lochnan, curator for the
Art Gallery of Ontario who helped put
together the exhibit, says it displays
Morris's works as they were meant to be
viewed — his tapestry, carpets, wallpa-
per, furniture and his friends' pottery
and paintings are combined in some of
the rooms.
In one room a video shows the
art of creating wallpaper. Along
the walls and in the display cases
are samples of Morris's wallpaper
designs. The plates used to make
the wallpaper are also on display.
The wallpaper designs reflect Mor-
ris's main theme of nature — de-
tails of leaves and vines flow
through the paper.
The most striking works in the
exhibit are Morris's tapestries. They
contain elaborate embroidery on
silk cloth. The designs are mostly
of leaves and flowers in pastel
colors.
Morris was also concerned with
printing as an art form and felt
machines were ruining the beauty
of the handmade book. To that
end, he collected and published
his own books.
Morris's collection of illumi-
nated books — handwritten with
colorful drawings — are displayed
in two rooms. Two Chaucer vol-
umes and several books dating «
from the 1400s are a part of the I—
collection. Morris (right) and pal: the chair, the flair and
Also in the exhibit are paint
•
on, that hair.
Socialist tapestry.
ings by Morris's friends and associates,
including Dante Gabrielle Rossetti and
Edward Bume Jones. The paintings by
Rossetti and Bume Jones are simple and
use the same soft pastel colors used by
Morris in all his crafts.
Morris's wife, Jane, was the subject of
many of Rossetu's paintings. Although
it's not mentioned in the exhibit, when
Morris's marriage broke down, Rossetti
and Mrs. Morris had a well-known love
affair. Some of Rossetti's paintings of
Jane Morris are on display in the exhibit.
Also displayed is pottery by Morris's
associate William De Morgan. Like Mor-
ris, De Morgan rebelled against the use of
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Charlatan Staff
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Enriched Bread Artists
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Spct. 28 — 31
It's been a long time coming.
Two and a half years ago, a small
group of local artists leased studio space
on the first floor of an old, abandoned
bread factory at 951 Gladstone Ave.
Since then, this group has evolved
into the Enriched Bread Artists, a collec-
tive headed by Laura Margita and Mark
MacGuigan . It has expanded to 23 artists
and the building's second floor has been
added to the studio space, which includes
three exhibition areas.
The Enriched Bread Artists held the
grand opening of their first group exhibi-
tion on Oct. 28. Although the exhibit ran
only through the weekend, anyone who
is interested in visiting or working in this
amazing environment is welcome to do
so by appointment.
At a time when the National Gallery is
spending $1.8 million on American paint-
ings of stripes, this group is a shot in the
arm for local artists looking to exhibit.
This is not to deny the validity of Voice Of
Fire and No. 1 6 as art, but there are many
Canadian, and indeed, many Ottawa
artists whose work is equally deserving of
the reputation and the price tag of these
American
name but a few.
Among the more outstanding works
were a piece by Jonathon Brownz and a
painting by Diane Hiscox. Brownz's piece
was a mural called We Are AH Creoted
Equal. It is composed of several photos
collected together with pages from the
phone book, with all the names crossed
out and only the numbers showing. This
mural was perhaps reflective of how, in
today's society, we're all just numbers.
The Hiscox painting was a portrait of
her son. In the catalogue accompanying
the exhibition, it is described as the first
in a series of portraits of "important
people."
However, the building itself was as
much a part of the show as the art. Built
in 1924 by the Standard Bread Com-
pany, the building is unlike any other
gallery I've ever seen before. Art galleries
usually have drab off-white walls and
low-key carpeting which are intended to
showcase art in a pleasing and relaxing
setting.
This building, however, is simply an
old warehouse. The floors are concrete,
plaster flakes off the walls and ceiling
and one can't be entirely sure if the
gouges in the floor are simply there or are
intended to be part of the show.
The Standard Bread Building is first
and foremost studio space for these art-
ists. This group exhibition last weekend
was the first, and is planned to be an
annual event; the individual artists will
also be putting on shows over the year. □
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machines in creating crafts. Hisceramics
all have images of nature with flower
and leaf designs.
Morris wanted his crafts and furniture
to be simple. He rebelled against heavy,
velvet Victorian furniture and created
simpler, lighter pieces, Schoenherr says.
There are more than 60 public and
private contributors to this exhibit, in-
cluding artist Bume Jones's great-great-
grandson who lives in Ottawa — he is an
anonymous contributor to thecollection.
The exhibit is an amazing collection
of crafts and furniture. Most significant is
that all the art was found in Canada,
showing how Morris's works were able to
reach out to people across the ocean.
It is definitely a must see. □
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• The Charlatan '19
The Charlatan Pub
by Jos4e Sellemare
Charlatan Stall
Every day for at least a week, my
mother reminded me to block off my
Saturday night so she could take me
some place mysterious.
Imagine my surprise when we ended
up at Canada Hot Shots in Point
Gatineau, Que.
I immediately realized where I was
when I saw a man with |erry curls (greasy,
long, curly hair) dancing In a G-string on
a stage illuminated by rows of lights.
There were mirrors everywhere. I was
surprised at how glamorous it looked.
My mother reserved a table in the
front on the right side of the stage. It was
about 9 p.m. when we arrived.
A few women were scattered about at
tables or around the stage. 1 actually
recognized one of the girls from high
school. She was by the stage with some
ofheryoungteenagers, cheering the strip-
pers on as they wentabout their business.
At first glance, they looked Itke regulars.
Myassumption proved true when, later
in the night, they lined up at the comer
of thestage with condoms in their hands,
right before the host announced a con-
dom could be traded in for a free shooter.
1 felt really sorry for them. How could
someone hang out there every weekend?
Are they really that lonely?
1 also couldn't believe itwhen a group
of women took off their bras on stage for
a shooter. Do these women have morals?
Or maybe they were so used to the rou-
tine, it djdn'tembarrass them any more.
At about 10; 30 p.m., the place started
to fill up.
Strippers of all kinds took rums on the
stage. During theirroutine, womenlined
up at the comer of the stage with folded
$2 bills in their mouths. The strippers
would dance up to them with a smile,
perhaps trying to be sexy or rum them on
in some way, taking the money out of the
women's mouths with their teeth and
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giving them a kiss on their mouths or
cheeks. One woman must have paid at
least $20 for 10 kisses.
Other women sat in complete awe
with their hands dangling over the side
of the stage. I've never seen so many
happy women in one room in all my life.
At about 11 :30 p.m. my mother paid
$7 for a stripper to table dance for me.
The guy looked to be about four foot
seven, with brown shoulder-length hair
and a built body. One thing 1 admired
was his constant, intense eye contact, but
hisdancingwasmediocre, like the rest of
the strippers.
About half an hour later, I actually
felt a bit deceived when I saw the same
stripper doing the same dance for an-
other girl in the " champagne room." For
$20 you apparently get a more intimate
room, couches and the stripper's undi-
vided attention. Thewomen in this room
looked like they were very serious about
the whole encounter.
The last act was something to remem-
ber. The host auctioned off a chance to
wash a man with a sponge in a pool of
water. Water splashedon him from a bag
full of water hooked on the ceiling with a
shower head attached to it.
In the end, a woman paid $65 to wash
his body down. A slow song played with
the words, "So baby, turn out the lights .
1 felt strange when 1 caught another
stripper staring at me. I couldn 't tell if he
was sincerely interested in me or he just
wanted me to pay to kiss him or table
dance forme.
The thought disturbed me.
For my first time at such ah establish-
ment, it was entertaining to watch the
women screeching with glee, but 1
wouldn't want to be a regular.
I think I'll just stick to the normal
Ottawa bars, where the guys keep their
clothes on. □
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.Nov. 5
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Everything is just "great," according
to |as Campbell, co-founder and vocalist
of Rail TEC.
That's his response to my first few
guestions. Then he asks, "Am 1 being too
vague?"
There's no real reason why he should
answerinanyother way. Since its forma-
tion two years ago. Rail TEC has scored a
number of remarkable achievements,
including being a winner in the 1992
New Music Search, touring for two weeks
in the U.K., being showcased at Much
West in Vancouver and at the New Music
Seminar in New York City, and playing
in Toronto with such high-profile alter-
native acts as Curve and Carter USM.
Although there are five people in the
band, Rail TEC was originally intended
to be a duo. Co-founders Campbell and
William Broad had been friends for a
number of years, playing with various
bands around Toronto. Sick of the inter-
nal politics that plague so many groups,
they sat down with the idea of doing
something together.
One of the first songs they wrote was
"Guilty," an infectious mix of samples
and beats,. combined with Campbell's
distinctive vocals. That song was an in-
stant hit, and earned them a place on the
CFNY New Music compilation CD. CFNY
adopted Rail TEC as one of its favorite
local bands, giving it regular airplay and
exposure to Toronto listeners.
Rail TEC's line-up expanded during
this time. Currently, itincludes Campbell,
Broad, bassist Jeff Thompson, drummer
Pauline Hurlock (formerly of Acid Test)
and keyboardist Barb Castelvi. They
plan to keep it this way because, accord-
ing to Campbell, "The chemistry in the
band is so great that we could never add
another member. Right now we're all in
the same mindset and it just clicks."
After playing just five shows in To-
ronto last year, Rail TEC had the oppor-
tunity to spend a couple of weeks in the
U.K., playing a few shows and experienc-
ing the scene. Campbell describes the
experience as "just brilliant. We were
based in a town called Crew in central
northern England, not far from Liverpool
and Manchester. The bands and people
there were just phenomenal and a lot of
people were really going out of their way
to help us out."
The night after their return to To-
ronto, the band opened for Carter USM.
Rail TEC was also featured at music
industry shows in New York in 1 993 and
Vancouver in 1992. While Campbell re-
members the Vancouvershow as being a
really great time, he describes the New
York experience as "freaky. We took a
wrong rum on the way there and ended
up going through the heart of Harlem in
avanfullofallorgear. Some of it was like
things you see on TV."
It is experiences like this, he says,
which influence the band's sound more
than other bands do because it's things
like this that he remembers when he sits
down to write.
Rail TEC's debut full-length release,
Never Coming Down, was released this
fall. It contains the first singles "Guilt,"
"I'm So High" and the title track.
Never Coming Down was designed to be
listened to in its entirety. Campbell ex-
plains that this is why the songs fade into
one another throughout.
"It's not just singles and filler. Bill and
I discussed how when we were young you
would listen to the whole side of one
album and then flip it over and listen to
the other side. Everything flows."
For this reason, on the CD release, the
only break on the entire recording is right
in the middle.
Rail TEC has been labelled a dance
band, partially due to the success of its
highly danceable first single. The truth
is, the album has songs that portray the
band's wide spectrum of influences and
experiments. The music is the type that
creeps up on you and then stays stuck in
your head long after the album finishes.
□
These band types look awfully moody, don't they?
20 • The Charlatan • November 4, 1993
fames
Laid
Polygram
This release, produced by Brian Eno,
has taken James in an entirely new direc-
tion.
The album is less synthesized but still
maintains this Manchester band's folkish
quality. Tim Booth brings his longing
voice, with its falsettos and drops.
lames has been around since the early
eighties (formed in 1983), when they
enjoyed a degree of success under the
Factory record label, but the recent addi-
tions of keyboardist Mark Hunter and
violinist Saul Davies have broadened their
sound and helped bring in their larger
audience.
The lyrics still deal with love and mys-
ticism, but now there seems to be more
spirit to the music. There's an uplifting
quality to many of the songs on this
album. If s very easy to hum along to
"Laid" and "Low, Low, Low" is being
considered as the British soccer chant for
the 1994 World Cup.
Slowly James is becoming recognized
as one of the most innovative bands in
the rock industry. The incredible thing is
that there is still so much room for them
to grow.
Ron Orol
Pet Shop Boys
VERY
EMI
Let's face it: the Pet Shop Boys are the
eighties.
No other group has put together such
a mindless, dancy repertoire of pure pop
celebrating indulgence and lust.
And even though the eighties are fi-
nally over with, the Pet Shop Boys haven't
changed a bit. Their latest album's title
consists of a single enigmatic word and
the music is still overindulgent pop, re-
plete with synthesizers, drum machines
and the like.
The beauty of their music — and this
recording is no exception — is that it
sounds like it was all recorded at the
same time. "Can You Forgive Her," "A
Different Point of View," and "Go West"
are classic PSB tunes, mainly because
they sound like all the earlier hits. A
special treat is the unbalanced "Yester-
day, When I Was Mad."
This album is the soundtrack for the
nineties' revival of the eighties.
Blayne Haggart
Rose Chronicles
Dead and Gone to Heaven
Nettwerk
In their press release, Rose Chronicles
say they have a real feel for their songs,
but this is anything but obvious by the
sound of their music.
Don't mistake me — vocalist Kirsty
Thirsk has a beautiful voice, resembling
Sinead O'Connor's. Unfortunately, her
voice doesn't suit the band's style at all.
Rose Chronicles's sound is rather
rockish, exhausting the lead guitar as
the primary instrument. Thirsk could do
some amazing things with a solo career
or, at the very least, with a style of music
that suits her voice.
The first song is titled "Awaiting Eter-
nity." A more appropriate title would
have been "A Painful Eternity, " seeing as
how the song stretches on for nearly six
minutes of listening hell. The next three
songs follow basically the same poorly
put together format — heavy guitars
combined with a lot of drums.
Over all the lyrical sound is impres-
sive; they've combined angelic vocals
with some superbly written lyrics. It's a
real shame that the band didn't work
harder at creating a more suited instru-
mental backdrop for the intense vocal
sound.
This group has been together for only
a year and a half. They need to take some
time out and not just fine tune, but rear-
range their soundso that it's better suited
to Thirsk's voice, which is their single
asset.
Realistically, success takes a lot of
time and this is one band that definitely
needs to pay its dues.
Gavin Power
The Stoaters
Keep the Head
Turtle Records
Although the Stoaters call Vancouver
home, it is their Scottish and Irish roots
that form the base for their unique and
increasingly popular sound.
Their music is difficult to categorize; it
blends Celtic and folk sensibilities with a
hard rock edge and an energy that is
purely punk.
Hard to believe? After hearing the
hard-driven guitar mingle seamlessly
with traditional mandolin and violin,
doubt is quickly replaced by apprecia-
tion. Keep the Head is a welcome combi-
nation of solid musicianship and pas-
sionate vocals that is immediately en-
dearing to any fan of energetic, danceable
music.
The lyrics themselves are simple yet
compellingly narrative. Always intelli-
gent, many songs have obvious political
overtones with roots in Irish, Scottish and
Canadian society.
However, the Stoaters are not guilty of
taking themselves too seriously, enjoy-
ing a punch-line and an energetic reel or
jig equally as much as making a point.
Although often likened to such bands
as the Pogues and Spirit of the West, the
Stoaters have a distinct sound. The only
thing they have in common with these
bands is their fusion of traditional and
contemporary musical styles.
Energy is contagious, and the Stoaters
are guilty of spreading the condition. The
primary symptom of their music is an
overwhelming desire to get up and dance.
Keep the Head is an impressive debut
release that will set traditional folk on its
ear and crowds of people on their feet.
Mike Peters
Violent Femmes
Addit Up (1981-1993)
Slash Records
Buy this album. If you're a fan of this
quintessential garage band, thafs the
only advice I can give you. The latest
offering from the Milwaukee trio of
Gordon Gano (vocals, guitar), Brian
Ritchie (bass), and Victor Delorenzo (per-
cussion), takes a look back at the band's
12-year history.
Although itcontains samplings of each
of their four major releases, Add it Up
(1981-1993), is not simply a "best-of"
release. It contains many tracks that
have never been released, as well as
obscure B-sides that true fans will appre-
ciate to no end. The album includes live
versions of their angst- ridden ballads "Kiss
Off" and " Add it Up, " as well as immortal
selections like "Blister in the Sun" and
"American Music."
If you have not previously been ex-
posed to Brian Ritchie's playful bass
rhythms and Gano's innocentiy passion-
ate vocals, then this is the perfect oppor-
tunity to experience the passion, the
anger and the intensity that is the Vio-
lent Femmes.
Mike Peters
Just exactly what is a Juice Pig? Don't ask us
by Mike Peters
Criarfalan Staff
Corky and the Juice Pigs is a Toronto-
based comedy group with sights set far
higher than the Yuk Yuk's comedy cir-
cuit.
Six short years after their debut in a
local Toronto contest, Sean Cullen, Phil
Nichol and Greg Neale make up one of
the most sought-after comedy acts in the
world.
Although this might sound like an
exaggeration, their resume will easily
quell any doubts. Their self-titled inde-
pendent CD, released this summer, has
sold over 2,000 copies and appeared in
the top five on indie charts in three Cana-
dian cities.
Plus, they've made appearances on
numerous television programs, at the
lust For Laughs comedy festival in Mon-
treal and in hundreds of theatres and
clubs all over the world.
Their act is difficult to describe. While
it is musically based, this is not merely a
novelty comedy band. Although much of
theiract is filled with theirtrademark off-
the-cuff stream of consciousness improv,
they are not merely an improv act. They
are masters of sketch, musical and physi-
cal comedy, ranging from silly to
undescribably hilarious.
The Juice Pigs would certainly be
lynched if they discriminated in choos-
ing their victims, but luckily, they pride
themselves on making fun of absolutely
everybody, including themselves. This
quality makes them float above the ocean
of political correctness. Songs like "Burn
Victim Girl" and "Panda" (with the cho-
rus "The pandas must die") best exem-
plify their satiric bent.
The Juice Pigs have Just returned from
Great Britain where they made their third
appearance at the prestigious Edinburgh
Fringe Festival.
"Corky was very well-received," says
manager Lome Perlmutar, in an under-
statement which borders on comedy in
itself.
Not only were they one of seven final-
ists for "The Perrier," Britain's most
sought-after comedy award, but the stir
they created was sogreatthattheyhadto
postpone an Australian tour to extend
their stay three extra weeks.
They also found the time to record a
pilot show for BBC Radio 1 which was
broadcast last month and received such
a favorable response that there seems no
doubt that Corky and the luice Pigs' Circus
of Freaks will become a regular addition
to BBC-1 by January or February.
Despite the overwhelming interna-
tional success, it isn't easy being a Cana-
dian comedy group, explains Greg Neale.
He says he loves Canada and prefers to
work at home, but that "comedians have
to go where the offers are." Canada, he
says, Just doesn't provide the environ-
ment for developing comics.
Neale can't really explain this phe-
nomenon, but notes, "Comedy isn't taken
very seriously in Canada. In Britain, they
have very old comedy — that is they
come from a background of great per-
formers like Monty Python. Comedy is
considered just as respectable as serious
music and drama. Thafs how it should
be. We are artists."
Neale says exposure to the interna-
tional comedy scene has "broadened our
view of comedy and exposed us to differ-
ent styles." He notes that "our comedy
has defiantly matured from when we
started out — not to say we're mature.
We're still idiots."
How then, can one describe Corky and
the Juice Pigs?
"Well," Neale starts cautiously, "It's
hard even for us to describe to us. 1
suppose you could call us surreal thrash
comedy. Or just some guys who can't get
any other work." □
Those wacky wacky Juice Pigs.
November 4, 1993 • The Charlatan • 21
Good 'toons, bad story; better take a miss
overrated and that the only way for Hal- " ' --<-—■ ■■■■■
by M.G. Comlno
Charlatan Staff
The Nightmare Before Christmas^
Directed by Tim Burton
The director responsible for Beetlejuice,
Batman and Pee Wee's Big Adventure is
back, with one of the more creative and
recent movies that critics seem to be
salivating in buckets about.
In this animated epic, Burton tells the
story of Pumpkin King Jack Skellington
who, upon stumbling into Christmas
Town, decides to take over Christmas.
He spends a lot of time trying to derive
a scientific explanation for Christmas,
before concluding that the holiday is
loween to receive the attention it de-
serves is by taking over Christmas and
eventually putting his own touches on it.
Already aware of the critical raves
surrounding this movie, I was anticipat-
ing a freaky and undeniably interesting
artistic flick.
Toes up, then, for the pleasant and
impressive animation. And if Burton
geared the movie towards those 15 and
under, the toes stay up longer.
But to say this flick will hold an adult's
attention would bea lie. Children's shows
like The Simpsons and Tiny Toons work for
adults and kids, but this is not one of
them.
Most of the audience appeared to be
15 or younger and quite easy to please.
w£u TwiQn- ? givl?9 ?way 20 double passes to Carlito's
" Ti^^il00 to the &rst 20 people to make their
way" (heh heh) up to our office in Room 531 Unicentre
and name three movies that Pacino guy has starred in
They seemed to take advantage of every
single possibility to laugh. It should be
mentioned thata twenty-something man
cursed in dissatisfaction once the movie
finished.
The story may not seem too logical at
first and soon improves temporarily, but
then has you wondering impatiently
when exactly the movie will end.
There are some impressive scenes to
watch for, such as Jack Skellington walk-
ing off the anteater-shaped cliff, the
musical instruments, the spider-like way
Skellington walks, the cotton-puffs of
smoke exhaled by the train in Christmas
Town, a two-faced mayor and the mar-
vellous toys Halloween Town concocts
for Christmas.
What will seem obvious to adults is
that there's too much singing. The begin-
ning of the movie is similar to the
Munchkin bit in the Wizard of Oz. As
characters started sining solos, I was re-
minded of Jeremy (the orange, furry sing-
ing bear, that can "do most anything").
I would definitely have enjoyed seeing
more character development. But I guess
you're not going to get this in a flick
aimed at the under-15 crowd.
It's scary to think that some people
would pay eight bucks to see this trendy
less-than-an-hour-and-a-half flick.
Trendy and cute are the two adjectives
that best describe this movie. Bring kids
to see it. If you feel you would be missing
out on too much by not going, at least see
it on a Tuesday.
The biggest problem I had with this
movie was that I had been exposed to
exultingly favorable media coverage.
Sure, it was different and imaginative,
but a good movie should constitute more
than that: it should have a stronger, less
obvious storyline. □
The Twilight Rituals'
Meaning of Life
by Ron Orol
Charlatan Staff
If you end up talking to Grant
Davidson Ford, the lead singer for the
Toronto four-piece Twilight Rituals, ex-
pect tobe barraged with so many thoughts
that it feels as if a train hit you.
At a recent show at Zaphod's, just
before he and bandmates Thomas Payne
(guitars, vocals), Howie Beck (drums,
vocals) and Dennis Mohammed (bass)
took to the stage, it was almost impossi-
ble to get Ford to talk about his music. Ail
he really wanted to talk about was his
high moral standards and what was go-
ing wrong with society.
Grant was wearing a black, French
cap which he constantly fidgeted with,
his hand moved constantly as he tried to
convey his ideals to me.
Twilight Rituals has a fairly unique
history for an up-and-coming Canadian
guitar-rock band. Ford, originally from
Ottawa, met up with the rest of the mem-
bers of his group backstage at a "blah"
Jeff Healey concert.
After that, the Rituals braved the club
scenes all over Toronto for a year before
getting signed to EMI. Plus, they've just
got back from touring Russia, which was
a learning experience.
"The bands there are really cool be-
cause they actually have something to
fight against," he says.
Thus began his history lesson. "In the
past Russians lived in bunkers, creating
all sorts of underground newspapers and
concerts. I hove so much respect for their
bands because they were living on the
edge; anything they did against the gov-
ernment and they would be sent to Sibe-
ria."
This trip to Russia had a great impact
on Ford, who believes Russians help their
"brothers" out and this "community"
attitude is evident in much of his music.
"Canadians have an uncaring atti-
tude towards community — we are born
and bred to an empty bullshit realm. In
big urban centres many people are pushed
together and create walls obstructing their
neighbors."
Fed up with this "urban" mentality,
Ford explains how he is not living the life
he wants to be living, but there are cer-
tain economic realities he has to deal
with.
"The band is really hot right now and
we could get even more popular but that
will never bring me the kind of lifestyle I
want to be living. I want to cross a moun-
tain, travel on my bicycle, get out of town
and hit a stream or ocean."
Ford spent a long time searching for a
band and he thinks its members have
gelled together. "I've always wanted to
be a team player," he says. "Bands that
have this quality work together in such a
way that could not ever be reproduced by
an individual. Sometimes Thomas (on
guitar) would come up with a melodic
hook and I would carve away at it and
together we would come up with a lyric."
Ford gives the impression that there is
equal distribution of power among all
the members, but doh't get the wrong
idea. Ford is the driving force behind the
Rituals. It his strong voice which is the
key to the Rituals' recent successes.
"Working with other band members is
hard," he says. "Every member has dif-
ferent goals and perspectives. We're try-
ing to pull it all together to make some-
thing more than just catchy pop tunes.
"The lyrics are important. I am trying
to get a message across, but it's more
than that. The music with the lyrics to-
gether is the most importantthing. Hope-
fully the songs will give you something to
reminisce about, possibly good times,
maybe differenttimes. Thisqualityofthe
music is important also."
Well, after an evening of heavy intel-
lectual conversation, I was happy to just
sit back and enjoy their tunes in what
was a fine performance. Here's to remi-
niscing with the Rituals. □
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Thursday, November 4 Sunday, November 7
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4 TO
Bob's Your Uncle, a Canadian band
that seems to be popular with the kids,
has its CD release gig at Zaphod's to-
night. Cover is $7.
Jan Fabre, the bad boy of European
dance, brings his dance piece Da un'altra
faccia del tempo to the National Arts
Centre tonight and tomorrow at 8:30
p.m.
Friday; November 5
Queen Ida and Her Zydeco Band
close out what has been a fantastic See
and Hear the World series tonight at 8
p.m. Go to the Grand Hall in the Na-
tional Museum of Civilization and
enjoy yourselves. Tickets are $ 16 for stu-
dents.
Carleton's lunchtime concert series
moves onward, with soprano Rhoda
Pendleton, accompanied by a pianist, a
clarinet player (clarinetist? -ed.) and a
flautist. It's at 12:30 p.m. in the Alumni
Theatre.
Farewell, My Concubine, winner of
this year's Palme D'Or at the Cannes
Film Festival, is, by all accounts, an ex-
cellent example of Chinese film at its
best. It's playing at the Bytowne today
through Sunday, Nov. 14 atvarious times
so you have no excuse for missing this
fine film.
Saturday, November 6
Cracker, whose Kerosene Hat album
has been playing non-stop here at The
Charlatan, open for Soul Asylum to-
night at the Congress Centre. Tickets
are $18 through Ticketmaster.
Or if (God forbid) you'd rather do
something else, Ottawa's Studio Opera
Guild is presenting An Evening of Opera
at 8 p.m. in Tabaret Hall at the Univer-
sity of Ottawa. Tickets for students are
$10, available at the door.
Here's an event you can tell your grand-
children about. The cast of the Degrassi
rip-off Northwood will be in town, mak-
ing an appearance at the Bayshore
mall this afternoon. Dust off your auto-
graph books.
Want to spend almost six hours in a
darkened room with strangers? Then head
down to the M ayfair and check out the
testosterone-laden triple bill of 'Hard
Target, Army of Darkness and The
Thing. The fun starts at 7 p.m.
Or if your tolerance for movies is even
greater, head down to Mike's Place for
a B-Movie/Cult Film Festival. Two
bucks gets you in. This CKCU fundraiser
runs from 1 p.m. "'til we can't take it
anymore," says CKCU production type
Peter Vamos.
For everyone who's too cool to go to
the Soul Asylum show, there's a three-
band hardcore show at Ottawa U's Cafe
Alternatif . San Francisco's Naked Ag-
gression headlines, with opening acts
Foreground and Peyolte. Tickets are
$6 at the door and the fun starts at 7:30
p.m.
Give your parents a call. Tell them
how you spend all your evenings study-
ing. Beg for cash.
Monday, November 8
As part of their cult movie Mondays,
the Mayf air presents the first two instal-
ments of La Cage Aux Folles, starting, as
always, at 7 p.m.
Amanda Miller's Pretty Ugly Dance
Company performs innovative dance
at the NAC Theatre at 8:30 p.m. to-
night. Tickets are $17 and $22.
Tuesday, November 9
Here it is: The Charlatan's reading tip
of the week, courtesy of production man-
ager Kevin McKay, who — contrary to all
rumors — never touched that beagle. Of
Timothy Findley's Famous last
Words, he says, "A fine example of
historiographicmetafiction (onecanguess
what McKay's major is. -ed.).Findley forces
the reader to evaluate the value of truth
andhistory in our lives in this World War
II fiction."
It's a Battle of the Decades Dance
at Oliver's tonight. For $ 3 you can dance
to the music of the '60s, '70s and '80s (this
sounds suspiciously like a commercial for a
certain boring local radio station that just
recently switched its format to all-talk -ed.).
Come dressed in the garb of your favorite
decade to win prize stuff. This is, by the
way, another benefit for CKCU.
Wednesday, November
10
The Walk perform across town some-
where deep within the bowels of the
University of Ottawa.
On In A Mellow Tone (CKCU 93.1 FM
at 9 p.m.), Ron Sweetman plays records
he purchased in Toronto.
Thursday, November
11
13 Engines headline tonight and to-
morrow at Zaphod's. Opening tonight
is Toronto's excellent femmecore outfit
Chickenmilk. Cover is $7.
It's the overpriced concert of the year:
Spirit of the West with Andrew Cash
and the little ones. Tickets for this
Congress Hall show are $21. (.It's too
bad the show's so expensive; Spirit of the
West is one of the best live bands around -
ed.)
If you've got a listing you
want to appear in this
handy calendar, drop us a
line at Room 531 Unicentre
during regular office hours
or fax us at 788-4051. List-
ings must be in by the
Friday before publication.
Hey Kids! It's The Charlatan's first ever
entertainment poll.
It's simple and fun to do. lust fill out the survey, along with your name and phone
number and drop it off in the special polling box at The Charlatan, Room 531
Unicentre. The final deadline is 3 p.m. Friday, Nov. 26.
The Charlatan will publish the results in our last issue of the term on Dec. 2.
Plus, as an added incentive to enter, each week we'll be having a random draw for
neat stuff. This week's prize is Corky and the Juice Pigs' excellent new CD! So
have some fun and get your entry up to our office as soon as possible. The deadline
for this first fine giveaway is 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 9.
Charlatan staff are eligible for the poll but not the contest.
Good luck!
1. Favorite music group 10. Most notorious meat market
2. Best local band
11. Favorite campus hangout
3. Dumbest band name
12. Favorite alcoholic beverage
4. The best concert of the year 13. Body partthat looksbest pierced
5. The worst concert of the year 14. Cheeziest pick-up line
6. Best album of the year
7. Worst album of the year
8. Best live Ottawa club
9. Best bar in town
15. Favorite place you've had sex on
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Students should be graduated students or senior undergraduates.
Deadline for applications; November 30th, 1993 unless otherwise indicated:
United States:
-State University of New York (SUNY) system
-University of Massachusetts
University of Copenhagen (DIS)
Poland
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University of Bradford (Business students only)
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Mexico
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NEWS
Labor ruling reaction mixed
by Brent Dowdall
Charlatan Starr
The Carletort University Students' As-
sociation and its employees are still try-
ing to determine the impact of the On-
tario Labor Relations Board decision re-
leased Nov. 2.
The board ruled 2-1 to automatically
unionize all of CUSA's 340 full- and part-
time employees as a bargaining unit in
the Canadian Union of Public Employees
Local 1281.
Over the summer, some CUSA service
co-ordinators tried to organize. CUSA fired
Student Academic Action Bureau co-
ordinator Wayne Ross July 15 and the
Carleton Women's Centre co-ordinator
Renee Twaddle on July 29.
At a hearing of the Ontario Labor
Relations Board in late August, CUPE
asked the board to reinstate Ross and
Twaddle and for automatic certification
of the union. CUSA presented no evi-
dence and called no witnesses at the
hearing.
The case is precedent-setting because
it is the first time the board has ruled
under Section 9.2 of the Ontario Labor
Relations Act. The section, which came
into effect Jan. 1, says the board can
order automatic certification of a bar-
gaining unit if it finds an employer inter-
fered with the "true wishes" of employees
regarding unionization.
The majority decision, dated Oct. 29,
was written by board vice-chair Laura
Trachuk.
She writes that evidence presented by
CUPE "supports the allegations that the
responding party embarked on a scheme
of harassment and intimidation of un-
ion organizers and supporters."
Trachuk writes that firing Twaddle
and Ross "wouldhave a chilling effect on
the members of the bargaining unit by
demonstrating to them that CUSA is pre-
pared to use its economic powerto penal-
ize employees who seek to exercise their
rights under the Act, and makes it un-
likely that their true wishes may be ascer-
tained."
In a dissenting opinion, board mem-
ber William Correll wrote that automatic
certification was not a good idea be-
cause, as students, the employees and
employer both have short-term positions
and not much experience in those posi-
tions. Correll cited the "lack of manage-
ment experience among the members of
the executive" as one reason Ross and
Twaddle were fired.
Correll also cited "the ineptness of the
organizing campaign by the employ-
ees," mentioning that the organizers
approached only a few people outside of
a core group and held secret meetings
during working hours.
CUSA employees are trying to sort out
what the decision means for them.
Matt Cummings, an employee in the
Unicentre Arcade, says the union is a
"great idea as long as both sides keep it in
perspective and neitherside gets too mili-
tant. I was content before and the union
won't affect me much, and if it works out
I'm all for it," he says.
Monique Rosteius, part of Rooster's
bar staff, says "it would be really nice if
CUSA let us know what is going on. Half
the time our bosses don't even know
what CUSA has decided."
Other employees say they don't know
much about what unionization means.
The decision means CUSA and its
employees will begin negotiations on a
collective agreement and has to post
notices which inform employees of their
rights.
CUSA finance commissioner Rene
Faucher says the negotiations will have
to define every position and department
in the association.
"Everything's from scratch and it all
has to be done in conjunction with the
local so it will take a long time," he says.
Faucher says the labor dispute has
slowed CUSA's usual operations down.
"In all this shuffle about job descrip-
tions and unionizing, people have lost
track of the overall aim of the associa-
tion, that is, the proper operation and
administration of services, centres,' and
businesses so that students get the most
out of them per dollar, " Faucher says.
"1 really, truly believe that a lot of
work that would have been done on
behalf of the students at Carleton and
that would have benefited students was
put on the backbumer," he says.
Faucher says he is concerned a collec-
tive agreement would not permit part-
time positions, where sometimes CUSA
hires a person for the length of time
needed to complete a project.
If the agreement is not "flexible
enough" to hire short-term employees,
Faucher says those projects may not get
done.
CUSA President Lucy Watson repeated
her earlier statements that CUSA wanted
the board to order a vote of all employees
on whether to join a union or not, instead
of automatically certifying all CUSA
employees.
But Ross says Watson couldn't care
less about a vote.
"If one should wish to have a vote,
then why would one intimidate people
and restrict them from being able to
express their opinions on a union freely?
Hence, she (Watson) has compromised a
vote. The labor board seems to agree with
me," Ross says.
Arts councillor John Edwards says the
executive could have handled the situa-
tion better.
He says CUSA should have given a
reason for firing Ross and Twaddle be-
sides "just cause."
"I think they bungled it," says Edwards,
" For a lot of the summer they (the execu-
tive) were obsessed with it and unfortu-
nately I don't think anything else has
gotten done during the summer."
In June, Janet Burrows, a co-ordinator
of the Carleton Disability Awareness Cen-
tre, wrote a letter with the other co-
ordinator Sheryl Ananny to other service
co-ordinators saying they couldn't sup-
port a union drive at that time. At the
time, Burrows said it was because "notall
service co-ordinators were invited or in-
cluded in union meetings."
Burrows says both CUSA and the serv-
ice co-ordinators have spent energy on
the labor dispute instead of on providing
services.
"We spent the whole summer and a
good part of the early fall involved in
court cases and negotiations," says Bur-
rows.
"We've been very consumed by the
dealing of a union and we haven't re-
solved stuff that should have been re-
solved months ago, in terms of organiza-
tion and in terms of knowing what each
other's services are doing."
In September, Watson estimated the
total cost to CUSA from the hearings at
$2,500. She now says the hearings will
cost CUSA "closer to $5,000."
Faucher told The Charlatan in October
that CUSA's legal bill for labor matters
up to but not including the August board
hearings was $ 1 7,793.81 and that CUSA
had budgeted $30,000 for legal fees for
the year.
"The legal budget is probably toast,"
says Edwards. "I hope it doesn't mean
more cuts in services but we have to find
the money to pay for (the legal bill) ". □
Hate Week passes some by
by David Hodges
Charlatan Staff
Although Hate Hurts Week took place
from Nov. 1 to Nov. 4, some students say
they didn't even know it occurred.
The week is supposed to raise aware-
ness among students about various forms
of discrimination..
There were six events advertised, in-
cluding a talk about homophobia and
racism by Makeda Silvera, the'National
Film Board film Wisecracks about female
comedians, an Ottawa Police forum on
hate crimes, a discussion on homophobia
and fear of people with disabilities, a
lecture on women and AIDS, and a film
about the persecution of witches called
Burning Times.
But some students say the event was
poorly publicized.
" I didn 't hear anything about it. There
wasn't enough promotion," says Adeel
Ahmed, a third-yearpsychology student.
There were about 40 people at the
Silvera talk, about 20 at the hate crimes
forum and 20 at the discussion on
homophobia and disabilities, says Peter
Nogalo, co-ordinator of the Gay, Lesbian
and Bisexual Centre.
While most co-ordinators say they saw
the value of the events, Nogalo says a
better job could have been done with the
planning.
"The events went pretty well, but the
organization could have been better.
Events were not well publicized," says
Nogalo.
"Hate Hurts Week lacked in planning
this year," says Heather Farrow, a co-
ordinator of the Ontario Public Interest
Research Group at Carleton. "(The week)
was pretty successful, butthere was room
for improvement," she says.
"In the middle of midterms, it'sapoor
time to hold Hate Hurts Week. You can't
expect students to have time for extra
events, " says Troy Ross, a third-year psy-
chology student.
Theresa Cowan, CUSA's director of
services, says Hate Hurts Week wasn't
planned until October.
Adding to the confusion was the in-
correct date given in CUSA's day plan-
ner. It says Hate Hurts Week started on
Nov. 8.
'It was (due to) a miscommunication,"
says Cowan.
Sheryl Ananny, a co-ordinator of the
Carleton Disability Awareness Centre,
says Hate Hurts Week was first talked
about on Sept. 30 at a meeting to discuss
upcoming events.
"Hate Hurts Week didn't get going
until October. It was late. Word didn't get
out to students as well as it could have,"
says Janet Burrows, a CDAC co-ordinator.
Renee Twaddle, co-ordinator of the
Carleton Women's Centre, says shedidn't
think Hate Hurts Week was poorly or-
HATE cont'd on page 4
Camel clippin' in
Cairo. . . wish we
were there. Bet they
have no midterms
in Egypt.
arts
21
classifieds
24
features
14
national
7
news
3
opinion
11
sports
17
November 11, 1993 • The Charlatan ■ 3
Fee increase opponents miss deadline
by Anthony Pangalos
Charlatan Staff
Some students are saying the referen-
dum campaign about fee increases to the
Canadian Federation of Students was
one-sided.
But the Carleton University Students'
Association says it conducted the refer-
endum by the books.
The CFS researches student issues, acts
as a lobby group for students and pro-
vides services like Travel Cuts for stu-
dents. It is also a member of the Interna-
tional Union of Students, which helps
defend student rights.
On Nov. 9 and 10, students voted in a
referendum on whether or not to in-
crease their fees to the Canadian Federa-
tion of Students by $4. The results of the
vote were not available at press time but
will be posted in the CUSA office Nov. 11.
A Yes vote will increase student fees to
CFS by $2 and to CFS-Ontario by $2 as
well. A No vote will leave the fees at $4
and $3 respectively.
A Yes committee officially lobbied stu-
dents for support to increase the fees, but
there was no official representation on
behalf of the No side.
After missing the Nov. 2 deadline to
register as a committee with CUS A's chief
electoral officer, a group of students sup-
porting the No side was not allowed to
campaign officially for the referendum.
Daren Givoque, chairof the unofficial
No committee and a former CUSA coun-
cillor, said the referendum was conducted
unfairly, because No supporters weren't
allowed to participate.
Official recognition as a campaign
committee gives each side $ 150 to spend
on their campaign. It also allows a com-
mittee to put up posters. Any posters not
stamped by the chief electoral officer are
taken down.
"Everybody is playing by the rules,"
said Rob Jamieson, CUSA's vice-presi-
dent internal. "It has been a completely
leqal and fair referendum. The opportu-
3
A student makes his mark at a polling booth.
Section 7.2 of CUSA's electoral code
states that the chief electoral officer must
publicize the date and time of an organ-
izing meeting for any Yes and No com-
mittee conducted during a referendum at
leastfourschool days before the meeting,
in The Charlatan and on posters.
James Rilett, CUSA's chief electoral
officer, said the referendum was run fairly.
He said an ad ran in The Charlatan Oct.
28, publicizing the Nov. 2 No committee
organizing meeting and the meeting was
publicized at two CUSA council meetings
on Oct. 18 and Oct. 26,
"I see nothing wrong with it constitu-
tionally," he said. "(CUSA) checked with
me before they did anything."
On Nov. 7, the unofficial No commit-
tee posted about 800 posters which were
almost all torn down the next day, said
Givoque. He said the No committee also
lobbied classrooms and tried to inform
students about the No side at the voting
booths.
Rilett said he asked the No supporters
to stop campaigning near the booths,
nized as a committee and they were
given the chance to and they never did, "
said Rilett. "Some people say it's not fair.
My hands are tied and where were they a
week ago? It's not that big a deal to come
to one meeting or even to let me know
they were interested in it."
Givoque criticized CUSA President Lucy
Watson for distributing pro-CFS pam-
phlets during the campaign, but Watson
said it's the association 's responsibility to
inform students.
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"We have an obligation to make sure
the information gets out to the students.
We don't have an obligation to run a No
committee or encourage people to come
out to a No committee. That option was
open for students and they chose not to
take it," said Watson.
"What I am distributing is what the
federation puts out and I specifically have
an obligation to make sure students have
that information because we are a mem-
ber school." ,
CFS chair Carl Gillis justified the need
for an increase.
"We haven't had a fee increase since
1 98 1 and over the years the cost of fight-
ing for students becomes more and more
i expensive," said Gillis. "We continue to
| work and lobby the government and the
j fighting is hard when you don't have the
= money."
Kim Newton, chair of the Yes commit-
tee, said "ideally what we would like to
have happen is to have no financial
barriers to post-secondary education."
But Givoque questioned the effective-
ness of the CFS, noting that although
Carleton has been a member for the past
12 years, tuition fees have increased by at
least 120 per cent.
"If we were not there, tuition fees will
be more than if we were not there," Gillis
said. "You have to have somebody fight-
ing for this issue and if we're not, who
will?" □
SECURITY BRIEFS
Security seeks
assault witnesses
by Brandie Weikle
Charlatan Staff
The department of university safety is
looking for people who may have wit-
nessed the assault of a female student on
Tuesday, Nov. 2.
The student was approached at about
2:30 in the afternoon in a high-traffic
area of the tunnels near the Steacie Build-
ing, says Len Boudreault, the depart-
ment's assistant director.
Her assailant grabbed her, kissed her
on the lips, threatened to harm her if she
screamed and then ran off, says
Boudreault.
"There have got to be witnesses," he
says. The victim described the assailant
as a white male about 20 years old, five
foot 11 with a medium build and blond
hair that is long on top and short on the
sides, says Boudreault.
He was wearing a white shirt, blue
jeans, a jean jacket and was clean-shaven,
says Boudreault.
A safety poster publicizing the inci-
dent says the assailant's first name is
Adam. Boudreault says the victim be-
lieves her assailant is a student at Carle-
ton.
"We'll be interested in hearing from
anyone who thinks that they might know
this individual or who thinks they can
identify this person," says Boudreault.
The case is under investigation by the
department and the Ottawa Police. □
Flasher seen in
Southam Hall
by Brandie Weikle
Charlatan Slaff
Carleton's incessant flasher problem
has not gone away.
A male entered the women's wash-
room on the fourth floor of Southam Hall
on Monday, Nov. 1 at 1:40 p.m., says
Boudreault.
The man indecently exposed himself
to the washroom's occupants before he
left the area, he says.
A safety poster says the assailant is a
Caucasian in his mid-20s with dark,
medium-length hair.
It says he is about six feet tall with a
medium build and was wearing a green
raincoat and white running shoes.
His description does not match that of
any of the previous flashers on campus,
says Boudreault. □
HATE cont'd from page 3
ganized.
"Although there is always last-minute
scrambling, I thought it was better or-
ganized than usual. We reached people
who were not aware of these issues and
weren't just preaching to the converted, "
says Twaddle.
Cowan says during the summer no-
body was interested or willing to help
organize the week.
Nogalo says Hate Hurts Week was
talked about vaguely during the summer
and that facilitator training and orienta-
tion for frosh week took priority with
him. "No real planning was going on (in
the summer)," he says.
Nobody tried to contact OP1RG about
planning Hate Hurts Week during the
summer, says Farrow.
"OPIRG wasn't invited at the begin-
ning, but more at the end," she says.
"Theresa tried to organize things and
nobody was willing to participate," says
Ananny.
Cowan had been "begging for input"
since the summer, but people were ignor-
ing her, says Ananny.
Twaddle says nothing is ever specifi-
cally organized in July.
"I agree that there is room for im-
provement, but (Hate Hurts Week) was
highly successful. Things are always last
minute," says Twaddle. □
4 • The Charlatan • November 11, 1993
4
Native playwright talks of despair and hope
by Andrea Wiebe
Cha/lalan Stan
Aboriginal playwright Tomson High-
way surprised his audience when he spoke
at Carleton on Nov. 4.
His speech was entitled "Rebuilding
Strong Communities: Aboriginal Self-
Govemment," but the title was much
more formal than the lecture.
Highway held a very informal talk
and was quite dramatic as he walked
around the stage in Porter Hall. He told
the crowd of about 200 people, using a lot
of personal anecdotes, what it was like to
be a Native person growing up in Canada.
" It was like we were sitting in his living
room and not in a lecture hall," said
Heidy Van Dyk, a second-year Canadian
Studies major.
Highway has written poetry, short sto-
ries, a novel, a screenplay, scripts for a TV
mini-series, as well as plays such as The
Rez Sisters and Dry Lips Oughta Move to
Kopuskasing.
The evening began with an entrance
song by the drumming group Big Stone
Singers to set the mood.
Highway, 41, wasborn ona Manitoba
reserve about 1 ,200 kilometres north of
Winnipeg. He said his reserve was as
poverty-stricken as Davis Inlet, an Innu
settlement in Newfoundland.
He was sent to The Pas, Man., at age
six where he began school. This is where
Highway says his "indoctrination ... at
the hands of the Roman Catholic church "
began in a residential school.
"We (Native children) were taught, as
five- and six-year-olds, that we had no
culture, no history, no past, our lan-
guages were third-rate, our culture was
third-rate, our lifestyle was third-rate . . .
and this other system of (European)
thought was better somehow," he said.
Highway said this cultural conflict
followed him throughout his life and
made him very lonely.
He said he didn't know why he felt
thatway until he realized, in his20s, that
he felt so lost because he had been forced
to give up his beliefs, which kept him
spiritually centred.
Highway spoke about the difference
between living in Toronto, where he has
lived for the past 15 years, and living on
the reserve. He said people living in the
city have losttheir spiritual roots because
they have so many material things they
have nothing left to want.
Highway also spoke about the rich-
ness of language.
"I want to be able to conquer Ojibway
and Spanish next. By the time I die, at
around 80 or 85, it's one of my ambitions
to be fluentin seven languages." He said
he speaks French, English and Cree.
Highway shared stories about his fam-
ily as well.
Hesaidhewasthesecondyoungestof
12 children in a family of 14. Only six
members of his family are still alive.
"Death was a constant presence," says
Highway.
However, Highway said he was very
happy as a child living on the reserve,
where he had a sense of balance.
"It was |ust us, and the land, and this
immense silence. It was so beautiful to
grow up that way," he said.
While his speech concentrated on spir-
ituality, Highway told many stories about
his life and how he got to where he is
today. "The only thing I want to offer to
you people this evening is hope," said
Highway.
He talked about how his father was a
caribou hunter, a fisherman and a trap-
per. "So to top it all off, I'm politically
Correction
In "TAs looking for a collec-
tive agreement" (The Charlatan,
No v. 4, 1993), figures cited as cur-
rent teaching assistant salaries
are in fact what are being asked
for in collective agreement nego-
tiations. Graduate teaching as-
sistants currently earn $6,471 for
260 hours of work or $24.89 an
hour. Undergraduate teaching as-
sistants earn $13.59 an hour. As
well, CUPE 2323's coUectiveagree-
ment expired Aug. 31, 1993, not
on Aug. 31, 1994, as stated in the
article. Q
incorrect," says Highway. "I also drink
beer and eat meat, and I'm crazy about
country and western music!"
But there certainly was a serious side
to his words.
"I thought he was fantastic," said
Amanda Gibbs, a student who attended
the lecture. "I had read a lot of Tomson
Highway's plays but I'd certainly never
heard him speak. I have seen his plays
performed as well.
"He has such intensity and such en-
ergy and he's just so, sort of, steeped in
performing that when he speaks to a
crowd like this it's really wonderful," she
said.
Diana Lester, also a student at Carle-
ton, said she enjoyed his speech. "He got
to the point, a couple of times, where he
didn't want to go on. It must be difficult
to reveal your whole life in front of about
400 people."
Highway left a big impression on the
audience, including Madeline Dion Stout,
the director of the Centre for Aboriginal
Research and Culture, who closed the
evening by saying Highway is "a really
cool cat." □
Rae says universities won 't get mote
by Franco D'Orazio
Charlatan Staff
Ontario universities should not ex-
pect any increases in funding from the
provincial government in the forseeable
future, Carleton University President
Robin Farquhar told the university's board
of governors in a meeting Oct. 27.
According to Farquhar, Premier Bob
Rae conveyed this at a recent meeting of
the Council of Ontario Universities.
"In an off-the -record remark, he (Rae)
confirmed that after the post-social-con-
tract era, the province will not be return-
ing to the old days," Farquhar said.
The social contract, otherwise known
as Bill 48, is the province's plan to save 52
billion a year for three years by cutting
wages, benefits and positions of nearly
one million publicsector workers, includ-
ing those at universities.
However, Farquhar explained, the
premier stressed that any new funds gen-
erated by tuition fee increases "should
not be used to increase the salaries of
(university officials), but should be
used to improve services for students."
Farquhar said he was told by On-
tario Education Minister Dave Cooke
last month to expect "some signifi-
cant raises in tuition fees next year."
Farquhar and Guy Caron, the presi-
dent of the University of Ottawa, met
with Cooke in a "breakfast meeting"
on Oct. 8 in which they university
financing.
Farquhar added the annual oper-
ating grant Carleton receives from the
Ontario government will decrease by
1.2 per cent for next year, Farquhar
said.
Carleton's budget planning office
anticipated an operating grant of
$100.7 million for this year. But this
summer's social contract reduced it
eight per cent, said Spruce Riordon,
Carleton's vice-president of finance
and administration. □
ACADEMIC EXCHANGES
1994-95 FOR STUDENTS
(Students should be graduate students or
senior und8rgraduates who intend to pursue
graduate studies)
Deadline for applications: Nov. 30th,
1993 unless otherwise indicated
State University of NewYork
University ot Massachusetts
University of Copenhagen (DIS)
Poland
Hungary
Russia
Spain
France
Middle East
Germany
Tanzania
The Netherlands
University ot Edinburgh
University ot Leeds
(Pol. Sci. students only)
University ot Bradford
(Business students only)
Japan
Italy
Cuba
China
University des Antilles et Guyane
Commonwealth Scholarships
(Australia and New Zealand, Dec. 31 1 993)
CIDA Awards for Canadians
(Int'l Development) (Feb. 1994)
Ontario/Baden-Wurttemberg/Rhone
Alpes Student Exchange Programs
These special programs are available
to students in all fields at both
graduate and undergraduate levels.
Competence in French and/or
German is required.
Bursaries available.
Information and Application Forms
now available from Carleton
International, Room 1506, Dunton
Tower, 788-2519
Rae during happier times.
APPLE SADDLERY
The Largest Western Boot Store in Canada.
INNES ROAD JUST EAST OF THE 4I7 (NEAR THE PRICE CLUB)
November 11, 1993 • The Charlatan ■ S
40% TUITION HIKE!?!
Within the next couple of weeks, Education and Training
Minister Dave Cooke will announce a substantial tuition
increase for 1994-95 at Ontario's colleges and universities.
The amount of the hike is uncertain although an increase
between 25% to 40% is expected.
DON'T LET THIS HAPPEN!
As the singlemost pressing issue threatening accessibility to
Ontario's post- secondary institutions today, this increase must
be stopped.
The NDP MPP's have yet to vote on the proposed increase. Our
input can convince them to vote AGAINST it.
MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD. . .
Send letters, sign petitions (available in the CUSA office, room
401 Unicentre), or phone your MPP:
Evelyn Gigantes (416) 585-7111
Floyd Laughren (416) 325-0400
Bob Rae (416) 325-1941
Dave Cooke (416) 325-2600
Help bring this issue out into the open in Provincial Parliament
- call the oppostion to inform them of your concerns.
Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) (416) 325-7263
Dianne Cunningham (P.C.) (416) 325-7744
For more information, contact Lucy Watson, President Carleton University Students'
Association, at 788-6688.
6 • The Charlatan ■ November 11, 1993
4
NATIONAL AFFAIRS
Maclean's survey sparks criticism
by Am Keeling and Michael Mainville
Charlatan Staff
Once again, mixedemotions surround
the annual Maclean's magazine univer-
sities issue, released Nov. 8.
For the third year in a row, Maclean's
has published its popular ranking of
Canadian universities. Last year, the
magazine sold over 63,000 copies, their
second biggest seller ever.
In 1991, Maclean's generated a storm
of controversy with its first survey of
universities, which rated the country's
universities in one large group of 46. Last
year, Maclean 's revamped the survey to
create three categories of universities.
This year saw its share of changes,
with two new institutions in Ontario par-
ticipating (Nippissing University in North
Bay and Ryerson Polytechnic University
in Toronto), with a total of 51 universities
being ranked.
As well, Carleton and Memorial Uni-
versity, two previously ranked universi-
ties, decided not to participate, but were
included in the survey using some data
submitted last year as well as some up-
dated data from sources outside the uni-
versities.
Many university administrators say
the survey is a useful tool for high-school
students, but almost all are critical of the
methods and data the magazine uses to
evaluate the universities.
THE METHODOLOGY
Like last year, Maclean 's ranks univer-
sities according to 21 criteria in five cat-
egories. The categories include student
body (20 per cent), classes (18 per cent),
faculty (20 per cent), finances (10 per
cent), library (12 per cent), and reputa-
tion (20 per cent). These categories take
into account criteria including class size,
number of tenured faculty, average en-
trance grades of students and the opin-
ions of some top Canadian executives
about graduates of a particular univer-
sity.
It then compiles the information and
ranks universities into three groups: pri-
marily undergraduate institutions, com-
prehensive universities (those with both
graduate and undergraduate programs)
and schools with maj or commitments to
PhD and medical programs.
SPECIAL ISSUE: A PORTRAIT Of LIFE ON CAMPUS
Maclean's
THE RANKINGS
Predictably, the rankings haven't
changed much from last year.
Among schools with major commit-
ments to PhD and medical programs,
McGill came out on top once again, but
Queen's (second this year) and the Uni-
versity of Toronto (third this year)
swapped positions.
The comprehensive category also saw
some changes as Simon Fraser University
in Bumaby, B.C., overtook first place
from the University of Waterloo, who fell
to second this year. The University of
Victoria rounded out the top three, ad-
vancing from
last year's fourth
place position.
The most notice-
able changes in
this category
came from Car-
leton (sixth to
ninth) and Me-
morial (eighth to
11th).
At the prima-
rily undergradu-
ate level, the top
three universities
haven't changed
at all since last
year, with New
Brunswick's
Mount Allison
University at the
top, followed by
Trent University
in Peterborough
and Acadia in
Nova Scotia. The
only significant changes include a move
for Lethbridge University in Alberta from
last year's ninth position up to fourth
place and a major drop for Thunder
Bay's Lakehead University to 18th from
12th.
THE UNIVERSITIES
THE REACTION
Although some universities were hap-
pier than others with their rankings, the
Maclean's methodology has come under
fire from some administrators.
The survey promotes old-line think-
ing and is nothing to get excited about,
says joseph Lloyd Jones, assistant vice-
president of institutional research and
planning at the University of Ottawa.
"I'm a critic of this whole approach,"
says (ones. "The reputation survey is a bit
hokey."
The University of Ottawa dropped one
place to ninth out of 15 in the medical/
doctoral category, a slip Jones attributes
to the improved showing of the Univer-
sity of Calgary.
While the University of Ottawa is
pleased with this year's rankings, Jones
says he hopes studentsdon't give it much
attention.
"I think students will look at it. They
will talk about
it," he says, but
he hopes they
won't use it to
evaluate their
choice.
Another uni-
versity that
fared worse than
last year was
Montreal's
Concordia Uni-
versity, which
fell from last
year's 10th po-
sition in the
comprehensive
category to 12th
in this year's sur-
vey.
Ken
Whittingham,
Concordia's
public relations
director, says he
doesn't think
the survey will have any effect on stu-
dents seeking admission to university.
"While the Maclean's survey does pro-
vide some broad, comparative data, there
is no evidence to suggest that university
enrolments or, indeed, admissions appli-
cations, have been affected in any way
by the types of ratings published in maga-
zines such as Maclean's."
Simon Fraser University is pleased with
its first-place standing this year. How-
ever, a spokesperson for the university
said while he feels the survey is a good
attempt to rate schools, it's not perfect.
k Measure Of
Excellence
The Third Annual Ranking
"I think it's difficult to measure the
product that universities produce. Differ-
ent universities have different goals and
that is not reflected by the Maclean's
survey," says Ken Monnell, SFU's director
of media and public relations.
However, Monnell says he feels the
survey is definitely a useful tool and
could be one of the many ways students
evaluate universities.
Trent also fared well in the rankings
for the second year in a row. But a spokes-
person for the university says the meth-
odology is flawed.
"It's obviously arbitrary. The criteria
Maclean's selects doesn't suit every insti-
tution," says Susan Wheeler, director of
communications.
Wheeler says the magazine arbitrar-
ily selected its criteria and is trying to
define the perfect university without look-
ing at specific factors.
"Maclean 's has their own idea of what
the perfect university should be and if
you are close to that you have a better
ranking," says Wheeler. "They should
use only general information instead.
The ranking is a strictly commercial de-
vice."
However, Ann Dowsett Johnston,
Mac/ean'sassistant managing editor, says
"that's baloney.
"I'm very proud ofthe methodology,"
says Dowsett Johnston. "It's for the ben-
efit of students that we do this."
Dowsett Johnston says Maclean's con-
sulting statistician Georges Lemaifre
would definitely not agree that the sys-
tem is flawed. "He is a well-trained pro-
fessional. He knows what he's doing,"
says Dowsett Johnston.
However, the Maclean 's survey should
not be the only resource students use, she
says. "Anybody who is smart enough to
go to university is smart enough to get all
the information available. "
Dowsett Johnston says the survey is
justified because of the information it
provides and how it demonstrates uni-
versity accountability.
"Maclean's would like to bring atten-
tion to everybody (that) any wise institu-
tion will open their books and the 49 that
have are earning the public trust." □
Drop-outs: Carleton, Memorial rate
poorly — page 9.
Carleton students, admin say survey is inaccurate
by Tanya Workman
Charlatan Staff
Carleton administrators andstudents
are critical of Carleton's ranking in this
year's Maclean 's magazine survey of uni-
versities released Nov. 8, saying it is inac-
curate and incomplete.
Carleton was ranked ninth out of 1 3
in the comprehensive university category
ofthe survey, which includes universities
offering "a significant amount of research
activity and a wide range of programs at
the graduate and undergraduate levels. "
Last year Carleton was sixth out of 12
in the same category.
Pat O'Brien, Carleton'sdirectorofpub-
lic relations, says Carleton's lower rating
is irrelevant, because the survey's num-
bers are inaccurate.
"You're assuming that last year's six
meant something," says Pat O'Brien, di-
rector of public relations. "What we don't
want to do is to give any credibility to the
methodology that was used."
O'Brien is critical of the information
Maclean's collects to compile its annual
survey and says he doesn't think the
survey gives an accurate picture of any
Comprehensive Universities —
Overall Ranking
university, including Carleton.
Maclean 's used last year's data as well
its own research
from sources
outside Carleton
todeterminethe
university's
ranking in the
survey this year.
"If people
take the
rankings as
listed, the per-
ception may be
that their uni-
versity isn't as
good as other
universities, "
saysO'Brien.He
says this is a big
misconception
among stu-
dents.
O'Brien says
information on
specific degree programs offered at each
university is one important thing miss-
ing from the survey.
Simon Fraser
Waterloo
Victoria
Guelph
5. York
6. Universite de Quebec a Montreal
Regtna
New Brunswick
9. Carleton
10. Windsor
11. Memorial
12. Concordia
13. U de Q a Trois- Rivieres
This year, Carleton was docked 50
points out of a total 1 ,000 point score for
not submitting data
for the survey.
In 1991, Carleton
placed 44th out of
46 universities and
then was criticized
forsubmitting incor-
rect data. Dennis
Forcese, then-vice-
president academic,
resigned following a
report which placed
him with the respon-
sibility for the faulty
statistics.
In a press release
Sept. 16, President
Robin Farquharsaid
Carleton wouldn't
participate this year
because spending
money on the sur-
vey wasn't the best
way to use students' and taxpayers'
money.
O'Brien says Farquhar, the vice-presi-
dents and deans ofthe university made
the decision not to participate in the
survey because they felt it would cost too
much money to compile the data. He
says it would cost the university about
$ 100,000 to research the information the
magazine needed.
Lucy Watson, president of the Carle-
ton University Students' Association, says
the university's lower ranking doesn't
surprise her because of the way the maga-
zine compiles information.
"I think it shows how ineffective and
inefficient the survey is if they are using
last year's data," says Watson. "1 don't
think the Maclean's survey takes into
consideration the uniqueness of each
university or institution."
Watson says CUS A supported the uni-
versity's decision not to participate in the
survey.
Ann Dowsett Johnston, Maclean's as-
sistant managing editor, says she is sur-
prised that CUSA would support the ad-
ministration's decision. She says the uni-
versity is not being accountable to its
CARLETON cont'd on page 8.
November 11, 1993 • The Charlatan ■ 7
Tuition hikes coming, student leaders claim
by John Steinbachs
CNa/falan Staff
Student leaders say they are bracing
for news this month of a possible tuition
hike of 20 to 30 per cent for the next
school year.
Although Car-
leton's adminis-
tration has not
announced plans
for the increases,
many student
leaders said they
feel the hikes are
inevitable.
Student con-
cern about sub-
stantial tuition
hikes began this
summer, when
the Council of On-
tario Universities
released a report
which called for
an increase in tui-
tion fees between
30 and50 percent
for some pro-
grams over the
next two years.
For each of the last three years, maxi-
mum tuition increases have been set at
seven per cent by the provincial govern-
ment. The government is expected to
announce the new maximum levels for
1994-95 some time in November.
David Hubka, vice-presidentextemal
of the Carleton Graduate Students' Asso-
ciation, saysa largertuition hike is inevi-
table. "We have the information that
there definitely will be a hike."
He says he believes there will be a 30-
per-cent tuition hike, but he says his
concern is helping his constituents deal
Gillis: sees hikes "above 10 per cent. '
with the fee increases.
The government will be asking stu-
dents to "bite the bullet" if it goes ahead
with an increase, says Michel Roy, presi-
dent of Canadian Union of Public Em-
ployees Local 2323,
which represents
teaching and re-
search assistants at
Carleton.
"There'snoques-
tion another in-
crease will have se-
vere implications,"
says Roy.
Roy says thegov-
emment is forcing
students to live be-
low the poverty line
by increasing tui-
tion.
Even if the gov-
ernment announces
a raised ceiling on
tuition fee levels, in-
dividual universi-
ties' boards of gov-
ernors must ap-
prove a tuition in-
crease for their own
schools.
]im Watson, Ottawa city councillor
for Capital Ward and a member of Car-
leton's board of governors, says no pro-
posals to increase tuition have been pre-
sented to him on the board.
But he says he hopes the board would
not vote for a 30-per-centhike. "1 hope to
God they wouldn't vote for that."
Watson says a hike in tuition would
limit some students' chances of going to
university and "close theopen door policy
on which Carleton was founded."
Although some consider the fee hikes
inevitable, some student leaders are still
lobbying the government for no increase.
Carl Gillis, chair of the Canadian Fed-
eration of Students, says although the
Ministry of Education has announced
the tuition ceiling will be raised, he does
not believe the minister, David Cooke,
will follow the Council of Ontario Univer-
sities' recommendations.
He says the CFS is carrying on "fever-
ous lobbying" to try to lessen the severity
of the hike.
"I know it will be above 10 per cent,"
says Gillis.
He says the province is banking on the
hope that students won't speak up until
after the hike has gone through, but
people have to stand up now and voice
their protests before it happens.
Lucy Watson, president of Carleton
University Students' Association, says she
also expects a tuition hike between 20 to
30 per cent. Watson says she doesn't
think Carleton's administration under-
stands how hard it is for students to make
payments on tuition, books and other
expenses.
Watson says administration does not
have a problem with the cutting of grants
from the province to the university, as
long as they can raise tuition fees.
To protest the proposed tuition hikes,
Watson says CUSA set up a phone booth
in Baker Lounge from which students
could call their local members of provin-
cial parliament and voice their com-
plaints. CUSA has also been circulating a
petition which is being sent to the minis-
ter of education and Ontario Premier Bob
Rae. □
CFS' glossy Student Saver not a
corporate conflict, says Gillis
by Brent Dowdall
Chadalan SiaH
This year's Canadian Federation of
Students' Student Saver is filled with dis-
counts from corporate sponsors, but the
CFS chair says that doesn't contradict its
opposition tocorporate influence in uni-
versities.
The Student Saver is a pam
phlet of coupons for prod-
ucts from large busi
nesses, such as j-
Coca-Cola,
Mr. Sub
and 7-
Eleven, a
well as from
local busi
nesses includ-
ing Yucatan Liq-
uor Stand, Bronson
Pizza and
Hartman's.
The Student Saver
was started shortly after
CFS was formed in 1981
and about 300,000 are is-
sued every year to students. It
has always contained either
paid advertising or student dis
count offers.
But unlike the simpler look of
previous editions, this year's pam-
phlet has a large, glossy ad for Coca-
Cola on the back cover, as well a Coca-
Cola ad on the front as large as the CFS
logo.
CFS chair Carl Gillis says the Student
Saver contains corporate sponsors be-
cause students use corporate products,
"This is one of the services we run to
help save student's money, because stu-
dents drink Coke," Gillis says,
Gillis says the CFS is opposed to in-
creased corporate influence and control
over, university administrations, butthat
doesn't mean CFS can't do business
k with the corporate community.
"We want post-secondary edu-
cation to stay public," he says.
"But we're critical of govern-
ment."
CFS isn't the only student
organization forced to in-
crease their search for cor-
porate funding, says
Andrea Calver, the co-
ordinator of the On-
tario Public Interest
Research Group-
Toronto.
"It's a sorry
state that CFS
and other
groups
have to
go to
corpo-
rations
to get the
money to get
their message out,"
she says. "It's happen-
ing on all levels, including
student government. "
Calver says the University of To-
ronto Students Administrative Council
contracted its cafeteria space to multina-
tionals such as Subway and Taco Bell.
"It's amazing the amount of energy
spent by administrations on all levels
courting corporations, "says Calver. □
CARLETON cont'd from page 7.
students by refusing to release new infor-
mation on the school.
"You deserve to be told if the classes
have been cut . . . We're pointing a finger
and saying you have to give this (infor-
mation) to the kids."
But Sujoy Bhattacharyya, a fourth-
year biochemistry student, says he thinks
Carleton made the right decision not to
participate.
"I don't pay much attention to it (the
survey) because it's hard to say that one
school is so much better than another,"
says Bhattacharyya. "I think they have a
right not to participate."
"It'snot a good representation of what
it's like to come here, " says Jenn Green, a
first-year psychology student. "I think
people shouldn't choose what school they
are going to go to based on a survey in
Maclean's."
Dowsett Johnston also says the cost of
compiling data is not nearly as high as
the university claims and shouldn't take
as much effort as O'Brien says. She says
it took one university only two days to
compile their data and that time and
money constraints shouldn't be an ex-
cuse for not submitting it.
Carleton's decision not to submit any
data came as a surprise to Mac/eon '5,
according to Dowsett Johnston. She says
the magazine did not hear anything
about the decision until close to the dead-
line for submission at the end of August.
Dowsett lohnston maintains that
Maclean's survey is useful to students
who are trying to decide on what univer-
sity to go to. All the information students
need may not be in the survey, she says,
but the format of the rankings does help
them to compare universities.
"Until there is a different forum for
this information, what is the alterna-
tive?" □
8 • The Charlatan • November 11, 1993
Queen s students end paper s funding
bv Susie Halev
by Susie Haley
Charlatan Staff
Controversy has arisen at Queen's
University over a referendum to with-
draw funding from one of the universi-
ty's student newspapers.
In a referendum held on Oct. 13 and
14, Queen's arts and science students
voted55.6 percent in favor of discontinu-
ing funding for a controversial publica-
tion called Surface.
Some students who have accused the
newspaper of being racist and sexually
explicit were behind the campaign to cut
the paper's funding.
Last March, the Arts and Science Un-
dergraduate Society voted to guarantee
funding levels for Surface at $6,000 per
year for the next five years.
However, ASUS President Jenn Steeves
said she will support the cancellation of
funding despite her personal support for
the paper.
"I ran on a platform of supporting the
paper. I also ran on a platform of being
accountable to students," she said.
Surface, though, may not have lost its
funding for sure.
In a Nov. 4 special general meeting,
called by the ASUS and open to all arts
and science students, the results of the
referendum were deemed to be non-bind-
ing because the ASUS constitution had
no details about how to deal with the
referendum results.
At the meeting, the debate regarding
the legitimacy of the referendum resulted
in the introduction of two motions. The
first motion, stating that the October
referendum cutting the paper's funding
be passed, was defeated by nine votes.
The second motion, that all ASUS ref-
erenda be made binding by a decision of
the ASUS coun-
cil, passed in a
voteof50to 23.
So, until the
council decides
whether or not
this motion
should include
the Surface
question, the
paper will re-
tain its funding.
After the ref-
er e n d u m ,
David Ander-
son, Surface
production
manager, told
The Queen's
journal, "We
tried to get our
message across,
that our man-
date is to pro-
vide a forum for
marginalized
forms of expres-
sion on the
campus."
Both Anderson and Junipero
Lagtapon, the paper's editor, criticized
the anti-Surface campaign's emphasis on
the issue of funding.
"No one really cares about the fund-
ing," said Anderson. "It is 59 cents per
arts and science student."
But Andrew Dick, leader of the anti-
Surface campaign, said, "... Surface is not
the only voice for marginalized groups, it
is the voice for a racist elite."
The paper has raised controversy since
its founding in the 1988-89 academic
year by political science student Gordon
Laird. Much of the debate about the
future of the paper has centred around its
questionable content in the past.
This year, the editors of Surface had
hoped to avoid furtherproblems with the
paper's content by forming an ASUS/
Surface relations committee, as well as a
working group to make Surface more
accountable to arts and science students.
While there is hope among some stu-
dents that Surface will survive even if its
funds are eventually suspended, Michael
Carnegie, vice-chair of the anti-Surface
campaign, has proposed that ASUS cre-
ate a new paper.
Carnegie said he believes a preferable
situation would be one in which ASUS
"not only recommended the editor butin
fact (had) a bit of power of the editor."
In its first three years, Surface included
articles and stories focusing on issues
such as logging, censorship and abor-
tion.
In September 1 991 , however, Surface's
first issue of the year included an article
titled "A message from the Queen," in
which the author stated "jesus (sic) was a
flaming faggot" and "we will kill any
and all queer bashers slowly."
Also that year, there was a regular
column entitled Around Town with the
Wornon (sic) of Brown that was formally
accused of being racist by one student.
Finally, in 1992-93, Surface published
a sex issue, in which a woman described
the torture and murder of white males in
an article entitled " How to Make Love to
a White Boy," and the centrespread of
the issue was "a collage featuring
homoerotic images interspersed with pic-
tures of prominent male Queen's com-
munity members," according to the
Queen 's Journal, Critics of the paper cited
the sex issue as a reason to suspend the
paper's funding.
But while the paper has offended some
students, there was also widespread sup-
port for the paper. An Oct. 8 editorial in
the Queen s Journal read, " The Journal has
upset people, too; but because it usually
reflects a status quo perspective, its right
to exist and claim a portion of student
fees is never questioned. Sure, Surface
may cross the line sometimes — but this
is part of the importance of its role in the
Queen's community. The status quo needs
to be challenged and questioned." □
With files from the Queen's Journal, Quean's Unrvsratty
Drop-outs: the perils of not
playing by the Maclean's rules
"As far as we're concerned,
they flunk out in social science
and in journalistic ethics."
— Memorial University
President Arthur May
by Michael Mainville
Charlatan Staff
This summer, while most Canadian
universities were compiling data for the
annual Maclean's magazine university
survey, two institutions were using their
resources in ways they consider more
important.
Carleton and Memorial University in
St. John's, Nfld., refused to participate in
this year's sur-
vey. Both univer-
sities suffered a
drop in their
ranking, Memo-
rial falling to
eighth from 11th
and Carleton
falling to ninth
from sixth in the
comprehensive university category.
Arthur May, the president of Memo-
rial University, said in a press release the
Maclean's survey is "absurd." May said
the university refused to participate be-
cause the survey is neither statistically
nor academically sound.
" It is our firm belief that the Maclean 's
rankings misinform the public about
Canadian universities. The university
would have provided their readers better
information if they had simply published
the raw data without using rankings."
May also was critical of the magazine
for including Memorial after the univer-
sity asked not to be included in the
rankings.
"This proves that they are not con-
strained by the facts. As far as we're
concerned, they flunk out in social sci-
ence and in journalistic ethics."
Carleton also opted out of this year's
survey, but for some different reasons.
Carleton decided not to participate
mainly because of cutbacks and lack of
staff, said Carleton President Robin
FarquharonSept. 16, when he announced
Carleton's decision. He said the univer-
sity spent about $100,000 collecting the
data for the magazine's second survey in
1992.
Carleton was in the midst of social
contract negotiations when Madean'sre-
quest for data came in this summer, says
~~ Pat O'Brien, di-
rector of public
relations and
information
services.
O'Brien also
says the meth-
odology is ex-
tremely flawed.
"Universi-
ties are very
complex institutions and organizations
and to try to qualify them ... to one
number just can't be done," he said.
The magazine decided to use last year's
data for the two non- participating uni-
versities and also penalize them 50 points
(out of a possible 1,000) for "lack of
public accountability, " says Ann Dowsett
Johnston, the magazine's assistantman-
aging editor.
While Dowsett Johnston says non-par-
ticipating universities are withholding
information from the public, both Me-
morial and Carleton are trying alterna-
tive methods to be informative.
Memorial is publishing a statistical
documentthat provides similarinforma-
tion to that of the Maclean 's survey.
O'Brien says Carleton is in the midst
of working with other Ontario universi-
ties to prepare performance indicators
which would be made available to the
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SCIENCE & HEALTH
Carleton student develops navigation device
by Fraser Needham
Charlatan Staff
A Carleton student has attracted in-
terest in a navigational device he has
developed to help the visually impaired.
Charles LaPierre, a first-year master's
student in electrical engineering, has
developed a device called Navigation
Visually Impaired, or NV1. It can tell the
visually impaired person exactly where
they are and can make travel much
easier.
LaPierre, a Sudbury native, is himself
legally blind, which means he has less
than 10 per cent of 20/20 vision.
NVI uses a satellite receiver, a laptop
computer and a voice synthesizer. Every
time the user of NVI moves, their co-
ordinates are registered on the receiver.
These co-ordinates then enterthe laptop
and are matched with a place on a map
that has the location pre-programmed.
The location is turned into voice by the
voice synthesizer which the user hears
through headphones.
Right now, the user would have to
carry around all that equipment. LaPierre
says he is now working on making it a
smaller unit as part of his master's de-
gree. He says there is no problem scaling
it down but says he needs the right tech-
nology to produce a smaller device.
John Knight, a Carleton electrical en-
gineering professor who acts as LaPierre's
master's adviser, says it is a "fantastic
project."
LaPierre says the idea originally came
to him as a topic for his undergraduate
thesis at Carleton, because he has trou-
ble travelling in a place he doesn't al-
ready know.
" I have always had to get right in front
of a street sign to read it, " says LaPierre.
"If there was not one (sign) on every
comer, this was a problem."
However, LaPierre's own needs were
Charles LaPierre.
not the only incentive for NVI. "I wanted
to give something back to the groups, like
CNIB (Canadian National Institute for
the Blind), that have helped me so much, "
says LaPierre.
LaPierre is also quick to point out that
NVI is not just for the visually impaired.
"It could possibly have several uses,
for example tourism, is just one." The
system could tell tourists where they are
when they are in a strange place.
LaPierre's original idea was to use a
bar code system, similar to the ones used
in grocery stores. With this system, ma-
chines would be set up on different street
comers to read someone's card and tell
them where they were. However, LaPierre
quickly realized that this system would
be too cumbersome and costly.
LaPierre was then informed of the
Global Positioning System (GPS) by Robert
Harrison, a professor of electrical engi-
neering at Carleton. GPS is a group of 24
satellites, which take in location co-ordi-
nates. Harrison pointed outthat LaPierre
could access navigational co-ordinates
from such a system through a GPS re-
ceiver.
LaPierre obtained a GPS receiver from
Eric Dekamp, a professor in earth sci-
ences at Carleton, and got a voice syn-
thesizer from the department of compu-
ter systems.
The tools for NVI were set in place.
LaPierre entered a map of Carleton into
his laptop computer. Using these three
elements (GPS receiver, laptop, and voice
synthesizer), NVI was tested on Carleton
campus and it worked.
LaPierre won the Social Awareness
Award at the Ontario Engineering Com-
petition in early 1993 for NVI. In the
Association of Professional Engineers of
Ontario Competition he grabbed first
place for NVI last spring. LaPierre won
$1,500 in the two competitions.
Interest and interviews followed.
LaPierre was interviewed by CHRO, the
Ottawa Citizen, and CBC Radio's As It
Happens. He was also contacted by com-
panies looking to market his device.
"He's gotten more publicity out of that
project than any other student I 've had, "
says Knight. "He's marketed himself very
well."
Visuaid 2000, a firm that develops
equipment for the handicapped in
Canada, had already been thinking about
developing a device like NVI.
LaPierre provided the answer. "It was
a matter of perfert timing," says LaPierre.
Visuaid 2000 hired LaPierre last sum-
mer to test the feasibility of NVI. The
Montreal-based firm was given $200,000
by Communications Canada for this and
similar projects.
A California company, Arkenstone, is
currently interested in manufacturing
NVI. LaPierre says Arkenstone has men-
tioned that it would like to market some
form of NVI as early as March.
But LaPierre says the version
Arkenstone is thinking of putting out is
not the best possible form.
"There is still room for improvement.
For example, NVI now weighs about 10
pounds. I think I could get it down to
Walkman size," LaPierre says. "Also, it
currently only tells you where you are but
not how to get where you are going.
Finally, there is the problem of blocked
transmission when bridges and skyscrap-
ers are in the way." □
Nitrogen research unites Carleton and Havana
by John Kirkham
Charlatan Stalf
What do nitrogen, bacteria and sugar
cane have in common?
For that matter, what does all this
have to do with the University of Ha-
vana, Cuba?
Well to start, the element nitrogen is
a fundamental component of proteins,
which are essential to all life. The plants
that we eat, such as sugarcane, require
this nitrogen to grow. In agriculture,
nitrogen is added to the soil in the form
of fertilizer.
Nitrogen gas (N2) makes up about 80
per cent of the earth's atmosphere, so
why do you need to fertilize soil? Despite
this abundance of atmospheric nitrogen
gas, most living things can't use it in this
form. In order for plants to utilize this
essential element, it must first be fixed
by certain bacteria.
The process of nitrogen fixation is the
conversion of nitrogen gas into more
biologically useful compounds such as
nitrate and ammonium, which can be
absorbed by plants.
There are many types of nitrogen-
fixing bacteria that naturally occur in
the soil, but none that can account for
the growth, year afteryear without ferti-
lizer, discovered in some crops of Cuban
sugar cane. Similar crops were found in
Brazil, where in 1988, the bacteria re-
sponsible for this high rate of N2 fixation
was first identified by Brazilian research-
ers as acetobacter diazotroph.
Further Cuban research led to the
conclusion that this bacteria must live
inside the sugar cane, rather than the
soil; however, neither the Cubans nor
the Brazilians knew what part of the
plant it grew in.
In research that has been ongoing at
Carleton in conjunction with the Univer-
sity of Havana, Zhongmin Dong, a PhD
student in Carleton 's biology department,
has recently found where they live. "They
live in the intercellular spaces of the
sugar cane plant," says Dong. "That is,
the tiny gaps between cells which con-
tain a very high sugar concentration."
These intercellular spaces contain a
high concentration of sugar in liquid
form, which has been shown in the lab to
be ideal for the growth of this bacteria.
Using facilities at Queen's University in
the lab of Dr. Layzell, a world expert in
nitrogen fixation, further research con-
ducted by Dong has measured the rate of
Sugar cane: good with berries, Cornflakes and milk
nitrogen fixation by acetobacter
diazotroph under normal atmospheric
conditions.
Unlike most common nitrogen-fixing
bacteria which require very specialized
growing conditions such as low concen-
trations of oxygen, acetobacter
diazotroph has fewer environmental re-
strictions. It needs only a high concentra-
tion of sugar and will fix nitrogen in
normal atmospheric concentrations of
oxygen. In fact, even if nitrogen fertilizer
is added to the soil it will continue to fix
nitrogen, whereas other species of bacte-
ria would stop this fixation.
Other experiments have shown that
this bacteria can be introduced into sweet
potato and sweet sorghum crops with the
same beneficial results. In fact, it is be-
lieved that this bacteria could be intro-
duced into any crop with a sufficiently
high sugar content. The next step will be
to discover a way of either raising the
sugar content in other crop plants or
lowering the sugar concentration required
by the bacteria.
So what does this mean? It means that
plants with this bacteria growing in it
will not need nitrogen fertilizer added,
saving on
labor and fer-
tilizer costs
and prevent-
ing the deple-
tion of soils.
For Cuba,
sugar cane is
one of their
majorexports.
"Knowing
aboutthis bac-
teria and how
it works is of
great impor-
tance to their
economy. For
the University
of Havana,
which has
been working
in conjunction
with Carleton on this research project,
this means positive international expo-
sure and increased funding for the work
they are doing," says Michelle Watt, a
Carleton graduate student in biology who
has been involved in a Carleton-Havana
exchange program.
Future research into this bacteria may
mean going into. the field in Cuba to
make measurements of the bacteria's
nitrogen fixation, as well as bringing an
exchange student from University of
Havana to Carleton.
"An exchange student, Domingo
Mesa, will be coming for three months
beginning this January. He will come to
work in the lab on the sugarcane project
with Zhongmin and others here at Carle-
ton, " says Dr. Margaret McCully, head of
Carleton's plant structure and function
lab. This will be a part of the ongoing
exchange program between Carleton and
the University of Havana. □
Calendar
Thursday, Nov. 18
The Davidson Dunton Research Lec
tuie: "Sex, Lies, and Autoradiographs
New Insights into Sexual Selection in
Birds" with Carleton's own biology pro-
fessor Patrick J. Weatherhead. BellThea
tre, 4:30 p.m.
Monday, Nov. 22
"Nuclear Medicine Imaging: Attenu-
ation and ScatterCorrection in 3D PET"
with Barry McKee, a medical physicist
in the Civic Hospital's division of nu
clear medicine. Room 252 in the
Herzberg Building, 3:30 p.m.
Tuesday, Nov. 23
The Ottawa Carleton Institute for
Physics is holding its fall graduate stu-
dentseminar afternoon. Itstartsat 1:30
p.m. in the Senate Chambers, 6th floor,
administration building.
Thursday, Nov. 25
"William Morris: the Draughtsman,
with National Gallery of Canada cura-
tor Doug Schoenherr in the Pit of the
architecture building, 6 p.m.
Friday, Nov. 26
"Mental Leaps: Analogy in Creative
Thought" with U of Waterloo's Paul
Thagord. Senate Chambers, 6th floor,
administration building, 10 a.m.
Tuesday, Nov. 30
The H.H.I. Nesbitt Lecture: "Hot
Water, Hot Rocks, and Hot Minerals:
Deposits on the Sea Floor," by Dr. J.M.
Franklin, chief scientist from the Geo-
logical Survey of Canada. Room 260
Tory Building, 4:45 p.m.Q
10 • The Charlatan • November 11, 1993
Don't forget
to remember
EDITORIAL PAGE
Every year at about this time.
Sparky Is visited by the
ghost of Maclean's
survey past.
Once upon a time, not so long ago, there was a
day called Remembrance Day. It was a day
filled with reflection and contemplation. Memo-
ries of the past and of those who have died as
a result of war were the focus of reflection.
What they had fought for, whether good or bad, was
irrelevant. Schools closed and lessons were postponed to
provide a time for reflection upon war and the great loss
of human life it causes. Today, however, there exists an
atmosphere of apathy towards this event and towards
the issues it is meant to address.
Seldom do you see, at 11 o'clock on Nov. 11, anyone
stopping what they are doing to sit in contemplation.
What we must remember is the wars which took place in
the present century and the issues raised by them are just
as prevalent now as ever.
This is not to say there aren't other issues that deserve
attention, but there is a time and a place for other issues
to be addressed. Nov. 11, however, is not the time or
place. It has been set aside from every other day of the
year for one purpose, and one purpose only -- the
remembrance of those who gave their lives not only for
our country, but for their families and many other
countries around the world.
Since there seems to be very little recognition of this
day by the university, the onus is on the individual to
mark the day with personal remembrance.
But the students of today don't seem to remember the
pain and suffering those who came before them expert
enced during times of war. They don't see the connection
between that and the freedom they now possess.
They can go downtown and see the veterans on
parade, but this means nothing if you don't know who
these men and women are. If people cared to spend the
time, they would find these old men and women have
much to tell, both good things and bad -- the anguish
war causes and the joys it can bring through the friend
ships it fosters.
Tales about these times can be beneficial for us all, but
even if you never get the chance to hear them told first-
hand, it is still important to know and understand what
went on. We must remember these people who died for
us had families and friends before going to war. Many of
their lives ended abruptly, far away from home.
But Remembrance Day is not just about fighting. It is
about the love those soldiers showed for their country
and their people. A love strong enough to allow them to
put their lives on the line, to aid and protect others whom
they didn't even know.
To allow people to forget the true reason for Remem-
brance Day is to allow them to forget the reason that our
country is at peace today and why they are allowed to
live the life they do.
There are many students walking through the hall
ways with blood red poppies pinned to their chests, but
do they know what those pins represent or why they're
worn?
Rarely now doyouhear the poerh'TnFlandersFields."
Its meaning and words, which encompass the spirit of
the day, are forgotten by many and remembered by few.
How many of us can truly say that we remember all the
lines of something that, at one rime, was drilled into our
heads so that we might always remember? And yet, we
have forgotten.
Are we so disinterested in our past and the lessons it
hies to teach us? Many have said history repeats itself,
especially when its lessons are left untaught to following
generations. If we don't make a conscious effort to learn
from the past, many of the atrocities committed by
humanity may be repeated.
But, there is an unwillingness to leam that has frus-
trated those willing to teach, and so, many have given up
hying. This is unfortunate, for those best able to educate
us are now few in number, old age having claimed many
the wars did not.
In a few years, much of the valuable information
these men and women could have imparted will be lost
forever. Will they too pass from ourmemories, forgotten,
not remembered?
It comes down to this - it does not matter what you
remember, whether it be a relative who gave his or her
life forothers,orfhehorrorsof war thattookplaceduring
this century. What is important is that at some point on
Remembrance Day, you simply take the time to remem-
ber. JKG &JM
OPINION
War toys out, play with peace!
k.< D;nun.~i o i
by Richard Sanders
Richard Sanders is the co-ordinalor ol the Coalition to Oppose the Arms Trade.
One of the more ironic things about the spirit
surrounding the Christmas season is that
department and toy stores take on the ap-
pearance of miniature weapons bazaars.
These plastic arms markets flog everything from toy
swords, pistols and automatic weapons to ersatz mis-
siles, tanks and jet bombers. There's even a board'game
that involves the massacre of hundreds of thousands of
people in Iraq.
One has to wonder what effect this form of play must
be having upon children, whose attitudes about the
world are in the formative stage. War toys, violent video
games and television programs are a dominant feature
of children's play. This can
only have a negative im-
pact on the psychological
and social programming
of today's children.
New Ontario Ministry
of Education guidelines
say that, by the end of
Grade 9, children should
"show a commitment to
peace, social justice and
the protection of the envi-
ronment in their own
community, Canada and
the world." To meet this
recommendation, teach-
ers must compete with the
powerful tide of violent
culture and entertain-
ment which is influenc-
ing children outside the
classroom.
It is disturbing to note
that the average child in
Canada spends less time
each week in school than they do with television, the
one-eyed babysitter. According to a 1993 study in TV
Guide, children's cartoons are the most violent form of
programming on TV. Cartoons bombard children with
mages of 26 violent acts per hour.
The Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommuni-
cations Commission, in a 1991 study said, "a large
majority of studies record a positive association between
exposure to television violence and aggressive and anti-
social behavior As a whole, the literature gives little
comfort to those who assert . . . that violence on television
does not influence behavior."
What do these violent programs and toys teach chil-
dren about interpersonal and global relations? First of
all, kids these days are being trained to accept violence
as the preferred means of resolving conflicts. War toys
and violent games also have other ugly sides. They often
promote racist andsexistattitudes. Forexample, in some
video games and action figures, the "bad guy" is often
depicted as a dark-skinned warrior.
War toys also condition children to associate extreme
violence with fun, pleasure and other positive emotions.
The combination of these influences on children and
youth is extremely dangerous and should be countered
with an effort to promote positive toys and games.
In an attempt to mobilize opposition to war toys and
to foster support for peaceful toys and games, the Coali-
tion to Oppose the Aims Trade initiated the formation of
anew alliance of individu-
als and groups this au-
tumn. The result was the
creation of the Network
for Non-Violent Play
whose goal is to promote
creative, non-violenttoys,
games andentertainment
forchildren as alternatives
to toy weapons, violent
media games and action
figures.
There are places that
offerpeaceful alternatives.
Family Pastimes, a Perth
toy company, makes co-
operative games. Also,
Mrs. Tiggy Winkle's is an
Ottawa toy store that
doesn't sell violent toys.
In addition, the net-
work encourages people
to:
- boycott violent toys
and buy only peaceful
playthings
- talk to your younger brothers, sisters, nephews,
nieces and children about the reasons why violent toys
are undesirable
- write to your MPs to ask for legislation banning
violent toys
- make your views about violent toys known to store
managers and toy manufacturers
One of the main dangers of war toys and violent
games is that they will desensitize children to the real
wars and violence raging around them in the world. This
is why it's important to counteract the influence of these
toys by promoting the peaceful alternatives. □
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LETTERS
Frats with no B.S.
Editor:
Frot boys -- are they the sexist, elitist,
homophobic alcoholics that lots of peo-
ple think they are?
Well, it would be an injustice to the
Greek-lettered community if I spoke on
their behalf, so 1 will only relate to you
the experience that I have had as a Beta
Theta Pi.
No, we are not sexist; we Just don't let
women in.
No, we are not elitist; we just don't
have time for anybody else.
No, we are not homophobic; we just
like women.
And no, we are not alcoholics; it's just
coincidence that we have the best A & B
boatracing teams (drinking contests) this
side of Ontario, three years running.
So, this is an honest look at my frater-
nity, without the B.S.
John R. Knox
Former Carleton student
Options fine but...
Editor:
Re: "Courses have non-Western con-
tent," The Charlatan, Nov. 4, 1993.
While it is encouraging that the de-
partment of political science offers courses
on non-Western topics, I think the fact
that a compulsory course, 47.230 History
of Political Thought, deals only with
Western thought is a valid concern.
Indeed, it is the reluctance of many
university departments across North
America to modify their political thought
courses to include non-Western perspec-
tives that helped spark the political cor-
rectness debates in the first place.
Offering other, albeit optional, courses
on non-Westem subjects is fine. The is-
sue, however, is whether an academic
department should consider including
non-Westem political thought in an Euro-
centric compulsory course entitled "His-
tory of Political Thought."
RaviMalhorta
Political Science/Law IV
Not all men rape
Editor:
The peer educators of the Date Rape
Prevention Campaign would like to ad-
dress the assertion made by Robert K.
Kisielewski, founding member of the lo-
cal Sigma Pi fraternity, that the date rape
prevention video "portrayed fraternity
members as rapists," ("Fraternities: myth
and reality," TheCharlatan, Oct. 21, 1993).
What is portrayed in the video is a
young man who rapes a woman during
a party. Not all of the men at the party
rape a woman; only one man rapes a
woman. In addition, one of the fraternity
members is portrayed as the male "voice
of reason," and accurately identifies his
friend's behavior as rape and provides a
positive role model for viewers.
It would be naive of us not to take
seriously the research conducted in the
U.S. regarding sexual assault on cam-
pus. While the following research was
conducted in the United States, the uni-
versity and college atmospheres in
Canada share many characteristics ~
one of them being the nature of social
activities and organizations.
In "Attitudes and Acts of Sexual Ag-
gression on a University Carhpus, " Socio-
logical Inquiry, |. Garrett-Gooding and R.
Senter show that 35 per cent of fraternity
men, 11 per cent of men from other
organizations and 9 per cent of men from
student government organizations have
reported having forced someone to have
sexual intercourse.
Gang rape statistics are even more
alarming: documented cases of alleged
gang rape by college students from 1 980-
1990showthat5Spercentwere commit-
ted by fraternity members, 40 per cent by
members of sports teams and S per cent
by men who were not affiliated with any
formal organization, according to Frater-
nity and Gang Rape by C.R. Swanson and
N.C.Territo.
We are not stating that all fraternity
members are rapists, just as we believe
that not all men are rapists. What we are
asserting is that male-only organizations
need to address the issues of date rape
and violence against women.
Perry Simpson
On behalf of the date rape
prevention peer educators
from us to you : Cetter to our readers
by Mo Gannon
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says David Brown, preside"'/.1 of th'^'orp^' jtion.
Brown says with shrinking federal transfer payments, there is increasing pressure to find alternative
sources of revenue for Carleton.
He says Carleton's research and researchers are assets that can be marketed, as is Carleton's
property.
One way to make money for the university is by selling "intellectual property," says Brown. He says
CUDC works at "assisting organizations, particularly private sector organizations, to find ways of
working with the university in areas of research."
Brown says if a researcher at Carleton develops a product which interests a corporation, the
corporation will pay for the product either by buying it outright or paying royalties over a longer
period of time.
For example, Carleton Energy Services Inc., which is owned by CUDC, has sold the design for
Carleton's ground water heating and cooling system to at least two customers. Brown says the
project brought in about $40,000 in total sales last year and will bring in about $60,000 this year.
He says he expects Carleton Energy Services' gross sales to grow to 3250,000 over the next few
years. Brown says the profits are between 10 and 15 per cent of the.*r*>s.s^sales and go to the
university.
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support for developing their ideas and technology to sell. The businesses can draw on Carleton
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Brown says bringing businesses onto campus also gives science and engineering students and
professors exposure to companies working in their areas of interest.
Brown says some larger companies are interested in making use of the new centre, but says he
cannot disclose which companies are involved because negotiations have not been completed.
He adds that the humanities do not get as much direct benefit from the programs CUDC works on.
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he says.
Love is quick to emphasize that CUDC does not solicit direct corporate sponsorship of research.
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company funding research activities. What it does do is, it's the intermediate step to encourage
those companies to then decide that they will develop or expand their current relationship with
Carleton University," he says.
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16 • The Chartatan ■ "November 11, 1993
SPORTS
splash into playoffs
The Ravens will be looking to improve on last year's bronze medal performance.
Polo men
by Richard G.D. Scott
Chatlaian Staff
Looking good. 1
The Carleton men's waterpolo team
closed its regular season schedule by win-
ning two of four games in the Nov. 6-7
league crossover tournament at Carle-
ton. The 7-4-1 Ravens remain third in the
Ontario Universities Athletic Associa-
tion's men's waterpolo league.
Carleton 17 Ottawa 5
Toronto 10 Carleton 5
Carleton 16 York 2
Carleton 9 McMaster 8
Western 13 Carleton 8
The Ravens drowned the York Yeo-
men 16-2 and humbled the McMaster
Marauders 9-8, while losing 10-5 to the
University of Toronto Varsity Blues and
1 3-8 to the University of Western Ontario
Mustangs. The Ravens also trounced the
University of Ottawa Gee-Gees 17-5 in
Ottawa on Nov. 3.
"We played two very good games (in
the tournament) and we're in a good
playoff position," said Carleton coach
john Pankiw.
The Ravens started their home tour-
nament against the undefeated 8-0 To-
ronto Blues. After countless turnovers,
the Ravens were lucky to find themselves
down only 3-1 after the first quarter and
5-2 at the half.
But the Blues pulled away in the sec-
ond half, doubling their score en route to
a 10-5 win.
The Ravens' next game was an easier
contest as they faced the winless 0-9 York
Yeomen. Driver Dave Bason andholeman
Brian Young scored four goals apiece and
led the Ravens to a 16-2 victory over the
last-place Yeomen.
Next, the Ravens staged an exciting 9-
8 victory over the 5-3-1 McMaster Ma-
rauders. With Carleton leading 6-3 atthe
half, the Marauders plugged away, clos-
ing the gap to 7-6 by the end of the third
quarter.
"It was awesome. The fans and every-
body were off their seats," said fourth-
yearveteran Jeff McGrath.
by Steven Vesely
Charlatan Staff
The Carleton men's and women's fenc-
ing teams placed all five of their squads
among the top eight team finishes at the
Royal Military College Invitational tour-
nament Nov. 6-7.
In total points overall, the Carleton
squad placed fourth among the over 60
universities participating from Ontario,
Quebec and the United States, after hav-
ing been seeded 19th heading into the
tournament.
Only poor officiating kept them from
posting better championship results, said
Carleton fencing coach James Ireland.
"It was home town officiating at its
best," said Ireland, referring to the King-
ston referees. "We could have been ranked
higher and had an easier route to the
final if they had ranked us fairly."
The men's foil team finished eighth
overall among 29 teams after trouncing
the United States Military Academy club
from Westpoint, Va., with a score of 5-2.
Itthen lost5-3 to McGill in thesemi-final
match-up.
"The whole team is pretty young,"
said foil captain Neil Seto. "We lost a lot
of starters from last year and this is the
first tournament we've been to together.
The final quarterwas asee-saw match
as the two teams struggled back and
forth looking for an advantage. With less
than three minutes remaining, the Ma-
rauders tied the game at eight. Then,
with 2:25 left, driver Steve Bell scored his
second goal of the game to give Carleton
the lead.
Carleton finished their weekend with
a 13-8 loss against the 5-3-1 Western
Mustangs. With a playoff spot assured,
the Ravens gave their bench players some
action.
"The playoff spot had been assured so
it gave us the chance to play our bench
guys," said Pankiw.
The Ravens trailed 5-3 at the half
when back-up goaltender Andy Pohl was
brought into the game. Pohl kept the
Ravens close at 7-5 before Western scored
five straight times in the final quarter on
their way to a 1 3-8 victory.
"I made some good saves, but we had
a lot of turnovers in the last quarter and
a lot of shots coming at me, " said Pohl.
With the regular season over, the
Ravens will now prepare for the playoffs
on Nov. 20 at McMaster along with To-
ronto, Western and McMaster.
Carleton will open its final four series
match against the second-place Western
Mustangs. The winner advances to the
championship game against the winner
of the Toronto/McMaster gamewhilethe
loser plays in the consolation finals for
the bronze medal.
"I don't think it's unrealistic that we
win (the gold medal)," said Pankiw. "But
our first concern is to beat Western."
Although Carleton lost this past week-
end 13-8 to Western, the Ravens beat
them earlier this season 5-4 on Oct. 17
and are confident they can repeat that
feat. □
Season over
but Ravens
did good
by Steven Vesely
Charlatan Staff
They hove nothing to be ashamed
of.
So what if the men's and women's
soccerteams both losttheir first-round
playoff matches.
Losing doesn't erase their seasons
of excitement and success.
The men's team dominated their
opposition en route to an 8- 1 -3 record
and their second straight first-place
finish in the Ontario Universities Ath-
letic Association east division soccer
league.
S Along the way, the Raven men
5 were ranked nationally the entire
ju season, peaking as the second best
si team in the country earlier in the
S year before closing out at the number
§ five spot prior to the playoffs.
< Nothing shabby about that.
The Raven women also impressed
with their best season in five years. A
5-3-2 record was good enough for
fourth place in the Ontario Women's
Interuniversity Athletic Association
east division soccer league.
At season's end, the Ravens placed
three members on the OWIAA all-
star team.
Nothing shabby about that either.
Following those respective season
finishes, the men's team kicked off
against the Queen's Golden Gaels in
semi-final action athomeon Oct. 30,
while the women's team travelled to
Windsor that same weekend to take
on the Laurier Golden Hawks.
With the men's game tied 0-0 at
the end of regulation and overtime,
despite Carleton's dominance
throughout the match, a penalty kick-
off ensued. With their fifth and final
shot, Gael Rich Price drifted a low
shot to the left of Raven goalkeeper
Steve Ball to end any Carleton hopes
of a trip to the national finals.
You win some. You lose some. It
happens.
On the women's side, the Ravens
were blessed with the opportunity to
square off against Laurier, lastyear's
OWIAA champion.
Raven fencers duel well in Kingston
Raven fencers were a blur of action as they notched an eighth-place result
From that perspective I think we did
pretty well.'
, Of this year's starting squad of 20
fencers, half are rookies.
The men's epee team had better re-
sults, finishing fifth among 27 entries.
After advancing from pool play, Carle-
ton defeated the USMA squad 5-4 and
then lost 5-3 to Queen's in the semi-
finals.
"What can you expect, " said Ireland.
"The official they gave us was a Queen's
alumnus."
In the men's sabre class, Carleton
placed fifth among 38 entries. After es-
caping their pool with a 5-4 win against
York University and a 5-2 win against a
club from Toronto, the Ravens dropped
their quarter-final match 5-4 to RMC.
The women's foil team also placed
well with a fifth place result among 24
entries. After advancing from their pool
and beating USMA 5-4 in quarter-final
action, Carleton lost 5-2 to the Queen's
entry.
"We made mistakes," said foil cap-
tain Liliana Piazze. "We just didn't con-
centrate enough. There were things we
should have done differently."
Finally, in the women's epee class,
Carleton posted a sixth place result
among 20 entries. □
Lucky them.
After holding the Hawks to just
one first-half goal, the Ravens fal-
tered, giving up two more in the
second half on their way to a 3-0 exit
from the playoffs. Still, losing to the
top team in the league isn't some-
thing to cry over. You may not like it,
but you can understand why it hap-
pened.
So now the season's over and the
reviews start coming in. Were their
seasons a success or a failure?
That's hard to say. There were
highs and lows on both sides: strong
defence, beautiful goals and good
goaltending; as well as the opposite
with missed opportunities, errors and
just plain bad luck.
And the same is true of every other
year. This season was no different
from any other.
And the Raven men's and wom-
en's soccer teams have nothing to be
ashamed of. □
November 11, 1993
The Charlatan • 17
Volleyball rookies show promise
Records
S Results
OUAA WATERPOLO
East Division
w
L T
F
A PTS
Toronto 12
0 0
158 64 24
Western 8
4 0
148 102 16
Carleton 7
4 1
10584 15
McMaster 7
4 1
133 88 15
Queen's 5
7 0
83
121 10
Ottawa 2
10 0
91
155 4
York 0
12 0
70
174 0
OWIAA VOLLEYBALL
East Division
w
L T
F
A PTS
Ottawa 2
0 0
6
1 4
York 1
0 0
3
0 2
Queen's 1
1 0
4
4 2
Ryerson 0
1 0
0
3 0
Carleton 0
2 0
1
6 0
Toronto 0
0 0
0
0 0
CIAU FIELD HOCKEY
Gold Medal Game
Toronto 2 New Brunswick 0
Wendy lohnstone's two second-half
goals were the difference on Nov. 6 as
the U of T Blues won the CIAU field
hockey title with a 2-0 win over the U of
B Red Sticks.
Bronze Medal Game
Alberta 1 UBC 1
Alberta wins 4-3 on penalty strokes.
CIAU FOOTBALL
Divisional Finals Nov. 6.
O-QIFC Dunsmore Cup
Concordia 10 Bishop's 7
The Concordia Stingers won their
first Dunsmore Cup since 1982 with an
upset victory over the Gaiters. The Sting-
ers led 10-0 at half-time as kicker
Dimitrios Manolopoulos hit three of
four field goal attempts.
OUAA Yates Cup
Toronto 24 Western 16
CWUAA Hardy Cup
Calgary 32 Alberta 12
AUAA Jewett Cup
St. Mary's 48 Acadia 28 (OT)
Bowl Finals Nov. 13.
Atlantic Bowl
Calgary at St. Mary's
Churchill Bowl
Concordia at Toronto
CIAU SOCCER
League Finals Nov. 6.
OUAA Soccer Championship
Queen's 2 Western 1
The Queen's Golden Gaels won their
first OUAA title since 1975 with a 2-1
victory over the Mustangs. The game
was tied 1-1 after regulation and over-
time, then tied 3-3 after a first round of
penalty kicks. Queen's scored on their
first sudden death penalty kick while
Western did not.
Both Western and Queen's will com-
pete in the CIAU championships at
Acadia Nov. 11-14.
by Steven Vesely
Charlatan Staff
One thing's certain — this year's Car-
leton women's volleyball team may lose
alot of games, butthey'll likely play with
effort and drive.
With six rookies on a roster of eight,
the Ravens opened their 1993 volleyball
season with weekend losses against the
universities of Ottawa and Queen's.
Ottawa 3 Carleton 0
Queen's 3 Carleton 1
In their league opener on Nov. 5 atthe
University of Ottawa, Carleton lost 3-0 to
the Ottawa Gee-Gees by scores of 15-4,
15-9, and 15-8.
Two days later, the Ravens lost their
home opener 3-1 to the Queen's Golden
Gaels by scores of 15-6, 15-17, 15-12and
15-0.
"It's a whole new team, " said assistant
coach Marilyn Johnson. "Butwe're really
getting a lot of effort out of them. Given
the last two months, they've improved by
leaps and bounds."
After dropping the first set 1 5-6 to the
Golden Gaels, the Ravens rebounded with
theironly win ofthe match — an exciting
17-15 win in the second set.
Carleton jumped out to an early 7-1
lead before Queen's closed the gap to 7-
6. After a Ravens' time out, the lead
switched back and forth, never growing
by more than two points. With the Gaels
leading 14-13, Ravens' middle Carolyn
Haddock came up big with two scores to
give Carleton the lead. The Gaels tied the
game at 15 but the Raven defence re-
gained possession and Carleton went on
to score the two points they needed for
the win.
After that roller-coaster ride, the
Ravens began to falter, losing the next
two sets and the match.
"It's just one of those things where
there's six first-year players on the floor
and they don't know what they're sup-
posed to be thinking in that sort of situa-
tion," said Biasone.
The Ravens were led by Haddock, one
of two returning players, who notched 1 4
kills and 1 6 digs. First-year leftside Marsha
Creary was also impressive with 11 kills
and 1 1 digs. □
Fatigue a factor in basketball men losses
by Kevin Restivo
Charlatan Start
The effort was there, but the breaks
just weren't.
The Carleton men's basketball team
lost 76-63 to the St. Francis XavierX-Men
in round-robin action at the fourth an-
nual House-Laughtoh Hoops Classic
hosted by Carleton Nov. 4-5. The Ravens
then dropped the consolation final 79-70
to the University of Ottawa Gee-Gees.
St FX 76 Carleton 63
Ottawa 79 Carelton 70
In their first game against St. Francis,
try as they might, the Ravens couldn't
make like the little engine that could.
Carleton guard Andrew Smith per-
sonified the Ravens' effort all weekend.
He opened the game with a three-pointer,
but despite numerous floor burns caused
by his effort to get the ball, he couldn't
score down the stretch along with the rest
of the Ravens.
Despite the outcome, Carleton threw
a huge scare into the defending national
champion X-Men, looking poised the
entire first half as they headed into
The Ravens hung tough against St. FX.
halftime with a 45:44 lead.
"I think we gave a pretty good effortin
the first half," said Smith. "I think all of
our new guys handled their press really
well."
But the basketball gods were not so
kind to the Ravens in the second half.
Ultimately, fatigue did the Ravens in
as the X-Men finished off Carleton with a
9-2 run in the last six minutes.
"We shortened our bench somewhat
from the previous weekend," said head
coach Paul Armstrong. "A lot of the guys
had tired legs from working so hard on
defence. As a result, our shots ended up
being front-rim short."
Taffe Charles was Carleton's top scorer
with 15 points.
The following night against the Gee-
Gees, the Ravens, to their credit, came
out with the same intensity they had
shown the night before.
Looking to avenge last week's 100-82
! loss against Ottawa, the Ravens held off
furious Gee-Gee pressure in the first half
en route to a 33-31 halftime lead.'
But despite Charles's 22 points, the
Ravens' inabilitytoscoredownthestretch
cost them dearly once again.
Afterwards, the team remained up-
beat nonetheless.
"We've got a competitive team and
we showed it this weekend against some
really tough teams," said second-year
point guard Curtis Houlden.
Carleton will play with St. Francis,
Brock and McMaster at the Pinky Lewis
tournament in Hamilton this weekend.
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18 • The Charlatan ■ November 11, 1993
"^j? Raven
Rumblings
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
"It was home town officatingatits
best."
Fencing coach lames Ireland
wasn't pleased with the favoritism
the referees showed the hometown
Queen's and Royal Military College
squads at the RMC Invitational fenc-
ing tournament this past weekend.
BRIEFS
In exhibition basketball, the Car-
leton women's basketball team
dropped three games to Memorial
University in Newfoundland Nov. 5-
7. The Ravens lost by scores of 63-45,
62-51 and 89-45. Carleton is now 1-8
in exhibition play with their lonewin
coming two weeks ago against
Dawson College.
The Carleton Ravens' second rugby
team ended their season with a 25-0
loss to the Queen's Golden Gaels in
the seconds' championship game.
Three members of the Carleton
men's soccer team were named to
OUAA eastern all-star team/Defender
Earl Cochrane, midfielder Andrew
Wooldridge and forward Basil Philips
were honored with the selections.
CALENDAR
Friday, Nov. 12.
BASKETBALL — The men's basket-
ball team travels to McMaster Uni-
versity in Hamilton all weekend to
participate in the Pinky Lewis Basket-
ball Tournament. The tournament,
named for a former Hamilton-area
basketball manager, hosts McMaster,
Carleton, BrockandSt.FrancisXavier.
SWIMMING — The men's and
women's swimming teams host a dual
meet against Brock University at Car-
leton's pool.
VOLLEYBALL— The women's vol-
leyball team travels to Winnipeg to
participate in the Wesmen
Invitational tournament against
some of the top teams in the country.
Saturday, Nov. 13.
BASKETBALL— The women's team
hosts the Carleton University
Invitational this weekend. The Ravens
| host the Laurier Golden Hawks in a 6
p.m. match at the Ravens' Nest.
FENCING — The men's and wom-
en's fencing teams will participate all
weekend in the Brock Open in St.
Catherines, Ont.
SWIMMING — The men's and
women's swimming teams travel to
Sherbrooke, Que., for another na-
tional qualifying swim meet.
WATERPOLO — The women's
waterpolo team is in Kingston to be-
gin their first sectional tournament
looking to improve on last year's
bronze medal finish. The Ravens will
take on McMaster, Queen's, Toronto
and Brock.
Sunday, Nov. 14.
BASKETBALL— Thewomen's bas-
ketball team hosts the Bishop's Gai-
ters in a 2 p.m. match at the Ravens'
Nest.
RELAX — It's a slow week for home
games so stay at home and study.
Better yet, get some sleep. □
Carleton s defender of the realm
All-star captain
will be missed
by Natasha Rapchuk
Charlatan staff
The first game Earl Cochrane ever
played for the Carleton Ravens men's
soccer team, he played as captain.
The game wasn't important. It was
just an exhibition match against
Concordia and the regular captain
couldn't make it.
So then-coach Ian Martin asked
Cochrane to step in.
"I guess he must have noticed some-
thing in practice, a quiet leadership,"
says Cochrane, remembering.
That was five years ago. Cochrane,
who plays stopper for the Ravens, has
gone on to star for the Ravens ever since
and has captained the team for the past
two years. Twice, he has been Carleton's
Athlete oftheYear.Twice.hehasbeenan
all-Canadian.
Leader is the word Cochrane's
teammates use to describe him. Aggres-
sive. Tough. Skilful.
"He's basically the anchor of our
team," says veteran Marty Lauter, who
playsleftback forCarleton and has known
Cochrane for five years. "He's just so
passionate about the game. He missed
one game — a third yellow card forced
him to sit out a game against Queen's —
and you felt it."
With his close-cropped dark hair and
stocky five-foot-1 1-inch frame, the 24-
year-old Cochrane looks mighty intimi-
dating on the field.
And where he's most intimidating is
in the air heading a ball.
"For the first five minutes of a game,
the opposition will contest him in the
air," says former player Greg Gallo. "But
after that, after they know that he's go-
ing todominate, people don't even go up
Cochrane is unbeatable in the air.
in the air any more. They know he'll
always win it."
It's exactly that sort of domination
which led to his captaincy two years ago
— a captaincy by example rather than
outspoken intimidation.
"I'd much rather go through a tackle
or run for that ball that no one else will
get," he says. "And hopefully that will
rub off. It sounds kind of corny, but I'd
like my actions to speak for me."
And they do.
Sandy Mackie, who started coaching
the Carleton squad last year, says
Cochrane is completely dedicated.
"His discipline and training habits are
what any coach would want," says
Charlatan Hockey Pool
he point lea '
its were tabu
'Efii
Here are the point leaders in the Charlatan Hockey Pool.
Points were tabulated as of Tue. Nov. 9, 1993.
1 344 Bank Street
(at Riverside)
738 -3323
Joseph Kurikose can pick up his $25 dinner certificate for Baxter's restaurant
at The Charlatan, Room531 Unicentre. Socan DoroghSlowey whowon lastweek.
1 Joseph Kurikose 179
2 Alex Varki
179
3 Patrick Soden
179
4 Edwin Chock
179
5 R. De Vecchi
178
6 Kelly McDonald
178
7 Jayson Luiz
177
8 Allan Russ
177
9 Don Belanger
177
10 Iain Hackston
176
Mackie. "He never misses a training ses-
sion."
It's exactly this quiet, unassuming
attitude which earned Cochrane the nick-
name Squirrel from past-coach Martin.
"He just thought 1 was so soft-spoken
when I first came," says Cochrane. "I
really didn't speak up."
Now when he speaks, teammates lis-
ten.
Cochrane has now played through his
fifth and final year of eligibility for Car-
leton soccer. What's next?
"I'll watch a lot of games I guess," he
jokes.
Actually, Cochrane has a degree from
Carleton in urban studies and is looking
into completing a master's in either ge-
ography or urban planning. He's also
toying with the idea of playing profes-
sional soccer in Europe.
He's been dreading the day he would
play his last game for Carleton. But now
that it's over, he's looking forward to
something new.
"I'll miss Carleton soccer obviously,"
says the Scarborough native. "I'll miss
the Septembercoming back and meeting
everyone again. But I'm just going to
have to see it through a different window
now, through being an alumnus."
Mostly, he says he'll miss the friends
he's made on the team.
"This year and last year were two of
the greatest years I've ever had, in any-
thing, regardless of sport," he says. "It
was just two friendship- making years
that I'll probably never experience
again. " The Ravens in turn will miss him
and his leadership on the field — and
they'll have a tough time finding some-
one to fill the shoes of a guy they used to
call Squirrel. □
lEI_s
3ME
Charlatan Sports Trivia
Answer the following question cor-
rectly and become eligible to win a $25
dinner for two at Schadillac's Saloon.
Which goaltender invented the
goalie mask?
1. Place your answer, name and
phone number on a piece of paper and
submit it to The Charlatan sports editor,
room 531 Unicentre. The recipient of
the prize will be determined by a super-
vised draw of all correct answers.
2. All answers must be received by
Tuesday, Nov. 16, 1993. The winnerwill
be contacted by phone, by the sports
editor of the Charlatan.
3. Contestents may submit only one
entry per week.
4. Charlatan staffmembersand their
families are not eligible to participate.
Congratulations to no one because
nobody knew that Dexter Manley
played for the Washington Redskins
priort o gracing Ottawa with his
presence.
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November 11, 1993 • The Charlatan ■ 19
PLACEMENT
&r Career Services
^•^^^^ DMnr«i0 anH coniirec nf interest to underaraduates. araduatina students
Check the posting boards at
the Placement Centre for
more job listings.
Programs and services of interest to undergraduates, graduating students, as well as alumni.
508 Unicentre • 788-661 1
November 11, 1993
ON-CAMPUS RECRUITING
Permanent full-time positions are
directed towards graduating students
(available May '94). Dates, unless
specified, refer to deadlines.
To find out the types of positions,
how to apply and where to find
more information on the companies,
please contact the office.
IBM Canada
Nov. 12, 12 noon
Computer Science, Engineering
Positions: SoftwareDevelopment,
Information Development, Market
Development Support
Public Service Commission
Nov. 12, Mail Direct
All Disciplines-Masters or PhD
Positions: Management Trainee
Program
Public Service Commission
Nov. 12, Mail Direct
Commerce, Public Admin., Compu-
ter Science
Positions: Financial Officer/Inter-
nal Auditor
Public Service Commission
Nov. 12, Mail Direct
Economics, Public Admin.- Masters
Positions: Accelerated Economist
Training Program
Bank of Canada
Nov. 19, 12 noon
Economics
Positions: Various
Carp Systems International
Nov. 26, 12 noon
Computer Science, System Engi-
neering, Electrical Engineering,
Math/Statistics
Positions: Software Developers
Embassy of Japan
Dec. 3, Mail Direct
All Disciplines
Positions: Assistant English
Teacher
Canadian Political Science Assoc.
Jan. 28, Mail Direct
Political Science, Other Disciplines
Positions: Ontario Legislature
Internship Programme
EMPLOYER INFORMATION
SESSION
Lakehead University
Education Information Session
Nov. 15,9:30am- 11:30am, 290 TB
Disciplines: All Disciplines
Topic: Teachers College
Newbridge
Engineering & Computer Science
Open House
Nov. 15, 5:00pm -7:00pm
600 March Rd„ RSVP 599-3616
Disciplines: Engineering, Computer
Science
Alphen
Nov. 23, 7:00pm - 9:00pm, 305 DT
Disciplines: All Disciplines
SUMMER JOB & CAREER
EXPLORATION FAIR
Mark Tuesday, February 1 , 1 994 on your calander - the date for the first
ever joint Summer Job & Career Exploration Fair, organized by Carleton
University, Algonquin College, La Cite Collegiale, and the University of
Ottawa.
This is your chance to participate in an unprecedented opportunity to meet
various employers in the private and public sectors. With all the changes
in the labour market the Summer Job & Career Exploration Fair can offer
you:
* the chance to meet employers offering summer
employment opportunities
* an opportunity to explore careers by talking to
professionals from various fields
This unique opportunity will be taking place in the Civic Centre at
Lansdowne Park from 1 :00pm - 8:00pm. Students will be required to pay
$ 1 .00 in advance or $2.00 at the door. Keep your eyes open for additional
information and ticket sales.
FULL TIME EMPLOYMENT
National Research Council
Nov. 15, Mail Direcet
Engineering, Computer Science
Position: Programmer
Request Job Order # N-6
Mitel Corporation
ASAP, Mail Direct
Electrical Engineering, Computer
Systems Engineering
Position: New Grad - Engineering
Request Job Order # 0-9
ADGA Group
ASAP, Mail Direct
Computer Science, Computer
Systems Engineering
Position: UNIX Specialist
Request Job Order # D.O. 1367
SUMMER EMPLOYMENT
National Research Council
Nov. 1 5, Mail Direct
Sciences, Engineering
Positions: 1994 Summer Employ-
ment Program
Canada Employment Centre for
Students - New Brunswick
Nov. 19, Mail Direct
All Disciplines
Positions: Summer Employment
Officers
National Defence
Nov. 30, Mail Direct
Biochem., Biology, Chemistry,
Comp. Sci., Economics, Engineer-
ing, Int'l Relations, Math/Stats,
Microbiology, Ops. Research,
Physics, Psychology
Positions: Defence Research Asst.
Transport Canada
Canadian Coast Guard
Nov. 30, 5 PM
All Disciplines
Positions: Inshore Rescue Program
Siemens Electric Ltd.
Dec. 1 , Mail Direct
Commerce, Economics, Computer
Science, Electrical Engineering
Positions: Summer Jobs In Canada,
Germany, US & Latin America
I.A.E.S.T.E
Dec. 2, Mail Direct
Engineering, Science
Positions: Summer & Fall Exchange
Ontario/Quebec Summer Student
Job Exchange Program
Jan. 14, 12 noon
All Disciplines
Positions: Various
Pulp & Paper Research Institute
Jan. 20, Mail Direct
Biochemistry, Chemistry, Physics,
Mechanical Engineering
Positions: NSERC related
AECL - Chalk River
Jan. 28, Mail Direct
Computer Science, Engineering,
Science, Physics, Chemistry
Position: Summer Student Program
PAINTERS/HOME CARE
Metropro
ASAP, Mail Direct
Positions: Franchise Owner
Student Sprinkler Services
ASAP, Mail Direct
Positions: Branch Manager
Student Works Painting
ASAP, Placement Centre
Positions: Managers
SUMMER CAMPS
Camp MaroMac
ASAP, Mail Direct
Positions: Various
Camp Tamakwa
ASAP, Mail Direct
Positions: Various
GROUP SESSIONS
The Resume/Covering Letter
This session discusses self assess-
ment, the purpose of a resume, how
to prepare a resume, skill identifica-
tion, components of a resume,
resume styles, as well as the cover-
ing letter. Samples are reviewed to
determine how to maximize effec-
tiveness.
Networking/Job Search
This session focuses on networking,
researching the labour market, the
visible and hidden job market,
various job hunting approaches,
developing a job search system and
common pit falls.
Interview Techniques
This session reviews the purpose of
the interview, the employer's and the
candidate's goal, the stages of an
interview, commonly asked ques-
tions and preparation tips.
Interested in
working abroad?
Students interested in working in-
ternationally should make refer-
ence to the Work Abroad binders
in our library. These binders in-
clude information on volunteer
opportunities, education and in-
ternship exchange programs,
teaching opportunities in Japan
and other countries, as well as
opportunities in various other
areas such as technical, business
and medical fields. These binders
include information on organiza-
tions such as CUSO, CIDA,
CARE Canada, and JET.
20 • The Charlatan ■ November 11, 1993
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
BROKEN NATES AMD NAKED D5V11S
by Suzanne Andrew
Chaflatan Staff
IVa un'altra faccia del tempo
National Arts Centre Theatre
Nov. 4 — Nov. 5
n defiance of ballet's rigid tradi-
rftionalism, Jan Fabre, a contem-
porary dance choreographer
from Belgium, has created an
allegory of the perverse ex-
pressed through his interpreta-
tion of the netherworlds.
Da un'altra faccia del tempo, co-pro-
duced by the National Arts Centre, is the
third part of an operatic series which
Fabre hopes to complete by. 1995.
In this instalment, the choreography
broughtthe audience through a journey
from a confused, non-sensical dream
world to the chaos of hell and beyond.
In the shadows behind a glittering
black scrim (an opaque curtain across
the stage) a line of dancers held pack-
ages in front of theirbellies while execut-
ing flat, technical footwork. As the scrim
was lifted, the solemn, expressionless
faces of the dancers were exposed. The
packages they held were as yet indiscern-
ible.
The effect was a subtle creation of a
dream world on stage. The audience was
drawn into the illusion of a dream by
Satan is a naked man!
constant, inexplicable visual images and
elements of surprise.
As men whirled across the stage in
full, ruffled dresses, the dancers began to
move stacks of plates on stage. The pack-
ages they had been clutching so myste-
riously in their skirts were dropped to
reveal more plates, fruit and odd bundles
of stuff. Then, as the dancers seated
themselves on rows of stacked plates, the
mood of the choreography was altered.
Order was broken with the smashing
of a plate. The guilty plate smasher was
swarmed by the other dancers as he
attempted to clean up the mess. The
soundof broken glass was amplified over
the unobtrusive background of classical
music.
The disturbing appearance of the devil,
who proceeded to involve himself in
various acts of debauchery, began the
transition from the dream phase to the
choreographer's picture of hell.
Naked, the devil character writhed on
the floor with another male dancer while
other dancers continued to twist and
turn across the stage.
The scenes of hell grew in intensity. A
line of fly swatter-brandishing dancers
moved slowly forward in smooth, sym-
metrical movements. This symmetry was
occasionally broken by dancers who went
into convulsions brought on from the
onslaught of perceived insects. Later,
demons, writhing in convulsions, twisted
wildly, juxtaposed againstsharp, almost
militaristic movements of dancers in red
dresses.
The devil character remained distinct,
making odd movements sometimes com-
plimentary to the other dancers, some-
times wildly different.
When youVe tired of cow tipping
by Rori Caff rey
Charlatan Staff
Shotmaker — opening for
Problem Children, Electric Embryo
and Nevergreen
SAW Gallery
^Saturday, Nov. 13
Small-town teenagers have few op-
tions when it comes to recreational ac-
tivities. They can play hockey, drink
illegally, tip cows or form a band that
releases a record and then tours North
America.
Shotmaker, a band from the town of
Belleville between Ottawa and Kingston,
opted for the latter.
Matt Deline (vocals/drums), Tim
Meanboy Matt Deline pounds those
skins like a wild cheetah.
McKeough (guitar/vocals) and Nick Pye
(bass/vocals) are the Belleville boys who
spent their summer vacation delivering
powerful and poignant music to audi-
ences continent- wide.
Their independently arranged tour
began only months after their inception,
but McKeough explains the choice was
not a hasty one.
"Me and Matt were in another band,
Herbal Scream, with anotherbass player,
my friend Colin. We had been planning
on (touring) for about a year, but then
Colin quit," he says. "We still wanted to
tour, so we just practised a lot and got
some songs."
Colin Punchard'sdeparturelastspring
put an end to Herbal Scream, whose two
cassettes (self-titled and Nutmeg) and
umpteen live shows had established a
fan base for them. Instead of finding
another bassist to fill in for Punchard,
they recruited Pye, scrapped all the Herbal
Scream songs and started fresh.
"What we're doing now is so differ-
ent, * says Deline, explaining Shotmaker's
new direction. "It's much noisierand less
funky, which is more along the lines of
what Tim and I wanted to do in the first
place. Since Nick is such a good friend
and we like having him around, we
invited him to join the band."
"I don't think 1 really took over any
position," says Pye, on the subject of
joining McKeough and Deline. "We just
jammed, made up some songs, and that
was that."
Shotmaker's debut 7" single, recently
£ released on the Toronto indie label
t Maticore/Kung Fu Enterprises, demon-
w strates their member-to-member unity.
1 Music, lyrics and vocals are handled by
| all three, creating the thick and full vibe
" which Herbal Scream lacked.
Theirnew sound has gained approval
Tim McKeough and his mighty nice
choppers.
abroad. The California punk rock jour-
nal MaximumRocknRoIl featured a two-
page spread on the boys, a campus radio
deejay in British Columbia wrote to them
saying he plays one of their songs every
second episode of his show, and their
record recently charted at number three
on CKCU's Top 50 — with Nirvana at
number four.
Such achievements only make
Shotmaker work harder. They are cur-
rently writing more material and
slugging it out on the live all-ages cir-
cuit. Future plans include anotherrecord,
another tour and possible relocation to
Ottawa come September. □
A tall, gangly man dressed in white
underwear occasionally walked through
the hell scenes on china plates that were
bound to his feet by chains. The stacks of
plates gradually grew higher as every-
thing got more hellish.
Then music, having swelled to a fury,
began to fade out. Gaps in the music
created eerie silences. And then, the danc-
ers disappeared.
In a startling climax, plates and dishes
fell from above and landed on stage in a
jarring, thunderous crash. White lights
cutting through the dust created a dra-
matic difference from the previous murki-
ness.
Three dancers in white crept on stage,
making crunching noises as they stepped
on the broken dishes. They stood and
danced with slow, measured movements
to the silence.
Da un'altra faccia del tempo offered
incredible visual images, drama, a deep
intensity with touches of humor and lots
of surprises.
The 15 dancers kept up the momen-
tum of the difficult and fast-changing
choreography for over two hours. There
was no intermission.
The character of the devil was par-
ticularly well-executed by dancer Antony
Rizzi. Rizzi accepted Fabre's challenge of
altered gender roles by dancing en pointe,
a technically difficult feat traditionally
reserved for ballerinas. His talent was
further showcased by the freedom of his
role, a utility he used for complete ex-
pression of his body. (His facial grimaces
were particularly convincing.)
Da un 'altra faccia del tempo was a lucid
glimpse into Fabre's imagination. His
creativity, complimentary to his revolu-
tionary approach to ballet, defies con-
ventions. This production was odd, but
arresting in its intensity. □
This uieek:^
Words We'd Use To
Abuse Our Elders
(If We Weren't So
Politically Correct)
1. windbag
2. talentless hack
3. self-serving snake
4. weasel
5. condescending
wonk
6. radical hippie girl
7. ethically challenged
8. pernicious
9. short
10. pseudo-feminist-
auasi-progressive-
cneese-eatin'-chicken
lovin'-news harpie
November 11, 1993 • The Charlatan ■ 21
Spirit of the West, and the road to maturity
by Blayne Haggart
Cha/lalan Statl
I Con
VJhu
Spirit of the West
Congress Centre
rsdoy, Nov. 1 1
)
So much for the high concept.
Coming from a band as fraught with
meaning as Spirit of the West, you would
expect an album title like Faithlift to
mean something.
The truth, according to Geoff Kelly,
the multi-talented co-founder of the
group, is a lot more banal.
"We were doing a television show
called Ear to the Ground — a national TV
show designed to highlight up and com-
ing bands — and the producer's name
was Faith Finegold. We were on our way
out to the Stein Valley festival in British
Columbia to play the concert and shoot
some footage. We were just driving out
there and I was just mindlessly mulling
her name over in my head and we some-
how got Faithlift. It's as simple as that."
Not that it doesn't have any reflection
on their latest album, which was re-
leased last month. Kellynotes, it "almost
seems prophetic," coming from a band
that hadn't released an album in over
two years and was struggling somewhat
with a changeover to a more rockish
sound that came as a surprise for some of
their listeners.
In addition to the core players of
Kelly, vocalist and guitarist John Mann
(who co-writes the songs with Kelly),
bassist Linda McRae and multi-instru-
mentalist Hugh Macmillan, this is the
second album to feature drummer Vince
Dietrich.
Spirit of the West: no longer the angry young men.
Pear Editor,
Why do you
keep sending
"my stories back ?
Don't be afraid of rejection, i ake a risk. Submit.
Drop off articles, poems, opinion pieces to 531 Unicentre.
HONORARY DEGREES
The Senate Honorary Degrees Commitlee is inviting nominations from members of the
Carleton University community for the awarding of honorary degrees at the 1994 and subse-
quent Convocations.
In preparing its recommendations to Senate, the Committee will consider merit based on the
following criteria:
(i) a distinguished contribution to the Ottawa community, Canada or the world in the
arts, the professions, the private sector, public service or humanitarian endeavours,
or
(ii) a notable association with, or benefit to, Carleton University.
The following information about each nominee should be provided: a) name in full; b)
permanent address; c) a brief biographical outline on the nominee, including education,
employment, and accomplishments of note. Each nomination should be accompanied by a
statement (200 words maximum) stating the reasons why the nominee should be honoured by
Carleton University, and why at this time or in the near future.
Nominations are submitted to the Committee in strict confidence and should therefore not be
discussed with the intended nominee. Serving employees of the University and sitting
members of the Board of Governors are not eligible for nomination.
Nominations must reach the Committee by Friday, 7 January 1994, and should be forwarded to: The
Clerk of Senate. Secretary, Honorary Degrees Committee. Room 607, Administration Building Carleton
University, 1)25 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, Ontario K1S 5B6
According to Kelly, Dietrich joining
the band was one of the catalysts for
their new, almost rockish sound. Over
the past 30 months, they've been adapt-
ing this sound, which was not all that
easy — something that was obvious on
Go Figure.
"When we made Go Figure, Vince had
only been on board for about six months.
1 think we sounded a bit stiff back then
and he was struggling to find his place in
the band.
"We felt in our hearts it was the right
move but it definitely took a good year of
working together and making that record.
Actually, we're a better band now. We're
a band that's been together for three
years and I think it sounds that way; it's
more comfortable now."
The result is an album that mixes
their traditional Celtic folk sound with
that rock edge they've been driving for in
just the right amounts. And while many
songs on Go Figure were a bit simplistic
(witness the keyboards on "Big Head"),
the songs on Faithlift generally sound
better.
Their lyrics have also undergone great
changes, resulting from the band's
changing perspective on life. Continu-
ing the trend they started on Go Figure,
Faithlift features songs thatare less overtly
political. According to Kelly, this transi-
tion from "angry young men" to respon-
sible parents was very natural.
Songs like "Death on the Beach,"
which, had they been written a few years
ago, might have been about the Gulf
War. It's actually about the beauty of the
Gulf Islands in British Columbia.
Of the change, Kelly says, "It's been
pretty natural for us. I think that's one
thing — that becoming fathers and par-
ents, your focus turns a lot more inward.
Your biggest concern is looking after
your family.
"A song like "Dirty Pool" from Save
This House, for example; I don't think
we'd write that the same way in 1993.
We've gone through the stage of the
angry young men and now we're writing
with a little more room for the listener.
We just don't want the meaning of the
songs to be unearthed on the first listen.
We'd rather people had to listen more,
delve into it, use their own imagina-
tion."
Faithlift does this and more; it renews
the band's soul and has put them back
on the right track. □
An exceptional evening
by Joanne Ciszewski
Charlatan SlaH
Soul Asylum and Cracker
Congress Centre
^Saturday, Nov. 6
he Congress Centre rocked as
it welcomed two exceptional
bands.
The all-ages event was
well-attended by people in
every age bracket, from the
ages of 10 to 40 (I wonder if
theirmothers knew where they were). It
also attracted all kinds of social groups
— grungers, jocks, rockers — they were
all there.
Cracker set the stage with clean, pow-
erful guitar melodies that amplified their
highly intense tunes. This four-piece
band, whose core is Johnny Hickman
and ex-Camper van Beethoven member
David Lowery. also features ex-Pixie
David Lovering on drums.
Lovering's drumming talents contrib-
uted to their solid mix of harmonious
rock-country-angst. Lowery strummed
away until he broke one of his strings
during the third song. He picked up his
acoustic guitar and broke into "Sweet-
hearts, " an old Camper tune which com-
plemented his strong, clean voice. Even
though the music was not that rockish,
the kids moshed, danced and crowd
surfed.
Someone roaming around backstage
would have spotted Miss Winona Ryder
(yes, that Winona Ryder). She was here
to watch her beau David Pimer (lead
singer/guitarist for Soul Asylum) in ac-
tion.
Back to the concert. Anticipation was
in the air. An absolute explosion roared
through the Congress Centre as Soul
Asylum hit the stage. With the speakers
a little louder and the hair a little longer
than Cracker's, it was like a bolt of en-
ergy entering your body.
The first six songs were classic exam-
ples of pure altema-rock. It was beauti-
ful. The crowd, predominantly attracted
to the trendy tunes which have brought
Soul Asylum to the forefront, might not
have appreciated their polished veteran
stage performance.
Pimer, sporting a "Spaghetti O's" T-
shirt, looked great. Not being the best-
looking guy around, he had a certain
charisma about him which flew through
the venue as he jammed on his guitar
and moved about the stage. Mostly play-
ing tunes from their Grave Dancers Union
album, he muttered, "Thanks a lot,"
after just about every song.
When the oh-so-popular "Runaway
Train" came blaring out of the speakers,
about 50 people came running from the
lobby towards the stage. Lighters were lit;
it was all a little cheezy.
Overall the show was fantastic. Each
song came flowed smoothly from Pimer's
raspy vocal box. On this evening, the
Congress Centre was an excellent venue;
the lighting was vivid and the sound
system was explosive and loud without
sacrificing any sound quality.
This was, by far, one of the best live
performances Ottawa has offered in a
long time. O
"I never noticed that sparkle in your eye before. "
22 • The Charlatan • November 11, 1993
Ice beer more marketing than substance
by Doug Pengelly
Charlatan Slafi
If you've watched any TV in the last
few months you've probably seen him. A
long-haired European fellow who looks
like the bad guy from Die Hardon a night
out at Le Bistro, He's in some dark, futur-
istic factory extolling the virtues of some
"Labatt Eis Beer."
Who is this man? What is he doing to
our beer? Is he going to blow up our
breweries if we don't buy his beer?
Molson hasn't been too helpful ei-
ther. Its ice beer commercials try to ex-
plain how their scientists learned to join
the BE2R molecules to make this ice beer.
(Wasn't it Young Einstein who split the
beer atoms to put the bubbles in the
beer?)
Well, if that's not ice beer, then what
is it?
Ice brewing is by no means a new
revelation. It was developed by the Ger-
mans hundreds of years ago to make
their eisbock beer. The beer is brewed to ,
a strong alcohol level, around seven or
eight per cent. To make it even stronger,
they chill the beer to just below freezing
in big open-topped tanks. The water in
the beer freezes and floats to the surface
as ice.
The ice that forms is skimmed off the
top of the beer, reducing the amount of
water in the beer, but not alcohol. The
result is an even stronger beer. Some
traditional German eisbocks go up as
high as 12 per cent alcohol content.
- These beers are made only certain
times of the year for special festivals,
when a whole town will take a week off,
all the factories shut down, and people
dress in costumes and drink the festival
beer. Somewhere behind it all there is
some religious significance to the festi-
vals, but over the years, the religious part
has somehow been lost and now it's
mostly about getting hammered.
If you're interested in tasting a beer
f
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780 Baseline Road at Fisher Ave
(Beside The Lone Star Cafe}
brewed in this traditional way, there's a
small Canadian microbrewery called the
Niagara Falls Brewing Company. Their
eisbock is eight per cent alcohol and
comes in special 750-millilitre bottles
available at most beer stores. It's a very
interesting beer, very smooth with a
maltiness balanced by a slight alcohol
flavor. Share it with a friend, or at least
don't plan on driving or operating any
heavy machinery for a while afterwards.
At the big breweries like Labatt and
Molson, normally beer is
fermented to a high alco-
hol level between seven and
eight percent, and then it's
watered down to five per
cent just before bottling.
By adding the water back
later, this allows them to
make more beer in fewer
and smaller tanks, thus
saving them money.
When big breweries
make ice beer, it is fer-
mented to a high alcohol
content and then some ice
is filtered out to raise it
further. Once the beer is
ready to be bottled, water is
added to bring it back to
5.6 per cent, which is the
norm for North American ice beer.
If removing the ice to bring up the
alcohol and then to put water back in
seems like a huge waste of time, then
you're absolutely right. The process of
ice brewing does nothing at all to im-
prove the beer's flavor that couldn't be
done with regular brewing and brewing
a beer to 5.6 per cent is not that big a
deal.
So why would they take ice out only to
add water and bring it back down to 5.6
per cent? In a word — marketing. Judg-
ing by the response, it seems to be work-
ing quite well. It seems that everyone is
coming out with some kind of ice beer
this year.
The Niagara Falls' eisbock was the
first to come out in Canada, almost two
years ago. Labatt engineers had suppos-
edly been working on the problem for the
last 10 years, before someone at Molson
caught wind of it and beat them to the
punch.
Since then, Black Label's "Black Ice"
and Carling's "Carling Ice" have ap-
peared on the market. There's nothing
special about these ice beers, except they
have .a little more alcohol than their
non-ice counterparts.
Recently there is a new Labatt "Maxi-
mum Ice" at 7.1 per cent. I suppose if
you're just out to get drunk fast this will
do you good, but other than that it's not
a big deal. The taste is pretty much the
same.
Give the otherbreweries a month and
they'll come out with their own strong
ice beer, with .1 per cent more alcohol
just so they can own the bragging rights
to the strongest ice beer.
I give the whole thing about three or
fouryears before it fizzles out the way dry
beers did, and they find something new
to go on about.
Until then, welcome to the ice age, for
whatever that's worth. □
Remembering River
by Susie Haley
Charlatan Staff
On Oct. 31, at 1:51 a.m., the world lost
a great actor and one hot babe.
River Phoenix, 23, collapsed outside
johnny Depp's trendy L.A. club, the Vi-
per Room. An hour later, he was pro-
nounced dead at Cedar-Sinai Hospital.
The cause of his death is still under
investigation.
He was one of the few young stars
thought to have staying power in the
movie industry. Most recently, he starred
in Sneakers, with such greats as Robert
Redford and our own Dan Aykroyd, and
My Own Private Idaho, for which he re-
ceived critical acclaim.
His big screen career began in 1985,
with The Explorers, and he went on to star
in Stand By Me, Little Nikita, The Mosquito
Coast, Indiana fones and the Last Crusade,
I Love You To Death and Running on Empty,
for which he was nominated for an Acad-
emy Award.
While some of you may be saying "So
what?!?", it is for his contributions to our
generation that River deserves to be re-
membered. Unlike James Dean, whose
untimely death made him into a cult
hero, River already deserved hero status,
as he stood up and voiced concerns for
animal rights, environmental ism and
vegetarianism.
How he died is not as important as
what he did before that — he was a stellar
actor who had beliefs that transcended
the Hollywood scene. He was also an
incredible babe — nice to look at for two,
three, maybe even four hours, if partak-
ing in a River movie marathon.
If you haven't seen any of the afore-
mentioned flicks, do yourself a favor —
check them out. □
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Kingston's Inbreds make much more with less
by Sean Silcoff
Charlatan Statt
The Inbreds — opening for the
Rheostatics
The Nox, University of Ottawa
^Friday, Nov. 12
With the Inbreds, what you see is a lot
less than what you get
That's because the duo of Queen's
University students Mike O'Neill and
Dave Ullrich, who advertise themselves
as "Kingston's smallest band," create the
illusion of sounding like a rock and roll
band while using only two instruments -
- a bass and drums.
But what the band lacks in manpower
and resources, it makes up for in creativ-
ity. O'Neill plays his bass like a guitar,
feeding chords through a distortion
pedal. The result is what sounds like a
phantom guitarist.
What was to become the Inbreds'
sound developed almost accidentally
during a jam session one night when the
two were in their third year at -Queen's.
"We were just screwing around with
the bass and drums and it just came
together," says O'Neill.
The revamped sound of the distorted
bass-chord experience probably has to
be seen and heard to be believed. Even
during a performance, it's easy to forget
there are only two people on stage.
In fact, the Inbreds come close to
capturing the sound of two slightly more
famous four-man bands. In terms of
structure and style, O'Neill's hook-laden
songs owe a debt to the work of the
Beatles and R.E.M.
Other influences include Fugazi, Neil
Young and the Breeders. The result is a
collection oftightly written, rough-edged
pop songs with a certain timelessness
ingrained in them.
The Inbreds play with a camera.
The band shows impressive diversity
throughout its 21-song repertoire. "T.S.
Eliot" combines a harsh, an thematic dis-
tortion riff with a sweet, harmonic vocal
line, while the gurgling, driving bass
sound of "Landlord" brings to mind Re-
volver-era Beatles. "Bub," meanwhile, is
a sad, beautiful ballad that shows how
appropriate the bass sound can be.
The Inbreds are aboutto release 1,000
copies of their first compact disc, Hihrio,
which will be distributed throughout
Canada by Cargo Records. This follows
four previous independent releases: two
cassettes titled Dam Foul Dog and Egrog,
an EP (Let's Get Together) and the single
"Tell the Truth," which was printed on
clear green vinyl.
Their first four efforts were released
through Proboscis Funkstone, a label
that Ullrich runs out of his apartment in
Kingston. The label features such acts as
the Stonecutters, the Shermans and Los
Seamonsters, local acts that regularly
pack the clubs in Kingston.
Dam Foul Dog, the band's first cassette,
has sold 500 copies since it was released
in early 1992. "Prince," the album's lead
track, attracted attention among college
radio stations as much for the music as
for the song's odd tale.
It tells the story of Prince, a "toy dog
on wheels," and is loosely based on one
of those real-life-is-stranger-than-fiction
incidents from O'Neill's childhood.
When O'Neill was six, his grandfa-
ther made a plywood dog mounted on
wheels attached to a string, which he
gave to O'Neill's brother. Later, his grand-
parents bought a real dog and named it
Prince after the toy dog.
One day while hunting groundhogs,
O'Neill's brother took a bad shot that
went straight up the dog's rectum, dam-
aging Prince's spine. The vet told them
the only way to compensate for the in-
jury would be to put support wheels on
the dog's waist and back legs.
O'Neill told the Kingston Whig-Stand-
ard last year the family decided to put
Prince to sleep "because we thought it
would be a miserable life for a dog."
"Prince" made an impressive mark
for a debut by an independent, appear-
ing on Top 20 lists at college radio sta-
tions in Kingston, Toronto and Mon-
treal, and reaching number two on the
alternative chart at CFRC, Queen's com-
munity radio station. A video for the
song appeared on Much Music.
The single "Tell the Truth" has been
their most popular release yet, hitting
number one on CFRC's alternative chart
last summer and staying in the Top 10
for more than two months.
With Hilario, the band hopes to get
their name out across the country so they
can start touring. They're now perform-
ing about once a week in Kingston and
Toronto, with occasional shows in Ot-
tawa. They hope to make it as far as
Vancouver, where a network of friends
can help get the word out.
So far the band has received a lot of
support from friends and fans in King-
ston, something which O'Neill says keeps
the band going.
"If we weren't encouraged by (friends
and fans), I probably wouldn't be hang-
ing around doing this . . . (but) we're
doing our own thing and people seem to
like it." □
Jashion: more compCex than you ever feared
by Stephanie Garrison
Charlatan Staff
Fashion, as a philosophy, is slightly
more complex than magazine photos of
stick figures schlepping around in tacky
clothing.
On Nov. 3, a discussion hosted by the
Carleton Research Centre for Cultural
Studies gave some credibility to the con-
cept by holding a talk on fashion and its
relation to exotica.
Speaker Jennifer Craik, associate di-
rector at the Institute for Cultural Policy
Studies at Griffiths University in Aus-
tralia, gave a highly intelligent talk on
the similarities of fashion and costume
and the politics of style between cultures.
Craik discussed the distinction be-
tween what is considered fashion and
what is not. She described fashion as an
ideal of modem Western cultures, ironi-
cally referring to them as "modem wis-
dom cultures."
Costume, conversely, is regarded by
these "wisdom cultures" as past forms of
dress, or clothing worn in other Third
World cultures.
Fashion, according to Craik, is viewed
by many Westerners as a commodity
with a largely decorative function, while
costume is a phenomenon of foreign
countries that holds deeper, non-com-
mercial meaning.
Much of Western fashion appropri-
ates exotic elements from other cultures
and uses them as a kind of style tech-
nique, devoid of that deeper meaning.
Craik, in her impressive and, at times,
difficult to understand lingo, character-
ized fashion and costume as "variations
of codes of body systems" or body tech-
niques.
This means both clothes and accesso-
ries have specific uses, primarily that of
a visible barometer relating to people's
environment and purpose. Body tech-
niques are a process of self-articulation,
varying at individual and cultural levels
and reflecting such things as status or
gender.
Craik suggested that foreign dress has
been imbued by the West with a mystical
depth that western culture is missing. In
the West, therefore, other cultures' fash-
ions are viewed as exotic and different.
The style of Western dress is established
in contrast to these exotic costumes, keep-
ing foreign dress in its inferior place.
In most Western dress systems "exoti-
cism" is present, and Craik characterized
this as meaning one of three things. First,
that a "fetishized" quality is attached to
an object (clothes, for example); second,
that foreign or rare motifs will decorate
these objects; third, that these motifs
establish differences of exoticness from
standard Western fashion.
According to Craik, tattooing is a
good example of the exotic now en-
trenched in Western culture. In earlier
Japanese tradition, tattoos were seen as
erotic and prohibited by missionaries.
This merely forced the practice under-'
ground, thereby fetishizing tattooing and
making it exotic. Now, in part because of
this fetishizing, much of Western culture
has embraced it, regarding it as a "sub-
versive" form of adornment.
But as Western fashion appropriates
exotic dress, Craik notes that the Western
influence seeps into other cultures. Cos-
tumes in these cultures are now worn in
different ways, at different times, by dif-
ferent people, with changes overtime. In
this way costumes take on the character-
istics of Western fashion, such as change
in styles and competition between which
is the most aesthetically attractive.
It's debatable how voluntary the adop-
tion of Western dress was in other cul-
tures. One viewpoint is that Western dress
techniques were taken on in other cul-
tures largely due to the West's increased
presence and power in other countries.
Craik concluded by stating that the
breaking down and redrawing of fash-
ion is a convergence of style systems of
many cultures. Exoticism is a constantly
evolving, intrinsic part of fashion. How-
ever, Craik acknowledged that the over-
all importance of fashion is open to
debate. □
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Wrong for Each Other an enjoyable production
by Nei! Herland
Charlatan Sialt
d
Wrong For Each Other
National Arts Centre Theatre
English Theatre Spotlight Series
Nov. 2 — Nov 20
Have you ever bumped into your ex
and tried to have a conversation?
Norm Foster's play Wrong For Each
Other begins with such a conversation.
This play follows the life of a relation-
ship between Rudy (played by Robert
Bockstael) and Norah (Diana Fajrajsl).
The play opens in a restaurant, where a
chance encounter between Rudy and
Norah takes place several years after
their break-up.
Their memory-filled conversation
transforms into a series of flashbacks
which chronicle the landmarks of their
past love and marriage.
Reflective piano music (composed by
Marc Desormeaux) fills thetheatre, bridg-
ing the flashbacks and the present. As
the vignettes progress, we begin to real-
ize that the pair are complete opposites.
Rudy is daring. Norah is cautious. Norah
is a professional and Rudy is a manual
labourer.
Their
love is like
something
out of a bad
Paula
Abdul song,
but eventu-
ally the at-
tracti o n
ends. Be-
tween the
flashbacks,
we see an
attempt to
reconcile
past mis-
takes, as
the couple
tries to re-
kindle a My pillow! My pillow!
love that has long burnt out.
Director Gil Osborne has created an
enjoyable production that will leave
many audience members with thoughts
of past loves. The script contains a fair
amount of humor, at the same time
upholding a maturity that permits a se-
rious love story. The humor is often ob-
servational, perhaps even Seinfeld-esque
at times.
One of the greatest challenges that an
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actor faces in a two-person play is main-
taining a constant rhythm with the other
player. In a play with more than two
actors, the "heat" of the performance is
frequently taken off one of the players.
Fajrajsl andBockstael both deliversolid
performances, creating a living relation-
ship that manages to include all the
subtle body language that true lovers
can't manage to hide.
The set, designed by Karin Jones, con-
sists of several performance areas that
take on the numerous locations of the
story. A series of richly finished wood
steps rest in the centre of the stage and
are used to create a number of the loca-
tions. Enveloping the set from behind is a
wood cut-out that looks like Ottawa's
skyline.
While the performance is enjoyable,
it is aimed at an adult audience. The idea
of rekindling an old marriage isn't an
experience that most of us can relate to.
Young people might have difficulty in
relating to the experience of a divorced
couple in their late-thirties.
While the mature story certainly isn't
enough of a deterrent to suggest that
young people should not attend, with a
price tag of $23.54 a seat, Wrong For Each
Other might not be right for your pocket-
book. □
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5. The worst concert of the year 14. Cheeziest pick-up line
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Thursday, November 1 1
It's a timely cinefest at the Museum
of Civilzation Theatre. Stanley
Kubrick's Paths of Glory, starring Kirk
Douglas, is a 1957 film that attacks the
military mentality circa World War I.
Also playing just before Paths of Glory is
Norman MacLaren's anti-war film
Neighbours. The fun starts at 7 p.m.
tonight, courtesy of the Canadian Film
Institute.
Spirit of the West with Andrew
Cash and the little ones play the
Congress Centre tonight. Tickets are
$21 through Ticketmaster.
Lotta local music at Porter Hall
tonight: Ewen Todd's Ratboy,
Skatterbrains, Black Triangle, Mys-
tic Zealots, State of Emergency and
Seventh FireplayaCKCUbenefitcalled
Rock Against War and Injustice. Cover is
$5.
Friday, November 12
Atnoon in Cdrleton'sAlumni Thea-
tre, the Bel Canto Wind Quintet play
as part of the Friday (that's today) lunch-
time concert.
How Will I Know I'm Here? is not
onlya pseudo-philosophical musing, it's
also a multi-media exhibit by Toby
MacLennan.lt combines film with "vari-
ous sculptural elements" (huh? -ed.). It's
showing at the Ottawa Art Gallery
until Dec. 1.
Jivewires, Ed the Lounge Lizard
Fuller and the Dancing Wu Li Mas-
ters play a CKCU benefit at the SAW
Gallery at 8 p.m. tonight. Cover is $5.
Saturday, November 1 3
You saw them during frosh week, now
relive the drunken adventure. The Head-
stones play Oliver's tonight.
Or go see the Waltons with Mon-
treal's Fall Down Go Boom at
Zaphod's. You have two chances to see
them: at 4 p.m. they're playing an all-
ages show for CKCU's funding drive and
a scant four hours later, they're playing
another set. Tickets are $8 for each show
in advance.
In support of the rehabilitation of the
Arua Public Libraryin WestNile, Uganda,
East Africa, the West Nile and Madi
Canadian Association is holding a din-
ner and dance at the Sandy Hill
Community Centre at 7:30 p.m. to-
night. Tickets are $10 per person.
Gordon Lightfoot, the epitome of
Canadian singers, plays the NAC Op-
era tonight. Go experience a bit of Cana-
da's musical tradition for the low prices
of $22.50, $26.50 and $28.50.
For Canadian music of another sort,
9o to the Pitat 2 p.m. Upon arriving, pay
$5, place earplugs in ears and enjoy the
soothing sounds of Generic and Black
Triangle.
If your ears are still intact, head on
down to the SAW Gallery in the evening
for an ear-bruising musicfest courtesy of
Problem Children, Electric Embryo,
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Sunday, November 14
Helen Mack, a Guatemalan human
nghts leader, gives a talkat 1 p.m in the
amphitheatre of Saint Paul Univer-
sity, 22 Main St.
In the theatre of the Museum of
Civilization. Indian dance group the
Dhananjayans and Bharata
Kalanjali perform Sita Rama Hatha
at 8 p.m. Tickets are $12 for adults and
$8 foryouths (16-21 years). You can pick
them up through Ticketmaster or at the
Museum.
Monday, November 15
Cult movie Mondays continue at the
Mayfalr. Starting at 7 p.m. tonight it's
Heathers, quite possibly the best movie
about teens rising up and killing the
popular kids in high school ever. This is
followed by Sandra Bemhard (who can
be seen in Cracker's "Low" video, beat-
ing the puddin' out of David Lowery)
and her one-woman show Without You
I'm Nothing.
Tuesday, November 16
This week's book tip, courtesy of Char-
latan production manager Kevin McKay
is Walter Mosley's White Butterfly.
Raves McKay, "We are taken through
the mean streets of black Los Angeles in
the 1950s that Chandler never let us see.
Worthwhile and fun!"
It's a reggae double bill at the
Bytowne tonight, starting at 7 p.m.
Catch Peter Tosh; Stepping Razor —
RedXand Bob Marley's Time Will Tell.
To commemorate its summer and
autumn 1993 issues, Hostbox maga-
zine is holding a reading at the Stone
Angel Institute tonight at 8 p.m.
Wednesday, November
17
Opening tonight and running until
Dec. 4 at 8 p.m. at the Great Canadian
Theatre Company is The Hope Slide.
It'saboutawomanwho discovers hersel f
while performing a one-woman show
about the Doukhobors. Or something
like that. Tickets are $10 for students.
Sunday matinees at 2 p.m. are pay-
what-you-can.
Free show! Ireland's Fat Lady Sings
plays pretty neat Irish-sounding pop at
Zaphod's tonight! No cover!
At the Mayfair it's a showing on
Manufacturing Consent: Noam
Chomsky and the Media. Itstartsat 7:15
p.m. Hopefully, this time the sound will
match the film.
On In A Mellow Tone (CKCU 93. 1 FM,
9 p.m.), Bill Hartnett profiles a wide
range of Canadian jazz tenors.
Cracker bassist Bruce Huges, ex ofPoi Dog Pondering, may not wear a dress but
he sure knows how to bellow.
Thursday, November 18
The Breeders and Luscious
. f ackson roll into the Penguin tonight.
Tickets are $ 15.50 for this licensed event
and you can get them at all the usual
outlets.
At Zaphod's tonight, it's some fine
Toronto music courtesy of Dinner is
Ruined and the Morganfields.
It's the opening of the Ottawa Ballet's
home season tonight and tomorrow at
the National Arts Centre Theatre.
Tonight's ballet is The Moor's Pavane
and features Karin Kain. Tickets are $22
and$29.50andareavailableatthe NAC
Box Office.
Special note: Oliver Marsh has left the
ranks of Ottawa kid rockers Heaven
Dog to pursue other musical interests.
He will be replaced by Lemon Weap-
ons guitarist Mike Ackison. No need to
worry about possible abusive biographies
20 years from now, though. According to
Heaven Dog drummer Ted Wilson, the
split was an amicable one. Also, says
Wilson, the band's sound will now be
noticeably "more emo." Look for the
new Heaven Dog lineup at a gig some-
time in December.
Rocky Horror Picture Show. Pink
Floyd: The Wall. The Mayfair. It all
starts at 7 p.m. That will be all.
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by Caron Watt
Charlatan Staff
Zoning changes proposed by the City
of Ottawa could increase campus traffic
and create a housing shortage in Ottawa
South, says the vice-president external of
the Carleton University Students' Asso-
ciation.
Kristine Haselsteiner attended a meet-
ing conducted by the City of Ottawa on
Nov. 9, to find out about the possible
effects of a planning initiative put forth
by the city.
The city is proposing changes in zon-
ing that would allow more office build-
ings and more densely populated resi-
dential and business areas around the
Canada Post headquarters on Riverside
Drive. The area is called Confederation
Heights, which is bordered by Brookfield
and Heron roads, Riverside Drive and the
Rideau River.
Haselsteiner says the initiative could
increase the flow of traffic to Ottawa
South and the Carleton campus.
The meeting allowed community
groups to discuss a proposal that would
alter the city's and the Regional Munici-
pality of Ottawa-Carleton's plans forthe
area, says John Smith, a planner with the
city's department of planning and devel-
opment.
Haselsteiner says studies on the area
show Ottawa South cannot handle more
traffic. Any increase in traffic caused by
the zoning change would make it more
difficult for students to get to campus via
OC Transpo or along routes such as
Bronson Avenue and the Queensway,
she says.
The proposal could also increase de-
mand for parking in Ottawa South and
the number of people moving into the
area, says Haselsteiner, which would de-
plete the availability of housing and park-
ing forCarleton students in OttawaSouth.
But Smith says the zoning changes
won't have any impact on the university
community.
"I don't see that it (the plan) should
affect Carleton", he says.
Councillor George Brown (Riverside
Ward) says there will be minimal, if any,
impact on Carleton. He says he thinks
the proposal may benefit Carleton.
If the proposal goes through, a com-
muterrail through Confederation Heights
will probably be built, passing through
Carleton's campus, says Brown. He says
this will benefitthe school by making the
campus more accessible to students.
Other community groups also have
concerns with the proposal. The presi-
dent of the Ottawa South Community
Association says he's worried about the
effect of the zoning changes on the envi-
ronment and housing in Ottawa South.
Michael Lynch says the proposed
changes in zoning would allow for an
increase in traffic, more retail space and
an increase of people living in the speci-
fied area.
Some residents say they fear the envi-
ronmental impacts on Vincent Massey
Park, which is across from the Canada
Post headquarters.
"If students like the trees in the park,
now is the time to say 'Don't touch them, "'
says Karen Howard, director of the River-
side Park Community and Recreation
Association.
Students could have a say in the situ-
The shaded region is
Confederation Heights.
ation by giving Haselsteiner support and
feedback, she says.
The possibility of further contamina-
tion of the Rideau River is another con-
cern, says Haselsteiner. The river runs
along the south side of Carleton's cam-
pus.
"Storm water drainage is going into
the Rideau River with various levels of
contamination .... It's a problem for the
Rideau River and Mooney's Bay," says
Smith.
Anne Coffey, a member of the city's
environmental advisory committee, says
she is worried because the city's proposal
includes plans for up to 80 buildings in
the proposed area.
Coffey says paving and buildings cause
water to run off into the rivers. This water
includes such contaminants as oil and
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anti-freeze from cars, says Coffey.
Philip Gore, assistant director of ad-
ministrative services at Carleton, says he
cannot see any "short-range effects on
Carleton, except maybe that students
will see a different skyline when they look
across the Rideau River." Gore says the
zoning change may contribute to ashort-
age of parking on campus, but he says
Carleton is facing that problem anyway.
Gore says he doesn't know about the
possible environmental impacts of the
proposal and has forwarded a report to
Carleton 'senvironmental commissioner.
Community and city representatives
at the meeting agreed to set up an advi-
sory committee. Haselsteiner says it will
"function with developers to evaluate
concerns of communities and to find
solutions." □
Campus station tallies funding drive results
by Josee Bellemare
Charlatan Staff
CKCU, Carleton's community radio
station, received pledges of more than
$105,000 from more than 2,000 donors
in its 16th annual funding drive, says
station manager Max Wallace. The
amount surpassed the station's goal of
$100,000.
Kevin Gibbs, CKCU's funding drive co-
ordinator, says the money will cover a
third of the station's annual $300,000
budget. The drive started Oct. 26 and
ended Nov. 16.
The station's budget covers staffing
and production costs, broadcast tower
rental and supplies.
The station spent about $160,000 in
salaries last year and $56,000 in rent for
office and studio space.
CKCU gets a grant of about $ 1 00, 000
from the Carleton University Students'
Association and makes about another
$ 1 40,000 through advertising, bingos and
lottery ticket sales.
Gibbs says the station uses alternative
ways of raising money, such as holding
benefits and concerts, he says.
The station currently owes the Carle-
ton University Students' Association
$188,000 for covering some costs and
financial losses in previous years, says
Rene Faucher, CUSA's finance commis-
sioner.
Faucher says CUS A has agreed to write
off $1 of CKCU's debt for every $1 they
pay off this year. "This gives them an
incentive to make money," he says.
Faucher says CKCU made a profit of
$4,400 last year, a turnaround from a
loss of $48,000 the year before.
Gibbs says he is pleased with the
amount raised.
"I think we are in a time when the
economy is bad," he says. "It's encourag-
ing to see the kind of response we had
and the kind of feedback we got from
people."
Wallace says the station expects to
collect 70 per cent of the pledges this
year.
Last year, the station had $ 1 00,299 in
pledges and collected about $70,000.
CKCU's highest pledge this year was
$5,000 from an anonymous caller, says
Wallace.
Gibbs says the lowest pledge was $2.
'Two bucks is great, " he says. " If that's
what they want to give, that's great, we
appreciate that."
The station sent letters asking for do-
nations to all faculty and staff members
at Carleton, says Wallace, and received
more than $4,500 in pledges from faculty
and staff.
To encourage pledges, CKCU gave
away T-shirts, CDs, records, and tapes,
says Gibbs.
The prizes varied, depending on the
amount of money pledged. Gibbs says
the products were donated from record
companies and other businesses in the
community.
Wallace says he was happy with the
results.
"I'm glad (the funding drive) is over,
but I'm very happy. It's a record by far,"
he says. , □
John Mann, the
front man for Cana-
da's coolest band,
Spirit of the West.
127 guitarists jammed at CKCU Nov. 5 to promote the funding drive
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November 18, 1993 • The Charlatan ■ 3
Architecture school changing, says director
by Prema Oza
Charlatan Staff
Carleton's school of architecture is
beginning to address concerns raised in a
report about allegations of sexual and
racial harassment in the school, says the
director.
The architecture review committee's
reportwas released last Decemberaspart
of an investigation into allegations made
by current and former architecture stu-
dents in the summer of 1992.
The committee heard complaints
about some instructors giving out incon-
sistentgrades and discriminating against
students.
The report made 30 recommendations
including the development of a more
objective grading system, workshops on
sexual harassment and active recruit-
ment of women and visible minorities as
students and faculty.
The school has begun a series of
changes since the allegations first sur-
faced, says Ben Gianni, the school's di-
rector.
"I'm not in the trenches all the time
and I don't really know what's going on,
but my sense is that things are going
well," he says.
In an effort to address some of the
problems, the school has created a hand-
book for first-year students, says Gianni.
The book deals with guidelines surround-
ing studio course outlines, evaluation
and grading, critiques of student work
and grade distribution.
The handbook also mentions that the
school is working on a preliminary draft
of a code of conduct for faculty, which
was one of the report's recommenda-
tions. The code defines what is appropri-
ate and inappropriate behavior at the
architecture student. "The handbook is
really helpful. Itexplains everything and
that's great because (first year) is really
tough. There are a lot of hours."
Tim Dallett, a third-year architecture
student and former New University Gov-
ernment representative, was chosen by
Gianni to write the handbook.
"(Dallett) had an interesting perspec-
tive because he was a student and had a
lot of time on his hands so he was an
ideal person to take this project up, " says
Gianni.
"I think that when it came to issues of
race and gender he went to the individu-
als on campus and drew direction from
them."
Dallett says he wants to make sure the
handbook addresses questions of racism
and harassment, now and in the future.
"I think I worked hard on those is-
sues," says Dallett.
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"I'm looking forward to revising it and
including other voices. If anyone wants
to put things in, we're willing to accom-
modate them."
Dallett says he drew upon different
resources to write the handbook, such as
Carleton's status of women office, the
school's director, the Ontario Human
Rights Code and his own personal expe-
rience.
The school is also trying to improve its
relationship with other student groups
within the university, says Dave Edgerton,
president of the School of Architecture
Association of Students.
There are four student groups working
with the school: the Carleton University
Students' Association, the School of Ar-
chitecture Association of Students, the
New University Government, and the
Total Equality in Architecture Commit-
tee.
Sheldon Baker, a CUSA architecture
representative, organized a forum for
fi rst-year students in October. He says its
purpose was to make the students more
aware of services on campus so they
know where to go if they have a problem
with other students or faculty.
Speakers at the forum included repre-
sentatives from the Gay, Lesbian and
Bisexual Centre, the International Stu-
dents' Centre, the Peer Counselling Cen-
tre and various CUSA representatives.
Turnout for the forum was "fair" de-
spite the fact many first-year students
had assignments due that afternoon and
, were unable to attend, says Baker.
! "We all had assignments due that
day, " says first-year student Dino DiSano.
"But as far as the handbook is concerned
it achieved its goal (in informing stu-
dents).! figured what happened last year
is in the past. Why dredge it up?"
Edgerton, says the school has changed
since his first year. "The school has more
enthusiasm and there is more communi-
cation between (years)," he says.
Malcolm Wildeboer, a fourth-year ar-
chitecture student, says he has also no-
ticed a change in the school. "There is
more respect for students," says
Wildeboer.
A school-wide meeting is in the works
for all students, co-sponsored by all of
Carleton's student governments, to ad-
dress the further recommendations from
the committee once they are made pub-
lic, says Gianni. □
by Jodi Batori
Charlatan Slaff
Why don't the windows
in Glengarry House open?
This question crossed my
mind when I went to Glengarry
to visit some friends. All 1 could
do was laugh at the fact that
these windows aren't your nor-
mal idea of what a window is
supposed to be.
I found my friends trapped
like jam, sealed into an air-
tight room. This means that if
one person gets sick, it's very
possible the whole floor will get
sick, and that's why Glengarry
residents are commonly known
as the sickest on campus.
So, to those who reside in
Glengarry, I recommend that
you stock up on your Neo Citron
or hope that you have an awe-
some immune system. Forthose
of you with allergies, you have
another thing coming.
In past years, several types of fungus
have been found in the carpet and an
air quality test done in 1991 showed
that the air in Glengarry had traces of
bacteria, says John Woods, president of
the Rideau River Residence Association.
This is not to say the building's air
filtering system doesn't work — because
it does. But most growths in res rooms
have a lot to do with leftover food and
empty beer bottles, says Woods.
In fact, he says the air filtering sys-
tem in Glengarry is so exemplary that
Dunton Tower has recently had a simi-
lar system installed.
But enough banter, the question still
remains, "Why don't the windows in
Glengarry residence open?"
It's not because Carleton wants to
save money on heating costs.
It's not to give the doctors up at
Health Services something to do.
Sadly, it was partly done to stop
students from jumping out the window
and committing suicide, says Beverley
Cruikshank, an accommodations of-
ficer with housing and food services.
She also says all the buildings con-
structed between 1969 and 1970 were
made with sealed windows because peo-
ple wanted air conditioning.
So they air condition Glengarry, situ-
ated in Ottawa, where it is hot for maybe
a couple of months a year. In the sum-
mer, Glengarry is rented out as a hotel
and it can get quite warm, says
Cruikshank. Big deal! □
4 . The Charlatan • November 18, 1993
Clowns, censures and costumes
COUNCIL
by Tanya Workman
Charlatan Staff
"Let's get with it people. The year is
almost over."
We couldn't have said it better. That
plea was courtesy of arts and social sci-
ences representative Rob Bennett at a Car-
leton University Students' Association
council meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 16. It
was a circus.
Right off the bat, Derek Zeisman, gen-
eral manager of the Rideau River Resi-
dence Association, announced he will put
forward a motion at the next meeting to
get council to censure CUS A President Lucy
Watson, which means he wants Watson to
be given a reprimand.
Council would not allow Zeisman to
elaborate on his reasons for the censure
until the motion is brought up.
Afterthe meeting, CUS A vice-president
internal Rob Jamieson said he doesn't
even know what a censure involves,
because the CUSA constitution has no
provisions for motions of censure.
He said council will not know the
implications of the censure, or what
steps to take on it, until Zeisman has
presented his motion.
After the meeting, Zeisman said a
motion of censure means council is not
happy with the activities of the presi-
dent.
According to Zeisman, if council votes
50 per cent plus one in favor of the
motion, it will mean council wants
Watson to reflect on her behavior as
president and to improve it in the fu-
ture.
Zeisman said he doesn't think
Watson has been doing a good job.
"We have a president here who has
made more than her share of mistakes
and is, in many cases, not willing to
recognize that these are mistakes."
Zeisman said he feels Watson's big-
gest mistake was interfering in the run-
ning of CUSA services during the sum-
mer, but he refused to give specific
examples of interference.
He said he also thinks Watson spends
too much time in her office and not
enough time representing students.
Atthe meeting, some didn't appreci-
ate Zeisman's announcement.
"This is bordering on personal at-
tack, " Theresa Cowan, CUSA's director
of services, told Zeisman.
Bank s cheque cashing
policy angers some
by Clayton Wood
Charlatan Staff
Some students say they are being dis-
criminated against by the Carleton
Scotiabank's cheque-cashing policy.
While most people with full-time jobs
can cash cheques promptly, students usu-
ally have to wait up to five business days
for a cheque to clear, says Don Bailey,
manager of the Scotiabank branch on
campus.
" I just feel thaf s discrimination against
a whole class of people, namely students, "
says Dean Novak, a graduate studentwho
is a teaching assistant.
Bailey denies there is discrimination,
but admits some students have been upset
about the policy.
Novak says he agrees the bank should
protect itself from bad cheques, but adds,
"I have enough credit rating to get a
Mastercard and VISA and I find it person-
ally insulting that when I cash a cheque
for $75, they place a five-day hold on it."
Bailey says in some cases, the branch
will make exceptions to the rule, such as
during the beginning of the school year
when many students use personal cheques
to open accounts.
"During the registration period, we got
authorization from the head office, telling
us to use common sense. We stuck our
neck out, and we bit the bullet in some
cases," says Bailey.
He says the bank may have lost around
$1,000 during that time.
He says the branch might process any-
where from two to 10 non-sufficient funds
cheques a day.
Most of these are caught before money
»s handed out due to the hold, he says. In
the past, the bank has lost money when
customers cashed cheques on the spot that
eventually bounced, says Bailey.
Novak says the bank should eliminate
the wait for teaching assistants and stu-
dents with good credit ratings.
Finance Commissioner Rene Faucher
was quick to add his two cents worth and
told Zeisman if he was going to censure
anyone it should be the entire executive.
"It's not just Lucy Watson who makes
decisions," Faucher told Zeisman. The
executive as a group is accountable for
any decisionsCUSA makes, Faucher said.
But Zeisman persisted.
"1 can see the point you're trying to
make, but I see certain problems with the
president."
Watson addressed Zeisman's com-
plaints in her report to council.
"If anybody has felt that they can't
approach me . . . it's more than likely
that I've been bogged down with work, I
hope you'd persevere."
Watson also said she respected
Zeisman's opinion. After her report, she
appeared upset and left the room.
After this act was finished in the ring,
there was more hoopla about a recent
Ontario Labor Relations Board ruling
which automatically unionizes 340 CUSA
employees.
Arts and social science representative
John Edwards tried to read out loud all 28
pages of the Ontario Labour Relations
Board decision, even though Watson told
Edwards she would be addressing union
issues later in the meeting.
Councillors, including Watson and
Cowan, left the room in protest. Edwards
continued for almost 15 minutes.
With only a scattering of councillors
left in the room, journalism councillor
James Heath called quorum.
Faucher asked Edwards if it was neces-
sary to read theentire document. Edwards
continued to read. The circus almost
packed up its tent to leave at this point.
The councillors eventually came back
in and things got sorted out.
When it was her rum to speak, Watson
advised councillors to address their un-
ion concerns to the CUSA employees'
union, Canadian Union of Public Em-
ployees Local 1281.
Next up in the circus ring were the
guests.
One of them was third-year geogra-
phy student Brad Ellis, also known as
"Stats," orbetteryet, as Rodney the Raven,
Carleton mascot. Ellis wants a new cos-
tume.
He says his Raven costume, which was
supposed to last 10 years, hasn't. He says
the costume is now a health hazard be-
cause it's dirty and hard to move around
in.
He wants $500 from CUSA to help pay
for a new costume, which would cost
between $3,800 and $5,000, he says.
"I want to leave behind something
that is more than a pile of rags," he said.
Council agreed to give Ellis the $500
he had requested, but only when he had
a firm commitment from the department
of athletics.
After Ellis passed around pieces of his
costume, arts and social sciences repre-
sentative Todd McAllister stepped into
the ring to wear the Raven mask for
about half an hour. "This is cool,"
McAllister commented.
Go to the CUSA circus and see it to
believe it. It's the cheapest form of enter-
tainment in town. □
"It would be difficult," says Bailey.
"We don't keep track of who is still a
student or not."
Rick Do.Couto, a student customer
atthe branch for four years, says he still
has problems cashing personal cheques.
"It's the only bank I've been to where
they've placed a five-day hold. There is
one lady who works at the end of the
counter who is pretty nice.
"With the others, I have to haggle
over it."
Another student customer, Mike
Lewis, says he has never had any prob-
lems cashing cheques at a different
Scotiabank branch in Ottawa, where he
has been a customer since 1987.
"They place too much of an empha-
sis on the five-day hold here. There
should be more co-ordination between
the branch managers," Lewis says.
Clients who don't have to wait the
five days are normally those who have
a full-time job, a satisfactory credit rat-
ing and a good income, says Bailey.
There is no set criteria on who quali-
fies for this treatment.
The decision to cash a cheque is up to
the branch and is based on its past
relationship with the customer, says
Bailey. He says other banks have simi-
lar policies.
The Bank of Montreal branch in
Centretown, which also has Carleton
students as clients, also bases its cheque-
cashing policy on the past relationship
with the customer, says manager Art
Soper.
"Everything is placed on hold for the
first 30 days after the account is opened.
After that, it's subjective," says Soper.
He says factors which determine
whetheror not a client can cash cheques
immediatelyinclude the person's length
of residency and if there have been
problems with the account in the past.
He says students are not treated differ-
ently from other customers. □
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NAHONAL AFFAIRS
UNB students angry over profs article
by Sara-Lynne Levine rtni.*.,^, ... .
by Sara-Lynne Levine
Charlatan Staff
The opinions of a University of New
Brunswick professor have angered the
school's students, sparking a huge con-
troversy and igniting a debate about
freedom of speech and the issue of date
rape.
On Nov. 5, Matin Yaqzan, an assist-
ant professor of mathematics and statis-
tics at UNB, wrote an opinion piece enti-
tled "'Rape' past and present" in The
Brunswickan, the university's student
newspaper.
In the article, Yaqzan said young men
need sexual intercourse regularly. He
wrote that a woman who willingly goes
into a man's room "could consider it an
invitation to sexual intercourse."
He also wrote that a woman who is the
victim of unwanted sexual advances
should "demand some monetary com-
pensation" rather than get sympathy
from others.
The professor's article has been the
focus of intense national media atten-
tion.
Yaqzan has been suspended with pay
while the incident is under investigation
University officials suggested that he not
return to campus for his own safety, but
there is no legal injunction banning him
from campus.
James van Raalte, president of the
UNB Student Union, says some students
might not feel safe with Yaqzan as a
professor because of the views he ex-
pressed.
Van Raalte says while Yaqzan is sus-
pended, a review is taking place examin-
ing his entire employment record. "Some
people say this (suspension) is unfair,"
says van Raalte.
He also says the issue has caused a
"media circus" on the campus.
He says the student council is trying to
counteract the article's statements.
"We are running a 'No Means No'
campaign all this week with the Cana-
dian Federation of Students and we are
having a date rape forum, with a panel
of speakers and an open mike, " says van
Raalte.
Van Raalte says the council is trying to
focus on the issue of date rape and vio-
lence against women, not freedom of
speech. He says the one good thing about
the article is students are now talking
about the issue.
Karen Burgess, editor-in-chief of The
Brunswickan, says the decision to run the
article "was an editorial board decision
that we fully stand behind."
Below the article, the paper ran a
disclaimer stating "the opinions ex-
pressed above are not those of The
Brunswickan, its editorial staff, or its pub-
lishers. This column is a forum for the
opinions of members of The Brunswickaris
readership."
Burgess says the paper had a lot of
response to the article and suspension.
She says she was sure the issue would
generate some interest, but "didn't ex-
pect it to run on CNN. 1 didn't expect the
national or international attention."
Since the publication of the article,
Yaqzan has said he will not grant inter-
views unless he is paid for them. Burgess
is critical of this, saying "people who are
willing to make publicstatements should
also be willing to publicly defend them-
selves."
However, Yaqzan agreed to answer
questions in writing from The
Brunswickan in the Nov. 12 edition of
the paper.
In his answer, he says he "feels he has
been misquoted" and the issue is like a
"tempest in a teapot."
lonathan Scott is a third-year business
student at UNB's Saint lohn campus. He
says a lot of students and staff have been
talking about the issue. "One professor
brought it up in class," says Scott.
He says the reaction among students
to Yaqzan 's comments has been mixed.
"Though his opinion are outlandish
and ridiculous, he might have a right to
say it, " says Scott of Yaqzan's comments.
But Scott also says Yaqzan should have
been more responsible with his com-
ments for the sake of the university's
reputation.
"By associating himself with the uni-
versity, he is sort of speaking for them.
That is embarrassing for the university. "
Scott says he "doesn't agree with his
(Yaqzan's) opinions, but it is good the
issue of date rape is in the limelight." □
Black attacks hacks and taxes at local visit
by Jill Mahoney
Charlatan Staff
Conrad Black is an establishment kind
of guy, but a controversial one, too.
The Carleton graduate was in town to
promote his memoirs, A Life in Progress
at the National Li-
brary on Nov. 10.
Last week,
Black, who now
lives in Britain,
gave a crowd of
blue-suited profes-
sionals his conten-
tious views on a
range on Canadian
issues, from trans-
fer payments to
political correct-
ness and discrimi-
nation.
The multi-mil-
lionaire media mo-
gul has stakes in
many newspapers
including the Ot-
tawa Citizen and Le
Droit, as well as oth-
ers in Australia and
England. Hollinger, his company, con-
trols a total daily circulation of about 4.5
million through the papers he owns.
In his lengthy speech, Black told the
crowd Canada's commitment to social
issues and regional parity has led us into
"very deep water."
"We've followed a course that's been
very counter-productive. Ontheeconomic
nomic equality in the Constitution."
Black said the country has been led
astray by the federal government's at-
tempt to make prosperous provinces
equal with less prosperous ones through
transfer payments.
"The process is
out of control," he
said.
Black said the
effect is that
Canada is a coun-
try with high taxes
and high unem-
ployment.
Black, who has
donated money to
both the NOP and
the Reform party,
said Canadians are
J Y latest to° politically cor-
I Acavirmw rect.-
"We've sud-
denly become the
mostpohticallycor-
ni Kfl rect society in the
f world. I don't know
how this hap-
pened."
Black said he acknowledged there's
"room for debate" on most issues. But he
said one example of political correctness
getting out of hand was when the On-
tario NDP government recently ran a job
ad which excluded white males from
applying as part of its affirmative action
policy on employment.
"I'm well aware of the good inten-
tions. I must
proclaim my
should be paying expensive government
commissions for."
Black, who was dressed in a navy suit
and red tie — like most of the audience —
employs many journalists in Canada and
around the world, although he is re-
nowned for his criticism of journalists.
Black addressed his infamous and
widely repeated comments about jour-
nalists he made to the Davey commis-
sion on the media in 1969. At the time,
he said "a very large number of them
(journalists) are ignorant, lazy, opinion-
ated, intellectually dishonest and inad-
equately supervised. . . . Alcoholism is
endemic."
But now, he said he has "the honor of
employing several thousand."
"The fact is I think most journalists are
like most people, doing the best jobs they
can."
Although Black's appearance was to
promote his book— which was for sale in
the library's foyer — he only read a short
excerpt at the beginning of his talk.
He said it's not the sort of book one
should read aloud and that doing so at a
free-admission event "would violate the
concept of value for money." □
Returning in next week's
Charlatan . . .
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
I must proclaim my view that I don't
like discrimination. But Bob Rae might
be the only person in Ontario that I d
like to discriminate against.
— Conrad Black
side, we've devalued our currency."
81ack said Canada is over-taxed be-
cause of questionable government ef-
forts to provide Canadians from coast to
coast with the same quality of life.
"We're the only country ... to en-
trench the instability of regional eco-
view that I
don't like dis-
crimination.
But Bob Rae
might be the
only person in
Ontario that I'd
like todiscrimi-
^^^^,^^^1^ note against."
But Black
said the only antidote for discrimination
is not to discriminate.
Black also said a recommendation
from a recent federal government report
on violence against women that men
take an oath of non-violence towards
women is "very simply not the thing we
Fee increase will help lobbying
efforts and research, says CFS
by Anthony Pangalos
Charlatan Statt
"Money isn't everything," says Carl
Gillis, chair of the Canadian Federation
of Students. "But it makes the message
easier to get out"
On Nov. 9 and 10, Carleton students
votedin a referendum to pay $4more per
student in membership fees to the na-
tional student lobby group and its pro-
vincial wing, theCFS-Ontario, beginning
next September.
This year, Carleton students paid $4
per student to the CFS and 5 3 per student
to the CFS-O as part of their student fees.
The final results in the referendum
were 669 votes for the increase and 645
against, with 58 spoiled ballots.
The increase will go to continuing
lobbying governments on student issues
and research conducted by the federa-
tion, says Gillis. The federation lobbies
the government on issues such as student
poverty, employment and tuition.
It's over and now we can deal with
what we set out to do — helping out
students and representing their needs,"
saysEmechete Onuoha, chairoftheCFS-
O.
Both Gillis and Onuoha say the money
will not go to any specific programs, but
to general lobbying efforts.
"If s main purpose is to continue our
work. Since there has been no increase
since 1981, added to the rise of inflation,
our job becomes very difficult," Gillis
says. "The money will go to restore the
balance in terms of resources of what we
have to do."
Onuoha says the increasing numbers
of students at universities require more
resources and employees at CFS-O.
"We need the money to send more
people out to the schools like Carleton, to
do more research and to accommodate
the growing demands made by a grow-
ing population of students, " he says.
All Ontario CFS-member schools must
decide on fee increases this year, either
through their student councils or through
referendums. The increase will take ef-
fect if 80 per cent of the member univer-
sities approve it.
Students at Trent voted in a referen-
dum in October to approve a member-
ship fee increase.
As well, students at McMaster Univer-
sity in Hamilton will vote on Nov. 30 and
Dec. 1 on a $4 fee increase for CFS. But if
the increase is denied, the student asso-
ciation will holdanother referendum on
whether to withdraw from CFS. □
November 18, 1993 * The Charlatan • 7
Provincial legislation may recognize gay rights
by Karolina Srutek
Cna/lalan Stall
Some members of the gay and lesbian
community in Ontario are critical of a
proposed provincial bill which would
extend employee benefits to gays' and
lesbians' partners and change the defini-
tion of "marital status" in the Ontario
Human Rights Code.
They say they are in favor of a differ-
ent proposal which would amend all
laws in Ontario instead of just one.
A private member's bill introduced by
Liberal MPP Tim Murphy in June would
change the definition of marital status in
the Ontario Human Rights Code to in-
clude same-sex couples.
Murphy says his bill would also pro-
tect people from harassment in the
workplace based on sexual orientation.
It also ensures employment benefits to
such as bereavement leave, dental and
drug plans to gays' and lesbians' part-
ners. Itwould also prevent landlords from
denying a same-sex couple available
rental units, says Murphy.
But a different bill promised by Attor-
ney General Marion Boyd would amend
alllawsinOntariowhichrefertoaspouse
as being someone from the opposite sex.
Murphy's bill passed first reading on
June 8 and
is awaiting
the ap-
proval of
the provin-
cial justice
committee
to con-
tinue onto
the third
reading
and even-
tually be voted on in the legislature.
Boyd's bill has not been introduced yet.
Murphy's bill would only change the
definition "marital status" in the code,
but it wouldn't change the definition of
"spouse, " says Peter Nogalo, co-ordinator
of the Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Centre
When a state doesn't recog-
nize a relationship, that says
as a society we are saying that
it's okay to discriminate.
— Alex Munter
If you'd like a booklet aboul Jack Daniel's Whiskey, write us here in Lynchburg, Tennessee 37352, U.S.A.
NO ONE IN LYNCHBURG knew why jack
Daniel missed work that spring day in 1904.
No one except his nephew Lem Motlow,
who was sworn to silence. You see, Mr.
Jack was bound for St. Louis and the
World's Fair, where his whiskey could
be judged against the world's finest.
As it happened, Jack Daniel
returned to Lynchburg with a lot
less secrecy - and a gold medal in
his hand. A sip, we believe, will
confirm the Fair's judges knew
their whiskey.
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at Carleton.
As well, Nogalo says Murphy's bill
fails to mention the 79 other Ontario
laws outside the human rights code which
have discriminatory definitions of
"spouse" and "marital status."
— Alex
Munter,
Ottawa-
Carleton's
first
openly
gay
elected of-
ficial and
city coun-
cillor in
Kanata,
says laws concerning the division of prop-
erty in divorce cases and next of kin
rights are examples of legal discrimina-
tion outside the human rights code.
"Like this guy dying of AIDS, he has a
partner who he has lived with him for
years. But the law doesn't recognize his
partner as his next of kin. The law only
recognizes his parents as next of kin,"
says Munter.
Because Murphy's bill would only
amend Ontario's code, definitions out-
side of it would have to be challenged in
court or in human rights complaints,
says the Coalition for Gays and Lesbian
Rights in Ontario.
In the coalition's lobbying kit, it says
Murphy's bill doesn't represent a major
move forward for lesbians and gay rights,
because gays and lesbians have already
achieved the amendments.
In September 1992 the definition of
marital status was changed in the Char-
ter of Rights and Freedoms by omitting
"of the opposite sex" in a case brought to
the federal courts by the federal human
rights commission. The coalition says
harassment on the grounds of sexual
orientation was covered by the human
rights code already, since it is a form of
discrimination.
But Murphy says progress is some-
times evolutionary, not revolutionary.
"While I believe that these changes
are necessary in helping end discrimina-
tion based on sexual orientation, I ac-
knowledge they are only a start," says
Murphy in a press release.
Although the provincial NOP govern-
ment supported Murphy's bill initially,
the bill didn't address all of the issues of
same-sex spousal rights, says Susan
Bernier, Boyd's special assistant.
The government's own proposed bill
would include unemployment benefits,
adoption, inheritance rights and would
amend any law which refers to a spouse
as being someone from the opposite sex,
says Bernier.
"Marion Boyd has promised a broader
bill than Murphy last July and that she
will do something about it in the fall. But
there is no indication on the government
timetable of such an action, " says Markus
Wilson, Murphy's special assistant.
Munter says he is disappointed the
government hasn't moved forward on
this issue, saying it's time to prepare
society to accept distinct gay and lesbian
rights.
"When , a state doesn't recognize a
relationship, that says as a society we are
saying that it's okay to discriminate." □
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UBC proposes Canada's first
lesbian and gay curricuium
by Brandie Weikle
Charlatan Start
The success of a gay and lesbian lec-
ture series at the University of British
Columbia this fall has prompted a pro-
posal to launch a program for gay and
lesbian studies at that university.
But despite the presence of such courses
at other Canadian universities, Carleton
has little to offer students interested in
these programs.
At UBC, the University of Toronto,
Ryerson Polytechnical University, and the
University of Western Ontario, some les-
bian and gay courses are offered. But
UBC's faculty association committee on
gay and lesbian issues wants more.
t- "We're not considering the lecture se-
ries to be the end of the game — that now
that we've had a lesbian, gay, bisexual
lectures series we're all happy — that's
not our vision," says Douglas Sanders,
the committee's chairperson and a law
professor at UBC.
The committee's negotiations with
UBC'sadministration will decide whether
there should be more courses on homo-
sexuality and whethera degree-granting
faculty should be created. If the degree
program is developed, it would be the
first of its kind in Canada.
Dan Birch, UBC's vice-president aca-
demic, is supportive of developing a gay
and lesbian studies program.
"UBC is trying to recognize the value
of gay and lesbian studies in all areas of
our curriculum," says Birch.
At Carleton there are no courses that
are exclusively dedicated to studying gay
and lesbian culture. But Carleton's de-
partment of social work has two courses
that partially address lesbian and gay
issues.
Gloria Norgang teaches a second-year
course called "Human Sexuality" and a
graduate course called "Challenging
Heterosexuality."
According to the course calendar, "Hu-
man Sexuality" discusses "the range of
individual differences in sexual and re-
productive attitudes, values and behavior
and . . . the particular concerns of various
sexually oppressed groups."
But the graduate course examines
what Norgang calls "a society of compul-
sory heterosexuality."
Norgang says it is enormously impor-
tant that gay and lesbian courses be
offered.
"It has been traditional at universities
to address minorities that affect far fewer
people than those that are gay and les-
bian," says Norgang. "There is definitely
room for courses specifically addressing
gay and lesbian issues."
Studies on homosexuality should not
just address the problems in the lesbian
and gay community, says Peter Nogalo,
co-ordinator of Carleton's Gay, Lesbian
and Bisexual Centre.
"I think there's a history, culture and
art of the various gay, lesbian and bi-
sexual communities that hasn't been
explored at this university the way it
should be," says Nogalo.
Carleton's department of social work
has an equity statement which includes
sexuality and which ensures that issues
of heterosexuality and homophobia are
integrated into classes wherever possi-
ble, says Gerald de Mantigny, supervisor
of undergraduate studies for social work.
He says lesbian and gay studies are
"without a doubt" worthy of being in a
class of their own. He says the creation of
a separate department would have po-
litical advantages for members of the
gay, lesbian and bisexual communities,
but he is concerned about their "ghetto-
ization." He says these studies could be
included as part of an interdisciplinary
program. □
8 • The Charlatan • November 18, 1993
Oh Come, All Ye Wealthy!
A satirical look at the Iron Lady's visit to Canada
by Michael Reams
Charlatan Staff
TORONTO — David Koresh was a cult
leader who erred by living in a heavily
armed compound. But economic funda-
mentalist Margaret Thatcher is wiser,
preferring posh hotels and lavish lunch-
eons to isolation.
Thatcher, the former prime minister
of Britain, is in the midst of her magical
mystery tour to promote her recently
published volume of self-beatification,
The Downing Street Years. She stopped in
at the Royal York Hotel to give an address
on Nov. 8 for the 20th- anniversary lunch-
eon of the Fraserlnstitute, a conservative
think-tank based in Vancouver.
Billed "A New World Order, " the speech
seemed like a religious sanctification of
Canada's self-proclaimed "think-tank-
ers," which started with the 11:45 a.m.
opening of the cash bar. (No nasty, so-
cialist open bar here.)
"Moral courage is a strange thing,"
said Thatcher's former chief economic
apostle, Sir Alan Campbell, in his intro-
duction of the Tory prophet. "I don't
think you can acquire it. I think you have
to be bom with it."
He went on to illustrate Thatcher's
" moral courage" with her economic aus-
terity, her decision to invade the Falk-
land Islands in 1 982 and her "wonderful
job" squashing the British coal strikes in
1984.
Thatcher, as humble as anyone aspir-
ing to godhead, quickly amended
Campbell's description of her character
to "conviction."
"Politics," she said, "is the art of mak-
ing the impossible happen."
What's that? The politician as
miracle worker? This is what we've
all been waiting for.
"And that's precisely what we
did," she continued.
Well, it seems I've misjudged
the impossible. Apparently theim-
possible, as Thatcher saw it, was
closerto, ahem, enforcing her eco-
nomic austerity, the invasion of
the Falkland Islands and her "won-
derful job" squashing the coal
strikes.
The white-hair-blue-suit-white-
skin congregation at the speech
ate it up faster than their $75-per-
plate sacrament.
Drooling for every chance to
burst into delirious wine-and-wal-
let-fuelled applause, they saved
their best effort for Thatcher's dec-
laration that her first step in or-
ganizing England's economy was
to lower income taxes. .
But a moment of greater revela-
tion came seconds later, when Thatcher
claimed that under her taxation changes,
the top five per cent of income earners
actually paid more tax.
At that point, the only sound in the
Canadian Room, the Royal York's ornate
beef bam, was that of a couple hundred
suits checking theirbillfolds to make sure
they kept their ticket stubs for tax pur-
poses. It has been said that doubt is the
first step towards true faith, so do not
despair.
Thatcher, although a Tory by denomi-
nation, knows that in the heart of every
Aging has-been or sultry siren of the right?
so-called neo-conservative lies a so-called
classical liberal, and she drew heartily
upon the empty rhetoric of both camps to
spur the body of holy troops forward.
Some of her more memorable pro-
nouncements indeed appeared as if the
fn visible hand of proto-economic liberal
and Wealth of Nations author Adam Smith
was burping the grand old lady after her
sumptuous meal.
"It is in fact capitalism which has the
moral quality in society," Thatcher
mused. Ahh. . . the bean-counting tech-
nocrat as spiritual leader.
"You can only in fact satisfy people in
a capitalist society if you produce what
they want to buy, or a service which they
also want to buy." In the beginning,
there was money. . .
Finally, Reverend Thatcher spoke elo-
quently of a new holy land.
"We should always be extremely grate-
ful that the most powerful nation in the
world, the greatest democracy, the great-
est believer in freedom and justice from
its very Declaration of Independence. . .
has in fact come to keep freedom alive in
the world. At the moment, there is no
substitute for American leadership."
It was with these words that one could
almost feel the icy satin of the stars-and-
stripes knickers that are inevitable be-
neath Thatcher's standard-issue, Tory-
blue habit. Had she performed a strip-
tease to "The Star-Spangled Banner" on
the podium, she couldn't have been more
obvious. (If one may speak of a holy one
in such a . . . worldly manner.)
Ofcourse, toentirelydiscreditawoman
who ruled England for 11 and a half
years would be rather short-sighted.
Thatcher did provide — albeit inadvert-
ently — a profound piece of divine wis-
aom that solves the mystery of much that
has happened in Ontario recently.
"It is surprising, " said Thatcher, in the
middle of a long string of truisms, "how
socialism penetrates even good conserva-
tives sometimes."
Has there ever been a more lucid de-
scription of Bob Rae? Ontario's exorcism
has been arranged for the next pilgrim-
age to the polls.
Hallelujah. □
November 18, 1993 • The Charlatan • 9
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EDITORIAL PAGE
CUSA didn't
play fair in
referendum
Many people believe the democratic process is
a worthy institution. But the Carleton Uni-
versity Students' Association compromised
democracy to suit their own political ends in
the referendum held last week.
Students voted on a $4-per-student increase in mem-
bership fees to the Canadian Federation of Students, a
national student lobby group. Students approved the fee
increase, but CUSA didn't let them hear both sides of the
issue.
The Yes side, which was supported by — if not run
from — the CUSA office, vaulted to victory whereas the
No side was not allowed to campaign. Because there was
no official committee, they were also not allowed to
scrutineer the counting of the ballots. According to
CUSA's constitution, each committee is allowed to have
one scrutineer "at each table where counting is taking
place."
While the absence of a No campaign was partly the
No committee's own fault, they still should have been
allowed to campaign. On Nov. 2, both the Yes and No
committees were supposed to meet to be allowed to
campaign. The No committee, for whatever reason,
missed the deadline and were excluded from the cam-
paign.
Everybody was playing by the rules, according to Rob
Jamieson, CUSA vice-president internal. "It has been a
completely legal and fairreferendum. The opportunities
were there if somebody showed up for the No committee
meeting which was all publicized and done legally as per
the bylaw," said Jamieson last week.
However, in CUSA's constitution, it doesn't say any-
where that if a committee misses the deadline it can't
campaign, only that it cannot receive funding. There-
fore, the No side should have been allowed to campaign,
just without funding from CUSA.
The referendum question itself, worked out by CUSA
council, is biased towards the CFS. It said, "Do you
support an increase to $6 from $4 (1981 level) for the
Canadian Federation of Students and an increased fee of
the Canadian Federation of Students-Ontario to $5 from
$3 (1979 level). Those fees will go towards programmes
and lobbying efforts."
Firstly, this question is confusing. There's too many
numbers and the question doesn't come to the point -
that fees will increase by $4. Secondly, the question was
biased. It could make the reader sympathetic towards the
CFS cause. -
A question should be neutral and fair to the reader as
well as straightforward. Forexample, the question could
have simply read, "Do you support an increase in fees of
$2 for the CFS and $2 for CFS-O, ($4 total)?"
Although the No committee didn't get the $ ISO allot-
ted to registered groups to campaign, they tried cam-
paigning unofficially. They posted over 2,000 posters at
their own cost, handed out flyers and lobbied class-
rooms.
Even without an official No side campaign, the close
result obviously shows dissatisfaction with CFS. The Yes
side only won by 24 votes. The final count was 669 to 645,
with 58 spoiled ballots. If there was a full-fledged No
committee campaigning and students were adequately
informed, perhaps the result may have been different.
Here's how CUSA legitimizes not allowing a No com-
mittee: "The student's association is a member of the
CFS, "CUSA president Lucy Watson said last week. "We
hove an obligation to make sure the information gets out
to the students. We don't have an obligation to run a No
committee or encourage people to come out to a No
committee."
Obviously, "information" for Watson means students
may hear only one side of the referendum issue.
If CUSA believes the CFS is a worthy organization
which students support, they should have allowed a No
committee to campaign. If the CFS is so wonderful, then
surely it could have stood up to a No campaign on its own
merits. .
CUSA's unprofessional tactics show students that it
can't be trusted. If the fight couldn't have been won
fairly, with both sides of the issue debated, then the
results of the referendum should be scrapped and a new
one held.
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OPINION
Maclean's rankings of no value
by Michael Dufresne
Michael Dufresne is a fourth-year political science and history student at Carleton,
Providing prospective university students with
more information on the schools to which they
might apply is a noble pursuit.
But while the idea behind the supposed serv-
ice provided by the Maclean's annual ranking of
universities is valid, the result is questionable.
If my memory serves correct, information provided by
the universities themselves to prospective students is
superficial and doesn't go much beyond the style of a
travel brochure: "Spend four wonderful years on our
beautiful campus. "
However, in the preface to this year's Maclean's uni-
versities edition, editor Robert Lewis is a little too sancti-
monious, given the service that the survey truly provides.
Oh, the tale that Lewis weaves! He writes of a "small
idea" that became big, of "brave" university presidents
who dared to break the ranks of
resistance, of U.S. universities that
supported their great endeavour,
and of the forthright institutions of
learning who, opposing their lesser
contemporaries, dared to be ac-
countable.
But, wait! Lewis's story doesn't
have an entirely happy ending. The
forces of darkness still lurk in the
halls of higher education. "Alas,
the battle for openness," he writes,
"is not over."
Universities are far more com-
plex than Maclean 's would admit,
but admitting the very real and
large problems with the survey
would not make for good sales.
It has been said before, but given
the obstinacy of Maclean's, it must
be repeated: the ranking of univer-
sities is of very little value to any-
one. Itsells magazines— thereisno
question of this. But, ifreadershipwasavalidindication
of the quality of journalism, The National Enquirer would
be counted among the world's best.
Some may say the survey is not meant to be a
definitive source for the student's decision about which
university to attend. Okay. Well, then the question
becomes — what does it provide the student?
In terms of its "reputation category, " the survey offers
rankings according to the perceptions of businessmen
and university presidents — hardly the stuff that rational
people oughtto base their decisions upon. There may be
some validity to the premise that a better perception of
a university gives graduates a better chance with em-
ployers in a competitive job market, but this has never
been demonstrated.
What are we left with? From the point of view of the
prospective university student, there is nothing of merit
in the rankings. There is only a meaningless aggregation
of statistics compressed into a meaningless number.
Compared to the travel brochures published by the
universities, the Maclean 's survey has only a marginally
greater value. Choosing a university is an individual
affair and is certainly not reducible to the limited infor-
mation that Maclean 's provides.
Why should the prospective student care if, on aver-
age, Simon Fraser University scored higher than Memo-
rial University in the category "scholarships and bursa-
ries," or whether one university ranks well in compara-
tive class size?
The more important question is what this means for
the prospective student of a univer-
sity. What scholarships and bursa-
ries would be available to them at a
particular university? What are the
typical class sizes in that school's first
year? The better approach is to de-
cide what subject you are interested
in and find out what its class sizes are
like because different programs have
differing degrees of popularity.
Another problem with the survey
is each university is treated as a mono-
lithic institution. What about the
strengths and weaknesses of particu-
lar programs? It is, after all, specific
programs students must take. It is
this farmore complex treatment that
might benefit a potential student.
Examining the university is neces-
sary, although in a way that is differ-
ent, more demanding and specific
than the survey. However, the qual-
ity of an education goes beyond the
institution.
Education, like almost everything else, is what you
make of it. Students with a passion for learning will do
well regardless of the university they attend. A bad
student anda supposedly great institution will still make
for a bad student.
Maclean's criticizes some institutions for not being
completely open. If Maclean's was being entirely open, it
would tell a story about a magazine in need of readers.
It would tell the story of how a magazine sells by creating
a controversial survey and marketing it as a true "Meas-
ure of Excellence." Q
November 18, 1993 • The Charlatan • 11
Gregg Kerr is the author and pul
Buncha Stories, a strange little independent
comic book that sells for $1 .25 in some
local record shops.
Since he began his comic last June, his
story topics have included "Barry the Real
Life Lunatic," teenage zombie babysitters,
masturbation, complacency and trendy folk
in Ottawa, a sex change, and hanging out
at his place.
Kerr, a 24-year-old Ottawa native, is
currently squirrelled away at an unknown
location, working on Buncha Stories
number six, and a magazine of other
people's stories and comics called Your
Shit.
For Your Shit, Kerr challenges people who
keep saying they are going to contribute
material to: "Get off their ass and do it."
Kerr once attended Sheridan College near
Toronto, which he describes as a
"workhorse college," but says he dreams of
attending the Ontario College of Art in
Toronto someday, for its more "open"
policies regarding the arts.
I spoke to Greg at a downtown pub two
weeks ago. He looks exactly the way he
draws himself.
McLennan:
* Tina art it seoi
So why do you do what you do?
_en
people
m kind of in
OTJe a cartooTiist, a cartoon
is-f"
aiir
ike it" a?id to help bolster things around
here. Ottawa is a dull town and things need to be shoved
in people's faces. That's why I do it.
the beat-way to learn the medium.
0HSJsH6Jvijyiarket for my work. To
McLennan : How long have you been putting these things
out?
Kerr: The first one came out in time for June, last \
June or May. Yeah, so the beginning of June '93 wg
■ first one I did. And those were cartoons that I spe™
C 1 1^ \^t|aravlHa Thaain the spring IputoutlOcopieso
0 11 lffce^Vert pj ItHelpilw issue Number 1. Then I put if
again. That was the big response, when I did the
photocopying — did a big circulation, so, since Jun
McLennan: How has your response been so far?
N OkeQ'XX^od Syyr3t€gdptcQti itpicks up here
for a month and there for another month. I sell in Toronto
and I get a good response from there; people seemto
know what's going on. In Ottawa, no one else is doing this.
No one's used to it. ...
McLennan: So far you've had five issues right?
Kerr: Yeah.
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WOULD WoU CA9£ TO EXPLMM V|\W
McLennan : Where did you get the idea to put outyoui
comic book?
Kerr: Oh, I wanted to do comics, and the way the comic
industry is run, it feeds itself, and it's very closed in. What
it takes is, you have to work and only be able to do comics,
and that's all you can do, and no one can afford to do that,
you know? So I decided I'd do 1 2 pages a month, and see
how well I could get them done, get myself into a routine.
I'll do this for a year, and then at the end of the year, I N
re qotrand then start approaching some
wi^MoflfQiula draw ■
I couiadrawl 2 pages that were a story.
(^rfgstotiesjCi^r^^elg) so^jook it
, ,oouo, , didn't know what I was going to do. J
UgVt I'd sell (it) in comic stores, and then I found out thai
theres no way. I'd need a distributor to sell in comic stores
and they're really uptight about that. So I decided I may as
well treat it as afanzine, and sell it at record shops, and tne
response from the record shops has been fantastic,
couldn't ask for anything more from them.
12 • The Charlatan ■ November 18, 1993
Lennan: How long have you been drawing and writing
ties?
Kerr: I've always drawn and I've always drawn comics.
I've always told stories. I d never written stories, and ittook
five years of drawing comics to put the two ideas together
^nd make mystifies into comics. I was just a storyteller
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stones.
McLennan : One of the things that initially impressed me
about Buncha Stones is that the stories are well-told and
they are neat little drawings. They're fuckin' weird, butthev
are good stories. '
Kerr: No, like when I do an autobiographical story You
take on a martyr-light. You don't want to portray yourself in
a bad light when you're telling an autobiographical story.
So in a lot of other stories I put myself in abaci light. I draw
myself with my penis, just to show people that I'm not
afraid of that sort of thing. Just to show people that I'm not
perfect.
Like, you know, a lot of comics in the underground world
in the alternative comics, the artist is telling a story and
they're boring and nothing is happening to the guy, and
you're sayfig "What is he bothering to do all this stuff for?
It's boring Ind he'spoft^iftg^^sjlf 1st martyr." Y'know,
I don't belvBUlMi) lo%\&IO&icbrl)Eb,anbaaflLjglght. Im
things happen to me ancrl'm not afraid to show any
liabNitieJJOlt ptSpelCSie.
crude thingshappen tome.
McLennan: So what have you been influenced by in your
drawing, writing and comic taste?
Kerr: All the upper end of the alternative comics. Things
out of Fanographic Books, and Drawn and Quarterly
especially is a company out of Montreal that does lots of
autobiographical comics. Robert Crumb is fabulous. He's
the one that the storytelling comes from. You read his stuff
and it's literature. He's illustrated some Charles Bukowski
things.
It's just, you know, one day i realized what I was reading
in comics. I've always been an artist. I've always been a
cartoon artist, so it was just a matter of looking at what
people have done and knowing that I could do it myself. So
a lot of Crurt
Toronto, Ch|
course then
zines out of/fororito, andiout of Vancouver that I get my
ve done and knowing that I could do it myself. So _
jngh. a lotpf Peter Beck, a/fu^ called ^tjajxam
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hands on, a"
Victoria. It's
cover, photocopied
drawings, \<' ~~ 1 '
so I based
this guy's coV/wh
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McLennan: Doyou worry about people looking at Buncha
Stories, especially in Ottawa and saying: Oh, this is
crude. Oh, this is sick — he shouldn't be doing this?"
The only jpeople who
•Yeah, they're weird, but this kind of stuff, everybody
irstands what it is. It exists in everybody s frame ot
so it's not that weird.
cLennan: So are most of your stories from your owngje 1 .
perience, or completely made up? 1 1 ' S L
here's two kinds of stories that I do. One where I
?Mth things and make it up completely. Then there s
,h.er, where I tell an autobiographical story.
1J tell the story, from my own experience, I change it
ld- 1 add parts But I manipulate the parts so they fit
V- so like with Number 4, I did a 1 2-page story and
Bjant it to drag on, so I'd add little jokes, Td introduce
Paracters, I tried to make it concise., So it didn t
1 'it's m a nutshell.
-st wora. f
inservative,
luple of my
3taM?njlfV'KiaD I put it ou'.
gs-tnatl've done
time, I've seen
ut'^Wiido*'s*lBtfc*plt»jJout. Censorship
ly tofifltt iLI It's an anal
it^lnehfiStories) are
'aren't uptight about it. The only
"is *^<nwVBes in comic books
i tfeyreiusrsnowing their own
insecurities about things, y'know — it's their fault. It's up
to them to grow. It's not up to me. _
If you look at my comic book, it's got wit to it. It s sarcastic,
It's got intelligence behind it. There's nothing that puts it in
a pornographic state of mind. There's nothing about it that
would entice anyone, that would warp anyone s state of
mind. It's not propaganda of any kind. It's just satire.
It's nice to be enigmatic, not famous, but still known you
know? Still toutedin circles. If this gets out in the limelight
I might be out for some real big battles, I don t know, but
I'm not worried about it. n
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Course content
must change now
Editor:
Re: "Courses have non-Westem con-
tent," The Charlatan, Nov. 4, 1993.
Professor Pommett disagrees with my
comments regarding curriculum perpetu-
ating racism and wants systematic evi-
dence of this.
The courses listed in his letter do not
include any required courses for the pass
program in political science.
In the two required courses for the
political science pass degree, not one of
them is of a "non-European, non-North
American category. "
47.100 is an introductory coursewhich
introduces the discipline of political sci-
ence through the study of Western phi-
losophers such as Plato, Aristotle, etc. . . .
47.230 is a study of Western political
thought.
A student in the political science pass
program can graduate without studying
any of the courses that were listed by
Professor Pammett. This is systemic evi-
dence of how the curriculum in political
science does not reflect the people it serves
and thus perpetuates racism.
There are more examples of this in
political science:
47.260 is International Politics. When
I took this course, the international com-
ponent was limited to Europe and Latin
America.
47.365 is a course in Comparative For-
eign Policy. However, the course only al-
lows for comparison between European
and North American foreign policies.
Unfortunately, political science is only
one example of systemic problems. It is a
university-wide problem that needs to be
dealt with in order to be responsive to the
needs of students. The need for curricu-
lum transformation is necessary now more
than ever.
5. Gary Anandasangaree
Political Science III
Just sit in your
CUSA tower
Editor:
] hate to say I told you so, but . . .
Last whiter, I ran a campaign for a
position on the board of governors in
which 1 attempted to, without success,
convince the voter that anyone who runs
for and obtains a paid CUSA position
should be held responsible for that posi-
tion and that position alone.
In other words, if my CUSA dollars are
paying you to sit in yourCUS A ivory tower
you should sit there and there alone. This
is not to say that Lucy Watson is not doing
an exemplary job as CUSA president be-
cause she probably is, butthe fact that she
is missing board of governors meetings
says a lot.
In my opinion, Lucy merely took ad-
LETTERS
vantage of a loophole in our electoral
code which should not exist, by running
for more than one position for a) more
poster space and b) to pad her resume at
the expense of Carleton students.
How many more years can we expect
to suffer the injustice of misrepresenta-
tion at the hands of those who manipu-
late an electoral code in dire need of
amendments? In the meantime, I call for
Lucy to free herself of the embarrassment
and controversy of theboard of governors
with an official resignation of her post as
student governor, followed by a sincere
apology to the students so that she may
finish her term as CUSA president, with-
out any further stress or burden.
Trevor Lewis
Law IV
Everyone's a critic
(even engineers)
Editor:
Re: "Carleton's corporate campus," The
Charlatan, Nov. 11, 1993.
I want to address Song Cho's statement
that "Our world doesn't need more engi-
neers and scientists. We need more criti-
cal and creative thinkers."
Cho implies, perhaps inadvertently,
that engineers and scientists are neither
critical nor creative in their thinking. I
believe this to be untrue.
History is filled with engineers and
scientists who have come up with creative
ideas and novel solutions to difficult prob-
lems. Furthermore, engineers and scien-
tists are encouraged to be critical in their
thinking and design processes, so as to
avoid mistakes and oversights as much as
possible.
We DO need more critical and creative
thinkers in this world, including engi-
neers, scientists and people from other
disciplines. It is disheartening to see such
a misleading statement, especially from a
future journalist or communicator.
Kevin Black
Master of Engineering I
Doing our bestest
Editor:
1 must take issue with the following ill-
worded headlines which appeared in the
Nov. 11 sports section:
"Fatigue a factor in basketball men
losses," and "Season over, but Ravens did
good," fall well below the standard one
might expect to emanate from a commu-
nication-based institution. I think you
can do "gooder."
Stephen Schroeder
English I
Not die-hard fans
Editor:
Re: "Discography, PetShopBoys, Very,"
The Charlatan, Nov. 4, 1993.
Blayne Haggart is one ignorant fool
who doesn't know what he is talking
about. If the PetShop Boys are an eighties'
thing, then explain the fact that in 1990
and 1991 they had two hits that reached
Number 4, ("So Hard" and "Where the
Streets Have No Name") and two others in
the Top 25 of the U.K. charts.
The Pet Shop Boys' success in the early
nineties should show any half^decent
record critic that their new sound will
become popular in Canada and the U.S.
within a short period of time.
We cannot say that we are die-hard Pet
Shop Boys' fans. We like their music and
own some of their albums and found that
Very is one of their best so far.
It seems like the critic is living in the
past. Wake up and smell the nineties. You
must remember that most groups never
change sounds or style. In the Pet Shop
Boys' new music you can feel and hear the
effect of eight years of playing. The Pet
Shop Boys made an impression in the
eighties and are new and improved for
the nineties. Live with it.
Bill Pinchak
Science I
A.T. Mcfannett
Business I
Wall of whiteness
needs diversity
Editor:
After passing the Alumni Wall of Fame
in Baker Lounge countless times and no-
ticing little else besides it being a sea of
whiteness, 1 have had enough. At first,
when there were a meagre five photo-
graphs, it was annoying that all of them
were white — at least two were women, I
told myself. However, when a couple of
weeks ago seven more made their way up,
I was honestly surprised — all white men!
This is insulting and offensive. 1 hardly
think that of the thousands of people who
have graduated from Carleton over the
last 50 years there are no people of color
and hardly any women who have made
meaningful contributions to society.
Further, some of the people are ques-
tionable choices. Does Conrad Black rep-
resent an ideal for Carleton students to
aspire to? 1 hope not!
Representations being limited to busi-
ness people, academics, a doctor, a politi-
cian, a journalist and a member of the
armed forces is also disturbing. Where are
the non-professionals, the activists and
the artists? These would be more realistic
and I dare say better role models.
I think it is high time for all thinking
students to sit down and write a letter to
alumni relations telling them what we
think of this Alumni Wall of Fame — it is
racist, sexist, elitist and unrealistic.
Brenda Kennedy
Anthropology /V
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14 • The Charlatan ■ November 18, 1993
Polo women power to second
*BY^J?^°nJ>eginsoiw note
Long and hard Raven practices through out the fall were rewarded,
by Suzanne Izzard
Charlatan Staff
The Ravens women's waterpolo team
finished second on Nov. 13-14 in their
season-opening league crossover tour-
nament at McMaster University.
The Ravens trounced the McMaster
Marauders 1 5-3, beat the Queen 's Golden
Gaels 7-6, defeated the Brock Badgers 13-
1 and only lost a close 4-3 match to the
University of Toronto Blues with seconds
remaining.
Carleton 15 McMaster 3
Carleton 7 Queen's 6
Toronto 4 Carleton 3
Carleton 13 Brock 1
After a rather easy win over McMaster,
Carleton had to play hard to defeat
Queen's. The Gaels are last year's On-
tario Women's Interuniversity Athletic
Association champs.
"I think the whole team took Queen's
a little lightly because we beat them at
our invitational, " said Ravens coach Steve
Baird, "but we played back."
Ravens' goaltender Tanya Pierunek
agreed there was a danger in not taking
the other teams seriously, especially
Queen's.
"You can't evershrug off a team, even
when you think you've got them beat,"
said Pierunek.
Carleton persevered despite losing top
rookie Marianne Illing in the second
quarter, when she was called out on a
disrespectful conduct for retaliating
against an aggressive Queen's player.
"We did well after that because we
were able to stay together," said team
veteran Anne Stacey. "If we had fallen
apart after Marianne was thrown out it
would have been bad, but after losing our
best player we still won. It was encourag-
ing."
Illing returned for the next match
against Toronto but she broke a finger
trying to catch a pass late in the game.
The Toronto match was the toughest
of the week largely because the Blues
have a strong cast of returning players.
Few of the team's members graduated
last year, said Raven coach Steve Baird.
"They're even better this year because
nowthey've got one of McMaster's former
veteran players," said Baird.
The Toronto goalkeeper was another
obstacle.
"We still have to leam to score on her.
We need to shoot on her with more con-
fidence," said Baird.
There was less than a minute remain-
ing when they scored the winner.
Despite the loss, the Ravens are opti-
mistic. The club is a force this year, even
though almost half of the 23-member
team are rookies.
"We've got two teams this year to
choose from, " says Pam Stewart, a fourth-
year veteran, "and some of the rookies
are amazing. They work really hard."
Leading the Ravens' attack were: Illing
with eight goals in three games, Stacey
with lOgoalsandsix steals in four games,
Jennifer Hampton with four goals and 14
steals and rookie Natalie Deveaux with
five goals in three games.
The next league tournament will be in
mid-|anuary at McMaster University, fol-
lowed by the championships in Febru-
ary. The Carleton Ravens have finished
among the top three in the league forthe
past four years. □
Raven swimmers progress at Sherbrooke
Kotler qualifies for nationals in 200-metre breast-stroke
by Steven Vesely
Charlatan Slalf
The Carleton women's andmen'sswim
teams placed eighth and ninth respec-
tively in the nine- team Sherbrooke swim
meet on Nov. 13.
Raven swimmer Erica Kotler posted
Carleton's best result with a second-place
finish in the 200-metre breast-stroke.
Kotler's time of 2:45:59 also qualified
her for the Canadian Interuniversity Ath-
letic Union national finals to be held in
Victoria, B.C., in March.
Also posting good results was wom-
en's swimmer Sarah Dobbin, who placed
seventh in both the SO- and 100-metre
breast-stroke with personal-best times of
37:28 and 1:29:79.
"I felt so great that I placed because I
worked so hard for it," said Dobbin.
The rest of the 10-woman team fin-
ished with middle-of-the-road results.
"I was quite pleased with them," said
women's coach |itka Kotler. "We had
almost the whole team together and
about 75 per cent of them swam their
personal-best times. I could see that the
Swim Meet Primer
Individual events are awarded points
by order of finish and these points are
crucial for a team's overall chance of
winning the meet.
At invitational swim events, such as
theSherbrooke meet, points are awarded
from first to eighth in descending order of
20, 17, 16, 15. 14. 13. 12 and 11
Finishes from ninth to 16th also re-
ceive points
Men and women compete and score
individually in a host of events. Swimmers
are normally limited to competing in four
or five individual events and two relays.
These include: 50-, 100-, 200-, 400-,
500- and 1,500-metre freestyle, 50, 100
and 200 breast-stroke, back-stroke and
butterfly; as well as the 100- and 200-
metre individual medley □
workouts are actually good for some-
thing. They are progressing nicely."
On the men's side, Peter Andersen
notched the best resultwithal3th-place
finish in the 100-metre back-stroke in a
fime of 1:03:34.
"As a group there were no major mis-
takes, but we'll be better prepared in
January," said men's coach Brian
Johnson.
Overall, the low-place finishes were
not a major concern.
"We were just working towards a
higherfitness level," said Andersen. "There
were so many events where we were
swimming really hard from one race to
another and going 100 to 1 lOpercent in
every race."
Besides being a training event for the
Raven team, the Sherbrooke meet in par-
ticular was a good contest with many top
swimmers competing, like Olympians
Guillame Cloutierfrom the University of
Montreal and Patricia Noel from McGill.
"Ifs helpful for our swimmers," said
Kotler. "For slower swimmers, they can
see how they should be racing, and for
faster swimmers, they have people to
compete against."
The swim team travels to Potsdam,
N. Y., for another meet Nov. 1 9-20. □
Gold possible
for Polo men
by Richard G.D.Scott
Charlatan Siatt
And now for the real stuff.
The regular season for the men's
waterpolo team is over and this week-
end, the Carleton Ravens will be one
offourteamsplayingintheOntario
Universities Athletic Association
waterpolo playoffs.
The Ravens are coming off one of
their best seasons in years and are a
serious contenderforthegoldmedal.
Carleton is last year's defending
bronze-medal champion and the
team has been one of the league's
mostpleasantsurprises. Afterlosing
theirseason-openerinan 1 l-5upset
loss to Queen's, the Ravens re-
bounded and posted a 7-4-1 record.
That was good enough for third place
in theOUAA behind the universities
of Toronto and Western Ontario.
More impressive has been their
defensive teamwork.
In the high-scoring game of
waterpolo, the Ravens have allowed
an average of only seven goals per
game, which is second lowest in the
league behind Toronto.
As one of the strongest teams
defensively, the Ravens are a hard
team to beat.
The Ravens will face the Western
Mustangs in the semi-finals. Al-
though the Ravens lost their last
regular-season game 13-8 to West-
em, Carleton did beat the Mustangs
5-4 earlier in the season. The Ravens
also beat Western 9-8 in last sea-
son's consolation finals to win the
bronze medal.
The Ravens finished one point
behind the Mustangs in 1993, but
they're statistically a better team
this year and they've set their sights
beyond a bronze-medal finish. Last
year, the team finished 6-5-1 and in
fourth place.
The Ravens say they are confi-
dent they can win. They are one of
the best teams at checking the oppo-
sition and they also have one of the
best benches in the league.
The Mustangs, however, are prob-
ably a little cocky after their 13-8
victory. They won't be expecting a
tough battle. But let's not forget the
Ravens played their second-line
bench for most of that last game.
And if the Ravens beat Western,
their next match-up will be against
the 12-0 Toronto Blues, provided the
fourth-place McMaster Marauders
don't upset the favored Blues. To-
ronto has finished first in the OUAA
for two consecutive seasons.
If the Ravens advance this far,
they will truly be underdogs geared
for an upset victory over the Blues.
Win or lose, the championship game
wi II guarantee them at least a silver
medal. Toronto, on the other hand,
could have its perfect season go down
the drain with an upset loss.
Toronto's a good team, but it can
be forced into making mistakes. Al-
though the Ravens lost both games
to Toronto 8-4 and 10-5 earlier in
the season, they have been the Blues'
toughest competition.
But that was the regular season.
This is the playoffs.
Nowit'stimefortherealstuff. □
November 18, 1993 • The Charlatan ■ 15
J
Haven
Records
OUAA WATERPOLO
East Division
w
L
T
F A PTS
Toronto 12
0
0
158 64 24
Western 8
4
0
148 102 16
Carleton 7
4
1
10584 15
McMaster7
4
1
133 88 15
Queen's 5
7
0
83 121 10
Ottawa 2
10
0
91 155 4
York 0
12
0
70 174 0
OWIAA WATERPOLO
East Division
w
L
T
F A PTS
Toronto 4
0
0
40 13 8
Carleton 3
1
0
38 14 6
Queen's 2
2
0
32 21 4
McMasterl
3
0
24 43 2
Brock 0
4
0
13 56 0
OWIAA VOLLEYBALL
East Division
w
L
T
F
A
PTS
Ottawa 2
0
0
6
1
4
Toronto 1
0
9'
3
0
2
York 1
0
0
3
0
2
Queen's 1
1
0
4
4
2
Carleton 0
2
0
1
6
0
Ryerson 0
1
0
0
3
0
CIAU FOOTBALL
Bowl Finals Nov. 14.
Atlantic Bowl
Calgary 37 St. Mary's 23
Receiver James Buchanan broke
open a close 23-22 game with a 75-
yard TD run on a punt return to power
the Calgary Dinosaurs past the Husk-
ies to their fifth Vanier Cup.
Churchill Bowl
Toronto 26 Concordia 16
The U of T Blues led by game MVP
quarterback Mario Sturino racked up
590 yards net offence en route to a 26-
16 victory over the Stingers.
CIAU SOCCER
Men's Finals Nov. 13-14.
Gold Medal Game
Sherbrooke 2 UBC 1
The Sherbrooke Vert et Or ended the
UBC Thunderbirds four-year reign as
the men's soccer champions with a 2- 1
win in the final. Andre Sylvain scored
on the fourth penalty kick for the win.
TheWestem Mustangs defeated the
Queen's Golden Gaels 2-0 in the Bronze
medal game.
Women's Finals Nov. 13-14.
Gold Medal Game
UBC 2 Dalhousie 1
Goalkeeper Kathy Sutton scored the
winner in a shootout to lead the UBC
Thuderbirds to victory over the
Dalhousie Tigers in the finals.
Regulation time andtwo 15-minute
overtime periods ended in a 1-1 tie
The teams scored six goals each
from their first 10 shots in the shootout,
forcing the goalkeepers to shoot.
The Sir Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks
defeated the McGill Redmen 2-1 in the
bronze medal match.
Tournament a learning experience
by Steven Vesely
Cha/latan Siafl
The Carleton women's volleyball team
finished last among eight teams at the
Winnipeg Invitational Nov. 12-14.
Playing againstsome of the top-ranked
teams in the country, the Raven squad,
composed of 6 rookies and 2 veterans,
failed to win a set.
In pool action, Carleton lost 3-0 (15-1 ,
Winnipeg 3 Carleton 0
Concordia 3 Carleton 0
Sask. 3 Carieton 0
Toronto 3 Carieton 0
Regina 3 Carleton 0
15-8, 15-5) to the Winnipeg Wesmen, 3-
0 (15-5, 15-5, 15-5) to the Concordia
Stingers and 3-0 (15-11, 15-12, 15-5) to
the Saskatchewan Huskies.
In consolation finals, the University of
Toronto defeated Carleton 3-0 (15-3, 15-
0, 15-9) and the University of Regina beat
the Ravens 3-0 (15-8, 15-10, 15-8).
Despite the losses, the tournament
was a learning experience.
"It was definitely good to go. Even
though we didn't win a set or a match, it
was still a good experience because a lot
of the girls are in their first year and they
need to see what's out there. Hopefully, it
gave them a good impression. If they
want to play university volleyball at this
level, it gives them something to look at. "
The Ravens were outclassed by the
competition, said Biasone, but they did
show improvement.
"It was really nice to see the girls not
giving up. They showed character, " said
Biasone. " It would have been easy to give
up after playing all those good teams.
But they didn't do that. I was impressed
they didn't quit, but got better as they
went along."
A lack of confidence was another
worry.
"With first-year players, your confi-
dence can really take a beating at a
tournament like this when you keep get-
ting shelled," said Biasone."
The Ravens remained upbeat, par-
ticularly against the Huskies, who had to
work hard for two set victories.
"The bottom line is our skills are not
up to the level of the skill of other teams
out there," said Biasone. □
Basketball women net pair of wins
by Jay Tharayil
Charlatan Stall
The Carleton Ravens women's basket-
ball team played the role of inhospitable
host at its annual Carleton Invitational
Basketball Tournament.
At the Raven's Nest, Carleton defeated
the Bishop's Gaiters47-46 in an overtime
thriller Nov. 1 4, as well as humbling the
Sir Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks 58-31
on Nov. 13.
Carleton 47 Bishop's 46
Carieton 58 Laurier 31
Against Bishop's, the game was forced
into overtime when Raven forward Sara
Smith tied it at 43, calmly sinking two
free throws with two seconds left in regu-
lation.
Overtime was a defensive battle. With
Carleton leading 47-45, Bishop's missed
an opportunity to send the game into
double overtime, when centre Jackie Frost
converted only one of two free throws
after being fouled with no time left.
O'Grady was the top scorer for Carle-
Ravens' defence prevailed in overtime.
ton with 10 points while Janet Bernard
led Bishop's with 11.
Momentum shifted throughout the
game. The Ravens controlled play early,
leading 1 7-5 at one point in the first half.
But Bishop's fought back and midway
through the second half, the Ravens
trailed by eight points.
Raven coach Marg Jones said her team
was able to battle back in the second half
on the strength of their defence.
"If you play tough defence it will get
you back into any game, and we had
turn to our defence in order to (come
back)," said Jones.
Defence also shined as the Ravens
pummeled the Golden Hawks 58-31 ear-
lier in the weekend. The Ravens domi-
nated throughout, forcing turnovers,
blocking shots and out-rebounding
Wilfrid Laurier 40-22. The Ravens sur-
rendered only 1 3 first-half points and no
Laurier player had more than one'field
goal in the first half.
The top scorer for Carleton was Helen
Collins, who scored 1 4 points and grabbed
7 rebounds.
For her play, Collins and Raven for-
ward Heather McAlpine were selected to
the tournament all-star team.
Although pleased with the team's play,
[ones said her team still has much to
work on before the season starts.
"We still have a long way to go in
terms of the execution of our systems,"
said Jones. "Our defence is getting better,
but our offence has a long way to go. So
we have a lot of work to do in terms of
executing on the floor." □
:NEON, BYWAHD MARKET
16 • The Charlatan • November 18, 1993
Raven
Rumblings
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
"It's helpful for our swimmers. For
slower swimmers, they can see how
they should be racing and for faster
swimmers, they have people to com-
pete against."
Women's swim coach |itka Kotler
on the high-calibre, Olympian com-
petition at the Sherbrooke swim meet.
BRIEFS
In exhibition basketball, the Carle-
ton men's basketball team dropped a
pairof games at the recent Pinky Lewis
Tournament at McMaster University
in Hamilton. The Ravens lost 77-48 to
the McMaster Marauders on Nov. 12.
Taffe Charles led the Ravens with 15
points. Then on Nov. 13, the Ravens
lost 73-55 to the St. Francis Xavier X-
Men, with Charles netting 25 points.
Friday, Nov. 19.
BASKETBALL — Carleton hosts the
Norm Fenn High School Invitational
Basketball Tournament. High-school
teams from across Ottawa will play
Friday and Saturday evening in the
Ravens' Nest gym.
SWIMMING — The men's and wom-
en's swim teams travel to Postdam,
N.Y., to participate in another swim
meet.
VOLLEYBALL — The women's vol-
leyball team travels to Toronto this
weekend for three road games against
the universities of Ryerson, York and
Toronto. The Ravens take on Ryerson
tonight at 8 p.m.
FENCING — The men's and wom-
en's fencing teams will participate in
the Brock Open in St. Catherines, Ont.
Saturday, Nov. 20.
BASKETBALL — The men's team
takes on Laval University in action at
the Ravens' Nest at 3:30 p.m.
VOLLEYBALL — The women's team
takes on York University in Toronto at
noon.
WATERPOLO — The men's
waterpolo team is in Hamilton look-
ing to improve on last year's bronze-
medal performance at the OUAA
waterpolo championships. The Ravens
take on the Western Mustangs in semi-
final action at McMaster.
Sunday, Nov. 21.
BASKETBALL — The men's basket-
ball team plays Humber College at 2
p.m. in the Ravens' Nest gym.
VOLLEYBALL — The women's vol-
leyball team finishes its road trip in
Toronto with a 1 p.m. match against
the University of Toronto Blues. □
Hockey blues hit Carleton club
by Bid Labonte
Charlatan Start
After five years of relatively quiet suc-
cess, Carleton hockey is in trouble.
A lack of funding and student interest,
as well as a weaker team, have caused
Carleton's hockey club to question stu-
dents' commitment to hockey.
Revived in 1988 as a club team by the
a group of the team's alumni called the
Bald Raven Society, the Carleton hockey
club now plays in the senior R.A. League
throughout the winter and also hosts
several exhibition matches against other
universities and colleges.
The Bald Raven Society's goal is to
bring back varsity hockey to Carleton.
Men's hockey was dumped as a varsity
sport in 1975 in order to save money.
While the University of Ottawa Gee-
Gees hockey club is well-funded by its
athletic department and manages to draw
over 200 paid fans to most of its home
games, Carleton games are fortunate to
drag out 20 people, and that's including
a Charlatan reporter.
This lack of support is caused, in part,
by hockey players at the university level
who don't take advantage of the oppor-
tunity to play for a university team, says
Paul Correy, general manager of Carle-
ton's hockey club and a Bald Raven.
"The Bald Ravens challenge all hockey
players who believe they have what it
takes to play competitive hockey, to try
out for the team," says Correy.
Many talented players decline that
offer because of the financial involve-
ment as well as the time commitment.
"After finding out there were no free-
bies, like free sticks and equipment, and
that a small fee ($ 1 50 a season) had to be
paid for ice time, games and practices,
some guys were just never heard from
again," says Correy.
"It's expensive to play hockey," says
Charlatan Hockey Pool
Here are the point leaders in the Charlatan Hockey Pool.
Points were tabulated as of Tue. Nov. 16, 1993.
1 344 Bank Street
(at Riverside)
738 -3323
1
R. De Vecchi
208
2
Patrick Soden
207
3
P. Vanderwuyst
207
4
Ron Wells
207
5
Edwin Chock
207
6
layson Luiz
206
7
Tom fencz
206
8
P. Blair Ellis
206
9
Joseph Kurikose
202
10 Alex Varki
202
R. De Vecchi can pick up his $25 dinner certificate for Baxter's restaurant at
The Charlatan.. So can Daragh Slowey who won two weeks ago.
Charlatan Sports Trivia
Answer the following question cor-
rectly and become eligible to win a $25
dinner for two at Schadillac's Saloon.
Name the last member of the
Montreal Canadians to lead the
NHL in penalty minutes.
Answer:
1. Place your answer, name and
phone number on a piece of paper and
submit it to The Charlatan sports editor,
room 531 Unicentre. The recipient of
the prize will be determined by a super-
vised draw of all correct answers.
2. All answers must be received by
Tuesday, Nov. 23, 1993. The winner will
be contacted by phone, by the sports
editor of the Charlatan.
3. Contestents may submit only one
entry per week.
4. Charlatan staff members and their
families are not eligible to participate.
Congratulations to Jeff Coates who
knew that Clint Benedict Invented the
goalie mask and Jacques Plante was the
first to wear it in a game.
Wegoofedlastweek. Dexter Manley
played for the Tampa Bay Bucaneers
before coming to Ottawa. Sorry.
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night at the R.A,
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assistant captain Jeff McKenna. "Sticks
and tape are the biggest thing, but on top
of that we have to provide all our own
equipment, transportation and gas
money when we carpool."
Dany Vajcoveo is one such hockey
player whodidn't commit to the program
"I would have loved to Dlay but the
schedule and limited ice time was the
biggest factor. The team only plays for an
hour and they have three full lines and
eight defencemen. It's not worth playing
for just three or four shifts a game, " says
the 22-year-old special student at Carle-
ton. "The level of hockey just isn't there.
The team lacks experience and it doesn't
have varsity status."
Playing in the six-team Senior R.A.
League, Carleton posted its best-ever fin-
ish last year with a 10-7-3 record before
bowing out in the playoffs.
Only a handful of players remain from
that year's club. And it shows in the
standings. Thisyear'sO-4-2 team ismostly
made up of rookie die-hards who play for
love of the game. But that doesn't help
increase awareness and support.
"There's an obvious lack of talent,"
says the veteran McKenna. "Last year's
team was very good and losing the grads
really hurt us. This season's team defi-
nitely has more heart though. And the
experience will come."
Although the club is winless in league
play, the team has played better in exhi-
bition matches, defeating New York's
Canton College 7-6 and Brockville's St.
Lawrence College 6-4. □
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Celtic and no crowd surfing
by Blayne Haggart
Charialan Staff
»irit of the West with Andrew^
Cash and the little ones
Congress Centre
^Thursday, Nov. 11
G
ovemments may fall, tuition
may go up, but the one thing
you can always count on is
Spirit of the West putting on
a fantastic live show — and
this time through Ottawa was
sonation, moving disjointedly around the
stage and just generally acting bizarre.
His audience banter about the deficit,
how Ottawa seemed fresher now that the
Tories are toast, and the traditional rawk
greeting (paraphrasing Mr. Cash: "This
is where I'm supposed to say, 'How the
fug are you Ottawa?'"), were a welcome
change from the usupl pretentious audi-
ence salutes most bands give. If it was an
act, it was a good one.
Plus, I don't think I've ever seen one
singer spit while singing quite as much
as this guy. I hope they changed micro-
Andrew Cash grunts out another superfabulous hit song.
no different.
Starting off the evening was Toronto's
Andrew Cash and the little ones. Their set
was marked primarily by their rawkish
sound which, while adding nothing new
to the Canadian rock tradition, kept most
people involved.
Cash did his best Peter Garrett imper-
phones for Spirit of the West.
The beauty of Spirit of the West this
time 'round was how comfortable most
songs sounded, compared to, say, the Go
Figure tour. This tour, if you didn't know
the songs off by heart, it was close to
impossible to place each song to a par-
ticularera. The old stuff has been infused
with a rock sensibility and the new stuff
has been properly tempered with their
folk influence.
While their set was mostly made up of
new material, they were not oblivious to
their fans. Thus we were treated to an
opening set of "Dirty Pool," off Save This
House, "Five Free Minutes," the lead-off
track for their latest album, Faithlift, and
"Doin' Quite Alright," from way, way
back. These songs, like all the others,
were not just played — they were belted
out with feeling.
As at any Spirit gig, both the crowd
and the band were very much into the
show. Guitarist/vocalist John Mann was
suitably intense, while drummer Vince
Ditrich merrily galloped around the stage,
tambourine in hand, during a frenetic
version of "The Old Sod."
It was also great to be at a show where
people just danced and crowd surfing
was the exception rather than the rule.
It's not like Spirit of the West's music is
conducive to crowd surfing, but some
people unclear about the concept would
crowd surf to Barry Manilow.
To that end, Mann deserves credit for
saying, as one idiot got up on the crowd
and then flipped backwards onto the
ground, "We don't want anyone to get
hurt tonight. So we don't want to see any
stage diving or body surfing." The band
stayed true to this statement when they
stopped "Home For a Rest" until security
removed a bonehead from the stage.
Sounded like Fugazi was in the build-
ing.
While their set was predictably enter-
taining, they've also thrown in a few new
twists. Ditrich proved once again he has
Margaret Atwood pleases yet again
1HC
by Susie Haley
Charlatan Staff
Nov. 9 was a very exciting day for
National Library.
In the afternoon, Pierre Elliott Trudeau
donated his personal documents to the
collection, and in the evening, a really
cool Celtic folk band called Imaginary
Heaven, from Vankleek Hill east of Orle-
ans, played for a sold-out house. Oh, and
Margaret Atwood was there to read from
her latest best-seller, The Robber Bride.
In the lengthy introduction by na-
tional librarian Dr. Marianne Scott,
Atwood was told "On behalf of librarians
everywhere, thanks for keeping us in
business."
Atwood has had 25 books published,
received two Governor General Awards,
been translated into several different lan-
guages and her books currently take up
six metres of shelving at the National
Library.
Atwood is not a tall woman, but her
presence compensates for her lack of
height. She has what some might call a
tnonotone voice, but she is far from mo-
notonous. Her reading was intense, but
filled with dry humor. It was an interest-
ing evening, to say the least; well worth
the price of the $15 ticket.
Atwood, who was bom in Ottawa in
1939 and lived somewhere on Third Av-
i enue for awhile, began her portion of the
► evening by saying, "I'm always glad to
be back in the city of my birth. " Then she
launched into the reading.
The Robber Bride is ostensibly about the
relationship between four separate
women. Tony is a short, ambidextrous
military historian, who often translates
things into a backwards language, dnik
fo ekil siht.
Charts is a spiritual woman with a
painful past and a knack for reading the
signs and portents of the world around
her. Rozisthesharp-tongued, no-bullshit
type, whom Atwood describes as "a ven-
ture capitalist entrepreneur. She only
invests in things she can control." Fi-
nally, there is Zenia, the robber bride of
the title.
Tony, Charts and Roz have all been
wronged by her and have banded to-
gether, perhaps in the belief that there is
strength in numbers. Zenia, whom they
believe was killed in a bombing incident
in Lebanon, returns from the dead one
afternoon, as the three are enjoying a
lunch date at the Toxique, a Toronto
restaurantwhich Atwoodsays". . .doesn't
exist . . . yet."
The novel is told in a series of flash-
backs, with intermittent progress in the
current day plot. While Car's Eye remains
my favorite Atwood book. The Robber
Bride is certainly worth reading. In typi-
cal Atwood style, her characters are rec-
ognizable. She has the uncanny ability
tocatch thought processes and transcribe
them into words. And, as always, there is
a certain feminist undertone.
The good thing is that Atwood has
provided us with a new story and her
character development seems quite dif-
ferent, more detailed and less distanced
than in previous novels.
I was fortunate enough to be granted
a short interview with her at the end of
the book signing and reception. In re-
sponse to a question about the basis for
her characters, she said "No, I'm not the
characters in my books, thank God." This
is, I might add, a question which she has
often been asked.
Atwood said she is currently on a
"very long tour," which includes such
places as Arizona, Colorado and San
Francisco.
While there is interest in a movie deal
for The Robber Bride, most of the offers
have been from American companies.
As to how she feels about that, she said
she can't make Canadian film compa-
nies call her.
When I asked her if there were a par-
ticular character in The Robber Bride to
whom she felt closer, her answer was, "I
feel closer to all of them." This, I think
sums up Atwood's continuing popular-
ity; she describes characters and situa-
tions that we can feel close to as well.
So, read The Robber Bride, ifyougetthe
chance; look out for the group Imaginary
Heaven; watch for continuing readings
andeventsatthe National Library, many
of which are free; and, above all else,
remember this — "An army marches on
its stomach, but also on its fly-front
fastenings." (The Robber Bride, p. 28.) □
Our hero, John Mann.
an incredible voice when he serenaded
the crowd with a pleasing love ballad
accompanied by the mostly silent Hugh
McMillan on guitar. And Mann, accom-
panied only by piano and Geoff Kelly on
flute, sang a moving song about race
riots the band witnessed in England while
they were touring with British pals the
Wonder Stuff.
As with any Spirit show, the most
disappointing part, aside from its even-
tual conclusion, was what was not played.
Although they hit upon such gems as
"Save This House," "Political" and "Sad-
ness Grows," they missed out on "Wreck-
ing Ball," "Water In the Well" and"Keep-
ing Up With the Joneses." But hey, they
can't play everything. Maybe one day
they'll play a six-hour marathon. . . .
Regardless, throughout theirentire 90-
minute set, the crowd at the front was
kept dancing, while those seated at ta-
bles, well, I can't see how they could have
had anything less than a great time.
Spirit of the West: purely Canadian,
purely entertaining. They're the Mr.
Dependables (apologies to Linda McRae)
of Canadian music. Q
fo
This week:
/. London, England
2. Zagreb, Yugoslavia
3. A mall in Maryland
4. McDonald's,
Helsinki, Finland
5. Caribe, Venezuela
6. Sooke, B.C
7. Pub Rob Roy,
Athens, Greece
8. Qutar Minor, New
Delhi, India
9. Edinburgh, Scotland
10. Donamen Square,
[Beijing, China J
November 18, 1993 • The Charlatan • 19
IMP
St*-
Lemonheads
Come On Feel The Lemonheads
Atlantic
Using the same formula as their last
album, It's a Shame About Ray, Come On
Feel The Lemonheads is a folk-pop disc
that will make any human smile.
Edging away from their punk, college-
radio sound of the '80s, the Lemonheads
exude musical integrity in every chord of
this 15-track recording.
Frontman Evan Dando offers slightly
rasping vocals on "Down About It" and
"Favorite T."
Guest vocalists include Belinda Car-
lisle on "I'll Do It Anyway" and funkster
Rick lames. The girlish sweet vocals of
long-time pal Juliana Hatfield also pop
up on a number of songs.
And check out the precious lyrics on
"Being Around:"
"If 1 was in the fridge, would you open
the door ... If 1 was a haircut would you
wear a hat ... I'm just really trying to
make you notice me being around."
Even though Dando's lyrics aren't the
deepest, his original style will make you
want to press repeat on your CD player.
The Lemonheads will never sour your
taste buds.
Joanne Olszewski
Cocteau Twins
Four-Calendar Cafe
Fontana
After listening to Four-Calendar Cafe
numerous times, the only problem I have
is finding enough good adjectives to do it
justice.
To fully experience this CD you must
let Liz Fraser's beautiful, ethereal vocals
and the sultry, hypnotic instrumenta-
tion of Robin Guthrie and Simon
Raymonde flow overyou while you listen
to the 10 magical tracks.
Like theirbrilliant 1990 release Heaven
or Las Vegas, this album was also re-
corded at the Cocteau Twins' London
studio, SeptemberSound.Thistime, how-
ever, the overall feeling is much more
personal. The songs seem to come from
deep within their collective soul.
This is obvious from the lead-off track,
"Know Who You Are at Every Age" and in
the haunting first single, "Evangeline."
The latter is a reflection of the childhood
experiences of Fraser's and Guthrie's new
daughter.
Four-Calendar Cafe is a wonderful ef-
fort that must be encountered to be fully
appreciated.
Vanessa Crosbie
Rick Colbourne and Hard Poetry
Hard Poetry
Frantic Muse Productions
Lead singer Rick Colbourne may not
be a Mariah Carey, but his decent sing-
ing range, emotional voice and compas-
sionate "street life" lyrics could very well
take him and Hard Poetry far.
He sings like the guy from Toad the
Wet Sprocket or the lead singer from the
Thompson Twins.
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The instrumental background from
"In Your Blood" sounds a lot like "Brian
Wilson" by the Barenaked Ladies.
The music fits the lyrics well: lively, yet
serious. It pleasantly and passionately
caresses your ears. Listen to it while you're
driving home after midnight.
M.G. Comino
Buffalo Tom
Big Red Letter Day
Megadisc
This Boston-based, three-piece band
has been building a strong following
outside the spotlight, developing its own
unique and distinctive form of soulful
music.
Unlike most bands that rely on a sin-
gle creative voice, Buffalo Tom is a true
creative union. Each member does his
part to make a complete Buffalo Tom
album.
With this album they went a step
further and co-produced it with the help
of the Robb Brothers, who were at the
helm of the Lemonheads' successful It's A
Shame About Roy.
With Buffalo Tom's fourth album, the
band finally comes into its own, pushing
the music slightly to the background and
bringing the lyrics and vocals forward.
This gives lead vocalist Bill Janowitz's
grating and raspy vocal styling a little
more prominence, but does not sacrifice
the band's musical integrity.
Songs like "Suppose" and "I'm Al-
lowed" still retain a guitar-driven edge
while songs like "Tree House" and "Would
Not Be Denied" contain the trademark
Buffalo Tom emotionalism.
If Buffalo Tom's Big Red Letter Day is
any indication of what we should expect
from future albums, fans should have a
long, fun ride with Buffalo Tom.
Dave Manor
The Cure
Show
Elektra
Once again, Robert Smith and the
Cure have released their second powerful
live compilation, this time recorded in
Detroit and New York.
Although the Cure is my favorite
group, I can bash the big-haired weirdos
with the best of them.
For instance, Smith can't sing some
tracks live as well as he can in studio and
vice versa. Sometimes he messes up his
lyrics. Other times, the songs come across
as poorly performed, like "From the Edge
of the Deep Green Sea" and "Open."
On the higher note, their dream mu-
sic, "wan wah" guitars and Smith's voice
are spellbinding. Beautifully depressing
songs like "Trust," "Pictures of You" and
"A Night Like This" occupy the first half
■ ofthe CD, and just when you are ready to
slash your wrists you're saved by upbeat
giddy tunes like "Doing the Unstuck,"
"InBetween Days" and the hideous "Fri-
day I'm in Love."
This is a brilliant live album which
everybody should give a chance, though
long-time fans will agree that the album
would be much improved if it contained
classicCure like "BoysDon'tCry," "Faith"
or "Killing An Arab."
Ali Jafri
Big Star
Columbia: Live at Missouri University 4/
25/93
BMG
As a new initiate of Big Star, I wasn't
sure what to expect from a seventies' rock
band, especially since I have never liked
reunion albums.
After listening to this album, I was
surprised at just how current their music
sounded. There are some bands whose
music is timeless, bands that do not need
a revival movement to draw attention to
their music, and Big Star is one of those
bands.
The band has done plenty for contem-
porary pop music, influencing groups
like the Replacements and R.E.M.
This incarnation of Big Star features
original members Alex Chilton and )ody
Stephens. For this show, they also ac-
quired the services of Ken Stringfellow
and John Auer of the Posies to fill in for
Andy Hummel, who left music after Big
Star, and Chris Bell, who died in a car
accident in 1978.
This is a strong effort for a band that
has not played together for almost 20
years. Their sound is eternal and their
songs are genuine rock 'n' roll with a bit
of an edge. With the help of Stringfellow
and Auer's lead vocals on songs like
"Feel" and "I am the Cosmos," the songs
are given new life, bringing the music to
a new generation of fans.
This album, even though it only fea-
tures half of the original Big Star, is a
commendable effort. It does nothing to
harm the Big Star legacy and may even
add to it.
Dave Manor
Unrest
Perfect Teeth
4A.D.
I was quite sceptical when handed
Unrest's first full-length CD to review.
After all, even though they come from
the same Washington, D.C. scene that
has spawned the likes of Fugazi and Bad
Brains, the album was produced by Duran
Duron's Simon LeBon.
However, my expectations of an unin-
spired, mid-eighties' synthesized sound
were dashed by the band's progressive
pop-
That said, their first album for 4 A.D.
is pretty mediocre. Even though they
have some poppy tunes, most songs are
marred by slow, dragging melodies. On
songs like "Cath Carroll" and "Make Out
Club" Mark Robinson (lead vocals, gui-
tarist) plays some catchy guitar riffs, but
these songs are marred by his tuneless
voice. Bassist Bridget Cross, singing lead
on two tracks, easily outshines Robinson.
Unrest needs a little spice to get rid of
the mono-sounding tracks. If they fo-
cused on a single style, the album might
sound more complete and not so experi-
mental.
I'm looking forward to Unrest's sec-
ond release. Hopefully they can tighten
up their out-of-tune strings.
Sussana For ieri
20 • The Charlatan • November 18, 1993
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You should see where they put cucumbers in here
by Andrea Smith r . * M
Charlatan Statl I nhilin tn n rnmlr chin K., d^i. — /-
The Girl Wants To
Edited by Lynn Crosbie
Coach House Press
$19.95
209 pages
"I couldn't see that I was doing anything
wrong. I still can't. . . . Carol said that I
should've been put away, but I'm not bad
looking — so if offering my body to dead men
is a crime I'd like to see who the victim is. "
— Barbara Gowdy, "We So Seldom
Look On Love," from The Girl Wants To
There can be no broad generaliza-
tions about the artists or their works in
this compendium, except to say that
they are all women.
TheCirl Wants To is an anthology of 39
female writers and artists dedicated to
the articulation of modem sexuality from
iSSSt
women's perspectives. It includes poetry,
short stories, comic strips, photo essays,
xerox art, illustrated panels, lyrics and
flh, those cheesy '70s memories
by Greg Owens
Charlatan Star!
h, the wonderful seventies.
The decade that gave us
such treasures as bell bottoms,
the Partridge family and
disco. The seventies may not
jbe cool, but a movie about
everyday life in the seventies
Dazed and Confused is great. It actually
made me nostalgic for the seventies. No,
really, I'm serious. I had to seriously
reconsider my stance on the decade of
cheese.
This movie is about the last day of
school in 1976. It's a typical last day in
high school. Classes are still being held,
even though no lessons are being taught.
Word is spreading throughout the school
about the big party that night.
The coach is handing out an agree-
ment that none of the football players
will indulge in drinking or drugs over the
summervacation, anagreementthestar
quarterback Randy "Pink" Floyd will not
sign.
The soon-to-be Grade Nines are hazed
by the seniors. The rest of the movie is
spent with the characters driving around
looking for something to do.
Stop me if this is starting to sound like
your last day in high school. It sure
reminded me of mine, even if I graduated
from high school in 1989. The beauty of
this film is that it's so dam realistic, from
the situations right on down to the char-
acters, avoiding all the standard Holly-
wood cliches.
Something else the movie avoids is
that weepy "good old days when life was
better" schtick. The seventies sucked. I
know it. You know it. The characters in
the film know it.
Be warned there is under-age drinking
and mostofthe teenage characters smoke
pot. I don't think that's giving anything
away. The film shows normal teenagers
doing normal things. The characters
drink, smoke and get stoned. There is
none of that annoying "Oh gross, Bob-
by's smoking up" rhetoric that perme-
ates popular entertainment.
The cast is excellent. Four of the most
memorable characters are Rory Cochrane
as Slater the stoner, Sasha Jenson as Don,
fason London as Floyd and Adam
Goldberg as Mike.
The only downside to Dazed is that it is
primarily a guy's movie. There are some
good female parts in the film, but the
movie mainly stays with the men.
Visually, the movie is really nice to
look at — the cars, the clothes and the
props are great. There is an incredible
attention given to detail in Dazed; I
haven't seen a black light poster in ages.
Dazed is carefully crafted. Itwasmade
with love and care. The film is a slice of
life. A realistic portrayal of teenagersand
the times in which they lived.
A lot of the credit forthe making of the
film should go to its director, Richard
Linklater, who was responsible for the
underground cult film, Slacker. Basically,
Dazed and Confused is a Slacker with
money, and Linklater used it well.
Go see Dazed and Confused. It is a
funny, well-made film. There are no deep
hidden meanings. You won't come out of
the theatre singing "We are the World."
It's not like freeing Willy from Sea World,
but you just might have a fun time at a
fun movie.
profiles of contemporary female perform-
ers.
Skirting, or rather ignoring, the de-
bate in feminism over pornography and
the depiction of a newer and more pow-
erful female sexuality, The Girl Wants To
simply claims to gather togetherthe indi-
vidual experiences of modem women
writers.
As a result, it is not so much a gener-
alized or feminist redefinition of wom-
en's sexuality, as it is a shattering of the
idealization and stereotypes of it.
These women describe in their own
voices real sexualities, where storybook
conventions of passive women who seek
pleasure in the company and pleasure of
men have gone the way of the dinosaurs.
The result is an exploration of every-
thing from Xaviera Hollander's control
of a menage a trois, to Gowdy's meta-
phor (I think) of love/obsession as necro-
philia, to a comic strip by Roberta Gre-
gory called "Bitchy Bitch Gets Laid."
The closed-minded might find some
of the material "offensive, " as it strikes at
thefoundationsofmainstream ideasand
mores of sexuality. All shades of lesbian-
ism, sado-masochism, and other
sexualitiesoften labelled as "deviant" by
a patriarchal mainstream are treated
with equal deference.
Edited by Lynn Crosbie, a 30-year-old
PhD student of English literature at the
University of Toronto, there areanumber
of Canadian artists featured: Makeda
Silvern, Evelyn Lau, Sarah Spracklinn,
Meryn Cadell, Fiona Smyth and mem-
bers of Toronto's Chicken Milk to name
but a few.
But the most impressive feature of the
anthology is the broad cultural spectrum
the contributors themselves represent:
Silvera is an African -American les-
bian of Caribbean descent living and
writing in Toronto.
Beth Brant is a Mohawk from
Tyendinaga Mowhawk Territory and a
grandmother.
Sylvie Rancourt worked as a stripper
in Montreal for 10 years and then be-
came the first woman in Canada to self-
publish her own comic magazine.
Cassie [ameson is a 16-year-old Riot
Grrrl from North Carolina.
And the list goes on to read like a
who's who of the latest, most progressive,
and most eloquent voices of the redefini-
tion of female experience in/on their
own terms. From Toronto to Vancouver,
from New York to Seattle, across ages,
ethnicities and persuasions, Crosbie has
compiled an impressive sampling of the
cultural diversity within the categories of
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t might be a cliche, but hard
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Although it may seem like this Sas-
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where and suddenly become successful,
they are quick to point out that isn't so.
"1 can see how it might seem like
we've just become successful overnight, "
says bass player Keith Nakonechy, "but
that's not quite how it happened."
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almost non-stop for the past three years.
During that time, the most time they've
had off in a row has been three weeks. In
addition, they found time to write and
record their first album, Lik My Trakter.
The album was originally released inde-
pendently late in 1992. Nine months
later it was picked up for distribution by
the behemoth record company Warner.
The album will be released worldwide
in January, at which point the band will
begin to tour England, Australia and the
United States.
Judging from their performance on
Saturday, these countries are in for a
good time.
Playing for a medium-sized crowd at
the afternoon show, the band performed
an energetic set filled with all their hits,
like "Living Room," "In the Meantime"
and of course, the closing number,,
" Colder Than You, " which seems to be on
Toronto radio stations all the time.
The band was in fine form despite
singer/guitarist Jason Plumb being "in
pain" from the previous night, when on
admittedly inebriated Plumb spent an
evening on the town, culminating with
him performing aspirited version of "Rock
Death America" with the Rheostatics at
their University of Ottawa show.
The Waltons' show was filled with
much of the same energy, although prob-
ably not for the same reason — the only
thing Plumb consumed on stage was an
apple while Nakonechy explained to the
crowd, "We're not justwastingyourtime.
It's good for his voice."
A lot of the energy came from the
extremely enthusiastic crowd. The band
seemed to feed off this, especially
keyboardist/accordion player Todd
Lumley, who jumped around the stage
every time he played the squeeze box.
By the end of the show, everyone in
the crowd seemed to be singing along,
dancing or at least tapping their feet. But
although the bar wasn't packed and the
show had an intimate atmosphere, there
were signs of the band's growing success.
Like when Plumb told the crowd the band
wouldn't have a new album out until
next fall, since they have to "go away"
and tour abroad, although he did invite
the audience to come. "That way we'll
have an audience everywhere and we
can split drinks," he said.
Another sure sign of a band's success
is legal problems. Nakonechy explains:
"We knew for a while that we'd get in
troublewith the name. Now, intheStates,
Warner has to rent the name from
Lorimar." (Lorimar is the film company
that owns the rights to that old TV show,
The Waltons.)
Still, the band manages to keep a
cheery attitude about everything. When
asked about Zaphod's notorious early-
show policy, Cooney replied: "It's not
bad. At least it gets the show done early
so you can play and then do something-
Maybe slip over to Hull for cocktails."
"Yeah," Nakonechy laughed. "You can
get liquored up, go to Hull and maybe get
in some scraps." ^
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22 • The Charlatan ■ November 18, 1993
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18 TO THURSDAY, NOVEMBER
Thursday, November
18
More Toronto bonds at Zaphod's to-
night: the Morganfields and Dinner
Is Ruined do the loud guitar thing for $5
at the door.
Magic/Magic/Miracles opens a
month-long run atGallery 101 tonight.
It's an "installation/performance" piece
that examines systems of belief as they
relate to magic and stuff like that.
Black Francis, or Frank Black, or what-
ever name he's going by these days,
bombed outside the Pixies. Not so Kim
Deal, whose excellent band the Breed-
ers plays the Penguin at 8 p.m. tonight.
Tickets are $ 15.50 at the usual independ-
ent outlets and through Ticketmaster.
As a special added bonus, opening for
the Breeders are Beastie Boys' pals Lus-
cious Jackson.
Premiering tonight in Carleton's
Alumni Theatre is Hecuba, a play by
Euripides, a dead Greek guy. Tickets are
$5 for students and seniors or in advance
and $10 for adults. It , runs Thursday
through Saturday at 8 p.m. this week and
next.
Friday, November 19
Heaven Dog, Mushroom Explo-
sion and Trip Hammer blow your ear-
drums to, Helsinki tonight at the SAW
Gallery. Tickets are $5 at theidoor.
Iain Rohahae, advertised as an early-
instrument .expert, plays Carleton's
Alumni Theatre at noon today. As is
the custom with all Friday lunch-time
concerts, it's free.
le sexe des etoiles, a film about a 12-
year-old who wants to be reunited with
her father, who left seven years earlier to
have a sex change operation, opens to-
night at the Bytowne at 9:20 p.m. It
runs through Nov. 24.
It's a pretty solid lineup at Creeque
Alley this weekend. Kicking it off tonight
is Toronto's Change of Heart, a band
that's been doing the up-and-coming
thing forever.
Saturday, November 20
Tonight at Creeque Alley it's those
fez-wearin,' horn-blowin' jazz (kinda)
types the Angstones.
It's Rock Against Racism tonight in
Carleton's Fenn Lounge, featuring the
best in rock, punk, funk and rap, includ-
ing Lockjaw, Wooden Stars, Outcry,
Kill the Ego, 70 Parts and thousands
more. Advance tickets are available for
$5 atShake Records, Birdman Sound and
Songbird Music or you can pay $6 at the
door. Show starts at 4 p.m.
It's reggae night at the Penguin! Ja-
maica band Culture livens up this dank,
dark hole of a city.
Sunday, November 21
Don't you wish you lived in Toronto?
Probably notr but if you did, you'd be
seeing the Lemonheads, Redd Kross
and Magnapop at the Concert Hall
this evening at 7 p.m. You'd also be
picking up your $ 1 5 tickets at the Record
Peddler or Vortex Records.
At the Pittonight at 9 p.m., $ 3 will get
you in to see local punk goth types {that's
how they describe themselves -ed.) Dyssia.
Sunday Rushes is a regular series of
presentations of works in progress per-
formed at the SAW Gallery. There's
loads of stuff happening, starting at 7:30
p.m. Tickets are $4 at the door.
Creeque Alley hosts an AIDS benefit
(presumably benefitting a cure and not
the disease) today. Check out this lineup:
the Age of Faith (who have just re-
leased their debut CD), Barstool Proph-
ets, Dog Day Afternoon, Sam I Am
and Joe Gatineau.
Monday, November 22
Those wacky, wacky cult movie Mon-
days continue tonight at the Mayfair.
Tonight, for your viewing pleasure, it's
the Godfather of Grunge, once-and-fu-
ture guitar hero Neil Young in the con-
cert film Rust Never Sleeps at 7 p.m. It's
followed at 9:10 by The Last Waltz, a
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Tuesday, November 23
If you've got a car, here's a show that
you won't want to miss: the Afghan
Whigs with special guest Love |ones
play Lee's Palace in Toronto tonight.
Tickets are $ 11 .50 through Ticketmaster.
As Charlatan production manager
Kevin McKay is suffering from a severe
bout of depression resulting from his
having missed the Gordon Lightfoot
show last Saturday, there will be no book
tip this week.
Wednesday, November
24
You've seen the exhibit, now listen to
the lecture. Doug Schoenherr, the cu-
rator of the National Gallery of Canada,
gives a talk entitled William Morris: The
Draughtsman at the Pit in the Carleton's
school of architecture tonight at 6 p.m.
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2 • The Charlatan ■ November 25, 1993
Farquhar put on BOG hot seat
by Andrea Wiebe
Ctiarfaian StaH
Students grilled members of Carle-
ton's board of governors at a forum on
Nov. 17.
The forum in Baker Lounge gave stu-
dents a chance to address their concerns
to board members. About 10 students
asked the six board members on the
panel questions.
Students on the panel were Elaine
Silver and Lucy Watson, the two under-
graduate representatives on the board,
and Vladimir Zhivov, the graduate stu-
dent representative.
The three administration representa-
tives were Les Copley, vice-president aca-
demic, Spruce Riordon, vice-president of
finance and Carleton President Robin
Farquhar.
Silver said she arranged the forum to
increase students' awareness about what
the board's responsibilities are and how
the board's decisions affect Carleton stu-
dents.
"1 wanted to create an opportunity for
students to come out and find out a little
bit about what the board of governors
does," said Silver.
Students posed questions about the
board's responsibilities and powers. Most
of the students addressed their questions
to Farquhar.
One student asked Farquhar whether
students have a democratic voice within
the educational system, since they do not
make up a large portion of the board.
Farquhar responded that students do play
an active role.
"The students do have a good deal of
powerin the academic domain. Students
are well represented on the senate and
the New University Government system
is heavily influenced by student places, "
he said.
Students elected as NUG representa-
tives sit as voting members of depart-
ment and faculty boards and are sup-
posed to represent student concerns to
those bodies.
Some students raised concerns about
the influences that corporations which
invest money in the university might
have.
Watson and Silver also acknowledged
the potential dangers of corporate in-
vestment.
Watson, also the president of the Car-
leton University Students' Association,
said schools must "control what" s going
on with corporate sponsorship in the
universities." Silver said there is a need
for "checks and balances" on investors.
Farquhar said the board looks at poten-
tial investors carefully before accepting
donations, although the board doesn't
screen every donor.
Farquhar was questioned about his
membership in the Corporate Higher
Education Forum, a group of Canadian
corporations and university administra-
tors. He said the forum looks at ways to
make sure "students who come out have
better employment prospects than they
otherwise might have."
Farquhar said while the social sci-
ences and the humanities receive less
money for research from corporations
and the government, typically the re-
search conducted in these fields costs
less.
"It doesn't require all the big gadgets
and equipment that you need in engi-
neering and science labs to do the sort of
research they do there."
The co-ordinator of the Gay, Lesbian
and Bisexual Centre asked Farquhar why
there is no representative of that commu-
nity on Carleton's presidential advisory
committee on personal safety.
Peter Nogalo told Farquhar studies
show that gays, lesbians and
bisexuals are probably the most
frequent victims of violence.
Farquhar said the interests of
gay, lesbian and bisexual peo-
ple are represented through
CUSA.
Nogalo replied that Watson,
who has a seat on the commit-
tee, can't adequately represent
the concerns of gays, lesbians
and bisexuals because she is
straight. Renee Twaddle, co-
ordinator of the Carleton Wom-
en's Centre, said "ifs like hav-
ing a man represent the wom-
en's centre."
Riordon, who co-chairs the
committee, said "we aren't able
to represent every single society,
group, club, etc. Already, the
size of the personal safety com-
mittee is considerable and there's
no group that isn't represented,
at least through their society,
such as CUSA."
Another issue raised at the
_ forum by a student was the re-
placement of Carleton's mascot uniform.
The student said the cost of an adequate
replacement costume for Rodney Raven
would be about $5,000. Farquhar said
the costume is the responsibility of the
department of athletics. Farquhar agreed
the costume should be replaced, but said
"for about that same price we could put
a teacher in front of a classroom and
open up a new section in the interest of
accessibility, or we could provide $5,000
in student aid."
Tuition was another concern raised by
a teaching assistant, who said every time
tuition increases, TAs have less money
left over to support themselves since their
wages don't increase with tuition hikes.
Farquhar said since the government
has no more money to put into educa-
FORVM cont'd on page S
CUSA hires new safety commissioner
by Tanya Workman
Charlatan StaH
The new safety commissioner for the
Carleton University Students' Associa-
tion says she would like to reduce racist
and homophobic views on campus.
Donna Gilbert, 22, a second-year law
student, was hired as the new commis-
sioner by CUSA on Nov. 16. She says she
would like to address racism and
homophobia on campus by holding work-
shops to discuss student attitudes about
these issues.
She says negative attitudes which ex-
ist towards people of color, women, and
9ay, lesbian and bisexual people on cam-
pus help create unsafe situations for them.
Gilbert says she also she wants to
improve the lighting in the runnels and
hy to improve ramps for students with
disabilities.
"I want to make suggestions, lobby
"dministration so that we can get the
changes we need at Carleton and to
bring awareness to a whole bunch of
'ssues that threaten safety that nobody
knows about," Gilbert says.
The safety commissioner's responsi-
bilities include raising student aware-
hess of safety issues, conducting safety
ond tunnel audits, and lobbying admin-
'straHon to improve safety conditions on
CQrnpus.
CUSA President Lucy Watson says the
hiring board unanimously agreed Gilbert
wos the best choice because she under-
stood what the job entailed.
*We were looking for someone who
was really interested in safety, had a real
concern, had an understanding of the
issues and was approachable," says
Watson.
Gilbert was one of seven applicants
interviewed by the hiring board made up
of Watson, Foot Patrol co-ordinator
Brenda Kennedy, International Students'
Centre co-ordinator Ehab Shanti and
Carleton Women's Centre volunteer
Michelle Walker.
Co-ordinators from the Carleton Dis-
ability Awareness Centre and the Gay,
Lesbian and Bisexual Centre were in-
vited to sit on the committee but were
unable to.
Kennedy had assumed some of the
safety commissioner's responsibilities,
including putting up safety posters, since
May when the last commissioner's term
ran out. She says she thinks Gilbert will
be a good safety commissioner because
she is outspoken. "She'll be a thorn in
(administration's) side."
Kennedy saysshewill work with Gilbert
to lobby administration to improve cam-
pus safety and ask for Gilbert's opinion
on Foot Patrol matters.
Watson says Gilbert will also talk to
CUSA service co-ordinators "to make sure
she knows the concerns of international
students, women students, of gay, les-
bian and bisexual students, (and) stu-
dents with disabilities."
Gilbertwill work part-time, 15 hoursa
week, until the end of April. Watson says
the hours have been cut from what last
year's commissioner Samantha Sheen
worked last year because Sheen found it
difficult to balance the full-time job and
her course load.
Watson says Gilbert's pay has not
been finalized yet with finance commis-
sioner Rene Faucher, but earlier in the
year Faucher estimated $3,800 for the
job, if the commissioner started in No-
vember. The only other funds he has
budgeted for the commissioner are about
$ 1 ,000 for administrative costs.
Gilbert has not set her office hours yet,
butsaysshe is considering working week-
nights from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Gilbert volunteers at the Carleton
Women's Centre and is involved with the
centre's outreach program, which goes
into Ottawa high schools to talk to young
women about issues that may concern
them, like sexual harassment and abuse.
Gilbert, Watson and Kennedy are
members of the presidential advisory
committee on personal safety, which
makes recommendations to Carleton
President Robin Farquharon howto spend
the university's safety budget.
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November 25, 1993 • The Charlatan ■ 3
Co ordinators shed light on services
by Matt Skinner
Chariaian Staff
Carleton's student service co-
ordinators are funded out of the $80-$ 95
annual fee each undergraduate student
pays to the Carleton University Students'
Association.
With the academic year almost half
over, The Charlatan decided to find out
what the co-ordinators have done this
year and whether they have any new
plans.
Thisweek, we profile the International
Students' Centre and the Mature and
Part-Time Students' Centre.
EHAB SHANTI — INTERNA-
TIONAL STUDENTS' CENTRE CO-
ORDINATOR
Ehab Shanti, co-ordinatorof the Inter-
national Students' Centre, says the cen-
tre is the only representation on campus
for Carleton's 2,500 international stu-
dents.
He says the centre helps students with
legal matters, referring them to the ap-
propriate aids, and provides an emer-
gency fund for students.
"(The emergency fund) is basically a
$200 or $100 loan that will be given to
international students in case of need,
because international students don't get
any financial aid, " says Shanti.
Shanti says a similarfund was discon-
tinued several years ago, but was put
back into use this year.
He says a couple of students have
already made use of the fund, which is
now about $300. Shanti says the fund's
amount depends on how much money
the centre raises.
Shanti says earnings collected from a
fashion show scheduled for the next term
will go toward the emergency fund.
A pool tournament recently held in
Oliver's was successful, says Shanti. He
says many students turned out and the
centre earned around $90. The centre is
planning another pool tournament for
the near future.
In March, the centre will hold Interna-
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on a weekly basis.
Crippen says more students seem to
be using the centre this year, because it
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"The service does take on some per-
sonality (depending on) who happens to
be here that year, " he says.
Crippen says the day-to-day opera-
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also be a Christmas party on Dec. 4 for
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CUSA legal bill
around $13,000
by Brent Dowdall
Cfia/iaian Start
The total legal bill for the labor dis-
pute between the Carleton University Stu-
dents' Association and some of its em-
ployees will be about $13,000, says Rene
Faucher, CUSA's finance commissioner
The dispute began in thesummerwhen
a few CUSA employees tried to unionize
and ended in November when the On-
tario Labor Relations Board ordered the
automatic unionization of 340 CUSA
employees.
Faucher says CUSA will be billed about
$3,500 to $5,000 for the week of board
hearings held in late August in Toronto.
CUSA President Lucy Watson told The
Charlatan in August that the total cost of
the dispute would be about $2,500. In
November, she upped that fiqure to
$5,000.
"I'm assuming she (Watson) meant
the (labor board) hearings itself, and on
that she would be correct, " Faucher says
CUSA's legal bill for all staff-related
matters from May to August was
$17,793.81. Faucher says. He estimates
half of that figure, about $8,000, is a
result of the labor dispute excluding the
hearings. The rest of the figure came
from other staff-related costs.
Faucher says CUSA had no choice but
to pay to have legal representation.
"Our alternative was no legal repre-
sentation. When the legal issue came up,
we tried to be frugal. (The cost) was close
to the minimum amount we could spend
on legal fees. There was nothing we could
do about the legal costs." □
Unknown male
attacks woman
near residence
by Angie Gallop
Chartatan SlaW
A woman was physically assaulted
while walking in the parking lot near-
residence at 3 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 1 3.
Len Boudreault, assistant director of
Carleton's department of university
safety, says the woman was not able to
give a description of herattackerbecause
she was assaulted from behind.
A safety poster about the incident
circulated on Nov. 16 says the attacker
"is believed to be an older man, based on
FORUM cont'd from page 3
Hon, tuition will increase, but the On-
tario minister of colleges and universities
won't decide exactly what the increase
will be until April.
Farquhar said as Carleton has more
students and fewer staff members every
year, itwill become inaccessible because
itwill have to start turning students away.
One student replied that university will
become inaccessible because students will
not be able to afford it.
Farquhar said expanding student aid
programs might help cash-strapped stu-
dents, but stressed that if tuition doesn't
increase, staff will not be able to meet
students' needs. □
the toneofnis voice." Boudreaultsays he
is unable to say what the man said to the
woman.
The woman was grabbed and when
she resisted her attacker struck her in the
face.
Boudreault says she was bruised and
knocked to the ground. She wasn't hospi-
talized.
Hesays patrols have been increased in
the area for as long as security has the
resources and until problems arise else-
where.
Boudreault says he has no reason to
believe the incidentis linked toany other
previous assaults on campus.
The Foot Patrol provides escorts to
people until 1 a.m. seven days a week
and the security van operates until 2
a.m. Monday to Friday.
Boudreaultsays anyone worn edabout
their safety can call security at 788-3612
for an escort on campus outside of these
hours. rj
COMMISSIONER cont'd from page 3
Watson says lobbying administrators
will be tough because it is hard to make
administration understand the concerns
students have.
"A lot of people just don't understand
whatyou mean when you say 'I don't feel
comfortable standing at the bus stop or
getting into my car at night,'" she says.
Gilbert says she wants to get students
to lobby with her. "I can't do this on my
own, " Gilbert says. "They (students) need
to know that this is not just me (who
should be doing this)."
Watson says she hopes Gilbert will
"orient herself" to what the job entails
before the end of December and get ready
for the safety audits she has to do in
lanuary.
Gilbertwillbeworkingoutofthesafety
commissioner's office on the first floor of
the Unicentre, which she will share with
CUSA's chief electoral officer.
But until she sets up office hours and
moves in, students can get a hold of her
through the safety hotline (788-2600,
ext. 1777) orthe Carleton Women's Cen-
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Send a clear message to Dr. Farquhar.
TOGETHER WE CAN STOP THE WAR ON STUDENTS!
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NATIONAL AFFAIRS
Aboriginal commission hears students
by Doug Johnson
Cttarlatan Staff
There is increased need for cross-cul-
tural understanding between Canada's
Native and non-Native populations, a
panel of Carleton students told members
of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal
Peoples Nov. 16.
"We have to help the non-aboriginal,
to teach them about our rights, to teach
them about our culture," said Carleton
student Simeonie Kunnuk, an Inuk per-
son from Igloolik, N.W.T.
"There is a tremendous ignorance
about aboriginal people by non-aborigi-
nal people. Many of my friends have
never met an aboriginal person," said
commissioner and formerSupreme Court
justice Bertha Wilson. '
The five-member panel of students
consisted of three aboriginal and two
non-aboriginal students, who presented
to three commissioners. The commission
called the students together as part of its
mandate to examine the situation of
aboriginal youth. About 50 per cent of
the aboriginal population is under the
age of 25.
According to the federal Department
of Indian Affairs and Northern Develop-
ment, there were 21,523 status Indians
attending post-secondary institutions in
the 1991-92 fiscal year. The 1991 census
recorded there are close to 250,000 status
Indians in Canada.
These figures do not represent a clear
picture of the aboriginal student popula-
tion, as there are over 1 million people of
aboriginal descent in Canada, but most
are not recognized by the federal govern-
ment as status Indians because their peo-
ples never completed treaties with the
Canadian government.
The royal commission was formed
early in 1992 to examine the situation of
Canada's aboriginal peoples. The com-
mission is in its fourth and final round of
hearings and will report to Parliament
next fall on what should be done to
alleviate the situation of Canadian abo-
consultations with university students.
On Nov. 18, representatives of the com-
mission met with students at Concordia
University in Montreal and York Univer-
sity in Toronto. As well, the Canadian
Federation of Students made a presenta-
tion about funding for aboriginal col-
leges and universities to the commission
in Ottawa on the same date.
At the Carleton hearing, Kunnuk used
the example of a two-row wampum to
The panel (L to R): Marquise Dupre. Tim O'Loan, Christopher Pad, Cynthia
Asp, Simeonie Kunnuk, and Simon Brascoupe.
riginal peoples.
The student panel fulfils the need to
have the voices of aboriginal youth heard
in the commission's work, said Patricia
Saulis, the commission's special team
assistant for youth, in a press release
before the hearing.
The Carleton panel was one of three
illustrate the idea of parallel understand-
ing between the aboriginals and non-
aboriginals. A wampum is a belt of
colored shellbeads with the rowsofbeads
forming patterns. In two-row wampum,
the lines of beads run parallel but never
cross, symbolizing equality yetdifference.
The belts were constructed to commemo-
rate significant events in a nation's his-
tory, such as treaties.
Without the two-row wampum,
Kunnuk said, there will be no way to
achieve an understanding.
Anotherstudent, Tim O'Loan, a Dogrib
from Somba Ke (Yellowknife), N.W.T.,
agreed there is more of a need to under-
stand the aboriginal situation in Canada,
especially many communities' living con-
ditions.
"There are a lot of Davis Inlets across
Canada," he said. The Innu community
of Davis Inlet came to national attention
last year after videotapes of children sniff-
ing gasoline in an unhealed shack and
wishing to die to escape the conditions
they lived in was broadcast on CNN.
The Labrador community, a collec-
tion of plywood shacks without running
water, has suffered years of government
neglect because neither the Newfound-
land or federal governments say they are
responsible for helping the people.
However, O'Loan said he feels there
must be an examination of the problems
facing aboriginal communities before
they are solved.
"This, what we are doing (with the
commission), is white society and it is
important for non-aboriginals to see our
society," said aboriginal student Cynthia
Asp. ,
Some ways of increasing understand-
ing between the two peoples would be
bringing elders into schools and forcing
the federal government to recognize tra-
ditional aboriginal forms of government,
she told the commission. □
Student leaders fear fee hikes, start protests
by Sara-Lynne Levine
Chartafan Staff
Students and university officials are
sail in the dark about when details of
possible tuition hikes willbe releasedby
the provincial NOP government.
On Nov 17, Libera] MPP Dalton
McGuinty (Ottawa South) questioned
education and trairiing minister David
Cooke in the Ontario legislature, pres-
suring him to release information about
the proposed hikes.
He asked Cooke "what assurance
can you give Ontario university stu-
dents that their fees will not increase by
anything more than a moderate in-
crease?"
Cooke responded with only a vague
answer, saying there werea lot of rumors
about the government's plans and he
"wouldn't jump to any conclusions
about a tuition increase ."
Cooke did not indicate when he will
release his decision about raising the
ceiling on universities' tuition fee in-
creases. Last year, the government an-
nounced in November that universities
would be allowed to raise tuition by a
maximum of seven per cent.
Many people are expecting a large
increase in the ceiling for tuition fee
increases, which is set by the government
each year. This specuiation has followed
a proposal submitted to the government
by the Council of Ontario Universities
this summer, which called for tuition
increases of 30 to 50 per cent over the
next two years.
The proposal also said these tuition
hikes must be accompaniedby reform of
the student loan system. The council
suggested implementing an income-con-
tingent loan repayment system, whereby
students would pay back their loans as a
percentage of their income after gradua-
tion.
Following the report's release, Cooke
said there would be a "substantial" in-
crease intheceiling for tuition hikes and
that he did not consider seven per cent —
the maximum allowed in the last three
years — substantial.
Carleton President Robin Farquhar
said the council's report, which was put
together at the request of Cooke, has
been misconstrued by many groups.
"The council proposed a package,"
said Farquhar, the university's representa-
tive on the council. "While it was sug-
gested that tuition be increased, it was
proposed that tuition not go up without
a more adequate form of student aid
programs and students having a say in
how that money be spent "
Farquhar said theincrease in revenue
is needed to ensure that access to univer-
sity is maintained. He said he expects
the announcement of an increase either
before Christmas, eariyin 1994,oratthe
end of the fiscal year in March. In any
case, said Farquhar, Cooke will make
the announcement when it is "politi-
catly advantageous."
Cooke has "failed to understand the
concerns of students and is proceeding
with his own agenda," said Kristlne
Haselsteiner, vice-president external of
Carleton University Students' Associa-
tion.
She also said Carleton administra-
tors have "missed the boat" in support-
ing a substantial tuition fee hike. "Sug-
gesting increasing tuition goes with the
increase in accessibility is a misnomer, "
she says.
Haselsteiner said she is also unsure of
when the announcement of the tuition
fee ceiling will be made. □
by Karollru Srutek
Chaflalan Staff
Many university students in Ottawa
are voicing their anger over the pro-
posed tuition hikes of up to 50 per cent
they say the provincial government is
considering.
On Nov. 1 7, the student federation at
the University of Ottawa organized a
large rally to protest rising tuition. The
Carleton University Students' Associa-
tion is planning a similar rally for Nov.
26.
Student concern about substantial
tuition hikes began this summer, when
the Council of Ontario Universities re-
leased a report which called for increases
>n tuition tees between 30 and 50 per
cent for some programs over the next
two years.
The University of Ottawa used many
strategies to send their message to MPP
David Cooke, the minister of education
ond training, says Carole Sauv<5, vice-
president external at U of O.
She says the student federation organ-
izedathree-weekletter-writingcampaign
and a petition that was signed by 21 per
cent of the student body.
"We had a two-and-a-half-week mo-
bilization campaign with posters in resi-
dence, faculty clubs andsocieties — The
rally became a buzz word around cam-
pus and that's what made it a success, "
sdysSauve.
The rally began at Tabaret Hall and
proceeded to Parliament Hill. Once on
the Hill, the students waved home-made
placards and chanted lean Chretien's
name, hoping the new prime minister
would come out and address the crowd.
"We yelled close to an hour for
Chretien, but he never came, " says Guy
Caron, the president of the student fed-
eration. "ThestudentsweTegettlngpissed
off and just wanted to speak to Chretien's
representatives about the underfunding
and tuition increases."
While Sauve estimates the number of
students at the rally was about 1,000,
lessica Gould, athird-yearCarleton jour-
nalism student at the rally, says the stu-
dents numbered closer to 500. But she
says the rally wasstili successful because
the students made an effort to voice their
concerns.
"It was interesting to see there was so
much spirit, "says Gould. "I don't know if
it made much of a difference, but if
someone saw it, it did."
Theresa Cowan, CUSA's director of
services, and Kristlne Haselsteiner, CUSA's
vice-president external, are planning a
similar rally at Carleton.
"It's just a matter of getting the stu-
dents out," says Cowan. "This rally gives
thestudentsaforumtogettogether(and)
say, 'We are all in the same boat' and
make an impact."
The rally is scheduled to begin at 1 2:30
p.m. at Mackenzie Field, the grass area
near the Unicentre. Haselstelnersays pro-
testers will march around campus and
end up in front of the adrainistraUon
building, where speeches will be given by
student representatives,
"The rally is on campus, so its more
accessible to students, andmakesit easier
for them to attend and to show their
support."
Haselsteiner says the rally may also
continue over to the office of Evelyn
Gigantes, the NDP Ottawa Centre MPP.
Although speakers haven't yet been
confirmed, Haselsteiner says they will
include different members of Carleton 's
student community.
Posters are being put up and table-
topper pamphlets have been placed in
Rooster's and Oliver's publicizing the
rally, says Haselsteiner. CUSA has also
attended club meetings and Sent out
letters to societies asking for support.
As well, she says petitions have been
Circulated and sent to Carleton Presi-
dent Robin Farquhar and Les Copley,
vice-president of academics, telling
adminstration of students' discontent
with the threatened hikes. □
November 25, 1993 • The Charlatan ■ 7
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
Guatemalan activists call for results
by Kathleen Jacobs
Cha/latan Staff
Helen Mack and Fernando Lopez want
the world to know about the human
rights violations in Guatemala.
In the past 35 years, 100,000 people
have been murdered and another 40,000
have simply vanished. One-third of all
reported disappearances in Latin America
have occurred there.
Mack and Lopez told about the viola-
tions they have seen in their country at
their talk in Ottawa on Nov. 13.
Lopez is a lawyer in the human rights
office in the Roman Catholic Archdio-
cese of Guatemala, while Mack is a civil
rights activist. She won the 1992 Swedish
Right Livelihood Award, also called the
Alternative Nobel Prize. It is awarded to
people who work to end problems such as
social injustice and human repression.
Guatemala had a democratic govern-
ment from 1944 until 1954. However, a
coup against the government in 1954
began a period of instability and military
rule that has continued until the present.
Since early 1 993, Ramiro de Leon Carpio
has been the Guatemalan president.
"By definition, respect for human
rights is a matter of state policy, but just
as the state can be the principal inter-
preter of this policy, it can also be its
principal violator, " Mack said of the coun-
try's military dictatorship. "The most basic
right — the right to life — has been
constantly violated in Guatemala."
Mack's involvement with civil rights
began after her sister, Myma, was fatally
stabbed 27 times outside her office build-
ing in 1990. As an anthropologist, her
sister was working on a research project
funded by Georgetown University, ex-
amining the potential resettlement of
Guatemalan refugees.
In the early 1980s, the Guatemalan
military carried out a counter-insurgency
program, killing between 50,000 and
75,000 people.
"The army's logic was that anyone
who was not on their side was an insur-
gent," Lopez said, speaking through an
interpreter from Ottawa's St. Paul Uni-
versity.
A similar policy gave the military li-
cence to assassinate whole villages. In
fear, some Guatemalans fled to the cities,
some fled into the jungle, and still others
fled to Mexico.
The United Nations High Commission
on Refugees recognizes there are 43,000
documented Guatemalans in Mexico to-
day.
Mack said the government was con-
cerned about her sister's research in this
area andsent a special commando of the
Security Forces to assassinate her.
Mack became a national figure in her
quest to bring her sister's killer to justice.
Though she was successful, she said she
must move beyond her personal goals
now and concentrate on the needs of the
Guatemalan community.
Mack is designing a legal education
program so lawyers and citizens of Gua-
temala will have the knowledge and abil-
ity to fight for their basic human rights.
Lopez said the system makes sure it
does not provide any civil rights educa-
tion to young lawyers.
"The fight against repression in Gua-
temala begins with education," he said.
Mack and Lopez said they want to
bring the situation in Guatemala to the
world's attention, since their government
responds only when the international ■
community is watching.
Lopez said the government has been
known to stop harassing Guatemalan
citizens after receiving letters of protest
from foreign countries.
"It is very sad to see that just a card
from a foreigner to the department is
Human rights activist Helen Mack gets the word out on Guatemala.
more important than a law passed by the
National Assembly," said Lopez.
He said the Guatemalan government
has been condemned by the United Na-
tions as a human rights violator for the
past four years.
Lopez said although the number of
people being kidnapped or killed has
decreased since 1992, the repression has
not stopped.
He said there is a feeling of terror left-
over from the 1980s, when the majority
of killings happened. The government
avoids mass killings which receive out-
side attention and concentrates instead
on selective murdering of important po-
litical opponents. "The state knows this is
sufficient enough to convince any Gua-
temalan not sympathetic to the govern-
ment not to speak out," said Lopez.
But Mack is not content to be silent, or
to let her people be bullied into silence.
She said the popular movement in Gua-
temala is weak because it condemns the
actions of the government but does not
respond with unified proposals to create
social change.
"Denouncing is not enough — this
means more efforts to change and that
means us," Mack said.
She saidindividuals in the movement
must work together to "establish a cli-
mate of real freedom and progressive
democratization in orderto. . .reflect the
will of the majority."
Mack said the solution is not for the
popular movement to take up arms, but
that the crisis will only be resolved when
Guatemala is a true democracy. □
Sanctions in Serbia are affecting students
by Aleksandar Mitic
Aleksandar Milic Is a second-year journalism student at
Carleton. This is his first year studying In Canada. His lalher is
a diplomat in the Yugoslav Embassy in Ottawa.
When I transferred to Carleton last
July from the University of Belgrade in
Serbia, I was happy and satisfied.
To be accepted into second-year jour-
nalism at Carleton University is not an
easy task.
But as much as I celebrated this great
opportunity, 1 could not forget my col-
leagues from Belgrade. Not only because
I have a lot of friends there or because my
girlfriend still goes to University of Bel-
grade, but also because of the incredible
conditions that students in Serbia have
to face.
These conditionsare largely provoked
by the United Nations' sanctions im-
posed on Yugoslavia (or Serbia and
Montenegro) a year and a half ago.
The sanctions were imposed because
of the speculation that Serbia is acting as
an aggressor in Bosnia. Western govern-
ments and warleaders have since admit-
ted that the war in Bosnia is a civil war.
No fuel is allowed to get in, there is no
foreign trade and Yugoslav assets around
the world have been frozen.
The economic situation in Serbia
causes big problems for the University of
Belgrade — one of the most respected
universities in Eastern Europe — and for
its students.
There is very little food. Flour, vegeta-
ble oil, sugar and milk are rationed.
Generally, meatis too expensive for most
families to eat more than once a month.
Transportation in Belgrade is awful.
Gas is too expensive and hard to find.
Most of the Belgrade's 2 million inhabit-
ants have to take the bus. I remember
waiting hours for a bus that would come
packed. It was impossible to get in.
Recently, Belgrade newspapers re-
ported that when a bus broke down while
passing over a bridge, its driver counted
the number of passengers: 462 people
were riding the bus made for 160.
It would be funny if it wasn't sad.
I could never imagine that the pic-
tures of the overcrowded buses in Third
World countries I used to watch on televi-
sion would happen in Belgrade.
There is a popular joke about buses in
Belgrade: Two friends are riding an over-
crowded bus. One says: "Gee, we are
packed like sardines in a can." The other
responds: "Well, no, the sardines have at
least oil to breathe."
As winter approaches, memoriescome
to my mind. Memories of
cold. Since Serbia is not
allowed to import fuel or
gas, heating is poor. Last
year, I was freezing in my
house, freezing on the
streets, freezing atschool.
In fact, schools had
heat from 8 a.m. to 10
a.m. When I had lectures
or discussion groups in the
evening, I had to dress up
really warm.
Resources are also
scarce. There is a lack of
such basic materialsas test
tubes, not to mention
other, more sophisticated,
but indispensable tools.
Faculties like science,
engineering and medicine
cannot afford to import
the new technologies
needed to advance their
learning. Even if they had
the money, they cannot import them
because of the sanctions.
Professors cannot afford to travel
abroad and participate in international
conferences to present papers or gain
connections and knowledge.
It is very hard to print new books
because there is a shortage of paper and
it is expensive. Students can barely afford
to buy them.
And what about the other needs of an
average student?
Serbia cannot import foreign movies
or other cultural products. The sanctions
forbid foreign artists to perform in Serbia.
No Serbian sports team is allowed to play
outside the country, nor is there a possi-
bility for a foreign team to visit Serbia
officially.
Just imagine that, for example, the
Blue Jays were not allowed to play in the
World Series again. That is exactly what
happened to Red Star, the Serbian soccer
team from Belgrade. A few months after
winning the World Club Championship
in soccer in December 1991, the sanc-
tions stopped the team from playing. Red
Star from Belgrade did not even have a
chance to defend its title in the next
World Cup.
That is how life goes on these days in
Belgrade.
Serbians are the prisoners of the war
in neighboring Bosnia with which they,
as people, don't have anything to do
with.
But they suffer from the most outra-
geous sanctions ever imposed on a na-
tion.
They are prisoners of the image of
"Serbian barbarisms" that the media has
created.
They are prisoners of the future, not so
bright, for them and their children.
But the students of the University of
Belgrade are prisoners with hope. With
hope for change, they have the enthusi-
asm to go on despite the abnormal con-
ditions. They continue to work at their
studies with a will for change, with cer-
tainty that they will change the fate of
the Serbian nation.
No matter how hard the times are,
students work even harder. There is no
doubt that they will make it. And I must
say that 1 am very proud, as much as I am
proud of being a student of Carleton
University, of being a student of the Uni-
versity of Belgrade. I am proud of having
friends and colleagues who are persistent
and courageous people. O
8 * The Charlatan • November 25, 1993
EDITORIAL PAGE
Simon says
"This is a
stick-up."
Simon soys jump up and down.
Simon says touch your nose.
Do you remember playing Simon Says
If you don't, the principle behind it is simple
Simon gives more and more demands to the group
faster and faster until the players get confused and don
do what Simon says.
, Little did we know back then that we were training
ourselves for the "real world."
Although we don't know when the official announce-
ment will be, it is expected that students will be paying
higher tuition fees again next year.
[ust like players in Simon Says, students must simply
fill the demands. They have not been involved in the
decision-making process.
The Council of Ontario Universities submitted a
port to the provincial government in August, suggesting
tuition increases of 30 to 50 per cent over the next two
years. The council is made up mostly of university
presidents, not students or professors.
Universities need students as much as students need
universities. Therefore, students should be involved in
proposals to deal with cuts to education.
A major factor in tuition increases is that government
funding to universities has not kept up with enrolment.
The generation before us has become accustomed to
living beyond their means. Now they are making cuts to
education that are affecting us. The Council of Ontario
Universities is trying to find a solution to these cuts with
their proposals to the Ontario government.
The council is telling students not to worry because
they are planning a more extensive and accessible loan
system. According to the proposal, this system will be
partially funded by the increase in tuition revenues.
But more loans means more debt and dependency for
students. They will be expected to pay back the loan after
they have graduated. According to the proposal, the
amount and how soon students must pay back loans
would be dependent upon how much they will be earn-
ing after graduation.
With the present economy and the low value of an
arts or science degree in the job market, I have trouble
believing this program will not create a massive debt by
students who are unable to pay. Then what will "Simon
say?
Whether or not the council's proposals are approved,
tuition has been increasing every year and there's no
reason for it to stop now. Statistics Canada recently
released a report saying in the past five years tuition has
increased by an average 58 per cent across Canada.
The demands "Simon" is making are becoming in-
creasingly difficult to beai.
Within the bad economic climate, most students are
starting off from a position of disadvantage, before even
lacing unreasonable tuition. We are also entering a job
marketwhich is increasingly demanding higher educa-
tion.
The federal Department of Human Resources Devel-
opment says 49 percent of the jobs in the '90s will require
the equivalent of a college or university education. This
isan increase from 23 per cent in 1 986. So we can't afford
to educate ourselves and we can't afford not to.
Once we put the possible tuition hike in context, more
ond more is being asked of students.
We need to start making acts of protest a priority in
°ur lives. If "Simon" tells us he does not want to hear our
v°ices, we must show him we will not follow his lead in
numb silence.
As a student you can call or write your member of
Provincial parliament and demand a solution which
deludes your viewpoint.
Keep your eyes open for protests and attend. You can
start at the student rally at Mackenzie Field on Nov. 26.
I never liked the hierarchical structure of Simon Says.
I didn't like it then and I don't like it now. "Simon"
Wouldn't just be telling students what to do — he should
e listening to what we have to say.
Students, as the potential decision-makers of tomor-
'ow. don't have to follow "Simon's" lead without ques-
8o". It is much to early to simply give in to tuition hikes
^thoutafight. AG
OPINION
Newsflash -- JFK died 30 years ago
by Sara-Lynne Levine
Charlatan Staff
Forthose of you who live under a rock, this year
is the 30th anniversary of John E. Kennedy's
assassination on Nov. 22, 1963.
For weeks, I have been barraged with maga-
zine articles, television reports and those annoying mov-
ies-of-the week.
"The Truth About JFK" screamed one magazine head-
line. JFK: Reckless Youth and Marina Oswald: HerStory were
shown on television. The Ottawa Citizen ran a Touchline
number where people could call in to answer the ques-
tion "Where were you on —
Nov. 22, 1963?"
The media has gone
crazy over JFK. Without
fail, magazine, newspa-
pers and television net-
works have been compet-
ing with each otherto woo
readers and viewers with
"new information" or "the
truth" behind his death.
It is true that Kennedy
died under somewhat
questionable circum-
stances. For years, people
have speculated and theo-
rized about what really
happened. But lately, the
speculation has gone too
far.
The Kennedy story has been done to death (excuse the
pun). The media has taken an event worthy of mention
and blown it widely out of proportion.
A huge mystique has been built up around Kennedy.
People are fascinated with this man, who had more
charisma than political accomplishments.
Kennedy did represent a number of firsts. He was the
first Irish Catholic president. He was also the first televi-
sion-friendly president. Perhaps his biggest accomplish-
ment was that he knew how to use the media to portray
himself in a positive light.
There is no denying that Kennedy meant a lot of
things to a lot of people. His death had a great effect on
everyone, but this does not mean that it should be used
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as a money-maker for the media.
The other problem with the focus on Kennedy is that
he continues to be portrayed un realistically. Despite the
almost saint-like aura surrounding him, Kennedy was
not an exceptional president. He was in office for less
than three years and in that time, he accomplished no
memorable feat.
People also tend to overlook or excuse his sordid love
affairs with numerous women. They don't seem to let
evidence that he had an affair with Marilyn Monroe and
Angie Dickinson affect their high opinion of him.
Still, Canadians remember Kennedy as lovingly as
Americans. My mom has
told me where she was
and how she felt when
Kennedy died. When I
was younger, even I was
in awe of Kennedy. I saw
pictures of this hand-
some man, his pretty wife
and young family.
When I was in high
school, I read a book
called Four Days. Itwasa
pictorial of the four days
immediately following
the assassination. The
one photo thatstayed in
mymindwasthe picture .
of Jackie Kennedy get-
ting off Air Force One in
Washington, her dress
splattered with blood.
Kennedy's assassination does set him apart from
most American presidents. However, Abraham Lincoln
was also assassinated and we do not have to endure the
"untold truth" or the "conspiracy theory" behind Lin-
coln's assassination.
I'm sick of the hype. At one point, I was interested in
the anniversary and I actually thought "Boy, I hope
someone does something." Well, I learned my lesson —
be careful for what you wish for because you just might
get it.
The anniversary of his death deserves some recogni-
tion, but not the media circus that has ensued.
JFK is dead. Let him rest in peace.
f TheCharfatan welcomes all letters and opinion pieces. Letters should not be more than 250 ^
words and opinion pieces not more than 700 words. Pieces may be edited for length or clarity.
The deadline Is Tuesday at noon. Include your name, signature, faculty, year and PHONE
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November 25, 1993 • The Charlatan • 9
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cism?
Racism doesn't exist is RACISM
YOU Deople are taking over, is RACISM /- -r- r- IV a
YOU people are SO eXOtl C is KAL±->IVI
Where are you from i S RACISM
I don't think of you as of color is RACISM
You people are dirty IS racism
You're such quaint iW people is racism
You ' re taki iig OUT jobs away 1 S racism
You people are good at lliath is RACISM
•|- You people have natural rhy.thm is racism
X am a victim of reverse racism "I S RACISM
There is a "black cloud" over us is RACISM
If I cjet a tan I'll be of Color IS RACISM
These statements are examples of stereotypical
characterizations of specific races or
ethnicities. Negative personal behavior that
discriminates against individuals of a racial,
religious or national group dehumanizes and
ridicules. Individual acts of prejudice become
especially potent when they both support and
perpetuate wider societal racism.
- from Cultural Etiquette by Amoja Three Rivers
WORLD INTER-ACTION MONDIALE presents
by Heather Farrow
Heether Farrow is a co-ordinator al OPIRG-Carteton. She has researched and had practical experience with popular theatre.
Popular theatre can be both- useful as a form of entertainment and
as an educational tool for challenging racist, sexist and otherwise
phobic stereotypes.
Popular theatre is any kind of skit, song, puppet show, rap, dance
or combination thereof, which is created or partially written by the
performers. The popular theatre participants can be anyone, but they
usually have some relation to the issues addressed in the play or
skit.
At Carleton, popular theatre has been used previously in conjunction
with Eating Disorders Awareness Week and date rape prevention
campaigns.
Popular theatre can include audience participation in the form of
discussions or "stop theatre." It can also be used within activist
groups as a way of learning about an issue.
Popular theatre is most effective if the actors/ activists are
personally involved with the play's subject matter. For instance,
the OPIRC-initiated play Dirty Talk about date rape was partially
created by women who had experienced this form of violence.
The following lists a variety of kinds of popular theatre and how
they can be used to amuse and amaze.
Role play: By assuming another role, a person can explore what it
would be like to be in situations outside their own experience. Very
basic role play can be used within group meetings or during training
sessions.
For instance, I once initiated a role play during a volunteer training
sessi on , when we wanted to expl ore raci sm wi thi n the of f i ce . I pi ayed
a volunteer who tells another volunteer who comes in late that "she
is always late and just because that's the way her people operate,
it isn't the way it should be done. " The improvised skit developed
in some very interesting directions, where many racist stereotypes
were explored through a discussion which occurred during and after
the role play.
Short sketches: Short sketches or skits can be used as educational
"attention getters" within a university centre or at the beginning
of a meeting.
For example, during Hate Hurts Week thi s year , people in the Carleton
Unicentre met "Presto Manic, " through a short sketch which provided
a satirical look at the "Uninformed Party." "Presto" and his
companion (me) roamed around the Unicentre talking to various folks
about the party's ludicrous policies. At times we engaged in lively
discussions with possible supporters of that other party, whose name
rhymes with "deform."
The variety of responses taught us versatility and strategy as
actors, while perhaps exposing some scary hate-mongering by the
"Uninformed Party" by expanding on real quotations from Presto's
real -life political party.
Stop theatre: During this kind of sketch, the audience is asked to
shout "stop" when they don't like what is going on in the skit and
then come into the skit and replace the actor.
I was involved with this kind of theatre during a short play about
"ending the silence about violence" called Collateral Damages. As
an audience member, I yelled "stop" when I thought one of the actors
was being silenced by being told that the loud shouting going on at
the neighbors "always happened" and was to be ignored. I replaced
the actor and continued the scene, where I attempted to end the
woman's silence.
Street Theatre: Street theatre or guerrilla theatre are plays and
sketches that can take place anywhere. At a rally or march, or on
its own, street theatre is an excellent way to attract attention and
foster support. Making large costumes, masks or disguises can also
add to this kind of popular theatre.
For instance, the Raging Crannies are a dynamic singing, costume-
wearing, fun group of older women who help all kinds of rallies come
to life.
Puppets: Think you're too shy? Using puppets is a great way to get
around this because you get to hide and only your hands show. A great
example is the tour Puppets Against AIDS, which came to Canada from
South Africa in 1992. By teaching people to make and use puppets,
all kinds of people created their own skits about AIDS and educated
themselves and others about a very important, yet sometimes hard-
to-tal k-about topic.
Well , if you think I've been trying to sell you popular theatre you' re
probably right. It adds something quite unique and memorable to a
rally or information table, unlike
what a speaker or visual display
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alone can do.
When you go to a ral 1 y whi ch
includes a skit or costumed rally
rousers, it can become more
interesting and appealing to the
press. 'As an example of a good
attention-getter, I'm in the process
of trying to create a huge Chretien
head which can be signed out from
theOPIRG office for various rallies
and events.
Popular theatre is a great way to
subvert conventional stereotypes
and showcase progressive opinions
that often get overlooked or
suppressed by the mainstream media-
So get out there and remember: BE
BRAVE, BE LOUD and have fun! «
12 • The Charlatan ■ November 25, 1993
HAT S
by Matthew Bruce
Matthew Bnjce is a fourth-year psychology student at Carteton and a membef of Anti-Racist Action.
Anti-Racist Action is a group of individuals who want to
help stop racism, sexism, homophobia and ableism on all
levels.
Our members come from many walks of life and range from high-
school students to adults with careers.
Many of us have experienced some form of discrimination
first-hand, be it institutional or social. We try to remain
as non-partisan as possible, but we will take a stance on
specific issues like the pro-choice movement.
There are many chapters of Anti-Racist Action in cities all
over North America, but as far as we are concerned, the
actions of one chapter are not necessarily representative
of the other groups.
Anti-Racist Action Ottawa, which had its first meeting in
March, was formed for two reasons. At the time there was
an absence of any non-partisan anti-racist groups in the
city. We were also motivated by the fact that the Heritage
Front was mobilizing in Ottawa and then set up a hate line
in Hay.
Similar to the hate line in Toronto, it was used to spread
slanderous and racist messages. However, a recent court
decision has forced the Heritage Front to remove all such
messages in Ottawa.
We have also participated in and helped organize several
marches in Ottawa and Montreal, including the Cay Pride
march, the rally against Jean-Marie LePen of the Front
National (France's version of the highly fascistic National
Front) in Montreal, and yes, the notorious protest against
the Heritage Front's "Rock for Racialism" on May 29.
It was at that fateful rally that we were singled out by
the media and blamed for the crowd's rowdy behavior towards
police and Front members alike. We were also blamed for the
ensuing night of violence on Bank Street and Parliament
Hill, courtesy of the Heritage Front. Although the media
portrays us as a bunch of thugs, we are actually a swell
bunch of non-violent folks.
Anti-Racist Action is not just interested in waving
placards at the drop of a hat - we are also interested in
education. Aside from the fact that education is a valuable
tool, we have taken our fight to the schools because the
Heritage Front has been distributing hate literature and
recruiting new members there.
Accordingly, we have tried to set up chapters in local high
schools. Since that doesn't always work (the high schools
won't officially let us in because of our "violent"
reputation), we also help form affiliate groups like the
Association to Promote Equality, whose goals are the same,
but whose name isn't attached with the same stigma as Anti-
Racist Action's. We don't have any university chapters at
the moment, but plans are in the works.
On Nov. 20, we held a Rock Against Racism concert at
Carleton. Rap, funk and punk bands were featured, as well
as an information area where local interest groups were able
to enlighten concert-goers and talk about their causes. The
show made about $1,400 before costs and all proceeds fron
this show will go towards Anti-Racist Action's past am
future projects.
Now more than ever, discrimination - at all levels - is on
the rise in Ottawa. The scapegoating of immigrants for the
economic downturn is just one example. We need to work
together and show groups like the Heritage Front that
they're not welcome - now or ever.
Anyone who is interested in joining Anti-Racist Action or
just taking part in one of our meetings can find us in Room
140 of the Simard Building at the University of Ottawa every
Tuesday at 7 p.m. Heritage Front members need not apply.
Asians
are not
'mysterious," "fatalistic,"
or "inscrutable."
L|1|]L^U^^^H^^*J*1 are
not stoic, mystical or
vani shi ng .
Latin American
peopl e f
are no more hot-
tempered, hot-blooded, or
emotional than anyone else.
We do not have flashing
eyes, teeth or daggers. We
are lovers pretty much like
other people. Very few of
us deal with any kind of
drugs .
Middle Easterners
are not fanaticsj|j
terrorists, or all oil-
rich.
H^AV/fc H i^n^WpJ E are not
necessarily rich, clannish
or expert in money matters.
■Mot all ^ [ill "•rill
j^TT^SfSfflw are poor,
athletic, or ghetto-
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or weal thy .
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Etiquette by Amoja Three
Rivers .
PHOTO BY SHAWN SCALLEN
November 25, 1993 • The Charlatan • 13
I y Andrea Smith and Karin Jordan
Charlsradlcalweasalklckln'polltlchycks
You may not think you identify with feminism, but pretend for a minute.
Pretend you support equal pay for work of equal value, an end to sexual harassment,
ductive rights and choices, universal daycare, the right to be accurately
id in courses, texts and language, to go on a date without being raped
and to walk alone at night without feeling threatened, to mention but a few of the
rrp re^fi beral tenets of the feminisms that exist.
Most of us agree that these are good things , while recognising that a woman' s ideology
will be affected by her race, class and sexual orientation.
Byljnothar group of women who say they have women's best interests in mind have
been receiving a good deal of press. They say that by pursuing these goals under
the banner of feminism, you may be building your identity around "vi cti mhood . "
Thesarflm¥n are just the tip of the i ceberg , but they ' re representative of the anti -
fenriniit^entiment that's out there. In two articles and two books these authors
construct a monolithic, homogeneous "feminism." In all four cases, their
c#nstjjuct^ons are poorly researched, if at all beyond talking to a few friends.
BasedTonthis caricature of a social movement, they then go about criticizing
fPBBHiUNone of the authors pay attention to the tenet of feminism, which
discourages the use of sweepi ng general i zations , because as a movement i t represents
a crossrsecti on of women from many different backgrounds.
For i nstance , i n the September/October issue of Mother Jones, Karen Lehrman
criticizes women's studies and feminism in general as
being "too political." She claims that all of the
cl asses she attended at four Ameri can uni versi ti es had
"strong political undercurrents," and that politics
has "i greeted women ' s studi es schol arshi p . " As i f any
university-produced knowledge is apolitical.
In the October 1993 issue of the Atlantic Monthly, Wendy Kaminer attempts to argue
that feminism is fraught with contradictions, and again, that feminists construct
thei ^identities around "victimology. " She complains that "political correctness"
dominate^.4he discourse of feminism and women's studies.
Kaminer also claims that this censorship from within the feminist movement has
si lenced such cri ti cs as Cami 1 1 e Pagl i a. Says Kaminer: "She i s general ly considered
by most feminists to be pro-rape, because she has offered this advice to young women:
don' t get drunk at fraternity parties, don't accompany boys to thei r roqms, realize
that sexual freedom entails sexual risks, and take some responsibility for your
choices. "
Kaminer' sargument is echoed in The Morning After: Sex, Fear and Feminism on Campus,
by Katie Roiphe, a 24-year-old Harvard grad and Princeton student. Roiphe tries
to argue that feminism is built around a culture of victi mhood which strips women
of their power. Based on her experiences in the privileged
halls of the Ivy League, she argues we have become
"hypersensitive" about date rape and sexual harass-
ment ;.pn campus.
She argues that North American women today are "a generation yearning for regulation,
fearful ofiits sexuality and animated by a nostalgia for days of greater social
control ."J
Naomi Wolf, in her new-and-not-all-together-coherent book Fire With Fire, argues
that the "bulk of political will now resides with women" after what she calls the
"genderquake."This, uh, event, took place during and after the Anita Hill hearings
when. Wolf claims, women gained many "concessions" in their favor.
Wolfs list of "concessions" includes such lofty gains as: Deborah Tannei„_
leadership of a discussion with U.S. Senate members and their wives about gender
dynami cs and a S264, 24 2 se.-. discrimination award to New York City poli cewoman Karen
Sorlucco, who charged another officer with raping her at gun point.
Wolf goes on to say that despite the "genderquake, " feminists have alienated
themselves from the majority of women by conflating thei r collective identity with
lesbianism, Marxism, "anti -sexual ," "anti -family, " and "anti -money" poli tics. She
says this has created a "Club Feminism," inaccessible to the average Jane.
Wolf says the confusion of feminism with lesbianism is why some women to refuse
toHaEeTChemselves as "feminists" despite supporting feminist goals. She argues
the distinction should be made more clearly to draw women who might have
"difficulties" with lesbianism (read: are homophobic) into the feminist fold
Wolf buys into the new chorus of dissent about
temi m sm argui ng i t endorses an i denti ty of weakness
and Helplessness. She claims feminism as it stands is
a cult of "vi cti mhood, " dwelling on women as
powerless" by focusing on issues such as date rape
anCT»e^Ual harassment . Wolf claims that women build their identities
around their status as the prey of men in what she calls "victim feminism," which
discredits* women as powerful -thinking individuals who can make decisions for
themselves].
Obviously, she forgot what she wrote in her last book, The Beauty Myth, in which
shegmumerated the ways Western women have been coerced and "victimized" by the
cosmetic and cosmetic surgery mega-industries.
The theme of f emi ni sm ' s f osteri ng of a cul t of sel f-pi ty prevai 1 s i n all four works .
14 • The Charlatan ■ November 25, 1993
Roiphe says women who speak out against date
rape and sexual harassment deny their power
by automatically assuming that men are
stronger and more powerful than them.
Not to be outdone, Lehrman makes a similar
argument about victimhood, punctuated with
photographs of women's studies students
made to look sullen and sallow.
She says the "thera-
peutic pedagogy" of
women s studies rein-
forces stereotypes of
women as irrational
and passive, who can
only find truth and
identity in their
victimization.
She even quotes a disgruntled women' s studies
student who says she "quickly discovered that
the way to get A's was to write papers full
of guilt and angst about how I'd bought into
society's definition of womanhood."
Lehrman says this has developed to the point
where, according to one professor she inter-
views, "most teachers of women's studies
presume that if you don't see yourself as a
victim, you' re in a state of fal se conscious-
ness, you're 'male-identified.'"
Roiphe al so compl ai ns about the "rigid
orthodoxy" of the feminism she encountered at
Harvard , where "you coul dn ' t question the
existence of a rape cri si s , you coul dn ' t
suggest that' the fascination with sexual
harassment had to do with more than sexual
harassment, you couldn't say that Alice
Walker was just a bad writer."
These writers and
other anti -f emi ni st
advocates out there
just don't seem to
get that women ' s
studies is a tool to
challenge the rigid
orthodoxy - to use
their term - of
white, male-centred
thoughts and institu-
tions.
Or rather, because of their positions as
white, uppei — class women, they choose to
adopt only those parts of feminism that
don't threaten the privilege they enjoy
within those institutions.
As Ann Powers writes in a response to Roiphe
and Lehrman in the October Village Voice
Literary Supplement, "in its basic method-
ologies, women's studies still intends to
disrupt the university and throw into ques-
tion conventional notions not only of learn-
ing, but of the self.
"Conservatives and anyone else who buys the
familiar view of 'what a liberal education
has tooffer' should view women ' s studies as
dangerous, because it threatens to disrupt
those conventions once and for all , " Powers
points out .
Another point which keeps coming up is the
idea that women are frightened of power.
Wolf writes, the re-
alization that women
are not at the mercy
of historical events
but can determine
them, strips women
of many of the
identities of femi-
ninity that feel
right and comfort-
able. The female
psyche still
harbors great am-
bivalence about
claiming power."
Wolf asserts that the greatest obstacle
to women is their own fear of responsi-
bility and control, that all they have to
do is get over it, and equality will
follow. Those who control the bulk of
power as things stand, according to
Wolf's view, are apparently all too
willing to hand it over.
On the topic of sexual harassment, Roiphe
claims that unwanted sexual attention by
men towards women is "part of nature. " So
just shut up and accept it, girls, is the
underlying message.
On the topic of date rape,
Roiphe argues (among
other things) that
the fear of
mi scommuni cation she
sees as being at the
heart of date rape
is due to a "radical
shift in college en-
vironment" which has
meant the "introduc-
tion of black kids,
Asian kids, Jewish
kids (and) kids from
the wrong side of
the tracks of nearly
every railroad in
the country."
She attributes the rise in concern
about date rape to "the juxtaposition
of different cultures."
Roiphe denies the existence of power
imbalances between men and women in North
American society, saying that it is
"insulting" to women to suggest that a
male student can sexually harass his
female teaching assistant.
Roiphe warns, quoting playwright David
Mamet, that feminists "will conjure up
the sexist beast if they push far
enough." Roiphe's logic follows: if
feminists push too hard for equality, men
will retaliate brutally. Be nice or else.
What all of these people seem to be
missing is something feminist theorist
bell hooks states clearly and con-
cisely in the September/October 1993
issue of Ms. magazine:
"The essence of
feminism is the op-
position to patri-
archy and to sexist
oppression.
"A lot of women who go for the notion of
equal rights cannot go for the notion of
opposing patriarchy, because that means
a fundamental opposition to the culture
as a whole. That ' s more scary to people. "
November 25, 1993 • The Charlatan 15
by Janice Giavedoni
Janice Giavedoni is a master s student In the school ot social work and is a 'bad crip.'
Most people in Canada agree it Is unacceptable to deny someone access
to a job, an apartment, or transportation because of thei r sex, sexual
orientation or the color of their skin.
However, disabled people everywhere cannot live where they want, are
likely to be poor and/or unemployed, have restricted freedom with
transportation and get little public recognition of their oppres-
sion.
Yes, oppression.
We are routinely subjected to systemic discrimination just because
we are disabled. This is known as ableism. Prejudices about people
with disabilities throughout history are at the foundation of
institutional ableism.
There is a need for a distinct term to describe these attitudes. In
recognition of this need, I've coined the term cripphobia.
By choosing this word, I intend to reclaim what has been a negative
term, transforming it into a term of solidarity and pride. Just as
some Black activists have reclaimed the term nigger, and gay and
lesbian activists use terms such as fag, queer and dyke, so have
disabled people begun to use terms such as crip, cripple, gimp and
-spaz to demonstrate their solidarity and pride.
There are important parallels to be drawn between homophobia and
cripphobia. Homophobia refers to systemic prejudice encountered by
gays and lesbians.
The term homophobia - literally meaning fear of homosexuals -
highlights the fact that homosexuality is not the problem. The
problem is irrational prejudice and fear, which translates into
hatred of gays and lesbians.
It is important to realize homophobia is more than individual
attitudes. It exemplifies a systemic, historic and well -ingrained
attitude in our society and in our actions.
Most importantly, the oppression of gays and lesbians is in the mind
of the homophobe, not in the behavior or inherent makeup of the gay
or lesbian person.
Cri pphobi a al so recogni zes that an i ndi vi dual ' s physi cal di sabi 1 i ty
or impairment is not their fault. Cripphobia exists in the minds of
those individuals who cannot or will not look beyond a person's
impai rment.
It is common for both gays and lesbians or disabled persons to be
viewed as diseased or sick. The term "passing" suggests that if an
individual hides who he or she is, they can pass for "normal . " There
i s the th reat that i f gays and 1 esbi ans or di sabl ed peopl e don ' t make
an effort to hide or rid themselves of what makes them different,
they will be subject to blame, ridicule or prejudice.
There is also the fear which people who perceive themselves as normal
have of becoming like us - like disabled people, or like gays and
lesbians. Our acknowledgement of gay people might force us to
recognize our own gay tendencies, something a homophobe is afraid
to do. Likewise, acknowledging and respecting disabled people is
something a cripphobe might not do because it's a reminder of their
vulnerability and perhaps inevitability of becoming -disabled.
Cripphobia is based on the notion that some people are inherently
inferior and others are "normal " or inherently superior. It is also
influenced by the assumption that human difference is equated with
Like homophobia,
cripphobia originates in
the oppressor s
psyche.
moral inferiority. Like homophobia, cripphobia originates in the
oppressor's psyche.
There is fear of several things: fear of one's own vulnerability to
becoming disabled, fear of relating to someone who seems so
different, fear of acknowledging similar human qualities and fear
of discomfort. It is socially and systemically accepted fear and
hate.
Overt instances of violence towards gays and lesbians are instances
of homophobi a known as gay-bashi ng . Al though overt hatred of di sabl ed
people is not a widely recognized notion, violence specifically
targeted at disabled people does exist.
Instances of what I call crip-bashing are likely to be dismissed as
extreme or exaggerated, if they are believed at all . However, they
must be seen for what they are - part of a continuum which connects
them to other more covert but equally injurious cripphobic behavior.
There are crimes, such as sexual abuse, directed against disabled
peoples because of the perception of us as weak or vulnerable. More
significant are the crimes directed against us because of lack of
respect by those who believe we are inferior and not worth respecting.
Cripphobia is evident in the case worker's penchant for efficiency
and cost-control, no matter what the human costs. It is evident in
the willingness of some courts when they permit disabled people to
commit suicide, or otherwise sanction their death. Some courts in
the United States have sanctioned the deaths of disabled people in
this way.
We see cri pphobi a when we see the quickness with which doctors offer
abortion as the certain "solution" to a possibly disabled - they say
"defective" - fetus.
And we can see c ri pphobi a i n the enthusi asm wi th whi ch di sabl ed peopl e
have been sterilized in the past. Eugenics, the forced or coerced
sterilization of defective or "deviant" individuals, lost its
credibility during World War Two when the Nazis used it.
We See cripphobia when we see
the quickness with which
dOCtOrS offer
abortion
" to a possibly disabled
as ±he certain "solution" to a possi
- they say "defective" — fetus.
Now, neo-eugenic genetic research is trying to identify chromosomal
differences ("abnormalities") which may cause particular physical
impairments, with the intention of eliminating them. •
Not only does this ignore that many disabling conditions result from
injuries or aging, but it also calls into question who is deciding
what the quality of life for disabled people will be.
In Jerome Bickenbach's book Physical Disability and Social Policy,
Pat Israel from the Disabled Women's Network writes that "doctors
constantly use very negative terminology to describe a fetus with
a disability . . . words such as defective, abnormal and anomaly.
I've heard of one doctor telling a pregnant woman 'you have a monster
inside of you. ' " She writes that this language distorts the decision
to terminate a pregnancy.
Before we can begin to understand cripphobia, it is fundamental to
understand that a medical condition does not necessarily imply a
disabling condition. A person, for example, might be paraplegic and
use a wheelchair, but is not sick.
Cripphobic attitudes have been projected on to us throughout our
lives and inevitably lead to internalized cripphobia. Analogous to
internalized homophobia, it projects the negative attitudes back to
the oppressed person, creating self-doubt, lowered self-esteem and
sel f-hate.
For instance, when a disabled person and a non-disabled person are
in a relationship, it is almost inevitable that people will assume
inadequacies on the part of the disabled partner.
I've heard of one non-disabled person being told, "You shouldn't
real 1 y go out wi th hi m because he'll j ust bri ng you down . You ' ve got
so much going for you."
And then I've heard one disabled woman being told, when she had a
non-disabled boyfriend, "Oh, you're setting your sights too high.
Why don't you find a nice disabled man and why don't you know your
own 1 i mi ts . "
Given that there are shared aspects of gay and lesbian and disabled
people's histories, it makes one wonder about the future for gays
and disabled people alike. If, for instance, it became possible to
determine sexual orientation through prenatal screening (assuming
that gay- and lesbian-ness is genetic), would it become sanctioned
to terminate such a pregnancy?
What if all genetically transmitted "impairments" could be
eliminated? What happens when a pregnant woman finds out her fetus
is genetically "defective" but wants to bring her child into the world
anyway? Will she be allowed to do so or will she be forced by new
legislation to abort it?
Despite the obvious parallels between cripphobia and other, more
widely recognized forms of oppression, it remains typical that the
oppression of disabled people has been ignored, even by those who
easily recognize the discrimination imposed on other groups.
For example, gay rights activist Lawrence Mass proclaimed that
"everyone who is not grossly homophobic now agrees that like blacks,
whites, Jews, Christians, women, men and heterosexuals, homosexuals
are individuals first and finally."
He's forgetting somebody.
I would add to that quotation: likewise, everyone who is not grossly
cripphobic must acknowledge that disabled people are individuals
first and finally. if
16 • The Charlatan ■ November 25, 1993
by Sheila Keenan
Cnailalan Stall
A survey of violence against women
foindS?hary^tatlStics Canada °" Nov. 18
found that 51 per cent of women said thev
have. experienced at least one incident of
physical or sexual violence by men
Women were asked about a broad of range of
acts of violence they have experienced
since the age of 16, encompassing unwanted
touching sexual assault, being hit Wanrea
kicked, knifed or shot.
Ttis^stluuld disPe"1 any nagging doubts
about the extent to which Canadian women
are abused by men.
But as shocking as these statistics are
they do. not fully reveal the scope of the
misogynist atmosphere in which women live
A survey may be able to measure the number
of beatings or rapes, but it can't measure
the societal values that sanction and
perpetuate these acts.
Violence against women is not just about
physical violence. Abuse and rape are the
most extreme symptoms of a society-wide
attitude that says women just aren't worth
much .
Because it is the most violent acts that
get most of the attention in the media
some men think they can let themsel ves ' of f
the hook. They think that because they
have not raped or beaten up a woman, they
are not a part of the problem. They're
wrong .
They re wrong because hatred towards women
manifests itself in thousands of ways. It
is the thousands of "little things" -
being groped, pinched, grabbed, verbally
harassed, followed - that show women their
male-appraised value in society.
It is scary that a lot of men still think
we are their property, that we have no
autonomy or power over our own bodies. By
grabbing us ajstcl . harassi ng us, this is what
they show usb'
Perhaps it is the term "violence" that is
misleading. After all, if there's no
bruise, there's no harm clone, right?
Wrong. It shows there are still some
awfully frightening attitudes about women
floating around.
So, no, most men do not rape or hit women.
But too many men still must accept the
outmoded attitudes behind these acts. Do a
quick poll of the women you know, in fact,
of ANY women. Chances are they could list
off any number of times men have mentally
or physically harassed them.
Without even trying, I can name countless
numbers of incidents - being leered at,
followed, yelled at or groped by men - and
so can every woman I know. I don't think
the same man is following me and all my
friends around bothering us. That makes
for a lot of men who don't have an awful
lot of respect for women.
I'm strong enough to ignore these little
things, to brush them off. I can force
myself to pretend they don't bother me.
But they do bother me.
I may be able to ignore the individual
acts themselves, but I can't ignore the
prevalence of the attitudes behind them.
Men need to recognize these attitudes as a
part of violence against women. Ignoring
them prevents the full scope of the
problem from being solved.
Recognizing the highly visible acts of
violence will go a long way to eventually
solving the problem. . .
But even if all the men who commit violent
acts against women were put in prison
tomorrow, the misogynist attitudes which
fuel and affirm the abuse of women as a
group would still exist. ^S_A
It is the attitudes behind their violent
acts which need to be attacked. Women
deserve to live in a world where the w
concept of misogyny doesn't even exist.
by Rori Caffrey
Gearbox
Being the middle-child in m"yTamily prepared me to be a bisexual
JsTsPf^rn9 thehfa«that 1 «» neither X nor V, but rather
was X.5, falling somewhere between the two
I wasn t offered the possibilities or responsibilities that went to
and burden °of CT"' ^ ^ '° ™* Up ^ ^ b" -
lik^hl brother d™n't want a "wannabe" tagging along, much
communi ty 93yS t0 * 1'nc1usion °f ™i's in the queer
I could stay with my little brother as long as I played his qames
much like straight culture's tolerance of bi's, but to do so las'
and is, restrictive and boring.
?nn^bl'a' Vke any °ther phobl'a or -ism' is a hat^d based on
ignorance. In an attempt to combat this ignorance, I've compiled a
each S°me antl~bl senti">enl:s I've come across and a response to
Bi sexual s are
can * -t make u p>
their minds .
Wrong
peap 1 e whi
We have made up our minds. We've decided that we are attracted to
people of both sexes, plain and simple. How is that possible'
Imagine meeting a person who is honest, caring, kind, responsible
has a good sense of humor, listens to cool music, likes everything
you do and sucks 'n' fucks like an animal out of control
With those qualities, does it matter what sex the person is' Maybe
to you it does - fine. '
To me it doesn't, which sounds more like open-mi ndedness rather than
the indecisiveness bi's are accused of having.
Bn sexual s are straights
acting fashionably
gay _
If you, straight or gay, believe this, you are upholding the
stereotype
that queers are naturally stylish.
This stereotype of the Perrier-drinking, runway-strutting f lamer is
constantly used by cinema and television to demean gays.
Also, if a die-hard heterosexual really wanted to be chic, there are
many less painful , traumatic and dangerous ways of doing so. Queers
open themselves up to discrimination and physical assault; wearing
all black is a safer way of being stylish.
sexual s are gays acting
acceptably straight.
goes out to any die-hard queer who is participating
My
i Bi !
p."y
het sex ius
in het sex just to gain acceptance.
If this is the case, critics should di rect thei r hatred at the people
whose morals force an individual to engage in sex whi ch disgusts them,
rather than at the victim.
Bi sexual s spread /VXDS.
Only
unsafe
people spread AIDS.
Bi sexual s can * t commi t
"themselves t c >
one
person -
Although bi's are attracted to people of both sexes, they can be
perfectly satisfied with one partner,
To think otherwise would be like saying a woman who likes both tall
and short men could not be faithful to her husband if he was tall
because she would constantly crave a short man.
Personal qualities, and not genitalia, are what relationships are
built upon.
In addi ti on , how many strai ghts do you know that have cheated on thei r
boyfriend or gi rl friend? Seems that "commitment" problems don't just
affect us bi ' s .
Although the gay community has accepted bi sexuality as a legitimate
orientation, many members still resent our ability to "assimilate"
into mainstream culture.
True, our sexuality can give us more privilege within straight
soci ety , but fag-bashers don ' t seem to gi ve us any speci al treatment .
We, like every other minority, have been depicted by Hollywood movies
in less than flattering manners. My Orm Private Idaho had Keanu Reeves
as a back-stabbing bi who abandoned his friends and lovers for a
comfortable straight life. Basic Instinct depicted bisexuals as
psychotic.
With any luck, people will begin to recognize these stereotypes and
myths for what they are. 9
November 25, 1993 • The Charlatan • 17
PLACEMENT
Jtr Career Services
Programs and services of interest to undergraduates, graduating students, as well as alumni.
Check the posting boards at
the Placement Centre for
more job listings.
508 Unicentre • 788-6611
November 25, 1993
ON-CAMPUS RECRUITING
Permanent full-time positions are
directed towards graduating students
(available May '94). Dates, unless
specified, refer to deadlines.
To find out the types of positions,
how to apply and where to find
more information on the companies,
please contact the office.
Carp Systems International
Nov. 26, 12 noon
Computer Science, System Engi-
neering, Electrical Engineering,
Math/Statistics
Positions: Software Developers
Embassy of Japan
Dec. 3, Mail Direct
All Disciplines
Positions: Assistant English
Teacher
Canadian Political Science Assoc.
Jan. 28, Mail Direct
Political Science, Other Disciplines
Positions: Ontario Legislature
Internship Programme
Ginsberg Gluzman Page & Levitz
ASAP, Mail Direct
Commerce - Accounting
Positions: Students -in -Accounts
FULL & PART TIME EM-
PLOYMENT
Please visit Placement & Career
Services for more full and part time
employment opportunities.
Sales & Merchandising Group
Nov. 30, 5pm
All Disciplines
Positions: Merchandising, Sales and
Promotional Representatives
(Part Time)
Request Job Order N -13
Metropolitan Life
ASAP, Mail Direct
All Disciplines
Position: Marketer (Full Time)
Request Job Order D.O. 2063
SUMMER EMPLOYMENT
For more information on the types
of positions and application proce-
dures consult the summer job board.
National Defence
Nov. 30, Mail Direct
Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry,
Computer Science, Economics,
Engineering, Int'l Relations, Math/
Statistics, Microbiology, Operations
Research, Physics, Psychology,
Sociology
Positions: Defence Research
Assistants
Transport Canada
Canadian Coast Guard
Nov. 30, 5 PM
All Disciplines
Positions: Inshore Rescue Program
Siemens Electric Ltd.
Dec. 1, Mail Direct
Commerce, Economics, Computer
Science, Electrical Engineering
Positions: Summer Jobs In Canada,
Germany, US & Latin America
I.A.E.S.T.E
Dec. 2, Mail Direct
Engineering, Science
Positions: Summer & Fall Exchange
Canada Employment Centres
For Students - Nova Scotia
Dec. 10, Mail Direct
All Disciplines
Positions: Summer Employment
Officers
Ontario/Quebec Summer Student
Job Exchange Program
Jan. 14, 12 noon
All Disciplines
Positions: Various
Pulp & Paper Research Institute
Jan. 20, Mail Direct
Biochemistry, Chemistry, Physics,
Mechanical Engineering
Positions: NSERC related
Helpful Hints
Interview Tips
take some time and think through
and organize your answers before
responding
answer logically and be prepared
to explain the rationale behind your
responses to technical, problem
solving and role-play questions
eye contact demonstrates attention,
interest and self-confidence
make an effort to use good
grammar, try to avoid using fillers
such as"alright", "you know",
"umm", "uh"
keep your answers concise and
to the point; where appropriate,
support your responses with
validating experiences, avoid one
word answers
remember - employers hire people
with enthusiasm and positive
attitude, act and speak as though
you want the job
Resume Tips
be brief and explicit to make
your career objective meaningful
to the employer
document your education in
reverse chronological order
beginning with your most recent
achievement
document your work experience
in reverse chronological order
starting with your most recent job
present your job duties most
pertinent to the job for which you
are applying, this will grab the
employer's attention
describe skills by using action
verbs such as planned, organized,
analyzed etc..
your resume is your personal
advertisement - the principle tool
through which you can
convincingly demonstrate to
potential employers your
suitability for their job vacancies
Job Search Tips
• treat job searching like a job -
stucture a regular starting time
and finishing time
• have at least one supportive
person with whom you can
discuss your job search
• increase you confidence by
reading books, attendingwork-
shops or asking for advice
from qualified people
• keep your resume handy and
be prepared for an immediate
interview
• enlarge your network contacts
by joining professional
associations relevant to your
field
These tips have been taken from
the ACCIS "Looking for Work"
series, comprised of four booklets
Self-Assessment, The Resume,
The Interview, The Job Search.
These booklets are available for
purchaseat Placement & Career
Services.
Gov't of Northwest Territories
Jan. 24, Mail Direct
All Disciplines
Positions: Various Summer Aquatic
Positions
AECL - Chalk River
Jan. 28, Mail Direct
Computer Science, Engineering,
Science, Physics, Chemistry
Position: Summer Student Program
PAINTERS/HOME CARE
Action Window Cleaning
ASAP, Mail Direct
Positions: Area Managers
Metropro
ASAP, Mail Direct
Positions: Franchise Owner
Student Sprinkler Services
ASAP, Mail Direct
Positions: Branch Manager
Student Works Painting
ASAP, Placement Centre
Positions: Managers
White Shark Window Cleaning
ASAP, Mail Direct
Positions: Area Managers
SUMMER CAMPS
Camp Brebeuf
ASAP, Mail Direct
Camp MaroMac
ASAP, Mail Direct
Camp Tamakwa
ASAP, Mail Direct
Camp Trillium
Jan 31, Mail Direct
GROUP SESSIONS
The Resume/Covering Letter
This session discusses self assess-
ment, the purpose of a resume, how
to prepare a resume, skill identifica-
tion, components of a resume,
resume styles, as well as the cover-
ing letter. Samples are reviewed to
determine how to maximize effec-
Networking/Job Search
This session focuses on networking,
researching the labour market, the
visible and hidden job market,
various job hunting approaches,
developing a job search system and
common pit falls.
Interview Techniques
This session reviews the purpose of
the interview, the employer's and the
candidate's goal, the stages of an
interview, commonly asked ques-
tions and preparation tips.
18 • The Charlatan • November 25, 1993
Raven men bask in victories
Charles paces team
with 54 points
by Kevin Restivo
Charlatan Staff
Christmas came early for the Carleton
men's basketball team and Taffe Charles
decided to play Santa Claus.
The Ravens won their first two games
of their exhibition season last weekend,
defeating the Laval University Rouge et
Or 79-59 on Nov. 20 and the Humber
College Hawks 81-77 Nov. 21 at the
Ravens' Nest.
Carleton 79 Laval 59
Carleton 81 Humber 77
Fourth-year forward Charles netted
25 points against Laval and added an-
other 29 against Humber.
Carleton outplayed Laval early on,
but strong three-point shooting by the
Rouge et Or kept Laval close. The Ravens
led 33-32 at halftime, but they weren't
happy with their effort.
"Our intensity wasn'thigh to start the
game. We just weren't playing like we
could play," said first-year point guard
Brian Smith after the game.
Carleton came out intense in the sec-
ond half, at one point leading by 10, but
they couldn't seem to shake off the pesky
Rouge et Or.
Until, with five minutes left, Charles
aroused the crowd with an awe-inspir-
ing, follow-up dunk off a missed lay-up
by swingman James Marquardt.
"Jamie (Marquardt) had been missing
some lay-ups, and anything can hap-
pen, so I crashed the boards, grabbed the
rebound and stuffed it home," said
Charles.
It was just the spark the Ravens needed.
Carleton limited Laval to just eight
points the rest of the way en route to the
first victory of the season.
"If s great to get the win, but I don't
know if we could've slacked like that (in
the first half) against a better team, " said
Smith.
That statement almost came back to
haunt the Ravens when they faced off
against the Humber Hawks, last year's
Canadian Colleges Athletic Association
national champions.
Carleton controlled the game defen-
Raven guard Andrew Smith drives with
sively, forcing the Hawks to commit 23
turnovers. Offensively, the Ravens ex-
ecuted their half-court offence much more
effectively than in their previous games
this year.
"Our offence isn't as stagnant
anymore," said second-year guard Curtis
Houlden. "We're much more comfort-
able in our positions now.on offence."
Though the Ravens appeared poised
for much of the contest, the Hawks made
a late comeback when guard Henry
O'Neill canned two three-pointers to pull
Humber within one point of Carleton
with 22 seconds to play.
the ball against Humber on Sunday.
But the Hawks turned the ball over
shortly thereafter and the Ravens' de-
fence hung on for the win.
Some players were happy with the
team's play over the weekend, even
though the victories came against light-
weight competition.
"It was a good team effort and a good
confidence builder, even if it did come
against some weaker teams," said
Charles.
Houlden agreed.
"I hate to say it, but the teams we beat
weren't that great, but we'll take the wins
anyways." □
Fencers seasoned at tough tournament
Pianarosa ranked
15th in country
by Steven Vesely
Charialan Staff
Raven fencers posted middle-of-the-
road results against top competition at
the Penn State Open in Pennsylvania
Nov. 20-21.
No Raven fencers advanced beyond
the second round of competition, but
fencing coach James Ireland said that
wasn't the point of the tournament.
"Now they've been seasoned with some
international competition, " said Ireland
of his four-man squad. "These are expe-
riences they can draw from later on in
our year. I didn't expect anyone to win or
even move beyond the third round. I just
wanted them to get a feel for some top-
level competition."
Over 300 fencers from about 150
schools across the United States partici-
pated. Carleton and a team from the
University of Western Ontario were the
only Canadian entries.
From the Carleton squad, foil fencer
Neil Seto exited the second round with a
5-5 record. Epee fencers Brett Goodwin
and Derek De Leon both finished with 4-
6 records, while Simon Pianarosa ended
his afternoon with an 0-5 exit in the
second round after fencing with two of
the top fencers in the country.
Pianarosa was blessed with the oppor-
tunity to fence against Russian Alexei
Nazimilov, who was the top fencer in
National Collegiate Athletic Association
fencing last year, as well U.S. national
team member Doug Borleau.
"It was a deadly pool with top calibre
fencers," said Ireland.
Pianarosa is no slouch himself either.
He was recently promoted to 15th in the
national elite fencing rankings in
Canada.
Overall, Raven fencers were pleased
with the experience they gained from
their performances.
"You go to these events knowing there
are some big-name fencers there," said
epee captain De Leon. "You just go out
there, do the best you can and hope you
win." Q
Who is that masked man in white?
Free Trade
Athletics
by Kevin Restivo
Charlatan Staff
Simply put, you can't compare
American and Canadian athletics.
Having recently visited Notre Dame
University in Indiana for the national
showdown between the top two foot-
ball teams in the country — the Notre
Dame Fighting Irish and the Florida
State Seminoles — I can only shake my
head in wonder at the difference be-
tween the two countries' approaches to
sport.
While Canadian universities em-
phasize sport as a complement to a
sound mind, American athletics just
emphasize sport. Period.
Mention the name Notre Dame any
where in the world and chances are,
people will know what university you're
talking about.
The fact that Notre Dame has a
special contract with NBC to have its
sports events televised internationally
nearly everyweekenddoesn'thurt. Four
years ago, NBC paid the university
$650 million for a five-year exclusive
contract to televise Notre Dame sports.
By comparison, when you have as
little interest in athletics as many Car-
leton students do, it's no coincidence
there's relatively little outside expo
sure.
Catching on to the difference? Read
on, it gets better.
The atmosphere at Notre Dame's
stadium wassupercharged. Well, that's
how the students at Notre Dame
would've put it anyways. The point is,
when you have 80,000 fans converge
on a campus which normally holds
10,000, — there's bound to be just a
little excitement.
This was the game of the year, if not
the decade, and everyone there knew
it. For three days before the game, all
you could see was an endless line of
parked RVs and drunken visitors work-
ing themselves into a frenzy for the big
game.
Aha, another difference.
Carleton unfortunately, personifies
a Pinto when it comes to school spirit.
At this year's Panda Game, only a
mere 3,500 students bothered to show
up. At Notre Dame, supporters rooted
themselves into the ground cheering
themselves hoarse.
And then there's the sale thing.
Fighting Irish paraphernalia sales
are expected to have exceeded over
$ 100,000 on that weekend alone.
You couldn't walk anywhere with-
out being bombarded with Notre Dame
apparel. It was practically thrown at
you.
At Carleton, this would have no
point, since there's nobody to sell cloth-
ing to anyways.
At least there was some common
ground with prices.
It's good to know that Notre Dame's
campus prices on everything from
hotdogs to sweatshirts are as ridiculous
as Carleton 's.
Really, $60 for your average
sweatshirt? Get real. Nobody eitherside
of the border's got that kind of money
anywhere these days.
Nonetheless, it was an experience
I'd recommend to anyone, and who
knows, maybe one day we'll capture a
fragment of that American spirit here
in Canada at Carleton. □
November 25, 1993 • The Charlatan • 19
Records
OUAA WATERPOLO
East Division
W L
Toronto 12 0
Western 8 4
Carleton7 4
McMaster7
Queen's 5
Ottawo 2
York 0
F A PTS
158 64 24
148 10216
105*4 IS
133 88 15
83 121 10
10 0 91 155 4
12 0 70 174 0
OWIAA WATERPOLO
East Division
W L
Toronto 4\ 0
Carle ton 3 1
Queen's 2 2
McMasterl 3
Brock 0 4
F A PTS
40 13 8
38 14 6
32 21 4
24 43 2
13 56 0
OWIAA VOLLEYBALL
East Division
W L
0
York 4
Ottawa 4
Toronto 2 10
Queen's 2 2 0
Ryerson 14 0
CarletonO
F A PTS
12 0 8
10 12 6 8
8 3 4
7 7 4
3 12 2
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PokTmen fall short of golden dream
Dramatic OT loss left Ravens in bronze battle withToronto
by Richard G.D. Scott
Charlatan Stall
Anything can happen in the playoffs.
Such was the case for the Carleton
Ravens and the University of Toronto
Varsity Blues this past weekend.
Both were victims of semi-final upsets
in the Ontario Universities Athletic Asso-
ciation waterpolochampionships on Nov.
22 at McMaster University
CIAU FOOTBALL
National Final Nov. 20.
Vanier Cup
Toronto 37 Calgary 34
The University of Toronto Varisty
Blues capped off their fairy tale season
with a thrilling victory over the Calgary
Dinosaurs to win their first Vanier Cup
since 1965.
With Calgary kicker Bruce Parson
attemtping a game-tying 22-yard field
goal in the last minute — Blues' defen-
sive linesman John Raposo broke
through Calgary's offensive line to block
the kick and seal the Varsity win in
front of 20,211 fans at Toront's
Skydome.
OUAA WATERPOLO
Men's Finals Nov. 20.
Gold Medal Game
McMaster 12 Western 6
It was unusual for the Marauders,
who have won 21 of the past 24 OUAA
waterpolo championships to finish
fourth in the regular season. But they
amends by capturing the title once
again in their home pool against the
Western Mustangs.
Bronze Medal Game
Toronto 14 Carleton 9
The University of Toronto Varsity
Blues rebounded from their upset loss
to the Mcmaster Marauders in semi-
final action to beat the Carleton Ravens
14-9 in the consolation final.
Semi-final Game
McMaster 12 Carleton 11 OT
Semi-final Game
Toronto 14 Carleton 9
Western 12 Carleton 11
Toronto 14 Carleton 9
The third-place Ravens came out on
the wrong end of a 12-1 1 score in a see-
saw double overtime finish with the Uni-
versity of Western Mustangs. The unde-
feated Blues were surprised 9-5 by the
fourth-place McMaster Marauders.
McMaster then defeated Western 12-6
for their 22nd championship in 25 years.
Carleton lost the consolation final 14-9
to Toronto.
"There was nothing to be ashamed
about," said second team all-star driver
Dave Bason.
Against the Mustangs, the Ravens
quickly jumped to a four-goal lead, all
compliments of Bason. Western then
stormed back and took an 8-5 lead into
Goaltender AUemander Pereira
the fourth quarter. Then, the Ravens made
an incredible comeback, tying the game
8-8.
Shortly after, Western went ahead 9-
8, but Carleton fought back again with a
goal by holeman Brian Young in the
dying minutes of the game, forcing it
into overtime.
"It was a heck of an effort for us to
come back like we did," said Young.
In overtime, the score went 10-9, 10-
10, ll-10dnd 11-11, the lead always in
Western's favor. With only 17 seconds
left in the game, the Mustangs went
ahead 12-11, ending the Ravens' gold
medal hopes.
"It was our best chance in about 10
years to make the finals," said captain
Allemander Perierg.
Tired and disappointed, the Ravens
were scheduled to play the top-seeded
Blues less than an hour later. Looking for
revenge, the Blues jumped out to an early
„, 7-1 lead after the first quarter. Carleton
i kept pace with the Blues in the last three
£ quarters, but couldn't overcome that lead,
d losing 14-9.
• McMaster's win over Toronto was the
g highlight of the tournament. The Ma-
~ rauders rattled the Blues with a deafen-
ing home crowd and forced the unde-
feated Blues to make mistakes.
"McMaster played extremely well and
we unfortunately played ourworst game
of the year," said Blues coach Peter
Lohasz. "There's something about this
place. I'd also attribute some of their win
to the fans."
McMaster concluded its playoff suc-
cess with an easier 12-6 gold medal win
over Western.
"Our players performed fantastic,"
said Marauders assistant coach Michael
Carnegie. "They wanted it and did it." □
stormed back and took an 8-5 lead into miem s irnu.. .™. ™.r ». .. 3-
Volleyball team has weekend to forget
u..o. „ 15-0. 15-51totheYorkYeowomenand3- Biasone. . .
by Steven Vesely
Charlatan Stall
The Carleton women'svolleyball team
suffered three losses in Toronto Nov. 19-
21, dropping its record to 0-5 in the
Ontario Women's Interuniversity Ath-
letic Association east division league.
Ryerson 3 Carleton 0
York 3 CarletonO
Toronto 3 CarletonO
The Ravens lost 3-0 (16-14, 15-12, 15
10) to the Ryerson Lady Rams, 3-0 (15-4
15-0, 15-5) to the YorkYeowomen and 3-
0 (15-8, 15-4, 15-7) to the University of
Toronto Varsity Blues.
The loss against Ryerson was the first
time the Ravens had ever lost to the 1-4
Lady Rams in league play.
"It was a pretty bad weekend," said
volleyball coach Peter Biasone. " I thought
we could do much better and we were
horrible in that match (against Ryerson) .
It sort of shook their confidence for the
rest of the week starting like that."
Against Ryerson, the Ravens seemed
high-strung, nervous and unable to nail
down a match victory, despite leading
11-3 at one point in the first match, said
Biasone.
"Itwastheonlygamewehadachance
to win," said first-year middle Darlene
Gallant. "I don'tknowwhatwentwrong.
It's not that we were all playing bad. We
just weren't playing as a team." After a
team meeting and a restless night in
their hotel rooms, the women's team did
improve against the tougher Yeowomen
and Blues teams.
"There was a difference," said Gal-
lant. "We were talking more on the court
and more encouraging with each other."
Over the weekend, the Ravens were
led by Gallant and Sylvie Coutu with 13
kills apiece. a
20 ■ The Charlatan • November 25, 1993
Rumblings
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
"I feel veiy honored. I hope this will
help turn around the Carleton football
club and encourage student athletes to
consider the Carleton football pro-
gram."
Defensive tackle Harry Van
Hofwegen was a humble ambassador
of the Carleton football program when
asked about his selection to the all-
Canadian football team at last week's
annual Canadian Interuniversity Ath-
letic Union awards.
WATERPOLO ALL-STARS
Two Ravens were named to the 1993
Ontario Universities Athletic Associa-
tion's all-star waterpolo team. Drivers
Dave Bason and Corry Burke, who
were instrumental in the Ravens' suc-
cess this season, were named to the
second all-star team.
Also honored was coach John
Pankiw, who was named the 1993
Coach of the Year after leading the
Ravens to a best-ever 7-4-1 regular-
season record.
RUGBY ALL-STARS
Carleton's successful rugby season
was rewarded with eight members of
the dub being named to the division II
all-star team. They are: hooker Mike
White, lock (ason Hann, wing forwards
Mike Rys and Mike Roe, wing ]im
MacKay, centre Dave Howard and full
back Bruce Maxwell.
FOOTBALL ALL-CANADIAN
Carleton Raven defensive tackle
Harry Van Hofwegen was named to
the university football all-Canadian
team in CIAU award ceremonies on
Nov. 18.
Van Hofwegen, also named to the
Ontario-Quebec Interuniversity Foot-
ball Conference all-star team, anchored
the Ravens' defence and was second in
the league with seven quarterback
sacks.
CORRECTION
We blew it. Last week's hockey fea-
ture incorrectly listed coach George
Brown's office number as 564-1297.
We were close, but off by one. The real
number for any of you hockey
wannabees is 564-1296.
Thursday, Nov. 25.
SWIMMING — The swim team will
be holding a bake sale in Baker's Lounge
from 10-2 p.m.
Friday, Nov. 26.
BASKETBALL — Carleton travels to
Windsor to take on the Windsor Lanc-
ers in exhibition action at the St. Denis
Hall Gymnasium. Game time is 8 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 27.
BASKETBALL — The men's team
takes on the University of Western Mus-
tangs in Windsor at 6 p.m.
Sunday, Nov. 28.
RELAX — Not much happening so
sleep in and rest those aching bones.
Bench players: They're people too
by James Lewis
Charlatan Staff
Sitting on the bench isn't the career
varsity athletes dream about.
But it's a sports truism that you pay
your dues and wait your turn.
So bench players sit and wait.
"They don't play regularly, " says men's
waterpolo coach John Pankiw. "They're
someone you might count on only once
or twice a game or not at all."
It can be a long, tough and tense
experience. But it's not always in vain.
Carleton coaches agree that rookies and
bench players are important components
of their teams as replacements, as cheer-
leaders and as future starters.
"Bench players and rookies have to be
at the same preparation level as the
starters and they have to provide a lot of
support, " says football coach Donn Smith.
"Each one of the back-ups has to be as
proficient as a starter."*
That's important because in a game
situation, back-ups have to be ready to
go at any time.
Ravens welcome
Ottawa team's
varsity status
by Ryan Ward
Charlatan Staff
The University of Ottawa granted var-
sity status to its women's soccer team in
a surprise decision Nov. 1 9, allowing it to
compete with other universities.
The team has been seeking varsity
status for the last four years, but budget
restraints kept Ottawa's athletic depart-
ment from funding the Ottawa club as a
varsity team.
Members of the Carleton soccer team
say the Ottawa addition is welcomed as
a competitive entry to the league.
"Many of the players have the capac-
ity to play competitive against the other
players in the league," said Raven half-
back Mary McCormick. "They will be a
force to be reckoned with."
Many of the Carleton women have
played against players from the Ottawa
club in summer leagues and are im-
pressed with their calibre of play.
In Toronto earlier this week, repre-
sentatives from the Ontario Women's
Interuniversity Athletic Association met
to decide on adding the Ottawa team to
the league's schedule for the 1994/95
season.
Ottawa assistant coach Morgan
Quarry said he believed the team will be
allowed into the league because of its
ability to play at the university level,
although the decision wasn't known at
press time.
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"Ideally, you don't want to lose any-
thing in a game," says Pankiw. "And
bench players are important because they
give my starters a break."
Field hockey coach Suzanne Nicholson
stresses another important bench aspect.
"Those kids will be the mainstay of the
team in the future," she says. As a result,
Nicholson says she tries to make the
rookies feel significant. She asks the first-
year players to always be ready to get in
a game, to be supportive of teammates
and to work hard in practice.
That's how some of the Carleton
coaches feel. Some Raven bench players
and rookies are comfortable with that
role and agree with their coaches' assess-
ments.
"It would be great to be playing," says
football rookie ]ohn Thorne, "but in first
year you don't expect to play."
Instead, Thome says bench players
have a responsibility to cheer their
teammates on andalwaysbe prepared to
replace a starter.
On the field hockey pitch, Laurie
Saunders and fennie Childs both try to
fulfil their coach's expectations. What's
most important, they say, is to keep a
positive outlook on their roles as rookies.
That positive outlook is necessary.
Sometimes an athlete can remain a
bench player for an entire varsity career.
But that's the exception, not the rule.
More often than not, being a bench player
is just a seasoning experience that leads
to that varsity starter's dream. □
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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Deep dark secrets of the Age of Faith
hi Inhanna ricTomet;
by Johanna Ciszewski
Charlatan Stan
The Age of Faith has secured a
place in the hearts of enthu-
siastic Ottawa mosh-pit and
music addicts.
Since the release of their
first cassette, Watersongs, the
Age of Faith has secured an avid follow-
ing.
Now the band, which had its begin-
nings at Gloucester High School in 1988,
has just released its first CD, Pinned to the
Willow, on the local label One Handed
Records.
Vocalist Glen lohnson, bassist Scott
Walfords, guitarist Jeremy Daul and
brother (ason on drums, blend their
musical influences together to create
power rock with a bit of angst thrown in.
What they really sound like is an authen-
tic Pearl Jam.
This CD is saturated with excellent
vocals, lyrics and instrumentation, show-
Gfen Johnson roars.
ing through in songs like "Scarecrow"
with its ear-piercing guitars. The song
climaxes with a whining guitar and
lohnson (seemingly) drunkenly shout-
ing, "Wheel, Delilah."
, With their new CD backing them,
they plan to start a mini-tour playing
gigs in Windsor, Toronto and Montreal
and hope to be touring cross-Canada this
spring. The Charlatan had a chance to
catch up with lohnson as he talked about
the evolution of the band and his imagi-
nary friend.
Charlatan: Can you give me some
details about the processes which led up
to the new release?
Glen Johnson: We recorded an al-
bum in '91 called Watersongs. That was
our first record; we've been meaning to
put that out on CD for a long time. We
got some money together anddidallthe
artwork, sent it off to get it pressed, and
somewhere down the line we came to the
realization that we had enough material
for a second album. We lost a lot of
money just doing all that art. We scraped
together some money and decided to go
ahead and record the new album.
Charlatan: How does Pinned to the
Willow differ from your previous release?
GJ: It goes from really, really mellow
to really, really heavy more than the first
one did. The structure of the songs are
quite a bit different, in the sense that on
the first album it was more excessive.
Now the songs are put together with
more different elements to each song.
Charlatan: Have you taken certain
steps to help you and the group mature
musically?
GJ: I don't think you actually have to
o take steps to mature musically. It is some-
| thing that just kind of happens. I've been
| playing with these guys for so long, you
z can really notice the difference in chem-
S istry between the two albums. It just
happens naturally; the more you play
you get to know their styles. I appreciate
The Age of Faith: budding superstars, all.
their styles and complement them. If s
just the kind of a thing thatdevelopsand
you can really hear it in the new album.
Charlatan: Do you write the lyrics?
GJ: Yes, I write all the lyrics.
Charlatan: Do most of your lyrics
come from personal experiences?
GJ: I'm a big fan of concept albums.
An album that is good to listen to from
the beginning to the end, opposed to an
album full of singles. I took the idea of
writing conceptual lyrics a step further
and decided to write all the lyrics from
one concept. I designed a fictional char-
acter around which the lyrics would be
written from his point of view. It's almost
like an alter ego.
Charlatan: Does he have a name?
GJ: Hisname is Faith. ArthurO. Faith.
He's about 104 years old, rotting away
somewhere in a retirement home for old
men. It's all about his life and his family,
and everything that goes around him.
Charlatan: What do you thinkabout
the revolution of Ottawa's music scene?
GJ: It's getting exciting. There are a
handful of bands that are really close to
breaking it. I can't even remember the
last time a band from Ottawa has done
anything significant on a national or
international scale. It's nice, because I
think most of the people involved in the
scene are reallysupportiveofeach other.
I think anyone of us would love to see any
local band break out.
Charlatan: How would you describe
your music?
G J: 1 gave that up long ago. It's really
difficult. I've heard every track about 200
to 300 times and after a while you can't
hear it any more. You don't know what it
sounds like. You'd just kill to be able to
hear it for the first time, so you can pass
that kind of judgment.
Charlatan: When you're playing live,
how do you know that you've captured
the audience's attention? How could you
describe what you do on stage?
GJ: It's just in the feeling in the air. It's
electricity off everyone. I've had some of
my best shows where the audiences have
just sat down and enjoyed themselves,
and I've also had the best shows of my life
where they, the audience, is up and freak-
ing out. □
A tale of falling mountains and falling hope
by Neil Herland
Ghanaian Staff
Hope Slide ^
Canadian Theatre Company
7 — Dec. 4 k
The Hope Slide is an inspiringly hilari-
ous one-woman show performed by
Vancouverite Leslie Jones.
The main character that Jones plays is
Irene, a performer who spends many
nights on the road. Tonight's audience, it
seems, has arrived on one of these nights.
It just happens that she can't fall asleep,
so she starts to reminisce about old times
ond some of her friends that have passed
away.
Jones assumes the roles of four of her
acquaintances and Irene as a teenager,
piecing together the story of Irene's life
growing up in the Kootenay region of
British Columbia.
The teenage Irene is a kvetching girl in
Grade 9, infatuated with the idealistic
lifestyle of the Doukhobors who reside in
B.C. She tells the audience of her surreal
adventures with them, ultimately reveal-
ing that they lost sight of their ideals in
the end, when they no longer believed
their ideals were feasible.
The title of the play is derived from the
message in a story that Irene tells: "a
mountain has fallen, hope is lost." A
landslide had occurred on a nearby moun-
tain in a town called Hope, devastating
L^I]e Jones in The Hope Slide, trying to remember what the next line is.
the terrain, and killing Mary, one of the
play's characters.
This experience is used as metaphor
in the script, to show how devastation
eradicates hope and then rebuilds it
again. Each one of four deaths she recalls
during the play is a tale of lost hope.
Most compelling is the character
Walter, a friend who dies of AIDS. Irene
tells us that one day there will be a cure
and hope will be restored, but the loss
suffered will never go away.
Under the direction of Patrick
McDonald, Jones's performance is gener-
ally strong. As an actress, she has an
impressive range. Her characterizations
are often hilarious, but sometimes very
touching. Overall, the show is thoughtful
and entertaining.
Designer Sean Breaugh's set is a fine
work of art itself. The main set features a
tattered room that rests entirely on a
slanted rake floor. A mountain-shaped
frame, holding a mesh screen, encroaches
on the centre of the set. Lighting designer
Adam Wilkinson effectively uses the mesh
screen in combination with various light-
ing techniques to achieve unique silhou-
ettes. Lights are also placed underneath
the set, allowing rays to pierce through
some of the holes in the set floor during
the climax of the show.
The show ends on a melancholy note.
The set is marked by four memorial can-
dles, each commemorating one of the
four deaths, as Tones brings the story to a
conclusion.
Much of the script is filled with embel-
lishment, butunderlying this surrealness
is a very serious statement: while hope
can be restored, pain can never be
erased. □
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cE£e'Fat La9d7^oundsoftheEmerald Isle
A great amount of thnnnht ....
by Vanessa Crosbie
Charlatan SlaH
With a conscious effort to avoid mak-
ing the inevitable U2 comparisons that
any good Irish band must face, I cauqht
up with the Fat Lady Sings at their free
Zaphod's show Nov. 1 7.
Ever since the Dublin band was formed
in 1 986, it has been building a reputation
not only in the United Kingdom, but in
North America as well.
Trying to get these guys to describe
themselves was quite a chore. They use
rock, pop and folk together in a workable
mfx. To say the least, their music has an
interesting Irish rock flavor.
"We just want our music to connect
with people. The entertainment value of
our music is incidental," says Tim
Bradshaw, the band's multi-instrumen-
talist (guitar, piano, accordion, etc.).
Anyone interested in finding out
more about this up and coming band
can get in touch with them through
their fanzine CONTACT at:
The Fat Lady Sings
c/o 80 Orange St
Brooklyn, New York
New York, USA 11201
Unlike some other bands, they'll
actually write back
A great amount of thought goes into
their music, songs generally taking nine
months to write. Nick Kelly (vocals and
guitar), who does all their writing, ex-
plains the process.
"Usually, a tune or phrase is there,
and instinctively more comes, line by
line. We don't know what our songs are
about before they're written. The songs
basically write themselves . . They just
fall together."
Although the Fat Lady Sings is now
based in England, the members still con-
sider Ireland home.
"Canada is not unlike Ireland in that
the people here are very much into their
own music. Canada is very humanized;
the people are sincere; the audiences are
genuine and listening," says Bradshaw.
"There is an honesty in the Canadian
character that gives it the same lyrical
tradition found in Ireland," adds Kelly.
"In England and America, music is much
more of a spectacle, but in Canada, it is
the quality acts that get exported."
Both men were impressed that Cana-
dians have theirown musical tastes with-
out waiting for Americans to tell them
who should be successful.
The band's goals are short, sweet and
reasonable. In two words, "survival and
success."
"We are no longer interested in the
coolness and youth aspects
ofrockbands. Wewanttodo
good work and make records
that stand the test of time,"
Kelly says.
The Fat Lady Sings are a
pretty happy bunch of guys.
One sore spot with them how-
ever, is the lack of perma-
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music industry.
"Weconsiderrockandroll
to be an art form ... too
many people in this business
spend their time just trying
to be cool," laments Kelly
who, trying hard not to sound
pretentious, adds, "Rock and
roll suffers from being so sub-
sidized. As an art form, it is
very corruptible because of
all the perks. Writers or paint-
ers at our level would have to
have day jobs to support
themselves."
Moody-looking Irish rock band (no, it's not 1/2).
"You have to ask yourself, " Kelly says,
'"Do I really need to be doing this? Do I
have to be creative? Without all the perks
— such as being on radio or TV — would
I still be in this business?'"
The Fat Lady Sings put on a good gig
for the large crowd, complete with a
waltz competition and songs from both
their CDs, Twist and the most recent ]ohn
Son.
Although U2 may still be Ireland's
finest export, it is good to see that other
bands hailing from the Emerald Isle are
receiving the recognition they deserve. □
— — _ , ^e are no longer interested in the waltz competition and songs from both
Fake people inhabit the National Gallery
Peters H /-in e TViic — — . t. - .... . _.
by Mike Peters
Charlatan Staff
(Luc Courchesne: interactive Por^
traits
Nov. 13 — Jan. 9
National Gallery of Canada
Virtual reality has moved beyond Hol-
lywood effects and video games with
helmets.
Montreal artist Luc Courchesne has
brought virtual reality out of the arcade
and into the art gallery with his "interac-
tive portraits." The exhibit is making its
first Canadian appearance after receiv-
ing excellent reviews in Los Angeles and
Marseilles, France.
Courchesne creates virtual people.
Each has a virtual personality complete
with loves, hates and desires. But these
are far more than thumbnail sketches or
simple descriptions. They are fully inter-
active, not only drawing the observer
into a conversation, but into a world all
their own.
The exhibit is set up in a darkened
room. There are four glass screens upon
which the virtual people appear. Using
the terminals next to these screens, you
can select questions using a trackball.
Courchesne explains: "You pick a
question from a pre-established set on
the screen. The portrait gives you an
answer. A new set of questions, or com-
ments appears. You get further ques-
reserved. If they are pleased with the
conversation, they will become more trust-
ing and allow you to probe deeper into
the more personal aspects of their per-
sonalities, until finally they may reveal
their most intimate secrets.
The main piece in the display, "Fam-
ily Portrait, " is not just one of these per-
sonalities, but eight. Not only do these
"people" have personalities of their own,
but they also have complex relationships
with one another. Conversation with one
can lead to information about the others.
Some are lovers, some are friends,
some are enemies. Only investigation by
the observer can reveal the nature of
these relationships. Even more incred-
ibly, not only will they converse with the
participant, but often they will break
away to talk or bicker among them-
selves.
While "Family Portrait" recreates real
people with videotape of interviews with
some of the artist's friends, " Portrait One, "
one of Courchesne's older works, is quite
different.
Presented as part of Interactive Portraits
to compliment the newer "Family Por-
trait," it is unique from its successor in
that Marie, the subject of the portrait, is
played by an actress and follows a script
that was written by Courchesne. As such
it is much more manipulative in nature
and allows Courchesne to draw the ob-
server in much deeper than is possible
with "Family Portrait."
Marie can be seduced. She can fall in
love. But being very fickle, she can be
turned off at the slightest offence. She
can be intrigued by your intellect or of-
fended by your ignorance. Friends, lov-
ers, enemies; your relationship with her
depends on the questions you ask and
answers you give her.
The technology Courchesne uses is
almost archaic by today's standards. The
clips of video he uses are sometimes
choppy and delayed. The trackball inter-
face can be slow and awkward. But these
problems are all eclipsed by his delicate
manipulation of conversation.
Make no mistake about it -- you will be
drawn into his trap. The dialogue will
leave you begging to know more about
the images you see before you. You will
forget that they are simply reflections of
television screens and reach out to them
with curiosity and compassion. You will
leave reluctantly and immediately miss
those you have met.
Visit Interactive Portraits and plan to
spend some time — best friends are not
made simply in passing. □
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Inexperience^hows in classic Greekproduction
by Stephanie Garrison
Chanalan Staff
II Theatre
>^Nov. IS
/Hecuba
Theatre Carleton
18-20 and 25-27
Hecuba, Euripides' relentlessly dark tale
of revenge sought by the matriarch of a
family destroyed by war, is an ambitious
attempt at Greek tragedy.
In the program, director Douglas
Campbell explains his reason for mount-
ing Hecuba: "only the Greeks, and only
their tragic vision, seemed to provide a
Altogether now: emote.
response that was in any way adequate
to the horrible conflicts that have broken
out in recent years."
Although this admirably relates to
contemporary student concerns about
world violence, Hecuba isaworkperhaps
best staged by older actors since it is a
difficult work.
The drama in this anti-war work rests
in the characters, not in the storyline.
Because the emphasis is specifically on
the acting, this makes Hecuba a greater
challenge than most plays. There is no
intricate plot to protect the actors; the
audience's undivided attention is on their
ability to accurately portray their charac-
ters. Many main characters in the play
are older than 25, which is considerably
older than most of the actors.
- Professional veterans of the stage have
a hard enough time rising above this; the
actors involved in this play, all with
varying degrees of experience, struggled
even further. Some of the directions are
awkward, and youthful voices and move-
ments occasionally slide through the
crafted personas of the aged characters.
However, solid performances are given
most notably by David Smillie as
Agamemnon and Adrian Loewen, who
plays Polymestor. Hecuba is a story frag-
ment inspired by Euripides' more famil-
iar play The Trojan Women. As such,
Hecuba's plot appears to be a simplistic
tale of vengeance. Hecuba's husband
and most of her children have been sys-
' tematically murdered during the fall of
* Troy, all before the play's opening line.
| Much of the savage action transpires
0 offstage.
£ The stage design is professional and
1 historically accurate. Shreds of fabric,
5 draped al most ominously over poles, com-
pose the large tent that is the focal point
of the minimalist set. Sand covers the
perimeter of the stage and a large rock is
the only other element used. This artistic
design helps to give context to the an-
cient narrative.
The costumes are also historically ac-
curate, although the robes worn by
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26 • The Charlatan • November 25, 1993
Thursday, November
25
Hey kids! Grab the folks and head on
down to Zaphod's at 8 p.m. for an
evening of Irish tunes, courtesy of Andy
Irvine. Cover for the evening is $8.
Tonight at the Bytowne at 7 p.m.,
don't miss Sex Is. . ., a candid documen-
tary about gay sex. Tickets are $6.
If Sex Is. . . doesn't whet your appetite
for controversial sexual stuff, A live Bird
in Its Jaws will do you just fine. It's a play
type thing at the Arts Court starting
today and running until Nov. 27. Show
starts at 8 p.m. Tickets are a mere $8 for
students.
Friday, November 26
Say it isn't so! It's the final noon-time
concert of 1993. Today's free concert,
held, as always, in Carleton's Aiumni
Theatre, features Thomas Annand on
piano and soprano Judith Vachon.
Chelsea Bridge and the Bel Canto
Wind Quintet play the University of
Ottawa's Alumni Theatre. It's Celtic
folk fun for the entire family. Show starts
at 8 p.m. Tickets are $15 at the door and
proceeds go to Interval House, a home for
abused women and children.
The Carleton Arts Review launches an-
other season at the Stone Angel Insti-
tute tonight at 8 p.m.' with a poetry
reading, courtesy of Toronto writer Stan
Roger.
At the Thunderdome in Hull, you
can catch Shades of Culture and the
Hard Corps. Coveris$6 and doors open
at 8 p.m. Finally! An excuse to go to Hull!
You haven't heard Hungarian organ
music until you've heard Istvdn Ella
play Hungarian organ music. Andyou'U
have the chance to, tonight at the Do-
minion-Chalmers United Church at
thecomerofCooperandO'Connor. Tick-
ets for students are $8 at the door. Show
starts at 8 p.m.
Saturday, November 27
Life is grand! Andrew Cash plays
Oliver's tonight!
At the SAW Gallery at 8 p.m., you
can catch OPIRG-Carleton's Aware-
ness Fair. Confused? Well, all you need
to know is there will be information ta-
bles set up by various community and
Public interest groups, a film and some
kind of band called Jaws of the Flying
Carpet. Anxious about a cover charge?
It's only $3, so don't sweat it.
"The N400 wave is the brain wave
that appears when the mind confronts
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 25 TO THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2
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want to appear in this handy
calendar, drop us a line at
Room 531 Unicentre during
regular office hours or fax us
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in by the Friday before
publication.
nonsense." Or so says the press release
announcing the N400 Poetry Series
(geddit?) at the Manx Pub at 3 p.m.
today. Oh yeah, it's being presented by
hole magazine.
Sunday, November 28
Today might be a good day to head
over to the Carleton Art Gallery in the
St. Patrick's Building to see some Mexi-
can sculpture. The show, Terra
Incognita, will be there until Dec. 11.
Admission is free.
Monday, November 29
This week's reading tip, courtesy of
Charlatan production manager Kevin
McKay, is Salman Rushdie's epic Mid-
night's Children. Says McKay, "It's a
rather dense book that requires persist-
ence but is well worth the effort upon
completion." Or so I hear.
Tuesday, November 30
The Mayfair presents a nifty, abso-
lutely non-violent double bill tonight,
suitable for family viewing. At 7 p.m. it's
Menace II Society. At 9, it's The Bad
lieutenant, a film that will renew your
faith in law enforcement officers.
Wednesday, December
1
On In A Mellow Tone (CKCU 93.1FM
at 9 p.m.) your host Ron Sweetman makes
some jazz suggestions foryour Christmas
shopping.
Jeepers! It's japanese dance at the
NAC Opera this evening at 8 p.m
Sankai Juku will be performing the
Japanese Buton dance. It'ssupposedtobe
something else, and it's a cultural event
so you may want to consider going (tick-
ets range from $20 to $30). That way,
when you go home after exams you'll be
able to tell your parents about all the
culture you experienced in Ottawa.
OPIRG-CarletonandCKCU are putting
on an anti-mega-dam benefit at the
Glue Pot Pub at 8 p.m. tonight. Enter-
tainment is courtesy of Tongues and
Bones, Select Few and Remedy. You
will be allowed in for only $6 at the door
or $5 paid at OPIRG-Carleton, among
other stops.
Thursday, December 2
Cowboy funkies. Creeque Alley.
$15in advance (andwortheverypenny).
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tario, upper state New York, and France
(Yes, they are quite big in Europe. Huge,
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length release. Searing withpassion, and
foaming with raw innocence, Chicken
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Often, whennewbandsenterthescene
they are often compared to more estab-
lished bands, but with Red Dawn, this is
not the case. The soulful, yet anguished,
voice of lead singer Fuirguardi, when
combined with the acoustic stylings and
rhythmic perfection of guitarist Granola
Boy, define a sound which cannot be
classified.
From the opening track "Eat My Lunch
You Bastard, " the biting story of a young
boy brought over the edge by a school
bully, it is obvious that this album is an
intense criticism about the ill-fated con-
structs upon which this wretched society
is built on.
Fortunately, when the intensity builds
up to a climax where you begin to feel
your brain melt, as though the stale, evil
breath of 10 billion tortured souls In the
bowels of hell was being thrust up your
nostrils, Red Dawn diffuses this intensity
with fables of whimsy and fancy.
The song "Darth Vader Is a Son of a
Bitch", a brilliant satire of how people
become twisted and evil, in essence, more
machinethanman, will have you punch-
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of crazed laughter.
The title track portrays the strongest
message of all. By using the example of
a troubled, young man who has to choose
between the chicken he loves and an
unaccepting society which deemswhat is
right and wrong, "Chicken Bitch" con-
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NEWS
Angry students protest hike
by Matt Skinner
Charlatan Stafl
Over 100 students stormed Carleton's
administration building on Friday, Nov.
26, as part of a rally to protest a potential
tuition hike of up to 50 per cent.
Kristine Haselsteiner, vice-president
external of the Carleton University Stu-
dents' Association, said the rally was
meant to show Carleton's administra-
tion, the provincial government and the
community that students can't afford to
pay more for tuition.
"Accessibility has gone down tremen-
dously (in the past five years) and we're
reverting back to a system of the sixties
where education was forthe elite and for
the rich. That's what we're trying to stop,"
said Haselsteiner.
This summer, the Council of Ontario
Universities released a report calling for
increases in tuition fees between 30 and
50 per cent over the next two years,
depending on the program.
University President Robin Farquhar,
one of two Carleton representatives on
the council, was not present when coun-
cil members voted to suggest a 50-per-
cent tuition increase to David Cooke,
Ontario's minister of education and train-
ing.
Michel Gaulin, clerk of Carleton's sen-
ate, was at the July 27 council meeting
and voted against the discussion paper
because he says there wasn't enough
consultation with students.
The province has yet to act on the
council's suggestion.
The rally began at 1 2:30 p.m. on Mac-
kenzie Field, beside the Unicentre. Theresa
Cowan, director of services for CUSA, led
the crowd in various protest chants. Tot-
ing signs and chanting, the students
marched to the administration building.
Once inside the administration lobby,
representatives of the Canadian Union
Students desperately seeking Sparky.
of Public Employees Local 2323, the Car-
leton University Students Association, and
the International Students' Centre spoke.
Students were chanting, hammering the
floor with their signs, clapping and
pounding the walls.
The students then proceeded to Carle-
ton President Robin Farquhar's sixth-floor
office to voice their disapproval of the
proposed tuition increase, only to find he
wasn't in.
On Monday, Nov. 29, Farquhar told
The Charlatan he did not know students
were planning on visiting his office on
Friday and suggested that in the future
they try making appointments.
Farquhar saidany decision regarding
Carleton's tuition fees will be made at a
board of governors meeting in March. He
said so far, no proposal has been made to
the board to raise tuition.
A busload of students, undeterred by
Farquhar's absence, headed for Evelyn
Gigantes's office. Gigantes, the New
Democratic Party MPP for Ottawa Cen-
tre, was also out for the day.
Students entered the building and
voiced their objections concerning the
proposed tuition increases, stamping their
feet and chanting, "They say cutbacks,
we say fight back."
Despite the absence of Farquhar and
Gigantes, most rally participants inter-
viewed said they felt the rally was a
success.
"We're looking at a provincial elec-
tion in less than 18 months. We have to
realize that we have a tremendous
amount of force, and when we (mobi-
lize), we certainly do scare them," said
Haselsteiner.
Pam Pitcher, a Carleton student who
attended the rally, said tuition increases
will block access to education.
" It worries me that the people who will
continue to get an education are the
people that can pay for it. That's pretty
scary," she said.
Carleton student Garret Woy says he
feelsstudents should start worrying about
the future.
"The majority of students are con-
cerned about the here and now, not the
future, " said Woy.
Pitcher said she thinks students don't
think they can make a difference.
"People think that on their own they
can't do anything, but being there today
I realized that collectively we can do
something," she said.
Ehab Shanti, the co-ordinator of the
International Students' Centre, said he
thinks every Carleton student should have
gone to the rally. He said while some
students were probably busy and couldn't
attend, he thinks some just couldn't have
been bothered.
He said a 50-per-cent tuition increase
means some international students would
have to pay an average of $5,000 more
each year.
"We're sending a message that On-
tario is no longer a place for interna-
tional students," he said.
Farquhar said he thinks a 50-per-cent
tuition increase is unrealistic, but ac-
knowledges universities do need the
money.
"Any tuition increase must be bal-
anced with student aids," he said.
Haselsteiner said since Gigantes was
not in her office on Friday, CUSA will
invite her to campus sometime in the
new year to hear students' opinions on
tuition hikes.
" Being the only New Democratic Party
MPP in this area, (Gigantes) is going to
have to listen to the students of Carle-
ton, " said Haselsteiner. □
Entertainment park on hold, for now
by Andrea Wiebe
Charlatan Staff
The Carleton University Development
Corporation has stopped its review of a
proposal to put a seasonal entertain-
ment park on the field near residence.
Carleton administrators and CUDC
held a closed meeting on Nov. 29 to
discuss the review of a proposal put for-
ward by Bretton Woods Entertainment
Inc.
CUDC is a university-owned corpora-
tion which attracts and investigates cor-
porate investment proposals for develop-
ment on campus.
Because of opposition from CUSA as
well as community groups surrounding
Carleton, it was decided that the review
should be suspended, says Kristine
Haselsteiner, vice-president external of
the Carleton University Students' Asso-
ciation.
"I talked to the president of CUDC,
David Brown, who relayed the message
to me, " she says. "The board has decided
not to put any further study into that
proposal."
The park, which would have included
a large tent called a melody tent, was
intended to operate from |une until Au-
gust. The time frame might have ex-
panded to include May and September,
according to a preliminary evaluation
prepared by FoTenn Consultants, who
were hired by CUDC to review the Bretton
Woods proposal.
The melody tent was intended to be a
tourist attraction which would host thea-
tre, music and dance productions as well
as sports activities, according to the re-
port.
Itis still not certain whether the project
has been cancelled permanently, or has
just been put on hold.
"Whether or not we continue to pur-
sue a Bretton Woods proposal for a melody
tentmayor may notbethecase, and that
would be up to the president's office, but
we will certainly continue to review po-
tential economic development activity
or expansion of the university, " says Drew
Love, vice-president of development for
CUDC. "I'm awaiting further direction."
Carleton President Robin Farquhar told
The Charlatan through his receptionist
Karen Quinn that administrators will
decide whether to shelve the project per-
manently at a meeting of senior man-
agement on Dec. 7.
Haselsteiner says she hopes adminis-
trators will cancel the project perma-
nently.
"We have to keep in mind the needs of
administration and the student body,
making sure that students have the ad-
equate buildings so they can be edu-
cated. Really, right now, our biggest con-
cern is that a proposal like this is not put
back on the table," she says.
[im Watson, city councillor for Capi-
tal Ward, says he is pleased with the
decision to stop the review of the pro-
posal. He has two main objections to the
plan.
"I don't think a university should be
involving itself in issues outside of its
jurisdiction. I think a university's first
priority is academics. My second objec-
tion is the negative impact it would have
on the surrounding community," says
Watson.
The main concerns surrounding the
proposal include its impact on the com-
munity, especially because of excess noise
and traffic, and the problems Carleton
could face if it eventually wished to use
the space to expand academic or resi->
dence buildings, according to
Haselsteiner.
She says the proposal won't benefit
the university.
"We're here to educate," says
Haselsteiner. "The whole notion behind
it being a beer tent, being an amuse-
ment-type park, being something that
will breach noise barriers and things like
that just is not the type of facility that I
think we need on the Carleton campus. "
Dave Carle, a third-year English and
history major, says he thinks that Carle-
ton's land could be put to better use.
"That land belongs to Carleton and
they might need it later on. Carleton only
has so much land," says Carle.
Third-year art history major, Nancy
Simich, says she thinks the university
should accept the proposal. "They should
reverse their decision because a huge
advantage like this could really put Car-
leton on the map," says Simich. □
Happy 55th Sparky!
Sparky's birthday wish
for Carleton: "Enough
from the government so
we wouldn't have to
charge any tuition fees."
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December 2. 1993 • The Charlatan ■ 3
people aren't left off ol' Saint Nick's delivery route. Here we go. For anyone at CUSA involved in last week's rally against tuition hikes, a tuition freeze
CUSAliiay^iv^Unicentre a^acelift
by Brent Dowdall
Charlatan SlflH
The first floor of the Unicentre may
soon look very different, if the Carleton
University Students' Association council
approves the changes.
Rene Faucher, CUSA's finance com-
missioner, says he will present plans to
re-organize the first-floor space to CUS A
council on Dec. 2.
According to the plans, which Peter C.
Pivko Architects prepared for free, the
arcade and the billiards room would be
switched around and the Copy Shop
would move to where the arcade en-
trance is now. Some walls would be re-
moved to create more open space.
Faucher says the changes should free
up about 1,000 square feet of space for a
"new joint venture," such as a business.
He suggested a CD store as a possibility.
Faucher says he will ask council to
approve money to get structural draw-
ings done for about $500.
He says the proposed changes won't
affect office space for the Gay, Lesbian
and Bisexual Centre and CUSA's chief
electoral officer, both of which are near
the area. Hugo's would also stay in the
same space, although the off-campus
lounge might become smaller.
Faucher says he hopes renovations
could be done around spring break in
February, otherwise during and after ex-
ams in April. He says he doesn't know
how much the renovations would cost.
He also says these changes could lead
to a Unicentre expansion towards the
Architecture Building, creating a "mall"
effect.
Some CUSA councillors support
Faucher's idea.
"This is a crucial year for the
Unicentre," says arts and social sciences
representative Tom Golem. "Because of
the money we put into (renovating) Oliv-
er's, we have to revamp this building. We
can't scrap the building and move on to
a new one."
Todd McAllister, a CUSA arts and so-
cial sciences representative, says the
Unicentre expansion is a good idea be-
cause the area between the Architecture
Building and the Unicentre is "kind of a
dead zone anyway. There really isn't any
green space and it doesn't infringe on the
parking lot."
Some students question why it's even
being considered, while others look for-
ward to a change.
"I don't think it (the first floor) needs
to be renovated," says second-year psy-
chology student Dwight Irving. "It's not
necessary. CUSA should put the money
somewhere more productive."
"There's no need for it," says second-
year economics student Lisa Fedoruk.
"The money's better spent on students."
But Rob Cattral, a first-year arts stu-
dent, says the first floor is starting to get
a little stale.
"It needs a facelift. Swapping the ar-
cade and the billiards area is a good
idea," he says.
Special student Paul Ferriera says CUSA
"could spend it (the money) a lot more
wisely."
Both Golem and McAllister say
Faucher should take the proposals
through CUSA's long-range planning
committee before bringing it to council.
The committee assesses long-range
projects for CUSA.
Faucher says he's bringing the pro-
posal to council first to increase interest
and "get the ball rolling."
He says CUSA might have to make
changes to the area anyway to bring it up
to full Are code standards because Travel
Cuts, the Copy Shop and the arcade now
block off the billiards area and leave no
direct exit from the area.
Ahti Hamalainen, CUSA's financial
administrator, says the university, which
owns the building but rents it to CUSA,
would want that problem to be addressed
before permitting any renovations in the
area. □
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Chart astrologers
Jesus Christ wasn't the only deeply
misunderstood and widely misquoted
prophet bom in December. Yes, imagine
our surprise to find out that our very own
president and leader of his flock, Dr.
Robin "Hugh" Farquhar, BA, MA, PhD,
FCCEA, DAE, was bom on a cold winter
morning on Dec. 1, 1938.
And although we're a day late (hey,
it's the thought that counts), we decided
to give him a 55 th birthday gift we're sure
he'll treasure as he spends another year
under siege as president of an embattled
university: the gift of self-knowledge.
Thanks to The Only Astrology Book You '11
Ever Need (published by Stein and Day),
we've learned that Sparky, a Sagittarian,
is "energetic and ambitious." (First Car-
leton, tomorrow, the editorship of
Maclean 'si) But all is not fine and well for
Sparky the Sagittarian.
"Sagittarian people are subject to ac-
cidents of fire" (are you sure you un-
plugged the iron before you left this morn-
ing, Sparky?). "Their strong desire for
freedom may also incite jealousy and
possessiveness on the part of a lover."
(Uh-oh!) '
However, we think that the last para-
graph of his horoscope sums him up
o perfectly:
g "Sagittarians are among the mostlik-
0 able people in the Zodiac. True, you can
1 be extravagant and wasteful, even on
occasion reckless and irresponsible. True,
your life is full of forgotten appointments,
missed deadlines, unfinished projects.
True, your emotions can be shallow and
your commitments almost nonexistent.
"Overriding everything, though, is the
fact that you're fun to be with. So what if
you promise the moon and everyone
knows you won't deliver. You know ittoo.
There's nothing underhanded or secre-
tive in the way you deal. You play with all
your cards on the table."
Robin Farquhar: rogue, lover, all-
around nice guy. Just like we always
thought. □
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and a pat on the back for turning apathy Into action. For cheesy game-show host Alex Trebek (who slammed CU on his silly show), answer: An
Sigma Pi fraternity speaks about date rape
by Mo Gannon
Charlatan Staff
There is no talk of babes, beer or big-
time bashes tonight.
About 30 very clean-cut guys from the
Carleton chapter of the Sigma Pi Frater-
nity are discussing one word and how it's
related to all of the above: no.
Far removed from any party-on scene
in Animal House, they are gathered in
Dunton Tower on a Sunday night to talk
about date rape. The room issilentenough
to hear a fraternity pin drop from a
sweatshirt as they listen to one of their
founding members talk about the prob-
lem.
Robert Kisielewski, now a Sigma Pi
alumnus, gives a casual talk about when
it's cool to make the moves on someone
and when it's not.
"No does mean no, okay? Don't
fucking take it as anything else," says
Kisielewski. He explains that education
will prevent a problem before the legal
system has to intervene.
"As fraternity members . . . we've got
to be extra, extra careful about what we
do and when we do it," he tells the guys.
The talk is the first in a series of educa-
tional presentations Kisielewski is plan-
ning to have at Sigma Pi's weekly meet-
ings. Other topics, presented by himself
or an outside expert, will include alcohol
awareness, AIDS, and possibly racism
and homophobia.
The fraternity has dealt with these
topics before in a less formal manner,
Kisielewski says. But this is the first struc-
tured effort to talk about these things
within this Sigma Pi chapter, which is
following the lead of other American
chapters involved in date rape preven-
tion programs.
After speaking, Kisielewski shows a
in
video
called Play-
ing the
Came,
which tells
a story
about a
woman
who is
raped by a
man at a
fraternity
party.
Kisielewski
asks if
there are
questions.
There is si-
lence.
"Has
anybody
been in a
situation
where they
know that they avoided something like
this?" he asks. One guy raises his hand
and Kisielewski acknowledges he has
done the same.
"Yep. Right here, over the weekend,"
Kisielewski says. "Now I'd rather play it
safe and not get charged and I'd also
rather not fuck somebody's personality
up for a long time."
The guys start raising their hands.
"I was just going to say that nothing
should be understood in a situation like
that unless it's spoken," says Sigma Pi
President Dave Rigby. "You should ask
what's understood and what isn't."
Baseball caps and crew cuts nod up
and down in agreement.
Before wrapping up the 45-minute
presentation, Kisielewski warns them
about drinking and its tendency to dilute
s
W
Frats looking to change Animal House' image .
thinking.
"Don't feel scared, [ust chill out. Go
out and have a good time. Just don't do
anything stupid," he concludes.
The guys hammer on the desks in
thanks.
Raul De Lima, a Sigma Pi member for
two years, says he found the talk in-
formative.
"Itwasprettygood," hesays.'T'msure
a lot of guys knew about the issue, but I
think this might have reinforced it."
Rigby says while there is the odd Sigma
Pi guy who doesn't think date rape pre-
vention education is necessary, hischap-
ter has never had any problems with date
rape. "I think we do a pretty good job of
judging the character and the morals of
the guys we bring into the fraternity," he
says.
Kisielewski says the education is nec-
essary.
"I think that if we're going to produce
leaders for the future . . . they better not
be afraid of what's going on in society,
and at least through education I hope to
break the initial barrier, of people being
homophobic, of people being racist, of
people raping, all kinds of things."
Some studies show that there's a big
barrier there to break.
One American study about sexual
assault on campus shows that 35 percent
of fraternity men have reported forcing
someone to have sex; another shows that
55 per cent of alleged gang rapes by
college students in the 1980s were com-
mitted by fraternity members.
Kisielewski says that's hooey.
"If this is true, then out of the 65 guys
that we've got, 35 per cent of those forced
somebody to have sex, and 55 per cent
have gang-banged somebody? I mean,
it's just not true."
Shirley Anne Off, co-ordinator of the
date rape prevention campaign at Carle-
ton, says there is truth in the numbers.
While she says Sigma Pi's efforts are a
good start, the complex issue of date rape
deserves more time and facilitated dis-
cussion by experts.
"What (fraternities) should be talking
about is whether or not there is some-
thing in their structure . . . that promotes
treating women poorly."
Kisielewski says within the frat struc-
ture, change is taking place.
"Fraternities have had in their past
the Animal House-type deal and one thing
has led to another and there have been
problems," he says.
"Nowadays, everything is controlled
and structured. It's not optimal, because
we all make mistakes." □
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NATIONAL AFFAIRS
U of C opens food bank for students
by Jill Mahoney
Charlatan Siatl
Incidents of students going hungry
have prompted University of Calgary stu-
dents to open a food bonk, bringing the
number of food banks started on Cana-
dian campuses to 13 in the last three
years.
But despite calls for similar action at
Carleton, the undergraduate students'
association says there is no room to open
a food bank here.
Calgary's campus opened its foodbank
in October to provide emergency food to
students in financial difficulty because
some students saw the need to help oth-
ers who were literally starving.
"Itbasically started with a lot of rumors
that people had been lodging academic
appeals for failing exams because they
hadn't eaten for days," says Catherine
Franssens, a representative on the stu-
dent food action committee of the Calgary
Students' Legislative Council.
She says U of C's food bank is unlike
most other university food banks in that
it screens candidates to verify their need
for assistance. Recipients of food must be
U of C students and pass a test of finan-
cial eligibility that questions their rent,
student loan and work situation.
"I don't think we've had to rum any-
one away," she says.
Franssens says in the first month of
operation, the food bank gave hampers
of food to about 20 students. Each eligible
student is allowed one hamper of food
every two months.
Though the food bank is student-run
from an office on campus, it is a subsidi-
ary of Calgary Interfaith, a local food
bank which provides the food given to
students.
Franssens says one of the committee's
concerns is that students might be
ashamed to be seen going into a food
bank located in the student centre. So,
the volunteers decided to keep the centre
open in the evening, when fewer stu-
dents are on campus.
Franssens says although the U of C
student association has given its support,
student volunteers do most of the work.
"The legislative council was involved
in supporting our efforts. But as far as
planning and distribution goes, they
haven't really been involved."
Franssens says the problem of student
poverty "extends across the country."
Although there are no official statis-
tics on food bank use, the National Anti-
Poverty Organization says there are 450
food banks that serve about 2.5 million
Canadians. The first official food bank
opened in 1981.
Francois Dumaine, the organization's
assistant executive director, says the grow-
ing number of food banks is part of the
overall bleak economic picture.
"The increase in the number of food
banks is one clear illustration of all the
cuts we've had to social programs, " says
Dumaine.
He says students are especially hard-
hit because their earnings are limited
and they have many unavoidable ex-
penses.
"With these sort of expenses, you have
no choice — you pay or you're out. When
you add them all up, you'll see at the end
that many people see food as flexible,"
he says. "They say, T have to cut some-
where' and they can't cut theirbus passes
or rent, so they cut food."
But Dumaine says food banks are not
long-term solutions to student hunger.
"The mission of all food banks is to close
all food banks," he says.
Franssens agrees.
"When people say we're a Band-Aid
solution, it's true. But we have to address
this problem."
Some people believe there should be a
food bank at Carleton.
"As a NUG (New University Govern-
ment) rep, I've known people who are
hungry. I've known people who haven't
eaten for three days," says Wayne Ross,
co-ordinator of the Student Academic
Action Bureau and NUG representative
for the department of philosophy.
Ross says he is committed to getting a
food bank here at Carleton.
"There will be a food bank before I
leave this university," he says. "I'm quite
certain that next year it will come about.
People have a right to eat. I think food
should be free."
Rob jamieson, CUSA's vice-president
internal, agrees there is a need for a food
bank here.
"I think the statistics tell us most stu-
dents are definitely under the poverty
line in Ottawa-Carleton," says lamieson.
"There are 20,000 students here. You
can't tell me there isn't even five students
short on food."
CUSA looked at the possibility of a
food bank last summer, but found they
lacked space to operate it.
"If the student association runs it, it
has to be out of the Unicentre. Everything
we have is overflowing already," says
Jamieson.
Other Canadian universities and col-
leges that have food banks include: the
University of Winnipeg, Lakehead Uni-
versity in Thunder Bay, Ont., Simon Fraser
University in Bumaby, B.C., Ryerson
Polytechnical University in Toronto,
Dalhousie University in Halifax, the Uni-
versity of Alberta in Edmonton and the
University of Toronto. □
With files Ifom The Gazette, University ot Western Ontario
Government tests income-contigent loan plan
" If you used Q different applicant pool,
the results would be different," he says.
Onuoha says the type of participants,
as well as the small amount of money
lent out to them, will provide the govem-
mentwith "results (which) will be usedto
justify the income-contingent loan pro-
gram as a valid means to get loans."
But McKay denies the provincial gov-
ernment is attempting to distort results
in its favor.
"We know that we're not going to get
the data that would decide how we're
going to implement such a program," he
says. "I appre-
ciate that
point."
But he says
the project will
be useful be-
cause the pro-
vincial govern-
ment will gain
experience in
administering
the new loans.
Although
the CFS opposes
the new loan
scheme, some ^^^^^^m^^^
student leaders support it.
The project may fail to produce ad-
equate results, "but if s not as bad as
Emechete suggests," says Rick Martin,
liaison officer of the Association of Part-
Time University Students at the Univer-
sity of Toronto. Martin is also a spokes-
person for the Ontario Undergraduate
Student Alliance, a student lobby group
formed recentiy among five Ontario uni-
versities.
"It's difficult to project over a longer
period how this project will work because
by Franco D'Orazio
Charlatan Start
An Ontario government project test-
ing a new student loan program is "sig-
nificantly flawed, " says a Canadian Fed-
eration of Students official.
For the nextsemester, the pilotproject
will lend 1,000 students due to graduate
in April $2,500 each, according to jamie
McKay, director of the Ontario student
support branch of the Ministry of Educa-
tion and Training.
Emechete Onuoha, chair of the CFS-
Ontario, says the income-contingency
loan repayment project is inflexible be-
cause its life span is too short. He also
says the 1,000 university students in-
volved do not meet the Ontario Student
Assistance Program's qualifications in
evaluating financial need.
"What possible value could this study
have with those figures?" Onuoha asks.
Essentially, an income-contingent
loans program offers government-spon-
sored loans to students to cover the cost of
their education. Upon graduation, a set
percentage of the graduate's annual in-
come is used to determine the rate of
repayment.
The loan given to students in the
project will accumulate interest as soon
as they borrow the money. They will
begin to pay back the loan six months
after graduation.
If a student's income remains below
$20,000 for two years after graduation
and he or she cannot repay the loan, it
will be paid by the government.
Onuoha said the project should not be
tested on students who have been refused
financial aid from the OSAP, but on
students who presently receive OSAP
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it's being tested over a short term," says
Martin, but he also says it is not without
benefits.
"You will get a sense of what sort of
demands there will be from students,"
says Martin, who, along with Onuoha,
sat on an advisory board which studied
the proposal forincome-contingentloans.
At Carleton, 39 students will take part
in the pilot project, according to Carol
Fleck, director of student awards.
"We were informed this week (in No-
vember) that we'd be allocated 39 spaces
in the project," she says.
She says
letters will be
mailed in De-
cember to stu-
dents gradu-
ating in April
whom OSAP
refused to as-
sist, inviting
them to take
part in the
project. But
she could not
say whether
the program
_ at Carleton
will be ready to take effect next semester.
Fleck says students who have been
refused financial assistance do not neces-
sarily come from affluent families. Fac-
tors such as students' income, their par-
ents' combined income and the number
of children attending university are all
considered in the needs test used to assess
a student's eligibility for financial assist-
ance, she says.
"For example, one dependent child
whose parents earn more than $60,000
will likely not get assistance," she says.
Onuoha says the type of
participants, as well as the
small amount of money lent out
to them, will provide the gov-
ernment with "results (which)
will be used to justify the in-
come-contingent loan program
as a valid means to get loans."
"But in a family with three children liv-
ing away from home and whose parents
earn more than $75,000, all three chil-
dren would get loans."
Although it is not a new idea, an
income-contingent loan program was
proposed in August by the Council of
Ontario Universities, a group consisting
of university presidents, as an alterna-
tive to current student loan programs in
a paper on tuition fee reforms.
According to the discussion paper, the
loan program's repayment system, in
theory, would make higher tuition fees
possible because students would be able
to borrow asmuchastheyneedtopayfor
their expenses.
But to start up a full-fledged income-
contingent program, according to McKay,
the Ontario government would require
nearly $1 billion in the first year to lend
to students. McKay says that's based on
the 150,000 Ontario students who re-
ceived either Canada Student Loans or
OSAP loans this year.
It is unlikely that such a loan program
would be implemented soon, he says.
"The provincial government has said
it would not act alone," McKay says,
adding that some other provinces are
also supportive of an income-contingent
loan programs, but there has been no
word from the federal government.
"A great deal of money will be needed
if all 11 governments are to create a
national program, " McKay says. He esti-
mates that between $30 and $40 billion
in funds would be required over 15 to 20
years before the loan program would be
self-sufficient. The program would be self-
sufficient when the money paid back by
some students with loans is recycled and
lent out to other students. □
Violence against women remembered
by Karolma Srutek
Charlatan Slaff
"It's good to remember — but bod to
hate men because of it. It's important to
remember that no one has the right to
abuse anyone else," says third-year sci-
ence student Elizabeth Davis about the
annual commemoration of violence
against women.
On Dec. 6, Carleton will be holding a
commemorative gathering with a can-
dle ceremony to observe the National
Day of Remembrance and Action on
Violence Against Women.
The gathering, at noon in residence's
Fenn Lounge, will start off the official
Week of Reflection observed by the Cana-
dian Federation of Students.
The gathering is scheduled to have 40
minutes of music and speeches, says
Theresa Cowan, director of services for
the Carleton University Students' Asso-
ciation.
The "candle of hope" ceremony will
involve a candle that will be lit by a
woman, followed by a male speaker
speaking on how women and men can
work together on the issue of violence
against women.
The national day of remembrance
coincides with the anniversary of the
Dec. 6, 1989 massacre of 14 women at
the Ecole Polytechnique in Montreal.
CUSA enlisted the help of many com-
mittees and groups to organize the gath-
ering, says Cowan. The groups involved
include the Status of Women Office, the
Carleton Women's Centre and the Catho-
lic Chaplaincy on campus.
The Week of Reflection is "a time
when all of us can reflect on the reality of
terror and fear that women know," says
a leaflet distributed by CUSA. "Most of
all, during this Week of Reflection, women
and men can make the commitment to
work together to stop the violence and to
change the social norms that perpetuate
men's violence against women."
During the week, information tables
will be set up in Baker Lounge from the
Sexual Assault Support Centre, the Ot-
tawa Rape Crisis Centre and Interval
House, a local shelter for women who
have to leave their homes to escape vio-
lent situations.
The Carleton White Ribbon Cam-
paign, an awareness campaign organ-
ized by men, will also set up in Baker
Lounge. This campaign is not officially
affiliated with the national one, says
Tom Golem, a CUSA arts and social sci-
ences representative in charge of the
campaign.
"Lots of people complained last year,
(that) our campaign is similar to the
national one, but we want to bypass
some of the concerns the women's com-
munity has had in the past, " says Golem.
He says last year, too much attention was
focused on the men 's movement and not
enough on the issue of violence against
women.
Last year, the gathering at Carleton
was focused more on the women who
were killed in Montreal, but this year will
be different, says Cowan.
"If s very painful for the families of the
killed women to have to deal with every
Dec. 6. This year it's more of a memorial
for all women around experiencing vio-
lence."
A recent survey demonstrates the level
of violence against women in Canadian
society. Statistics Canada released a sur-
vey of violence against women on Nov.
1 8, which found that 5 1 per cent of women
said they have experienced at least one
incident of physical orsexual violence by
men.
During the week, students can con-
tribute to the Interval House drive by
bringing shampoo, toothpaste, tooth-
brushes, soap, pyjamas and other per-
sonal products.
Students can also contribute their po-
etry, art or other forms of expressions at
the Carleton Women's Centre to be dis-
played during the week. □
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In years past, Carleton has commemorated the 14 women slain in Montreal
Ministry begins funding review
by Brent Dowdall
ChajlBJen Saff
The Ontario Council on University
Affairs will conduct a review of how grants
are distributed to Ontario universities.
Dave Cooke, the minister of education
and training, made the announcement
on Nov. 24 in the Ontario legislature. He
said OCXS A will report its findings late in
1994.
Cooke said the council will examine
the government's current allocation of
spending on universities among teach-
ing, administration, research and com-
munity service.
He also said the council will have
several factors to consider, including ac-
cessibility and teaching,
"It's clear that there mustbe a stronger
emphasis on teaching in our universi-
ties," Cooke told the legislature.
OCUA is a government-sponsored
body made up of appointees from vari-
ous groups involved in education, such
as students, faculty, administrators and
staff. They make recommendations to
the ministry on education policy.
liberal MPP Dalton McGuinty (Ot-
tawa South) said the problem with the
review is that any recommendations it
may have won't take effect until 1995-
96.
"In the meantime, the only alterna-
tive source of funding the government is
considering is on the backs of students,"
McGuinty told The Charlatan.
McGuinty said the latest rumor about
the possible tuition hike is that it will be
30 per cent over three years. He said
Cooke will probably announce the in-
crease before the end of the calendar
year, "when everyone's gone home for
Christmas", said McGuinty.
McGuinty also said the OCUA will not
get funding to conduct the review, but
the service of several ministry officials
wilt be loaned to the council.
"OCUA is supposed to be an objective,
arms-length group, but if s going to have
ministry officials. Ifs like giving advice
toyourself . The optics are bad, " McGuinty
added.
The announcement does not mean
new funding can be expected, said Bill
Pickett, Carleton's director of budget plan-
ning.
"We don't know whether we will get
more (funding) or less. "
But he said the university is looking
forward to the review, because he said
Carleton's enrolment has grown faster
than other universities in the province.
The number of students admitted to first-
year this year increased 1 1 per cent over
last year.
He said because Cooke said the review
would encourage accessibility, it might
reward Carleton.
In a response to Cooke's announce-
ment delivered in the legislature on the
same day, McGuinty suggested criteria
for the review.
"Universities exist, obviously, to fulfil
a number of obligations, but one of them
is surely to serve students and not the
other way around, " McGuinty said.
"For this reason, a new formula for
funding should reward a university for
good teaching, for smaller class sizes and
for more contact rime. "
He also said the review should try to
make universities more accountable to
the government and: taxpayers. □
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Plans made to privatize Queen s MBA deqree
bv Matt Skinner . . ^9
by Matt Skinner.
Charlatan Statf
A proposal to privatize the master's of
business administration program at
Queen's University will make it "world-
class," says the program's chairperson
Ken Wong.
But Emechete Onuoha, chair of the
Canadian Federation of Students' On-
tario wing, says Queen's is seeking a
"self-desired position of academic elit-
ism."
The proposal, made by officials in the
program, means students would pay
$20,000 for a MBA degree, reducing the
current two-year (16-month) program to
a 1 2-month program. Currently, the MBA
program costs students $2,600 per year
in tuition, for a total of $5,200 for their
degree.
If implemented, the new program
would have room for 50 students and
accept its first applicants in 1996. The
current program has about 230 students,
with around 120 graduates each year.
Wong says he thinks the program will
be privatized by the end of the decade,
regardless of what happens to the de-
partment's proposal because of antici-
pated reductions in government fund-
ing.
With larger numbers of students go-
ing to the United States to study business
each year, Wong says the Queen's pro-
gram must improve to appeal to students
who will be paying the same amount of
tuition at Queen's if it is forced to priva-
tize.
He says the students would have the
same number of class hours and credits,
but they would have better access to
faculty because fewer students would be
admitted and the program's resources
would be improved.
Wong says the proposal must be ap-
proved by the faculty of the school of
business, then by the university's senate
and again by the board of trustees.
Under the new program, there would
be no government funding to the MBA
degree, placing all of the cost of the
degree on students. Wong says the 200
government-subsidized student spaces
usually allocated to Queen's school of
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business would be distributed to other
faculties on campus, allowing these de-
partments to accept larger numbers of
students.
Wong says MBA graduates usually
have high starting salaries and should
therefore be more accountable for their
tuition. He says the university has placed
two-thirds of MBA graduates with jobs in
the past.
Onuoha says the proposed hike in
tuition that accompanies privatisation is
inconceivable, because the cost of the
MBA program would be too much for
many students to bear.
"You can kiss accessibility good-bye,"
he says.
Wong says the reduced number of
positions in the program will not make
education inaccessible for students be-
cause "other business programs in
Canada can pick up the excess students. "
Onuoha says other Canadian busi-
ness programs shouldn't be required to
absorb Queen's extra students. He says
he thinks Queen's is using taxpayers'
money to create a private institution. A
public school is supposed to be accessible
and accountable to society at large, he
says, and not just partially accessible.
Wong says the proposal also stipu-
lates the necessity for an income- contin-
gent loan repayment plan to help stu-
dents cope with the higher tuition.
The income-contingent plan would
mean students would not start paying off
their loan until they have found a job
and the rate of payment would vary with
the students' salaries, says Wong.
But Onuoha says this system is doomed
to fail because there is no guarantee of
students having jobs. □
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Come to a Commemorative Gathering
for December 6th
National Day of
Rememberance and Action
on Violence Against Women
Monday, December 6, 1993
12 Noon
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Everyone
Welcome!
Only together
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EDITORIAL PAGE
A message
that needs
repeating
Dec. 6 marks the fourth anniversary of the
massacre at the Ecole Polytechnique.
Every year since then has been commemo-
rated — with candlelight vigils, moments of
remembrance and other activities.
Right now, we still remember the event, but the edge
dulls a little and the pain becomes easier to cope with
every year. The gatherings shrink and people forget.
Can we just relegate the memory of the 14 women
killed to a memorial once a year? No, we can't.
The memory has to be kept alive so that years from
now, people will remember the women who died and not
their murderer. People must not just mark the anniver-
sary of the event, but work actively to combat the larger
social problem the event represents.
The Montreal massacre has come to represent all
violence against women, yet some people still don't get
the point.
• Itis sad that this is an editorial that needs to be written
every year. It's even sadder that it could probably be
written every day.
It gets tiring, explaining the same problem over and
over again. What is really tiring is that the problem still
exists. Getting the message out that violence against
women must be fought is worth repeating.
It is especially worth repeating when you see statistics
like those released by Statistics Canada recently. Its
survey of women found that 51 per cent of them had
experienced at least one incident of physical or sexual
violence since the age of 16.
There's no need to belabor this point — violence
against women is a reality.
However, violence against women does not just effect
women. Too often, violence against women is seen as
only a women's problem and the ceremonies around
Dec. 6 become women's events. But it's not a problem
caused by women — it's a societal problem. It may be
impossible for the individual to change society, but
that's not an excuse for inaction. Society as a whole
needs to change its attitudes about women and all
individuals can help contribute to that.
For every person who attends a ceremony on Dec. 6 or
takes some other positive action to end violence, there
are still too many people out there who don't.
This year, do something to acknowledge the problem.
Attending a ceremony does a lot by acknowledging
the problem in a an environment which provides a place
for healing and a show of solidarity. But it's not the only
action people can take. Activities may be centered around
this one week, but individual action can continue through-
out the year.
There -are a countless number of actions the indl
vidual can take to help solve the problem . First, examine
your own attitudes and actions. Use your convictions to
help educate a friend or a neighbor. Make a contribution
toawomen'sshelterorbetteryet, see ifyou can volunteer
your time in some way for one.
If you see a woman being harassed, don't be afraid to
speak up. If you hear someone telling sexist jokes,
challenge them. Ask them why they think what they're
saying is funny.
Each change the individual makes counts toward a
cumulative societal change. It will also prevent Dec. 6
from becoming an once-a-year anniversary.
Instead, a commemoration of one event can become
the catalyst for years of action.
Action will help transform the society we live in, a
society where women are killed and raped, into a society
we really want live in.
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OPINION
War toys not root of violence
by Jennifer Clarke Wilkes
Jennifer Clarita Wilkes graduated IramCartetonin 1 9B2 with a bacneldr degree in
classics while at Cadeton, she belonged to the Strategy Club, a group which plays
games, including military strategy games and tote-ptaying games.
One of the more ironic things about "War toys out,
play with peace!" The Charlatan, Nov. 11, 1993, is the
illustration that accompanied Richard Sanders's predict-
able tirade against "violent" toys and games. It showed
a child, surrounded by toys glorifying mass destruction,
plaintively asking "Chess, anyone?"
Anyone who has the slightest familiarity with chess
knows that it is an abstract simulation of warfare. The
objective is to infiltrate the enemy position and ulti-
mately kill the opposing king. The word checkmate
comes from the Persian shah kumat- "the king is dead."
Chess is used in schools as an educational aid in
mathematics courses. Children as youngassixare being
exposed to this "war toy," but no one is making a fuss
about it.
Contrary to popular be-
lief, there is no satisfactory
proof of a cause and effect
relationship between vio-
lent entertainment and vio-
lent behavior.
Spurious linkages can
easily be made between
events that are found to
have no solid connection
on closer examination. If a
study finds a significant in-
crease in the number of car
accidents in the Glebe im-
mediately after Rough Rid-
ers' games, does that mean
that football is the cause?
Of course not— highertrafficvolume, drinkingatthe
games, or other events occurring at the same time as the
games are all factors. While there is a link, the cause is
less sure.
The 1991 Canadian Radio-Television and Telecom-
munications Commission survey on television violence
to which Sanders refers also examined many studiesthat
could not demonstrate a clear link between televised
scenes of violence and actual violent behavior. Because
the body of studies as a whole claimed mutually contra-
dictory findings, the CRTC survey was unable to draw a
definite conclusion.
The best the researchers could conclude, a point that
Sanders conveniently omitted, was that "there is a link,
although not necessarily one of cause and effect."
I have played war games, fantasy role-playing games,
video games and paint ball. I have never been inspired
to translate the simulated violence of these activities into
real-life violent acts. I have also never known a game-
playing friend to do so.
When I was young, I played "cops and robbers" with
guns fashioned from tree branches and hockey sticks —
I did not then go out and stick up a convenience store. I
watched the Three Stooges — I did not then poke people
in the eye, nor did I leam that dropping an anvil on
someone was a " preferred means of resolving conflicts."
Like any normal individual, I was able to separate
fantasy from reality and could readily perceive that
material intended for entertainment was perforce exag-
gerated. A child growing up in a healthy and supportive
environment will have no difficulty understanding what
is appropriate behavior. If the child's environment is not
healthy, is blame to be laid on games?
If it were true that exposure to "violent" games
desensitizes people to real violence, than everyone who
ever played the war game Risk would constitute a threat
to society. By that logic, anyone who plays Monopoly
wouldbe desensitized to eco-
nomic hardship.
Don't misunderstand me
— there are excellent skills
taught by peaceful toys. As a
child I enjoyed Lego,
Tinkertoy, chemistry sets,
crystal radios and jigsaw puz-
zles. But any board game or
video game is not in itself
violent, unless you throw it
at someone.
Far from encouraging vio-
lent outbursts, games are so-
cial activities that bring peo-
ple together. It can be ar-
gued the camaraderie of playing games does much to
counter the isolating and dehumanizing trend of our
society. Game players tend to be a tightly knit group and
the sense of belonging has real therapeutic value.
To understand the roots of violence, we must under-
stand our own nature. Like other animals, we instinc-
tively respond to stress either by fighting or fleeing.
Where flight is not possible, humans react violently to a
stressful situation, be it overcrowding, domestic abuse,
poverty, unemployment or an increasingly impersonal
society. These are the true causes of aggression.
What is disturbing about violent themes in entertain-
ment is that they reflect the ugly side of our nature.
Attempts to suppress these surface manifestations, how-
ever, ignore the deeper forces that breed violence. Our
unwillingness to face the real problems, in favor of
attacking convenient scapegoats, does more harm than
good. a
December 2, 1993 • The Charlatan ■ 11
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Just a natural
question
Editor:
Re: "What is racism?" The Charlatan,
Nov. 25, 1993.
Last week's article in the hate supple-
ment was good and to the point. Every-
thing in the two panels from Amoja Three
River's Cultural Etiquette, where racial stere-
otypes are pilloried, was indeed racist,
with one exception: "Where are you
from?"
Obviously any question in a particular
context or said in a particular tone of
voice, could be i ntended as, or assumed to
be racist. But whereas "You people are so
exotic" is obviously racist, "Where are
you from?" is a natural opening question
when strangers meet and of itself has no
racist overtones.
It is usually an open question that
makes no assumptions, so that to include
it in this list is overkill of a sort that will not
help to eliminate racist attitudes. Instead
it makes a mockery of the whole issue of
racism and only serves to diminish the
article.
Christopher Levenson
English professor
and Oonagh Berry
Keep fighting the
power
Editor
Bravo Karin Jordan and Andrea Smith!
Thankyou for addressing the ever-present
feminist backlash in North America in
your article "Plagues of a movement,"
The Charlatan, Nov. 25, 1993.
Many women believe that equality has
already been achieved, and seem to ig-
nore the fact that violence againstwomen,
unequal pay, discrimination andamyriad
of other barriers still exist in Canada. I am
a feminist, but I do not believe that point-
ing out injustices in society leaves me
without power. Rather, it is only when I, or
others, stop fighting for equality that we
will lose the power to change our lives for
the better.
Thanks again. Your article was a pleas-
ure to read.
Laura Bonnett
Qualifying year
Master's in Canadian studies
Rag-tag fitness
centre needs help
Editor:
As an avid weekend athlete and fit-
ness-oriented person, I find the present
quality of the athletic facilities at Carle-
ton ridiculous. I'msure that I'm notalone
in my dissatisfaction about this issue. I'm
therefore surprised and disappointed that
in my two years at Carleton I have not
seen one letter addressing it.
My concern especially is the virtually
complete absence of free gym time for
anyone interested in pick-up sports of any
kind or just relaxation and enjoyment
between classes.
You have a better chance of getting a
dentist appointment the next day than
getting gym time.
Virtually all universities, even those
one-fifth the size of Carleton, have at least
two gyms. Hell, most high schools have
two gyms.
We pay $127.06 per year for a rag-tag
fitness centre and limited-access swim-
ming. Almost everything else offered, in-
cluding racquet sports, means more dol-
lars. Perhaps if there was an increase in
commitment to athletics at Carleton, we
would have more successful varsity pro-
grams and fewer disgruntled students.
Tim Olaveson
English/Anthropology III
LETTERS
Friendly service at
Carleton, believe
it or not
Editor:
I'm going to miss the temporary park-
ing lot when they close shop for the win-
ter. No, 1 have not lost my mind. I have
not enjoyed paying the full $4 flat rate to
park in what has been a perpetual mud
puddle because there are more cars than
pavement on this campus.
However, what I have enjoyed is the
friendly service provided by the parking
lot attendants tending this slop lot. Did
anyone else notice the greetings and the
smiles that were provided to the customer
at this lot?
As a long time Carleton customer, I
noticed. In fact, with my first few visits to
the lot, I couldn't believe it. Who on earth
would expect a Carleton parking attend-
ant to smile and wish a good morning to
a customer at each and every visit? Hell,
I could even manage a smile myself as I
handed over the daily toll and heard the
magical words "Thank you," from the
attendant.
I was amazed, even curious. After all,
I'd been parking on campus for years and
never experienced such courtesies. How
could this be happening while in the very
shadow of the Death Star Command Cen-
tre (the administration building)?
Well, I figured it out. Aside from the
possibility that Carleton may have actu-
ally hired a few friendly staff members, I
discovered that there was no phone in the
temporary lot booth.
With no temptation to perform the
annoying phone-to-shoulder-to-ear bal-
ancing routine so often displayed by the
other attendants, the slop lot keepers actu-
ally managed to acknowledge the cus-
tomer. Imagine that!
S.D. Becksted
Sociology IV
Keep it down you
squeaky CUSA
people
Editor:
Re: the rally against tuition hikes (Fri-
day, Nov. 26, 1993).
Now, I fully support any effort that
aims at improving the lot of students, but
the methods used to encourage us to turn
out at these rallies are inconsiderate and
unfair.
1 live in residence and therefore, Carle-
ton is my home, my place of study and
rest. To have some squeaky-voiced CUSA
rep with a megaphone screeching out her
calls of " 50 per cent is too much, "outside
my home is ridiculous.
If my home were off campus, she would
be charged and possibly fined for such
annoying activity. If a cat were making
such a squeaky racket, you'd call animal
control to dispense of the offender. As it is,
I have no effective recourse.
This activity only reinforces the view
that CUSA has no respect for the studies of
students, which is the only reason I'm
here.
Now, I'm all for lower tuition, respect
and fair treatment from the government,
but for CUSA to not even give residence
students thatsame respect is hypocritical.
-I wonder how successful her mega-
phone antics were? The best measure of
this would be the numbers of residence
students at these rallies. From those I've
spoken to, the verdict is a big negative.
I suggest you come up with a few new,
perhaps effective, means of attracting us
to your rallies and next time leave the
megaphone at home.
Matthew Beesley
Political Science 111
"No" committee
did exist
Editor:
I would like to answer some questions
about the CFS referendum No committee
campaign which Dawn Walton raised in
her letter to the editor ("The not-really,
sort of No committee," The Charlatan,
Nov. 25, 1993).
First, Daren Givoque was the spark
that lit the No campaign, and along with
Pierre LeDuc and I, formed the executive
of the unofficial committee. We had about
20 volunteers who helped run the whole
campaign, in addition to a number of
people who campaigned on their own.
The campaign was a grass roots move-
ment that hasn't been seen in these hal-
lowed halls for years.
Second, according to the CUSA consti-
tution, we should have been allowed to
campaign regardless of deadlines, just
without funding, as stated in Section 7.S.
Yes, we did put up 2,000 posters, but all
those were torn down by the Yes commit-
tee, a few hours after they were put up. So,
there was no real exposure for our cam-
paign. On election day, our efforts forced
the Yes committee to work overtime to
literally plaster the walls with their propa-
ganda posters while we had none.
Third, I mention propaganda because
the Yes committee, comprised of head
CUSA members, misled students into be-
lieving that if they paid the fee increase,
there would be no tuition increases.
I say to you, Dawn and all my fellow
Carleton students, be aware, be very aware
that we got screwed, large. Next time,
please wear a constitutional condom,
okay?
Robert K. Kisielewski
Law IV
Learn the lessons
only history can
teach
Editor:
Re: "Burning questions about witch
film," The Charlatan, Nov. 25, 1993.
The author of the letter, Robert Eady,
argues that The Burning Times, a Studio D
National Film Board film, is an example
of "how far some are prepared to falsify
history in order to target a specific reli-
gious group, " perhaps suggesting this film
as an example of deliberate hate against
a group, (Roman Catholics).
Is he prepared to suggest that the burn-
ing of witches never happened? From
having re-read the lettera couple of times,
I see no evidence of that, and certainly
such church documents as the "Malleus
Maleficarum" support these occurrences.
Rather, his protest seems to be over
numbers. He cites a few scholars who
apparently dispute the film'sstatistics and
back him up, but then, we could say the
Holocaust never occurred in World War 1 1
and cite David Irving as our source.
He also says that a petition to ban the
film with 500 signatures was presented to
Parliament, yet fails to mention that it
was he who played a crucial role in organ-
izing it — talk about distorting the truth.
What Eady has yet to realize is that the
film documents a certain part of history,
with the hope we might learn from that
period of history. The Roman Catholic
Church does not have a glorious past,
something that is evidenced in the Cru-
sades, the Reformation and the Inquisi-
tion. The beauty of history is that we
might leam from it. Otherwise, as the old,
wise adage goes, we are condemned to
repeat it.
John Stopa
MA Religion
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SPORTS
The Man behind the Mask
by Mike Rappaport
Chailalan Statt
The Charlatan is pleased to bring you this
report of Carleton's mascot, Rodney the
Raven. Earlier this year Rodney visited us and
told us his story . . .
When Brad Ellis dons the Raven cos-
tume and takes to the bleachers, shud-
ders have been known to shiver down the
spines of opposing teams.
This is one bird who knows how to
rally fans' support and root for Carleton
teams — from football to waterpolo.
Ability at this level is only arrived at
through much devotion and many sacri-
fices. Diet and exercise are important
considerations for any would-be mascot.
Consequently, Ellis avoids milk, ab-
stains from alcohol, stretches and lim-
bers up before a big event. Becoming
Rodney requires both physical and men-
tal preparation, he says.
Early Influences
Rodney's listof influences ranges from
the San Diego Chicken (one of the earli-
est mascot innovators noted for his work
with springboards) to the Philadelphia
Phanatic (a latter-day master of his craft
to whom many mascots are indebted to).
However, Ellis tries to make Rodney's
act original and spends time between
games visualizing routines. The effort is
always made worthwhile by the air of
sophistication the Raven is able to bring
to even the most uncultured of sporting
events.
All is not glamor for Rodney the Raven.
Those who assume the onerous role of
mascot must overcome many hardships
and obstacles.
The stench of stale sweat from previ-
ous Rodneys, combined with the discom-
fort of the costume, makes wearing the
suit nearly intolerable.
The lingering smell of vomit from a
past Rodney who was drunk during Panda
four years ago and threw up inside the
uniform only adds to the general un-
pleasantness.
Transportation is also a problem as
not many taxis are able to comfortably
fit a large bird. Many times, Rodney has
been forced to ride an OC Transpo bus to
athletic gigs around the city.
The Chicken Label Thing
Rodney has also had to endure the
indignity of being mistaken fora chicken
by Carleton students. "It's not so much
the apathy as the ignorance" that both-
ers him, Ellis says, adding he is also
rapidly tiring of Chicken McNugget jokes.
Bratty kids who attempt to unmask
Rodney by ripping his head off and dis-
gruntled fans who take out their frustra-
tions on him are only the more extreme
part of the widespread systemic abuse
society has directed against mascots.
Of lesser annoyance, says Ellis, are the
Brad Ellis doubles as Rodney the Raven
misguided amateur ornithologists who
are able to distinguish a Raven from a
chicken but still confuse the caw of a crow
with the call of a Raven. Those who
attempt the Raven call at games should
know that the Raven's call When spelled
phonetically is "Bdwoowk." One should
never call out "Pwaaaacock."
at most Carleton varsity events.
numberunknown) grabbed Rodney from
behind and threw him into the adminis-
tration fountain.
Raven Suit Doesn't Float
Perils and Near-Death
Experiences
No sport is without its injuries and
being a mascot is no exception. Ellis's
sports-related injuries rival those of any
other athlete or mascot.
His list of injuries is endless. It in-
cludes: bruises, sprains, bloody noses,
collapsing twice from heat prostration,
having drunken fans pepper his head
with punches, tendinitis from pounding
his hand on benches and a separated
shoulder from falling down bleachers.
"People love seeing the bird get hurt,"
muses Ellis, who remains undaunted de-
spite the hazards.
Danger for a Raven can lurk in unex-
pected places. While innocently enter-
taining students during this year's orien-
tation festivities, a group of frosh (exact
Rodney the Raven's suit is fabricated
from terry cloth, which can absorb many
times its weight in water — essentially
the costume is a giant sponge/death trap.
Rodney sank to the bottom of the foun-
tain and desperately flailed about on his
back with his water- logged wings as
frosh looked on and laughed.
One student (although this has not
been confirmed yet, as witnesses to the
event in question have been reluctant to
come forward) was overheard to remark
"Hey, look at that chicken over there, 1
think he's drowning." Rodney survived
this most grievous ordeal somewhat ruf-
fled and with a new respect for water
safety.
Hopefully, after reading about these
ordeals you will also develop a new re-
spect for water safety and for Rodney as
well And one final note to all you sports
fans out there — if you must throw
things at Rodney, try aluminium cans,
not beer bottles. The bottles hurt.
NHL Hardball
Won t Work
by Steven Vesely
Charlatan Star)
The NHL has won. The referees have
lost.
So why is it the officials are still
striking and no agreement has been
reached?
Because league executives aren'tsat
isfied with victory. They want annihila
tion. They want total capitulation. They
want to make the referees grovel like
dogs.
And if they keep up this hard-line
attitude, it's going to backfire in their
faces.
Three weeks ago, after months of
negotiations came to naught, the ref-
erees decided a 29-per-cent pay hike
wasn't enough for their pains — offici-
a ting an 84-game regular season plus a
month-long playoff schedule.
At the time, there was no sympathy
from a public either out of work or just
barely hanging on to their jobs.
We wondered how the linesmen, who
get paid $33,000, and the referees, who
get paid $50,000 already, could rum
down an offer like that. How hard could
it be to officiate games for 10 months of
the year and vacation for the othertwo?
If only we had such a rough life.
The referees must have been crazy.
So scab officials were hired on as
replacements. Some nights they've been
great calling the right penalties even
late in the game. Other nights they've
been terrible andhopelessly out of their
league. Butonmostnightstheyhaven'i
been noticeable, just the way it should
be.
The replacements' surprising success
has led to some of the quickest reversals
in the history of the labor movement.
Now the referees, who had asked for a
60-per-cent wage increase, are eager
beavers looking to settle for the NHL'r
offer of 29 per cent.
Therefereesblunderedandtheyknow
it. And now they do have public sympa-
thy on their side. They've admitted their
stakes and they want to settle a con
tract in good faith with the NHL.
All they want is a chance to save face
with a small improvement somewhere
in the package.
But the NHL has the upper handand
the executive would love to tame the
referees to their liking. Commissioner
Gary Bettman is new to the job and he"
like nothing better than to use this
strike to demonstrate his tough bar-
gaining skills to the players, the owners
and the referees.
But this Machiavellian attitude
wrong and not going to get him or the
leagueanywhere.Playersare complain-
ing inferior officiating is letting nasty
stickwork and checks creep back into
the game.
It'scertainlynocoincidence many of
the game's true stars are out with early-
season injuries right now. And now
with the strike dragging on and unhap-
piness creeping in among the players,
there's already talk about the players
staging a one-game strike in support
the referees if the situation isn't settled
I soon.
What the NHL should do is take the
I victory they've won and be magnani
| mous about it.
Because if they don't, public opin
could quickly turn against them and
leave them in the doghouse.
December 2, 1993 • The Charlatan ■JX
Haven
Records
OWIAA WATERPOLO
East Division
W L T
F A PTS
Toronto 4 0 0
40 13 8
Carle ton 3 1 0
38 14 6
Queen's 2 2 0
32 21 4
McMaster 1 3 0
24 43 2
Brock 0 4 0
13 56 0
OWIAA VOLLEYBALL
East Division
W L T
F A PTS
York 4 0 0
12 0 8
Ottawa 4 1 0
12 6 8
Toronto 2 10
8 3 4
Queen's 2 2 0
7 7 4
Ryerson 14 0
3 12 2
Carle ton 0 5 0
1 15 0
OWIAA BASKETBALL
West Division
W L T
F A PTS
Windsor 2 0 0
131 70 4
Brock 1 0 0
65 53 2
Guelph 1 0 0
78 41 2
Western 1 0 0
78 52 2
Waterloo 1 2 0
148 150 2
McMasterO 1 0
52 78 0
Laurier 0 3 0
90 198 0
LakeheadO 0 0
0 0 0
OWIAA HOCKEY
OWIAA Division
W L T F A PTS
Toronto 5 0 0 22 5 10
Guelph 3 2 0 12 11 6
York 1 3 0 6 9 2
Queen's 1 5 0 6 21 2
OWIAA
Athlete of the Week
Nancy Gyurcsik of the Windsor Lanc-
ers basketball team is the OWIAA ath-
lete of the week. The fifth-year Masters
human kinetics student leads the
OWIAA scoring race with an average
of 21.5 points per game, shooting 70
per cent from the free throw line as well
as grabbing a total of 19 offensive and
defensive rebounds. The Lancers cur-
rently hold first place in the west divi-
sion largely due to her efforts.
OUAA HOCKEY
Far East Division
W L T
F A
PTS
McGill 7 2 0
47 21
14
UQTR 6 1 2
44 24
14
Ottawa 6 3 1
41 30
13
Cncordia 6 3 0
39 26
12
OUAA VOLLEYBALL
East Division
W L T
F A
PTS
York 6 0 0
18 4
12
Queen's 5 10
17 S
10
Laurentn 2 4 0
10 14
4
Toronto 2 4 0
8 14
4
Ryerson 0 6 0
2 18
0
OUAA
Athlete of the Week
Mitch Proteau of the York University
volleyball is this week's OUAA athlete
of the week. The 6'5 outside hitter re-
corded 45 kills, 27 digs, 1 1 blocks and
four service aces last week as York won
three matches to move into first place
in the east division.
Offence missing in road losses
Basketball men still looking for that elusive road victory
by Kevin Restivo
Charlatan Staff
Road woes continue for the Carleton
men's basketball team.
The Ravens remained winless on the
road in their exhibition schedule, drop-
ping a pair of games in Windsor Nov. 26
-27.
Windsor 93 Carleton S3
Western 91 Carleton 64
Carleton lost 93-83 to the University of
Windsor Lancers and 91-64 the Univer-
sity of Western Ontario Mustangs.
A scrappy full-court press kept the
Ravens within striking range early and
trailing44-37 athalftime. Butthe Ravens'
poor free-throwing did them in later in
the game.
Carleton shot 45 percent from the foul
line while Windsor converted on 79 per
cent of its opportunities.
"We made our free throws and they
didn't," said Lancer head coach Mike
Havey. "And that's why we won."
First-year Raven forward Brian Russell
agreed mistakes did them in.
"We could've used some more concen-
tration. We had a couple of missed lay-
ups and our free-throw shooting wasn't
too good," said Russell.
Furthermore, the Lancers were able to
pound the ball inside the key, continu-
ally drawing fouls off Raven forwards.
"They consistently fouled us inside,"
said Havey. "They just couldn't handle
our size.
Though the Ravens were down by as
much as 18 points in the second half,
their tenacity was evident.
"They competed well and they kept
coming at us. They're a very scrappy
team and that resulted in a lot of turno-
vers," said Havey.
Russell agreed.
"I thought we really hustled and played
good defence."
Taffe Charles led the way with 33
points, while fames Marquardt added
17.
Against Western, the Ravens hung
tough once again in the first half, down
40-32 at halftime, but were done in by a
lack of balanced scoring.
Charles, usually the Ravens' leading
scorer, could only muster up 10 points
and the rest of the team was unable to
pick up the slack.
Carleton shot 39 per cent from the
field and was out-rebounded 35-21.
The Ravens were led by swingman
Reagh Vidito, who netted 17 points.
Next up for the Ravens is the Seneca
College Tournament in Toronto on Dec.
3-4. □
Hockey club crowned in close loss
by Bill Labonte
Charlatan Staff
It was supposed to be seventh heaven.
It became seventh hell.
Still looking for their first win of the
season in their seventh game of the year,
the Carleton hockey club played its best
game yet — and lost.
Kings 7 Carleton 5
The Graduate Kings hockey club de-
feated the Carleton hockey club 7-5 in
Senior R.A. League action on Nov. 24,
dropping Carleton's record to 0-5-2.
With Carleton trailing 6-5 late in the
game and pressing with an extra at-
tacker, the Kings scored an insurance
goal into an empty net.
"We wanted to beat them badly be-
cause we know them well," said
goaltender Pat McFetridge. "The guys are
not scared to play physically with them
because they're the same age as we are."
The .Kings are a group of Carleton
graduates who played for the hockey
club last year.
Carleton captain Darren Keating made
the club's comeback a possibility when
Carleton was trailing 6-4. Keating set up
the nicest goal of the night, a beautiful
feed to open forward Craig Bochelor,
who only had to tap the puck in from the
side of the net.
New addition Mike Kiely also im-
pressed coach George Brown with his
physical presence. Kiely received Carle-
ton's only two penalties, one for cross-
checking and one for roughing.
Scoring for Carleton were forwards
Jason Tamo, Craig McLeod, Rob Carle-
ton, Bochelor and defenceman Jeff
McKenna.
Carleton's next game is against the
Wizards hockey club on Dec. 8 at 8:40
p.m. at the R.A. Centre. □
18 • The Charlatan * December 2, 1993
For Rodney the Raven, a new, beautiful, waterproof costume (B O WOOOKI) . For Matin Yaqzan, assistant professor/editorialist at the University of
^jJ^ Raven
Rumblings
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
"I realized that a new costume was
needed. A good one that didn't look
like a chicken. One that the university
could be proud of."
Raven mascot Brad Ellis has lobbied
Carleton's department of athletics for
the past three years for a new Raven
suit.
BRIEFS
Carol Turgeon, director of sports serv-
ices at the University of Ottawa, an
nounced on Nov. 25 he will be retiring
as of Jan. 3 1 . Turgeon has served as the
director and a physical education pro-
fessor for a combined span of over 30
years.
DID YOU KNOW
Athletics director Keith Harris
coached the football Ravens from 1959-
68. His 36 wins are the most ever for a
Careleton football team.
HAVE YOU HEARD
A coach walks into the deans office
with a star recruit who failed his en-
trance exam. The coach gets down on
his knees and begs the dean to let him
in anyway. At wits end, the dean fi-
nally asks the athlete what's 7 + 7.
Thirteen, the recruit answers.
Then the coach jumps. Let him in
anyway, dean, he only missed by two.
CALENDAR
Friday, Dec. 3.
BASKETBALL — Carleton travels to
Toronto to participate in the Seneca
College Tournament. Also participat-
ing are the colleges of Seneca and
Sheridan, and the universities of Ot-
tawa and Laurier.
The women's team will be in Halifax
for the St. Mary's Tournament.
STUDY — Exams are coming. Ex-
ams are coming. Examsare coming. So
goddamn it — study!
Saturday, Dec. 4.
FENCING — The fencing team was
supposed to be at the University of
Ottawa's Montpetit Hall compering in
the Ottawa Invitational. But it was
cancelled because it was too close to
exams. So they'll be studying instead.
STUDY — Exams are coming. Ex-
ams are coming. Exams are coming. So
goddamn it — study!
Sunday, Dec. 5
STUDY — Exams are coming. Ex-
ams are coming. Exams are coming. So
goddamn it — study!
December Break
SWIMMING — The swim team will
be training down in Florida for about a
weekinlateDecember.Luckythem. □
Rodney seeks a suitable suit
by Steven Vesely
Chariaian Staff
Raven mascot Brad Ellis would give
the proverbial kingdom not for a horse,
but for a new Raven suit.
Since Ellis took over the mascot duties
three years ago, he's doggedly lobbied
the department of athletics, administra-
tion, the Carleton University Students'
Association and just about any student
who will listen, about the sad state of the
costume he wears.
"If s lost massive strands of feathers,"
says Ellis of the suit which dates back to
1985. "The underarms are ripped, pro-
tective padding is falling out, holes are
developing in the knees when I dive and
the stitching is falling apart."
Now, slowly, it appears his lobbying
efforts might finally be bearing fruit.
Since September, Ellis has raised about
$60 from a donation box at Carleton
sports events.
Three weeks ago, Ellis addressed a
CUSA council meeting with a passionate
speech. Council agreed to give him $500
provided he had a firm financial com-
mitment from athletics to cover the rest
of the $3,0OO-$5,O0O estimated cost.
Then, two weeks ago, Ellis presented
Paul Armstrong, director of men's sports
information for Carleton athletics, with
a detailed proposal for a new suit.
Armstrong approved of the proposal.
Money for a new suit has not been set
aside in this year's athletic budget, but
athletic director Keith Harris isnot closed
to the idea of reviewing the budget look-
ing for funds.
"Obviously, if we can be convinced
that it will be reasonably priced, durable
and of good quality, then we'll be open-
minded," says Harris.
Over at the University of Ottawa, the
Gee-Gee mascot cost their athletic de-
partment $3,500 two years ago, while
thispastsummerthe University of Wind-
sor paid $5,000 for a new Lancer cos-
tume, says Ellis, who is good friends with
many of the other university mascots.
Now Ellis is canvassing local costume-
makers looking for the best deal he can
find. He hopes to have a final cost figure
available to Harris by exam time, a de-
posit made by the end of exams and a
new suit for the new year.
Meanwhile, he also continues to search
forsupport. The Varsity Athletics Council
and the Ravens ' R' Us club have agreed to
raise funds for the costume.
But most of all, he's after student
support with his donation box, which
he'd like to have permanently installed
at the Unicentre Store and CUSA's front
desk.
"If every student threw in 20 cents,
that would cover it/' he says. "It's the
price of every student giving up a cup of
coffee. That's all." °
Charlatan Hockey Pool
Here are the point leaders in the Charlatan Hockey Pool.
Points were tabulated as of Tue. Nov. 30, 1993.
1 344 Bank Street
(at Riverside)
738 -3323
1
Patrick Soden
281
2
Whitney Reynolds
275
3
S. Bhattacharyya
274
4
R. De Vecchi
271
S
BlairSanderson
271
6
Anjali Varma
270
7
Vicki Mavraganis
269
8
Sean Wright
269
9
Brent Quinn
268
10 Don Belanger
267
After being #2 for two straight weeks, Patrick Soden finally leads the pool.
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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
News Flash! Pearl Jam hugely popular
by Johanna Ciszewski and Blayne Haggart
Charlatan Slalt
The results are in! Our first entertainment poll has been compiled and the results
are enlightening, to say the least.
There were the expected responses; everyone loves Pearl lam, FumacefaCe is the
most popular local band, and Zaphod's rates well as both a bar and a live venue.
And thanks to you good folk (all 51 of you) who answered the survey. We at the
Charlatan — who have no life— now know where to go to pick up the babes (Oliver's),
how to pick 'em up ("Can I buy you a drink or would you just like the money" is our
favorite) and where to take them afterwards (ATTENTION: AVOID THE FIFTH FLOOR
OF THE LIBRARY!).
So without further ado, here are your answers, ranked according to the number of
votes received:
cftu/oMte oUusic Q/ioup
1. Pearl |am, R.E.M. (tie)
2. Tragically Hip, U2 (tie)
3. Depeche Mode
Honorable mention: Furnaceface
Best Local Band
1. Furnaceface
2. Fun For Malakai, Heaven Dog (tie)
3. Illegal Jazz Poets
Honorable Mention: September
Child
Dumbest Band Name
1. PooPqo KaKa and the BumBums
2. The Band, Corky and the Juice Pigs (tie)
3. 4 Non Blondes, Whoa Bazooka (tie)
Honorable Mention: Archers of Loaf
1. Pearl [am — Vs.
2. U2 — Zooropa
3. Smashing Pumpkins —Siamese Dream
Honorable Mention: Dinosaur |r. —
Where You Been?
Worst Album of the Tear
Best Concert of the Year
worst Concert of the Year Best Live Ottawa Venue
1 . Meatloaf — Bat Out of Hell 2
2. Moxy Friivous — Barginville, The Body-
guard Soundtrack (tie)
3. Blind Melon — Blind Melon
Honorable Mention: Snow — 12
Inches of Snow
Best Bar in Town
1. Zaphod Beeblebrox
2. Manx Pub
3. Spo-dee O-dee's
Honorable Mention:
Lafayette House
1. Another Roadside Attraction
2. Me, Mom, and Morgentaler
3. Fugazi, with Shudder to Think and
Lockjaw
Honorable Mention: Neil Young,
with Pearl Jam and Soundgarden
Most Notorious Meat Market
1. Pearl Jam with Doughboys
2. Def Leppard
3. Rod Stewart
Honorable Mention: Lover boy
Favorite Campus Hangout
1. Rooster's
2. Mike's Place
3. Oliver's
Honorable Mention: the library
1. Yucatan Liquor Stand
2. Indigo
3. Oliver's
Honorable Mention: 1st floor of the
library
BODY PART THAT LOCKS BEST PIEBCED
l.Ear
2. Nipple, belly button (tie)
3. Nose
Honorable Mention: "None"
1. Zaphod Beeblebrox (a landslide)
2. The Penguin
3. Creeque Alley, Grand Central (tie)
Honorable Mention: "Non-existent"
Favorite Alcoholic Bever-
age
1. Beer (surprise)
Honorable Mention: "Don't drink"
Cheeziest Pick-up Line (rated in terms of cheese)
1. "Excuse me, do you have a quarter? My mom told me to phone her when 1 fell in
love."
2. "Are your feet tired? You've been walking through my mind all night."
3. "What is your favorite letter? Mine is 'U.'"
4. "You know, you are what you eat . . . and I could be you by tomorrow morning."
Reality Check: "What isn't a cheezy pick-up line?"
Favorite Place You've Had Sex on Campus
(rated in terms of believability)
1. Various places around the library
2. Against the windows in the Architecture Building, handcuffed to the pipes
3. Salad bar at Saga (off-hours)
4. Back of campus-cop cruiser
The Only One We Really Believe: "Like I'd tell you and lose it."
What to buy for someone who hates Eric Clapton
by Rori Caff rey
Charlatan Staff
hy buy local music as Xmas
"gifts?
First, you're supporting in-
dependent artists, thus mak-
ing their holiday a much hap-
pier one.
' Second, you're giving the gift of mu-
sic, which, cheezy as it sounds, is the gift
that keeps giving all throughout the year.
Third, if you're buying for family or
friends outside Ottawa, you're widening
the audience for local artists. In addition,
it's not likely someone from out of town
will have heard many Ottawa bands,
thus eliminating the chance of buying
them something they already have.
Below is a list of gift ideas for the music
connoisseur in yourlife. It is by no means
a complete list, so when you go to local
record stores looking for these items, be
sure to check out what else the Ottawa
scene has to offer.
1. Illegal Jazz Poets, self-titled cas-
sette
The band that has drawn compari-
sons to the Clash, EMF, and the |ackson
Five, brings forth this five-song forerun-
ner to their soon-to-be-released debut
CD. IIP is Ottawa's most original, most
promising, and probably all-aroundbest
hand. Buy their tape now, or risk feeling
like a dork when they get really big.
2. Nevergreen, self-titled cassette
This nine-song tape beats out black-
market American smokes as Cornwall's
coolest export. Great power pop with
punk spirit that begs to be hummed
along with.
3. Various Artists, Plug! CD
Eleven local bands, 23 tracks, $15 —
'nuffsaid.
4. Resin Scraper, 7" single (i.e. vinyl)
Seattle-inspired "grunge rock" in the
vein of Pearl - JOKING! Loud and angry.
Very loud and angry. Although nobody
you know owns a turntable, giving them
Ottawa's newest indie release will inspire
them to start combing used-appliance
stores for one.
5. Mushroom Explosion T-shirt
Snatch up one of these gems if possi-
ble! Mock lohn Deere logo on front, with
"I Want To Be Different |ust Like Every-
one Else" on back. Even if you don't like
the band, as hard as that is, this tie-dyed
shirt can double as a pro-drug rave gar-
ment.
6. Electric Embryo, Pintail Organs
cassette
A great stocking stuffer for a sibling
into the flannel 'n' Docs thing. Ten boss
tunes served up in a mighty professional
package.
7. Rebo Band, She-Male Atrocities
cassette
This has to be the most over-looked
local offering. Music for, and by, weirdos
bent on the lerky Boys, circus freak shows
and the Amazing Reveen. A must forany
Primus/Mr. Bungle fans, or for that black
sheep uncle who collects dead flies.
8. Various Artists, Concrete Poetry
cassette
Ex-Organized Rhymerand Loeb pizza
pitchman MC Bones has assembled the
capital region's best rap groups for this
project. The tunes range from commer-
cial to hard core, making Concrete Poetry
the perfect gift for either the groover or
gangsta in your posse.
9. Heaven Dog, Holy Cow cassette
This is Ottawa's feel-good altema-pop
release of the year, guaranteed to be a hit
with the younger brother or sister who
can't stop listening to "Shine" by the
Doughboys.
10. Furnaceface, lust Buy It CD
Take the tip from the CD title and
share the positive FF vibe with relatives
everywhere this holiday season. □
Unicentxe's cleaning staff, a chance to come over to our houses and make
December 2, 1993 • The Charlatan ■ 21
a mess like the pigsty we leave them to clean up every week. Thanks. For
Roy Rogers
Slide of Hand
BMG
Remember the trendy black and white
Levi's 501 commercial in a laundromat?
Well, that's the blues of Roy Rogers in
the background and if you like the com-
mercial, his new album, Slide of HandL
isn't comparable.
It's worse.
This Mississippi Delta blues singer/
guitarist's latest album is a blend of ge-
neric southern blues tunes, bland or-
gans, a sorry slide guitar, pathetic har-
monicas and uninspiring lyrics.
Only on a few songs does Rogers shine.
"Don't Say a Word" features Rogers play-
ing a slide guitar that would make John
Lee Hooker smile and on "Mellow Ap-
ples" his guitar work brings Stevie Ray
Vaughan to mind.
Doesn't "Cure for an Achin' Heart,"
sound almost like the title of an old and
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Every one of our stores can be found on
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walking, either. (This gentleman
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22 • The Charlatan • December 2, 1993
everybody down the hall at CKCU, better signal reception
forgotten Billy Ray Cyrus tune? If s played
like one.
Lyrics like: "Every time I kiss you girl/
It tastes like pork and beans/Even though
you're wearing those certified high heels/
I can tell by your giant step/You've been
walking through the cotton field," from
"Down Home Girl," is what you can
expect from this album.
Only on "Change of the Season" does
Rogers play the Mississippi blues like he
means it.
If you're a truck driver on a lonely
stretch of highway then this might fit
yourfancy. Otherwise, Slide of Hand is not
worth your time.
Anthony Pangalos
SNFU
Something Green and Leafy This Way
Comes
Epitaph
SNFU is a brilliant window into real-
ity.
This latest release will leave those "cor-
porate-alternative" music types wishing
they could create something of the same
magnitude and impact.
For those of us whose claim to the
"alternative" label is a new pair of Docs
and a Pearl Jam record, don't even bother.
You've missed the poinj.
SNFU glide through this album with
solid rhythms and intensely inspirational
poetic lyrics. If you are a fan of Olivelawn,
their guitarist O makes a guest appear-
ance with some guitar leads as well as
taking the band's photos.
All the tracks are equally well done.
From the recognition oftoday's frighten-
ing age in "A Bomb," to the insecure
trappings of "Limping Away," the lis-
tener is taken on a well-directed tour of
the insanity of our society.
If you're free Dec. 3, SNFU will be
taking to the stage at Porter Hall with
Alice Donut for a highly recommended
dose of today.
Rob Willbond
Kirsty MacColl
Titanic Days
I.R.S.
Kirsty MacColl is a long-time Pogues
sidekick, famous for her crusty perform-
ance on their classic song "Fairytale of
New York."
But when flying solo, MacColl seems
to lose her edge, as on this poppy release.
This album, released by the
granddaddy of underground labels, I.R.S.,
is an uneven smattering of overproduced
pop runes mixed with interesting, but
uninspiring, funk-based tracks.
Falling into the latter category, "An-
gel" and "Just Woke Up" come complete
with a funky beat, bass line and MacColl,
who shows a dreamy side to her usually
gritty voice.
One of the highlights of the album
requires close listening — it is the excel-
lentstring arrangement on "Soho Square"
by Fiachra Trench, who is also a regular
on Pogues records. The strings provide an
element of depth on an otherwise super-
ficial album.
MacColl had a hand in writing all the
songs, including "Can'tStop Killing You,"
which she co-wrote with ex-Smiths gui-
tarist Johnny Marr. But she makes the
mistake of falling into the Pogue-ish in-
vocation of disaffected immigrants in
Sohoon the aforementioned track. "Bad"
is a Shirley Valentine-style tale of a mu-
tinous housewife who decides, in this
scenario, to kill her family. Yum.
Overall, however, the lyrics of the songs
are as vapid as their sound.
MacColl's lacklustre performance is
what holds these tunes back. If you're
looking for songs to belt out with your
friends on a rainy night at the Duke of
Somerset, this album will not impress.
Am Keeling
Spiny Norman
Rang
Kid/Bosco Records
The Spinies were started in 1990 by
drummer Anthony Ellis and guitarist
Larry Newman.
They've now released this promising
guitar pop album that isn't boring.
Half the tape is studio recorded and
half was recorded live on to a two track.
The best songs are the live ones, al-
though it would've been nice to hear
them with better sound quality.
"Stop" is an enjoyable attempt at funk.
"Rang" gives the bassist, fason Farrar, a
chance to wail and he does. " Crazy" is an
example of the power pop of the late 70s
and early '80s and "Hot 'n' Cold" is a
welcome R & B change from the rockin'
pop tunes.
Musically iianaisawinner. So, ifyou're
in the mood for good guitar pop, Rang is
the album for you.
Anthony Pangalos
Eight CDs you may want to con-
sider purchasing this Christmas:
A Tribe Called Quest: Midnight Ma-
rauders
Wonder Stuff: Construction FortheMod-
em Idiot
Ani DiFranco: Puddle Dive
Cracker: Kerosene Hat
Curve: Cuckoo
Velocity Girl: Copacetic
James: Laid
Me, Mom and Morgentaler: Shiva
Space Machine
Charlatan Staff
Kirsty MacColl
in our office and our undying love. For the folks down at Mike's Place, more cute bartend^
Writer in residenc^^rcfiramccncludes
by Rob McLennan
Charlatan Staff
Carleton University is wrapping up its
first writer-in-residence program.
Toronto-based author and poet
Elisabeth Harvor has been in Ottawa as
Carleton University's first writer-in-resi-
dence, a term which lasted from Septem-
ber until the end of November.
As the writer-in-residence, she read
and commented on manuscripts of po-
etry, fiction and non-fiction for students
and non-students alike.
While in Ottawa, Harvor divided her
time between Carleton and the Ottawa
Public Library for "financial reasons,"
according to English Professor Tom
Henighan, who was responsible for the
writer-in-residence program.
It cost $ 1 2,000 in salary to bring her to
Ottawa, half of which came from a
Canada Council writer-in-residence pro-
gram which has since been cancelled due
to cutbacks. Carleton and the Ottawa
Public Library split the rest.
Harvor has won a number of awards
for her writing, including the Malhahat
Long Poem Prize, the League of Cana-
dian Poets' National Poetry Prize, and
most recently, the 1992 Lamport Award
for the best first book of poetry by a
Canadian writer. Her work has appeared
"in journals and periodicals such as Arc,
Event, The New Yorker, Saturday Night and
Quarry.
Henighan says Carleton has never
had a writer-in-residence before because
"it requires a number of writers at the
school. Before, only (Christopher)
Levinson was teaching writing courses."
Plus, he notes, because Carleton's writ-
ing program was so small there was
never any pressure to get one. Before
Harvor, the closest thing Carleton had
was Mordecai Richler, who taught a
course in fiction writing as a visiting
lecturer in 1971-72.
The response to Harvor has been over-
whelming. At the Ottawa Public Library,
she says they had to cut off submissions
after 80, of which there was still a large
pile for her to return to at the end of
November. She will work at the library
until her term ends at Christmas.
Harvor has written two books of short
stories: Women and
Children, published
in 1973 (re-issued
under the title Our
Lady of All the Dis-
tances) andlfOnly We
Could Drive Like This
Forever, released in
1988, andl992'scol-
lection of poetry, For-
tress of Chains.
Harvor is originally
from New Bruns-
wick, the daughter of
well-known potters.
Reading any
amount of Harvor's
work is like seeing a
fraction of her own
life, her own experi-
ences. In "After-
birth, " the first poem
in her collection of
poetry, she makes a
reference to a
woman giving birth
to a baby way out on
the river one winter,
after the river had
frozen over.
According to
Harvor, this has its
genesis in a story
Harvor heard in her
childhood. The
woman in question
was trying to cross
the river to get to the
doctor's house. After
giving birth to a baby
on the ice, she wrapped the kid up in a fur
rug that she had with her and simply
drove back home in the sleigh.
In a long section of her book If Only We
Could Drive Like This Forever called "The
Age of Unreason," Harvor includes the
whole description of the party where she
met her husband in the mid-1950s and
whom she married in 1957.
She tells how "he arrived at the door
and I opened it, and my sister came
racing up because she had invited him
herself She told me later thatshe just
knew right away at the door that he was
in love with me. She said he had that
Elisabeth Harvor, Carleton's first writer-in-residence
'dumb, enthraledlook.'"
It wasn't until after she had her first
child in her 20s that Harvor decided to
take up writing, to make money for the
family and because she had the time. For
a while they had taken in boarders to
supplement her husband's income, but
she noted ha ving to share her house with
strangers.
This gave her an incentive to start
writing. As she says, "It's amazing what
some people will do so you won't have to
go out and work and that's exactly the
way I felt. I felt, T'U do anything but that
(take in more boarders).'"
She then stayed home with her chil-
dren and began to write what would
eventually become the book of stories
Women and Children.
Harvor says even though she has no
problem with the act of writing itself,
shyness and seeing what fame did to her
parents make it difficult for her to handle
publicity, even to the point of refusing a
television interview when her first book
came out.
" I saw what fame had done to my own
family," she says, explaining that her
parents' fame as potters had placed a
"burden" on theirfamily by forcing them
to act like the perfect family for the me-
dia, something she did not want for her
own children.
It wasn't until many years later that
she realized that interviews, articles and
appearances are necessary to sell books,
whether one particularly wants to go
through them or not.
After she took her master's in English
with a specialty in creative writing at
Montreal's Concordia University in 1986,
Harvor taught creative writing at York
University for six years.
Of her experiences at Carleton, she
says, "I often feel people aren't writing
about the most interesting lives; people
don't value their own lives enough as
material." □
Alternative to what?
Various Artists
No Alternative
Arista
Just so everybody knows, "'alterna-
tive' rock does not exist. It is a myth on
par with Elvis sightings, quality airline
food and stress-free relationships."
This assertion comes courtesy of the
noble folks at the Red Hot Organization,
which raises AIDS awareness and fund-
ing and is responsible for this compila-
tion.
So now that the ground
rules have been established
— and our ignorant vo-
cabularies have been swept
clear of petty categories —
we can delve into the com-
pilation that just might
end all compilations.
With superlative acts
like Soul Asylum belting
out passionate renderings
of Marvin Gaye's "Sexual
Healing," how can this
compilation not be "alter-
native?"
Seriouslythough, Gaye
wouldcertainly roll around
convulsively in his grave,
given a tiny dose of Soul
Asylum's instrumental
hatchet joband leadsinger
Dave Pimer's insipidly jar-
ring tonality. Despite this low point, this
collection is worthy of your time.
The various contributions to the col-
lection span a fair spectrum of tastes;
there's enough here to satisfy most listen-
ers of alternative, er, contemporary non-
pop rock.
If you'd enjoy a sampling of acts like
the Breeders, Sonic Youth, American
Music Club and Sarah McLachlan, there's
a good chance you'll enjoy this one.
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ond a table in the corner for us. For Sparky, enough money from the government so Carleton doesn't have to charge tuition (happy birthday). For
by Am Keeling
Chariaian Staff
f Cowboy Junkies
Creeque Alley
.Dec. 2
It seems to be a trend among promi-
nent Canadian musicians to inject a lit-
tle musical nationalism into their lyrics;
witness Tom Cochrane's "Big League"
and Tragically Hip's "Wheat Kings."
But Michael Timmins, guitarist and
songwriter for one of Canada's best-
known groups, Cowboy Junkies, says he
doesn't like to use specifically Canadian
lyrics.
"There are identifiable Canadian ele-
ments in our songs, like the weather,"
says Timmins, talking about the [unkies'
forthcoming fifth album Pale Sun, Cres-
cent Moon. But he says any nationalistic
impulse is unconscious.
"1 don't have any desire to write
Canadiana," he says. "Those kinds of
specific references I tend to shy away
from." Rather, the Montreal-bom song-
writer says he prefers to leave the setting
and interpretation to his listeners.
Timmins and the band— sister Margo,
brother Peter and Alan Anton — have
released their fifth album, 12 tracks that
showcase both Michael's evocative lyrics
and a rawer sound blended with the
Junkies' trademark ethereal style.
The Junkies are rolling into Ottawa as
part of a five-date mini-tour to kick off
the new album before they embark on a
full-scale tour. Unlike their previous tours
following Caution Horses ( 1 990) and Black-
Eyed Man (1 991), Timmins says the band
will be playing smaller venues. To make
up for the decreased capacity of clubs, he
says the band will play more gigs in each
place on the full-scale tour.
"Last time
out we felt, on
our end, it was
getting a bit
stale," says
Timmins. He
says the Junkies'
return to a more
intimate, in-
tense sound
lends itself bet-
ter to smaller
venues.
"With this
record, it's a lot
more guitar-ori-
ented and raw-
edged, which
works better in a
smallervenue,"
he says.
Raw-edged is
an apt descrip-
tion of the new
songs. The Junk-
ies have aban-
doned the coun-
try influence
that marked
their previous
two albums to
return to the
bluesy sound of
1987's The Trin-
ity Sessions and
1986'sWhifesO/T
Earth Now.
The difference on this record is the
lead guitar of guest Ken Myhr, who played
on the band's last tour and has injected
some hard sounds into the Junkies' laid-
back souls.
"The sound really developed during
the tour," says Timmins, who then in-
vited Myhr to contribute to Pale Sun. "It
For a band that's so mellow, these folks look almost too happy.
was definitely a conscious effort to in-
clude the lead guitar."
The Junkies also used less of the har-
monica, accordion, mandolin and steel
guitarfoundon past albums, revertingto
a stripped-down sound. Timmins says
this helped the band focus on its sound
without the distractions of too many out-
side influences.
"On this record, we wanted to sound
more like a band from song to song,"
says Timmins.
The band has achieved its goal. Pale
Sun is a solid album from the destined-
for-radio-play opener "Crescent Moon"
to the mournful closing track "Floor-
board Blues."
Perhaps the album's strongest mo-
ment is in the remake of the Dinosaur Jr.
tune "The Post." Myhr's wailing guitar
aches distortion across the incomprehen-
sible, psychedelic vocals of Margo
Timmins.
One of Michael's most interesting
songwriting efforts is a departure, both
for himself and male lyricists in general.
"Hunted" is a disturbing series of sce-
narios detailing the day-to-day fear of
violence faced by most women:
"Emma's in a part of town/Where she
doesn't recognize the streets/Named for
famous native sons/And out of every
crevice comes creeping/A threat in her
direction."
"I don't think as males we can totally
understand it," says Timmins of the lack
of safety many women feel. "1 didn't
want it to be sensational, but I wanted to
put the point across."
He says he got the idea for the song
like he does for all his songs: "It was just
a matter of keeping your ears open."
True to form, the Junkies have created
music that challenges any definition of
their style. Once described as "Patsy Cline
on Valium," perhaps they now sound
more like the child of a sober Jimi Hendrix
with an element of blues diva Nina
Simone. Or maybe they just sound like
Cowboy Junkies.
"To me, all those styles merge into
pop, " says Timmins of theirmusical com-
parisons. "We're part of the large amal-
gamation of music called pop." □
Loud sounds from Almonte invade Ottawa
by Sussana Forleri
Chariatan Staff
When you hear Generic, you can't
help but wonder how they can sound so
good, merging such divergent sounds to
make the band whole.
Hailing from Almonte, each member
brings a different influence to the band.
This mix of inspiration — everything
from Led Zeppelin to classical music —
Andrew MacPherson, concentrating.
allows them to form their own unique
style, a fast-paced, aggressive sound simi-
lar to what's found on Bad Religion's
Epitaph label.
Sound like a strange mix? The band
probably wouldn't disagree. "We hate
each other's bands," laughs drummer
James Mace.
With heavy drums, singing guitar,
forceful lyrics and a soothing bass, this
band has a little something for
everyone.
"We don't know what we
are," says Mace.
"We're just generic," says
lead guitarist Andrew
MacPherson.
The band was started last
summer by MacPherson and
bassist Vince McGrath. Mace
and singer Solo (it's a Madonna
thing) joined later that summer
and their guitarist Riel Boire left
his job a couple months ago to
make the band complete.
"We're a new band, but we
like to think of ourselves as well-
rounded," MacPherson says.
Upcoming projects include a
video and possibly recording a
full-length independent album.
"I have ideas for television
and stuff I'd like to start," says
MacPherson.
Making the rounds of the
Ottawa Valley for the past two
| months, Generic made a stop at
| the Pit Nov. 13, opening for
fj> Black Triangle. The show was
| recorded for an upcoming inde-
o pendent cassette which should
be released around Christmas,
if all goes well.
Vocalist Solo and guitarist Andrew MacPherson: it's the boys from Almonte.
The gig was a good showcase for the
band. Mace played an impressive drum
solo, while hints of Zeppelin shone
through on guitar. Solo captured the
audience's attention through his genu-
ine emotion. These guys even surprised
themselves when MacPherson began
smashing the amp with his guitar while
a shocked Solo looked on.
When asked after the show what had
come over him, MacPherson replied, "I
just haven'tgotten enough sleep and my
head hurts."
Although the band flares and explodes
musically, there is a message behind the
thrash.
"I think that a lot of our lyrics have a
bit of a message in them, something
about our experiences," MacPherson says.
Generic's lyrics generally deal with
present-day matters. "Message to All
Viewers" deals with the rotting of minds
through television viewing. Lead singer
Solo explains, "It's just about television
in general and how people spend a lot of
time in front of the television when basi-
cally they could be doing things creative,
productive, constructive. And a. lot of
people don't really realize it is like a
drug."
Their message is getting out, as the
band largely support benefits and com-
munity events. "We've raised money for
Amnesty International, for homeless
women. We're raising money for Stu-
dents Tackling Environmental Matters,"
says MacPherson, □
24 • The Charlatan • December 2, 1993
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Arts insight: when journalists and artists get together
by Tim O'Connor
Charlatan Staff
Some journalist bashing and artist
. slagging took place at a forum examin-
ing the relationship between the media
and the arts community held in Ottawa
last week.
The forum featured fairly polite dis-
cussion among six panellists from both
the media and the arts community in
Ottawa. It was moderated by media tal-
ent Laurier Lapierre and sponsored by
the Council for the Arts in Ottawa.
The question being considered was
"What shapes the arts community's rela-
tionship to the media in Ottawa and how
can this relationship best be defined and
developed?"
fudging from the discussion at the
forum, the panelists obviously thought
this question could best be answered by
bickering over the Ottawa Citizen's cover-
ageofthe 1993 ManotickFringe Festival.
An audience member (Susan Ure, an
art programmer with the City of Ottawa
who helped organize the Manotick Festi-
val) suggested that Citizen critic Michael
Groberman reviewed the novice festival
by the same standards he would have
reviewed the Stratford Festival.
Citizen arts columnist Jay Stone (a.k.a.
Doktor Kultur) was quick to pick up this
snowball and roll it down the hill, pick-
ing up the other panelists in its path.
"Do you think he (Groberman) should
have lowered his standards when he re-
viewed it because it was new?" asked
Stone.
"There is a place in the media for
defining the context in which the event
took place," said Mark Frutkin, a writer
and teacher of creative writing at Univer-
sity of Ottawa.
Lapierre jumped in at this point on the
side of the media saying, "Yeah, but if it
was lousy, it was lousy."
Ottawa X Press managing editor Derek
Raymaker later added, "I don't have a
background in arts writing. I'm a rookie
at this."
Thanks for coming out, Derek.
The discussion on coverage of the
Manotick Fringe Festival soon turned into
a discussion on the abilities of the arts
journalist as a critic.
"We (the public) know that the artist
must have a skill or gift. We do not know
if the critiquer has any training or skill, "
said Lapierre.
Frutkin added punch to anti-joumal-
ist-as-critic sentiment saying, "Just to
show you how unqualified a re-
viewer may be — before Nancy
Beale was (visual) arts critic at the
Citizen, I was at the job for about six
months and I'm color blind!"
In the end, the only conclusions
reached were that the arts commu-
nity wanted more media coverage
— and more favorable media cov-
erage at that. This sentiment was
accompanied by the media's insist-
ence that they have been hit hard
by the recession and must be selec-
tive in their coverage. Successful
artists must therefore compete more
aggressively for media attention.
Doktor Kultur had a tip for art-
ists competing for media attention:
"Send in a press release and follow
Contest
winner!
Congratulations to Cot Whelan
who picks himself a limited edition
Chapterhouse CD, all for dropping
off a poll form. Thanks to everyone
who dropped off a form. Cat, come
on up to the Charlatan to pick up
your prize.
OOPS!
In last week's story "Deep dark
secretsof the AgeofFaith, we forgot
to mention that Brian Avery is also
a member of the aforementionted
multitalented musical collective.
Actually he plays lead guitar. We
apologize to Brian, his family, the
band and all you Age of Faith fans
for any inconvenience this inad-
vertent omission has caused.
it up with a phone call."
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The Charlatan Pub Crawl Extravaganza
Deep within the bowels of Ottawa lies The Pit
by Dahlia Tanasoiu
Charlatan Siatf
Let's face it: the Ottawa bar scene is
pretty limited and trekking to Hull is now
tiresome no matter how old you are.
No longer: a refreshing variety of music
and people await you in the Pit.
You can barely tell the entrance exists
on Rideau Street next to On Tap, except
for the funky Pit mascot on the sign, a
crouching gnome.
Descending the stairs to the "pit" you
get that sort of New York basement bar
feeling, it is definitely not pretentious,
but has plenty of atmosphere. The decor
is black, of course, and the ceiling is
adorned with menacing gargoyles and a
mirrored ball.
The Pit opened up six months ago and
has steadily grown in popularity, finding
its niche in the Ottawa scene. It differs
from most venues in Ottawa because it
A door.
caters to different groups of people.
On weekend afternoons, the Pit opens
its doors to all ages, so under-age teenag-
ers can see local or upcoming bands
without having to fake their l.D. Erminio
Deangelis, the manager, says this gives
them a chance to experience the Ottawa
scene "like an adult."
Monday nights is D| night with Rob
McLean and Stefan Gerambert for a
combo of rap, techno, Manchester alter-
native pop and industrial music.
Usually a venue for local acts, the Pit
also has specialty nights. Acid jazz night
on Tuesday is the best time to go if you're
in a mellow Kerouac kind of mood. DJ
Trevor is a master at meshing his funk to
the live jazz of his friends. They've found
what jazz was always meant to be: dy-
namic improvisation. Check them out
while they're still underground.
Decked out in polyester and macrame
on Thursdays, the Hammer-
heads keep 70s music alive and
jiving as the young and not-so-
young shake their shaky things.
They are currently enjoying
some well-deserved success since
the Ottawa disco underground
has finally come out. Now the
Hammerheads have other gigs
at Irene's and the Glue Pot.
Compared to some Ottawa
clubs, the Pit is one of the most
supportive of fledgling local
bands.
The Pit usually gets three to
four demo tapes a week from
bands and "if we like it, we call
them back," says Deangelis. Ac-
cording to Deangelis, about 90
per cent of bands booked at the
Pit are local.
Thegreatestdrawback to the
Pit is its size, although this is
also an advantage for local
bands who can't fill a larger
5 venue. When the Hammer-
headsplay the Pit, there isbarely
enough room to strut the
Travolta.
But this small dark hole in
the ground has intimacy and
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charm. Owner John
Wilson says he wonts
a "carefree" and
"hassle-free" envi-
ronment for his pa-
trons.
Some people
might find it a little
too different.
Deangelis smiles
when he explains
how he can spot an
"On Tapper" come
down the stairs by
mistake: they often
look confused when
they reach the bot-
tom and they quickly
turn around to go
back upstairs. But
Deangelis says he has
nothing against On
Tap — itsimply has a
different crowd, but
everyone is welcome at the Pit.
If you've ever wondered about the
logo, it's Deangelis's invention. He was
just working with clay one day and a
shape was evolving and became the logo.
The original work is proudly displayed
behind the bar. The gargoyles and the
paintings are all Deangelis's works too.
The Pit seems less of a place of busi-
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to a struggling artist. It's a mellow atmos-
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or just hang out. □
Gothic gender-bender at
a school for girls
by Stephanie Garrison
Charlalan Staff
ffihe Wives of Bath
by Susan Swan
Random House
$26
\\^237 pages
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26 • The Charlatan • December 2, 1993
A gothic novel has certain traditional
elements to it, such as ghostly appear-
ances, orphans and cryptic alter-egos.
Susan Swan's latest book, The Wives of
Bath, updates these elements, combining
them with the contemporary theme of
gender identity.
Swan spins a macabre tale, one much
darker than the story's heroine, Mary
(Mouse) Bradford would lead you to be-
lieve. From largely inattentive parents,
to the bizarre associations between vari-
ous peers at an ancient private school,
there are few relationships in the novel
that are what they appear to be.
Mouse is 16 when we first meet her,
but the story is largely a flashback to
three years previous, when she is shipped
off by her stepmother to Bath Ladies
College, on the outskirts of Toronto.
Mouse struggles against what she per-
ceives to be two large barriers to accept-
ance: she is two years younger than most
of her classmates (being exceptionally
intelligent) and she has a malformed
back, due to an earlier bout with polio.
Determined not to fit in, she instead
becomes embroiled in a gender-bending
drama largely due to her seemingly in-
sane roommate Paulie. Initially moved
by Paulie's forceful influence, Mouse later
disentangles herself from the cancerous
friendship and narrowly misses being an
accomplice to murder.
What makes The Wives of Bath so en-
gaging is not so much the plot as much
as Mouse's character. Being placed in an
emotionally vulnerable position, Mouse
is intelligent enough to see past the easy
option of feelingsorry for herself. Despite
this intellect, she is still prone to occa-
sional bursts of emotion and this makes
her both human and likable.
Small aspects of the book strike a false
chord, such as Paulie's moronicworship-
ping of King Kong, which make passages
of the book uncomfortable to read. How-
ever, the phenomenal sub-plot that ques-
tions roles of gender and identity, with its
brief ond subtle details of lesbian history
of the 1950s (revealed through letters
stolen from the headmistress), is an
"other" view of history that fascinates.
Swan incorporates an extensive
amount of research into this work, show-
ing admirable restraint in selecting only
the most telling details to set a scene.
Quick and interesting to read, The
Wives of Bath is a fascinating combina-
tion of ancient gothic conventions with
voguish concerns of androgyny and gen-
der reversal. Refined writing and an unu-
sual protagonist make this an intriguing
and unique choice for leisure reading. □
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the heart-warming adventures of a young
man as he embarks on an amazing ad-
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the fine tradition of White Christmas comes
the modem Christmas classic The Shin-
ing at 9 p.m.
The boys from Blind Melon (or is it
Blind Lemon? It's so hard to keep these silly
rockandroll names straight- ed.) grace our
fair city with their fine quality musician-
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rip-offs from Windsor. Tickets for this
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Tuesday, December 7
If you don't have tickets for tomor-
row's Sarah McLachlan show in Ot-
tawa and you have a car, head for the
Palladium in Toronto to see and hear
McLachlan, the Skydiggers, the
Waltons, Meryn Cadell and more!
Tickets are $16.50.
Wednesday, December
8
Sarah McLachlan plays the Con-
gress Centre tonight at 8 p.m. for the
completely reasonable price of $24. Open-
ing the show is Ginger, featuring, if you
don't already know, ex-members of the
Grapes of Wrath.
The Nutcracker, not starring
Macauley Culkin (just one more reason
to go see it) is being performed tonight
through Dec. 12 at the NAC Opera.
Thursday, December 2
Body and Soul continues its run for
three more days at the NAC Atelier at 8
p.m. each night. Tickets are $12.50.
Cowboy Junkies play Creeque Al-
ley tonight. If there are any tickets left,
they're $ 18 at the door.
Friday, December 3
Canadian punk rock legends SNFU,
along with Alice Donutand the unfor-
tunately named PooPoo KaKa and
the BumBums, play Porter Hall for
the low, low price of $ 10 at the door or $8
in advance atthe Unicentre Store and the
usual independentoutlets. Showstarts at
8 p.m.
At the SAW Gallery this very same
night you can skank you brains out to the
sounds of Ottawa's own Skatterb rains.
Special guests: the Wooden Stars. Doors
open at 8:30 p.m. and cover for this all-
ages extravaganza is $5.
If s a Leonard Cohen Pub at Bump-
er's tonight, featuring Cohen's videos
and poetry (bring your own or someone
else's to read aloud, if you so desire). The
evening, which gets underway at 8 p.m.,
is sponsored by the fine folks from the
English Literature Society.
At Zaphod's tonight it's a free show,
featuring local bands Cookie at 8 p.m.
and Blind at 9 p.m. What to do, what to
do...
Saturday, December 4
Blue Cow! Soluble Fish! Poetry! Five
dollars will get you into the launching of
Ink, a national magazine covering litera-
ture and art. The fun starts at 8 p.m. at
Creeque Alley.
At 11 p.m. in the NAC's Atelier, the
play Body and Soul will be presented as
a benefit for Equity Fights AIDS Fund.
Tickets are $12.50.
Sunday, December 5
Nothing says Christmas like choral
music and church. Combine the two and
go see the Johannes Brahms Choir
and the Nepean Youth Choir perform
Christmas standards. They'll be perform-
ing at St. Brigid's Church at 7:30p.m.
Tickets are $6 for students.
You might as well just camp out at the
Pit today, especially if you're a popcore
fan. Conneticut's Monsterland, Otta-
wa's Uncommon Society and Electric
Embryo play an all-ages matinee at 3
p.m. Cover is $5. This evening, it's a
seven-inch release party featuring loud
punkers Resin Scraper and Spiny Ant-
eaters. Cover is only $4.
Monday, December 6
Parents: finally you can take your
young, impressionable children to the
cinema to enjoy some family fare. Two
fine holiday films are showing at the
December 2, 1993 • The Charlatan
stomachs' devotion. For Charlatan volunteers, a big, sloppy kiss and a cup o' cheer. Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night!
Friday, December 10
Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resist-
ance, a film about the Oka crisis, pre-
mieres tonightat 7 p.m. atthe Bytowne.
If you miss it tonight it's playing until
Dec. 14.
The Bourbon Tabernacle Choir
bring some Christmas cheer to the Pen-
guin tonight. Opening band is the Rhi-
nos.
Wednesday, December
22
Now that you're all finished those
nasty exams, you'll probably be in the
mood for some entertainment. What
better way to relax than by listening to
Ottawa's very own Angstones perform
the entire soundtrack of that holiday
treat: The Sound of Music, as well as
some "holiday favorites!" It's happening
tonight and tomorrow at the Arts Court
Theatre. Tickets are $10 and you can
reserve them by calling 233-3449. Doors
open at 8 p.m. and the show starts 30
minutes later.
Thursday, December 23
Stuck for gifts to get that special (or
not-so-special) someone? May we sug-
gest a book or two? How about John
Ralston Saul's Voltaire's Bastards? If s
a critique of modem society that actually
makes sense. It puts a lot of what we
leam at Carleton into a historical per-
spective.
Charlatan production manager Kevin
McKay is tired. He's been doing way too
much Christmas shopping. But just be-
fore he passed out beneath 100 pounds of
holiday cheese, he managed to mumble,
"Shakespeare. King Lear, Macbeth,
The Tempest. I hear this fellow's quite
good."
After you've finished your Christmas
shopping, relax to the soothing sounds
of the Holly Cole Trio as they perform
in the NAC Opera, accompanied by a
17-piece string ensemble. Show starts at
8 p.m. and tickets range from $16 to $24.
Saturday, December 25
Christmas. Eathot, home-made food.
Receivepresents. Wonderwhy you moved
away from home.
Sunday, December 26,
9 a.m.
Remember why you moved away from
home.
Friday, December 31
New Year's Eve. Express feelings of
friendship to your fellow man and
woman. If you're too intoxicated to ex-
press these feelings coherently, just try
not to throw up on them (see Vomiting
Etiquette, Charlatan Frosh Supplement, Sept.
2, 1993).
At the Penguin you can celebrate
this fine New Year's Eve along with the
Drew Nelson Band.
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NEWS
OC Transpo hikes fares again
By Naomi Bock
Chartalan Statl
For the second time in five months,
OC Transpo has hiked its fares, prompt-
ing a debate which found the mayor of
Ottawa and Carleton's assistant vice-
president academic on opposite sides.
At a Dec. 1 meeting, OC Transpo com-
missioners had planned to raise student
bus passes by $1.50 a month to $45,
while adult and senior passes were only
going up by $1 to $54 and $24 respec-
tively.
But Capital Ward Councillor Jim
Watson introduced a successful motion
to lower the student increase, which he
said " defied logic, " to make it equal with
the other increases.
Ottawa Mayor Jacquelin Holzman
opposed Watson's motion, which made
the cost of a student pass $44.50.
At the same meeting, commissioners
agreed to raise cash fares by 10 cents,
raising off-peak fares to $ 1 .60 from $ 1 .50
and peak fares to $2.10 from $2.
Watson issued a press release before
the meeting which prompted people to
come out and speak on students' behalf,
including representatives from the Car-
leton University Students' Association,
the Graduate Students' Association, the
University of Ottawa, and Carleton's as-
sistant vice-president academic, Tom
Wilkinson.
Wilkinson told The Charlatan he ar-
gued that the OC Transpo commission-
ers shouldn't raise fares at all, in order to
stop the "drastically" falling number of
bus riders.
"Business-wise, to me, they're going
about it the wrong way — but they . . .
obviously didn't listen to that part of it,"
he said in a later interview.
What the commissioners did listen to
was Wilkinson's and others' pleas to keep
the student increase level with the other
increases.
All except one voted to lower the pro-
posed student increase. Canterbury Coun-
cillor Jack MacKinnon voted to keep it
higher.
"It's not a matter of ability to pay. If
someone down the street earns half as
much as I do, does that mean they should
pay less?" said MacKinnon in a later
interview.
Watson said Holzman left the meet-
ing early, declaring she supported the
increases the way they were and if she
had stayed she would have vote against
lowering students' pass increases.
"I was so furious," said Watson of
Holzman's stance.
Kristine Haselsteiner, vice-president
external forCUSA, saidshe
wassurprisedat Holzman's
reaction, since when she
spoke with Holzman and
Watson a week before the
meeting, Holzman had
said she had a problem
with the unequitable in-
creases.
"Her exact words were,
' Jim, we have to look into
this andsee if there's some-
thing we can do,'" said
Haselsteiner.
Holzman was on holi-
day this week and could
not be reached for com-
ment.
"If s targeting those who
are least able to pay," said
Haselsteiner, who spoke at
the meeting about high
unemployment, cutbacks
to the Ontario Student As-
sistance Program and other financial
woes facing students.
Erin Chisholm, a second-year film stud-
ies student, said she walks to school be-
cause she can't afford the bus anymore.
"I can use that money in a lot more
important places, like food," said
Chisholm.
Oxana Sawka, OC Transpo's director
of customer and community relations,
said the hikes were necessary due to
provincial fund freezes and a proposed
regional funding reduction of nearly $ 1
million.
TRANSPO cont'd on page 6
Dunton Tower air quality in question
by Sean Silcofi
Charlatan Staff
News that Carleton has stoppedpump-
ing fresh air into Dunton Tower has
prompted an employee in the building to
file a complaint with the university's
support staff union.
Maureen Sherman, a union repre-
sentative who looks after the interests of
36 employees, made a verbal complaint
to CUPE 2424 on Jan. 3 about concerns
over the air quality in the building.
Her complaint followed a meeting on
Dec. 16, when department heads and
administrators working in Dunton Tower
were told that their building had been
without pumped-in fresh air for four
weeks.
Three members of Carleton's physical
plant department, including special
projects officer Gilbert Belair, told about
25 people at the meeting the university
stopped pumping in fresh air after some
coils which heat incoming air stopped
working.
They added that the situation would
not change until new coils could be in-
stalled. The coils are now in, but the
system will not be turned back on until
the end of January, says Belair.
News of the building's current ventila-
tion shutdown was not the main reason
for the meeting, Belair says. Rather, it
was to inform building staff about a new
air system that will be installed over a 40-
week period starting this month.
The $1.2-million renovation of the
building's heating, ventilation and air-
conditioning system is meant to fix a
system which the university's airquality
specialist, John Jones, says is in a "very
bad state of disrepair."
Jones says air is not properly distrib-
uted through the tower, making for an
uncomfortable working environment.
"The building isn't maybe the most
comfortable in the world, but there's noth-
ing poisonous in there," he says.
Beverley Hall, an administrative as-
sistant with the classics department, says
she "was just appalled" that the univer-
sity had taken four weeks to warn people
in the building of the news, and added
"We should have been told sooner."
Sherman's complaint prompted CUPE
2424 president Joanne Cameron to call a
meeting with DuntonTowerunion mem-
bers, which she says will happen "in the
near future," to discuss employee con-
cerns about air quality.
The union has kept a file on Dunton
Towerair-quality complaints since 1 986,
although Cameron says Sherman's com-
plaint is the first in recent years.
Most complaints in the past centred
on temperature problems, lack of hu-
midity, odors and health problems asso-
ciated with sick building syndrome, like
sore throats and dry eyes, says Cameron.
A 1988 Public Works Canada survey
of the building's air quality, which was
requested by the union, found air quality
to be "well within acceptable comfort
standards and guidelines."
Hall says she asked at the meeting if
any fresh air was getting into the build-
ing while the ventilation system was
down. She was told the building's front
doors, elevatorshaftsandstructural leaks
still let in an adequate level of fresh air
from the outside.
"I just rolled my eyes and
laughed. Our office is on the 20th
floor," she says.
Jones tested the air on the 21st
floor on Jan. 4 and found a carbon
dioxide concentration of 700 parts
per million. That is higher than the
university's target average of 600
ppm, but within the acceptable
standard of 1,000 ppm. Carbon di-
oxide testing is used to measure air
quality.
Belair says enough air is coming
into the building to satisfy a build-
ing code recommendation of 10 to
15 per cent fresh air intake into the
building at all times. But he says
even if the intake dips below that
level, the building will probably
not be shut down.
"There is adequate air for all
occupants in the building," Belair
says.
A number of Dunton Tower em-
ployees say a few people working in
the building have suffered from "sick
building syndrome" in the past.
The term is commonly used to de-
scribe a host of ailments including head-
aches, fatigue, eye irritation and respira-
tory problems that affect workers in of-
fice buildings that have bad air.
The bad air is usually caused by high
levels of carbon dioxide or by mould,
which can develop in a number of places
including unclean ventilation system drip
trays.
In one case, a woman, who asked not
to be named, moved to a different Carle-
ton department office in May 1992, away
from Dunton Tower, aftershe spent nearly
two years on disability leave.
A string of respiratory viral infections
left her so debilitated that she says "I
ended up breaking down, basically. I had
no immune system left."
Although doctors say they couldn't
confirm the connection, she says her
health problems definitely had to do
with the building. She says the problems
only started when she began working in
Dunton Tower — her health has returned
to normal since she moved to another
DUNTON cont'd on page 4
Graffiti guerillas
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See story page 19.
January 6, 1994 • The Charlatan • 3
Res cigarette smuggling nothing new
by Ryan Nakashima and Ryan Ward'
Charlatan Siaff
Proposals designed to tighten the prov-
ince's control of cigarette sales won't
have a big effect on smokers at Carleton,
say some students.
One measure proposed by the prov-
ince Nov. 29, designed to curb cigarette
smuggling, would mean anyone in pos-
session of 50ormore cartons of smuggled
cigarettes could face penalties of $2,000
for a first offence or a jail term of up to
two years.
Michelle Veinot, a first-yearcriminol-
ogy student, says the guidelines probably
won't stop cigarette smuggling in resi-
dence.
"If you really want to smoke, you can
get them no matter what," says Veinot. ^
The selling of smuggled cigarettes
"definitely goes on in residence," says
Derek Zeisman, general manager of the
Rideau River Residence Association.
Cpl. Daniel Desmarais, from the cus-
toms and excise departmentofthe RCMP,
says illegal cigarettes are sold everywhere
and it's not surprising if they are sold in
Carleton's residence too.
Last spring, following an anonymous
tip, police investigated the selling of smug-
gled cigarettes in residence and arrested
a male student for possessing contra-
band, says Desmarais.
The fine for possession is $30 per car-
ton under federal laws, but the province
will add $39 per carton to that fine if
tougher enforcement measures are put
in place.
Desmarais says police are ready to act
if they get any tips with specific informa-
tion. "If we do get information that so-
and-so is dealing in something, if ifs
specific information, we'll work it."
Rumors of smuggled cigarette sales in
residence have been around for years,
but ifs something the department of
housing and food services hasn't been
able to prove, says the department's di-
rector, Dave Sterritt.
Zeisman says a former resident of Lan-
ark House popularly known as the
Smokelord "made a fortune" by buying
cigarettes from Cornwall and selling them
to students. Cornwall is close to the U.S.-
Canada border and is targeted as a major
cigarette-smuggling outlet by police.
Zeisman says the former student made
about $20,000 per academic year, and
since he left in 1992, someone is likely
selling in his place.
Smuggled cigarette sales were so preva-
lent they prompted RRRA to sell ciga-
rettes in the Bree's Inn in September of
this year, says Zeisman.
Summer Employment Opportunities
with the City of Nepean
Parks and Recreation Department
Looking for a fun and rewarding way to spend your summer? the
Recreation Division is accepting applications for summer positions in a wide
variety of areas such as:
• Senior athletic camp leader
• Athletic camp leader
• Program assistant
(community recreation)
• Program assistant
(leadership development)
• Hockey camp leader
• Day camp leader
• Child care playleader
• Computer camp instructor
• Visual arts instructor
• Day camp director
• Aquatics Instructor/lifeguard
• Aquabics instructor
• Cashier/locker room attendant
• Inter Action coordinator
• Assistant day camp director
• Program assistant (senior summer)
Interested in joining our team for the summer of 1994?
Application forms may be obtained from the Human Resources Department or
forward your resume to:
City of Nepean, Human Resources Department
Nepean Civic Square, 101 Centrepointe Drive
Nepean, Ontario K2Q 5K7
Nepean Civic Square Offices will be closed from noon on December 24, 1993
and will re-open January 3, 1994.
Deadline for applications is February 14, 1994
(Note: Applications will not be acknowledged. Candidates chosen for
interviews will be contacted in March, April or May)
For more information call 727-6640
The City of Nepean is committed to the employment of a qualified workforce
which reflects the community's diversity.
friend for $25. The price for legal cartons,
containing eight packs of 25 cigarettes, is
about $55 after sales taxes.
Another bill introduced by the prov-
ince on Nov. 22 would raise the legal age
to buy tobacco to 19 from 18, outlaw
cigarette vending machines and prohibit
pharmacies from selling tobacco prod-
ucts.
The proposed tobacco control act
would affect Carleton students under the
age of 19 and those who use the cigarette
vending machine at Oliver's campus pub.
Lucy Watson, president of the Carle-
ton University Students' Association, says
if the law is passed, there will be checks in
the Unicentre store to ensure buyers are
of age.
Last year, Carleton students smoked
$230,890 worth of cigarettes from the
Unicentre store, says Rene Faucher, CUS A
finance commissioner.
The students' association will also re-
move the cigarette vending machine in
Oliver'sbar if the bill is passed. But Watson
says removing the vending machine will
not decrease sales by much, because not
many people use it anyway.
Mark Dones, 18, a first-year student,
says laws restricting sales to people 1 8 or
older didn't have much effect when he
was younger, and the new law, if passed,
won't bother him either.
"Stores still sold us cigarettes, depend-
ing on who ran it and how lenient they
were. There's a lot of ways around it so
there's no point in raising it (the age
limit) again." □
DVNTON cont'd from page 3
campus building.
Beverly Plato, manager of the univer-
sity's occupational health and safety de-
partment, says she has never heard of
this woman's case.
When asked if Dunton Tower was a
sick building, Plato wouldn't say yes or
no, adding "There's a lot we don't know
about (the building)."
Some staff figure that a lack of fresh
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" I don't think it's the greatest thing to
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Sherman says she hasn't noticed any
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month.
"To me, there's never any fresh air."
But she adds that she expects the
problem will be solved when the new
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Enviro activist whistles while he works
by Caron Watt
Charlatan SlaH
John Zronik says he loves his job so
much, he keeps forgetting it's a job.
"I keep forgetting to get paid. It's not
like a job. I'm having a good time," he
says.
Zronik was hired as environment com-
missioner in September by the Carleton
University Students' Association. He says
his goal this year is to raise students'
awareness of environmental issues.
"The way I'm taking this job is to put
more of a focus on things that are hap-
pening outside the school, but also at the
same time things that are happening
inside of the school."
One environmental issue on campus
is the fact that many of the food outlets
on campus still use Styrofoam packag-
ing, says Zronik.
"That's not acceptable," he says.
Styrofoam containers are a major con-
tributor to landfill sites since they are not
bio-degradable.
He says individual environmental ac-
tions like recycling help relieve the pres-
sure on landfill sites. However, Zronik
says students have to look beyond their
own backyards when it comes to environ-
mental issues.
He gives the example of students lob-
bying MacMillan Bloedel Ltd., the com-
pany that is logging the old-growth for-
est at Clayoquot Sound in British Colum-
bia.
He says MacMillan Bloedel is exploit-
ing Canada's natural resources in
Clayoquot Sound for short-term profits
instead of long-term sustainability.
So far, Zronik is "doing well, network-
ing with individual groups on campus,"
says Heather Farrow, a co-ordina tor with
the Ontario Public Interest Research
Group at Carleton.
OPIRG and Zronik have co-ordinated
events together, including the visit by the
tree stump from Clayoquot Sound that
took up residence outside Dunton Tower
on Oct. 26.
Zronik says another company he
wants to raise awareness about is Du
Pont and the environmental damage it
causes through its production of plastics.
" I want to show people what they can
do about these things," says Zronik.
He is trying to educate people through
field trips to local recycling facilities, in-
formation tables in Baker Lounge.
Zronik has also produced about 20 30-
second segments which will start run-
ning on CKCU, Carleton's radio station,
later this month.
Zronik has also put together a forestry
group of about 50 students who are con-
cerned about forest depletion and espe-
cially about the environmental threat to
Clayoquot Sound.
"We want to give people the option of
coming (out) and becoming involved,"
he says.
"Apathy is our worst enemy, just like
anything else when somebody tries to
motivate people to do something. It's
really hard."
Zronik was hired by Theresa Cowan,
the director of services for CUSA, who
says there were a few other applicants.
"(Zronik) was really the only person
who showed sustainable interest," says
SECURITY BRIEFS
Two flashings in
Tory Building
over holidays
by Charlatan Staff
There were two incidents of indecent
exposure around the Tory Building over
the holidays.
On Dec. 21 at 7 p.m., a woman saw a
man with his pants down in the tunnels
near the Tory Building and the post of-
fice.
Len Boudreault, the assistant director
of the department of university safety,
says there was no contact between the
man and woman. He says she observed a
man, who was masturbating, and then
left the area.
A poster circulated on Dec. 22 de-
scribes the man as in his mid-20s, Cauca-
sian, with fair skin and a heavy build.
He was wearing a red and white base-
ball cap and a blue shirt.
In a second incident on Dec. 28 at
about 3:35 p.m., a woman studying on
the third level of the Tory Building was
approached by a man who made sexual
comments to her and then exposed him-
self.
Boudreault says the man made a
sexual proposition to her, but did not
directly threaten her with physical vio-
lence.
Boudreault says the woman got up
and moved away from the man, and the
man then left in the other direction.
A poster circulated on (an. 3 describes
the man as in his late-20s, five feet six
inches tall, Caucasian with fair skin and
about 130 pounds. He was wearing a
Cowan.
He also had
experience in
dealing with
environmen-
tal issues,
through his in-
volvement
with
Greenpeace
and the Coali-
tion to Save
Clayoquot
Sound, she
adds.
Zronik con-
sults with
Cowan and
says she has
been support-
ive, although
she says he has
not needed a
lotof direction.
"I want him to
be able to de-
velop what he
wants to do."
Zronik, a
second-year
geography
and political
science stu-
dent, applied
forthe position
through Carle- Zroni^ takes his environmental message to the campus.
ton's work study program.
Cowan says the program gives stu-
dents the chance to pick up a few extra
hours of work a week, while helping out
organizations which may not have a lot
of money to hire extra staff.
Zronik's salary is $6.50 an hour and
he receives $1,000 a year from Cowan's
budget to organize events and lectures
on top of his hourly wage. Cowan says
Zronik works between lOand 12 hoursa
week, which is covered by the work study
fun as.
Zronik can be reached through CUSA.
His office is across from OPIRG, on the
third floor of the Unicentre. □
light blue sweater and off-white
sweatpants.
Boudreault says there is "no indica-
tion" that the two incidents are related,
but the department hasn't ruled out the
possibility.
He says both incidents are under in-
vestigation by the department and the
Ottawa Police. He says there are no leads
yet. □
Foot Patrol
impersonator
on campus
by Charlatan Staff
A man is impersonating a member of
the Foot Patrol on campus, says patrol
co-ordinatorBrenda Kennedy.
Kennedy says in December a woman
told a patrol team she had received an
escort from a single man. The Foot Patrol
only offers co-ed escorts.
The man wore a red jacket similar to
those worn by patrollers and carried a
flashlight and walkie-talkie, Kennedy
says.
She says people who want to flag
down patrollers should remember a man
and woman always act as escorts to-
gether, they always have identification
tags and their jackets are red with "Foot
Patrol on duty" on the back in white.
She says if anyone sees anything sus-
picious, they should report it to the de-
partment of university safety immedi-
ately.
Len Boudreault, the assistant director
of the department, says safety patrols are
watching for suspicious individuals. □
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January 6, 1994 • The Charlatan ■ 5
Sun lights up Rideau path after dark
by Jodi McKenzie
Charlatan Star!
Anyone walking along the footpath
beside the Rideau River recently may
have noticed strange squares of metal
attached to new lights.
These squares are the panels for 10
new solar-powered lights along the river
that were installed in November. The
solar panels on the lights store energy
from the sun to power the lights after
dark.
The lights are an experiment to test
the new technology and see how well the
lights work on campus over time, says
Ben Solomon, an engineer with Carle-
ton's physical plant. He says he hopes
the lights will be installed across campus
in a few years.
"I don't think there will be a problem
with them," he says.
The lights cost physical plant a total of
$23,000. The solar panels themselves are
guaranteed for 20years and the batteries
are guaranteed for 10 to 15 years. The
university should save on electricity costs
because of the lights, says Solomon.
The plan to install the lights was rec-
ommended by a committee of the Carle-
ton University Students' Association
which conducted a safety audit two years
ago.
The location for the experiment was
chosen because the southern exposure to
the sun makes storing power for the
lights more efficient. Also, the audit rec-
ommended the area should be lit from
the road down to the water, says Foot
Patrol co-ordinator Brenda Kennedy.
The lights are designed to go on auto-
matically at dusk, but they only stay on
for three hours. After this period, the
lights come on again when something
moves inside their movement sensors'
range, which is just over five feet in
diameter, Kennedy estimates.
The lights will stay on for 10 to 12
minutes, but Solomon says the length of
time can be changed from three minutes
to about 30.
Bill Radway at the physical plant says
the sensors' range is small and that you
seem to have to be directly under the
light to turn it on. He says he is talking to
the contractor about fixing the problem.
Kennedy says the new lights may give
people a false sense of security about the
footpath. She says because the path is
isolated, "people shouldn't be walking
down there at all."
But Solomon says the lights were in-
stalled to improve safety in the area.
"It is not a matter of encouraging
people to walk there. It's a matter of
protecting the people that do," he says.
Renee Twaddle, co-ordinator of the
Carleton Women's Centre, says she
doesn't agree with the lights either. She
says the area is still not sufficiently lit
despite the addition of the 10 lights.
"Walking there, you are still in darkness.
The lights are only in a small area and
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"The dollars are shrinking," said
Sawka. "You still have to meet your bot-
tom line."
Watson said the $900,000 regional
decrease is only a proposal which hasn't
passed yet, and he plans to try to con-
vince council to defeat it at a Jan. 26
council meeting.
Sawka said that since ticket prices
remain the same, riders willing to "make
a commitment to transit" will have
cheaper rides.
Watson says, however, that transit is
not making a commitment to riders, es-
across. Radway estimates it to be closer to
10 feet than to five. Twaddle says the
presidential advisory committee on per-
sonal safety, made. up of staff, students,
and administration, may decide to move
the lights to a less-isolated location which
penally students. He cited the lack of
Route 4 service on campus as an exam-
ple.
Haselsteiner said CUSA has started a
petition to get the route back on campus.
The petition can be found in the CUSA
office and Baker Lounge and will be
circulated around campus.
"We're constantly being asked to pay
more money, but ... the service to cam-
pus has decreased," said Haselsteiner.
This sentiment was echoed by Winston
Yeung, a first-year student, who said the
hikes are unfair because the service has
not improved.
would be more appropriate for the ex-
periment.
"We don't want people to get into the
habit of walking there thinking it's safe,
and then thinking it's still safe after we
move them," she says. □
"The bus is always late, and the serv-
ice is not good now. I don't think the
increase of fares can improve the situa-
tion," Yeung said.
Watson called the increases "a back-
wards step," since less use of public tran-
sit worsens pollution and wear and tear
on roads. He also said students, as "the
growth market for the future, " need to be
better served, or else in the future OC
Transpo may find itself lacking riders.
"If we constantly treat students un-
fairly, they're going to be left with a very
bad impression," said Watson. □
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6 • The Charlatan ■ January 6, 1994
NATIONAL AFFAIRS
Campbell, scandals and scuffed-up sandals
A review of the national headlines of 1993
Compiled by Am Keeling
Charlatan Statl
He should be suspended from some-
thing.
In November, UniversityofNew Bruns-
wick math professor Matin Yaqzan is
suspended by the university after his
controversial article about date
rape runs in the student news-
paper, The Brunswickon. The
opinion piece suggests that
a woman who willingly en-
ters a man's room "could
consider it an invitation
to sexual intercourse."
But would she ask
him for a date?
Controversial au-
thor and intellectual
Camille Paglia de-
fends Yaqzan's
right to his views
in an interview
with The
Brunswickan.
Is Matin
Yaqzan
aware of
this?
In February, two
Carleton professors release a
national study, reporting that 81 per
cent of female students surveyed said
they were psychologically, physically or
sexually abused in the previous year.
Don't let the door hit you on the ass
on the way out.
Brian Mulroney announces in Febru-
ary he will step down as prime minister
and leader of the Tories amid record
unpopularity in national polls.
But they can still register a china
pattern at Eaton's if they want.
Former Carleton student Pierre
Beaulne and his partner Todd Layland
are denied legal status as a married cou-
ple by the Ontario Divisional Court in
March.
So what does that make Hillary
Rodham Clinton?
"Lesbian chic" and goddess worship
are hot topics in the student and main-
stream media.
Finally, a politician representing
real change.
In April, B.C. Member of Parliament
Jim Fulton proposes a bill in the House of
Commons that would decriminalize the
growth and personal use of marijuana.
Oh, it's that spiralling tuition cost
thing, isn't it?
Several university student associations
in Ontario vote to withdraw from the
Canadian Federation of Students, saying
the national lobby group has been inef-
fective and irrelevant.
What, no collateral? Don't you own
a house or something?
In March, the Tories reveal a plan to
privatize the Canada Student Loans pro-
gram.
Would you like fries with that de-
gree?
Queen's University announces plans
in November to privatize its masters of
business administration program.
Not to mention some people actu-
ally like Madonna.
During the Tory leadership race, the
British press compares Kim Campbell to
Madonna because of a photo of her hold-
ing judge's robes in fnpnt of her bare
shoulders. Campbell'sreaction: " Acom-
parison between Madonna and me is a
comparison between a strapless evening
gown and a gownless evening strap."
We would have preferred Ma-
donna.
Kim Campbell
is
pro-
imed
cla
the new
leader of the
PC party at its
Ottawa con-
vention in June,
becoming
Canada's first fe-
male prime min-
ister.
Finally, someone
putting their de-
gree to some use.
An on-campus pros-
titution ring run by a
former student is uncov-
ered at the University of
Waterloo in May.
One small step back-
wards for man . . .
The student association at
the Uni- versityof British Columbiasus-
pends the operations of the student news-
paper The Ubyssey in the summer, then
creates a publications board to oversee
all student publications.
One giant leap backwards for man-
kind ...
The Reform Party gamers 52 seats in
the federal election Oct. 25.
Well, dot's a relief.
Jean Chretien's Liberal Party creams
in the Ottawa Centre riding, losing to
Liberal incumbent Mac Harb.
Hey! They were only two seats be-
hind the Tories!
The Natural Law Party of Canada
runs a huge election campaign behind
leader Neil Paterson, calling for the train-
ing of 7,000 yogic flyers to "dissolve the
collective stress" of society. They fail to
win a seat.
Weil give you intolerance!
Wolfgang Droege, leader of the white
supremacist group the Heritage Front,
visits Ottawa in May, prompting an anti-
racist demonstration.
Hey, I know that voice! You're not
from People magazine at all, are
you?
Carleton announces in September that
it will not participate in the Maclean's
magazine annual ranking of Canadian
universities. The survey, using lastyear's
data on Carleton, places Carleton eighth
out of 1 2 universities in the comprehen-
sive universities category.
Bloody cops! They scuffed our
Birkenstocks and scratched the VW
van!
Hundreds of protestors, including
many students, are arrested during sum-
mer-long protests at Clayoquot Sound i n
B.C., where loggers were given the go-
ahead by the provincial government to
log portions of the old-growth forest.
The Out-of-Touch-Rhodes-Scholar-
of-the-Year Award goes to . . .
. . . Bob Rae, the Ontario NDP premier
who brought us the social contract this
year, a public sector cost-cutting meas-
ure which made nearly the entire popu-
lace angry.
Don't look at me, I owe that much
in student loans.
Paul Martin, the new Liberal federal
I don't remember signing any damn
contract, Bob.
Ontario universities face cutbacks of
up to $1 18 million for 1 993-94 under the
NDP government's social contract.
Maybe if there had been a mosh pit
mmm
Smilin' Neil Paterson, luminary.^
Campbell and Ciccone: separated at Krth?
the competition on election day, win-
ning a comfortable majority and form-
ing the first Liberal government in nine
years.
Where's that @$#S@%# Mulroney?
The Tories are reduced from a major-
ity government to a paltry two seats (way
to go Elsie!!) in the House of Commons
and left with a huge campaign debt.
Where's that @#@$@#@°/» Roe?
The federal New Democrats sink fur-
ther into obscurity, winning only nine
seats in the election.
At least he's got a )ob to go back to.
Carleton business professor Ian Lee
runs unsuccessfully as a Tory candidate
finance minister, announces in Decem-
ber that the federal debt adds up to about
$1 7,000 per Canadian.
Are you guys on crack?
The Council of Ontario Universities
releases a discussion paper in August
calling for tuition increases of up to 50
per cent for undergraduate university
students and up to 200 per cent for some
graduate programs, along with a new
loan system.
No more teachers, no more books. .
. no more schools?
The newly re-elected Alberta Tory gov-
ernment announces a proposal in No-
vember to cut up to $369 million from
post-secondary education funding.
on the Hill . . .
Only about 31 students from Ottawa
universities showed up on Parliament
Hill to protest underfunding for educa-
tion on National Student Day in Novem-
ber.
But what have they done for ns
lately?
Prominent politicians and activists
who visit Carleton in 1993 include: |udy
RebickandSuneraThobani, former and
current presidents of the National Action
Committee on the Status of Women;
former deputy prime minister lean
Charest; New Brunswick Premier Frank
McKenna; former Soviet leader Mikhail
Gorbachev; Canadian Labor Congress
leader Bob White; radical environmen-
talist Paul Watson; Natural Law party
Leader Neil Paterson.
Maybe they should cancel the
Ravens' program and just not bring
it back.
Only a year after having its football
program cancelled due to lack of funds,
the University of Toronto Varsity Blues
winthe VanierCupafterbeingbailedout
by deep-pocketed alumni.
So what's their Maclean's ranking?
Some members of the Natural Law
party plan to establish a Natural Law
college in Saint |ohn, N.B.
They should see some of the equip-
ment Carleton students have to put
up with.
ui AQueen'sUniversityalumnusdonates
= a 550-year-old castle in England to his
old school for a new International Study
Centre last spring.
So, here's the scoop on Karla Teale:
xxxxxxx beagle xxxxx sex xxxxx
home video xxxxxx censorship
xxxxxxxxx.
In December, a Victoria, B.C. newspa-
per breaks the national publication ban
on the trial of Karla Teale, aSt. Catherines
woman convicted of manslaughter.
Quote of the Year:
"They just don't get it ... I mean the
20th century. " — Uttered by a Tory party
member afterwatching a play performed
by provincial party members in Alberta,
which included racial stereotypes and
sexist roles. ^
lanuary 6, 1994 • The Charlatan ■ 7
COU under attack from senates and students
by Sara-Lynne Levine
Charlatan Start
The Council of Ontario Universities is
taking heat from student groups and
some university senates over its proposal
to hike tuition fees by up to 50 per cent.
The senates of Trent University in Pe-
terborough, Algoma University College
in Sault Ste. Marie and McMaster Univer-
sity in Hamilton voted at the end of last
term to reject the council's proposals.
"This is a victory for student leader-
ship," said Emechete Onuoha, chair of
the Canadian Federation of Students-
Ontario. "This means that if students
want to make a statement, they can do so
through the senate."
Each year, the provincial government
sets maximum tuition hike ceilings for
Ontario's universities. In each of the last
three years, the ceiling has been set at
seven per cent.
Last August, the council released a
discussion paper calling for tuition hikes
of 30 to 50 per cent for undergraduate
programs and up to 200 per cent for some
graduate programs over the next two
years.
The report also recommended the crea-
tion of an income-contingent loan re-
payment system to help students pay for
the increased tuition.
The council is a body of university
presidents who make recommendations
to the government on education policy.
On Nov. 22, Trent's senate voted to
reject the council's recommendations and
have the university's president write a
letter of disapproval to the council and
Ontario Minister of Education Dave
Cooke. On Nov. 24, McMaster passed a
similar motion.
"This indicates that there are some
pockets of discontent in some partsof the
province and at some institutions," says
Michel Gaulin, clerk of Carleton's sen-
ate.
Gaulin says while some universities
have rejected the discussion paper, he
has "received no indication whether the
Carleton senate will issue a statement to
support or reject the proposal."
Peter George, the council's president,
says while McMaster voted to reject the
council's paper, it recommended that
tuition fees should increase at a slower
pace.
"There is a real inability or unwilling-
ness to recognize that COU's paper was a
discussion paper, not a formal recom-
mendation," George says.
He says the paper "was only one piece
of input" for the government and the
council is "not writing the government
policy for them."
George says the Canadian Federation
of Students has "consistently gotten it
wrong over the last six months."
The CFS was one of three student
groups asked to speak at one council
meeting on Dec. 17.
"CFS-Ontario, the Ontario Under-
graduate Student Alliance and the Gradu-
ate Student Association of Ontario were
all given the opportunity to speak to the
COU, " says Gaulin, who was at the meet-
ing.
Onuoha says the meeting went well.
"The idea was for us to get our foot in the
door and our ideas on the table," says
Onuoha. %
He says it was the firsttime in 30 years
that student groups were invited to ad-
dress the council.
Onuoha says some of the issues dis-
cussed included "student aid, student
participation, high-school outreach pro-
grams, and things that CFS and COU
should be working on together."
The student representatives also pro-
posed that the council be restructured to
provide students full voting positions on
it. George says the meeting was a good
idea because it was an opportunity to
meet with student leaders.
"it is a helluva lot better than what
they had in the past, a non-event, and
they should be gracious and say it is
better than nothing."
George says the council may consider
having annual discussions with student
leaders. □
StatsCan survey finds university graduates
happy with their Canadian education
by Michael Mainville
Chart alan Staff
initial results from a Statistics Canada
survey indicate that Canadian univer-
sity graduates seem reasonably satisfied
with their education.
Statistics Canada is currently
analyzing data from a 1992 survey of
1990's university graduates, which will
be released in its entirety next fall.
Part of the survey asked about 53,000
graduates across Canada about how sat-
isfied they were with their education,
including the quality of teaching, class
size and preparation for future careers.
The rest of the survey has to do with their
employment histories since university.
"I would say students are reasonably
satisfied with the skills they are learn-
ing," says Doug Lynd, chief of the post-
secondary education section at Statistics
Canada. He says the central focus of the
survey is to examine students' transition
from university to the job market.
The satisfaction portion of the survey
was released in advance of the rest of the
report for use by Maclean's magazine in
its annual ranking of Canadian univer-
sities last November.
Responses were ranked from 0 to 3 (0
— very dissatisfied, 3 — very satisfied)
according to major fields of study. For
instance, the satisfaction with class sizes
for students in humanities (arts) scored a
2.26 out of three, about average for the
programs surveyed.
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The rating for how well universities
prepared graduates for jobs was some-
what lower, with scores ranging from
1.81 in the social sciences to 2.2S in
engineering and applied sciences.
Unlike the annual Maclean's maga-
zine survey, Statistics Canada will not
rank individual universities. Instead, it
will concentrate on the satisfaction of
graduates in general, Lynd says, because
that is the goal of the survey.
"The sample methodology is geared
toward process, not institutions. The sam-
ple would have to be larger for a reliable
sample of institutions/' says Lynd.
Also unlike the Maclean 's survey, Car-
leton issupportiveof the Statistics Canada
report, says Bill Pickett, the university's
director of the office of budget planning.
"Carleton is in favor of this being done
because it allows for a measure of satis-
faction for graduates," he says.
But because Statistics Canada did not
survey a large enough number of Carle-
ton graduates, the results are not rel-
evant to the university, says Pickett.
"If s notuseful concerning Carleton,"
he says.
Although universities may not use the
survey individually, it can be used to
analyze overall programs, says Lynd.
Lynd says the survey is conducted every
four years by Statistics Canada and
funded by the federal government.
A number of organizations use the
results, including provincial education
and labor ministries, the Canadian
Manufacturers' Association and the Ca-
nadian Labor Commission,
Lynd says future surveys may have
increased numbers which would allow
ranking of individual institutions. Statis-
tics Canada iscurrently working with the
Association of Universities and Colleges
of Canada, a national research and pub-
iicrelations organization, to accomplish
this. □
The final question of the Statistics
Canada survey of 1990's bachelor's de-
gree recipients asked:
"Would you have gone to
the same school or institu-
tion?
The responses are listed by university
type, the programs the graduates took
and the percentage of "yes" responses.
Type of university
Total (all universities)
Pri marily undergraduate
Medical/doctoral
Comprehensive
Major field of study
Percentage
79.8
79.2
80.6
78,6
77.2
Agriculture & biological sciences
Commerce, management and
administration 81.6
Engineering and applied science 83.2
Fine and applied arts 70.8
General arts and science 82.7
Health professions 83.5
Humanities 80.4
Mathematicsandphysicalsciences 82.3
Social sciences 76.7
^ 41
SB94 Open House
Invitation
OC Transpo will be holding an open house ses-
sion on campus. OC Transpo planners will
be there to describe the 1994 service
plan in detail, and to receive your
comments.
Campus open House
Date
Tuesday
January 11
Time
2pm ~ 4pm
Place
Carleton University
Unicentre, Baker Lounge
OC Transpo
& • The Charlatan ■ lanuary 6, 1994
EDITORIAL PAGE
1994: Drama,
excitement
and really big
hair
Another new year and time for the usual new
year's schmaltz, otherwise known as "Things
that probably won't happen this year but hey,
you never know." Or: "The editor is still recov-
ering from a bad New Year's Eve hangover but some-
thing had to fill this column, damn it." (Take your pick
oftitle.)
Actually, writing New Year's predictions AFTER the
new year has started may be a little redundant. Uhh,
prediction number one — there will be a whole ton of
snow dumped on Ottawa on |an. 4.
Well, there's one right! I mean who could have
guessed that — snow? In Ottawa? In January? AMAZ-
ING.
But, looking a little further ahead in the new year,
things get a little murkier. What dark and mysterious
goings-on will torment Canadians this year?
(Although how much more dark and mysterious can
you get than Kim Campbell as prime minister? Oops,
forgot about that schmuck from Alberta — but, let's not
get ahead of ourselves, no one will have to make that
dark prediction until the next federal election.)
So, let's stick with 1994.
First, a little weather cheer. While it will continue to be
cold and snowy in Ottawa, Vancouver will also receive a
big dump of snow and -20 degree weather in February.
That should wipe the snotty smirks off the faces of British
Columbians who play golf in short sleeves while the rest
of the country suffers.
Moving closer to home, students' association Presi-
dent Lucy Watson will continue to be haunted by the
ghosts of referendum and labor-board hearings past
Look out Lucy.
CUSA finance commissioner Rene Faucher's hair will
continue to get bigger and bigger, until even his super
glue gel can't control it. He disappears from sight, hidden
by hair, emerging only to keep track of profits from
Oliver's.
There's intrigue ahead in the federal arena. lean
Chretien will take another secretvacation. Sheila Copps
is left in charge. Heady with power, she will try to seize
total control of the country by declaring the Emergencies
Act. But Jean decides his golf game can wait and comes
back to save the day.
For students, there is good news in store.
Dave Cooke, the Ontario education minister, will
continue to put off announcing tuition hikes for 1994.
Strangely, he ends up becoming a hero of the students
when it is realized that if he continues to delay the
announcement, tuition hikes can't happen. As a result
of his stalling, tuition at Ontario universities will be
frozen for the next several years.
(Might as well be a little optimistic about this one,
'cause just predicting tuition increases is a little too
simple - too much like predicting snow in Ottawa in
lanuary. So, why not be optimistic instead? While we re
at it, we'll also predict zero unemployment, an end to
poverty and world peace.) .
But Carleton students will not be so lucky. Despite his
birthday wish to the university for no tuition fees, Carle-
ton President Robin Farquhar will get a little wingy and
raises tuition by 800 per cent. This results in mass
dropouts, until only one student remains left at Carleton
But, happily for athletics, the student is a member ot
the Ravens football team and somehow single-handedly
takes Carleton to victory at the 1994 Vanier Cup.
. The mass dropouts will also cause Carleton to move
up to number two in the Maclean's rankings. Because it
only has one student to deal with, the university is able
to send in the necessary data.
Drama and excitement will be the rule, not the
exception, in 1994. So be prepared. And remember, our
predictions may notbe 100 per cent accurate, butwe can
be sure about this one - all those new year's resolutions
you made are already broken.
WIS* IS*
OPINION
Canada land of fun, but not jobs
by Gladys Bichat
Gladys achat is Imm France and attended ESL courses al Carmen Horn September
to December. Nov. sne is lookinrj lor yolonteer work in Ottawa le keep practising, tier
English.
I first decided to come to Canada because I wanted to
improve my English. There are many reasons why I
chose Canada instead of the United States or England.
The landscape is both nice and clean. Canadian
people are aware of protecting their environment. To
me the Canadian way of life is also different. Canadian
people are relaxed; they take the time to enjoy them-
selves. But what I enjoy the most is their kindness.
When I arrived in Ottawa in September, I was very
surprised to see how friendly Canadian people were.
After helping me with my luggage at the airport, a man
who had sat beside me in the plane offered to take me to
the youth hostel downtown.
I had talked to him during the trip from Toronto to
Ottawa. I asked him many questions about Ottawa
because he has been liv-
ing here for many years.
He saw that I was worried
about my arrival at Ot-
tawa.
I felt so lost— 1 did not
know how to get to the
youth hostel. Also, I was
reallyexhaustedbecause
it took about 11 hours to
get to Ottawa. Finally, I
accepted his offer because
it made things easier for
me. This friendliness sur-
prised me.
In Canada, the way of
treating people is very
different from my coun-
try. Canadian peopleuse
Zrfirstnameeasilyandtalktoyou casually, in France
me way of treating people is more formal. French people
are accustomed to using specific words and manners
when they speak with someone.
In fact, whatever your age or your social status it
seems to me there is no social discrimination ir , Canada
For example, I think in Canada people don t care if
you're a waitress. They won't think mat ,ust because
Y waitress you don't have a good education or you
are a bad person.
French people care too much about social status.
There, relationships depend on the social rank people
belong to. In otherwords, people from the bottom of the
social hierarchy are not treated the same way as people
from the top.
For all these reasons, I have always been attracted by
Canada. However, whatstrikes me is how difficult it is to
get one's working visa in Canada. 1 would like to work
here because I have been planning to live in Canada for
many years.
I found a job as a waitress in an Italian restaurant, but
the immigration centre here did'not want to give me a
working visa. I didn't know how hard it was to get a
working visa before 1 came here.
If you want to work in Canada, you have to find a job
which cannot be filled by any Canadian people. Finally,
vour employer has to prove that you are the only person
qualified for this job.
This reduces your
chances of getting a
job very much. It is
really unfair!
I know they want to
protect Canadian
workers above all, as
the rate of unemploy-
ment is increasing in
Canada. It may be
hard to get a working
visainothercountries
as well; however, I
think they could give
a chance to immi-
grants who want to
work.
To be allowed to
work in Canada, the best way is to apply for your
permanent residence visa. With this visa, you are consid-
ered a Canadian citizen. But you have to be in your home
country to apply for it.
1 really want to work in Canada, so I will do my best
to qet my residence visa, even if I have to go back to
France and wait for several months before getting it. I am
determined to come back even if it requires a lot of effort.
That's how much I've come to like Canada. □
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Starsky & Hutch
security sucks
Editor:
I am writing this letter in regards to the
sad state of security services here at Carle-
ton University.
Recently, I was asked by a colleague in
the architecture department to drop off a
few articles at the architecture building.
Unfortunately, my friend was not there
and I returned to my car with the items
still in the trunk.
As I attempted to leave, a security
"officer" quickJy blocked my vehicle with
his, supposedly foiling any attempt at
LETTERS
escape. The "officer" rudely told me to
"read the rest of the sign," which states
"Loading zone 30 minutes max." He also
bluntly added "... it doesn't mean 30-
minutes free parking." After I explained
my situation, the "officer" reversed his car
and released me from custody.
Not once in the years that I've attended
this university have I seen security per-
sonnel in the tunnels or elsewhere on
campus where security is questionable.
I am left to assume that there is more
money to be made in handing out cita-
tions than preventing vandalism and
sexual assaults on campus. From this
incident, it is clear to me that Carleton
security's interests lie elsewhere.
So, the next time you see a new orange
and white poster warning us of a crime
perpetrated on campus, remember our
dear friends at security services who enjoy
playing Starsky and Hutch rather than
keeping Carleton safe.
}an Bronski
Political Science IV
Laying the blame
for Bosnian war
Editor:
Re: "Sanctions in Serbia are affecting
students," The Charlatan, Nov. 25, 1993.
As much as one can sympathize with
the civilian population of Serbia, they
have no one to blame but the Serbian
government of Slobodan Milosevic.
It is he who ignited the war in Bosnia-
Herzegovina and it is he who armed the
Bosnian Serbs so they can carry out the
destruction of the Muslim culture in the
newly independent republic.
Much as the international community
would like to have us believe the war in
Bosnia-Herzegovina is a civil war, this is
not the case. There is an aggressorgovern-
ment and a victimized government: the
Serbian government and the Bosnian
Muslim government respectively. Itbefits
the international community to call the
war a civil war because it gives it an
excuse not to intervene.
I am not knocking the Serbian people.
I am criticizing the Serbian government
for perpetrating a war against the Muslim
people of Bosnia-Herzegovina. I say "peo-
ple" because they are the targets, sadly
enough, not the Muslim government.
So, as much as sanctions are affecting
civilians in Serbia, so are mortar shells,
bullets, torture, rape and murder affect-
ing the civilians in Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Ahenk Ozakpinar
Political Science/English I
In tough times
Carleton cares
Editor:
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all students attending Carleton for their
continuing support of Interval House. The
yearly donation made on your behalf by
the students' association represents an
important source of ongoing funding for
our shelter.
It is especially appreciated at this time
when students are facing large increases
in tuition. Your generosity when you are
experiencing increasing financial pres-
sures deserves acknowledgement. I ex-
tend a heartfelt thank-you on behalf of
residents, staff and board members.
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JIM WATSON: carleton'S voice at city hall
Fight is on for Route #4
The fight is on to get route #4 on
campus.
Hlfl I I urge all students (whether youuse #4
^BM^^M or notj t0 neip m our battle with OC
Transpo to reinstate route M to come back onto
Carleton 's campus.
On January 11 drop by OC Transpo' s Open House
in Baker Lounge and fill out a form asking for the
return of the #4.
Also, sign the petitions around campus so we can
present hundreds if not thousands of signatures to
the Board of OC Transpo in February when routes
are discussed.
Carleton Advisory Committee
Everyone is invited!
Date:
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Time:
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Location:
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Topic:
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Daycare: City and Region Help Out
■'"if:gsg|
Councillor Jim Watson
City of Ottawa
111 Sussex Drive
Ottawa K1N 5A1
Tel: 564-1308 Fax: 564-8412
Councillor Watson presents a panda bear and a $93,750 cheque from
the City of Ottawa to Carleton University towards Carleton's new child
care facility. Watson (second from right) is seen here with President
Robin Farquhar (left), Coordinator of Colonel By Daycare Margot
Henderson and Cynthia Godbold, President of the Board of Directors
of Colonel By Daycare.
January 6, 1994 • The Charlatan • 11
rofessor Christopher
^a/enson's new book
Duplicities: New &
Selected Poems
(Mosiac Press, $14.95)
spans the breadth of
his development as a
poet over the past 40
years.
Born in London in
1934, he was educated
Prat Cambridge
University and the University of Iowa, and came
to Carleton in 1968.
Since that time he has contributed his work and
his initiative to the small but determined poetry
community in Ottawa.
In 1978, he co-founded and became editor of a
review of Canadian poetry called Arc magazine,
and started the complementary Arc Reading
Series in 1981. Since he left Arc in 1988,
Levenson has kept busy with Duplicities, and
says he is hoping to publish an anthology of
"non-macho male poets" in the coming year.
While many of his poems resonate with political
and social commentary, Levenson says his work
is firstly introspective.
"Political poetry isn't going to be very much
good if you are simply using it as a platform,"
says Levenson. "The poems have to come out of
some personal experience, and be based on
what you have seen and know about.
"With a good political poem you start off by
wanting to explore something within yourself,
and then at the end of it you've found you have
said something which has a wider political or
social application."
Neither is Levenson's poetry esoteric or filled
with impenetrable enigmas. Rather, he says it
attempts to speak to most people so that they
can at least relate to it from the first reading.
"I'm very pleased when people who do not
normally read poetry say 'I like that, I can
understand that.' . . . I try to be as direct and
simple as possible. It's difficult being simple."
The following poems are exerpts from
Duplicities.
French Leave
Thirty three years my father taught French at the Reg,
almost an hour each way on the Underground.
He spent his evenings sandbagged with exercise book
Though he'd help me with my French homework we n
my father tongue at home except when Grandmere
dragged herself over from Clapton for Christmas or Ei
and she was stone deaf, reeking of eucalyptus,
sentimental, easily shocked. On buses and trains
my father would shout at her; the other passengers
would wonder what was happening to the poor old la<
II
My first trip abroad with the school: dinner in Paris
and a quick bus tour of the city, our guide intoning
"A la gauche vous voyez . . ." "on ze right side you w
the Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame — a blither of images.
The waiters impatient, disdainful, as we worked out tl
Then all night sleeping in the train
with my prized bottle of "vin rouge ordinaire," harsh
I was sixteen, a romantic man of the world
en route for safe Switzerland — Clarens, near Montre
had
"berceau de toute amour vraiment passionee,"
so I felt obliged to fall in love with Olive
all that brief holiday.
Later I visited "Oncle" Georges, "Tante" Rosette,
in the 18th Arondissement, my father's almost-relativ
and later still the real ones, Leon and Marguerite
second cousins, twice or three times removed, he hat
After thirty five years he was so much the Englishmai
you could only tell from two or three words, "creatur
"(
that he hadn't been born there. Only my mother callei
by his middle name, Rene, that he passed on to me. B
never v
I did that for him in '62, '63, three weeks each time
in the hills above Carpentras, Provence, uneasily at hi
in the chateau of Marie Bonheur, who had me crowne
"jeune poete anglais, tres bon, tres bien connu."
IV
Not until Canada was there any real need to know
where I belonged. Rene, the silent name
I had kept for thirty years under wraps,
is now reborn. Here I am often
taken for French, something to do no doubt
with the shape of my head, my hair, and sometimes I
to return the verbal ball three times in a row.
In the Byward Market I string a few phrases together
like Spanish onions, try them out on vendors,
but cannot catch their replies. And you, long dead,
cannot help me. These onions unravel to tears
as I face the sad duplicities of choice.
12 • The Charlatan • January 6, 1994
In a Saskatoon motel I read an abandoned
Full Gospel Businessmen's Voice —
a change from the Gideon Bible, the pomo mags
or the local entertainment guide
(all its offerings either topless or mindless)
but still I want to know:
why are the saved always clean shaven?
why do they wear such neat suits?
They are all bespectacled, wear
the iron-on permapress smiles
of insurance salesmen, tax lawyers, morticians,
hear voices over the intercom
and take telex orders from God:
Could it be true? Had God really spoken?
Was he really calling to me to be
a plastic surgeon? Apparently, yes.
Now I make faces for God, the crooked straight.
These abandoned full businessmen know
they are onto a good thing: prayer
is the ultimate private enterprise,
and they have a good product.
And their women, real women who stand by their menfolk and
stand up on cue
blondly gleaming, to pat their halos of lacquered hair
add a dab of righteousness behind each ear,
wear silicon implants of sincerity
Severely motherly, they know what's best:
They all have the ingredients pat for a heavenly pie
and many endorsements for their plump obedience.
Before I was like an airplane, designed to fly
but just sitting in a hangar.
Now that I've turned the controls over to Jesus
my life is on an upward course.
In the motel john a streamer informs me
This world has been specially sterilized for you."
Pit Ponies, Sydney, N.S.
Born underground and grown
used to the dark,
they are well cared for,
they have all they need to survive
and haul coal ten hours a day:
warm straw, food, a clean barn.
The pit ponies,
oblivious of seasons,
stay there all winter long,
half a mile out
under the Atlantic.
One day each year
they are brought to the surface, stand
sniffing the unpumped air,
discovering fresh grass,
feeling on jaded flanks
if the day is fine
unmediated sun.
Declaration
This love that I carry with me
is within the allowed limits,
is for my own use,
a personal gift
of no commercial value.
I declare that
it is the first time this year
and that I fully understand
the penalties
for a false declaration.
PHOTO BY ANDRE BELLEFEUILLE
PATTERNS BY WILLIAM MORRIS
lartuary 6, 1994 • The Charlatan • 13
14 • The Charlatan ■ January 6, 1994
SPORTS
1993 was worth remembering
Ravens soared to new heights last year
by Steven Vesely
Charlatan Staff
It wouldn't be fair to close the door on
1993 without highlighting some of the
more memorable moments played out
by Carleton athletic teams.
And halfway through the academic
year, there's already a mountain of mo-
ments to choose from.
On the men's side, the rugby team's
probably still basking in the warm after-
glow of its accomplishments. After fin-
ishing second in their division a season
ago, the Ravens went 6-1 this year to win
the Ontario Universities Athletic Asso-
ciation division two rugby title in Octo-
ber. They then lost to the Queen's Golden
Gaels in the playoffs.
The men's soccer team was expected
to do well. And it delivered. Ranked
among the top five in the country the
entire year, the Ravens finished first in
the OUAA east division before disaster
struck on a cold and wet pitch in October.
The fourth-place Queen's Golden Gaels
silenced Carleton with a double overtime
shootout win. Ouch.
After what seemed like an eternity of
futility, the football team rebounded to
win two games this year and was in
contention for a playoff spot right until
the last game of the season in late Octo-
ber. Now the basics are set. Progress is in
motion. Good times are just a spring and
summer away.
The waterpolo team rounds out the
men's highlights. Afterathird-place regu-
lar-season finish in OUAA waterpolo ac-
tion, the Ravens fell short of a medal in a
dramatic 12-11 overtime loss to the Uni-
versity of Western Mustangs in Novem-
ber.
The women's soccer team's 5-3-2 record
in the Ontario Women's Interuniversity
Athletic Association was its best in recent
history. A late-October 3-2 win over the
Who makes resolutions these days?
by Ryan Ward
ChBrt.v.in Stafl
New Year's resolutions anyone?
It seems not. In fact, judging by the
response to our question, it appears the
only resolution many Carleton athletes
made this year is not to make any
resolutions. Nevertheless, some Ravens
did offer up the following words of
wisdom for 1994:
"All 1 can come up with at this mo-
ment is to try to do better the next
time." — Director of athletics Keith
Harris
"1 don't want to blow all my money
in the first month. 1 don'twant to have
to crawl back to my parents to ask them
for more." — Rugby player Michael
Davies.
"lwouldliketogetridofmybeergut"
— Football player Trev^rCharles. _
"I want to study harder and keep
working out." — Football player ]ohn
Thorn.
"I want to do better with my school
workatuniversity." — George Zigoumis,
also of the football team.
" I plan to drink lessand study harder."
— Waterpolo player Trina Krantz.
"I plan to help Carleton avenge their
second-place finish every year I have
been here and to achieve my peak of
physical fitness as 1 go into the world of
work at the end of this year." — Nordic
skier Frank Ferarri. Q
first-place York Yeowomen was a large
reason why the Ravens did well. Still, the
Ravens were unable to advance beyond
the first round of the playoffs for a third
consecutive year.
The women's field hockey team is the
lemon in the bunch, having finished
witha 2-1 1-3 record, eighth among nine
teams in the OWI AA field hockey league
and out of the playoffs. Still, the Ravens
had three players good enough to play
for provincial teams at the Canada Games
last summer and they have a whole year
of experience behind them for next year.
Finally, there's the rowing team, which
produced its best-ever results at the com-
bined men's and women's rowing cham-
pionships at the provincial champion-
ships in October. Six crews qualified for
the rowing finals in late October, with
men's lightweight double crew of Rob
Bennett andTrevorMacKaycomingaway
with a second-place result. □
The year
of the Mario
by Richard G.D. Scott
Charlatan Stall
Hockey's most talented star has
probably never been asked a better
question than this.
"Are you human?"
It was a simple question, asked by a
child fan. And in answering, he just
smiled.
Whatbetter question could there be
to ask of hockey superstar Mario
Lemieuxafterl993 —the most tumul-
tuous of his 28-year-old life.
Super Mario, a nine-year veteran of
the NHL's Pittsburgh Penguins, was
one of the most intriguing and talked-
about athletes in 1993.
Leading the league with 104 points
and on pace to break Wayne Gretzky's
single-season record of 215 points,
Lemieux was diagnosed with Hodgkin's
disease in early January. Yet he re-
turned after an absence of over two
months to the scoring race, trailing
Buffalo Sabre Pat LaFontaine by 12
points with only 20 games left. The
difference should have been too much.
But in an amazing final stretch,
Lemieux erased the difference and won
the Art Ross trophy for the fourth time.
Lemieux scored 30 goals and56 points
(an average of 2.8 points per game)
and helped the Penguins win their
final 17 games in a row, setting a NHL
record.
The feat was incredible, but nearly
inconceivable when considering the
reason why he missed 23 games.
After the cancer was found in his
neck, the hockey world was in shock
and Lemieux was dumbfounded.
But his outlook quickly changed as
he began radiation treatment. Nights
after he finished the last of his four
weeks of therapy, Lemieuxwasbackin
the lineup, scoring two points against
the Philadelphia Flyers in his firstgame
back in March.
Hisspeedy return to the scoring race
illustrated his nearly supernatural
prowess — especially considering the
physical and emotional scars of his
treatment were expected to keep him
out for the rest of the season.
Instead, the Magnificent One re
turned and proved himself the greatest
of all superstars.
Only the recurring back problems
which have hindered him throughout
his career stopped Lemieux and the
Penguins from attaining a third con-
secutive Stanley Cup. At season's end,
the six-foot-four 210-pound forward
had racked up 160 points and was
awarded four NHL awards.
Even in the summer and autumn
Lemieux made the news — his mar-
riage in June, a controversial unau-
thorized book, a TV movie, and his
endorsement of the new Leaf hockey
card set.
Finally, there was another back sur-
gery in July. Lemieux's back has not
been as easy to vanquish as his cancer
and he is once again on the sidelines.
The only good news about the end
of Lemieux's 1993 was his first Marsh
trophy as the Canadian Athlete of the
Year.
After making every possible head-
line in 1993, Lemieux will hopefully
find a little peace and quiet in the new
year. Maybe then, he will have time to
show a little more of his human self. □
fanuary 6, 1994 • The Charlatan • 15
AUDITORS' REPORT TO THE MEMBERS
Wc have audited ihe balance iheei of Charlatan Publications Inc. as at Apnl 30, 1993 and the
statements of income and expense, surplus and changes in financial position tor the year then
ended These financial statements are the responsibility of the Corporation s management. Our
responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit.
We conducted our audit in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards. Those
standards require that we plan and perform an audit to obtain reasonable assurance whether the
financial statements are free of matenai misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test
basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures m the financial statements. An audit also
includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management,
as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation.
In our opinion, these financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial
position of the Corporation as at Apnl 30. 1993 and the results of its operations and the changes
in its financial position for the year then ended in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles.
Chartered Accountants
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July 9. 1993
CHARLATAN PUBLICATIONS INC.
(Incorporated under the laws of Canada)
Balance Sheet as at Apnl 30. 1993
Assets
Current Assets
Cash
Accounts receivable
Marketable securities ■ at cost (quoted
market value S26.670; 1992- S60.800)
CHARLATAN PUBLICATIONS INC.
Statement of Income and Expense
For the Year Ended Apnl 30, 1993
Income
Grant from Carleton University Students'
Association, Inc.
Advertising
Other
E.xpense
Administration
Bad debts
Computer supplies and maintenance
Memberships
Photo mechanical charges
Printing and production
Professional fees
Rent
Salaries
Sundry
Telephone
Travel and conferences
Depreciation
Net Income (Loss) for the Year
94.689
135,558
6.287
1,345
6,273
2.069
8,689
6,139
76.690
3,318
12,108
96,233
7,157
6,073
1,973
8,421
236,488
S 6,603
43,382
Liabilities and Surplus
Current Liabilities
Bank advances
Accounts payable
Surplus
Unappropriated surplus
Reserve for future expenditures
58,477
25.077
Equipment (net of accumulated depreciauon
of S25.887; 1992- SI7.466)
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& Lybrand
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shifts a month.
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R.R.R.A. Office (Res Commons), Volunteer Bureau (1 28 Unicentre)
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Applications are due at 4pm, January 14, 1994 at the CUSA Office.
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16 • The Charlatan ■ January 6, 1994
Rumblings
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
"Any win is exciting this year."
Paul Correy, the Carleton hockey
club's general manager, was pleased
as punch that his team finally won
its first game of the season this past
December.
FLORIDA BOUND
Don't go looking around the ath-
letics building for the men's and wom-
en's swim teams. Ditto for the men's
and women's basketball teams.
They're not here. They're somewhere
warm. Like Florida. The basketball
and swim teams are currently train-
ing in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. until Jan.
9, when they'll return to flaunt their
glorious sun-tans.
FOOTBALL CUT
The board of governors at the Uni-
versity of Alberta voted to drop the
university's Golden Bear's football
program last month, according to a
Dec. 7 story in the university paper
The Gateway. The board cited unsta-
ble funding and poor game attend-
ance as reasons behind the decision.
Three years ago, the football pro-
gram was also dropped but later res-
cued by alumni and community sup-
port and funding.
TIME TRIALS
The men's and women's nordic
ski team were out at Gatineau Park
on the New Year's weekend practis-
ing time trials for the upcoming ski
season. Time trials are a measure by
which racers are able to gauge their
performance against objective timed
standards.
CALENDAR
Saturday, Jan. 8.
FENCING — The fencing team
hosts the Carleton Invitational fenc-
ing tournament all weekend at the
Ravens' Nest gym.
SKIING — The nordic ski team will
be out at 10 a.m. in Gatineau Park
practising timed trial runs against
members from the universities of Ot-
tawa, Queen's and McGill.
Sunday, Jan. 9.
FENCING — The Carleton
Invitational fencing toumamentcon-
tinues at the Ravens' Nest gym.
Tuesday, Jan. 11.
BASKETBALL — The Raven wom-
en's basketball team opens its sea-
son against the University of Ottawa
Gee-Gee'satMontpetitHallat6p.m.
The men's team will follow with its
season opener at 8:30 p.m. □
Hockey team glad
last year is over
by Steven Vesely
Chaflalan Slat!
Classes may have stopped last month,
but hockey didn't.
And members of the Carleton hockey
club probably wish it had.
The club posted a 1-3 record in four
league games during the exam period.
On Dec. 1, the Carleton team finally
celebrated its first win of the season.
"Any win is exciting this year," said
the club's general manager Paul Correy.
One week later, the Wizards hockey
club outgunned Carleton 9-5, ending any
hopes of a Carleton winning streak.
The following week, the first-place
Abloom club trounced Carleton 6-2.
Finally on Dec. 22, with an ad hoc
lineup of nine players, Carleton lost 9-5
to the Ottawa Nepean Sports Club.
"We had a lot of guys out of town so we
dressed the assistant coach and our
trainer," said Correy. "It was a big game
because we were trailing them by four
points for the last playoff spot."
After their best season yet last year,
when the club finished 10-7-3 and won
their first-ever playoff game, this year's
team is languishing in fifth place in the
six-team league with a 1-9-2 record mid-
way through the season.
" It's a lack of experience, " said Correy,
commenting on the team's poor per-
formance compared to last year. " All our
old boys graduated and this is a first-year
team without anything."
Incidentally, last year's graduates
formed a team of their own - the Kings.
With 1 7 points, the Kings are four points
behind the first-place Abloom club.
"It's funny how all our old boys, the
Kings, are doing fine, " said Correy, "while
we're struggling to win a game." □
Charlatan Hockey Pool
Here are the point leaders in the Charlatan Hockey Pool.
Points were tabulated as of Tue. Jan. 4, 1 994.
1 344 Bank Street
(at Riverside)
738 -3323
Patrick Soden
Jeff Parker
leff Pavkev
Anjali Varma
Vicki Mavraganis
Don Belanger
Blair Sanderson
444
431
431
427
426
426
423
8 SujoyBhattacharyya 422
Thomas Corakis
10 R. De Vecchi
420
419
Congratulations to Jeff Parker who wins this week's dinner prize. Parker
and our December winner Patrick Soden can pick up their 525 dinner certificate
for Baxter's restaurant at The Charlatan.
Charlatan Sports Trivia
Answer the following question cor-
rectly and become eligible to win a $25
dinner for two at Schadillac's Saloon.
Name the youngest major league
baseball player to hit three home
runs in a single game.
Congratulations to Paul Lattman
who knew George Halas was the other
coach besides Don Shula to win over 300
career games.
1. Place your answer, name and
phone number on a piece of paper and
submit it to The Charlatan sports editor,
room 531 Unicentre. The recipient of
the prize will be determined by a super-
vised draw of all correct answers.
2. All answers must be received by
Tuesday, Jan. 11, 1994. The winner will
be contacted by phone, by the sports
editor of the Charlatan.
3. Contestants may submit only one
entry per week.
4. Charlatan staff members and their
families are not eligible to participate.
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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Spray painting the town with PUZZLE
by Tim Pryor
Charlatan Slafl
PUZZLE
Dec. 17 — fan. 8
^ari Davis Gallery
ince early last summer, Eric
Grice and Dan Buller have
been decorating the streets.
Using spray paint, ingenuity
k and a little caution, Grice and
& Buller have been painting on
buildings in the Ottawa area,
under the name of PUZZLE.
Now, you can see their first art exhibit
at the Carl Davis Gallery on Dalhousie
Street, which showcases the pair's talents
in a different setting than their public
art.
"It's an experimentation with graffiti
styles on canvas. With a canvas piece
you can take a lot more time and effort
with minor details, " says Buller. " If you're
doing a graffiti piece, then you have to do
it quick, and you have just spray paint to
work with." Grice and Buller met at a
party and discovered they were both in-
terested in bringing art to the streets.
Now it's their full-time occupation.
"One of the big reasons I moved to
Ottawa was so I could have some time to
do real art," says Buller, a native of
Belleville, Ont. "We decided to start this
graffiti campaign."
Grice and Buller's work has escaped
much of the criticism usually associated
with graffiti.
" Before I started doing this, I expected
a lot of negative response, but mostly it's
been all positive," Buller says.
One exception was a letter to the Ot-
tawa Citizen after the paper ran an article
about them. The letter called their art
"juvenile, childish spattering," says Grice.
"At the National Defence building
(across from the Rideau Centre) there's
that huge bent piece of steel," he says.
"You have to be artistically literate to
appreciate that piece. What we do is
have something where you can associate
the gist of an idea or thought with an
image."
Grice and Buller have yet to be caught
in the act by the police.
"There's no fear when we go out, just
a little caution. It puts some juice in it,
makes it more exciting," says Buller.
"There's certain areas where
there's a lot of traffic and you
have to watch out," says Grice.
PUZZLE won't be hibernat-
ing this winter. They plan to
paint indoors on metal scraps
(donated by Capital City Sur-
plus as thanks for a mural the
duo painted on their building)
and then take them outdoors.
"We're going to be using
those sheets this winter to keep
the graffiti aspect alive. We're
going to be doing pieces on
these metal sheets and go
around and bolt them on tel-
ephone poles or abandoned
buildings," says Buller.
Grice and Buller have much
larger plans for the summer,
like starting a co-operative of
artists.
"The ultimate goal of PUZ-
ZLE isn't just to saturate Ot-
tawa with graffiti. We're going
to be a little mural company,
d We're also going to have an-
2 other show in the summer and
li! it's going to be a lot better,"
jjj Buller says.
£ "We also want to open an
art community space. It's go-
want to promote hometown bands there."
"The whole purpose is to try to get
other people interested in doing stuff,"
adds Grice.
"You can call it an art community or
whatever," says Buller. "Art comes from
inspiration. Inspiration comes from each
other. Art inspires art, so if you get enough
artists together, they're going to inspire
each other, and there will be this inspira-
tional spiral that shoots everyone straight
up." □
"Juvenile, childish spattering?" We think not.
Hi, Mom! Eric Grice, Dan Buller and their Art.
ing to be our work space. We also want to
have regular art parties there and we
It's the Partridge Family of punk
by Sussana Forieri
Charlatan Staff
Diverse sounds and an intense live
show sum up the effect of BlackTriangle.
Although they would probably balk ot
the description, the band sounds like the
Dead Kennedys with a Celtic influence.
One thing is certain, they're always loud
and full of energy.
This six-piece band — two guitars,
Black Triangle type In motion.
bass, violin, drums and vocals — blasts
punk sound to the fullest degree.
Part of what makes Black Triangle so
great is the members' close ties. I guess
you could say they're the Partridge Fam-
ily of punk.
Vocalist Steve Hopkins and guitarist
Kevin Hopkins are brothers and they've
been friends with bassist Steve Row and
guitarist Vic Smith since childhood. The
" drummer, Alec Scott, has
been with them since their
first show.
"We all know each other
and I think that helps when
we're working, " Kevin says.
The band has been play-
ing around town since its
formation about four and a
half years ago.
"Steve (Hopkins) was
hoping to get a band to-
gether and I had just bought
my first bass," Row recalls.
"I had never played before
and Steve was talking about
needing a bass (player).
" 1 said, 'Well I just picked
up a bass, I could do it.' We
got Vic Smith because we
needed a guitarist as well."
Like any band, they've
paid their dues. Their first
drummer only had a three-
_ piece set and they used to
< jam in Row's bedroom,
| which was too small to ac-
S commodate them all. As a
1 result, theirdrummer"kept
5 dropping drumsticks and
drums down the stairs, "says
Kevin.
ludging from their sound, they'vecome
a long way. The newest member, violin-
ist Tanya Onysko, joined a year ago after
hearing them at Ottawa's Arts Court.
According to Onysko, "I liked them and
I was going to jam with them so I did and
a week later I played a gig in Kingston."
Whenaskedwhythe violin was added,
Smith says, "We just thought, 'Hey that's
neat. A violin — cool, let's put it in.'"
Listening to their music, you'd never
guess some of their influences. "Leonard
Cohen, I think mostly," says Scott.
"We are all so diverse. I think most of
us will go home and I might put on Slayer
and right after that I mightput on, 1 don't
know, something classical," Kevin says.
The band has a strong relation with its
audience. Some local fans even sport the
Black Triangle logo on their jackets.
"It's kind of frightening when some-
thing like that happens," says Steve.
To get the full effect of BlackTriangle,
they must be seen and heard live.
On stage, the band delivers high-en-
ergy music that makes it almost impossi-
ble to stay seated. This was the case the
last time 1 saw them play, at the Pit back
in November. Not long after Steve
screamed "Get up and dance," a group
gathered in frontofthestage. Steve lunged
into the crowd and Onysko took over lead
vocals and screamed through a powerful
version of "Tattered Bags of Water." And,
as always, their rendition of "The Cat
Came Back" was as hardcore as you can
get.
Black Triangle is fun, full of humor
and a really remarkable group of people
both on and off the stage. '
This week:
Possible headlines
for 1 994's
Canadian Enquirer
I. "Ralph Benmurgui, Alan Thicke
and Chevy Chase: no one's home;
no one's watching"
Rush Limbaugh caught cov-
ertly supporting Queer Nation"
3. "Gay blades: Yashin and Daigle
make it official"
Mike Duffy eats tiny wafer,
explodes"
5. "Sparky bans Greco-Canadian
Athletic Communities at Carleton"
6. "Caroline Mulroney arrested at
Harvard for topless protest"
7. "Kim Campbell ...ohgeez,
who cares"
8. "A nation rejoices: Moxy
Fruvous stricken with lar yngitis"
9. "Rideau Conal floods; U of 0
washed away"
10. "Preston in Phygirl: check
^out those Reform Party assets!"
lanuary 6, 1994 • The Charlatan ■ 19
PLACEMENT
& Career Services
^^^^ Programs and services of interest to undergraduates, graduating students, as well as alumni.
Check the posting boards at
the Placement Centre for
more job listings.
ON-CAMPUS RECRUITING
Permanent full-time positions are
directed towards graduating students
(available May '94). Dates, unless
specified, refer to deadlines.
To find out the types of positions,
how to apply and where to find
more information on the companies,
please contact the office.
Finance Canada
Jan. 14, Mail Direct
Economics - BA., M.A.
Positions: Economists
PhD.
Revenue Canada
Jan. 21, Mail Direct
Computer Science, Commerce
Positions: Computer Systems
Analyst/Programmer Analyst
Corel Corporation
Jan. 24, 12 noon
Computer Science, Computer
Systems Engineering
Positions: Software Developers
AMS Management Systems
Jan. 25, 12 noon
Computer Science, Commerce-MIS
Positions: Programmer/ Analyst
Canadian Political Science Assoc.
Jan. 28, Mail Direct
Political Science, Other Disciplines
Positions: Ontario Legislature
Internship Programme
Easel Corporation
Jan. 28, 1 2 noon
Computer Science
Positions: Technical Support
Consultants
FULL TIME EMPLOYMENT
Please visit Placement & Career
Services for more full and part time
employment opportunities.
Environmental Youth Corps
Ministry of Environment
Jan. 21, Mail Direct
Request Job Order #D- 11
All Disciplines
Positions: Regional Coordinators
SUMMER EMPLOYMENT
For more information on the types
of positions and application proce-
dures consult the summer job board.
Ontario/Quebec Summer Student
Job Exchange Program
Jan. 14, 12 noon
All Disciplines
Positions: Various
COSE
Pulp & Paper Research Institute
Jan. 20, Mail Direct
Biochemistry, Chemistry, Physics,
Mechanical Engineering
Positions: NSERC related
Ontario Quebec Municipal
Student Exchange Program
Jan 21, 12 noon
Political Science, Public Admin.,
French, Economics, Business,
Engineering, Computer Science
Positions: Various
Gov't of Northwest Territories
Jan. 24, Mail Direct
All Disciplines
Positions: Various Summer Aquatic
Positions
Legislative Assembly of Ontario
Jan. 24, Mail Direct
All Disciplines
Position: Information Officer
AECL - Chalk River
Jan. 28, Mail Direct
Computer Science, Engineering,
Science, Physics, Chemistry
Position: Summer Student Program
Ontario Place
Jan. 28, Mail Direct
All Disciplines
Positions: Various-consult booklet
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20 • The Charlatan ■ January 6, 1994
The Charlatan Pub Crawl Extravaganza
What I did on my Christmas vacation
by Josee Bellemare
Charlatan Slafl
The drinks are expensive, but the shock
is worth it.
Outrageous dancers, trapeze artists,
drugs, sex, costumes — and up to $25 to
get in to a whole host of clubs. Such is the
nightlife in Manhattan.
On Tuesday, I went to Nell's on 14th
Street between Seventh and Eighth Av-
enue. This is a place to socialize for a
price of $7. The top level of this two-level
outfit is crowded with Victorian couches,
tables and chairs.
The place is packed with well-dressed
people ranging from 21 to about 40 years
old. It's the perfect place to meet people,
talk with them, butter them up and ask
them out to breakfast when the club
closes down at around 6 a.m. Acid jazz,
house and old disco plays on the floor
below.
The dim lighting can result in some
surprises. I danced with a guy who looked
about 25 years old, but he was really 38.
This was a shock.
I was also surprised at how bold peo-
ple were. When I attempted to go to the
washroom, I was grabbed by at least
three men who wanted to dance. A friend
of mine was given two business cards
while she was dancing with someone.
There was one dancer who took up a
large section of the dance floor. He looked
like a machine, his muscular bare chest
shining with sweat while he danced with
astonishing flexibility. In a split second,
he would fall down on his back, jump up
on his feet again and continue to dance.
When I left this club, it felt funny to
know a fair amount of people, since I
didn't know a soul when I first walked in.
On Wednesday, I went to the Sound
Factory on Sixth Avenue between 19th
and 1 8th Street. For $ 10, you can spend a
night in this club with two levels of house
music.
The people in this club were not shy
either. When I went to the bottom level,
I couldn't believe my eyes. There was a
girl laying on top of a guy on a wooden
block in the centre of the room. They
kissed while they pretended to perform
many different sexual acts.
Couches and benches were lined up
against the walls. On small wooden ta-
bles people were rolling joints. By the end
of the night, the couches and benches
were crowded with passed out people.
The dance floor was a shock as well.
On the small dance floor, one guy pre-
tended to perform sexual episodes with
many different women. A girl would be
thrown at him from the crowd. He would
begin to dance with great energy while
she did the same. He would then grab her
and pretend to have
sex with her in many
positions while they
moved their bodies to
the music. Soon after,
another girl was
thrown at him and
they would perform the
same episode, only
with new dance steps
and positions.
While all this was
going on, someone
pointed out to me a
dancer who had sup-
posedly performed in a
Janet Jackson video. He
danced in a circle with
other excellent danc-
ers while they com-
peted with each other.
These informal
dance competitions
were popular on the
top level of the club,
which was brightly lit
with blue flashing
lights. Here there were
three dance competitions going on at the
same time. There was one male dancer
who danced like a ballerina to house
music. I was amused and impressed at
the same time.
On Thursday, I went to Webster Hall
on 1 1th Street between Third and Fourth
Avenue. The line to get in this massive
place reached the end of the street.
It's a club almost anybody could en-
joy. Instead of going to four bars, you can
pay $10 to dance on four levels which
have different music, people and atmos-
pheres.
The first level played disco music. A
female go-go dancer in a G-string danced
on a brightly lit stage in a packed room.
The level above played rock music, with
a similar conservative crowd. The bot-
tom level was definitely not conserva-
tive. It was packed with people dancing
to hip hop, reggae and rap. Fish aquari-
ums lit up the small room as couples
danced everywhere, on the dance floor
and against walls.
I was told by a person who frequented
the place that people can be found hav-
ing sex on the couches in the corners of
the room. I didn't see this, but I did see a
couple pressed up againstthe wall enjoy-
ing a good grope.
The top level was the biggest shock. I
opened the doors to see a trapeze artist
swinging upside-down on ropes. This was
a sight to see. A pamphlet said there was
a performance the night before which
involved artists throwing sticks of fire in
the air and catching them in theirmouths.
This reveals to what lengths New York
clubs will go to in order to attract a crowd.
I wouldn't be surprised if clubs decided to
allow tigers to walkaround. Or betteryet,
if clubs decided to allow people to dance
without their clothes on. □
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January 6, 1994 • The Charlatan • 21
Underbelly
Mumblypeg
Brake Out Records
Too-loud guitars and far too-quiet
vocals make this 10-track effort by Un-
derbelly a huge disappointment.
The singing dragged on and bored me
almost to tears. The music is depressing
and it's not even a good depression like
you would get from, say, the Smiths.
On half the tracks I could hardly even
tell that there were any vocals. The noise
of the guitars in the background drown
out everything else. Perhaps the guitar-
ists in this band should be playing in a
more heavy-metal-type outfit like Slayer.
What this CD reminded me of was the
scenes from Bill and Ted's Excellent Adven-
ture before they leam how to play their
guitars. You know the part? When they
stand in the garage and screech out all
those horrendous noises?
It's really too bad when you think that
money actually was spent to produce
Mumblypeg, a CD whose musical quality
is even less than mediocre.
Vanessa Crosbie
Idols of Perversity
Idols of Perversity
Independent
Familiar rock and heavy metal sounds
fill one's ear when listening to this Nepean
band.
This CD may not be revolutionary in
terms of music, but its heavy percussion
and loud guitar will bring a smile to the
face of any rocker.
All tracks have a clear, unified sound
andsolid lyrics. Tracks like "Bitter Things"
bring out the softer side to the band,
while "Fence" highlights their power-
house blast.
The influence of the Cult on their
music is apparent but not overbearing,
while lead vocalist Jason Storfer has a
voice similar to Soundgarden's Chris
Cornell.
Idols of Perversity are quite impres-
sive, having all the markings of a major-
label rock band. This release sounds like
it's ready for radio play. Hven though I'm
not a fan of hard rock, some tracks had
me slamming. If you're a supporter of
rock and the Ottawa scene, be the first on
your block to own this album.
Sussana Forleri
The Pogues
Waiting for Herb
WEA
This album, the Pogues' ninth, resem-
bles the good old days when every other
song was a rhapsody of insults and curses
aimed at Great Britain, and the others
were either ballads or tragedies.
But this album lacks the sharp wit that
Shane MacGowan — that walking bill-
board advertising the hazards of poor
dental hygiene — provided when he wrote
and sang the lyrics to most of the Pogues'
songs. Now, due to an alcohol problem,
he's out for good and Spider Stacey is
handling the lead vocals.
"Tuesday Morning" has an interest-
ing sound to it, but its lyrics leave the
impression that one is eating popcorn.
Few of the other tracks have any sub-
stance to them. "Once Upon A Time,"
with its melancholic theme, is one of the
album's few redeeming songs.
Waiting For Herb is a good reason to
wait for the Pogues' next release. If you
like change, go ahead and buy it. But be
warned: the album will not fetch many
requests at the next IRA jamboree.
Franco D'Orazio
Snooty 2 Groove
Respect EP
Mercury
Ugh.
This horrid CD is living proof you
can't believe everything you read.
England's New Music Express wrote (as
quoted on the CD cover): " Lef s not fanny
around the foliage. Last year, New Music
Express came home from New York's CMj
Festival still ricocheting from its first live
experience of the then unknown Rage
Against The Machine.
"Nine months later, and worming
around the Big Apple again, the puz-
zlingly named Shootyz Groove are doing
a fair old job of proving that lightning
never strikes . . . KAPOWUM"
If only lightening had struck Shootyz
Groove. Then we would all be spared the
tedious sounds emanating from this disc.
For the record, they mix rap and live
guitars, like the aforementioned Rage
Against the Machine. Although Rage is
completely insincere (they're on a major
label and they're singing "Fuck you, 1
won't do what you tell me"? Please.),
they at least have the decency to sound
good.
Shootyz Groove sounds painfully bad.
Avoid.
Blayne Haggart
Tad
Inhaler
Giant/Warner
Tad, the behemoth of Seattle, has fi-
nally been signed to a major lobel, leav-
ing the infamous Sup Pop record label.
Tad's latest release sounds very over-
produced. Musically, though, it is fairly
strong and a logical progression from the
band's previous release, 8- Way Santa.
Tad Doyle, the 350-plus pounder and
former meat butcher, is the frontman of
the band. He still pumps out the same old
crunchy guitar riffs like he always has
done, along with his traditional barking
vocals. The songs are, however, slightly
more complex and more thought-out
than those on previous albums.
Tracks like "Rotor" and "Pansy" are
some of the heaviest songs Tad has writ-
ten to date.
The only major flaw of this album lies
in its production. The album comes across
as sounding too clean and polished. If
less attention was paid to the production
process, this album would likely have
been much better.
Even Butch Vig, known for his pol-
ished-yet-rough style of sound produc-
tion, knew when to stop when he pro-
duced the previous Tad album.
Despite this shortcoming, Inhaler is a
reasonably good album. Tad fans
shouldn't be overly disappointed.
Adam Seddon
Wonder Stuff
Construction For the Modem Idiot
Polygram/Polydor
This one starts off with a bang.
With feedback droning on in the back-
ground, the character Reverend
Hellacious Boom Boom yells, " So good of
you to come, I call on the priests, the
saints, the dancin' girls and the God-
damned reprobates!"
And again: "Free us of the modern
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idiot, cast away the bogey men, detonate
your hate bombs! Pick your victims! But
take good care of yourselves."
Thus, in this introduction to "Change
Every Light Bulb," we are treated to the
best moment on the Stuffies' new album
and given a good idea of what to expect.
That is, a bit of anger ("I Wish Them All
Dead"), a bit of fun ("Cabin Fever"),
laced with a bit of reverent irreverence
("A Great Drinker, " an ode to poet Charles
Bukowski).
Although this album is typically Won-
der Stuff material — equal parts indie
guitar music laced with riddle and man-
dolin — the big question is, "What is with
Miles Hunt's voice?"
On albums past, the lead's vocals were
sneering. Here, they've mellowed almost
beyondrecognition. This time 'roundhis
voice is much smoother, and while it's a
bit disconcerting for long-time fansof the
band (like myself), the annoyance factor
fades quickly.
Even though "On the Ropes" is a bit
too poppish and they strike too many
rocker poses in the photos in the CD
jacket, Construction For the Modern Idiot is
enough to keep us Wonder Stuff fans
happy.
Blayne Haggart
Mudhoney
Five Dollar Bob's Mock Cooter Stew EP
Reprise
What happened to this once-great
punk rock band?
During Mudhoney's stint on the Sub
Pop label, the band released exceptional
material.
Their initial disk, Superfuzz Bigmuff,
was superb. Two of the succeeding al-
bums, Mudhoney and Every Good Boy De-
serves Fudge . . ., were ingenious. At that
time, they were deemed to be the most
promising of the emerging Seattle bands.
Their tendency to receive high critical
acclaim abruptly ended with their dis-
graceful 1992 release Piece of Coke. Inci-
dentally, that was their major-label de-
but.
Mudhoney didn't necessarily "sell
out." They still did record on an eight-
track. Their musical creativity just sim-
ply dried up.
Judging by Mudhoney's last two re-
leases, Piece Of Cake and Five Dollar Bob's
Mock Cooter Stew, there's little reason to
be overly optimistic that the band will
release any strong-sounding material in
the near future.
The opening track on the latest al-
bum, "In The Blood," has Mudhoney
sounding like a Bob Dylan rip-off. The
ensuing songs on this EP get progres-
sively worse. "Between You And Me Kid"
has the band making a feeble attempt at
blues.
" Deception Pass" and "Underide" were
recorded several years ago and are likely
songs that weren't deemed good enough
for Piece of Cake. Mudhoney also redoes
"Make It Now," ruining one of the few
decent tracks found on their previous
album.
The saving grace of this album is that
it is under 25 minutes in length. If s a
shame to see a band such as Mudhoney
fall into a rut that's below mediocrity.
Adam Seddon
22 • The Charlatan ■ January 6, 1994
Thursday; January 6 Monday, January 10
The Wedding Banquet and Orlando
are both playing tonight atthe Bytowne
at 7 p.m. and 9:20 p.m. respectively. Isn't
life grand?
Friday, January 7
Relive the adventure! Jurassic Park\
It's playing at the Mayfair at 7 and 9
p.m.!
Saturday, January 8
Pretty good lineup here. Tonight at
Zaphod's six bucks gets you in to see
Guelph's King Cobb Steelie and Otta-
wa's Cookie.
Corpus Mnterruptus, an art exhibit
about the "migratory relationship be-
tween the human body and its represen-
tation in art" by Catherine Heard,
Suzanne Maurice and Roman Valera, is
being presented tonight through Feb. 4
at Gallery 101. At 8 p.m. tonight, artist
Douglas \. Back will give a talk about the
body and art. His exhibit. The Body Obso-
lete, is showing Jan. 7 through Feb. 11 at
Galerie SAW Video.
Sunday, January 9
Well, there's always Jimmy George
at the Duke of Somerset.
At the Mayfair, they're holding a
benefit screening of Kan ehsatake: 270
Years of Resistance for Peace Brigades
International, "a group dedicated to the
non-violent resolution of conflicts." The
screening starts at 2 p.m. and tickets are
seven dollars.
This week's reading tip, courtesy of the
well-rested»Char/atan production man-
ager Kevin McKay, is Norman Maclean's
A River Runs Through It. Says McKay,
"It's an excellent story of family and
fishing in Montana. It will leave you with
a desire to grab your pole and a box of
flies."
Tuesday, January 1 1
How about taking in some acid jazz
at the Pit?
Relive the anxiety, the last-minute
cramming for exams! It's the timely film
The Nightmare Before Christmas, show-
ing at 7 p.m. at the Bytowne.
Wednesday, January 12
What can you expect from something
entitled The Great Fishing Debait
Seminar? How about fishing experts
Reno Viola and "Big" Jim McLaughlin
facing off in a discussion of "10 of the
most common basic angling situations?"
We all know how passionate anglers can
get, so a heated discussion seems inevita-
ble. It's happening at Centrepointe
Theatre in Nepean. Tickets are $15 at
the door, $13.50 in advance. The fun gets
underway at 7 p.m.
On In A Mellow Tone (CKCU 93.1 FM
at9 p.m.), RonSweetman will be playing
recent jazz and blues releases.
Want to get rid of some surplus blood?
The Canadian Red Cross Society is hold-
ing a blood donor clinic in Porter
Hall from noon until 4 p.m. today. Their
goal is 190 donors and there'll doubt-
lessly be cookies and other treats avail-
able.
Thursday, January 13
Tonight at 8 p.m. and again on Satur-
day at 2 p.m. at the Bytowne: a live
dramatic reading of Terry Hagleton's
Wittgenstein, to be followed by a screen-
ing of the film. Sez here in the press
release that Terry Eagleton is England's
"most significant Marxist literary critic, "
so now you know what to expect.
Savage Graces: "After Images" by
Gerald McMaster is showing at the Ot-
tawa Art Gallery today through Feb.
27. This evening, to commemorate the
opening, Namowan Michael Kirby will
be reading some of his poetry at 8 p.m.
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NEWS
Grey areas in Black's autobio
by Ryan Nakashima
Charlatan Staff
Two Carleton graduates say media
mogul Conrad Black is re-writing history
by implying he was included in antics
they say he had no part in at Carleton as
a student in 1964.
In his recently published autobiogra-
phy A Life in Progress, Black claims he was
president of a drama group that put on a
farcical production called "1001 Freud-
ian Delights," in which one of the mem-
bers, Michael Maltby, pranced nude be-
fore an audience of 300 for about 30
seconds, and then left.
But Maltby and Ian Angus say Black
had nothing to do with the production,
which Maltby says gave the group mem-
bers a reputation as "movers and shak-
ers" at the school.
"He would like to have been associ-
ated with '1001 Freudian Delights,'" says
Maltby, now 50, who spoke from his
office in Toronto where he works as a
telecommunications and marketing
manager.
" If s an attempt to build himself up as
an interesting student, " says Angus, who
spoke from his office in Ajax, Ont.
"Conrad Black was definitely not part
of that (production)," says Angus.
In A Life in Progress, Black writes, "A
theatre club of which I was the president
staged a 'Royal Nonsuch' adapted from
Mark Twain.
"The prurient freshmen of Arnprior
and Smiths Falls and environs were en-
ticed in their hundreds to pay $2.50 each
to see '1001 Freudian Delights/ and one
of my friends appeared nude, painted
blue from head to toe with a rose in his
mouth and danced around the stage to a
45 r.p.m. Beatles record."
Black responded to Angus's allega-
tions in a faxed letter to The Charlatan. He
writes that, "While I was aware of the
planning of the program, it is true that I
Conrad Black : look where hangin' in the tunnels can get you.
had nothing to do with its organizing nor
in my book did I claim to have anything
to do with organizing it."
Angus and Maltby say they asked
Black to become president of a new drama
group, the New Theatre Club, created a
year after the show, to resolve the new
club's financial problems.
Black asserts the New Theatre Club
put on the show, but Angus and Maltby
say it was just put on by four individuals
— Maltby, Larry Aubrey, Timothy Bond,
and Kent
Doe.
Black
writes in
his letter
that he
was asked
to become
president
and later
testified for
the New
Theatre
Club at a
hearing
into
whether
the show
violated
university
rules. He
writes this
usti f ied
his refer-
ence that
he was
president
of the club
that put on
the show.
Angus
says the
show was
put on as a
way to
raise money for a loss the theatre club,
Sock 'n' Buskin, had incurred by co-host-
ing the Canadian Universities Drama
League festival with the University of
Ottawa's drama club in the 1963-64
school year.
Angus and Maltby say their "frankly
pornographic show" was put on only by
individuals to help Sock 'n' Buskin and
was not billed as a Sock 'n' Buskin event.
They say the New Theatre Club was
created after the show following a break
of its principal members from Sock 'n'
Buskin.
Angus wrote a letter to The Charlatan
lan. 3 saying Black wasn't part of the
show. He says he was first irked by a
version of the "1001 Freudian Delights"
events which was published in 1982 in
The Establishment Man, written by PeterC.
Newman.
Angus says he didn't comment on
what he saw as errors in The Establish-
ment Man, because he assumed they were
the fault of the author.
But Angus says when he read Black's
autobiography, he felt the need to in-
form the media.
Newman could not be reached for
comment. Black responded in his letter
that he won't be held responsible for
Newman's work.
In the 1982 book, Black is quoted as
saying, "One of my fellow dub members
came out naked, painted in psychedelic
hues from head to toe, and crawled
around the stage to the Beatles' 'Yellow
Submarine.' Then the record ended, the
curtain came down, and he was zipped
off the stage, leaving a frustrated and
infuriated audience."
"He (Black) was the
jerk who hung around
the tunnel junction
with a three-piece
suit/' Angus says.
Angus and Maltby say although the
Beatles were used in the performance,
"Yellow Submarine" had not been re-
leased until several years later. {Rock
Record, a music almanac, says the song
was released in 1966 on the Revolver al-
BLACK cont'd on page 5
GSA vice-presidents get to double dip
by Blayne Haggart
Charlatan Staff
Carleton's Graduate Students' Asso-
ciation has altered its constitution to let
vice-presidents work at full-time jobs while
holding their paid GSA positions.
Councillors reached the decision at an
1 1-minute closed session at a lan. 7 coun-
cil meeting. According to GSA President
Vladimir Zhivov, the vote was 1 8 in favor,
one against and one abstention.
Before the amendment, GSA execu-
tive members were not allowed to hold
full-time jobs. Vice-presidents will now
be allowed to hold an outside job for one
four-month term. They will be paid half
of their usual salary, which is about
$4,875 per year for vice-presidents.
On the current executive, vice-presi-
dent internal Guy Vadish and vice-presi-
dent finance Michael Allen, both MPA
students, are directly affected. This month,
they started co-op terms at the depart-
ments of External Affairs and Education
respectively.
After the meeting, Zhivov said the
reason for the amendment was because
before, the constitution "discriminated
against" master of public administration
students, most of whom take co-op posi-
tions.
Underthe amendment, vice-presidents
wishing to take advantage of the new
clause are required to submit written
work schedules outlining when they will
be able to fulfil their duties as executive
members.
Council made its first exception be-
fore the amendment was an hour old,
accepting Allen's verbal work schedule
presentation in a unanimous vote with
Allen abstaining. He said he would be
available for office hours on Wednesday
evenings and Saturdays during the day.
Zhivov said Allen "had a pretty busy
week and he didn't have the time to get
around to it (writing up the work sched-
ule) . . . We felt we were able to make a
decision even though we didn't have it in
writing." He said it is council's preroga-
tive to interpret the constitution.
Vice-president external David Hubka
said the thought of two out of four execu-
tives leaving was "horrifying."
After the lan. 7 vote, Vadish tendered
a verbal resignation, which council voted
to refuse until Jan. 31, so he can wrap up
some work, including trying to move the
GSA into a larger office space.
Zhivov said since Vadish didn't ask to
stay on, during January he will be paid at
the full rate for a vice-president.
Zhivov said council voted to keep
Vadish working for a month because the
GSA "couldn't function without him."
Zhivov said the GSA couldn't replace
Vadishbefore the next GSA council meet-
ing Feb. 4.
At the next meeting councillors will
vote on any graduate student who has
been nominated to fill Vadish's position,
said Zhivov. The GSA is now accepting
nominations for the position. He said it
would be "unreasonable" to hold a
byelection right before their general elec-
tion, which is held in March.
Vadish said he tendered his resigna-
tion because he wanted to stay on "in the
best interests of the organization," but
couldn't because of the amount of time
he needs on campus to fulfil his duties as
vice-president internal.
Vadish said this was not the case with
Allen. "He can do a lot of what he does
without physically being on campus."
Vadish also said Allen is "good at
what he does" and compared to his posi-
tion, it is "worse for Michael to leave with
the budget coming down." Allen is pre-
paring the GSA's budget for the next
fiscal year, which begins May 1.
As vice-president internal, Vadish is
responsible for all matters on campus,
including helpinggraduate students deal
with problems they have with the univer-
sity administration.
As vice-president finance, Allen is re-
sponsible for all the association's money
matters, including the functioning of
Mike's Place, which is run by the GSA.
Allen said he's not looking for an
"easy ride" and added he is giving every-
thing he can offer to the GSA. □
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What have the services done for you?
by Matt Skinner
Ghanaian Staff
Corleton's student serv-
ice co-ordinators are
funded out of the $80 $95
annual fee each under-
graduate student pays to
the Carleton University Stu-
dents' Association.
With the academic year
half over, The Charlatan de-
cided to find out what the
co-ordinators have done so
far this year and whether
they have any new plans.
This week we profile the
Student Academic Action
Bureau and the Gay, Les-
bian and Bisexual Centre.
WAYNE ROSS
STUDENT ACADEMIC
ACTION BUREAU
The bureau helps address questions
and concerns students have about aca-
demic issues, says co-ordinator Wayne
Ross.
Some students may feel uncomfort-
able addressing the university's adminis-
tration or may not know where to go, he
says.
"A lot of people come here to get
answers to those questions, like 'How do
I drop a course?', 'What does it mean if I
Ross says he's no lobbyist or activist.
drop a course?', 'What
happens if my marks fall
below this level?'," says
Ross.
"1 can answer some
of those questions, but
most often 1 direct stu-
dents to the people who
have the answers," he
says.
If the student's prob-
lem is of a pressing na-
ture, such as one involv-
ing deadlines, Ross says 1
he can sometimes speed
up the issue by talking
to faculty members or
administrators who can
help the student.
Ross says this is the
first year a full-time co-
ordinator has been hired |
to run the bureau.
In previous years the j
New University Govern-
ment chair was also re-
sponsible for running [
SAAB.
Ross says he thinks No9al° JflJ* centre 15 °Pen fyr alL
more students have made use of the
bureau this year.
He attributes this to public relations
and advertising.
"I'm not a lobbyist, nor am I an advo-
cate," says Ross, explaining why the bu-
reau does not lobby against issues such
as tuition hikes.
But he says he still thinks the bureau
serves students well.
"If s an incredible asset,
everything is confidential.
Use it, it's there, if s yours,
you have every right to it,
and I'm more than happy
to help you," says Ross, ad-
dressing the student body.
He says students don't
need an appointment to
see him — they can just
walk in.
PETER NOGALO
GAY, LESBIAN , BI-
SEXUAL CENTRE
COORDINATOR
Peter Nogalo, co-
ordinator of the Gay, Les-
bian, Bisexual Centre, says
the centre provides support
and a safe place for people
when they're uncomfort-
able or when they're first
o coming out.
| "They have a place to
gcome and talk to people,
5 meet people," he says. The
centre holds a " coming-out
group" every Monday at 6
p.m., to help people who are coming out
about being gay, lesbian or bisexual.
Nogalo says he feels the meetings are
more successful this year than previous
years. He attributes this to the new for-
mat the centre is using for the Monday
groups, with a man facilitating the group
one week and a woman the next. Nogalo
says he feels this adds variety to the
meetings.
This is the centre's third year, and
Nogalo says it has improved greatly since
its first year.
"The first year there was nothing here
really," he says.
Nogalo says this is the first year the
centre has had a full-time co-ordinator
and a budget of $30,000 comparable to
that of other CUSA services.
He says the centre also operates a
resource centre which has books avail-
able to students for essays or personal
use. The centre purchases literature on
topics such as HIV and AIDS, sexuality
and spirituality. About $3,500 goes to-
wards the centre's resource centre, which
is on par with previous years.
The GLB centre works with othergroups
on campus to bring in authors and other
people to speak to students on campus
throughout the year, says Nogalo.
In February the centre holds Bisexual,
Gay, Lesbian Awareness Days or BGLAD,
a week of events devoted to issues rel-
evant to the centre.
This year's events will include work-
shops, speakers, and films aimed at edu-
cating students.
0 Unique to this year's BGLAD events
g will be a cultural night which will include
g a dance and party on campus, says
1 Nogalo.
*~ "That'll be something that has never
been done before. I think it will be fun,"
he says.
Nogalo says that while the centre is
not an organization with an activist
mandate, it does have an activist role.
He says the centre will, upon request,
provide groups with an ti-homphobia and
anti-heterosexism workshops. He says
the centre will be speaking to President
Farquhar later next month.
On a day-to-day basis, the centre pro-
vides people with free condoms, pam-
phlets, information and support, says
Nogalo, adding that the centre is avail-
able for all Carleton students, regardless
of their sexual orientation. □
BLACK cont'd from page 3
bum.)
Angus and Maltby say Black was only
in the audience, and wasn't a member of
Sock 'n' Buskin.
Angus says he and Maltby knew Black,
but weren't actually friends.
"He was the jerk who hung around the
tunnel junction with a three-piece suit,"
Angus says.
Black says in his letter that Angus
"had absolutely nothing to do with (the
production), other than being a com-
plainant who felt he had not received
value for money for the ticket he had
purchased." Angus admits that he was
only in the audience, but says he knew
the performers.
Black says in his autobiography that
tickets were $2.50 each, but Angus's let-
ter claimed they were sold for $5.
Maltby says after he appeared nude
he quickly put on his clothes and got into
a car that was waiting outside Alumni
Theatre.
Black writes in his autobiography that
"the performer had fled to the showers
and his co-producers had removed the
till and deserted the gate."
But Bond, 51, now a director of TV
movies including several Star Trek epi-
sodes, disagrees with his colleagues.
"(Black) was treasurer of Sock 'n'
Buskin. I was president," he says. But he
added, "This is so old 1 don't remember it
... I think he was treasurer, but I could be
wrong."
"I just remember it was a lot of fun,
says Aubrey, 49, who is now a Toronto-
based actor. "I'm quite certain that Tim
(Bond) has it right. I think Conrad was
treasurer. If Conrad wants to think he
was president, it's sort of funny, isn't it?"
he says. a
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)anuary 13, 1994 • The Charlatan • 5
CUSA council meeting-a-thon
COUNCIL
by Brent Dowdall
Charlatan Staff
One thing about the Carleton Univer-
sity Students' Association council this
year — it certainly has developed stamina.
And it certainly was required during
the numbing six-hour extravaganza on
Dec. 2. Five weeks later on [an. 1 1 , coun-
cillors did it all again, but this time it only
took three and a half hours.
The festivities began early Dec. 2 when
Derek Zeisman, the general manager of
the Rideau River Residence Association,
announced he would not bring a motion
of censure against CUSA President Lucy
Watson, as he had promised the last
council meeting, Nov. 1 6. Zeisman said a
censure is a "constitutional warning,
which lets the president know the coun-
cil's not happy with her actions."
He said he didn't bring forward the
motion because he thought it wouldn't
pass. Then he spent 20 minutes telling
everyone why he thought it should.
Zeisman said Watson hasn't kept
council informed andhas exercised poor
judgment on issues such as changes to
the structure of CUSA. As evidence, he
cited the appointment of the New Uni-
versity Government chair, who has been
elected in previous years, and the long
battle over the unionization of CUSA
employees.
"There has been a bad tone set on this
council since day one," he said.
He then finished by apologizing to
those councillors who would have sup-
ported his motion and "condemned"
those who would have opposed it for
falling in line with the executive.
When Watson got a chance to re-
spond, she suggested she would have
tried to address Zeisman's concerns had
he come to her.
The Dec. 2 meeting also had a pas-
sionate speech from finance commis-
sioner Rene Faucher.
He wanted council to approve $500 to
spend on architect's drawings for reno-
vations to the first floor of the Unicentre.
These would involve moving the arcade,
billiards hall and Copy Shop.
"Lefs get something down on paper
that we can actually debate," an ardent
Faucher told council. "This is my fourth
year here and every year it's talk. 'Let's
talk about the Unicentre building.' Well,
let's do something about the Unicentre
building."
Council approved the $500.
Then the fireworks were re-ignited over
anotheralways-flammable topic, the ref-
erendum on a fee increase for the Cana-
dian Federation of Students.
On Dec. 1 CUSA's constitutional board
ruled 3-2 that CUSA's chief electoral of-
ficer, James Rilett, violated a bylaw by
denying the No committee the right to
campaign during the referendum because
the committee had not been officially
approved by the CEO.
In short, the referendum is overturned
and won't be brought up again this year.
Council chair Dave Gregory ruled that
since the CEO is an employee of a union-
ized association, the matter was staff-
related, and council had to go in camera.
They were gone for two hours.
And, as if things weren't bad enough,
even game show hosts are writing nasty
things about CUSA. Last fall Watson
complained to Jeopardy host AlexTrebek
for making a reference to "the dreaded
Carleton" on his show earlier in the fall,
when a University of Ottawa student
appeared on the show.
On Jan. 11, Watson, back from either
a southern hotspot or a phenomenal
holiday under a tanning lamp, passed
around Trebek's response to her com-
plaint, saying "I'm not sure whetheryou
should laugh or get angry."
In the letter, addressed "Dear Lucy,"
Trebeksays his comment about Carleton
on the show referred to a sports rivalry
between the University of Ottawa and
Carleton, and wasn't a comment on Car-
leton's academic standards.
He chastised Watson, writing, "as a
student leader, you should be more care-
ful in your knee-jerk reactions. Had you
done your homework and paid closer
attention to the facts, you would have
realized that you have clearly taken of-
fence where none was intended.
"No reasonable person [not our un-
derline] would have interpreted my com-
ments as a serious put-down of Carleton,
particularly one that would have a 'dam-
aging impact' on the school. If any re-
traction of comments is due, I would
think an apology from vou [not our un-
derline] might be in order."
Gee, he seems like such a nice guy
when he's on jeopardy.
Also on [an. 1 1, council got around to
passing the writ of general election for
Feb. 8-10. Once again three zillion post-
ers will invade every building on campus
in that annual search for the new mes-
siah.
Included in the writ are two referen-
dum questions. The first asks if students
would like to pay $ 1 to continue funding
a community legal clinic at the Univer-
sity of Ottawa, where Carleton students
can get help with legal problems.
As for the other referendum question,
the NHL's newest expansion team is Car-
leton . . . well, not quite. But students will
be asked if they wish to pay $1 a year to
create and maintain a Carleton hockey
team to play in the College Hockey
League, against teams such as Algonquin
and St. Lawrence College.
Council also gave $600 to the men's
and women's rowingteams because nine
- rowers have been offered a chance to
train with the Canadian National Row-
ing Team. Because the department of
athletics doesn't fund the rowing club at
all, the rowers must do their own
fundraising. The $600 is a portion of the
team's total expenses, which include
travel, equipment and coaching.
This came after vice-president inter-
nal Rob famieson called for a "revolu-
| tion" to overthrow the tyrants over at the
S department of athletics for not giving the
* rowers enough money to train with the
< team. Power to the people. □
Constitution board overturns referendum
by John Steinbachs
Charlatan Start
The results of a referendum held Nov.
9-10 have been overturned.
The constitutional board of the Carle-
ton University Students' Association has
ruled the Canadian Federation of Stu-
dents and the Canadian Federation of
Students-Ontario will not receive any
extra money from Carleton students.
The referendum question asked
whetherornot Carleton students wantto
pay $4 more each in annual fees paid to
CFS and CFS-O, raising each group's levy
by $2. CFS presently gets $4 from each
student, and CFS-0 gets $3.
Students voted 669 to 645 in favor of
the hikes, with 58 spoiled ballots.
The board annulled the results of the
November referendum because CUSA's
chief electoral officer, James Rilett, did
not allow the No committee to take part
in the campaign.
The board voted 3 to 2 in favor of
overturning the referendum. Rob
[amieson, vice-president internal and
Theresa Cowan, director of services, voted
against overturning the results. Rob
Bennett, an arts and social science coun-
cillor, and two of the boards student
members Cindy Frzer and Chaminda
Thotahewa, voted to overturn the results.
After missing the Nov. 2 deadline to
register as a committee with Rilett, a
group of students supporting the No side
were not allowed to officially campaign
in the referendum, including speaking at
all-candidate meetings and putting up
posters.
John Edwards, a CUSA arts and social
science representative, filed a challenge
with the constitutional board, protesting
the exclusion of the No campaign from
the referendum. Edwards says he felt
there should have been a No committee
to ensure students were informed of both
sides of the issue.
Edwards also says he believes there
were discrepancies in the number of
spoiled ballots which could have been
avoided if a No committee member would
have been allowed to question vote counts
in the scrutineer's office.
Because the No committee was not
recognized, its members could not ques-
tion the vote counts.
Edwards says he has spoken with a No
committee member who was in the scru-
tineer's office and witnessed many "bor-
derline" No ballots counted as spoiled.
Rilett says the constitution says offi-
cially recognized committees have the
right to have a scrutineer present to en-
sure accurate vote counts.
Rilettsays he didn't allow the No com-
mittee tocampaign because no members
of the committee showed up for a meet-
ing advertised to elect their chair.
Edwards says the meeting was adver-
tised in The Charlatan but "way back in
the paper, past where I usually read."
He says the unofficial No committee
should still have been allowed to cam-
paign.
"If the committee misses the first meet-
ing the question is, does that mean they
won't exist at all or does it mean that the
committee should be allowed to existbut
not receive funding?"
Rilettsays the constitution is "not spe-
cific at all" on this point and it was up to
him to rule on the issue.
" I ruled one way, and they (the consti-
tutional board) ruled another," he says.
CUSA's constitutional board heard
Edwards's complaint and released a re-
port to CUSA council on Dec. 2 which
criticized the decision to exclude the No
committee from the campaign. Edwards
says on Dec. 7 the board released another
report which recommended the referen-
dum be overturned.
"It's all a matter of the way you see it
and I guess they didn't see it my way,"
says Rilett.
Rob Jamieson, CUSA's vice-president
internal, says there is no law in the con-
stitution regarding whether a committee
can be stopped from campaigning, but
he backed up Riletfs right to make deci-
sions. "I mean, that's what we pay the
guy for," says Jamieson.
Rilett says part of his job is to interpret
the electoral code, which is part of CUSA's
constitution, but the constitutional board
has the power to overrule his rulings.
Jamieson says he doesn't think the
question will come up again in this Feb-
ruary's general election.
focelyn Charron, communications di-
rector for the CFS, says the federation will
not be affected by the loss of revenue
from Carleton because "we didn't budget
for it this year."
Charron says the CFS would still like to
receive more money from Carleton stu-
dents so they can serve students better
through lobbying campaigns.
Jamieson says as far as he knows,
there won't be a referendum in the near
future.
The CFS researches student issues, acts
as a lobby group for students and pro-
vides services like Travel Cuts for stu-
dents.
It is also a member of the Interna-
tional Union of Students, which helps
defend student rights. □
6 • The Charlatan • January 13, 1994
NATIONAL AFFAIRS
Quebec students get tiny tuition hike
by Michael Mainville
Ch aria! an Staff
Despite the announcement of a sur-
prisingly low tuition hike in Quebec, some
university students remain concerned
about the rising cost of tuition in their
province.
On Dec. 15, Lucienne Robillard, Que-
bec's minister of education and science,
announced a tuition-increase ceiling of
1 .9 per cent for all Quebec post-second-
ary students. This means tuition increases
for 1994-95 at Quebec universities must
not exceed this limit.
The government decided on the in-
crease using guidelines taken from the
Consumer Price Index, a measure of the
rise in prices of common consumer goods
and services over a fixed time period. It is
used by governments to determine the
annual increase in the cost of living.
A maximum tuition hike of 1.9 per
cent would raise the maximum full-time
undergraduate tuition from $1,632 to
$1,663.
Marc Luz, president of the Students'
Society of McGill, says students are guard-
edly happy, but disappointed the Que-
bec government did not undertake a study
of tuition fees.
"The government chose to avoid the
question and not increase tuition dra-
matically purely for political reasons,"
says Luz, referring to the upcoming pro-
vincial election in Quebec. "The govern-
ment didn't want student protest."
Luz says he thinks the Quebec govern-
ment is hoping to win the student vote by
lowering the tuition increase after its
initial proposal.
The ministry's original plan to raise
tuition by 5 1 percent would have brought
Quebec tuition fees up to the Canadian
average, says Pierre Villenueve, the edu-
cation andscience minister's press agent.
However, Villeneuve says the hike was
not so
(V*JfvV
set below the first estimate because the
sudden increase would have been too
sharp for students to handle.
"The inten- ^vn^^^^^^^^^m
tion (to raise tui-
tion to the Ca-
nadian average)
is always there.
Every year we
will review the
decision," says
Villeneuve.
But Luz says
the government
is trying to take ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
the emphasis off ^mmmm^^^^m^^^
the broader issues, such as underfunding
and student poverty, by focusing on the
tuition hike.
While the increase was less than ex-
"The hike will affect all
students (who are) not
of the upper class," says
Berger. "It means you
have to shoplift more
than usual."
pected, Luz says he thinks the Quebec
government will compensate by cutting
funding to universities, a more subtle
way of reducing
costs.
"Universities
are becoming
less important
to the Quebec
government,"
he says. "We are
trying to make
this a priority."
Roy Berger, a
^^^^^^^^^^^^ third-year soci-
t^^^^^^^^^^^m ology student at
Concordia University in Montreal, agrees.
"The hike will affect all students (who
are) not of the upper class," says Berger.
"It means you have to shoplift more than
usual."
The hike will have major effects on
students in Montreal, probably causing
many todrop out, says Berger. He says he
thinks the Quebec government will con-
tinue to raise tuition a little every year,
slowly pushing people out of post-sec-
ondary education.
Kristine Haselsteiner, vice-president
external for Carleton's student associa-
tion, says she hopes the low tuition in-
crease for Quebec students could influ-
ence the Ontario NDP government's im-
pending decision concerning tuition
hikes.
"I think it shows a step in the right
direction," soys Haselsteiner. "The fact
that Quebec students have lower tuitions
is really good for them."
She says even if the low hike was
politically motivated, it shows students
can influence the government's decision.
"We have to realize we are a power
and we can institute change even if it's
not an election year," she says.
With this year's tuition increases, the
gap between the cost of post- secondary
education in Quebec and Ontario seems
poised to grow.
Last August, Dave Cooke, the Ontario
minister of education, said there would
be "substantial" tuition increases for
1994-95 of higher than seven percent.
In the past, the difference between
tuition increases in Ontario and Quebec
was not nearly so drastic. Last year, tui-
tion-increase ceilings in Quebec and
Ontario were six and seven per cent re-
spectively.
Ontario students pay more overall for
tuition than Quebec students. On the
average, a full-time arts student in On-
tario payed $2,372 for tuition this year
while a student in Quebec payed
$1,632. □
Students fear massive funding cuts in Alberta
by Arn Keeling and Ryan Nakashima
Charlatan Staff
The impending $300-million cut to
education funding in Alberta will be "like
chopping off one of your legs," says
Terence Filewych, president of the Uni-
versity of Alberta Student Union.
"It's going to affect the quality of
education," says Filewych.
On Nov. 24, Alberta Education Minis-
ter Halvar Jonson announced in a press
release plans to reduce government fund-
ing to education by five per cent this year.
This first round of cuts are planned to
take effect April 1.
This year's cuts are part of an overall
plan to cut government spending by 20
per cent in all areas over three years, says
Filewych.
But Filewych says the $300 million in
proposed cuts would actually remove 24
per cent of the budget for education.
According to the government's press
release, the April 1 deadline was set so
that universities, school boards and their
staffs' unions could decide for themselves
what areas would be cut. The govern-
ment encouraged education administra-
tors to cut the five per cent from salaries
and benefits.
Murray Fraser, president of the Uni-
versity of Calgary, says administrators
and students at the province's universi-
ties have met with the government in
round-table discussions over the past two
months to discuss the funding cuts.
He says since he is unsure how severe
the cuts to the university will be, he can't
say where the university will cut.
But the amalgamation of faculties at
the U of A and a program
of early retirement for
staff at the U of C are
already being imple-
mented as the universi-
ties anticipate the pro-
posed cuts.
Student protests at
both the province's ma-
jor universities have been
vocal. About500 Univer-
sity of Calgary students
rallied on campus Nov.
24 to coincide with a visit
from Jack Ady, the Al-
berta minister of ad-
vanced education andca-
reer development.
They chanted "Stop
the cuts" and "Education
not deregulation," wav-
ing placards with slogans
like, "Keep the (tuition) cap," and "Edu-
cation not corporate buy-outs," accord-
ing to the U of C student newspaper, The
Gauntlet.
On Dec. 7, about 750 U of A students
rallied at the university and heard
speeches from both Filewych and the
university's president Paul Davenport,
reported The Gateway, the U of A student
paper.
Filewych told protestors to "demand
this government prioritize the budget.
Across-the-board cuts have no foresight
or vision."
Davenport also said the cuts could
mean enrolment would drop by "2,000
or 3,000 in three or four years."
Sandra Halme, a public affairs officer
for the U of A, says there was an internal
review of how the cuts will affect the
university, but the administration is not
prepared to comment until February.
In February, the government will re-
lease its budget and make clearer how
much the cuts to the province's educa-
tion budget will affect post-secondary
institutions, said Siobhdn Thomas, The
Gauntlet's news editor. Thomas says there
will be board of governors meeting Jan.
28 at the U of C to discuss the cuts.
Fraser says the increased demand for
university education in Alberta, coupled
with cuts to education funding, will put
pressure on the province's education sys-
tem. Fraser says the U of C administra-
tion has been supportive of student ef-
forts to protest the proposed cuts.
"We are together on this issue," says
Fraser. "We are concerned with the qual-
ity of education and access to educa-
tion."
Filewych says the administration at
the U of A has also been vocal in its
support of students.
"Our president has said openly that
these cuts go too far too fast," he says.
Filewych says although he believes
that cuts are imminent, he hopes there's
still time to keep them to a minimum.
"I'm not a pessimist," says Filewych.
He says he is trying to convince the gov-
ernment and the people of Alberta that
education is a priority. □
Witfi files Ifom The Gauntlet. University oi Calgary and The
Gateway, University of Alberta.
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EDITORIAL PAGE
Weather's
chilly and
the CUSA
car is stalled
"CUSA council is like a Hyundai in a winter storm in
Ottawa. It goes nowhere."
Thanks to Rene Faucher, CUSA's finance com-
missioner, for this apt description. We couldn't
have said it better ourselves.
It's January and CUSA hacks are already preparing
for the February elections for next year's council. But we
can't let them forget what has happened over the past
four months.
A review of their actions should serve as a reminder
that this year isn't over yet. Perhaps it'll also get people
a little more interested in an organization that has an
operating budget of over $2.2 million, more than half of
which comes from students.
There is much to jeer and little to cheer in council's
behavior this year.
We could spend years on what went on in the sum-
mer, with all the wrangling over a union for CUSA
employees, but besides that, there's more than enough
fodder for discussion since September.
There have been problems with the council from the
top down. For example, what was the holdup with
finding a new safety commissioner? The position wasn't
filled until Nov. 16 . The only explanation for why it took
so long was CUSA President Lucy Watson's weak excuse
that she was busy in September and "the month just
disappeared." Looks like October just disappeared too.
Then came the referendum asking for an increase in
funding forthe Canadian Federation of Students on Nov.
9 and 10.
The "Yes" side won, but several factions cried foul
Now, the referendum has been overturned. But the way
in which overturning the referendum was handled brings
questions about the way the council is structured.
When council was debating the issue they used the
CUSA constitution to take the meeting behind closed
doors. Some members of council claimed it was because
it was a staff-related matter, which according to the
CUSA constitution, can't be discussed in an open meet
ing.
But, it could also be argued that certain employees,
especially those in managerial positions, need to be
directly answerable to the public. Having that clause in
the constitution makes it a little too easy for council to cry
"staff-related matter," and run and hide whenever a
sensitive issue comes up.
At least council's constitutional board overturned the
referendum, as it should have been.
The CUSA Hyundai isn't really going nowhere. It's just
going wherever it's going really slowly, (and sometimes
going there in reverse.)
That no one seems aware of its destination is one of
the biggest problems with the council. If s hard for a
group of people to leam their jobs and make real change,
all in only one year.
If s also too bad that whatever good the council does
accomplish is usually covered up by all the foolishness
that goes on at the meetings.
Foolishness like arts and social sciences representa-
five Todd McAllister sitting through part of a meeting
wearing the head from Rodney the Raven's costume
Surely time could be spent at meetings more produc-
tively.
While the length of the average CUSA meeting at
least indicates that people want to talk, too much of it is
spent on petty bureaucracy. For example, at one meet-
ing the placement of agenda items was debated for 45
minutes.
Whatever you want to blame the stalled Hyundai on,
whether it be personality conflicts, unnecessary politick-
ing or a problem inherent in the structure of CUSA itselr,
the point is, that old CUSA Hyundai just isn't running
very well. Soon, we'll be making a trade-in on it.
Lefs hope we don't get stuck with a Pinto council next
year. RW & SK
ESSAY
Music makes the world go 'round
by David Dunn
David Dunn Is a first-year arts student who aspires to be a rock lyricist or a
construction worker.
Where does the true essence of a person lie?
Perhaps I should first mention that "essence" is in-
tended only to impart its most tangible associations -- 1
do not wish to discuss the soul as a spiritual vehicle.
Rather, I would like to establish an entirely new set of
parameters' and criteria with which to judge people
within our burgeoning theme-park culture.
Now, lefs rid ourselves of that nasty preoccupation
with the eyes as windows to the soul. Windows? Believe
me when I sayyour windows could use some soapy water
and a squeegee. Your eyes cry when you want to laugh,
and laugh when you'd rather cry; they fidget when you
need them to be still; sometimes they'll say too little, but
often times too much;
and they can be green
when you're raging red,
and blood-red when
you're blue.
No need for such
bombastic complexi-
ties! Our essence is
much simpler and ob-
vious than these quasi-
intellectual ramblings
may lead you to be-
lieve.
You (as both con-
sumer and connois-
seur) reveal more about
yourself than you
might otherwise care to
with each trip to H.M.V.
or every swap at
Bonehead's: our truest
essence lies in our musical taste.
Witness the evolution of the importance of music and
song its flounshing within individual communities,
and later, the flourishing of various styles and individual
techniques. .
Music existed for centuries before the great Chnstian
liberator Pope Gregory got his missionary hands on it,
shortly thereafter incorporating the chant in Christian-
ized pagan ritual.
Music remained relatively simple for centunes until a
beleaguered Frankish battalion (from present-day France)
was overheard singing an account of the ass-whipping
they had received at the hands of fiery Spanish Moslems.
Music and song had transcended church boundaries
and reached the peasantry, the commoners. It would
forever after represent a means of pleasure and unison,
more elaborate in composition and lyrically poetic in
style, and more intensely personal.
Still not convinced? Consider this; why do you beeline
to the stereo and fumble through the record collection of
anyone you've recently met?
You thumb through the jewel cases as you would your
recipe book, looking for something to whet your insatia-
ble musical appetite, and perhaps reason to draw them
into your fold. You utter pronouncements of approval
("Cool!"), or disapproval (commonly acknowledged with
mental footnotes: the guy is a zucchini — at first light I
break for the door.)
It follows that music alone can tear down boundaries
or manifest itself in unbridgeable societal chasms.
To wit: you may be shocked to find that your new
friend, about whose
coffee table is strewn
copies of Spin and Roll-
ing Stone, owns a Cole
Porter album, or sev-
eral of Tchaikovsky's
symphonies. Or you
may be delighted to
find that Jane's Addic-
tion disc, or an ABBA
compilation.
Aw, sure! As citizens
of a democratic society
we are certainly enti-
tled to preferences, as
guaranteed by
Trudeau's Charter of
Rights and Freedoms,
but that doesn't ex-
clude you from being
cast into musical exile.
What's the bottom line? We find solidarity in music.
Our unions and communities, and certainly our friend-
ships, need more than common political ideologies, or
favorite sports teams, to maintain good karma and keep
a virtually unshakable peace. (You think that's a load of
hooey? What, then, do you make of national anthems?)
Together we stand, and divided we disco: it's really
that simple. But! If you still don't believe me, I'll visit
your apartment, and we can rationally debate this
further.
I ask of you only two things: a rightly stocked cabinet
of liquors and fridge of beer, and that you lock up your
Billie Holiday or Nina Simone 'cause I'm a Robert Plant
fan. °
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Conrad Black not
responsible for
naked man . . .
Editor:
One of Carleton's best-known alumni
Conrad Black, recently published his au
tocography. Unfortunately, it misrepre
sents his activities at Carleton.
While Black was at Carleton in 1964
several students perpetrated one of the
greatest student pranks of all
time. They announced a dramatic
production called "1001 Freud-
ian Delights," and promised it
would be obscene. On that basis,
they sold about 300 tickets at $5
each.
When the curtain rose, a brief
introduction announced the first-
ever appearance of "The King's
Camel-Leopard." Then a nude
man appeared, painted from
head to toe and growled at the
audience. He left the stage, the
curtain went down and the audi-
ence waited for more. But there
was no more - the organizers
had skipped out the back door.
In his book, Black claims to
have been one of the organizers of this
event. He made the same claim to Peter
Newman, who reported it in his biogra-
phy of Black, The Establishment Man.
If s time to set the record straight on
this. Black had nothing to do with "1001
Freudian Delights." He was not involved
in any way.
I was there and I knew everyone in-
volved. (I even bought a $5 ticket.) The
people behind "1001 Freudian Delights"
were Larry Aubrey, Tim Bond, Kent Doe
and Michael Maltby. They were leading
lights in the campus drama club, Sock 'n'
Buskin.
Black was not, as he claims in his
autobiography, "president of the club."
He wasn't even a member. In 1 965, a year
later, he was involved for a short time
with a different group, the New Theatre
Club, but it had nothing to do with "1001
Freudian Delights."
To confirm my memory of this, I have
consulted with others who attended Car-
leton in 1964, including Maltby who was
the painted man on stage. All agree.
Black may have attended the show, but
he, was not otherwise involved.
"1001 Freudian Delights" was the most
entertaining event of 1964 at Carleton
and I am very disappointed that Conrad
Black has attempted to appropriate the
memory of a great prank.
Editor's Note:
After receiving Angus's letter, we faxed it
to Conrad Black for his comments. He sent
The Charlatan the following response.
... or "Yellow
Submarine" either
Editor:
In response to Ian Angus's letter, " 1001
Freudian Delights" was carried outunder
the auspices of the New Theatre Club
which was setup after Tim Bond, Michael
Maltby and Larry Aubrey were accused of
plagiarism at the club where they were
formerly involved.
They asked me to be president of their
club and it was in that capacity that I was
called as a witness at the honor commit-
tee hearing presided over by Gordon
Ritchie, Canada's subsequent free trade
negotiator, who has already written to me
confirming the accuracy of my version of
those hearings.
While I was aware of the planning of
the program, it is true that I had nothing
to do with its organizing nor in my book
did I claim to have anything to do with
organizing it.
I will not be held accountable for what
Peter Newman wrote. I never suggested
that the song "Yellow Submarine" was
played, merely "a 45 rpm Beatles record."
I gave evidence at the hearing to help
exonerate the organizers of the charge of
wrongdoing, as did Professor Fred
Cedarstrom.
Angus, I may say, had abso-
lutely nothing to do with it, other
than being a complainant who
felt he had not received value for
money for the ticket he had pur-
chased.
I felt my defence of the authors
of the scheme justified my refer-
ence which was "A theatre club of
which I was the president staged .
I certainly did not mean to ap-
propriate either the idea or enact-
ment of the scheme formyself and
no responsible reader of my book
would conclude that I attempted
to do so. I am afraid, to judge from
the intemperate and largely inaccurate
letter that he has written to you, that that
is not a category in which Angus is to be
found.
Conrad Block
BA1965
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18 • The Charlatan • January 13, 1994
SPORTS
Raven fencers were already hard at practice just one day after they picked up five medals at the Carleton Invitational
Fencers stick it to competition
High fives all around after Ravens grab five medals in five events
by Bram S. Aaron
Charlatan Statl
There's no place like home.
Hosting their own Carleton
Invitational fencing tournament Jan. 8-
9, the Ravens were the only team to win
medals in all five classes of competition.
Carleton also picked up a gold, two
silver and two bronze medals against
competition from five othersquads from
the R,A. Centre, a Quebec college, and
the universities of Ottawa, Trent and
Royal Military College.
Carleton fencing coach fames Ireland
said he was happy with the Ravens' good
showing.
"I was surprised to win so well. It was
a pretty good result -- 1 can't argue with
it," he said.
The men's sabre team, led by Simon
Pianarosa, defeated the R.A. club 5-0 in
the final round to win the gold medal.
"It was a tough tournament. There
were a lot of experienced veterans. We
went in trying to fence as best as we
could. We realized what restraints we
had to contend with," said Pianarosa,
commenting on the holidays' layoff.
Ireland said the men's sabre team had
to overcome an error on the part of tour-
nament organizers to win the gold. Or-
ganizers mixed up the order of combat
and pitted Carleton rookie Sean Carson
against the top fencer from the R.A. Cen-
tre squad.
"(Carson) did well considering he was
supposed to go second, but they made a
mistake and put him in first instead,"
said Ireland.
The coach said Carson fought hard for
the win.
" He won a big fight everyone thought
he would lose. It was icing on the cake,"
said Ireland.
Silver results came to the men's epee
and women's foil team.
Women's foil captain Liliana Piazze
lost her final round set 5-3, but two of her
bouts were lost by one point.
Rounding out the medal finishes were
the men's foil and women's epee squads,
who claimed bronze.
The men's foil team was particularly
pleased with its result as two members —
captain Neil Seto and Gordon Wong —
competed despite being ill.
Rookie Raven Dwight Irving "came up
with some good victories when we really
needed him," Seto said.
The women's epee team, comprised of
captain Terry McPherson, Nyka Alexan-
der, Lisa Tulk and Shirley McCuaig, was
also pleased with its finish, said
McPherson.
"We were hoping we'd medal," she
said. "James had us working really hard
"(last) week."
McPherson said one important part in
the road to their bronze was the fact that
they beat both the University of Ottawa
and RMC in direct elimination rounds.
Ireland said he was also happy the
tournament gave him a chance to see
Trent's teams, whose women fencers won
gold in both women's classes.
"We'll beat them in the Ontario fi-
nals," he said.
The Carleton Invitational is an open
competition, which means fencers not
eligible for varsity competition are al-
lowed to fence. It also allows more expe-
rienced over-aged fencers to compete and
raise the calibre of competition.
The first of two men's and women's
sectionals, which are qualifying tourna-
ments for the provincial championship,
will be hosted by Carleton Jan. 22-23. □
Polo women preparing to resume action
by Richard G.D. Scott
Chartalan Staff
Practice makes perfect.
And the Carleton women's waterpolo
team has been practising hard to prepare
for its second sectional tournament [an.
15-16 at McMaster University.
Currently, the Ravens are second in
the five-team Ontario Women's
Interuniversity Athletic Association
waterpolo league, with a 3-1 record be-
hind the undefeated Toronto Varsity
Blues.
Heading into the tournament, coach
Steve Baird and team members say they
are confident they can move into first
place after this upcoming final weekend
of regular season play.
"(First place) is within our grasp and
we're hoping to avenge a 4-3 loss to
Toronto," said Baird.
Carleton is scheduled to play four
games at the crossover sectional against
Brock, McMaster, Toronto and Queen's
universities.
The McMaster tournament is the sec-
The Ravens practised tlSTr^
ond and last sectional in the women's on Feb. 5-6
five-team division. Final regular season
standings will determine the playoff
schedule. All five teams will advance to
the championship finals, which will be
held this year at the University of Brock
Carleton's three wins at the Nov. 13-
14 tournament came against Brock (13-
1), McMaster (15-3) and the defending
championsQueen's(7-6).Theironlyloss
was the 4-3 setback against Toronto. □
Expansion
hockey death
by Steven Vesely
Charlatan STati
Remember the last time you saw a
real hockey game?
You know. The kind of game where
there's skating, shooting and scor-
ing?
Where Gretzky sets up a perfect
pass from behind the net to an open
forward in front? Where Messier mus-
cles his way through three defenders
for a shot on the net? Or Pavel Bure
scores on an end-to-end rush?
Remember? I don't.
That kind of hockey excitement
has disappeared, only to be replaced
by boring hockey full of clutching,
grabbing, dumping andexcruciating
slowness.
How did this happen? Expansion.
Ever since the National Hockey
League decided to expand from 21
teams three years ago to its current
slate of 26, real hockey has been in
decline.
TheadditionoftheSan [oseSharks,
Tampa Bay Lightning, Ottawa Sena
tors, Anaheim Mighty Ducks and
Florida Panthers has created a situa-
tion that rewards mediocre play and
stunts the creativity, finesse and bril-
liance that used to flourish.
With the exception of the Sena-
tors, who redefine pitifulness each
time they step out on the ice, the
remaining four expansion teams have
successfully adopted a defensive style
of play, one suited to weaker teams
without legitimate stars.
Consequently, they have slowed
other teams down to their snail-like
speed of play.
This slower defensive game has
also become a necessity because the
addition of the five new teams has
given career minor-league players as
well as washed-up veterans a second
chance at playing in the NHL.
Unfortunately, many of these play
ers have skills nowhere near the cali
bre of a true NHL player. Randy
Ladoceur. Scott Levins. Bill Huard.
Mike Rathje. Steve Kasper. The list is
endless. Guys like these should still be
in diapers or retirement homes.
And where has this defensive
hockey led to? Stagnation.
By choking the life out of the game,
by clogging up centre ice, by clutch
ing and grabbing and stifling the very
essence out of a game built on speed
— expansion teams have forced the
play down to a speed where they can
compete.
Incredibly enough, more often than
not they've been rewarded with ugly,
boring and low-scoring wins.
The Panthers, in fact, coached by
the king of defensive hockey himself
— Roger Nielson — actually have a
winning record almost midway
through the season. Who would have
thunk it just a few short months ago"
As a result, all these newcomers
are in contention for playoff berths.
Hooray.
They may be doing themselves a
short-term favor by worming their
way into the playoffs.
But they're killing hockey along
the way. a
January 13, 1994 * The Charlatan • 19
Basketball previews promise rough road
by Derek DeCloi
Charlatan Staff
If you've never watched the Carleton
women's basketball Ravens before this
year, you won't notice what's missing.
But what's missing from this year's
edition of the Ravens is almost as notable
as what's there. The team is coping with
the loss of several key players from last
year.
Still, despite that void, the Ravens'
style of play probably won't differ much
from past years as they hope for their first
playoff spot since coach Marg Jones took
over the team five years ago.
Here's a look at what to expect.
LAST YEAR: Finished seventh in the
east division of the Ontario Women's
Interuniversity Athletic Association with
a 2-10 record and finished 9-19 overall
when including exhibition games.
OFFENCE: The Ravens will beempha-
sizing a team approach this year, says
Marg Jones. They have little choice after
losing Tracey Carey and Nancy Forget,
who combined for 29 points per game
last year, over half the team's scoring.
"Obviously we have to look to other
people to score our points," says guard
Helen Collins, one of the team's co-cap-
tains. "We're not looking for a single
person any more."
However, the style will still be the
same. Not blessed with great size, the
Gillian Roseway is one rookie the Ravens will be handing the ball to this year.
Ravens will continue to try and outrun
their opponents.
"We try and use our quickness to our
advantage," says forward Heather
McAlpine.
DEFENCE: Literally, thebiggestthing
missing is six-foot-four rookie Christine
Steele, who played during the pre-season
but quit to concentrate on academics.
"Christine would've made a big im-
pact for us," says Jones. "The difference
she made defensively (was a) big intimi-
dation factor. " Nonetheless, Jones says
the Ravens are strong defensively, though
they're still learning the perils of being
too aggressive.
"Our big concern is our fouling —
committing fouls we don't have to com-
mit," she says.
LEADERSHIP: One of the Ravens' key
leaders, co-captain guard/forward Dana
Nicholas, will be watching from the side-
lines after she tore a ligament in her knee
during the pre-season.
"She was a key leader for us on the
floor, " says Jones, who says Nicholas was
"the hardest-working player on the
team."
Without her, the Ravens will look to
returnees like forward Valarie Gates and
the quiet Collins.
"She'snotparticularly vocal, (but) she's
very much a leader by example," says
Jones of Collins.
Experience-wise, the Ravens will rely
on seven returning veterans to make up
for the losses of Carey, Barbieri, Forget,
and now Nicholas.
Jones will be hoping that Collins,
Gates, McAlpine and guard Erin O'Grady
have broad enough backs to carry the
team until its five rookies can gain some
experience.
PROGNOSIS: It'll be tough to replace
last year's scoring punch. Only three of
the Ravens' top eight scorers from 1992-
93 will see action this year. As a result,
the Ravens will have to do a better job on
defence if they want to win.
"I would say we're going to have to
hold teams under 60 if we're going to
beat them," says Jones.
But you can still look for a entertain-
ing style of play: lots of fast breaks and
about a million shots every game, [ones
probably wouldn't have itanyotherway.
The team's goal is a playoff spot, but
that will be tough in trie OWIAA east
division. Perennial powerhouses
Laurentian, Queen's and Toronto will
probably be the top three, leaving Ot-
tawa, York, Ryerson and Carleton to bat-
tle it out for the last playoff spot. □
by Kevin Restlvo
Charlatan Staff
Hang on to your seat-belts.
With only five returning players from
last year's 1 2-man squad and a 3- 1 2 pre-
season exhibition record, it looks like this
year's team is in for another rough ride.
So what we can expect from thisyear's
team? read on.
LAST YEAR: The 1992-93 Ravens com-
piled a 3-9 record in OUAA east division
basketball action and a 5-20 record over-
all.
OFFENCE: Balance is the key for the
Ravens. Too often, the Ravens stand
around and wait for acknowledged team
leader Taffe Charles to take over.
The team needs its new players to step
up and become more involved in the fast-
paced, high-octane offence preached by
coach Paul Armstrong. Look for players
like first-year swingman Reagh Vidito to
start showing his pre-season potential on
a more regular basis. Unfortunately, a
lack of size and experience will likely
hurt the Ravens in close games and result
in many a long scoring drought.
One should also have pity on poor
Brian Russell and Jeremy Sims. Along
with Charles, the first-year forwards will
cruelly be expected to shoulder most of
the rebounding load because of the
Ravens' lack of size. Luckily for Carleton,
their OUAA east-division opponents
shouldn't have as many
behemoths as some of their
pre-season opponents.
Armstrong has stressed the
importance of rebounding
to his team in practice, so
look for this weakness to be
minimized as the season
progresses.
DEFENCE: This is an
area that most of the team
takes great pride in.
Though the Ravens may
not be as talented as other
teams, Carleton does work
extremely hard at proper
positioning and smart team defence.
The Ravens often employ different
trapping schemes and full court presses
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The Ravens will count on Taffe Charles for points.
in an attempt to kick-start fast breaks
and create easy baskets. Armstrong al-
ways employs excellent defensive
schemes to throw Carleton's opponents
off their game.
In the pre-season, these proved to be
effective at keeping the Ravens competi-
tive against some of their larger non-
conference opponents. If the Ravens hope
to be successful this season, they're going
to have to bank on their defence.
LEADERSHIP: Any and all of the five
veterans on the team will be expected to
provide leadership.
And the rookies will play a role too.
This team has the potential to steal some
games from opponents despite its lack of
experience. First-year guard Andrew
Smith and second-year forward James
Marquardt personify the work ethic of
the Ravens. Smith is a tireless worker who
frequently frustrates opponents with his
in-your-face style of play, while
Marquardt commands the respect of his
teammates with his no-nonsense ap-
proach to the game.
PROGNOSIS: The Ravens could do
some damage this year. If Armstrong is
able to find somebody to take some of the
offensive load off of Charles's back, if the
team can overcome its lack of experience
and size, if they can limit their turnovers
. . . get the picture?
Too many questions and not enough
answers means the men's team will end
up fighting for a .500 season in the OUAA
east division. □
Raven
Rumblings
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
"She is fearless."
Women's basketball coach Marg
[ones commenting on the attitude of
rookie guard Gillian Roseway.
HOCKEY HEARTBREAKER
The Carleton hockey club lost 3-1 to
the graduate Kings in Senior R.A.
League action at the R.A. Centre on
[an. 5. After two scoreless periods, the
Kings potted two quick goals in the
third period on Carleton goaltender
Pat McFetridge, who turned away over
30 shots in the loss. Carleton cut the
margin in half on a late goal but the
Kings iced the win with an empty net
marker.
FOOTBALL SAVED
The University of Alberta Golden
Bears football program may be saved.
Brick Warehouse furniture chain
owner Bill Combie has offered to un-
derwrite any losses for the $ 1 50,000-a-
year program for the next three years,
says a report in the Ottawa Citizen.
The 90-year-old football program
folded a month ago because of a lack of
stable funding.
CORRECTION
Oops. Last week we incorrectly re-
ported the women's basketball team
was training down in Florida. They
were out of town, but they weren't that
lucky. The women's team was practis-
ing in Halifax, while the men's team
was in Florida.
CALENDAR
Friday, Jan. 14.
BASKETBALL — The women's bas-
ketball team will be in Kingston to take
on the Queen's Golden Gaels in a 6:30
p.m. match at the Bartlett Gymna-
sium. The men's team will follow with
an 8 p.m. game.
SWIMMING — The swim team will
be at the University of Montreal open
swim meet, starting at 1 p.m.
VOLLEYBALL — The women's vol-
leyball team hosts the Carleton
Invitational. Teams from the universi-
ties of Waterloo, Western, Ottawa,
McGill, Queen's and Guelph will par-
ticipate at the Ravens' Nest gym. The
tournament begins at 6:30 p.m.
Saturday, Jan. 15.
FENCING — The fencing team will
travel to Toronto to take part in the
York Invitational at the Ta.it McKenzie
Gym.
SKIING — The nordic ski team will
participate in the Nakkertok
Invitational just outside Gatineau Park
in Cantley, Que. this weekend. Classic-
style races are scheduled for today.
BASKETBALL — The men's basket-
ball team travels to Toronto to take on
the University of Toronto Blues in a 2
p.m. match. The women's team fol-
lows with a 6 p.m. tip-off.
VOLLEYBALL - The Carleton
Invitational continues in the gym.
Sunday, Jan. 16.
FENCING — The York Invitational
fencing tournament continues.
SKIING — Freestyle races are sched-
uled at the Nakkertok Invitational.
VOLLEYBALL — The Carleton
Invrtational'sgold-medal game will be
at 1 p.m. in the Ravens' Nest. The
bronze-medal game is at 1 1 a.m. and
the consolation matches at 9 a.m. □
Chickens, bacon and pep talks
by Carl Sunstrurh
Charlatan Staff
Okay. Most people have probably
heard the story about the chicken and
the egg, but what about the bacon and
egg breakfast?
Well, as the story goes, there was once
a coach who was having trouble moti-
vating a player, so he called him aside at
practice. The coach explained to the
player that he didn't think his heart was
in the game and he needed more out of
him. The player replied that he felt that
he was making a contribution.
"I don't need a contribution, " said the
coach, "I need a commitment."
The player looked at the coach with a
puzzled stare and asked him to explain.
"What did you have for breakfast this
morning?" asked the coach. "Bacon and
eggs," the player replied.
"Well, you see son, when it came to
your breakfast, the chicken made a con-
tribution. But the pig, he made a com-
mitment. That's what I want from you."
That anecdote was a pep talk. And its
purpose is to inspire players to perform to
their potential and sometimes beyond. A
pep talk can be a source of inspiration or
a method of getting a team to focus on
the task at hand.
Often, in the heat of competition, a
team can forget what it's trying to ac-
complish and start to perform like a fire
out of control. So whether forinspiration,
or for the calm, steadying, re-focusing of
a game plan, a pep talk is an important
tool in every in every coach's tool-box.
Carleton men's basketball coach Paul
Armstrong recalls this pep talk from a
1988 league championship game:
"We were playing Toronto and lead-
ing by two points at halftime. We hud-
dled together just before the second half
started and I reminded the players that
whathadgotus here were the mechanics
of our game, and to stick with them.
Then I asked them if they could remem-
berwhatour goals were attraining camp
... to be right here, right now," says
Armstrong. "I reminded them that our
whole focus had been geared toward
being in the league championship game
and having a shot at winning it. Then I
asked, 'Do you realize where you are at
this very moment?' Light bulbs started
going on everywhere. In the midst of all
the tension and excitement, we had
managed to put everything in perspec-
tive. We won the game 73-57."
Women's volleyball coach Peter
Biasone has a different idea about pep
talks. He says he likes to have his players
motivate themselves through proper
preparation.
"All I can really do is refresh technical
information and go over our game plan
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again. It's up to the athlete to be pre-
pared mentally and to be aware of the
team's focus and what we're trying to
accomplish."
The rugby team, coached by Lee
Powell, takes a different approach. It's
the captain's duty to get the team fo-
cused before the game, says Powell.
His captain, kicker Mike Rys, agrees.
"We knew we had a good shot at the
championship this year, so to be focused
for every game was all important. One
'blown' game could have cost us the
whole season," says Rys. "I'll challenge
them to 'pick it up' and get their head in
it if thing's aren't going our way during
the game, but most of the talking goeson
before the game starts," says Rys.
Women's basketball coach Marg ]ones
says different athletes respond to differ-
ent approaches.
"Some players have to be pampered
and stroked, while others have to be
yelled at. Sometimes you never find out
what they respond to, but I try to never
give them more than they can handle.
Hopefully, they motivate themselves."
From Carleton coaches' perspectives
then, it appears the Knute Rockne "win
one for the Gipper" philosophy of pep
talks has been replaced by mental and
technical preparation.
This philosophy may have its merits,
but it's hard to believe that somewhere,
sometime, some coach isn't going to pull
out that old story about the bacon and
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lanuary 13, 1994 • The Charlatan • 21
- SCIENCE & HEALTH
Going for groceries in a biology lab
by Pamela Paterson
Charlatan Stall
Bioengineered food is coming soon to
Qsupermarketneoryou.butnotwithout
controversy over its effect on the envi-
ronment.
Bioengineering consists of transplant-
ing genes from one organism, either a
plant or an animal, into another organ-
ism. Right now, researchers are using
this technology with food to try and
improve its quality.
For example, transplanting the gene
that protects fish against the cold into a
plant can protect it against frost.
Transferring genes could also help
crops resist disease and pests, says Rick
Walter, executive director of the Cana-
dian Institute of Biotechnology.
But not everyone likes it.
Brewster Kneen is a member of the
biotechnology caucus of the Canadian
Environmental Network. He says nature
may not be able to handle changes to
organisms that are speeded up by sci-
ence.
" In traditional natural evolution, it is
constantly in change, but it is always
slow. If something creates a new mutant
strain, the environment has an opportu-
nity to adapt, and it does adapt," Kneen
says.
"The problem with bioengineering is
exactly one of the points that people
pride themselves on — that we can do it
much more quickly — is precisely the
problem. We plug something novel into
the system with no opportunity for the
process of adaption."
He says bioengineering will force the
environment to adapt to these new or-
ganisms more quickly than it naturally
would, and too quickly.
Walter says speeding up nature isn't a
concern because the traits worked on in
bioengineering would not affect the way
the plant interacts with nature.
"Traditional mutation changes a
whole raft of things in the chromosome
structure. The genome (the genetic com-
position) of the plant has been altered in
more than one location. In genetic engi-
neering, we are very precise and only
change one structure," Walter says.
"1 don't believe the speed (of the
changes) has anything to do with the
effect on the environment. Just because
we can alter a genetic structure in a very
short time compared to that done in
nature doesn't mean genetic engineer-
ing is any riskier."
Walter says there may be even fewer
risks with bioengineering, since these
plants are thoroughly tested before be-
ing released into the environment, while
natural species are not tested at all.
Agriculture Canada spokesperson
Joyce Byrne says the first species are due
to be released into the environment later
this year. So far, she says, the depart-
ment's lab testing hasn't shown prob
lems with genetically engineered plants
and the environment. She says geneti-
cally engineered plants have been tested
for certain criteria, such as their ability to
reproduce with other plant species and
the way the trait being worked on be-
haves.
"That'sexactlywhattheenvironmen-
tal tests are designed to do. We've been
working very closely with Environment
Canada and working with data since
1988 in very confined testing," Byrne
says.
Kneen isn'tconvinced the current data
on field trials will be practical for the
future. He says natural conditions or the
organism itself may change and make
today's tests outdated.
"When you're dealing with a self-rep-
licating organism. How do you know
about tomorrow?" he says. "The environ-
ment is still interacting and factors come
into play constantly. We have no way of
knowing what's going to happen."
Walter says there is no need for con-
cern.
"I believe there are certain levels of
risk involved in bioengineering, but those
risks are lower than they would be in with
similar mutations in the environment."
Byrne says these questions- will be
looked at by Agriculture Canada before
species are released into the environ-
ment.
"A lot of the data will be looking at
how stable an organism will be in an
environment. If s a long-term impactthat
needs to be addressed. We're still address-
ing the information required to make
sure there are no concerns," she says.
Byrne adds that the guidelines, cur-
rently being developed, are "not done in
isolation." All bioengineering research,
by both private and government organi-
zations, is analyzed on a case-by-case
basis by the federal government and
needs its approval.
The nature of the research is analyzed
based on criteria such as the species' life
cycle, ability to reproduce, characteris-
tics of the genes being inserted into the
organism and potential for changes in
the organism after the transplant.
The future guidelines would regulate
food safety, marketing, labelling and
products that can andcan'tbe imported.Q
Psst! Wanna be a wine connoisseur?
by Kimberley Fehr
Charlatan Si art
Have you ever, sometime between that
first glass of wine and the moment you
pass out, taken time to reflect on the
natural wonder that is wine?
Wine is about as old as recorded time.
When Noah emerged from the ark after
the Great Flood, one of the first things he
did was plant a vineyard.
"He planted the vineyard; he drank of
the wine and he became drunk, and lay
uncovered in his tent" states the Revised
Standard Version of the Holy Bible (Gen-
esis 9:20-21).
Getting drunk and naked is a familiar
scenario for many of us, but not too
many go around planting vineyards.
While today's technology has vastly
improved the quality of wine, the actual
process that changes grape juice into
wine, called fermentation, remains the
same as it was in Noah's day. We just
know more about it now.
Making wine is almost as simple as
adding yeast, a single-celled living fun-
gus, to grape juice. Yeast eats the sugar in
the grape juice, according to Matt
Cromer's Making Sense of Wine. When the
yeast eats the sugar, the waste product
produced is alcohol.
Cramer says it's important to start
with a grape with enough natural sugar
to feed the yeast. At the same time, too
much natural or added sugar will make
the yeast inactive, because if the yeast
eats too much sugar, it will be poisoned.
To ferment the wine, wine-makers add
cultivated wine yeasts. In beer, bread and
wine-making, the yeast commonly used
is of the genus Saccharomyces, meaning
sugar fungus in Greek. Seven species
within this genus are responsible for some
of the subtle nuances of different wines.
The fermentation process changes the
sugar into alcohol and carbon dioxide
while giving off heat, causing the mix-
ture to froth and bubble like a raging sea.
In home wine-making, this stage lasts
about five days. Fermentation involves
at least 30 different chemical reactions,
each one triggering the next.
Eventually, the alcohol produced by
the yeast turns against the yeast and
renders it inactive and powerless. The
alcohol content for wine is no higher
than 20 per cent because the yeast is
poisoned above that per cent. Mostyeast
is poisoned when the alcohol content
reaches 17 or 18 per cent.
Commercial wines usually have a
much lower alcohol content, usually
around nine to 14 per cent. Sherry and
Port have a higher percentage, at 15 to 22
per cent, because they are fortified, mean-
ing alcohol was added after fermenta-
tion.
After fermentation, the wine is sy-
phoned to another container, in order to
leave behind deposited yeast particles
and other debris so the wine won't be
murky. The volume of wine should fit the
container exactly so there is no air con-
tact with the wine. Wine that meets air
will turn vinegary, because the wine is
oxidized by the air.
Eventually the wine should be bottled,
but when this happens depends on the
discretion and patience of the wine-
maker.
There is a lot more to wine science
than could be covered here. Many
sanitization chemicals and temperature
control methods have not been men-
tioned here. If you think you are another
Julio Gallo, here are some books for your
information:
Penguin Wine Book. Pamela Van Dyke
Enjov Home Winemoking, Robert and
Aileen Frishman □
That's homework for you!
"If only I could get credit for drinking,
I'd be an 'A' student!"
A very common lament by even the
best university students. If you're tired of
hearing your friends complain about the
lack of credit for drinking, tell them all
they have to do is enrol at the University
of California at Davis, Calif.
Its College of Agriculture and Envi-
ronmental Science offers a bachelor of
science degree in fermentation science.
The first-year course, an introduction to
wine-making, covers wine appreciation,
which means students get to drink in
class. The course calendar (available in
the library, if anyone wants to transfer)
doesn't say whether they have to spit it
out, as is often done in snootier wine
circles.
Unfortunately, it also covers the his-
tory of wine, viticulture (the cultivation
of grapes for wine-making), fermenta-
tion and wine procedures, so if students
spend all their time drinking they might
not get any credit for it. Interested stu-
dents can specialize in enotogy, which is
the study of wines. Only in California.
Closer to home, the University of
Guelph offers correspondence courses in
viticulture, general andtechnical enology
and wine-marketing, which lead to a
certificate at the college diploma level
upon completion.
Algonquin College also offers a wine-
making, tasting and brewing certificate.
For $120, you can take a course in
basic wine appreciation, which allows
you to taste about fiveor six types of wine
each night on your way to a college
certificate. □
Attention journalist wannabes.
Any and all Charlatan s\qW and volunteers are welcome to
attend a newswriting seminar given by Ottawa Citizen writing
coach Lynn MtAuley.
Date: Thursday, January 20, 1994
4 p.m. 531 Unicentre
McAuley will discuss writing Style, interviewing
technique and ethics among other things.
CHARLATAN
CARLETOM'S INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER
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22 • The Charlatan ■ January 13, 1994
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Up Creeque Alley without a paddle
by Blayne Haggart
Charlatan Start
Creeque Alley, a mainstay of the Ot-
tawa live-music scene since its inception
in 1 992, will be closing for a few months
in order to renovate and revamp the
club.
The Rideau Street club, which has
booked bands like the Cowboy Junkies,
Fun ForMalakai'andTom Cochrane, will
be closing (an. 22. In its absence, the
Downstairs Club, located below Creeque
Alley, will once again start booking bands
on a regular basis.
Creeque Alley and the Downstairs Club
are owned by Grace Mulvey, Clyde Ross
and lona Sloan. They turned the Down-
stairs Club into a sports bar when Creeque
Alley opened in October 1992.
According to Mulvey, Creeque Alley
will be closed for a few months and will
be re-opening sometime in the future.
"I'm not sure about the exact time yet,"
she says.
John Fairfield, manager of Creeque
Alley, says crowd sizes at the club were
"inconsistent" and the closure is "more
of a restructuring to appeal to more (peo-
ple)." He suggests a name change might
also be in the works and a March re-
opening is possible. He says one option
being considered for Creeque Alley is it
becoming a sports bar.
Mulvey cites crowd size as a major
factor influencing the decision to close
the club.
"We haven't been as busy as we
thought we would be," she says. Mulvey
says bands they used to book at the
Downstairs Club, which holds 110 peo-
ple, were pulling in the same numbers as
Creeque Alley, which can take an audi-
ence of up to 280.
Ironically, crowd-drawing ability was
the reason Mulvey cited for opening
Creeque Alley in 1992.
In an interview with The Charlatan
back when Creeque Alley was first opened,
Mulvey stated, "We felt we were limited
downstairs by the number of bands we
could bring in and the kind of bands. Our
competition may have been able to bring
in bigger name acts and we couldn't
because we didn't have the space."
Marty Jones, keyboardist for the local
band Fumaceface, has played both the
Downstairs Club and Creeque Alley and
says he feels it's too bad the club is
closing.
"It's a shame when a place that has
live bands goes under," he says. "It was a
pretty large club. It's nice to have a place
that large to play."
When told that the Downstairs Club
would be re-opened to bands on a regular
basis, |ones noted, "Maybe (they'll be)
better off with the smaller space." □
Secret meanings and deformed dolls
by Karoltna Srutek
Cha/lalan Stall
Corpus Interruptus
Gallery 101
Jan. 8 — Feb. 4
his exhibit proved to be an
out-of-body experience.
Climbing up the gal-
, lery stairs, I heard the buzz
of Ottawa's art bunch
gathering to view the
works of artists Catherine
Heard,
Suzanne Maurice and Roman Valera.
I walked around the white room in
about 20. minutes and looked at the 11
pieces. I acknowledged them, but I didn't
understand them.
The press release described the pieces
as "migratory relationships between the
human body and its representation in
art." It asked viewers to "reflect upon
how contemporary theories of gender,
Mope. Ain't nothing phallic about this.
sexuality and race have left their marks
on these texts — whether by intent of the
artist or through our interpretations. "
Maurice's pieces were part of her larger
solo show she presented earlier this year
in Montreal, where she primarily works
with ceramic sculpture, found objects
and mechanical devices.
Each piece on display represents a day
of the week and deals with the themes of
women and the earth. Maurice says
women are not recognized in our society
as inventors of great things and that is
why she chose to work with ceramic and
terracotta — because, according to
Maurice, women invented it.
Her ideas are present in her work
"Mandala de l'axis-mundi," in which a
naked, armless woman is strapped on to
a turning wheel, representing Leonardo
da Vinci's "Universal Man" and playing
on her theme of women and inventions.
Maurice says in each piece she hides a
secret and only gives certain people a
chance to see it. I was a chosen one, so
she showed me the hidden meaning in a
piece of art that con-
sisted of an iron rep-
resentation of a horse
with feathers in place
of a tail. The piece
was surrounded by
dark brown sand.
She dedicated this
piece to Annie Sprin-
kle, the New York
prostitute and per-
formance artist who
founded PONY —
Prostitutes of New
York, an organization
that helps raise
money for the chil-
dren of prostitutes.
What was the big
secret? Inside the iron
horse sculpture is an
article about Sprinkle
and her crusade for
the prostitutes' chil-
dren.
z I then moved on
° toValera'sfourpieces
| on the body.
0 " H y m a n i
1 Corporis" consists of
o female and male
painted chests and
Just remember kids, it's Art.
torsos which seem like enlargements
taken out of anatomy encyclopedias.
This Montreal-based, Mexican-bom
artist's other two pieces, "Fetiche de
FelcidaaV' and "Tzompanti-Ordi nation, "
were more on the original side.
"Tzompanti -Ordination" is a wall-
mounted wooden box holding a compu-
ter keyboard and a plastic skeleton. On
the keys are painted skulls. When you
press certain keys, lights around the skel-
eton's head are illuminated. Why only
certain keys? According to Valera, "be-
cause only certain keys are important,"
He also says the piece signifies the
conflict between Christianity and the tra-
ditions of the ancient Aztecs, Mayas and
Incas, and the mixture of today's high
technology with mysticism.
The third artist's piece was very awak-
ening. Nine dolls made of silk and hu-
man hair, with defects like two heads
and four eyes, were hanging on the wall.
The fetus-like dolls, according to Heard,
represent the pattern of defects found
most commonly in females.
Heard says she discovered this pattern
while looking through medical books
and was very surprised that it has never
been recognized. Women in society are
always being brushed aside and not rec-
ognized, she says.
The ongoing theme of women
throughout the exhibit makes the show
worth going to. Discovering the issue
within each exhibit is a task in itself. If
you have nothing to do on a cold evening
here in Ottawa, head over to Lisgar Street
and have an out-of-body experience. □
This week:
Where To Go For Your
Summer Vacation
(Part I)
I. Shag Harbor, N.S.
2. Climax, Sask.
3. Heart's Content, Nfld.
4. Dildo, Nfld.
5. Spuzzum, B.C.
6. Windy Tickle, Nfld.
7. Knob Lake, Que.
8. Witless Bay, Nfld.
9. Punkedoodle Corners,
Ont.
10. Ecum Secum, N.S.
II. Swastika, Ont.
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January 13, 1994 ■ The Charlatan • 23
SarahMcLachlan fumbles towards ecstasy
by Noel Germundson
Charlatan Staff
Sarah McLachlan has come a long
way since her days in Halifax.
This Vancouver-based songstress has
moved from smaller venues like Porter
Hall to the Congress Centre, where she
performed in December in support of her
latest album Fumbling Towards Ecstasy.
What hasn't changed since her previ-
ous release is the fans, notes McLachlan.
"Since Solace, the audiences across
Canada have been incredibly supportive
and really into it in a greatway. . . . The
crowds are just getting a bit bigger now,"
she says.
What has changed is her band.
"As far as my show goes there's better
production and incredible musicians
now," she says.
The band includes Ashwin Sood (per-
cussion), Brian Minato (boss), and David
Kershaw (keyboards) at the core. Guitar-
ists David Sinclair and Luke Ducet and
singer Camile Henderson round off the
group when McLachlan 's on tour.
Although she is now based in Vancou-
ver, McLachlan is originally from Hali-
fax, where she spent years training in
classical music at the Royal Conserva-
tory of Music.
Back then, in the mid-eighties,
McLachlan was spotted by Nettwerk
Records at a show at the Dalhousie Uni-
versity Students' Centre in Halifax. On
the strength of this performance, she was
signed to the Vancouver-based label.
She~moved to Vancouver because
Nettwerk and McLachlan agreed it would
be better for her to live near the musi-
cians she was working with. As well, she
says she wanted a change from Halifax.
Fumbling Towards Ecstasy signifies a
slight departure from her previous al-
bums. In the past, it was her darker
feelings that came through in her lyrics.
The trip she made to Cambodia and
Thailand after the Solace tour, as part of
Up close and personal with Sarah McLachlan's microphone.
a World Vision documentary film team
that was raising awareness of famine
conditions, was an uplifting experience.
"That trip changed my life in a lot of
ways and it gave me a much broader
spectrum of understanding humans, or
at least getting a true glimpse into what
human beings are capable of,"
McLachlan says. "Formyselfthatexperi-
ence was incredibly liberating for me
because that made me feel so blessed and
so untied down to a lot of stuff that I'd
clung too, and how lucky we are to be
living in such a free country."
In order to work on Fumbling Toward
Ecstasy, McLachlan secluded herself in a
cabin in the Laurentian Mountains north
ofMontrealforseveral months. She found
the results very beneficial.
"I could have done it (written the
album) many ways, but that was the
most favorable one, and I think it was
important for me to be by myself," she
says.
It also helped get the creative juices
flowing.
"It was just really good to (be alone)
and really tough because I hadn't been
by myself, hadn't lived by myself, and it
was in the country in the middle of no-
where," she says. "But once I finally got
over my brain eating itself and just find-
ing a way to get through that and deal
with it, I got really strong, and that I
think had a lot to do with a lot more
lightness in the songs.
1 mean I think there's a greater de-
gree of darkness in this record than there
was on any other too. There's a broader
spectrum that definitely came from the
World Vision experience, of understand-
ing human experience, and it was like
writing from a spiritually high place in-
stead of a spiritually low one, which I
figure is where a lot of Solace and Touch
came from."
Her videos also have strong spiritual
overtones, most notably through the sym-
bolic use of water and nudity.
"Water has always been an important
thing in my life", she explains. "Other
than the fact that we all need it to sur-
vive, the ocean has always been a great
really intense spiritual place for me. I've
always lived by it and I feel I need it very
much in my existence. It's sort of like the
giant womb. It's very much a mother
thing."
As for the nudity, it is partly " a natu-
ral, vulnerable state to be in, and partly
a reactionary thing against all of the
women being objectified in videos by
men. ... It was sexual but not in a way
that men portray women."
If you missed her in Ottawa this time
around, rest assured she's preparing for a
tour of the United States, with more Ca-
nadian dates planned for this spring. □
Down on the Pigfarm
by Mike Peters
Charlatan Staff
Pigfarm
Thunderdome, Hull
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hold your nose.
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their separate ways and Pigfarm sank
back into anonymity. Vocalist and gui-
tarist Adam Faux went on to join the
prolific folk-rock band the Lost Dakotas.
Bassist )ohn Deslauriers hooked up with
Montreal punk veterans the Doughboys.
After two years, they both left the bands.
"The timing was a coincidence, "claims
Faux, "though I think we both left for the
same reasons. Call it boredom, 1 guess,
but both (the Lost Dakotas and the
Doughboys) are extremely busy bands —
there was no time for writing or playing
just for fun. We didn't seem to fit."
Faux explains he and Deslauriers, who
form the core of the band, "just fell back
together" in 1992. In this incarnation of
Pigfarm, producer Michael Philip
Wojewoda is sitting in on drums.
Adds Faux, "We tried to come up with
another name, but we couldn't think of
one • — Pigfarm was back."
Last year, they released their second
album, Plug, which has appeared on
campus radio charts across the country.
Plug, however, bears little resemblance to
its predecessor.
Although in the past the band found
inspiration in punk bands such as Husker
Du, the Replacements and Black Flag,
Faux explains Plug has less to do with
punk and more to do with "the obvious
kind of pop ideas."
Indeed, there is very little evidence of
the band's punk rock origins on the al-
bum; replaced, it seems, with a folk sen-
sibility that surprised even the band.
"That's how we wanted it, " says Faux,
"but on our next album the direction is
definitely a little stronger — back to our
roots, I guess."
The next album, being recorded this
month, will be a major-label release
(they're now negotiating with several
record companies) and is expected in
stores by April or May. Until then Pigfarm
will be appearing across Canada, open-
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Celebrating Canadiana at the local watering hole
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by Doug Johnson
Charlatan Staff
Since the mid-eighties there has been
an alarming trend in Canadian bars,
that of, "let's pretend we are not in
Canada."
These days the bar scene is clogged
with Celtic pubs, bars emulating the
southwestern United States and, worst of
all, California-style health bars for pushy,
uptight types who don't drink.
This invasion has become so over-
whelming thatthe traditional Canadian
beer parlor is in jeopardy, simply because
it doesn't purport to be anything but a
place to drink.
It is now time to hit back and defend
this Canadian institution. The beerparlor
is a vital part of Canadian culture. Ubiq-
uitously known as the hotel, the beer
parlor is the anchor of most small towns.
Its only real competition comes from the
Legion, but you need to be d member to
get in there.
What is it that makes a beer parlor?
Farley Mowat described them as alco-
holic filling stations. Former local radio
personality Dalby MacGregor was closer
when he said, "No dance floor, gotta sell
pitchers and must have a jar of pickled
eggs on the bar."
Across the country beer parlors' decors
change little; rather they rely on their
clientele fortheiratmosphere. All of them
have one element in common: there must
be at least one fight a night.
At the Mackie House in Pembroke, the
atmosphere comes from the adrenaline
rush one gets from drinking with mem-
bers of the Airborne Regiment (the mili-
tary's version of the Hell's Angels).
The Yale in Vancouver has a rough-
textured salty flavor from the vagrants,
Simon Fraser University students and
blues aficionados who gather to listen to
the fine music offered there.
Toronto's Brunswick House has a pure
animal clientele who slurp down trays of
beer (24 glasses to a tray). The Gold
Range in Yellowknife gains its working-
class atmosphere from the mix of trap-
pers, miners, office workers and prospec-
tors who come to forget the long northern
winters.
Here in Ottawa my favorite member
of this fine tradition is the Lockmaster at
the intersection of Bank and Somerset
streets. What makes the Lockmaster at-
tractive is that the clientele is the oppo-
site of what Ottawa is — a city of too-slick
money lovers with bloated Holt Renfrew
accounts. Not so of those who frequent
the Lockmaster. The people who frequent
the Lockmaster have, for the most part,
seen the rough side of life.
Inside, one will notfindfems, waterin
little bottles or flashing lights over the
dance floor. What you will find are quarts
of domestic beer, the game on oversized
televisions and bands that play music
that wouldn't exactly be described as
avant-garde. The food at the Lockmaster
is so cholesterol-laden that just reading
the menu causes your heart to skip a
beat.
For me, the Lockmaster is like retreat-
ing back to my eastern Ontario small
town, white trash roots. It gives my brain
a chance to relax after it has been
overstimulated by what's new and unu-
sual. □
LOVE MAY SUCK, BUT THIS BOOK DOESN'T
by Stephanie Garrison
Charlatan staff
^Written On The Body
By leanette Winterson
Random House
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Most people know from personal ex-
perience that love sucks.
Writers are doubly aware of this uni-
versal truth; they too suffer the angstof a
bad relationship and many are panned
by critics after writing about a failed
romance.
In the realm of a novelist, the game is
to explore romantic stirrings without re-
sorting to cliches of red roses, heartfelt
sobs and clandestine meetings past mid-
night. This challenge stumps most con-
temporarywriters. One exception of note
is British novelist Jeanette Winterson.
Written On The Body is a wondrous
book by Winterson that artfully escapes
mediocrity. The theme of love is probed
with intimacy and respect, never less
than the all-encompassing emotion it
ultimately can be in life.
The story's genderless narrator is a
romantic explorer with an ardent pas-
sion for Louise. She is the object of desire
that eludes being objectified, despite her
lover's literal dissection of her presence
and meaning.
Death is the pitfall their relationship
faces. Yet the novel's conclusion is one
open to interpretation and, more impor-
tantly, to a sense of hope.
Winterson has received critical praise
for her subtly creative writing style since
first being published in the late eighties.
One of her many gifts is an ability to
wrap characters in a mystique that is
both intense yet accessible to the reader.
The narrator of Written On The Body is
peculiar, an unusually passionate pres-
ence in a world that holds increasingly
pragmatic views on relationships. (S)he
experiences shortcomings and passions
that are identifiableto readers who don 't
function particularly well in "modem
relationships," minefields riddled with
concepts like personal space and couple
therapy.
Deadpan observations sprinkle the
pages: "She was compressed, stoked
down, a volcano dormant but not dead.
It did occur to me that if Louise were a
volcano then 1 might be Pompeii."
Eclectic metaphors also illustrate
Winterson's broad knowledge of intellec-
tual trivia; medical metaphors for love
and desire pepper the pages. Winterson
uses sterile textbook excerpts as a depar-
ture for the narrator to examine the
nature of his or her love for Louise.
The use of language is so expert that
the plot is minimal, almost an after-
thought. Getting there is inconsequen-
tial and doesn't realty happen. What
propels this book forward is the storytell-
ing.
Full-blown romance is rare — a well-
written account of it even rarer. Written
On The Body is a tale befitting the preten-
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pass it by, because it's a romantic jewel
that never loses its inner strength. And
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Godstar: guts, glory and girlfriends
by Jane Tattersall
Charlatan Staff
If you haven't heard of Godstar be-
fore, don't worry. The Australian band
has yet to become a household name in
North America.
Part of the reason is since its forma-
tion in 1991, band members frequently
take time off to devote themselves to
various side projects. Until this year they
had only putoutafew seven inch singles.
With the recent release of their debut
album, however, itmaybeonly a matter
of time before they achieve the recogni-
tion they deserve. The album, Sleeper,
has been getting positive reviews in
Canada and the United States.
Godstar frontman and guitarist Nic
Dalton is the driving force behind the
band, which also includes drummer
Alison Galloway, bassist Rachael King
and guitarist Tom Morgan.
Dalton, who is Godstar's principal
songwriter, brightens considerably when
Godstar's new album is mentioned. "I'm
so proud of that one," he says. "1 wrote
the songs on it during a very specific
period of my life and those songs really
define that phase of my life. I look at it as
a complete reflection of that time."
Dalton is possibly the busiest man in
rock and roll. In addition to Godstar, he
runs Half-A-Cow Records, an independ-
ent label in Australia, and is currently
bass player for the super altemo-feel-
good group the Lemonheads.
Having time for all of these projects
might seem impossible, but Dalton ex-
plains, "If s not as hard as it seems,
really. My friend Dave takes care of Half-
A-Cow when I'm on the road, and he
faxes and phones me every day or two to
keep me updated."
The label features bands like Smudge,
Boston's Fuzzy, and, of course, Godstar.
Dalton admits taking time off from
the band to tour with the Lemonheads
was a difficult choice and is quick to point
out that Godstar is his main band.
The Lemonheads gig came up just
after It's A Shame About Ray was recorded
in 1992. luliana Hatfield, who played
bass on the album, couldn't go on the
tour, so Dalton's longtime friend Evan
Dando invited him to join the
Lemonheads. Heacceptedandstayedon
to record and tour for their latest release.
"Evan was a good friend, " says Dalton,
"and when he invited me to join up for
the tour, I went because it was a great
chance to travel and see the world.
"Being in Godstar is my first choice,"
he adds. " If s my band. The Lemonheads
is Evan's band. It sounds funny to say
that because I spend most of my time on
what is not my priority, but it's true. I'll
probably leave after this tour to spend
some time on Godstar."
Dalton is prone to making comments
like this to the press. Despite his obvious
sincerity, however, he has encountered
reporters who have twisted his words to
give the appearance of conflict within
the Lemonheads.
He admits this does bother him. "It's
tough sometimes, when you come into a
town and are faced with that. I mean, we
all know better than to believe every-
thing we read about ourselves."
He sighs. "But it's tough sometimes."
In truth, the connections between
Godstar and the Lemonheads are so nu-
merous theymakeyourhead spin. Dalton
is in both bands. Dando appears on the
Godstar album. Godstar's drummer is
the subject of a song on It's A Shame About
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The album also includes a couple of
tracks co-written by Morgan and Dando
and was largely influenced by the time
Dando spent with them in Australia.
Morgan and Dando also co-wrote the
greater part of the newest Lemonheads
release, Come On Feel the Lemonheads,
and one track was written by occasional
Godstar vocalist Robyn St. Claire. In light
ofthis, rumorsof Lemonheads infighting
seem even more preposterous.
Comparisons to the Lemonheads are
inevitable, but Godstar is spunkier, with
more edge to their guitars. Some review-
ers have given Godstar the upper hand.
One critic described Sleeper as "every-
thing the new Lemonheads album should
have been but wasn't."
The songs are strung together with a
playful intensity that flows from one
track to another, all based around the
theme of love and relationships.
Butrecordinganalbumisn'tcheap. "I
guess that's another reason why I stayed
with the Lemonheads for so long," re-
marks Dalton. "It gives me the opportu-
nity to do something that I really love —
Godstar."
If s interesting to note, however, that
despite the influence he wields as part of
one of music's hippest groups of the
moment, Dalton's own group remains
on an independent label. Rather than
use his connections to swing a bigger
deal, Dalton prefers it that way.
"It makes more sense for us. If we were
on a major, they'd be pressuring us to
constantly tour and promote the album,
and we wouldn't be free to do other
things. Robyn has a baby and a job. I
wouldn't be able to tour with the
Lemonheads and spend time on Half-A-
Cow."
This leads to a question about whether
Godstar has any plans to hit the road
soon and play some dates in North
America. "It all depends on the reaction
we getto the album," says Dalton. "If we
thought it got a lot of interest, we might
come, but even then it probably wouldn't
be until 1995, owing to possible future
lineup changes.
"You see," he explains, "when we
started the band, it was with my ex-
girlfriend and my then-girlfriend. Now
it's with two of my ex-girlfriends."
Does this bear any relation to the
"specific period" in his life that is re-
flected on the album?
"Dm . . . yeah," he confesses.
Complicated, sure, but it makes for
great music. □
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Friday, January 14
This week's free lunch-time concert at
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features local jazz courtesy of the Brian
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In the same room at 8 p.m. for the
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He's a phenomenal acoustic guitar guy.
At the Great Canadian Theatre
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encouraged to talk back to actors, eat
and drink during the show and even get
involved in the action during crowd
scenes." Sounds like a scene straight from
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Jan. 29. Tickets are $4 for NightHowl
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Paris, France, the Canadian film that
freaked Cannes out because of its, ahem,
sexual content, premieres at 9:30 p.m. at
the Bytowne. It's showing until next
Les Hardis Moussaillons, a local
French band, stop in at Zaphod's to-
night for some regulated mayhem. En-
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Saturday, January 1 5
Nothing to do this afternoon? How
about heading down to Creeque Alley
to see Lucky Ron around two-ish?
For those of you who are into Cana-
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There's nothing quite like the experi-
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your favorite cult film. Eraserhead fans
take note! Be at the Mayfair at 10:50
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At Zaphod's this very evening, you
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Mathiessen uses the jungle as his setting
to explore character, family and faith."
Wow, tigers!
Or you can check out the documen-
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Parliament opens today. Your Mem-
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Tuesday, January 1 8
Since this is a new session of Parlia-
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lust remember, don't tap the glass, it'll
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war hero Raoul Wallenberg. It's being
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This film and its sequel Shock Treat-
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fair, starting at 9 p.m.
Sunday, January 16 Wednesday, January 19
It's Sunday and you don't feel like
studying or going out. Charlatan produc-
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At Play in the Fields of the Lord by Peter
Mathiessen. Says McKay, "Like Conrad,
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Swedish film Good Evening, Mr.
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NEWS
TAs one step closer to strike
by Matt Skinner
Charlatan Slatt
A conciliator appointed by Ontario's
Ministry of Labor has failed to settle a
dispute over the collective agreement
between Carleton's administration and
the Canadian Union of Public Employees
Local 2323.
Discussions between the two parties
broke off Wednesday, Jan. 12. The local's
membership includes teaching assistants,
research assistants, student computer
consultants and student sessional lectur-
ers at Carleton.
The local's collective agreement, which
establishes wages, benefits and working
conditions with the university, expired
last August. The local filed for concilia-
tion when talks between the two sides
reached a standstill in October.
During conciliation, a government-
appointed third party tries to help nego-
tiate a suitable agreement between the
two parties. If conciliation is unsuccess-
ful, the parties go on to mediation, which
is the final step before a legal strike is
possible.
Local president Michel Roy says con-
ciliation between the university and the
local went nowhere because the univer-
sity was inflexible.
"They sent back a message that they
weren't willing to talk about any of the
things that we needed to talk about,
including wage and tuition proposals,"
he says.
The local has proposed administra-
tion give its members a five-per-cent in-
crease in wages, a tuition freeze and an
extra 10 paid hours each year. If ac-
cepted, a tuition freeze would maintain a
local member's tuition fees for the dura-
tion of their employment.
David Van Dine, who is part of the
university administration's negotiating
team, says it estimates the wage increase,
combined with the tuition freeze and
increased hours, will result
in a 12- per-cent wage in-
crease for union members.
Roy says the local was
willing to compromise on
certain proposalsit hadsug-
gested for the collective
agreement, but the univer-
sity negotiating team was
less flexible. He says during
conciliation, the local pro-
posed to set aside demands
for dental-care and vision-
care packages in order to
talk seriously about wages
and tuition.
Van Dine says the uni-
versity's proposal to the lo-
cal was no wage increase
and no tuition freeze. He
would not comment on the
negotiations because he
says the bargaining process
is a matter between union
and employer. But he says
the main issue in the talks
has been money.
"We (the local) made it
clear that we have to see
some sort of improvement Mjc(]e|
in the university s position - 7
that will allow us to at least come close to
maintaining our poor standard of liv-
ing," says Roy. "We are already the sec-
ond worst-paid TAs in Ontario after
Lakehead (University)."
Roy says if the university's proposal
stands, some union members will be pay-
ing more to the university in tuition than
they are taking home in pay. Currently,
graduate TAs earn $6,471 per school
year.
"The union is not willing to stand by
and let this happen any longer, " he says.
"They don't respect us as employees. The
bottom line is that the (local) member-
ship really can't afford to pay more money
CUPE2323 President.
to the university."
Roy says because theconcilian'on proc-
ess did not lead to a settlement, the
conciliator will file a "no board" report.
Seventeen days after the report is issued,
the local will be in a position to strike.
Roy says he expects the report to come
out around Feb. 18.
During those 17 days, both parties
must meet with a mediator to try to settle
the issue. The person who conciliated
between the two parties often serves as
the mediator as well.
Roy says if the university does not
bend on any monetary issues, this me-
diation will simply be another exchange
of final positions.
"If the university's position remains
the same, we'd have to take that pile of
trash to the membership to see if they
thought that that was a good offer," he
says.
After mediation, the local's 1,200
members will vote on whether to accept
the university's final offer. If the local
doesn't accept it, a strike will be legally
possible.
Inageneral membership meetingheld
on Jan. 8, the local's members voted
unanimously to hold a strike voteon Feb.
15,16, and 17.
"There definitely will be a strike vote,"
says Roy.
He says if 60 per cent of the members
who vote in February are in favor of a
strike, the university will be unable to,
according to the "anti-scab" section of
the laborrelationsact, allow anyone else
to complete work that is normally done
by members of the local.
"Even professors will be prohibited
from doing teaching assistants' work,"
says Roy.
He says the union members will re-
ceive no wages while they are on strike.
Brian Edgecombe, interim business agent
for the local, says starting on the 10th
calendar day the union members have
been on strike, they will begin to receive
$30 a day, up to a maximum of $150 a
week, from CUPE's national strike fund.
"This is quite unfortunate but the uni-
versity is going to have to realize that
there are a great many functions that
teaching and research assistants perform
on this campus, and without them, this
university won't function properly," says
Roy.
Van Dine says Cark *on has not had to
deal with a strike b) teaching and re-
search assistants before, and is not sure
whether or not it will slow down the
operations of the school. □
Spit raises ire of GLB centre volunteers
by Andrea Smith
Charlatan Staff
Abigwadofspitgraced Lucy Watson's
office window for over a week. It was put
there by some unknown party who prob-
ably has a problem with the poster it
landed on.
The poster, on the office window of the
president of the Carleton University Stu-
dents' Association, was produced by the
York Federation of Students and the Col-
leges' Constituency Committee.
The poster features two men kissing
and reads: " Whoare you bashing? Broth-
ers, neighbors, fathers, friends. Challenge
homophobia."
On Jan. 4, Ernie Gibbs, a volunteer at
Carleton's Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual Cen-
tre, complained to CUSA about the spit.
Brian Evoy, anothervolunteeratthecen-
tre, says he and Gibbs complained again
on Jan. 6.
Evoy says they were told by the recep-
tionist that the CUSA office windows were
cleaned regularly and the spit would
soon be gone. Four days later on Jan. 10
the spit was still there, and Evoy says he
complained again.
"It made me angry," says Evoy. "Ob-
viously it means more than spit on a
window. They're saying it's literally okay
to spit on gay and lesbian people. "
On Jan. 13, Evoy says he went to the
office with GLB Centre co-ordinator Peter
Nogalo to complain again.
Nogalo says he was personally as-
sured on Jan. 1 3 by CUSA office manager
Linda Stewart that the spit would be
cleaned up by the next day. He says it was
finally cleaned off in the afternoon of
[an. 14.
"I'm upset that once these complaints
were made they weren't acted upon,"
says Nogalo. " It shouldn't take me as co-
ordinator to get a reaction."
Nogalo says the university has a "zero-
tolerance policy" regardingoffensivegraf-
fiti which stipulates that once a com-
plaint is registered, the graffiti must be
removed within 24 hours.
But Don McEown, executive assistant
to the university president of the univer-
sity, says the university's policy doesn't
apply to CUSA's offices or services.
"It's up to the students' association to
abide by their own rules, " says McEown.
Theresa Cowan, CUSA director of serv-
ices, says the complaints weren't inten-
tionally ignored.
"I think it was just an oversight," she
says. " It's not that CUSA doesn't think we
don't have to have and maintain these
posters. It's not like we want people to see
an anti-gay presence on campus."
She says the posters were Watson's
idea, and added that as a service co-
ordinator and member of CUSA staff, " 1 1
wouldn't have been difficult for (Nogalo)
to wash it off either,"
Speaking to Cowan's statement,
Nogalo replied: "We could have removed
it, yes. But it wasn't my window, my
office, or my poster. And frankly, I don't
do windows." □
It was cold enough to
I freeze the sap in your
limbs, but over 100
protestors hit Parliament
Hill, including this bundled
woman, to protest logging
on Vancouver Island.
See story on page 7.
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January 20, 1994 • The Charlatan • 3
CKCU faces CRTC complaint over show
by Michael Mainville
Charlatan Start
The Catholic Civil Rights League has
filed a complaint with the Canadian
Radio-television and Telecommunica-
tions Commission about comments made
on CKCU, Carleton's radio station.
Robert Eady, a Kanata resident and
league representative, filed thecomplaint
Dec. 9 with the CRTC, a federal govern-
ment agency responsible for regulating
Canadian broadcasting. It has the power
to regulate the content of programs, is-
sue broadcasting licences and revoke
them.
Eady's complaint deals specifically
with two episodes of CKCU's gay and
lesbian radioshow called Defiant Voices.
Eady says comments made on these epi-
sodesshowed "ferocious hostility towards
Catholics."
Eady says the hosts of the program,
Kevin Gibbs and Kerry Durant, attacked
him personally and the Catholic Church
in general during their Dec. 1 and 8
broadcasts.
According to Eady, the attacks
stemmed from a letter he wrote to The
Charlatan, which appeared in the Nov.
25 issue. In the letter Eady is critical of
Carleton students for screening the Na-
tional Film Board production The Burning
Times as part of Hate Hurts Week. The
film states that the Catholic Church or-
ganized the burning of women suspected
of being witches during the Spanish In-
quisition.
In the letter, he wrote that historians
have "disputed the film's claims about
the number of victims of the medieval
witch-buming craze and who was al-
leged to be responsible for the burnings."
Gibbs and Durant criticized Eddy's
letter on the Dec. 1 episode of
Defiant Voices. Gibbs says what
he and Durantsaid was that "per-
haps when the Catholic Church
leams to stop persecuting peo-
ple, we can leam to stop perse-
cuting it."
In response to Eady's com-
plaints about the Dec. 1 show,
Max Wallace, CKCU's station
manager, al lowed Eady to broad-
cast an unedited statement ad-
dressing his concerns on the Dec.
8 show.
Wallace says he specifically
asked the hosts not to comment
about the statement and they
agreed. While they did not openly
comment on the statement,
Wallace says they did not stick to
the spirit of the agreement.
Eady says Durant and Gibbs
offended him several times on Gibbs
the Dec. 8 show, by discussing
Irish singer Sinead O'Connor's tearing
up of the Pope's photograph on the tel-
evision show Saturday Night Live, and
discussing the CBC production The Boys
of St. Vincent, which is based on the sexual
abuse of boys at an orphanage run by the
Catholic Church in Newfoundland.
Eady says the program also incited
violence against Catholics by playing
two songs: "B-B-Q Pope" by the Butthole
Surfers and "Will the Fetus Be Aborted,"
which isa parody of a American religious
song, performed by Jello Biafra and Mojo
Nixon.
During the episode, the two hosts
"made a deliberate attempt to offend me
and as many people of the Catholic faith
as possible," wrote Eady in his letter to
the CRTC. However, Gibbs says their ac-
compelled to refute Eady's comments.
Hons were not directly aimed at Eady.
Neither Eady nor Wallace can verify
the contents of the broadcasts, because
the station doesn't have the equipment
needed to play back a logger tape.
Logger tapes are used by the station to
record the contents of all its program-
ming, but they are taped at a reduced
speed to fit more on a tape. The CRTC has
the facilities to listen to the tapes, which
it requires all radio stations to make and
keep for 28 daysaftera program is broad-
cast in case a complaint comes up.
Eady says he hopes the complaint will
eventually lead to the revoking of CKCU's
broadcasting licence, or at least to the
cancelling of Defiant Voices.
"This particular show, if it continues
on this vein, should not continue to be on
the air."
In his letter to the CRTC, Eady writes
that the Dec. 1 and Dec. 8 broadcasts
were a violation of paragraph 3(b) of the
CRTC's radio regulations. Section 3(b)
prohibits "any abusive comment that,
when taken in context, tends or is likely
to expose an individual or group or class
of individuals to hatred or contempt on
the basis of . . . religion."
Bill Allen, the CRTC's director of pub-
lic information, says it's too early for a
definite response to Eady's complaint,
adding the commission will go through
"an extended process" before making a
decision. Allen says he is hoping to have
the matter resolved within a month.
He says when looking atallegations of
abusive comment, the commission tries
to balance freedom of expression with
the right to be protected from abusive
comment. "When in doubt, the CRTC
usually sides with freedom of expres-
sion," he adds.
Allen says it would take numerous
complaints before there was a possibility
of CKCU's licence being revoked. Wallace
says he does not think it's likely that will
happen.
"By its very nature, a gay and lesbian
show is going to be controversial and will
offend a lot of people," he says.
Despite Eady's complaint, Wallace
defends the hosts' right to free speech. "I
would defend, without a moment's hesi-
tation, their rights to attack church poli-
cies on homosexuality. That is their obli-
gation as advocates of the gay and les-
bian community," he says.
Wallace sent a letter to Eady on Dec.
1 6 apologizing for any offence the show's
content may have caused, although he
says the show was not a personal attack
on Eady.
"I'm not apologizing for what they
broadcast. . . . They did not attack Robert
Eady, not the church, they attacked cer-
tain church policies, and that's their
right," says Wallace.
Gibbs says the hosts were compelled to
refute the comments in Eady's letter to
The Charlatan because "he misrepresented
the intent of the showing of the film."0
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by Brandie Weikle
Charlatan Staff
A number of counterfeit parking per-
mits have been found on the windshields
of cars in Carleton's parking lots and the
parking garage near administration.
"Individuals are reproducing the park-
ing permits for the various lots, putting
them on their vehicles, and illegally park-
ing there," says Len Boudreault, assist-
ant director of the department of univer-
sity safety.
Parking staff have discovered some of
the fake permits and had the cars towed.
Offenders have been billed for the per-
mits they were imitating, which cost up
to $600, depending on which .lot the
permit was for, says Boudreault.
Carole Dunlevie, manager of parking
and lockers, says regulations set by the
university's parking committee allow the
university to bill offenders for using a
fake permit.
Boudreault says most offenders are
being found in the lot next to the football
field and the one near the residences, as
well as in the visitor parking garage by
the administration building.
In light of the problem, Boudreault
says of future offenders: "I'm going to
charge them criminally."
Offenders will face charges of fraud,
the subsequent fines, and a criminal
record, he says.
Dunlevie says the fake passes are pro-
duced by making a color photocopy of a
real pass and then stencilling a new
serial number over the original one. This
is then laminated in plastic and stuck on
a vehicle windshield.
She says the forgeries are getting more
ingenious, adding she has seen crude
copy which was a Polaroid photo of a
parking pass which someone was trying
to pass off as an original.
Dunlevie says the fake passes were
spotted by attendants doing random
patrols of the lot, or working at lot en-
trances.
"On a dark, dreary day or in the
evening, the parking attendant would
not catch it," says Dunlevie.
Boudreault says offenders may make
a fake permit using the number of a pass
held by a person who legally bought it.
He says this could implicate someone
who had nothing to do with the forgery.
Dunlevie says fake permits are sold in
the parking lot and there are unauthor-
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library advertising these permits for sale.
Dunlevie says it is possible that some
people may have bought a counterfeit
permit without realizing it. She says a
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FORGE cont'd on page 6
Aboriginal centre celebrates
by Caron Watt
Charlatan Statf
Carleton's Centre for Aboriginal Edu-
cation, Research and Culture is celebrat-
ing its first birthday this month.
The centre was opened last January in
conjunction with the United Nations' In-
ternational Year of Indigenous Peoples.
It was "established so that aboriginal
heritage could find expression alongside
other Canadian heritages on campus,"
says Madeleine Dion Stout, the centre's
director.
The centre provides personal support
as well as academic and career counsel-
ling for Carleton's aboriginal students,
says Dion Stout.
The "support that the centre has pro-
vided for the students is our biggest ac-
complishment," says Dion Stout.
The fact that the centre is officially
recognized by the university and has a
space on campus "goes a long way in
enhancing the identity of aboriginal peo-
ple," says Dion Stout.
A common problem for aboriginal
students is that of identity, she says.
Many aboriginal students studying at
"modem" institutions like universities
are, at the same time, trying to maintain
their traditional roots, she says.
On an academic level, says Dion Stout,
university can be a big struggle for abo-
riginal students.
"They want to get into university and
be able to stay in and do well," she says.
But she says universities can alienate
them with courses that in some cases
teach only about European experiences,
Stout says.
"If a professor gets up there . . . and
says that aboriginal people don't exist as
a distinct nation, that's a way that could
alienate students," she says. "In a case
like that we are hoping that the aborigi-
Roberta Stout dances at powwow.
nal student . . . would feel good enough
about their aboriginality to challenge
that."
In the next year, the centre hopes to
"continue the good tone that has been
set with the students," says Dion Stout.
The centre is also trying to encourage
the university to recognize that "there
are other ways (and)
other knowledge
around that isn't neces-
sarily steeped in
academia," she says.
"Universities like
Carleton are tradition-
ally very Eurocentric. . .
. There's this dominant
way of viewing the
world, a 'modem way,'"
Dion Stout says.
No records are kept
of how many aborigi-
nal students there are
on campus, but about
40 have come to the
centre for various rea-
sons, says Dion Stout.
For many aboriginal
students, the centre
"provides a study area,
privacy, aquiet place to
crash, think, call some-
one or socialize," says
John Cheechoo, a first-
year student who
spends time there.
"We could have a
| bigger space available.
? There's only room for
< about six people to sit
i comfortably," he says.
« The centre is located
i in Room B255 of the
° Loeb Building and takes
up two rooms, one
which students use to relax on the couch
or do homework at a table.
The second room contains Dion Stout's
office and a desk for her assistant.
This year, there are "a lot more new
students," says Billie Littlechild, a sec-
ond-year student from a Cree reserve
called Hobbema in Alberta. She has lived
in Ottawa for the last two years.
"It hard to come to an urban centre
from a reserve," says Littlechild. "You go
through difficult stages and are home-
sick a lot."
"There's still a lot of students who
don't come by the centre," says Roberta
Stout, who is Dion Stout's daughter and
a third-year student.
Reaching more aboriginal students is
not an immediate concern of the centre,
says Dion Stout.
She says she feels most of the aborigi-
nal students know about the centre, but
it's theirchoice whether or not they come
in, says Stout.
"Some people just aren't joiners. If s a
very personal decision," says Dion Stout.
Dion Stout was hir>ed in July 1 992 by a
university task force that was set up in
1989 to plan for the opening of the cen-
tre. The centre did not officially open
until January 1993.
"There were many people involved
from the larger community," says Dion
Stout. "There is a strong linkage with the
community through our students."
The anniversary was celebrated by a
series of events in the second week of
January, including a film presentation,
panel discussion, a powwow and an art
exhibit in Carleton 's art gallery by Gerald
McMaster.
About 50 people attended the pow-
wow held in Porter Hall on [an. 14. Both
aboriginal and non-aboriginal people
were invited to participate in the danc-
ing.
Many of the dancers donned tradi-
tional dress, which they made them-
selves, says Dion Stout. □
Panelists call for inclusive education
by Andrea Wiebe
Charlatan Stall
Panelists at a dis-
cussion last week said
there is a need to in-
clude Native perspec-
tives and experiences
in university educa-
tion.
The discussion,
called "Indigenizing
Academia," was or-
ganized by Carleton's
Centre for Aboriginal
Education, Research
and Culture as part
of its first anniversary
this month. —
The two-hour dis- Panelists (l-r) Albert, Kmoshameg and Poison
cussion on Jan. 12
explored the incorporation of aborigi-
nal traditions and culture into post-
secondary education. Panelist Gordon
Poison, a Native person working on a
research project at Carleton, discussed onu-yeu. f"""™ "ZT'^,^
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ing with community leaders, so that the
specific needs of each community can
be met.
Panelist Nancy Kinoshameg, a sec-
ond-year political science student and
in cultural values and the clash be
tween two separate ways of thinking.
To overcome these fundamental
problems, said Poison, there must be a
give-and-take relationship between cul-
tures as well as a mutual respect for
different types of knowledge.
|im Albert, a professor in Carleton's
school of social work and a panelist,
said he has been working to include
indigenous peoples in education
through community-based teaching in
the communities of Kitigan Zibi and
Kahnawaki.
Albert explained that education must
begin inside the communities by work-
called Carleton First Nations, talked
about her experiences in classes at Car
leton.
She said the only course she has
taken that explores aboriginal history
in any detail is Canadian Studies.
She explained that, instead of being
taught in one or two lectures, aborigi-
nal culture and history should be wo-
ven through all lectures, in the same
way French culture is taught.
The panellists agreed that incorpo-
rating indigenous culture into the aca-
demic system is hampered by a lack of
funds which are needed to fund new
programs and hire new professors. □
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January 20, 1994 • The Charlatan ■
What have your services done for you?
by Matt Skinner
Charlatan Statf
Carle ton's student service co-
ordinators are funded out of the $80-595
annual fee each undergraduate student
pays to the Carleton University Students'
Association.
With the academic year half over. The
Charlatan decided to find out what the co-
ordinators have done so far this year,
and whether they have any new plans.
This week, we profile the Foot Patrol
and the Carleton Women's Centre.
BRENDA KENNEDY —
FOOT PATROL CO ORDINATOR
The Carleton Foot Patrol gave its first
escort in the fall of 1990. Since last Sep-
tember, it has provided 1,155 people with
escorts across campus, on par with the
1,162 people escorted for the same time
period last year.
This service is offered seven nights a
week from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m., says Brenda
Kennedy, thepatrol'sco-ordinator. Itwill
provide people with a two-person escort
(a man and a woman), from wherever
they are on campus to wherever they
want to go on campus.
"Students, staff, visitors, faculty, who-
ever is on campus can use us," soys
Kennedy.
She says the patrol service was ex-
tended to include escorts through Brewer
Park in 1992. This year patrol members
may escort people as far as Hog's Back on
the canal and to the Route 3 bus stop on
Prince of Wales Drive, says Kennedy.
"My next plan, if I can get it through,
would be to goacross the Bronson Bridge, "
says Kennedy. She says this has to Qp-
Kennedy: Foot Patrol making progress.
proved by the insurance company before
it can be implemented.
"Walk-bys" can also be arranged,
where a pair of patrollers walks by where
a person is studying or researching.
Kennedy says the patrol also is on duty in
the sense that at any given time between
8 p.m. and 1 a.m. there are four co-ed
teams patrolling the campus.
"When we're not actively escorting
someone, we're still out there, " she says.
Official-Languages
Monitor Program
Under a program funded by the Government of Canada,
the Ministry of Education and Training in conjunction
with the Council of Ministers of Education, Canada,
invites students to apply for the position of second-
language monitors (French or English) for the 1994-95
academic year.
Part-Time Monitors
Official-languages monitors must be full-time postsec-
ondary students usually studying in a province other
than their own. They will work between six and eight
hours per week under the supervision of a second-lan-
guage teacher. Some francophone monitors will be
assigned to French schools outside Quebec. For eight
months' participation in the program, they will receive at
least $3,500 and one return trip between their home and
the host province.
To be eligible for the part-time program, students
must have completed at least one year ot postsec-
ondary studies or will have completed such studies by
the end of the 1993-94 academic year.
Full-Time Monitors
Full-time monitors must have completed at least one
year of postsecondary studies. Duties consist of assist-
ing French second-language teachers in rural or semi-
urban areas usually in a province other than their own
for 25 hours per week. Some francophone monitors will
be assigned to French schools outside Quebec Monitors
will receive up to $1 1 ,400 for 10 months of participation
They will also receive two return trips per year between
their home province and the host province. They may
also receive a moving allowance of a minimum of $300
and a maximum of $1 ,1 1 0 for commuting expenses
within the host province.
Application forms and program brochures may be
obtained from placement offices in postsecondary
institutions, or from the address below:
Provincial Co-ordlnator, Monitor Program
Ministry ot Education and Training
French Language Education, Policy and Programs
16th Floor, Mowat Block, Queen's Park
Toronto, Ontario
M7A 1L2
Duly completed application forms must arrive at the
address indicated in the information package post-
marked no later than February 18, 1994 Qualified
candidates will be required to attend an interview
©Ontario
H Jl, ■ Government
I ~ M of Canada
Council of Ministers
V > of Education,
fm Canada
Kennedy says the patrollers work in
pairs and rely on the "safety- in-numbers
idea." She says the patrol does not en-
courage people to rely on products mar-
keted as "safety gadgets," such as per-
sonal alarms or pepper spray.
Kennedy says these devices give users
a false sense of security and can be turned
against them. She also says she disagrees
with firms which make money off peo-
ple's fear.
The centre operates with the help of
about 250 volunteers who undergo a full
day of "extensive training," led by
Kennedy and experienced volunteers. The
training includes a seminar on emer-
gency procedures, such as how to help
sexual assault victims, says Kennedy.
"We like to make sure our patrollers
are fully equipped to deal with anything
that could possibly happen," she says.
If someone wants an escort they can
" arrange one in advance, drop by the
patrol office in Baker Lounge or call 788-
4066 from where they are.
"I encourage everyone to use (the serv-
ice). Don't fee'l embarrassed," she says.
While the structure of the service re-
mains the same as in previous years,
Kennedy says this year she is trying to do
more to recognize the contribution of the
volunteer patrollers.
Sponsorship from various local busi-
nesses allows the patrol to have random
draws for prizes twice weekly, with two
more draws each month for larger prizes.
The Foot Patrol does not operate dur-
ing the summer months, even though
there are many evening courses offered
during the summer. Kennedy says it
would be hard to organize a patrol serv-
ice in the summer because of a lack of
volunteers, but adds a reduced service
may be possible.
She says the patrol could operate un-
der a reduced schedule, with two teams
instead of four. Kennedy says she's plan-
ning on looking at the idea seriously in
February or March.
RENEE TWADDLE — CARLETON
WOMEN'S CENTRE CO ORDINATOR
"The primary function of the women's
centre is to serve the needs of the women
on campus," says Renee Twaddle, co-
ordinator for the centre. She says the
centre tries to meet the needs of the
diverse women on the campus.
This year, for the first time, the centre
has four caucuses which women can
join. There are caucuses forwomen with
disabilities, women of color, lesbian
women and black women. These cau-
cuses can meet at the centre to discuss
issues and bring in guest speakers.
The women's centre provides users
with literature that cannot be found in
the MacOdrum Library or in most book-
stores, she says. Twaddle says about
$5,500 of the centre's $40,000 budget
goes towards books, magazines and jour-
nals. The literature covers such topics as
spirituality, religion, anthropology, soci-
ology, sexuality, lesbianism and racism.
The centre also has a referral system
for women who need services such as
lawyers, doctors, gynaecologists or mid-
wives.
Twaddle says while the centre is not al
crisis centre, they do get women in crisis
who need to talk to someone right away.
She says a volunteer from the centre talks
to them and tries to refer them elsewhere,
depending on their needs.
Volunteers are trained by Twaddle on
how to listen, so when women come in
with problems and need someone to talk
to they will be prepared, says Twaddle.
Volunteers are trained in workshops to
deal with various problem-solving situa-
tions.
She says the topics covered in the
centre's awareness campaigns vary an-
nually. Some issues focused on in past
years were sexual abuse and eating dis-
orders.
This year Womancare Week will be
held Feb. 7 to 1 1 . She says this will cover
eating disorders, body image, women
with disabilities, women and sexually
transmitted diseases, spirituality, and
hopefully new reproductive technology.
Rape Awareness Week will be held in
February just prior to the reading break.
"A lot of students, a lot of women,
come back after reading week and have
been date raped," especially while on
vacation, says Twaddle. Last year Rape
Awareness Week was held earlier in the
academic year.
Twaddle says International Women's
Twaddle: works to meet diverse needs.
Week is scheduled for March.
"This is when we celebrate the diver-
sity of women internationally. The whole
world holds this week," she says.
During these weeks the centre brings
in guest speakers, hold's panel discus-
sions and workshops and shows films
pertinent to the week's theme.
"We're trying to raise awareness. That's
the whole point of the centre, (to) raise
awareness that it's not just women's is-
sues. These are issues that affect every-
body in society," she says.
Twaddle says the committees that pre-
pare for such events as Womancare Week
and Rape Awareness Week consult the
four caucuses to ensure no issue is over-
looked in the planning.
Twaddle says the centre runs with the
help of trained volunteers. In September
about 30 people trained to work at the
centre and Twaddle says everyone has
stayed to help. The next training session
for new volunteers will be held Feb. 5 and
6.
She says volunteers can attend work-
shops on anti-sexism, anti-homophobia,
anti-racism and collectivism. □
6 • The Charlatan • January 20, 1994
FORGE cont'd from page 4
permits recovered in previous years, but
this year there seems to be a much greater
number.
Parking attendants frequently experi-
ence problems with people driving over
curbs, through the gates or simply plead-
ing at the gate in front of a long line of
cars that they have no money, says
Dunlevie. Recently, concrete barriershave
been put in around the lots to prevent
people from sneaking a free park.
Dunlevie says there is a direct link
between parking lot fraud and the in-
creased cost of parking on campus. Last
September parking fees went up an aver-
age of 20 per cent.
In addition to this, says Dunlevie, the
cost of enforcement has risen now that
the department of university safety is
involved. She says investigating the fakes
takes officers away from other duties. □
NATIONAL AFFAIRS
Clayoquot protestors ask PM for help
by Derek DeCloet
CHarialan SiaH
Over ISO people gathered on Parlia-
ment Hill Jan. 17, vowing to make the
Liberal government keep its promise to
protect Clayoquot Sound from clear-cut
logging.
"We wanted Jean Chretien to know
that we're going to be here until he does
something about this," said organizer
Chloe Sage of the Ottawa Coalition to
Save Clayoquot Sound. "Chretien did
promise to get involved and we're going
to hold him to that."
Chretien said on Oct. 21 he would try
to have the area designated as a national
park, protecting it from extensive log-
ging. Four days later, he was elected
prime minister with a majority govern-
ment.
the opening of Parliament, said
Sage, and to lend support to jailed
environmentalists who are appeal-
ing their sentences. Jan. 17 is the
first day B.C. courts were scheduled
to hear the appeals of those people
convicted for illegally blocking log-
ging roads to Clayoquot Sound.
Environmentalists are hoping
Ottawa will intervene in negotia-
tions between the B.C. government
and the Nuu-chah-nulth nation,
indigenous people who have title
to the land. The negotiations are
supposed to end in a treaty which
will settle the issue of who controls
the land and how it will be used.
"We're hoping there's enough
goodwill in the B.C. government
and in their cabinet," said Eliza-
beth May, executive di-
rector of an environmen-
tal group called the Sierra
"Women of Notice" sing to protesters at Clayoquot Sound rally on Parliament Hill.
MP and Clayoquot defender Svend Robinson
Sage, a second-year sociology student
at Carleton, said she would be willing to
go farther than just protests and peti-
tions, if the issue isn't a part of the new
government's agenda.
"1 can't speak for the coalition, but I'd
go as far as hunger strikes," she said. "It's
something that is very important."
About 40 Carleton students were
among the protestors.
"I'm pretty pleased with the amount
of Carleton students," said John Zronik,
CUSA's environment commissioner. "A
lot of them are pretty apathetic."
The protest was held to coincide with
Club. "One hopes that when
the federal government offers
them (the B.C. government)
help, they'll acceptthatand cre-
ate protected areas within
Clayoquot Sound."
May said she hopes the Lib-
eral government will designate
the area as a tribal park, giving
aboriginal people control over
the land. But any move to cre-
ate a national park would have
to be approved by the province.
The B.C. governmentagreed
Dec. 10 to jointly manage the
area's resources with the Nuu-
chah-nulth nation. But the
agreement only lasts for two
years and must first be ratified
by the legislature and the tribes
of the Nuu-chah-nulth nation,
said coalition member Ron
LeBlanc.
o Giving aboriginal people
| control over the land is the best
b chance forstopping the logging
^ of Clayoquot Sound, he added.
"That is our message to Mr.
Chretien," said LeBlanc. "Let's
help get the Nuu-chah-nulth a fair deal
and then let's help them develop a sus-
tainable economy in Clayoquot Sound.
That is our best hope right now."
About 20 students from St. Pius X high
school cut classes to join the protest.
"There will be consequences, but we're
prepared to take them," said Michelle
Legendre, a Grade 11 student.
About 30 students from McGill Uni-
versity in Montreal were supposed to
show up, but couldn't make it because of
the weather, said Sage, although she was
pleased with the turnout □
Environmentalists sound warning
by Brandie Welkle
Charlatan Statl
At a press conference Jan. 17, the-
Western Canada Wilderness Committee
and the Sierra Club of Canada presented
the new Parliament with 1 05,000 signa-
tures calling for the preservation of
Clayoquot Sound.
The petition was presented on the first
day of Parliamentto remind lean Chretien
of his campaign promise to negotiate the
preservation of the area, said Elizaoeth
May, executive director of an environ-
mental group called the Sierra Club.
Clayoquot Soundisa large area of old-
growth forest on Vancouver Island that
was the scene of confrontations between
loggers and environmentalists last sum-
mer.
Liberal MPCharles Cacciawaspresent
at the conference and said he would table
the petition in the House of Commons.
He expressed his concern that satellite
pictures of Vancouver Island indicate the
rainforest has been "badly over-cut."
He said there is a "deficit in the reser-
voir of timber on the island and poor
results in second growth. The way the
clearcuts have been carried away ts an
embarrassment. The availability of tim-
ber has decreased at such a fast rate that
eventually there will be no jobs for log-
gers."
Caccia said he "can't understand why
the government of B.C. has not taken the
steps to protect the Clayoquot Sound."
NDP MP Svend Robinson, who was
active in last summer's protests in his
home province, said if "intact areas are
not protected, there will be no question
this protest will go on."
The efforts to save the largest remain-
ingtractoftemperaterainforestin North
America began when the B.C. govern-
ment approved plans for logging in the
area, said Adriane Carr, executive direc-
tor of the wilderness committee.
Last April, MacMillan Bloedel and
Interfor forest companies were granted
permission to log in the area.
Carr said Canada made interim agree-
ments to protect Clayoquot at the Inter-
national Biodiversity Convention, one
part of the Rio de Janeiro summit on the
environment in 1992. These agreements
came into effect Oec. 29, 1993.
The Sierra Club and other environ-
mental groups hope to use the agree-
ments as part of a strategy to stop the
clearcutting, saidToki Geuer, a researcher
for the Sierra Club.
She said the groups are looking at the
possibility of charging "the provincial
government of B.C. with contravening
the agreements made at the convention"
by allowing clearcutting.
But Geuersaid forestry Is a provincial
issue and this has been "Chretien's ex-
cuse for back-pedalling on his campaign
promises."
But since the agreements made at the
convention were on behalf of the entire
country, interestedgroups may be able to
demand federal intervention, said Geuer.
The federal government should make
Clayoquot Sound "a showpiece for the
world" or face increasing international
tension and another summer of block-
ades, said Carr. O
Employability skills: the future of education?
by Ian Mcleod
Charlatan Star!
"Work tomorrow is going to be differ-
ent than work yesterday, "says Stan Jones,
a Carleton linguistics professor and resi-
dent expert on educational testing.
In a lecture given Jan. 14 at Carleton
as part of a series entitled "Rethinking
the University: A Look To The Future,"
Jones spoke on the employability skills
movement and how it will affect under-
graduate university education. About 20
faculty and students attended the lec-
ture.
Employability skills are described as
generic, basic skills required for a person
to participate effectively in the work force.
Some of these skills include basic literacy
and numeracy, as well as the principles
of teamwork and critical thinking.
School boards and educational au-
thorities are realizing, according to Jones,
that students are not necessarily being
well-served in this area by secondary-
school curricula.
Changes are being made to some de-
gree, with the introduction of programs
such as the Transition Years Program in
Ontario, which aim to develop a stand-
ard level of competency in literacy, nu-
meracy and other skills across the school
system.
Organizationssuch as the Conference
Board of Canada and the Ontario Pre-
mier's Council have also expressed their
support for the development of employ-
ability skills in schools.
The irony of this newfound support for
employability skills educationisthatmost
of the skills that fall into this category are
already either explicitly or implicitly
taught in schools. Skills such as literacy,
numeracy and effective oral communi-
cation have traditionally been consid-
ered key goals of schooling.
Jones says schools are not doing a bad
job teaching these skills, but rather the
wTong job.
For example, Jones says reading can
be grouped into two distinct types: "read-
ing to learn" and "reading to do." Read-
ing to leam is the traditional kind of
reading done in secondary school and
university — the reading of a standard
text for general comprehension.
Reading to do, by contrast, is the kind
of reading done most commonly in the
world of work — the reading of blue-
prints, charts and lists, literally what to
do, and how to do it.
Jones says surveys conducted to clas-
sify adults' level of literacy showed that
those people considered reasonably liter-
ate still had trouble following instruc-
tions and making associations based on
information they were given.
The subjects in this and other surveys
who fall into the youngest age ranges
tended to have more difficulty with this
type of "reading-to-do" comprehension.
Jones believes this is because of the lack
of experience and training this group of
16 to 20 year olds have in reading to do.
Studies show that as these people age,
SKILLS cont'd on page 9.
January 20, 1994 • The Charlatan ■ 7
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8 • The Charlatan ■ January 20, 1994
Ottawa professor under investigation
by Jos6e Bellemare
Charlaian Staff
Complaints by students at the Univer-
sity of Ottawa about a professor's contro-
versial remarks have sparked an investi-
gation into his teaching practices.
About eight students at the U of O
walked out of their first-year sociology
class Jan. 4 when they heard Professor
Paul Lamy make homophobic statements
in his lecture.
Joel Duff, a second-year sociology stu-
dent at U of O, says he heard Lamy say
during the lecture, "You call them bi-
sexuals, I call them psychopaths."
Duff made a verbal complaint to Fred
Caloren, department head of sociology,
immediately after he heard the profes-
sor's comment. Later that week. Duff
composed a formal letter of complaint to
Henry Edwards, the dean of social sci-
ences.
In a press release Jan. 12, Edwards
agreed to conduct an investigation into
Lamy's views on bisexual relationships.
"As part of my investigation, I will
consider objectively the perspectives of
oil concerned, including those of the stu-
dents who submittedthe complaints, and
those of Professor Lamy," his press re-
lease said. "It is only after this investiga-
tion that I will be able to determine
whether the complaints are valid or not,
and what measures if any should be
undertaken."
The investigation's report should be
completed by the end of the month. The
dean's office says it has no further com-
ment about the investigation or the kind
of disciplinary action that could be taken
against Lamy. The professor has made
no comment to the media on the situa-
tion.
Lamy also told the class they
shouldn't be concerned with
date rape and marital violence
because it only concerns
a few people.
In his letter to the dean, Duff described
how, during an in-class discussion on
"the family, " Lamy said he excluded gay
and lesbian relationships from the dis-
cussion because they could not possess
family values.
"He delegitimated the legalization of
gay and lesbian marriage on the grounds
that by its inclusion, we would then have
to legalize
bisexual
marriage
and then
by exten-
sion that
we would
have to le-
galize po-
lygamy,"
said the letter. "It was at this point, and
in this context, that he chose to equate
bisexuals with psychopaths."
Duff says when students left the class
after they heard this statement, Lamy
told the class they must have left because
they are bisexuals.
Lamy also said gay and lesbian rela-
tionships within the institution of mar-
riage would lead to the breakdown of
marriage itself.
"The whole thing was appalling, " says
Meredith Lilly, a first-year student in
sociology.
When Lamy was questioned about
how gay and le'sbian relationships broke
down the institution of marriage, Lilly
says he side-stepped their questions.
"He would talk around it," she says.
Lilly says Lamy usually conducts a
one-sided discussion, neglecting the ad-
vantages or disadvantages of a certain
topic.
"I want to know the advantages of
bisexuals," she says.
Duff says during the break in Lamy's
class the following week, he tried to circu-
late a petition calling for disciplinary
action against the professor's teaching
practices. Because Lamy told the stu-
dents they couldn't sign the petition in
his class, Duff says some went out into
the hall to sign the petition.
Duff
says he was
d i s a p -
pointed be-
cause
many stu-
dents
seemed un-
certain
about sign-
ing after Lamy yelledat the class. He says
seven students signed the petition out of
a class of about 200 students.
Shannon Balla, a first-year psychol-
ogy student, says students obeyed him
because he made them feel uncomfort-
able.
"He seemed extremely angry," Balla
says. "He was yelling."
There were other complaints as early
as November about controversial com-
ments made by Lamy.
Balla says she complained to the soci-
ology department in November when
Lamy equated marital violence with a
bar-room brawl. She says Lamy refused
to provide concrete sociological evidence
to support his statements when the stu-
dents challenged his views.
Lamy also told the class they shouldn't
be concerned with date rape and marital
violence because it only concerns a few
people, says Balla. "He said we should be
worried about getting an education.
"I found that class fairly insulting,"
she says. "I think it's absolutely inappro-
priate for a sociology professor to be
putting his biases in his teaching."
Lilly says she feels the same.
"I feel he's abusing his position of
authority," she says. "(It) being a first-
year class, he has a lot of influence over
them."
Duff says he hopes his petition will
result in a serious review on Lamy's teach-
ing practices.
"I don't think his views are repre-
sentative of the department's views," he
says. "It's for this reason that I think it's
important for the department to demon-
strate that his teaching doesn't meet their
standards and values."
The press release from Edwards said
the dean's investigation would review
the effects of Lamy's statements on his
class.
"I assure all concerned that the fac-
ulty of social sciences, in keeping with
the policies of the University of Ottawa,
does not tolerate discrimination or har-
assment against minorities, and is com-
mitted to fostering a productive and or-
derly classroom learning environment,"
said Edwards.
Duff says he feels optimistic about the
investigation.
"I think (Edwards will) do nothing but
the right thing," he says. "I just don't
wantto hear them (offensive comments).
It offends us. It hinders our pursuit of
knowledge, and academically, he
shouldn't be able to make them without
qualification." □
McMaster students fail to turn
out for CFS referendum
officer for the McMaster Student Union's
elections committee.
Gersho says the decision will now be
handed over to the student representa-
tive assembly and will probably be made
at the Jan. 30 meeting.
Universities belonging to the CFS have
been holding referendums across On-
tario to increase the organization's fund-
by Michael Mainville
Ctiarlalar, Staff
Students at McMaster University in
Hamilton have lost their chance to vote
on whether or not to accept a hike to
their annual student fees for the Cana-
dian Federation of Students.
In a referendum held Nov. 30 and
Dec. 1, student participation did not
reach the required 10 per cent necessary
for the referendum to be valid. The refer-
endum question asked McMaster stu-
dents for a $4 increase per student to
their annual student levy for the CFS.
"Only 8.75 per cent of the student
population voted in the referendum,"
says Marzena Gersho, chief returning
ing.
The results of the referendum at Car-
leton, which approved the fee increase of
$4 forthe CFS and $3 fortheCFS-Ontario,
were overturned in December because a
committee opposed to the hike wasn't
allowed to campaign. □
SKILLS cont'd from page 7.
they will develop a greater ability in
reading to do, because of the practical
experience they will gain over time.
According to Jones, the major prob-
lem with developing employability skills
is that many of them are difficult to
chart. While skills such as literacy are
fairly easy to quantify, other skills, such
as teamwork, critical thinking, or even
numeracy, are extremely difficult to
measure accurately. The success of pro-
grams to develop these skills is corre-
spondingly difficult to assess.
Jones says the effects of the employ-
ability skills movement on university
education includes the need for the de-
velopment of teamwork in the university
classroom, which has previously tended
to be ignored, but is considered invalu-
able by the many proponents of the
movement. □
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January 20, 1994 • The Charlatan ■ 9
Universities form business consortium
by Jill Mahoney
Charlatan Staff
A new national student group has
been formed by some university student
associations in an attempt to increase
their purchasing power.
The Canadian Campus Business Con-
sortium will negotiate for better contract
deals with companies to buy items in
bulk. This will save student associations
money by lowering the cost of items like
paperclips, furniture, student handbooks
and beer.
Currently, individual universities ne-
gotiate their own contracts with compa-
nies for supplies and retail products.
Jefferson Rappell, president of the stu-
dent association of Dalhousie University
in Halifax, says the consortium is some-
thing a lot of student leaders have wanted
for years.
"Everyone saves. It's that simple a
concept," says Rappell.
The group was founded last Novem-
ber in Edmonton. It will have an execu-
tive director who will seek national deals
from companies, as well as a part-time
office position. The consortium will oper-
ate from an office in the Kitchener-Wa-
terloo area.
Currently, student unions at Water-
loo, Sir Wilfrid Laurier, the University of
Western Ontario, Queen's, the Univer-
sity of British Columbia and the Univer-
sity of Alberta are involved in the group.
Michael Burns, presidentofWestem's
studentcouncil, which just ratified West-
em's membership in the consortium last
week, says the only financial risk to mem-
bers is the initial cost of membership.
This is based on student enrolment
and the budgets of the student associa-
tions.
Bums says Western will pay between
$ 12,000 to $ 15,000 forits first six months
of membership, but he expects to save
more than that from the student hand-
book alone.
Rappell stresses that the consortium is
a business arrangement and will not
become involved in student politics. But
some critics say it could be a step towards
another national student lobby group.
Jocelyn Charron, communications
officer of the Canadian Federation of
Students, says he doubts the group will
keep out of politics.
"I think they want to keep away from
politics, but politics is nothing but mak-
ing choices about values," says Charron.
Bums denies it will become a political
lobbying group.
"This is an apolitical organization in
that it's just business," he says.
He says the CFS and the consortium
have different objectives because the CFS
provides student services, like Travel Cuts,
as well as government lobbying, while
the consortium will focus exclusively on
getting better business contracts.
The CFS does seek corporate sponsor-
ship for its student saver, an annually
published coupon book distributed to
students at member schools.
But Charron also says the CFS tries to
include different concerns, like the past
ethical record of companies, into its
choices about doing business. He said if a
company is doing something CFS doesn 't
agree with, the federation won't associ-
ate with it.
However, members of the consortium
say individual universities will be able to
opt-out of any contract if they don't want
to participate.
Charron says he is uncertain about
relations between CFS and the new group.
"It remains to be seen what they'll do,
if they want to compete and go against us
in certain areas, especially if they aim to
create some sort of turf war," he says.
All the schools in the Ontario Univer-
sity Student Association, a recently formed
student lobby group, are involved with
the group. Western, Waterloo, Sir Wilfrid
Laurier and Queen's are among the
founding members of the consortium.
Brock University and the University of
Toronto are considering membership.
Bums says all the companies the group
has approached, like Labatt, Molson,
Coca-Cola and Jostens, are interested in
dealing with it.
"Not one corporation we have ap-
proached has said that it's a bad idea,"
he says.
Carleton hasn't been approached to
join the organization, says Rene Faucher,
finance commissioner of Carleton Uni-
versity Students' Association.
But Faucher says he likes the concept
of buying in bulk.
"Theoretically, it's a great idea," he
says.
Faucher says the group isn't a threat
to the CFS because it is mainly a political
organization. He also says he hopes the
new group stays out of student politics.
"I agree and endorse what they do if it
stays apolitical Whether or not they
do so remains to be seen." □
Let'si
Change;
The Face of CUSA!!!
CUSA needs:
* Women
* International Students
* Mature Students
* Students with Disabilities
* Aboriginal Students
* Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual Students
* Students of Colour
to run in the Election!
We need CUSA to be more representative...
This is Your Association? Get Active! Get Involved!
Nominations run until Tuesday, January 25. For nomination sheets
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EDITORIAL PAGE
Bug the board!
If students don't start to raise hell about the rising cost
of education, they will be forced to take a hike.
On March 29 of last year, Carleton's board of gover-
nors approved a seven-per-cent increase in tuition fees
for 1993/94. Thiswas the third consecutiveyearstudents
were hit with a seven per cent hike.
This year, the board, faced with further cutbacks to
education funding over the past year, will again consider
whether or not to saddle students with more of the
responsibility for the university's funding. Right now,
according to Statistics Canada, students pay roughly 20
per cent of the general operating cost of universities in
Ontario through their tuition
Some board members say that for them to maintain
the standard of education at Carleton, they must in
crease tuition by the maximum amount allowable each
year to compensate for the cutbacks in funding from the
province. They say they are unable to find places in the
already stretched Carleton budget to cut and they have
to avoid running the university deep into debt.
This year, however, things may be even worse. The
provincial government has promised to establish a "sub
stantial" tuition hike ceiling to make students pay more
of the cost of their education.
This ceiling is due to be announced by the govern-
ment next week and is rumored to be at least seven per
cent, or perhaps as high as 30 per cent.
What does this have to do with the board? Barring the
unlikely stoppage of a major tuition hike by the NOP
caucus, the board is the last chance to save accessibility
to education, which is already quickly eroding under the
strain of spiralling tuition fees and living costs.
Although the province has not announced this year's
tuition ceiling yet, the threat of huge increases in tuition
means students must act now and lobby locally to
oppose the hikes.
The board of governors will likely vote on next year's
tuition increase in March, but students must demand
now that the board defy the provincial government by
not jacking tuition fees skyward.
The board should take an active role, along with
boards at other universities, by giving the government
new solutions to the education funding problem instead
of just chaining the cost to students.
The names listed below are the members of Carleton's
board of governors. As well, we've listed their office
phone numbers. They usually hear very little from the
student population, although they make major deci-
sions which affect us all. Call them and tell them how
tuition hikes will affect you.
Board members who voted in favor of last year's
tuition hike:
A.I. Freiman 567-8050 Brian Hedges 723-6500
William )oe 564-0218 Wesley Nicol 232-4241
Maureen O'Neil 241-3535 Kate Thome 788-2748
Italo Tiezzi 788-381 1 (board of governors office)
Dr. Ivan Fellegi 951-9757
Dr. Christina Fiedorwicz 235-6740
Members who voted against last year's tuition
hike:
Iris Craig 226-5 1 39 (home)
Marion Dewar 722-0220 (home)
Members who did not vote:
Dr. Robin Farquhar 788-3801 Zeev Vared 225-3640
Mm Watson 564-1308 Samuel Hughes 238-5678
New members to the board (not present for last
year's vote on tuition hikes):
Sue Richer 788-3700
lames Taggart 521-3000
VladZhivov 788-6616
Allan Lumsden 824-4934
Elaine Silver 788-6688
Lucy Watson 788-6688
Dr. G. Stuart Adam 788-2355
Members who refused to say how they voted on
tuition hikes last year:
Dr. Michel Gaulin 788-4477
The board should be accountable to students. Tell the
board not to cave in to the government and to fight the
systematic erosion of the quality and accessibility of
university education in Ontario. AK & |S
Witt you f Vs
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OPINION
Just another "little" racist incident
by Nadini Sankarsingh
n political science and
Racism has always been an awkward concept to
confront. People aren't very willing to talk about it.
Perhaps I live in a world of denial, where racism is not the
first thought on my mind when I'm ill-treated by indi-
viduals of other races.
I am a person of color. I object strongly to those who
immediately think that any type of harassment from
someone of another race is because of racial prejudice.
However, my views have become more enlightened
because of an incident with a New York police officer on
Christmas break.
I was returning by car to Canada from a short visit to
New York City. I was accompanied by two friends, who
are also of color, on the journey back to Canada on (an.
4. The roads were terrible as there had been a major snow
storm in New York, so driv-
ing back was quite slow.
We were suddenly
pulled over by a white,
male police officer in
Albany. He said we were
going 78 miles an hour in
a 55-mile-per-hour zone.
His tone of voice was harsh
and commanding, as if to
reinforce his authority. He
then proceeded to give us a
speeding ticket. His name
was C.J. Cuprell.
What Officer Cuprell did
not realize was that we had
a powerful radar detector
that picks up the frequen-
cies of any radar used by
police. Our radar detector
never once picked up
Cuprell 's radar for the mere reason that he never turned
his radar on. We were given a speeding ticket by an
officer who did not even know our speed. He would not
even show us the speed at which his radar had suppos-
edly clocked us.
When I tried to explain that what he was doing was
.legal, Cuprell began reprimanding me by saying, "Shut-
up" and "Don't talk unless you're spoken to, missy." I
was upset by this officer's conduct and mishandling of
the situation. As he walked away, 1 turned to my friend
and swore in anger.
Cuprell returned on hearing this and demanded to see
my identification. He proceeded to beckon me out of the
car by using a microphone: "Passenger get out of the car
L\t£ "THAT.
Gar AMymcfic- ijo^vni?
..." Feeling like a true criminal, for a crime I was not
aware of, I confronted Cuprell.
He began to threaten me by saying that he had the
authority to arrest me or to "put my ass in jail," and that
1 would never make it to the Canadian border if I
continued to "obstruct" him.
Verbally and physically, there was nothing that I
could say or do to resolve the situation. I was not afraid
of him, but 1 was helpless. I felt violated and belittled,
especially when he kept viciously waving his flashlight
at me and blinding my eyes with it so that I had to rum
away from its glare.
He proceeded to criticize the way that Canadian
police handled matters, insisting that American police
work differently. His tone of voice was cynical and
demeaning. For the first time, I had a strong feeling that
this conflict was of a racial nature.
It's quite hard to explain
whatconstitutesracial har-
assment. But in this situa-
tion it was a mixture of the
officer's actions, tone of
voice and the circumstance
itself that really made me
aware that this was more
than just a routine traffic
violation. There was abso-
lutely no reason to explain
why Cuprell reacted the
way that he did.
Perhaps U.S. officers do
work differently, butit'sthis
difference that causes so
much upheaval between
white cops and people of
color in the United States.
Obviously, something is
wrong.
I decided to take action
and called Major Corber, the troop commander of Troop
T, a division of the New York State Police. Although I filed
a formal complaint, conversations between Corber and
myself suggested no real action could be taken to repri-
mand Cuprell's behavior.
Because theofficerdidn'tphysicallyharmme, Corber
seemed to think the incident wasn't all that important.
It seemed like the battle was lost before it ever started.
This case will be shut away like many other cases of
racism encountered between white officers and people of
color. These problems still occur, yet it's a vicious cycle
that never gets anywhere. It is quite sad that many of us
have lost the faith in fighting gross miscarriages of
justice. □
January 20, 1994 • The Charlatan • 11
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It's policy - you
have to know how
to drive to watch
a movie
Editor:
During the summer, I was visiting a
major video rental franchise with a friend.
After browsing and selecting our movie,
he approached the check-out desk to in-
quire about applying for membership.
The cashier informed him that it was
policy to have a major credit card or
driver's licence to join.
My friend does not believe in using
credit cards and is legally blind, making a
driver's licence impossible. He did, how-
ever, own an age-or-majority card, a valid
substitute for a driver's licence.
The company would not accept this
identification, even after he explained
the position he was in. His ap-
plication was denied, making
our trip a complete waste of
time. We experienced this same
problem at many other stores
thereafter.
1 was extremely upset to find
that something as simplistic as
getting a movie membership
couldbesodifficultfortheblind
or visually impaired — or any-
one else with a disability for
that matter.
If retailers appreciate their
consumers' business as much
as they claim they do, they
would pay closer attention to
how glitches in their system can
create roadblocks for some peo-
ple.
LETTERS
GLB centre can
exist, but not
with my money
Editor:
Re: "What have the services done for
you?" The Charlatan, Jan. 13, 1994.
I'm glad The Charlatan wrote this arti-
cle. I was ignorant of where my money
was going to.
I don't like how my money is being
used to fund certain organizations. For
example, I have nothing against the ex-
istence of theGay, Lesbian, Bisexual Cen-
tre. However, I object to the fact that MY
money is being used to support this group.
I want more control over my money — I
don't want it to go to activities that have
no benefit to me.
I have a solution to this problem. CUS A
could send out a questionnaire asking its
supporters which activities they would
like to support. That way, I would be able
to support those activities and groups that
benefit me the most.
I'm sure that some of CUSA's support-
ers would be apathetic about choosing
where their money is sen t and CUSA would
have complete control over those funds.
I respect other people's right to do what
they can to improve their lives with their
own resources. I demand that others re-
spect my right to use my money to pursue
my interests.
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OPINION
We admit it - sometimes we're wrong
by Sheila Keenan
Charlatan Stall
Everyone makes mistakes. Every paper
makes mistakes. Keeping this in mind,
Charlatan staff decided to hand our paper
over for an accuracy check by a second-
year Carleton journalism class. Their mis-
sion was to seek out errors in Charlatan
copy.
The accuracy check did not include a
very large sample of Charlatan issues, so it
is hard to say how accurate it is. But we
thought the results would interest our
readers.
The class looked at the Nov. 4 and Nov.
1 1 issues of The Charlatan. Stories that
were opinion-based (like reviews and edi-
torials) or stories with sources outside of
Ottawa were eliminated from the accu-
racy check.
In total, 27 stories were checked for
errors. Of those 27 stories, 19 were found
to contain errors. Eight stories had none.
So, 70 per cent from those two issues had
errors.
When the journalism school did an
accuracy check on The Charlatan back in
1 982, 82 per cent of the stories had factual
errors. Second-year journalism students
found 56 errors in 17 stories.
In the recent accuracy check, some of
the errors the class discovered are
undebatable. These were errors like names
spelled wrong or incorrect game scores in
sports stories. About 24 of the total 55
errors found were of this type.
Some of the errors identified by the
accuracy check were more open to inter-
pretation. For example, in one soccerstory,
The Charlatan gave the score as Queen's 1,
Carleton 0. The accuracy check classified
this as an error because the goal was
scored in a post-game penalty kick. The
accuracy check report said this didn't al-
ter the score of the game, but "simply
determines which team won."
Well, if we would have written the
score as Queen's 0, Carleton 0, readers
would have thought the game was tied.
Expressing the score as Queen's 1, Carle-
ton 0 was what we saw as the best way to
inform our readers of the win. So some-
times even "the facts" are debatable. That's
where Charlatan editors have to use judg-
ment.
The point of publishing the results of
the accuracy check is not to beat up on
ourselves. If salso not to defend ourselves.
But just as we hold other people on cam-
pus accountable for their actions, we feel
we should be answerable for our own
mistakes.
All Charlatan staff cringe when we find
mistakes, along with our readers and
sources. TTieChar/afandoesaimforperfec-
tion, but sometimes, despite the careful
work of our reporters, editing by two to
three other people and copy editing, mis-
takes get by.
Errors happen in the major dailies and
magazines, as well as smaller publica-
tions like student newspapers. The accu-
racy check's report, written by Professor
Joseph Scanlon, points out that past stud-
ies have shown daily newspapers have at
least one factual error in about 40 percent
of their stories.
Considering that The Charlatan has a
new editorial staff each year and new
volunteers, some of whom have never
written a news story before, we feel we
compare very favorably with major dai-
lies, where most staff members have years
of experience.
The results of the accuracy checkshould
not discourage people from reading The
Charlatan. But they should serve as a
reminder that just because something is
written down, it doesn't mean it can be
trusted implicity. Readers shouldn't just
be passive consumers of the news, suck-
ing up information like a vacuum.
Interestingly, before the accuracy check
was done, we had not heard about most of
these errors. If you see something wrong
in the paper, it's easy enough to give us a
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INCREASING TUITION
FEES ARE RESTRICTING
YOUR ACCESS TO
UNIVERSITY...
GET OUT AND MAKE YOUR
VOICE HEARD
PROVINCIAL DAY OF ACTION
PROTESTING TUITION INCREASES
Wednesday, January 26, 1994
All Ontario students from post-secondary institutions
are setting this day aside as a day to protest together to
raise their concerns about tuition increases.
Carleton students, come to Baker Lounge at 3 p.m.
- 4th Floor Unicentre Building
To get involved - come sign a petition - fax your MP
- phones available all day - join our protest rally.
COME TO BAKER LOUNGE AT 3 p.m.
WEDNESDAY JANUARY 26, 1994
For more info call the CUSA office
EuSn
788-6688. ■^■1^^^ Canadian
Federation
gj Students
Federation PCEHl
canadienne -^^^^^H
desetudiant(e*s
Safety Commissioner Donna Gilbert
CHRIS NUTT ALL -SMITH
Saturday, Dec. 4, at approximateryT():30 p.m., a
female student working alone in Room C460 of the
Loeb Building was approached by a man who was
wearing running shoes only. The female was grabbed
by the male before he fled the area.
On Tuesday, Dec. 21, at approximately 7 p.m., a
woman in the tunnels near the Tory Building and
the post office observed a man with his pants down.
There was no physical contact between the woman
and the suspect.
These are the people in your neighborhood, a cam-
pus with over 20,000 students, a place where most
people want to feel safe when they walk around at
night.
Since September, there have been about 16 reported
incidents of indecent touching, indecent exposure, or
assault. As of last year, Carleton's department of
university safety began to keep records of these
incidents. Because of this, they can't say if the
numbers are rising or falling over the years.
But since October of 1992, when the names and
photographs of 22 women were stolen fronp an office
in the Herzberg
Building and sub-
sequen death
threats were
phoned in to vari-
ous offic s on cam-
pus,th| ihasbeen
ightened
ness of per-
sonal safety at Car-
leton.
Last year, the Car-
leton University
Studenw' Associa-
tion created the po-
sition of safety
commaRioner to
act as a liaison be-
tween various ad-
ministrative com-
mittees dealing
with safety issues,
as well as initiat-
ing safety audits
and other initia-
tives on behalf of
students.
Samantha Sheen,
last year's safety
commissioner, is
largely responsible
for the bright or-
ange safety posters
which notify stu-
dents of the date, location and nature of recent
attacks on campus, says Nancy Adarnson, the co-
ordinator of Carleton's status of women office.
While Sheen may have initiated the idea, a commit-
tee whose members include Pat O'Brien from public
relations, Mark Tinlin from university safety,
Adarnson and the safety commissioner, decides when
a poster goes out to the rest of the Carleton commu-
nity.
The safety commissioner at present is Donna Gilbert,
who wasn't hired by the CUSA executive until well
into the school year on Nov. 16.
Gilbert says she is still getting her bearings, but has
planned a safety audit of the entire campus for Jan.
26. She says her most?' pressing concern is for the
safety of women on campus and the various "prob-
lem spots" ^B^JK to lighting and visibility.
Gilbert is reluctant to say anything in regards to
specific safety policies set by the university, as she
hasn't had the opportunity to attend any meetings
of the presidential advisory committee on personal
safety, which sets the safety agenda at Carleton.
The committee's last meeting took place on Nov. 22,
barely a week after she was hired.
The committee is made up of about 27 representa-
tives from administration, different university de-
partments, the Foot Patrol, CUSA, and the Rideau
River Residence Association, who meet every four to
six weeks to discuss policies and strategies concern-
ing campus safety.
The committee was originally set up three years ago
to administer funding of $47,000 a year for two
years from the provincial Ministry of Colleges and
Universities. That ministry no longer exists. Its
responsibilities were absorbed by the Ministry of
Education and Training and the funding for campus
safety improvements was cut.
"In the past the money for various safety measures
was provided by the provincial government, but this
year there has been no grant so the university has
had to find money for the safety committee," says
Adarnson, who is the committee's co-chair.
She says despite this funding cut, Carleton's vice-
president of finance Spruce Riordan (the other co-
chair), was able to obtain a budget of about $30,000
from the university's Alumni Fund. However, on
Jan. 17 Riordan told The Charlatan the provincial
government had come through at the last minute
with a further $47,500, on the condition that it be
"directed particularly towards women's safety on
campus."
As to what the new found cash will go towards,
Riordan says, "we have yet to make a proposal as to
what well do," but added that part of the money
might be put toward an "anti-date rape campaign."
Adarnson and Riordan both say that over the past
three years the committee has focused on the cam-
pus's physical landscape and the safety problems it
presents.
This has resulted primarily in interior renovations
to the tunnels to provide better directional signs,
removing lockers, painting over murals, making the
entrances to buildings more accessible and install-
ing a number of emergency phones.
This year, Adarnson says the committee's focus has
shifted to the outside landscape, providing well-lit
and clearly designated pathways to and from park-
ing lots and buildings with accessible emergency
phones.
"We will be improving the safety of those routes,
improving lighting, emergency telephones, trim-
ming shrubs, and providing directional signs," says
Adarnson. "The committee is trying to do a lot to
make the campus safer by making emergency phones
accessible across campus and working on improving
safety by the river."
Bill Ferguson, from the office of computing and
communications services, is also a member of the
advisory committee. He says the emergency phones
are a way to make all areas of campus safer by
improving security's ability to respond to an emer-
gency.
14 • The Charlatan * January 20, 1994
n's Centre coordinator
e Twaddle
He says the emergency phones all over campus automati-
cally dial the emergency services monitoring office (788-
4444) and immediately alert campus security to the location
of the incident.
The emergency "phones" in the tunnels don't have a receiver
— they require only that someone push a large button and
a microphone will pick up their voice. This is because a
person who is being chased or is struggling with an attacker
has only to hit the button and then yell what is happening,
rather than stop to pick up a receiver.
Ferguson says there are also red phones in the stairwells of
the library parking garage, the corridors of the science
bujldings, and the computer labs in the Loeb Building.
These have receivers, but dial emergency services auto-
matically nonetheless.
The phones are
routed to campus
security rather
than 911, says
Ferguson, because
"the Carleton cam-
jus is a big place."
Unlike emergency
[ervices, he says,
ie 911 dispatchers
|annot simply refer
a digital display
know the location
the caller. Police
ambulance driv-
Jrs would have to
Waste valuable time
searching for the
Scene of the inci-
lent.
With the emer-
gency phones, even
if the caller says
nothing, security
can immediately notify 911 and dispatch Carleton security
officers-to-the scene of the incident, he says. But whether
they do or not is up to the security desk, depending on the
circumstances of the incident.
Riordan says the first draft of an emergency response plan,
which would spell. out the official procedural rules to such
situations, is in the works, and "that's the kind of thing we'll
have to take into account when we put the emergency
response plan together."
Riordan says the final draft of the emergency response plan
should be available in six weeks.
He added the personal safety committee will be seeking
input from the university community on safety concerns.
Adamson, Riordan and Ferguson all say there is no such
thing as a totally safe campus, because as Adamson puts it,
"people are unsafe."
But CUSA employees like Gilbert and the Carleton Wom-
en's Centre co-ordinator Renee Twaddle say they don't
think that means settling for a new paint job for the tunnels
to make women at Carleton feel better about walking alone
at night. They say the committee is a step in the right
direction, but there is still room for improvement.
"The campus is not safe enough," says Twaddle. "The safety
committee is trying to fulfil required areas concerning
safety. There are lots of areas to improve, though, such as
the paths on the river."
While Adamson and Twaddle agree that the most unsafe
places on campus are the dark alleys behind residence and
the poorly lit pathway along the river, the one area of
campus they consistently disagree on is the tunnels.
Twaddle maintains that the tunnels are unsafe and advises
women not to use them alone at night.
Adamson says she disagrees with the perception that the
tunnels are unsafe, citing that most of the attacks against
women take place in the academic buildings or outside
rather than in the tunnels. She also points out that: "They
said not to use the tunnels, but disabled students have to use
the tunnels. If we all use the tunnels, we make it safer for
everybody."
Twaddle and Gilbert both advocate the use of video cameras
to monitor the tunnels. Twaddle says at the last personal
safety committee meeting on Nov. 22, suggestions were
made to install video cameras in the tunnels, so they would
be under constant supervision.
"There are (security) cameras still in boxes which would
increase the chance of catching perpetrators in the tunnels,"
says Twaddle. "Mark Tinlin and others are thinking of
excuses to not use the cameras instead of their job to
improve safety."
She says Tinlin, the director of university safety, opposed
their use because of the possibility of vandalism to the
cameras.
But Len Boudreault, assistant director of university safety,
told The Charlatan the university has no such video
equipment in boxes or otherwise.
"All we're really doing is looking at our options. Certainly
there are none ordered, there are no plans to order any,
there are none in storage," he says.
Ferguson and Riordan also say they know of no unused
video equipment sitting around collecting dust.
Boudreault says the option is still being debated, but the
expense of monitoring the tunnels by video camera has to
be taken into account.
"The camera itself is not costly," says Boudreault. "The
housing for the camera could be more expensive, but the
biggest, most significant cost is the interface between the
camera and the patrol officer."
Adamson says the committee has discussed the option of
cameras at length.
"Other universities that have installed video cameras
have not found them to be as effective as they hoped," says
Adamson. "The committee on personal safety has had a full
discussion of cameras as something that we would not
invest in."
Gilbert, on the other hand, feels the video cameras would
be important for the safety of women on campus.
"Despite the cost of the cameras, I believe we need them,
not only in the tunnels but everywhere on campus," says
Gilbert.
Twaddle and Gilbert both think women don't use the
tunnels because they don't feel safe.
Riordan says if this is the case, "we're saying, 'tell us what
more we can do?' What is it that people think can be
reasonably improved?"
But Twaddle says without cameras "there's a pretty good
chance that somebody could be assaulted and not be near
a phone. There's a lot of space between phones for some-
thing to happen."
Until the tunnels and campus in general are safer, she
says, a woman's only option is to be escorted by the Foot
Patrol.
Since the beginning of September 1,155 people have re-
quested the Foot Patrol's escort service to get to their car,
bus stop or residence because they feared to walk alone. At
this time last year, more than 1,162 people had used the
service.
According to Foot Patrol co-ordinator Brenda Kennedy,
there is still a very large need to be filled by this volunteer
organization.
"The students realize there is a problem out there an
are a solution to wa
alone," says Kennedy
"The campus is not ri
well lit," says the pal
staff supervisor Derek
Watt. "Despite the im-
provements to the tunnels,
1,500 metres between
emergency phones is quite
a distance to travel." W
Each patrol is made up of
a male and female, and it
is important for anyonein-
terested in being escorted
by the Foot Patrol to keep
this in mind, as in Decem-
ber a lone man imperson-
ating a patroller was reported. The patrollers work outside
or in the tunnels for two and a half hour shifts starting at
8 p.m.
Watt says an extra shift is needed starting at 6:30 p.m. in
the winter, because it gets dark around 5 p.m.
"I get phone calls and I have to turn them over to the
campus security," he says. "With the extra shift there will
not be a need for this."
He added the Foot Patrol is necessary to provide protection
for students on campus, because campus security is heav-
ily under-staffed and under-paid.
But Gilbert feels the Foot Patrol should not be compared
to security.
"Foot Patrol should not be there to relieve security's
burden," she says. □
Wilh tiles Irom Biandie welkle
Foot Patrol
co-ordinator
Brenda Kennedy
CHRIS NUTT ALL-SMITH
January 20, 1994 ■ The Charlatan ■ IS
PLACEMENT
& Career Services
^^^^^ Dmnrtmc nnri eaniipac nl interact tn i inriarnraHi i at AC nraHnalinn ctilriantc
Check the posting boards at
the Placement Centre for
more Job listings.
Programs and services of interest to undergraduates, graduating students, as well as alumni.
ON-CAMPUS RECRUITING
Permanent full-lime positions are
directed towards graduating studenls
(available May '94). Dates, unless
specified, refer to deadlines.
To find out the types of positions,
how to apply and where to find
more information on ihe companies,
please contact the office.
Revenue Canada
Jan. 21, Mail Direct
Computer Science, Commerce
Positions: Computer Systems
Analyst/Programmer Analyst
Corel Corporation
Jan. 24, 12 noon
Computer Science, Computer
Systems Engineering
Positions: Software Developers
AMS Management Systems
Jan. 25, 12 noon
Computer Science, Commerce-MIS
Positions: Programmer! Analyst
Canadian Political Science Assoc.
Jan. 28, Mail Direct
Political Science, Other Disciplines
Positions: Ontario Legislature
Internship Programme
Easel Corporation
Jan. 28, 12 noon
Computer Science
Positions: Technical Support
Consultants
Universal Fundraisers
Feb. 4, 12 noon
All Disciplines
Positions: Fundraising Consultants
London Life
Feb. 10, 12 noon
Commerce, Arts, Social Sciences
Positions: Sales & Marketing Reps
Ontario Ministry of
Transportation
Feb. 14, 12 noon
Civil & Electrical Engineering
Positions: Engineering Develop-
ment Program
T.W. Austin
Feb. 18, 12 noon
Commerce, Economics
Positions: Financial Counsellors
SUMMER EMPLOYMENT
For more information on the types
of positions and application proce-
dures consult the summer job board.
1
SUMMER JOB
AMD CAREER
EXPLORATION
FAIR
•
FOIRE
DES CARRIERES
ET DES EMPLOIS
D'ETE
SUMMER JOB
AND CAREER
EXPLORATION
FAIR
Mark Tuesday, February 1, 1994 on your
calender - the date for the first ever joint
Summer Job & Career Exploration Fair,
organized by Carleton University,
Algonquin College, La Cite Collegiale, and
the University of Ottawa.
This is your chance to participate in an unprecedented opportunity
to meet various employers in the private and public sectors. With
all the changes in the labour market the Summer Job & Career
Exploration Fair can offer you:
the chance to meet employers offering summer
employment opportunities
an opportunity to explore full time careers by
talking to professionals from various fields
This unique opportunity will be taking place in the Assembly Hall
(East entrance to Lansdowne Park) at the Civic Centre from
1 :00pm - 8:00pm. Students will be required
to pay $1 .00 in advance or $2.00 at the door.
Tickets can be purchased from Placement &
Career Services, 508 Unicentre.
I Carlelon
/HGONGUlf
Pulp & Paper Research Institute
Jan. 20, Mail Direct
Biochemistry, Chemistry, Physics,
Mechanical Engineering
Positions: NSERC related
Ontario Quebec Municipal
Student Exchange Program
Jan. 21, 12 noon
Political Science, Public Admin.,
French, Economics, Business,
Engineering, Computer Science
Positions: Various
Gov't of Northwest Territories
Jan. 24, Mail Direct
All Disciplines
Positions: Various Summer Aquatic
Positions
Legislative Assembly of Ontario
Jan. 24, Mail Direct
All Disciplines
Position: Information Officer
City of Ottawa
Jan. 28 -May 27, Mail Direct
All Disciplines
Positions: Various
AECL - Chalk River
Jan. 28, Mail Direct
Computer Science, Engineering,
Science, Physics, Chemistry
Position: Summer Student Program
Ontario Place
Jan. 28, Mail Direct
All Disciplines
Positions: Various-consult booklet
Regional Municipality of Ottawa
Carleton
Jan. 31, 4:30pm
All Disciplines
Positions: Various-consult booklet
PCL Constructors (Eastern) Inc.
Feb. 3, 12 noon
Civil Engineering, 3raV4th year
Positions: Field Engineer or Student
Engineer
City of Ottawa-Parks Programme
Feb. 4, Mail Direct
Positions: Various
International Development
Research Centre
Feb. 4, Mail Direct
Int'l Affairs, Social Sciences,
Commerce, Info. Sciences/Systems,
Economics
Positions: Various
Iogen Corporation
Feb. 11, 12 noon
Biochemistry
Positions: Lab Technicians
City of Nepean
Feb. 1 4, Mail Direct
All Disciplines
Positions: Various
508 Unicentre -788-6611
January 20, 1994
National Round Table on the
Environment & the Economy
Feb. 14, Mail Direct
All Disciplines
Positions: Roy Aitken Internships
Paramount Canada's Wonderland
Feb. 1 6, In Person
All Disciplines
Positions: Singers, Actors, Dancers
Technicians
Ontario Geological Survey
Feb. 25, Mail Direct
Geoscience
Positions: Various
Department of National Revenue
Customs & Excise (Sarnia)
Feb. 28, Mail Direct
All Disciplines
Positions: Student Customs Officers
Algonquin Park Visitor Services
Feb. 28, Mail Direct
Various Disciplines
Positions: Park Naturalist, Museum
Technician
COSEP-Career Oriented Summer
Student Employment Program
Ottawa-Hull Region Only
Feb. 28, Mail Direct
Administration, Arts, Pure Sciences,
Applied Sciences, Socio-Economics
Positions: Career-related summer
jobs in federal government
Deep River Science Academy
Mar. 1, Mail Direct
Science, Engineering, Commerce
Positions: Tutors/Research
Assistants, Administration
Environmental Youth Corps
ASAP, Mail Direct
All Disciplines
Positions: Various
SWAP-Student Work Abroad
Program
ASAP, Mail Direct
All Disciplines
Positions: See SWAP brochure for
participating countries
TREE PLANTING
Upper Canada Forestry
Norther Ontario
Feb. 1, Mail Direct
Natural Borders Reforestation
Feb. 3, Sign Up
Feb. 4, Interviews
Apex Reforestation
Feb. 9, Sign Up
Feb. 10 & 1 1 , Interviews
Outland/New Forest
ASAP, Mail Direct
Broland Enterprises Inc.
ASAP, Mail Direct
16 • The Charlatan ■ January 20, 1994
SPORTS
Polo women splash into first
by Richard G.D. Scott
Charialan Sialf
Mission accomplished.
In theirseason-ending tournament at
McMaster University, the Carleton wom-
en's waterpolo team posted a perfect 4-0
weekend to finish first in the five-team
Ontario Women's Interuniversity Ath-
letic Association waterpolo league with a
7-1 record.
Carleton 7 McMaster 4
Carteton 7 Queen's 5
Carleton 8 Brock 2
Carleton 8 Toronto 4
What's more, the Ravens atoned for
an earlier season 4-3 loss to the Univer-
sity of Toronto Varsity Blues with an 8-4
victory in the tournament's last game
battle for first place.
Carleton's victories came against
McMaster (7-4), Queen's (7-5) and Brock
(8-2).
The thrashing began with the 7-4 win
against the 1-3 McMaster Marauders.
After falling behind 4-3 at the half, the
Ravens rebounded with four goals while
holding the Marauders scoreless.
Next, Carleton held off the persistent
2-3 Gaels squad to squeeze out a 7-5 win,
breaking a 4-4 tie in the second half with
three consecutive goals. Drivers Stephanie
Burgess and Anne Stacey paced the
Ravens with three goals apiece.
"We were much smarter and much
more in control," said coach Steve Baird.
"We got our jitters out."
The Ravens then played against the 0-
6 Brock Badgers. Baird substituted his
lineup with reserves and many Raven
rookies saw varsity action for the first
time. But the Ravens' play remained
unaltered as they romped to an 8-2 win
over Brock.
"We're good defensively and the rook-
ies did an amazing job," said Burgess.
Action then peaked as the Ravens
doubled Toronto 8-4 to clinch first place.
"It was our best game and the four-
goal margin made up for the one goal
loss earlier in the year," said Baird.
Tied at four in the third quarter, Stacey
scored a power-play goal and then the
Ravens added three more in the fourth
quarter to round out the score.
Tanya Pierunek playeda strong game
in net while Stacey completed an 11-goal
weekend with fourgoals against Toronto.
Burgess and len Hampton were the other
scorers with two goals each.
Now, the Ravens will look ahead to
the OWIAA finals Feb. 4-6 at Brock Uni-
versity in St. Catherines with another
mission in mind — to bring home gold. □
j^WT'll'WEN
Raven road warriors stomp Ottawa
■
Gorilla Game victory
starts season right
by Kevin Restivo
Charlatan Staff
The song goes two out of three ain't
bad, and the song's right.
The Carleton men's basketball team
shocked the University of Ottawa Gee-
Gees, winning 88-85 in their season
opener |an. 1 1 at the U of O's Montpetit
Hall.
Not satisfied with just one win, the
Ravens then went on to beat the Queen's
Golden Gaels 80-75 before falling 76-71
to the University of Toronto Varsity Blues
in road action Jan. 14-15.
Carleton 88 Ottawa 85
Carleton 80 Queen's 75
Toronto 76 Carleton 71
Against Ottawa, the Ravens won the
Gorilla Game, basketball's answer to the
Panda Game, with a combination of
tenacity, desire and ball control — giving
up only 17 turnovers.
Carleton pounced all over Ottawa right
from the start, forcing the Gee-Gees into
numerous first-half turnovers to get a
comfortable 52-42 halftime lead. •
"We wanted to keep the tempo up so
we could get some easy stuff from the fast
breaks, " said head coach Paul Armstrong.
The Gee-Gees tried to get back in the
game in the second half with a variety of
pressure tactics and intimidation, but
A stong pressure defence and timely scoring resulted in two Raven wins.
points while guard Brian Smith added 1 8
points in a solid effort.
Carleton's good fortunes carried over
into the next game against Queen's,
where once again, the Ravens received
an extremely solid team effort in their
win over the Golden Gaels.
these proved futile.
"We weren't intimidated at all by
them. . . . We were a lot fresher than they
were," said fourth-year forward Taffe
Charles. "Maybe they'll give us some
respect now."
Afterwards, the Ravens were ecstatic
with the win over their cross-town rivals
— who were good enough to advance to
the national semi-finals last year.
"I don't care, we just won," whooped
third-year guard Luca Diaconescu en-
thusiastically, when asked to comment.
Charles netted a game high of 27
Charles once again led the Ravens
with 30 points, while first-year forward
Reagh Vidito added 25 points.
After two road wins the Ravens suf-
fered their first loss of the season to To-
ronto. Yet even in that loss the Ravens
stayed close throughout the contest. □
Lack of experience shows in road losses
by Jay Tharayil
Charlatan Staff
The Carleton women's basketball
team's lack of experience played a key
role in three road losses to open their
basketball season.
Ottawa 81 Carleton 42
Queen's 60 Carleton 39
Toronto 94 Carleton 41
The Ravens were thumped 81-42 by
the University of Ottawa Gee-Gees on
Jan. 1 1 . They then went on to lose 60-39
to the Queen 's Golden Gaels and 94-4 1 to
the Toronto Varsity Blues Jan. 14-15.
With eight rookies, four sophomores
and only three third-year players, the
^Ravens' inexperience led to 95 turnovers
in the three games — 37 against Ottawa,
35 against Toronto and 23 against
Queen's.
"It wasn't so much that they beat us
(but) we beat ourselves with turnovers,"
said rookie guard Gillian Roseway.
"They're more experienced than us, es-
pecially Toronto, who are third- and
fourth-year players while we're only first
and second."
That lack of experience shook the
Ravens' confidence early on, said sec-
ond-year forward Heather McAlpine.
"We're a type of team, (who) when we
get down, it's hard for us to get back up,
and we lose a lot of confidence," said
McAlpine. "But that will have to come
when experience comes."
Experience will also help the offence,
said forward Valarie Gates. □
Ottawa pressure stifledthe Ravens.
Ecstastic win
not predicted
by Kevin Restivo
Charlaian Stall
Who would have thunk it.
That infamous line from former
New York Yankee skipper Casey
Stengel probably typifies popular
reaction to the strong start put forth
by this year's Carleton men's bas-
ketball team.
Heading into league play a week
ago, the Ravens' chances for a win
looked bleak at best for a number of
reasons. Coming off a 3-12 exhibi-
tion game record, the Ravens lacked
offence and cohesion. Having only
five returning players on a team of
12 will do that to you.
Despite that, Carleton won two
of its first three games in a com-
manding fashion.
Who would have thunk it.
Tipping off in their season opener
against the University of Ottawa
Gee-Gees, the Ravens' prospects for
victory were slim, especially after
three pre-season losses to Ottawa.
Yet the underdog Ravens went
out and thoroughly dominated the
supposedly more talented Gee-Gees
from start to finish. The Ravens
maintained their poise throughout
the game, consistently breaking
Ottawa's pressure and ignoring their
incessant trash-talking.
Let's not forget either that these
are essentially the same Gee-Gees
who made it all the way to the
Canadian Interuniversity Athletic
Union's version of the Final Four
last year. Winning the so-called
Gorilla Game, basketball's version
of the Panda Game, after a two-year
hiatus only made the win oh-so
much sweeter.
Who would've thunk it.
So big deal you say? They were
bound to win against Ottawa one of
these days — let's see them win a
tough road game against a team
like Queen's who has arguably the
best scorer in the country with for-
ward Dave Smart.
And so they did. Once again,
Carleton went out and led for the
better part of the game and eventu-
ally stole a win from the high and
mighty Golden Gaels squad. Head
coach Paul Armstrong called it an
absolutely great effort. And so he
should. Neutralizing Smart and win-
ning two in a row on the road is a lot
to ask of any team, especially one as
green as these young Ravens.
Who would've thunk it.
After their team-bonding train-
ingsession in Florida over the Christ-
mas break and two huge morale-
building wins, it's probably safe to
say the Ravens are brimming with
confidence despite their lacklustre
3-12 pre-season record and a teensy
weensy 76-71 loss to the University
of Toronto Varsity Blues.
And if they can keep up the pace,
awinningseason andaplayoffberth
isn't out of the question.
Not to mention that such an oc-
currence would have the entire cam-
pus and all the pundits uttering one
line— who would've thunkit. □
January 20, 1994 ■ The Charlatan ■ 17
Raven
Records
OWIAA WATERPOLO
East Division
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L
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F A
PTS
Carleton 7
1
1
68 31
14
Toronto 7
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1
72 28
14
Queen's 3
5
0
58 42
6
McMaster2
6
0
42 70
4
Brock 1
7
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30 99
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OWIAA VOLLEYBALL
East Division
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York 4
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12 0
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Ottawa 4
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12 6
8
Toronto 2
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8 3
4
Queen's 2
2
0
7 7
4
Ryerson 1
4
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3 12
2
Carleton 0
5
0
1 15
0
OWIAA BASKETBALL
East Division
W L T F A PTS
Toronto 3 0 0 240125 6
Lmtian 2 0 0 155 99 4
Queen's 1 0 0 60 39 2
Ottawa 1 1 0 124 113 2
York 0 1 0 59 82 0
Ryerson 0 2 0 81 148 0
Carleton 0 3 0 1222350
OWIAA
Athlete of the Week
Lisa Thomaidis, a 22 year-old bas-
ketball player with the McMaster Ma-
rauders is the OWIAA athlete of the
week after averaging 22.0 points per
game in three games this past week.
OUAA BASKETBALL
East Division
W L T F A PTS
Toronto 3 0 0 236 212 6
Lmtian 2 0 0 192170 4
Carleton 2 1 0 2392364
Queen's 0 1 0 75 80 0
York 0 1 0 78 98 0
Ottawa 0 2 0 155 168 0
Ryerson 0 2 0 163 174 0
OUAA BASKETBALL
East Scoring Leaders
FG AT FT AT AVX
Beason 29 49 14 16 38.0
Charles 24 50 29 38 25.7
Clarkson 8 16 6 8 25.0
Swords 19 31 3 5 24.0
Reid 17 33 8 14 22.5
OUAA
Athlete of the Week
Alex Beason, a forward with the
Ryerson Rams basketball team is the
OUAA athlete of the week after scoring
a league high 52 points against
Laurentian in league play.
That broke a 12 year-old record set
in 1982 when York's David Coulthard
scored 50 points in a game against
Toronto.
Ravens rise and fall at tourney
Volleyball team wins twice and places sixth
by Sarah Richards
Charlatan Staff
Count on Raven women's volleyball
head coach Peter Biasone to tell it like it
is.
After his team finished sixth in the
eight-team Carleton Invitational tour-
nament on the Jan. 15 weekend, Biasone
described his feeling going into the tour-
nament.
"I was a little apprehensive to tell you
the truth because we could have come in
and sucked the whole weekend, " he said.
But they didn't.
Instead, the 0-5 Ravens, last in the
east division of the Ontario Women's
In teruni versify Athletic Association, beat
the Guelph University Gryphons 2-0 and
clawed past the University of Waterloo
Athenas 3-2 to post their first victories of
the season.
"Guelph was a nice reward, but Wa-
terloo will go a long way to help us
because for the rest of the season we'll
think back to that match, " said Biasone.
The Ravens made up a 1 0-point deficit
in the final set against Waterloo to win
the match 3-2.
That win set up a fifth-place battle
against a local Ottawa club where the
winning ways stopped short. In their
final game against Club Six, the Ravens
came out flat, and were unable to deliver
the points despite some strong rallying.
They lost three straight sets 15-8, 15-8
and 15-8 and settled for sixth place.
"We didn't capitalize on some of the
opportunities we got, like some of the
missed services from the other team or
when they hit balls out of bounds. It just
didn't seem to go our way," said middle
Carolyn Haddock.
It didn't help that Raven setter Laurie
Malone sprained her ankle in the victory
against Waterloo, causing a shift in posi-
tions for the players.
"They passed well, and Sue (Edecomb)
set really well, but . . . people had to play
Tournament MVP Tracy Liburd.
different positions that they weren't re-
ally familiar with," said rookie Malone.
The two wins are a big first step for the
Ravens, who have only two returning
players and whose All Star setter, Marilyn
Johnston, graduated last year.
But for Biasone, inexperience is no
excuse for losing a game.
"I don't think we've ever used that
excuse. I think our inexperience leads us
to not know what to do sometimes," he
said. "We are inexperienced, that goes
without question, but I think so are some
other teams that are playing."
The Club Six women's team is com-
posed entirely of Ottawa-area veterans.
The tournament bronze went to the
University of Western Mustangs, who
beat the Queen's University Golden Gaels.
The Gaels squandered their impeccable
quick spikes to allow the unimpressive
Mustangs to take the win 3-1.
Carleton Invitational
Round Robin
McGill 2 Carleton 0
(15-11,15-12)
Western 2 Carleton 1
(15-5,11-15,15-13)
Carleton 2 Guelph 0
(15-13,15-8)
Quarter Finals
Carleton 3 Waterloo 2
(5-15, 15-7, 13-15, 17-15, 15-12)
Consolation Round
Club Six 3 Carleton 0
(15-8, 15-8, 15-8)
The finals saw Carleton's cross-town
rivals from the University of Ottawa play
the McGill Martletts. The game proved to
be an interesting clash between two very
different teams. Ottawa's team-oriented
play eventually beat out McGill's heavy
reliance on star players, in particular
left-side player Fanny Wong.
"She was an outstanding player, "said
tournament MVP, Tracy Liburd of the
Gee-Gees. "I think (McGill) know who
their assets are and they use them very
well."
With the Gee-Gees riding high on their
win, their home tournament on Jan. 28
will be a challenge for the less-talented
Ravens.
"Our goal isn't anything less than to
win the tournament, " said Gee-Gee head
coach Lionel Woods.
Ravens, brace yourselves. □
Hockey club finds southern discomfort
by Bill Labonte
Charlatan Start
It was no miracle on ice.
Amidst snowy mountain peaks nes-
tling the imposing Lake Placid Olympic
site, the Carleton hockey club lost 10-2 to
Northwood Prep Jan. 14.
The next day, it was defeated by a
more respectable 5-2 score by the North
Country Community College.
Northwood 10 Carleton 2
North Country 5 Carleton 2
The hockey club must have been awe-
struck by Lake Placid's arena. There's a
big American flag hanging from the raft-
ers. Reminders of the 1 980 Olympics eve-
rywhere. And waiting for them was a
talented team of 1 7 to 20 year olds.
Northwood Prep is a well-respected
academic school with an excellenthockey
program whose hockey alumni include
NHLers Mike Richter and Tony Granato.
Carleton kept the game close in the
first five minutes, but things soon fell
apart. Goalie Pat McFetridge was replaced
with backup Kevin Convey after
Northwood exploded for six unanswered
goals. Carleton forward Ken Pagan then
answered with two but that wasn't any-
where near enough.
"The loss was expected, but the 10-2
final score was not anticipated," said
coach George Brownafterthegame. "The
officiating was terrible."
Sporting a fat lip after an errant high
stick, defenceman Mike Pagan agreed.
"The officiating obviously lacked fair-
ness — just look at my lip."
Forward Ian Mcintosh offered this
explanation.
"They (Northwood) are used to play-
ing with a floating red line. What seemed
like an off-side or a two-line pass was not.
That's why they were able to send in so
many guys on breakaways. We're just
going to have to get used to playing a
faster more open game with a floating
red line."
After a short night's rest and a plea by
coach Brown to his number one line for
more production, a fatigued Carleton
team lost a match 5-2 to the North Coun-
try Community College from Saranac
Lake, N.Y.
"I look to you guys to set the pace, "
Brown told forwards Darren Keating,
Jason Tamo and Tim McAllister before
the game. "Your line is in a slump."
The line played better but was unable
to solve its offensive woes. Carleton bom-
barded the other team's goalie in the
dying minutes without getting a lucky
bounce.
The weakly enforced 1 a.m. curfew
was one reason behind the loss.
"It was four a.m. and the guys were
still up. You can't expect to play good
hockey on a few hours sleep," said gen-
eral manager Paul Correy.
Carleton resumes Senior R.A. League
action against the Abloom hockey club
Jan. 26 at 7:30p.m. at the R.A. Centre. □
Hockey vote next month
by Ryan Ward
Chattatan staff
In its never-ending quest to achieve
varsity status, the Carleton hockey club
has finally got a shot on net.
At the Carleton University Students'
Association council meeting of lan. 1 1 ,
councillors voted 17-1 to hold a referen-
dum on student funding for the hockey
club in next month's CUSA elections.
The Bald Ravens, a group of ex-var-
sity Carleton hockey players, proposed
to ask for a $1 levy per student, which
would raise almost $20,000 — enough
money forthe hockey club to play in the
Ontario College Athletic Association
Hockey League.
"It's time to move up to the next
level," said the club's general manager
Paul Correy. "We have played exhibi-
tion games against several universities
and colleges over the past few years with
over a 65 per-cent winning percentage.
Currently, the hockey club plays a
20-game schedule in the Senior R.A.
League on a $5,000 budget raised from
a CUSA grant, local sponsorships and
the players themselves- □
18 • The Charlatan ■ January 20, 1994
Raven
Rumblings
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
"You don't have to write about the
game, do you?"
Carleton hockey dub captain Dan-en
Keating expressed this forlorn hope
after his team lost 10-2 to Northwood
Prep — an American team composed
of 17 to 20 year olds.
CUBS BEAT LIONS
The Carleton fencing team hosted
an Alumni Challenge fencing tourna-
ment Jan. 16 in the gym's multi-pur-
pose room with satisfying results. Raven
fencers defeated a 32-strong alumni
squad in all five fencing classes in their
last tune-up before next week's season-
opening tournament.
"It was a combination of two things, "
said fencing coach lames Ireland. "It
was a chance for them to get to know
the alumni and it's our last chance at
settling a lineup for next week."
DAMN IT WAS COLD
How cold was this pastweekendyou
ask? It was so cold that even the nordic
ski teams stayed inside. The Jan. 16-17
Nakkertok Invitational outside
Gatineau Park was cancelled due to
the frigid weekend temperatures.
CALENDAR
Friday, Jan. 21.
BASKETBALL — The 0-3 women's
basketball team hosts their home
opener tonight against the 0-2 Ryerson
Lady Rams in a 6 p.m. match at the
Raven's Nest. The 2-1 men's team will
follow with their home opener against
the 0-2 Rams at 8 p.m.
Saturday, Jan. 22.
FENCING — The women's fencing
team hosts the first sectional tourna-
ment of the Ontario Women's
Interuniversity Athletic Association
East fencing division at the Ravens'
Nest from 9 a.m. 'till 5 p.m.
SKIING— Thenordicski teams trav-
els to London to participate in the SOD
Interdivisional Duntroon at the Uni-
versity of Western Ontario.
SWIMMING— The men'sand wom-
en's swim teams will be in Hamilton
participating in a tri-meet with the
universities of Guelph and McMaster.
MVP hoping to overcome injuries
Sunday, Jan. 23.
FENCING — The men's fencing
team will host the first sectional of the
Ontario Universities Athletic Associa-
tion east division at the Ravens' Nest
from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
SKIING — Racing continues for the
nordic ski teams at the SOD
Interdivisional Duntroon.
Wednesday, Jan. 26.
VOLLEYBALL — The 0-5 women's
vollyball team travels across town to
take on the 4-1 University of Ottawa
Gee-Gees in league action at Montpetit
Hall. Game time is 8 p.m. □
by Derek DeClaet
Charlatan Stat!
Last year, Cindy Krenosky didn't play
basketball because she wanted to hit the
books instead.
This year, her comeback has been
thwarted by another book: Gray's
Anatomy.
The Raven guardis coming off a list of
injuries that have limited her role so far
in the Ravens' fight for a playoff spot in
the Ontario Womens' Interuniversity
Athletic Association.
First, she severed tendons in her wrist
in a kitchen accident in the spring. The
wristrequired surgery, and Krenosky bears
an impressive scar from the incident.
After that healed, she proceeded to
injure a muscle in her hip, damage a
nerve in her elbow, and pull a tendon in
her knee.
Krenosky admits the injuries have been
a little frustrating.
"They kind of keep you from progress-
ing," she says, adding the wrist injury
was "the only tough thing" about getting
back into university basketball after a
year away from it. "At first I was scared to
shoot."
That's a notable fear indeed for some-
one who loves to shoot. She was the
team's MVP in 1991-92, a scoring ma-
chine on a last-place team in desperate
need of offence.
"Cindy's the type of player who, if
she's focused and concentrated and set-
tled, can give us a real quick scoring
punch," says Raven coach Marg Jones.
The catch, says |ones, is that "sometimes
she tries to do everything."
Krenosky agrees she has a hard time
keeping her game on an even keel. "In-
consistent" is the word she uses.
"If 1 see a problem I try to do it all
myself right away," she says.
Krenosky, a fourth-year aerospace
engineering student, dropped basketball
last year to concentrate on her academ-
ics.
"I missed the competition of it and the
general camaraderie of the team," she
says. "It's a really good time ... but it has
its limitations."
With an easier course load this year,
she decided to return. The team's modest
success last year — two league wins and
nine overall — and the chance to play
with some quality veterans helped make
the decision to comeback and play easier.
It's a commitment non-athletes have
difficulty comprehending, she says.
"I think you wouldn't really under-
stand the kind of sacrifice it takes unless
you played," she says.
But balancing books and basketballs
has helped teach her how to manage her
time, she says.
I think you wouldn't really
understand the kind of sacrifice
it takes unless you played."
- Cindy Krenosky
The Ravens' on-court style appeals to
Krenosky. Jones tries to take advantage
of the team's quickness by using a lot of
fast breaks.
"Transition is my thing," says
Krenosky. "I like to shoot and I like to
run."
So far, her body hasn't let her do those
things for the Ravens. But she says her
knee is almost back to full strength and
her days of coming off the bench are
almost over. Soon she'll be starting. And
hopefully, she'll be able to put that copy
of Cray's Anatomy back on the shelf. □
Krenosky's hoping to lace up regularly.
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Another Raven swimmer qualifies for nationals
by Jason Tamo
Cha/lalan Staff
The Carleton men 'sand women'sswim
teams finished fifth and sixth respec-
tively in the six-team Montreal
Invitational Jan. 14.
The overall standings might not say
so, butboth coaches agreed the meet was
a success.
"You can't just look at placements
and judge success," said men's coach
Brian Johnson. "The competition at the
meet was at a very high calibre. So even
though we clocked good times, our place-
ment doesn't reflect it."
Carleton raced against the universi-
ties of Montreal, Sherbrooke, Laval,
McGill and Ottawa — who all have com-
petitive swim teams.
For the Ravens, Brigitte Davidson
swam a personal best of 2:26.00 in the
200-metre backstroke, and in doing so,
became the second Raven swimmer this
season to qualify for the national cham-
pionships.
"The entire team was very happy for
Brigitte," said teammate Elizabeth Clark.
"Everyone was watching the race and
cheering for her because we knew she
had a shot at qualifying."
Davidson will join Erica Kotler, who
qualified in the 200-metre breast-stroke
earlier this year, at the Canadian
Interuniversity Athletic Union finals to
be held in Victoria, B.C., in March.
"It's great individually for Brigitte,"
said Clark. "It's also great for the team,
because if one more swimmer from the
women's team qualifies for nationals we
can send an entire relay team."
CIAU rules allow a fourth swimmer to
compete in a relay event whenever a
school already has three qualifiers.
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If another member is to qualify, it is
likely to be breast-stroke r Sarah Dobbin,
say teammates. Dobson recorded a per-
sonal best time of 1:10.36 in the 100-
metre event in Montreal and her results
were just shy of the necessary qualifying
time of 1:10.00 for the CIAU champion-
ships.
"I think Sarah will do it," said Clark.
"If she keeps progressing as she should,
she will qualify at the provincials for
sure."
The women's provincial champion-
ships Feb. 12-13 are the last chance fe-
male swimmers can qualify for a na-
tional berth.
Carleton's best result on the men's
by Ryan Ward
Charlatan Slafl
Success breeds success.
And over the past decade, probably no
Carleton athletic team has enjoyed more
success than the nordic ski teams.
The men's team has won silver med-
als at the provincial championships each
of the last four years, while the women
won gold last year for the fourth time in
six years.
Together, the men's and women's
teams have placed among the top three
finishesatthe provincial championships
for six straight years.
This year looks to be no different.
The men's team has three returning
veterans to lead the team with skiers
Frank Ferrari, Scott Diamond and Chris
Webb.
In four years, Ferrari has been a con-
sistent contender in the classic style. Last
year, he finished second overall in the
provincial championship.
"He gets better and better as the sea-
son goes on," says teammate AJ Pilcher.
side was Blair Christie, who won the
1,500-metre freestyle event in a time of
16:50.35. He also placed thirdin the 200-
metre butterfly with a time of 2:14.26.
AndrewSmith also placed well, finishing
second in the 200-metre individual med-
ley with a time of 2:16.97.
Christie and Smith are both hopeful of
qualifying for the national champion-
ships. No men have qualified yet.
"The qualifying times are more diffi-
cult for the men to achieve and require
more training time," said women's coach
Jitka Kotler explaining that the men's
times are shorter. "The men are more
likely to qualify later in the year when
the swimmers reach their peak."
Four-year veteran Diamond, who's
also a six-year veteran of the Ontario
biathlon team, is also a strong Raven
contender.
"If I can be more aggressive, I should
be able to better last year's perform-
ance," says Diamond, who finished 40th
at last year's Canadian championships.
"Who knows, I may surprise some people
this season."
With two top-10 finishes last year,
Webb rounds out the experience on the
men's team.
" He's the kind of person nobody thinks
about in a race, but he has the ability to
defeat the competition, " says Diamond.
Some of the other skiers who should
make their mark on this year's circuit
include newcomers Wayne Dustin, Darcy
Bloom and Mike Cooper.
Dustin in particular, as an ex-national
team skierrated among the top five nordic
skiers in Canada, should add to the men's
team strengths.
On the women's side, only two skiers
remain from last year's gold medal squad.
Both the women's and men's teams
took part in a two-week training camp in
Florida overthe winter break. The coaches
of each team tookthisinto account when
assessing the weekend's performance.
"Many of our swimmers were hurting
after the camp," said men's coach Brian
Johnson. "It took a lot out of them, espe-
cially the less-experienced swimmers. We
didn't expect great things right away. It's
going to take time before they see the
long-term benefits of the camp."
The swim team travels to Waterloo on
Jan. 21 for an invitational meet at the
University of Wilfred Laurier, then on to
Hamilton to face McMaster and Guelph
in a tri-meet on Jan. 22. □
Veterans Kirsten Davis and Catherine
Muluihill, as well as rookie Gayle Barrett,
will be expected to provide leadership.
Davis, a member of the Ontario nordic
ski team and a naturally talented skier,
will look to improve on last year's eighth-
place finish at the provincial champion-
ships.
"She's like a textbook, " says Diamond.
" If you wan t to show someone how to ski,
look at Kirsten."
Muluihill, on the other hand, has had
to work harder for her success, but has
shown improvement every year.
"I have strong depth and potential to
excel," says Muluihill. "After last year, I
worked on improving considerably."
Newcomer Barrett is a former member
of the Alberta nordic ski team hoping to
post top results for Carleton.
"The more races I have the better I will
do," says Barrett. "I'm pretty confident
with my technique, but I still am not up
to full form."
Other rookies to watch for include
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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
A brief history of those Lost Dakotas
by John Steinbachs
Charlatan Staff
(Lost Dc
Zaphod
[an. 21
t Dakotas
Zap hod Beeblebrox
In the beginning, they were called the
Dakotas.
At the time, there was only vocalist
Paul DakotaandbassistGreg McConnell:
buskers on the mean streets of Toronto.
Later, they became the Lost Dakotas
for copyright reasons after they began to
gain some popularity.
"People started buying our tapes and
we thought well, one of the bands called
the Dakotas is going to sue us sooner or
later and so we became the Lost Dako-
tas," says McConnell.
McConnell says the band was able to
pay their bills by busking for two years.
"Once the recession hit," says
McConnell, "it forced us into recording
albums and touring the country."
The band filled out its roster later on
with Adam Faux on lead guitar and Ron
Duffy on drums. Faux is now with Pigfarm
and has been replaced by Rick O'Brien.
The Lost Dakotas' songs have a mix of
folk, country, rock and blues. To achieve
these sounds they use a violin, stand-up
base and a lap steel guitar.
When they first started out, the Dako-
tas were known for their country sound
but "we're getting less and less so all the
Greg McConnell and Paul Dakota: together again.
time," says McConnell.
"The last album (Last
Train To Kipling) was too
country for rock 'n' roll
and too country forcoun-
try. But (now) we throw in
a little country and folk
for fibre now and then."
The Dakotas also
throw into their repertoire
several covers, including
a hillbilly version of AC/
DCs "Back in Black."
McConnell says when
he and Dakota were busk-
ing on Yonge Street they
needed a lot of material
or they'd get bored. Da-
kota used to run down to
the World's Biggest Book-
store and copy out lyrics
and chord changes to
songs. They would then
come up with their own
arrangements, adding
their own twist to the
songs such as their speed
version of Steve Earle's
"Copperhead Road."
One of their original
songs from their latest
album, Sun Machine, is
called "Cowboys are Fre-
quently Secretly," which
examines homosexuality
among cowboys.
McConnell says the song
got them kicked out of a bar in Nanaimo,
B.C.
z "I think they felt uncomfortable," he
§ says.
^ The band has just finished a tour of
£ Canada during which they say they've
< seen theirpopularityrise. McConnell says
Q the Dakotas are wary of a burst in popu-
larity because "you only get one chance
Primeval, wild and sweaty
by Suzanne Andrew
Charlatan Staff
'La Galerie des Horribles
Brouhaha Danse
NAC Atelier
Jan. 12 — Jan. 15
On a small, stark stage, four male
dancers exposed a raw aesthetic of dance
last Friday night.
The choreography of La Galerie des
Horribles is stripped of anything delicate,
graceful or flowery. It is not pretty stuff.
As the dancers wrestled, shouted and
thrust their bodies about the stage, they
impressed one thing on the audience.
This work is about power.
The dancers began the performance
as soldiers who alternated between jocu-
lar familiarity and vicious fighting. Clev-
erly interspersed were scenes depicting
army discipline. The soldiers were loud
and obnoxious, embodying a brand of
army evil caged within the hierarchy of
power.
Upon removing their army coats, the
dancers transformed themselves into
more primitive creatures. Here, the cho-
reographers created a wild, chaotic mood
by deviating from a strong narrative.
This transition was reinforced as one of
the dancers escaped from the group of
four.
Re-emerging with his face darkened
with paint, the deviant ran in circles
while babbling and making wild, insane
facial expressions. He was watched by
the others, then brutally attacked.
Throughout the performance, a per-
cussionist hammered out raucous
rhythms on drums and an odd collection
of noise-makers. With a painted demon
face, he was an integral part of the per-
formance. Although stuck behind a bevy
of percussion equipment, he had a few
choreographed movements to comple-
ment that of the dancers.
Noise was an important part of this
production. The dancers yelled, the per-
cussionist roared and the drums were
loud. But occasionally, the noise was
toned down and the dancers whispered.
There were a few highly effective gaps of
silence manipulated by the percussion-
ist, who would suddenly crash through
the quiet to startle audience members.
Brouhaha Danse is a Montreal-based
company recognized for its choreogra-
phy which fuses theatre, visual arts and
live contemporary music together with
modem dance. La Galerie des Horribles is
a collaboration of choreography by three
of its four main members, Helene
Langevin, Rolline Laporteand Guylaine
Savoie.
At 50 minutes, this piece seemed rather
short. The choreography was good, but
there were a few scenes lacking in origi-
nality. A dramatic scene in which one of
the dancers is attached by his feet to a
rope then hung upside-down is an acro-
batic exercise done before by several cho-
reographers. It needed something new,
especially since it was near the end of the
piece.
The dancers were generally successful
in filling a bare stage. The intimate set-
ting of the Atelier added another dimen-
sion of realism to the performance. An
acrid smell of sweat from the dancers'
bodies began wafting through the air
about halfway through the performance.
La Galerie des Horribles was powerful,
athletic and sexy. The male dancers ex-
erted their physical natures through
strong movements executed without
abandon. Although classical ballet fans
would have seen this performance as
technically messy, wild movements with
a touch of chaos worked well in this
production. □
A wistful Dakota, thinking 'bout his gal back home.
to rise to the top."
McConnell says now the band is nego-
tiating with a major label. He believes
labels are doing a lot more for the inde-
pendent music industry than they've done
for years. "Their priority is to sell records.
My priority is to make good music and if
you make good music it sells.
"The only link that's missing in the
whole independent music chain is com-
mercial airplay," says McConnell. "We've
got this string of bars which are strong
and healthy; the bands are there. It's just
a matter of getting on the air." □
fust another example of Art we don't
claim to understand.
This week:
UJhere To Go For
Vow Summer
Vacation (Part II)
1. Birr,0nt.
2. La Tuque, Que.
3. Snowdrift, N.W.T
(now Lulsel'Ke)
4. Cow Head Harbor, Nfld.
5. Smiley, Sask.
6. St. Louis de Ha! Ha!,
Que.
7. Yahk, B.C.
8. Osoyoos, B.C
9. Acme, Alta.
^0. Vulcan, Aha.
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Red Rock West, it's really, really bad. . .
by Greg Owens
Charlatan Slafl
Red Rock West
Directed by |ohn Oahl
In a recent interview, Dennis Hopper
said he laughed a lot during the making
of his latest film Red Rock West
Well, Mr. Hopper was not the only
person who laughed at this film. It was
so bad I couldn't stop laughing from
beginning to end.
The film is about a young drifter named
Michael (played by Nicholas Cage), who
leaves his native state of Texas to find
employment in the oil fields of Wyo-
ming. But, alas, Michael has a bum knee
and the foreman won't hire him for in-
surance reasons.
How did the foreman know Michael
had a bum knee? Michael told him —
you see, Michael is honest and has a strict
moral code. Michael will not even accept
a few dollars from a friend.
But in a barin Red Rock, the bar owner
mistakes Michael for a hit man he had
hired to kill his wife. At this point,
Michael's strict moral code goes out the
window and his IQ drops to the melting
point of helium. So, for reasons known
only to Michael, he pretends to be the hit
man.
He then goes to kill the wife (played by
Lara Flynn Boyle), but she offers him
more money not to kill her, which he
takes and runs off like a thief in the night.
For some reason, Michael drops the
sheriff a note about the whole sorry hit
man business and leaves town. Well, it
just isn't Michael's day because, he runs
over the wife's lover who, incidentally,
has been shot twice.
At this point Michael's moral code
comes back from its extended vacation,
but the stupidity remains. He returns to
Red Rock with the mortally wounded
lover. Back in Red Rock, Michael meets
the sheriff, who turns out to be none
other than the bar owner.
The bar owner's unhappy about not
getting the most for his money and tries
to kill Michael. Michael escapes his cer-
tain doom and sprints through the woods
at night, with abum knee no less. Michael
runs into Lyle, the real hit man played by
Dennis Hopper. They hit it off and Lyle
takes Michael back to the bar for a drink.
Plenty of other useless, stupid stuff
happens, but it's really not that impor-
tant or interesting. If all of this sounds
stupid and convoluted, then you should
avoid Red Rock West. If this sounds really
cool and clever, then you must not get
out much.
Red Rock West wants very much to be
the Coen brothers' 1984 film Blood Sim-
ple. Both films are country and western
film noirs, but where Blood Simple is aw-
fully clever and intricate, Red Rock West is
just awful.
Cage gives a solid performance as
Michael. Of course, when I say solid
performance, it is because Cage plays
Michael as if his head was full of con-
crete.
Boyle stands around and looks lost
throughout the film, even though she is
supposed to be a level-headed woman
who can look after herself.
The only life in the film comes from
Hopper, who plays Lyle with a maniacal
zeal. He seems to be the only one who is
having fun in this turkey. Aside from him
the only other interesting moment in the
film is when Dwight Yoakam makes a
cameo appearance.
Don't go see Red Rock West. You will
feel ripped off even on cheap night. If you
have a hankering to see a really good
country and western film noirdo yourself
a favor and rent Blood Simple. □
and this one isn't worth your time either
by Sheila Keenan
Charlatan Staff
Paris, France
^Directed by Gerard Ciccoritti
According to Maclean's, this movie is
supposed to be "the Canuck Kama Sutra."
In the Kama Sutra, that ancient Chi-
nese love manual, everyone looked like
they were having a good time. In the
Canadian version, everyone looks like
Ultrasexy Leslie Hope, clutching her script.
they would rather be doing something
else. Part way through the movie, I kinda
wished I was doing something else too.
There is a lot of sex in this movie, but
it's not sexy sex.
The four central characters in the film,
Lucy (Leslie Hope), Sloan (Peter
Outerbridge), Michael (Victor Ertmanis)
and William (Dan Lett) are all sexually
entangled.
Lucy has sex with Michael (her hus-
band) and Sloan. Michael has sex with
_ Sloan. And Sloan . . . well, Sloan
has sex with everyone.
Through flashbacks, we leam
Lucy used to have sex with a guy
named Minter (Raoul Trujillo),
who she met when she was a
struggling writer in Paris in the
'60s. He inspired her creativity
with their sexual entanglements.
Now, her creative well has run
dry.
Enter Sloan, a rough, tough
poet. Sloan and Lucy have an
affair. Through their sexual cou-
plings, Lucy is supposed to redis-
cover her creativity. But the kind
of sex Lucy and Sloan have
wouldn't inspire most people to
write their own name, let alone
anything else.
There are some good parts in
this film, but they just don't add
up to make a consistent piece. It
does, however, look very good.
Director Gerard Ciccoritti shot
most of the film in natural light.
Although in places it's just too
dark, other times this really works,
jfl I The black and white flashbacks to
I Lucy's time in Paris with Minter
I also look good.
Unfortunately, any good parts
m areoverwhelmedbytheproblems
with the film. The biggest prob-
lem isn't that at the end of it you're left
asking "What the hell was that supposed
to be about?" - although you are left
asking that. There are some very good
movies out there without a traditional
Hollywood plot, but this just isn't one of
them.
No, the biggest problem with this film
is that it fails to raise any kind of response
in the viewer. The only thing that made
me really react — with a shiver — was
Lucy shaving her pits with a straight
razor. The scene of Lucy shaving Sloan
with the straight razor — she wasn't
shaving his face — probably would have
made most men react.
Besides that, the occasional chuckle
(when Michael and William compare
their penises) and the occasional good
line (like Lucy's "Trust your own cunt"),
the film on the whole doesn't raise any
consistent response in the viewer.
I'd have to trust my own brain on this
one and tell people to stick with the
original Kama Sutra forinspiration, sexual
or otherwise. □
77ie
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Audience members attempt to kill actor
by Kerry Taylor
Charlaian Staff
Shakespeare's Interactive Circus
A Company of Fools
The Great Canadian Theatre
Company
Jan. 14, 15, 21,22, 28, 29;
10:15 p.m. ^/
Wanna be an actor? At Shakespeare's
Interactive Circus, you'll have your chance.
This play encourages the audience to
eat with, yell at and attack the actors.
Opening with a kazoo song about a
bastard, this interactive play leads the
viewers through a series of fragmented
Shakespearean parodies.
Scott Florence, Heather Jopling, Margo
MacDonald and Mike Brunet all play
actors who belong to a Shakespearean
theatre company. Beginning with a short
excerpt from Macbeth, these characters
present a light side to this unlucky play.
Unfortunately, a great tragedy befalls
the company during this performance,
when it is announced that Sir Richard
Lawrence Burbage-Attengood III, the
company's founding leader, is dead.
Without guidance, direction, or Sir
Richard, the company bravely decides to
continue with the show.
At this point, the audience is invited to
direct the players in a choppy improvisa-
tion of the Taming of the Shrew. At the Jan
14 performance, many laughs were had
here. However, with the endless heckling
from the audience, the play began to
drag. The players attempted to keep con-
trol, but at times, the audience clearly
stole the show. Sometimesaudience mem-
bers' jokes got more laughs than the
play.
Carleton student and actor Scott Flor-
ence plays the humorous role of Brie. He
is both the least experienced player —
having never studied theatre — and the
most endearing, getting the most laughs
of all the players this evening.
Florence was most comical in the role
of Julius Caesar when, contrary to the
original script, he avoids death at the
hands ofhis fellow players. However, the
situation became absurd when several
audience members were invited up on
stage in an attempt to kill him with trick
daggers.
Another notable performance was
lopling as Constance. Her soliloquy in
Titus Andronicus was well delivered and
very funny, fopling's commanding pres-
ence captivated the audience.
The role of Gilliam, played by Tony
the "bored props guy" as the program
called him, added to the show's absurd-
ity. Tony spent the whole show walking
around with a clipboard, showcasing his
dramatic range when he played a dead
guy in Richard ill. His role was highly
unnecessary, although amusing.
The set consists of two grassy hills on
either side of the stage. The grass on the
hills is unmistakably real. A wire fence,
located behind the hills, is used as a
framing device for the stage. The layer of
pungent soil and garbage on the centre
stage prevents the set from imitating a
pleasant little park. The stage lighting is
well done, giving the set the feeling of an
isolated park at dusk.
This performance was enjoyable. How-
ever, due to the play's interactive nature,
rowdy audience members can cause prob-
lems with the plot if the players fail to
take control. Q
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recently announced reunion
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One Free Fall have rough night out at Oliver's
by Murielle Varhelyi
Charlatan Staff
One Free Fall, opening for >
Junkhouse
Oliver's
Jan. 15
It was 50 below outside and almost as
cold inside.
The night ahead held promise; 1 had a
good feeling about the upcoming con-
cert.
Despite this optimistic outlook, things
got off to a not-so-great start. Because
their van had broken down, One Free Fall
was considerably late getting to the show.
Things picked up after this. Mark
Wilson, a second-year Carleton student,
took to the stage around 10 p.m., acous-
tic guitar in hand. Wilson was an unex-
pected bonus for about 150 people who
turned out for the concert.
Wilson's music was not at all like the
two main bands', but he displayed some
very impressive talent, not only on guitar
but with his strong, commanding voice.
His set included "Rosemary," a Lenny
Kravitz cover, as well as some original
tunes, including the excellent "She
Jumped." Although everyone was anx-
ious to see the other bands, the crowd
seemed to enjoy Wilson and his music.
Finally just before 11 p.m., One Free
Fall arrived and went directly onstage.
They were very rushed for time because
Junkhouse still had to play. Lead vocalist
Ken MacNeil spoke very little and the
band went from song to song without
much of a break.
Halfway through their loud, aggres-
sive guitar set and in the middle of a
song, MacNeil said, "Let's hear it for
Fumaceface. You live in Ottawa, let's
hear it!" (One Free Fall, who are from
Toronto but originally Nova Scotia,
opened for Fumaceface at Creeque Alley
last time they were in town.)
There was zero response to his state-
ment, which is kind of pathetic consider-
ing Fumaceface is one of the best .
bands presently in Ottawa.
For the majority of their set.
One Free Fall focused on songs
from their most recentalbum Mud
Creek, including "Saved" and
"Heaven to Bed."
Although it was painfully ob-
vious the audience had come out
to hear Junkhcuse's hard rock,
the crowd was somewhat inter-
ested in the incredibly distinct and
powerful sound of One Free Fall.
Sadly, the crowd was not entirely
into the show despite the band's
energetic performance.
Towards the end of their 40-
minute set, a fight broke out out-
side the pub and almost the whole
bar got up to see what all the
commotion was about. While this
happened, the band — still show-
ing great enthusiasm onstage —
had pretty well lost their entire
audience.
Definitely more people ven-
tured out on this frigid winter
night to see Hamilton's Junkhouse
though both One Free Fall and Wilson
did a superior job keeping the crowd
amused, people were relievedand thrilled
when Junkhouse finally came on. They
immediately got up off their seats to get
close to the stage.
One thing that can be said abouttheir
performance is they are excellent at in-
teracting with the crowd. The highlight
of their entire production was when a
guy from the crowd jumped on stage and
sang "Going Right Out of My Head" with
the band.
One Free Fall was, musically speak-
ing, the betterband, although the crowd
thought otherwise. Not saying that
Junkhouse didn't put on a good show.
They did, but were not as moving as the
starting act. It was a shame that Mark
Wilson and One Free Fall couldn't play
longer because it would have made the
show that much more enjoyable. □
than either opening acts. Even Hairb°ys «* k a- °™ ^ee Fall) sing!
Tough! play falls short of strict Degrassi standard
by Neil Herland
Charialan Statt
yfoughl
Green Thumb Theatre
at the Great Canadian Theatre
Company
y|an. 12 — Jan. 29
Many women don't have the guts of
Thelma, Louise or Lorena Bobbitt.
Many of them have to actually deal
with dysfunctional relationships caused
by problem men. This idea of coping is
f'ds today. .
projected throughout George F. Walker's
teen-oriented play Tough!.
Tough!, directed by Patrick McDonald,
attempts to examine the difficulties of
male-female relationships in the '90s by
showing us the frustrations faced by a
pregnant teen.
Tina is an innocent and naive girl
(playedby Helen Taylor) whoseboyfriend
tries to back out of their relationship
when he discovers Tina's pregnant. Soon,
Tina's friend Jill (Leslie Jones) tries to
convince her to forget the relationship,
while Bobby "the cheating" boyfriend
(Frank Zotter) tries to
patch things up again.
Sound familiar? I
thought it would be
better as a Degrassi epi-
sode. The play is an
attempt at a comical
love story. Unfortu-
nately, the humor con-
stantly interrupts the
love story, producing
an unsatisfying com-
edy and a poor love
story.
The love story itself
is terribly unoriginal.
The characters are
shallow and the plot is
older than a Lawrence
Welk8-track cartridge.
The playwright fails to
provide appropriate
background informa-
tion about the charac-
ters. They're simply
Jell-O-moulded stere-
otypes.
It is common prac-
tice in many profes-
sional shows to cast
adult performers in the
roles of teenagers. The
training, experience
and rehearsal avail-
ability of professional
adult actors makes casting them a more
attractive option than casting actual teen-
agers. It's a gamble that rarely worksout.
In this case, the gamble works for
Zotterand Taylor, who deliver believable
teenage performances. Unfortunately,
Jones appears too old to be playing a
teenager, despite her talents as an ac-
tress.
Though the actors are by no means
incompetent, there is little they can do to
salvage the script. Many well-acted mo-
ments between boyfriend and girlfriend
were spoiled, by a sudden cheap line
thrown in. It's too bad, since the actors
were obviously skilled enough to capti-
vate the audience.
The set, designed by Philip Tidd, is
quite good. A realistic urban park is cre-
ated with two real grass-covered hills
that surround a littered pathway. Soil
and trees are contrasted with hypoder-
mic needles and discarded cigarette packs,
revealing the ease at which beautiful
things can falls susceptible to decay.
The story of a relationship gone sour
isn't new. It's extremely stereotypical to
see the boyfriend begging the reluctant
girl to get an abortion. It went out of
vogue with Madonna's "Papa Don't
Preach."
I find it hard to believe that this play
was written last year, much less by Walker,
one of our country's most produced play-
wrights. His play about love in the '90s
fails to deliver any modem concepts or
ideas about love. Even more outdated
than the play's storyline is the advice Jill
gives to the pregnant Tina: "Tough; what
you got is what you got."
There are certain basic characteristics
that define a good script. Tough! does not
meet any of them. The language is awk-
ward, the playwright doesn't state any
new or revolutionary ideas, but most of
all, it just isn't entertaining. □
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Timely but disappointing
by Suzanne Andrew
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The Porcupine
Julian Barnes
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The Porcupine is a timely narrative
replete with interesting ideas, yet disap-
pointing in delivery.
The novel is a picture of the author's
conception of the transition from com-
munism to capitalism in an Eastern Eu-
ropean country.
Stoyo Petkanov is the caustic and ma-
nipulative former communist leader on
trial for crimes against the people. Peter
Solinsky is Petkanov's character foil, a
dispassionate intellectual appointed as
the prosecutor general for the trial.
As the trial stretches across weeks,
then months, the perceived moral chasm
between the two men disappears. Using
these characters as an analogy for the
political systems of communism andcapi-
tallsm, the author mixes black and white
to reveal the greyness of reality.
Images of Petkanov as a pompous
ogre are challenged by evidence of his
vulnerabilities. Pictures of Solinsky as a
virtuous role model are smeared by dis-
closures of his devious side.
Throughout the novel, the author
shows the trial contains no justice, but
serves as a necessary means to end an
unfashionable regime.
The trial of the deposed communist
leader is used by the author as the axis of
the plot. While some of the characters
and situations are directly involved in
the trial, otherssimply swing around this
axis as part of the author's social com-
mentary. The trial is thus representative
of many different voices.
The plot, however, is static. No at-
tempt is made at incorporating suspense.
This technique works to a certain extent
because it serves to emphasize the char-
acters' interpretations of events. But be-
cause the reader is told what is going to
happen through heavy foreshadowing,
the reader has to wade through muddy
prose.
Characters arestrewn about the pages
without ample explanations as to why
they exist in the story, for example, a
group of students with nothing better to
do than watch the trial on television are
introduced early in the novel. The author
brings these characters into the story
intermittently and seemingly without
reason.
The students have no bearing on the
main characters or events, and although
they could have been used to voice the
concerns of regular citizens, their dia-
logue is shallow and rather silly.
The author's use of language in this
novel often seemsinappropriate. In keep-
ing with the simplistic style, the charac-
ters use unsophisticated language. At
times this seems incongruous with their
formal, well-off roles in society.
Petkanov, for example, rejects thesug-
gestion that he should read one of the
new free-press newspapers, saying, "1
could spare myself the trouble and pour
a bucket of shit over my head instead."
The Porcupine is an interesting read
because of its subject matter, but the
author's criticisms of political systems
are often too subtle. The novel's impact is
lost in a puddle of ambiguities where
depth and piquant description should
have been. □
Don Ross delights
by Andrea Smith
Charlatan Staff
(Don R
Alumn
[an. 14
i Ross
Alumni Theatre
Even if you put Don Ross in a sound-
proof room and just watched him play,
after about five minutes you'd probably
say to yourself: "Wow. Even if 1 practised
for a billion years, I could never be that
good."
Ross, a Toronto musician, has long
been revered by those who can appreci-
ate seriously good acoustic guitarmusic.
Those of you who don't immediately
recognize his name would none the less
find his music frighteningly familiar, no
doubt from hearing snippets used in be-
tween news clips on various CBC radio
shows, such as As It Happens.
Last Friday, Ross packed the Alumni
Theatre for a free concert, where he per-
formed new and old songs. His proud
parents sold CDs and tapes in the lobby.
Ross's style is an unusual mixture of
classical guitar technique, modem im-
provisational style and casual acoustic
melodies. Ross jokingly calls it "Heavy
Wood guitar." Whatever you call it, from
the word go, he had the crowd eating out
of the palm of his very nimble hand.
Ross also talked up a very relaxed
atmosphere, chatting with audience
members as if they were guests in his
living room.
Between songs, he kept everyone
amused with stories gleaned from his
travels. His description of the prolifera-
tion of vacuum stores in North Bay elic-
ited a great deal of laughter, in particular
a place called Homer's "... where all they
sell are vacuums, electric guitars, and pet
food." Thus the title of his song "Hoover
the Musical Dog."
But where there is comedy, tragedy
can't be far behind. This came when Ross
told the audience: "It seems, that 1 will be
signed to Sony Music . . . ."
Ross sounded genuinely enthused.
But those people who've followed him
on the comparatively independent folk
festival circuit will certainly lose sleep,
tormented by the thought of Michael
lackson using his pass card to sneak into
Sony's studios late at night to fiddle with
Ross's tracks, perhaps using a synthe-
sized version as back-up on the Free Willy
II soundtrack.
But all this anxiety washed away as
Ross played on and the audience re-
turned his efforts with hearty applause.
By the end, all fears were put aside. Not
even Sony Music could screw up some-
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THURSDAY, JANUARY 20 TO THURSDAY, JANUARY
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Thursday, January 20
For the adventurous film buff,
Urotsukidoju Legend of the OverRend
is starting a five-day run at the Mayfair
tonight at 7 p.m. It's described as a "leg-
endary Japanimation horror/porn fea-
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this is an animated film it is definitely
not for children, or those who are sensi-
tive, faint-hearted or politically correct."
Sounds splendid.
Ifthisisn'tquiteyourthing, the Ham-
merheads play disco at the Pit this
evening.
Toronto band hHead is at Zaphod's
this evening. Six bucks gets you in. Local
band types Trailer Dickson open.
Friday, January 21
This afternoon's free lunch-time con-
cert atnoon in Carleton's Alumni Thea-
tre features flautist Caroline Grimes and
pianist Sandra Webster.
As if you didn't see enough of them on
television, you can catch the World's
Best Commercials 1993 {Isn't this an
oxymoron? -ed.) at the Bytowne tonight
at 7 p.m. It's also showing at various
times until Jan. 27. If they show that
Taster's Choice commercial, you have
our permission to storm the projection
room.
mm
The Publicans, a local folk-type trio
with Celtic roots, play the Sunnyside
Sports Bar tonight. Best of all, if s free!
Saturday, January 22
Appearing at the Penguin this very
evening is the Belfast Cowboys and
September Child, putting their unique
spin on that altemo-folk-rock thing. Five
bucks gets you in.
Tonight at Zaphod's you can see
Corky and the Juice Pigs, those wacky,
wacky guys who frequented the pain-
fully bad and thankfully snuffed Ralph
Benmurgui Show. Cover is seven dollars.
Sunday, January 23
Short Cuts is playing at 8:45 p.m. at
the Bytowne. This is a film from the
same man (Robert Airman) who brought
us The Player, so you might want to
consider checking this film out.
Graham M. Fallis
Rebecca Campbell, the omnipres-
ent lead vocalist of several Ottawa bands
like Fat Man Waving, will be singing this
evening at the Great Canadian Thea-
tre Company. She'll be backed by local
jazz types Justin Haynes and lordan
O'Connor. Tickets are $16 at the GCTC
box office.
Tuesday, January 25
In the spirit of Tuesday, Charlatan pro-
duction manager Kevin McKay recom-
mends you read Leaving Cheyenne by
Larry McMurtry. Says McKay: "Quite
unlike any of McMurtry's other wridng,
this is a character-driven story which
offers a serene and feminine portrayal of
the American West."
lust to put this review into context,
right after offering this opinion, McKay
started giggling uncontrollably. Hey, it's
been a hard week.
the microwave on.)
Thursday, January 27
If there's something everyone enjoys,
its some good Hungarian folk music and
dancers. Which is why I'm sure the Hun-
garian State Folk Ensemble show at
Centrepointe Theatre (tickets: $28.65
and $24.35 for youths and seniors) at 8
p.m. tonight will be packed.
The Royal Winnipeg Ballet is pre-
senting An Evening With Mark Godden,
a salute to the ballet's resident choreog-
rapher, this evening at the National
Arts Centre Opera at 8 p.m. Tickers are
available through the NAC box office.
They cost $22, $35 and $47.50.
Monday, January 24 Wednesday, January 26
There's a little thing called the Va-
nilla Reading Series taking place at 8
p.m. this evening at 361 Elgin St. What
can we tell you? Well, it's free, there'll be
an open set of poetry and prose, it's
hosted by Warren D. Fulton and it fea-
tures readings from Jayne Holowachuk
(who will read her story "When Bad
Things Happen to Good Parents") and
Ummmmmmm . . . you could always
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May we suggest,
some poetry?
by Mario Carlucci
Charlatan Staff
I've always looked at modem poets as
simply pseudo-writerswhocouldn't crack
the big leagues. Justified or not, that's the
way I've felt.
This extreme view may have been
caused by a lack of exposure to real poets
or maybe too much exposure to really
bad poets.
But it wasn't until reading some of the
work of poets featured in Ottawa's new-
est reading series that I've learned the
personal andsocial value of good poetry.
This series, sponsored by Carleton
University's Italian department and the
Istituto Italiano di Cultura of Ottawa,
demonstrates that these modern poets
are anything but bad.
First of all, there are poets like Italian-
bom Pier Giorgio Di Cicco, who began
the series with a reading at the Stone
Angel Institute Jan. 1 1 . His poems tell of
the Italian immigrant contribution to
Canada's social makeup and are testa-
ment to the community's cultural wealth.
The second author in the series, Mary
Di Michele, teaches creative writing at
Concordia University and has published
extensive worksofpoetry since 1977. Her
first novel, titled Under My Skin, shouldbe
available by the spring.
Herearlier works like Bread and Choco-
late and Immune to Gravity have been
characterized as "feminine, tough, ironic,
and unsentimental, " by Canadian Forum.
Her reading took place Jan. 18 at the
National Library.
Readings following Di Michele's, like
Vittorio Rossi's and Antonio d' Alfonso's,
will also take place at the National Li-
brary in subsequent weeks.
D'Aifonso, a literary critic, film pro-
ducer and scriptwriter, also writes po-
etry, and according to critic Liliane
Welch, "writes in the tradition of
Baudelaire and Dante." He reads at the
National Library Feb. 17 at 8 p.m.
Non-poets in this series include Rossi
and Paul Tana. Rossi is a playwright and
former writer-in-residence at Concordia.
He has had his first two one-act plays
Little Blood Brother and Backstreets pro-
duced by the Willow Cabin Theatre Com-
pany in New York. He will be readingat
the National Library Feb. 1.
Rossi's work intensely examines com-
munication and the obstacles of human
interaction. His work as a new play-
wright is refreshingly frank and marks
an optimistic future for Canadian drama.
His work is rife with intelligent wit and
passionate portrayals of sympathetic
characters.
Tana's La Sarrasine, a film nominated
for 1 1 Genies, will round out theseries at
the Bytowne (in French and Italian with
English subtitles), March 1 3 at 3:30 p.m.
There will be a discussion period with
Tana at the end of the film.
Next fall, the producers of the series
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will include Governor General's Award-
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CUSA employees talk union
by Brent Dowdall
Charlatan Staff
Some employees of the Carleton Uni-
versity Students' Association say they're
unhappy with a Ontario Labor Relations
Board ruling which has forced them to
join a union.
"People are upset about it," says Val
Leinan, who works with CUSA's enter-
tainment crew. "Most people did not
have a voice or a vote and didn't really
find out about it until they were told they
were unionized."
Chris Larochelle, who works for
Unicentre security, says he's upset at be-
ing forced into the union.
"I've talked to a lot of people and
everyone has this feeling that we didn't
really have a say."
In November, the board ruled that
about 160 CUSA employees would auto-
matically be unionized as part of Cana-
dian Union of Public Employees Local
1281.
During the summer, CUSA fired two
union organizers. Student Academic Ac-
tion Bureau co-ordinator Wayne Ross
and Carleton Women's Centre co-
ordinator Renee Twaddle, leading to hear-
ings before the board in Toronto in Au-
gust. Ross and Twaddle were reinstated
in September.
In the board's decision, CUSA's firings
and "scheme of harassment and intimi-
dation of union organizers and support-
ers, " are cited as reasons why a fair and
unbiased vote could not take place.
The decision was the first one to use
year-old amendments to the Ontario
Labor Relations Act, which allow the
board to automatically certify employees
if it finds an employer has interfered with
a union drive. In most union drives, a
vote of employees is needed to obtain
certification.
The local is preparing to negotiate its
first collective agreement with CUSA in
the next few months, says Local 1281
president Rob Centa. A collective agree-
ment is a contract between employees
and an em-
form employees and explain the struc-
ture of the union. Some at the meeting
estimated attendance as being between
30 and 50 people. The meeting was closed
to the press.
In the near
future the bar-
gaining unitwill
elect representa-
tives to negotiate
the agreement
with CUSA, says
Centa.
Some newly
unionized em-
ployees say they
are unhappy
with having no Twaddle.
choice about — —
joining a union.
"I don't care for it," says Frank
Bellantoni, who works at Oliver's pub in
the Unicentre. "I was happy before the
union came. Either way, it won't affect
me at all."
Bellantoni says he wanted a vote on
whether to unionize and does not want to
pay union dues. Centa says dues are 1 . 75
per cent of an employee's gross monthly
salary and won't be collected until after
the collective agreement is negotiated.
James Rilett, CUSA's chief electoral
officer, says because there was no vote,
the union supporters didn't have to con-
vince otheremployees that a union would
be a good idea.
He says if there had been a vote,
organizers would have had to "promise
us what they'd do and we'd have some-
thing to hold them to."
Derek Watt, staff supervisor of the
Foot Patrol, says he's happy to see the
unionization . He says he hopes it leads to
pay increases.
"I think everyone's sadly underpaid
and overworked, " Watt says.
Watt says his honorarium calls for 15
hours of work per week, but because he
works more than that, his wage works
out to around $5 per hour.
Leinan says if wage increases come
from the collective agreement, then CUSA
may have to increase student fees.
"1 thinkin the end, it's probably going
to come down to more bucks out of stu-
dents' pockets."
Rilett says a small group of supporters
have pushed a union on everyone else.
But Twaddle says employees who are
angry with not being able to vote on
whether to join should be angry with
CUSA President Lucy Watson and not the
union.
"Since Lucy took away everybody's
right to vote, we got automatically certi-
fied," Twaddle says. "She took away the
employee's right to choice when she in-
terfered in the union drive."
In response, Watson says the CUSA
executive went through the "expense
and stress" of the board hearings to get a
UNION cont'd on page 5
Admission mark requirements may rise
by Tonya Zelinsky
Charlatan Staff
A proposal to raise admissions re-
quirements for the faculty of social sci-
ences shouldn't become university policy,
says the director of academics for the
Carleton University Students' Associa-
tion,
Gary Anandasangaree says the pro-
posal will prevent those with lower high-
school grades from getting the opportu-
nity to study at Carleton.
On Dec. 6, Carleton's social sciences
faculty board passed a motion to raise
entrance requirements to 70 per cent
from 60 per cent for pass programs and to
75 per cent from 65 per cent for honors
programs.
Before this becomes policy for the fac-
ulty, it must get passed by several aca-
demic decision-making bodies, says
Michel Gaulin, clerk of the university
senate. The senate is Carleton's highest
academic decision-making body.
The motion will now be passed on to
members of the senate executive, who
will review the policy and decide whether
to pass it on to the senate committee on
admissions and studies. The committee
will look at the policy and decide if it
should pass it on to the senate, says
Gaulin.
Rob [amieson, CUSA's vice-president
internal, says he doesn't believe the sen-
ate will pass the proposal, [amieson, who
is a student senator, says while there is
"the odd senator" who would support a
cap on enrolment, "the mood is still to
Res drug bust nets five
by Andrea Smith
Charlatan Staff
On fan. 14, two Ottawa police officers
made five drug-related arrests in Carle-
ton's residence.
Four charges of trafficking and one
charge of possession with the purpose to
traffic were laid.
Staff Sgt. Sue O'Sullivan says the po-
lice confiscated a "small quantity of can-
nabis resin," more commonly known as
hash.
Helder Silva, 23, Brent Langan, 19,
Bradley Sutton, 19, and Andrew Hill, 20,
have been charged with trafficking in
hash and marijuana, she says.
According to O'Sullivan, the charge of
drug trafficking involves being caught in
the act of selling illicit narcotics, usually
through selling them to a police officer.
Jacob Amis, 22, has been charged
with possession for the purpose of traf-
ficking marijuana.
Len Boudreault, assistant director of
the department of university safety, says
the arrests came about as a result of
complaints.
Dave Sterritt, director of housing and
food services, says four of those arrested
are residents of the Russell and Dundas
residence buildings.
Sterritt says his department knew noth-
ing about the investigation. "I'm going
to tell you quite openly" says Sterritt,
"that I don't know how the police came
by the information. Our department
didn't give them the information. We
weren't tipped at all."
Sterritt adds those charged have not
been evicted from residence and says it
will be considered after closer investiga-
tion.
"I think it's a well known fact that
there's drug abuse in res," says Rideau
River Residence Association President
John Woods, but added trafficking is
uncommon.
On the condition of anonymity, a
person who lives in residence told The
Charlatan most of the drug use in resi-
dence is "casual." The person adds the
arrests "stemmed the use of drugs in
residence for the first little while, but it
really hasn't affected it too much." □
Wflti files from Brandie WelklB
keep an open philosophy."
The proposed raise in admission re-
quirements was co-sponsored at the De-
cember board meeting by political sci-
ence professor Radha jhappan and soci-
ology/anthropology professor Daiva
Stasiulis. (Stasiulis was not present at the
meeting.) political science professor
Teresa Rakowska-Harmstone seconded
the motion.
According to the meeting minutes,
Jhappan said universities are exploiting
students with low averages for their
money.
But Marilyn Marshall, the dean of
social sciences, says she is "opposed to
the motion" and voted against it at the
faculty board meeting.
Marshall says a high-school grade
point average is a bad way of predicting
future academic standing. She says all
students should have the opportunity to
succeed at the post-secondary level.
Jhappan says she is worried that stu-
dents entering Carleton with a weak aca-
demic standing cannot manage their
time efficiently enough. She says she
knows students who are carrying a full
course load, taking out a student loan
and working part-time.
Jhappan says the Ontario Ministry of
Education and Training is "developing a
new system" of re-classification for post-
secondary institutions, and fears the gov-
ernment will downgrade Carleton to a
community college.
But Diane Crocker, the ministry's uni-
versity liaison, says this claim is un-
founded.
"Carleton University is a government-
funded institution and has a legal right
to be called a university."
Crocker says she is unaware of any
new evaluation and reacted to jhappan's
claim by laughing.
Kelly Young, a former law student at
Carleton who transferred to a program at
a different school, says she is upset about
fhappan's proposal. Young says she
would never have been admitted to the
ADMISSION cont'd on page S
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Icmuary 27, 1994 • The Charlatan ■ 3
Service co-ordinators have their say
by Matt Skinner
Charlatan Staff
Carleton's student services are funded
out of the $80-$95 annual fee each un-
dergraduate studentpays to theCarleton
University Students' Association.
With the academic year more than
half over, The Charlatan decided to find
out what the co-ordinators have done so
far this year, and whether they have any
new plans. This week we profile the Peer
Counselling Centre and the Carleton
Disability Awareness Centre.
PEER COUNSELLING CENTRE
The primary function of the Peer Coun-
selling Centre is to provide students with
counselling, says Theresa Cowan, CUSA's
director of services. The centre's co-
ordinator, Dawn Fallis, was sick this week
and could not be reached for comment.
Cowan says the centre's volunteers
undergo 64 hours of mandatory training
that cover issues such as body image,
substance abuse, eating disorders and
other personal problems students may
encounter. She says the centre offers a
listening ear, as opposed to advice.
Perry Simpson, a volunteer at the cen-
tre, says a lot of different people do the
training.
"They get in professionals from differ-
ent services all over Ottawa," he says.
Shelley Baker, another volunteer at
the centre, says the services offered by the
centre differ from that of Counselling
and Student Life Services because you do
not need an appointment at Peer Coun-
selling.
"If students have an immediate prob-
lem they can come here," she says.
Simpson says training is another dif-
ference between these two services.
"They are professional; most of them
have doctorates and masters. We're just
volunteers with basic training," says
Simpson.
Cowan says the centre acts as a refer-
ral service for students, to places like a
crisis centre or a distress line. She says
students do not need an appointment to
talk to one of the centre's volunteers, who
are trained to be "confidential and non-
judgmental."
The centre also provides workshops
on topics such as massage, relationships
and stress management, says Cowan.
She says the centre does a lot of
outreach work to high schools that have,
or want to start, peer counselling centres,
if they need training in peer counselling.
Cowan says the centre has a large
resource file available to students that
containsinformation on different organi-
zations and centres across North America
that deal with topics such as sexuality,
health, and eating disorders.
The centre has a tutorial service where
students can sign up if they need a tutor
or if they want to be a tutor, she says.
Simpson says the students often charge
$ 1 0 to $20 an hour for tutoring.
"The students arrange their own fees, "
he says.
The centre also offers condoms at cost:
$4 for a dozen lubricated condoms and
$3 for a dozen n on- lubricated. Foam is
available for J 12.
Cowan says the centre, which was
established 1 7 years ago when people at
the Carleton Women's Centre saw a need
for peer counselling, has not changed
much in recent years.
"(The centre)
operates on a
very progressive
level — very
pro-choice, pro
letting people
make their own
decisions," she
says.
The centre
offers a phone-
in counselling
line at 788-
3581. The line
is open during
the centre's
hours of opera-
tion, which are
9 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Monday
through Thurs- Burrows and Ananny: happy together.
day,and9a.m. - ' !
Peer counselling volunteers (l-r) Lyndsay Sieger, Jennifer Barnett, Marie-Claude
Ravenelle, Tammy Sheehan and Jennifer Schilling.
CD
Come one, come all to a
seminar about covering
gay, lesbian and bisexual
issues. The seminar will
be given by a representa-
tive of Carleton's Cay,
Lesbian and Bisexual
Centre.
DATE: THURSDAY, FEB. 3,
4 P.M., IN THE CHARLATAN
OFFICE, 531 UNICENTRE.
For more information,
contact Mario or Kar'm at
788-6680.
CD
to 4:30 p.m. on Fridays.
The centre is located on the third floor
of the Unicentre across from the Interna-
tional Students' Centre.
JANET BURROWS AND SHERYL
ANANNY — CARLETON DISABILITY
AWARENESS CENTRE
The Carleton Disability Awareness
Centre plays many roles on campus, says
Janet Burrows, one of the centre's co-
ordinators. Burrows shares the co-
ordinator duties with Sheryl Ananny.
"We try to bring events and informa-
tion to Carleton to make people more
aware of issues that people with disabili-
ties face, here at Carleton and in the
community too," says Burrows.
She says the centre has hosted four
speakers and events so far this year. The
centre has arranged for Jean Stewart, a
disabled feminist author, to speak on
Feb. 11.
Burrows says she wants to emphasize
the positive aspects of disabilities.
"What I'm trying to get away from is
the highly medicalized type of emphasis
on disability, meaning that someone is
perpetually sick, " she says. "We're trying
to remove the label that disability is a
personal tragedy, and trying to inform
the Carleton community that there are
aspects of being disabled that are very
positive and rewarding."
Burrows says the centre is working on
an art show for the end of the year. She
says people with visible and non-visible
disabilities may submit pieces to the cen-
tre.
The centre also has a resource section
which includes newsletters, magazines,
books, and newspaper clippings that
cover such topics as employment equity,
women's issues, men's issues, issues con-
cerning the deaf community, transporta-
tion and accessibility issues. The centre's
resources are available for anyone to use.
Burrows says the centre, which re-
ceives just under $40,000 a year from
CUSA, spends at least $2,000 on resource
material.
She says the centre also provides sup-
port and advocacy for students with dis-
abilities.
"If a student wants to come in here
and wants to complete a project or wants
to initiate a committee, they're more
than welcome to do so. That's always
been our policy," she says.
The centre also sits on many commit-
tees on campus. Burrows says one com-
mittee Ananny sits on, administration's
dedicated access fund, has made a lot of
improvements on campus this year.
She says the committee has done a lot
of work making washrooms more acces-
sible, installing automatic door openers
and the installation of an elevator that
goes from the tunnel to the library.
She says another role of the centre is to
make committees "aware and account-
able about issues that affect students
with disabilities."
Ananny says the main difference be-
tween CDAC and the adminstration-
funded Paul Menton Centre for Persons
with Disabilities is that the Paul Menton
Centre can test people for disabilities.
For example, if a student has a learn-
ing disability and needs more time to
write an exam, the centre has trained
staff which will test for and certify the
student'sleamingdisability. Ananny says
CDAC offers advocacy and referral serv-
ices, and does not have the same trained
staff as the Paul Menton Centre.
Burrows says the centre will be hold-
ing a meeting for any students who are
interested in supporting the disability
rights movement or just want to find out
"what the centre does" on Feb. 16 at 3
p.m. in the centre, which is located in
Room 513 of the Unicentre. □
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• The Charlatan • January 27, 1994
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COMMENTARY
OC Transpo should take its own hike
by Blayne Haggart
Charlatan Slaft
Students reading the Ottawo Citizen's
city section Jan. 16 would have been
surprised by the revelation that OC
Transpo service is both friendly and effi-
cient.
Mary Ellen Collins, a journalism in-
tern from the University of Western On-
tario, was given a handful of quarters
and loonies and took the bus on six
(count 'em, six) separate occasions. She
was assigned to the story to "get a con-
sumer's perspective."
That she was from out of town and
had never used OC Transpo before was
not an accident. The Citizen wanted to
hear the point of view of someone who
had never (been) taken (by) this, ahem,
rapid transit system before.
• It boggles the mind that the Citizen
would take this tack to evaluate the tran-
sit system. It's impossible for someone
who has only taken an Ottawa bus six
times to fully appreciate the grief OC
Transpo causes its customers on a daily
basis.
Especially with the "typical bus jour-
neys" she was made to embark upon:
downtown to Baxter Road (home of the
Citizen), the Citizen to downtown, down-
town to Place D'Orleans, Place D'Orleans
to the Cumberland Wave Pool, Orleans
to the Ottawa General Hospital on Smyth
Road, and from there to Laurier Avenue.
Real typical, but only if you're a Citi-
zen employee who wants to take their
kids out to a wave pool in the boondocks.
It's not a typical route for most regular
bus riders who know the truth: OC
Transpo sucks.
The service is generally lousy, the buses
to and from campus — when they finally
show up — are invariably full and their
hours of operation screw everyone who
isn't a government employee.
and it didn't stop. They'll tell you about
the time two weeks ago when droves of
people waited at the Dunton Tower bus
stop for an hour, only to discover from a
passing car that buses weren'tcoming up
the hill because the road was too icy.
They'll tell you about how you can't take
the bus to the clubs in town if you live
anywhere outside downtown Ottawa.
Bus fares have gone up dramatically
— 60 per cent in the last two years. Base
fare has risen from 95 cents to $ 1 .60, but
evening service has been clawed back
dramatically. The last local buses used to
leave their points of departure (in Orle-
ans at least) at about 1 a.m. No longer.
In my case, living all the way out in
Orleans, the last local bus leaves Place
D'Orleans at 12:18 a.m. and often be-
fore. This requires that I catch the 1 1 :38
p.m. bus from Rideau Centre, which
means I have to leave just as the city's
nightlife comes out of hiding.
UNION cont'd from page 3.
vote for employees. She called Twaddle's
statements "misleading."
"I don'tthink it's appropriate for one
individual to be pinpointed in this entire
matter," she says.
Centa says he was pleased with the
meeting. He says employees who came
expressed interest and asked many con-
structive questions. Twaddle says the
meeting should have come sooner.
"I think that as soon as we were noti-
fied that we were certified, the union
should have been here and talking to
ADMISSION cont'd from page 3.
school if the requirements were as high
as the proposed level.
"That is what's special about Carleton
(low admissions requirements). Every-
one deserves the opportunity for an edu-
cation," she says.
According to the meeting minutes,
Allan Riding, associate dean of the fac-
ulty of social sciences, said raising admis-
sion requirements would also harm the
school's finances.
"Approximately 1 ,500 students would
not be admitted if the proposal were
implemented, and ... the direct loss of
fees would be $3 million per year."
However, Rakowska-Harmstone says
students with lower gradesgetting in will
do poorly and are a burden on the uni-
versity.
"I don't think we should admit stu-
dents with very low indicators. It puts a
great strain on the university. I don't
think this is much of a service to students
because they don't gain much out of it.
An increase in classes over several years
has had a negative effect." □
pARLETON
Commerce
I February 3
I Pub at Olivers from 8:00 - 1 :00
I February 8 and 10
I Commerce Society Elections
I March 10
] Business Banquet
I at the Chateau Laurier
I March 18
I Volleyball Tournament
I March 25
Graduation at the Chateau Laurier
I For information about the above
I events stop by 225 Paterson or
I call 788-2600 ext 2708
The alternative, walking from Place
D'Orleans, is not very practical on nights
where the temperature reaches -40 de-
grees. Plus, I didn't pay $44.50 for a bus
pass to enjoy the privilege of walking to
my destination.
Collins also commented on the friend-
liness of Transpo employees, including
the drivers. Granted, there are a few
isolated souls who (God forbid) actually
talk to their passengers. However, the
friendly drivers who actually talk to us
passengers are so rare they highlight
how indifferent and sometimes rude bus
drivers in this city are.
Collins took six bus rides and passed
judgment on the system, a favorable
judgment. This, in spite of deciding to
walk in the cold and arriving at the
Citizen 30 minutes late because she was
given incorrect information by an OC
Transpo employee who, presumably,
should know the routes.
These things happen. It's just that
when you're dealing with OC Transpo,
these things seem to happen constantly.
If you want to talk typical experience,
I'll give you typical experience. Theexpe-
rience of seeing the 95 pull away from my
stop literally seconds before the 135 I'm
on comes to a stop. The experience of a
two-hour bus ride at home in theevening
over a distance that takes 90 minutes at
most to cycle. The experience of watch-
ing fares go up as service is cut back.
Carleton students get especially
screwed. Even though we are a commu-
nity of over 20,000 bodies, campus is
served only by the Number 7 and 118
routes during off-peak hours. During peak
hours, this service is "augmented" by the
addition of the Number 19 route. Too bad
peak hours don't coincide with when
most classes are held at Carleton.
Service to Carleton is so bad Ottawa-
area students often go to the University of
Ottawa because it's more convenient by
bus. On Sundays, not only do buses stop
running from Carleton at 1 1:34 p.m. —
as if nobody works or goes out on Sunday
evenings — but service to Carleton is
limited to two buses an hour on the
Number 7 route all day. As if students
never commute to campus or the library
on Sundays. Sure.
None of this is news, except perhaps to
the Citizen and our friend Mary Ellen
Collins. The last thing this city needs is
OC Transpo apologists and newspaper
articles that insinuate bus service in this
town is anything more than shoddy. □
people."
She says the two months that elapsed
between the board's decision and the
meeting has made some employees "re-
sentful," because they haven't had a
chance to get their questions answered
by the union executives.
Watt says there were many upset
employees at the meeting.
"People were saying Tve been work-
ing for CUSA for X many years and
months and there's never been a prob-
lem.' Well, great, that's how it is now.
Down the road there may be a problem
and that's when the union comes in."
But Watt says the union is "going to
make a tense working environment." □
Carleton has worked hard over the past number of years to make our
campus more accessible but we have a long way to go.
The Dedicated Access Fund Committee is a joint comittee between the
Carleton University Administration and the Carleton University Students'
Association. The Fund administers approximately $100 000 which it uses
to undertake projects that improve the accessibility of the campus to
people with disabilities.
Each year the committee consults with members of the Carleton
community to establish a list of priority projects for the upcoming year.
Listed below are the projects suggested to date. Now is your time to
provide input to this process. Check off the 5 areas
which you think are the highest priority
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THE ,
HIKE
A DAY OF PROTEST AGAINST TUITION HIKd
Trie Charlatan ■ January 27, 1994
NATIONAL AFFAIRS
Grad student reps fight tuition hikes
by John Steinbachs
Cfiarlatan Staff
A cow in an office and a staged soup
kitchen are two ways Ontario graduate
students have planned to fight an im-
pending tuition hike.
Graduate students may be the hardest
hit if the province proceeds with its plans
to hike the university tuition ceiling sub-
stantially.
A discussion paper released by the
Council of Ontario Universities last Au-
gust proposed to raise graduate tuition
fees by up to 50 per cent and up to 200 per
cent for professional programs like law
and dentistry over the next two years.
An announcement of the tuition fee
ceiling for 1994-95 is expected attheend
of this month, after which university
administrations can set their tuition fee
increases for next year.
Some graduate student across the prov-
ince, fearing the effects of larger-than-
usual tuition hikes, have begun to take
action.
This new round of tuition increases
could drive many graduate students un-
der the poverty line, says Dave Hubka,
vice-president external of the Graduate
Students' Association at Carleton.
Hubka says the association is working
with the Canadian Union of Public Em-
ployees Local 2323, which represents
teaching and research assistants, to fund
a study on how many students would be
impoverished by a tuition increase. The
study is being conducted by Angus Reid
Group Inc. and will be released by the
first week in March.
Hubka says when the report is re-
leased, a 1930s-style soup kitchen will be
set up on campus to serve students maca-
roni and cheese. He says he hopes this
will bring attention to the plight of stu-
dents.
Richard Nimijean, recording secretary
for CUPE Local 2323, says the union is
negotiating with administration for a
new contract. He says the union is de-
manding its members be compensated
by administration for any tuition in-
creases.
"So far we have no way of knowing
what tuition fees will be," says Nimijean.
"Our goal now is to eliminate the impact
the increase will take on our member-
ship."
Michel Roy, president of CUPE 2323,
says "even a 10-per-cent increase ... is
quite reprehensible." Roy says teaching
assistants can't afford to give up more of
their take-home pay to tuition.
Other graduate associations across the
province are also preparing protests and
lobbying government.
Rick Smith, president of the Graduate
Student Association at
Guelph University, says he
has been carrying out lob-
bying efforts and circulat-
ing petitions against a
hike.
If a tuition hike is an-
nounced, Smith says some
graduate students will
walk a cow to the office of
the local member of pro-
vincial parliament.
"The point being that
politicians are treating stu-
dents like cash cows," he
says.
Charlotte Reeve, a field
worker with the Graduate
Students' Association at
University of Toronto, says
the association is organiz-
ing rallies to protest the
hikes.
But Marc Fonda, presi-
dent of the University of
Ottawa's Graduate Stu-
dents Association, says he
hasn't taken any steps to
organize protests yet.
"We don't know what
the increase will be so there's nothing we
can do."
Fonda says he will wait until the in-
MichelRoy, CUPE 2323 president.
Student health plans: one yes, one no
by Gordon Loane
Tt>a Bnjnswickan, University ot New Brunswick
FREDERICTON— UNB administration
has given the go-ahead to a significantly
expanded health plan for undergradu-
ates on the Fredericton campus begin-
ning next fall.
The future of the Canadian Federa-
tion of Students' health plan had been in
some doubt despite an overwhelmingly
favorable referendum result approving it
in October.
But in December, the university's ad-
ministration gave the approval needed
for the student council to go ahead with
the plan.
The new plan will cost each student
$100, which is $75 more than the current
plan.
Despite the increased cost of the new
plan, Pat Fitzpatrick, UNB student coun-
cil vice-president, says he believes the
benefits outweigh the costs. He says he
has already taken steps to implement the
new plan.
"We signed a contract with Sun Life
and have sent in the first $1,000 pay-
ment," he says.
The plan will be administered by the
UNB student council. The old plan was
run by the university's administration
and the cost was included in tuition fees.
"A most important feature of the new
health plan is that the $100 cost is re-
fundable to thosewho mightbe included
on some other health plan," says
Fitzpatrick. He says if a student isalready
covered by their parents' health plan,
they can opt out of the CFS health plan.
Thenew plan will partiallycovermedi-
cal expenses including prescription drugs,
oral contraceptives, optometry, physi-
otherapy, psychological services and an
accidental dental benefit.
The approval of the new- plan does
come at an additional price. Fitzpatrick
says the administration will not rebate
the $25 fee for their plan next year.
"lust where this extra money will be
diverted is still up In the air, but the
administration has made no commit-
ments yet," says Fitzpatrick. □
by Nina Kolunovsky
The Excalibur, York University
TORONTO — Unless they study law,
York students will have to look for their
own health insurance plans next year.
Students voted in a referendum last
November to cancel a mandatory health
insurance plan for full-time students ad-
ministered by the York Federation of Stu-
dents.
"They won't have a health plan be-
cause of a difference of 20 votes," says
Debbie Glass, director of the university
administration's student affairs office.
In the referendum, 1,411 full-timesru-
dents voted to keep the plan while 1,431
voted against it.
Osgoode Hall Law School students de-
cided in a separate referendum to keep
their health plan, but the Graduate Stu-
dents' Association also voted to axe the
plan.
The loss of the health plan will force
students to seek alternative insurance
plans next year.
"Some students will end up paying
enormous health costs next year, espe-
cially those with pre-existing (medical)
conditions," saysElissa Horsaoft, the fed-
eration's health
plan administra-
tor.
Under the cur-
rent plan, all full-
time students pay
$161 per year for
their medical cov-
erage.
Some students
were disappointed
to hear the health
plan will be elimi-
nated.
"This is awful,"
says third-year
psychology stu-
dent Kuda
Vidmar. "I rely on
the health plan for
extra drugs. I
would not be able
to afford proper
health care with-
out it."
"I'll have to
lookelsewhere (for
insurance)," says
Sunita Ferrao, a
second-yearphysi-
cal education stu-
dent. "This was an
easyway to do it."
Horscroft says
the Ontario Health Insurance Plan is
insufficient, because it does not cover
such medical expenses as prescription
drugs, oral contraceptives or medical
equipment for people with asthma or
diabetes. All these are covered by the
current plan. ^
crease has been passed and "at that
point we can decide what actions we can
take." □
S
U of O senate
tells off gov't
by Charlatan Staff
OTTAWA —The senate at the Univer-
sity of Ottawa has |oined three other
Ontario university senates in publicly
warning the government against large
increases in student fees.
At the monthly committee meeting of
the senate on Ian. 10, student senators
demanded a position from the senate on
a proposal to radically Increase tuition
fees.
Last August, the Council of Ontario
Universities submitted a discussion pa-
per to the provincial government recom-
mending increases to tuition fees of up to
50 percent for undergraduate programs
over two years.
After some debate on the senate's po-
sition, Bernard Philogene, vice-rector aca-
demic, introduced a motion reading:
"The University of Ottawa senate ex-
presses its concern that the government
of Ontario is not funding higher educa-
tion at the level required to guarantee
accessibility and quality of teaching. It
urges the government to take the re-
quired steps to provide adequate fundi ng
to ensure that student fees be kept at an
acceptable level."
The senate will send a letter to the
government of Ontario stating the U of
O's position denouncing the discussion
paper put forth by the council.
Ira E. Lax, vice-president (internal
operations) of the U of 0 studentcouncil,
said during the debate that accessibility
will be decreased by radical increases in
tuition fees If they are not accompanied
by plausible grants and job creation.
Last November and December, uni-
versity senates at Trent University in Pe-
terborough, Algoma University in Sault
Ste. Marie and McMaster University in
Hamilton, also passed motions condemn-
ing the council's proposal for highertui-
tion hikes. a
With Wee from tne Puhmm. University of Ortewa
lanuary 27, 1994 • The Charlatan ■ 7
SFU students face fees for dropping courses
by Sara Martin
The Ubyssey, University 01 Brilish Columbia
VANCOUVER — Students at Simon
Fraser University in Burnaby, B.C, now
pay a $50 fee for lightening their course
load.
The new penalty policy, implemented
in December, means SFU students must
pay $50 for each course dropped from
their course load, up to a maximum of
$ 1 00. However, if a student drops a course
and adds another one, they will not be
penalized.
"The penalty is not just for dropping a
course, it's for reducing a course load,"
said Ron Heath, the university's regis-
trar, in an interview with UBC's campus
radio station.
The drop fee was created to free up
space in courses students register for but
do not intend to take, said Heath.
"Our total number of students regis-
tered is up 4. 1 percent over last year and
the number of course registrationsis down
0.6 per cent," Heath said. "So in fact, it
has already appeared to start some im-
provement of our situation."
Tracy Cummins, a first-year English
student who started at SFU in January,
said she was told by a student adviser to
register for more courses than she in-
tended to take.
"He told me to get extra courses so
that I could drop one when school started.
So I did that and I got charged 50 bucks, "
she said.
Cummins said she "found out about
(the fee policy) the first day of school, on
the fourth of January."
Third-year biology student Renee Mar-
tin was also upset about the new penalty.
"None of us knew about it. You can
drop out by phone registration and the
thing is you're not informed whileyou're
dropping the course," she said. "It's just
costing students money because they
don't know about it."
Heath said the university did not im-
pose the fee "as a way of raising money.
It was put in as a way of increasing the
availability of course spaces at a time
when students could use it."
The money will go into the general
university revenue, Heath said. He also
said students can appeal their finesat the
registration appeal committee.
The student council has opposed the
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semester by the board of governors, said
Brent Mueller, the council's university
relations officer.
"Our biggest concern is students who
don't have enough information about a
course before they register for it, and if
they don't like it and can't find another
course, they will be penalized for drop-
ping a course," said Mueller. □
CFS-Ontario chair Onuoha
quits at January convention
by Karolina Srutek
Cha/latan Stall
Emechete Onuoha, chair of the Cana-
dian Federation of Students-Ontario, has
announced he will be leaving his post on
Feb. 1 to pursue another job.
Onuoha made his announcement at
a CFS-O conference held in Sault Ste.
Marie Ian. 14 to Jan. 20.
Kristine Haselsteiner, vice-president
external for the Carleton University Stu-
dents' Association, says Carleton's four
delegates left for the conference without
receiving notice of Onuoha's resigna-
tion.
"We didn't know about it," says
Haselsteiner, who attended the meeting.
"We were surprised when we got there."
Onuoha's normal term would have
gone until june, when a new elected
chair takes over. With Onuoha's depar-
ture, Jason Hunt, presently McMaster
University's student council president,
was elected as the interim chair, as well
as chair for next year. Hunt will begin his
term Feb. 1.
In general, Hunt has been accepted
with open arms by the CFS-0 member-
ship.
"I'm sure he will do a good job," says
CUSA President Lucy Watson.
Rob Jamieson, student council presi-
dent at Lakehead University in Thunder
Bay and vice-chair of CFS-O says, "We
work well together, which is a great asset.
He's open-minded, willing to listen and a
pretty good guy."
"He has many of the same beliefs as
(Emechete) and I know he can do a good
job," says Haselsteiner.
Onuoha was unavailable for com-
ment, but Haselsteiner says he was of-
fered a job at the office of a Liberal MP in
Ottawa.
As well as electing a new chair, the
CFS-O elected Watson as the Ontario
student representative to the national
board of the CFS. Watson was also re-
elected to her post as the co-ordinator of
the women's caucus of the CFS-O.
Haselsteiner was part of a campaign
committee formed atthe conference. She
says the theme of this term's campaign is
"Challenging Assumptions." The cam-
paign will consist of publishing posters
and bookmarks challenging issues of
classism, racism, homophobia and
ableism.
The Carleton delegation at the confer-
ence included Haselsteiner, Watson,
CUSA's director of academics Gary
Anandasangaree and Tim Oloane, an
aboriginal representative from the Car-
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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
Letters from Mexico and Guatemala
Carleton grad accompanies refugees' return, writes back
by Tracy Hitchcock
Cha/latan Slafl
When Carleton graduate Colin Rowat
left Canada to help refugees in Mexican
camps return to Guatemala, he didn't
know what he was getting into.
His letters tell us so.
Rowat is an "accompanier" — a hu-
man rights observer working in Guate-
mala through the Canadian organiza-
tion called Project Accompaniment.
Rowat, who is still in Guatemala, has
been writing to The Charlatan about his
experiences.
A Project Accompaniment newsletter
says the Guatemalan government de-
stroyed over 400 villages in the early
1980s, assuming the people living in
them were supporting the rebels in the
country's civil war.
Over 43,000 people were displaced
and have been living as refugees since
then in southern Mexico.
Those returning from exile in south-
ern Mexico requested international vol-
unteers to accompany refugees across
the border as they make trips to look for
land and resettle permanently.
In his Dec. 3 letter, Rowat wrote from
Mexico, "The last news that I received
from Guatemala while preparing to come
down was that one of our project mem-
bers was accompanying a Guatemalan
refugee who had been detained and
beaten by the Civil Defence Patrols. It
made me wonder if I knew what I was
getting into, coming to work in such a
highly militarized state."
Rowat, 22, has several supporters back
home.
Larry Reid, an Ottawa computer ana-
lyst, left with Rowat in September as his
partner, but returned last month. Rowat
isn't expected to return until April.
Reid says although he and Rowat went
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to help rectify the political situation, when
they arrived they soon saw the human
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"One night sitting in our house in
Victoria 20 de Enero (the first resettle-
ment community in Guatemala) we
heard fighting. One woman came by
and told us she was nervous, and how
happy she was that there were accompa-
niers there.
"You don't just meet some refugees.
You meet Juan, Felix, Lydia . . . you meet
people."
Rowat's mother, Maura, who lives in
Toronto, says she was a little uneasy
about her son's trip at first.
"I was concerned. I needed to know he
had thought it through. But if we have a
yearning in our heart ... we have to
follow it."
Reidsaysmostofthebordercampsare
inthesouthem Mexican state of Chiapas,
site of a recentrebel uprising. But he adds
they are far removed from the fighting.
"There's a whole jungle and a whole
range of mountains in between."
In Rowat's Dec. 3 letter, he said he
didn't feel personally threatened "while
passing civil patrols or while being
stopped by the army." He added that his
first three weeks in Victoria 20 de Enero
were marked by "peace and quiet."
Victoria 20 de Enero means the "Vic-
tory of lanuary 20, " the date of the first
resettlement of 2.S00 people in 1993.
"My sense is that our international
attention isworking;withaworldwatch-
ing, the powers in Guatemala can no
longer act as freely as they once did," he
wrote.
His last letter was mailed (an. 10,
though he has been in contact with his
mother, who visited him in Guatemala
City |an. 4-10, during his time off. His
father is visiting with him now.
Accompaniers must go through an
orientation and language training to
prepare for the trip. They are expected to
cover their own expenses or find their
own sponsors. Reid paid for himself.
Rowat is being supported financially
by his church, the Church of the Ascen-
sion. But Gary Hauch, the rector, says the
church is helping with more than money.
"We write letters to him and on his
behalf, and we support him constantly
through prayer."
Maura says she supports her son, no
matter where he goes.
" I don'tmind if my children go away, "
she says, "lust as long as they know I'll
have to visit them." □
VILLAGE
Thursday. January 27
"Bosnia; What is the Future?" will
be the subject of a lecture by Kemal
Kurspahic, theeditor-in-ehief of Bosnia-
Hercegovina's independent newspaper,
Oshbodenfe, at 7 p.m . in Room 360, Tory
Building.
Friday, January 28
"The Second Generation Muslim
Experience; What Does It Mean?" To
find out, go to 140 Universite St., beside
the Vanier parking lot, at the Univer-
sity of Ottawa at 7 p.m. For more
information, call Akram Bhatti at 729-
2702.
Debate about "Aid for Democracy:
Should Developmental Assistance Be
Tied to Democracy?" at 7:30 p.m. in
Carleton's Bell Theatre, Minto Centre.
Friday, February 4
Have an ear for Latin music blended
with European influences? The Chilean
folk group, Inti-ItHmani, willplay more
than 30 wind, string and percussion
instruments at theCentrepolnte Thea-
tre at 8 p.m. Tickets are $24. For tickets
orinformation, call 727-6650.
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Discover "The Greeks In the Black
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EDITORIAL PAGE
The rising
cost of
tt
free
speech
The day God was handing out freedom of speech,
some people got in line twice.
Other people, for reasons including sexist,
racist, or homophobic discrimination, couldn't
get in line at all.
The idea that everyone is free to make their views
known presumes that everyone enjoys the same privi-
lege to it. This idea of "free speech" is what is always
defended in arguments surrounding "political correct-
ness."
Some people see "political correctness" as censorship
of their ideas and as hurting their freedom of speech.
These are people, like university professors, who enjoy
seeing their "free" speech printed and re-printed by
established institutions like academia or the media.
There is a long history of university professors being
challenged on the grounds that their course material
reflects sexist, racist or homophobic views. Professor Paul
Lamy at the University of Ottawa is the latest.
Seven of his students filed a complaint with the dean
of social sciences in response to remarks Lamy made in
a sociology class on Jan. 4.
"You call them bisexuals, 1 call them psychopaths,"
he allegedly expounded. Offended, several students left
the classroom. Lamy says this is because they are bisexu-
als. Maybe they are.
In a three and a half page letter of complaint, the
students write, "In a discussion on violence last semester,
Professor Lamy attempted to equate the emotional and
physical harm sustained by a woman who is raped, or a
wife who is abused by her husband, asbeingthesameas
the violence that men sustain in a bar fight."
Dean Henry P. Edwards issued a statement saying he
will investigate the complaint and will decide how to
resolve the situation by the end of January.
Another debate a few years ago involved Professor
Phillipe Rushton at the University of Western Ontario. In
1989 he published a study which claimed some races are
smarter than others because the size of their heads is
bigger.
Although Rushton was totally out of touch with
reality, advocates of free speech rushed to defend his
right to profess these "politically incorrect" views. One
assumes the same will happen with Lamy. And for every
one of these professors whose ideas get to the press, there
are 10 no-name (oes who continue to spew ignorance to
a captive classroom.
Universities are reluctant to deal effectively with pro-
fessors like these, citing freedom of speech, and the
uncensored pursuit of academic research.
Rushton is still measuring heads at Western. But if
you as a student concoct a thesis based on controversial
studies with little or no empirical evidence, you probably
won't get a degree. If you are a professor, you are given
licence to decide what is correct and your right to free
speech is defended.
But what about the students' rights? What about the
seven students that left Lamy's class? Should they be
subjected to hate-mongering views? Furthermore, do
students have to subsidize racist, sexist or homophobic
slander with their tuition fees?
Those who cry "Free speech, free speech," forget those
whose right to speak may be squashed by people like
Lamy. Anyone who opposed his opinion was not given
the chance to raise their objections in class. So, his right
to speak is protected, but not that of his students.
There are few things in this world that we can all agree
on. The world is round, it revolves around the sun, and
bisexuality does not equal psychotic tendency.
Even if this last topic were to be debated in a class,
professors should act as moderators, facilitating discus-
sion and injecting well-established theories and con-
cepts. Professors who use their desks as soapboxes aren't
doing their jobs and they are not doing anything to
further the right of free speech. AS & BW
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OPINION
Services benefit all students
by Matt Skinner
Charlatan staff
Re: "GLB Centre can exist, but not with my money,"
The Charlatan, Jan. 20, 1994.
In a blatant outburst of selfishness and igno-
rance, Michael Blank writes that the Gay, Les-
bian and Bisexual Centre does not help him, so
he feels his money should not go towards it.
This attitude is all too common at Carleton.
People don't realize that the CUS Aservices, including the
GLB Centre, are in place to benefit all students.
Blank suggests CUSA send out a questionnaire so
people could indicate which services and groups are to be
funded with their student fees.
Not only is this idea entirely impractical because of
the numbers involved - more than 20,000 Carleton
students would have to indicate which of the 13 CUSA
services and over
lOOclubsandsoci-
eties they would
like to fund — the
cost of the question-
naire would be self-
defeating. The
money needed to
print, distribute
and collect it could
take almost as
much from Blank's
student fees as the
GLB Centre's
$35,077.88annual
budget.
Also, how would
CUSA keep track of
people using the
services they paid
for specifically? If
anyone wished to exclude CKCU from their list, could we
stop them from listening? If a student became disabled
due to an accident or illness during the school year, and
had not chosen the Carleton Disability Awareness Cen-
tre from Blank's questionnaire at the beginning of the
year, would CDAC turn them away? Would the Foot
Patrol check to ensure each person it escorts has contrib-
uted financially to help the patrol?
Many sports teams at Carleton might not exist if they
were only supported by the number of students who
benefitted from them. Before a sports team can be
granted varsity status, it must have existed as a CUSA-
funded club for three years. Many clubs on campus
A Feat fATEoL "tll-f u;£ Cjfei Ttou£ ClLHi,
to &jfcJ2e «we P.a>d vckjC co-jTftjQ^nt)^.
would shrivel and die if Blank's proposal becomes a
reality. I can only hope some of those clubs are those that
interest Blank.
The Charlatan, like CUSA, also receives funding from
students. If half the campus decided they did not want to
pay the $5.67 to fund The Charlatan, (assuming we could
continue operation if this occurred), how could we en-
sure that only the people who paid the money would pick
up a copy each week?
On Dec. 1, World AIDS Day, the GLB Centre set up a
table in Baker Lounge. Red ribbons were offered to those
who wanted to support the cause. Condoms and lubri-
cant were also supplied. AIDS does not discriminate
between bisexuals, gays, lesbians, or heterosexuals.
The co-ordinator and volunteers from the GLB Centre
worked at the table to help raise money to fight a disease
that threatens everyone on campus, and more impor-
tantly, everyone in the world. The GLB Centre helped
raise awareness for
the benefit of eve-
ryone on campus.
The centre does not
discriminate. Why
should we?
What happens
if someone who did
not check the GLB
Centre on Blank's
questionnaire con-
tracts the AIDS vi-
rus? Do we refuse
to provide them
with literature or
support from the
centre about the
disease? Do we en-
sure that the
money col lected on
World AIDS Day
goes towards helping everyone but the likes of him?
CUSA provides services to accommodate the diverse
needs of students at Carleton. These services help edu-
cate all studentson the needs and rights of otherstudents
on campus.
Blank thinks the GLB Centre does not help him, but
it's because he doesn't let it. The centre has seminars that
address homophobia and heterosexism. Perhaps Blank
should look into attending one. If his ignorance and
selfishness were not so common place in today's society,
perhaps Carleton would not be in such dire need of a GLB
Centre. His suggestion is proof that such a centre is all too
important on campus. a
January 27, 1994 • The Charlatan • 11
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Entire floors aredamagedintneOslobodenje building.
by Graeme Lowthian
Charlatan Statf
Two years ago The Charlatan helpei
accreditation in the former Yugoslavia
he obtained a United Nations' press
aboard a UN-chartered humanitariai
supplies. Lowthian arrived on July 26
days. The city was closed off from the n
frontlines of the encroaching Yugos
spent some time at the offices of Os/i
operating out of the basement of a
middle of Sarajevo. This is his story.
In 1991 several of Yugoslavia's pn
nist federation separated to becomi
countries.
Two of the ex- Yugoslav province
took control of the Yugoslav Federal
a war on the other provinces, incli
keep them under its control.
Sarajevo is the capital of Bosnia,
mountains controlled by Yugoslavs
two years it has been continuously I"
intersection and open area in the ci
On Aug. 4, 1 met a man named'
Oslobodenje (pronounced: oh-SL"
which was still being produced ever)
is ironic because it translates from S'
as "liberty" or "freedom." Amir «]
man who was one of the newspaper
I got a ride to the Oslobodertj1
carpool with some of his colleague
and brought briefcases with them"
different from a day in North Am'1
We had to drive at speeds of up 1
because of the threat of snipers
The most important fact about I"
its citizens cannot escape the city;
12 • The Charlatan ■ January 27, 1994
Glass strewn hallway after an attack.
perseverance symbolizes freedom and resistance.
Because of this, the 50-year-old Os/oftoden/e build-
ing became one of the most attacked targets in
Sarajevo.
The building is surrounded by fields, with three
sides facing Yugoslav army positions. It is an
extremely easy target for snipers because of its
visibility.
In his office, Amir showed me the window over
his desk, which had been riddled with sniper
bullets. On the wall were a few maps and posters
which had been punctured as well. Amir opened a
drawer in his desk and placed a black, baseball-
sized object in front of me. He explained that it was
a 40-millimetre, armor-piercing, anti-tank bullet.
He told me it was shot into the building — at the
people.
The next day, Amir gave me the Aug. 5 edition
of Oslobodenje. Only 14 pages in length, nine
consisted of obituaries from the intense bombing
that occurred immediately prior to my arrival in
Sarajevo.
I was told that three days before I arrived, more
than 325 people were killed when 10,000 bombs
were dropped on Sarajevo. Peace negotiations in
Geneva had come to a head and the Americans
issued an ultimatum to the Yugoslav army threat-
ening intervention should they continue to bomb
Sarajevo. Because of this, the bombing subsided.
The headline on the back page of Oslobodenje
read: "Russians against American intervention."
It seems to me this could be a big reason why the
Americans are hesitant about getting involved —
they might be facing the Russians.
I was told the paper was oneof Europe's leading
newspapers before the war. I was impressed be-
cause the people of Sarajevo still took the effort to
keep it going, and wondered how it was possible
to print a newspaper in the destroyed Oslobodenje
building.
Amir arranged a tour of the building for me, led
by a local photographer who lived in the building.
He took me to a hallway with walls which were
waist-high, where once there had been windows
reaching to the ceiling. The windows had blown
out, leaving only triangle shards of glass sticking
up from their empty frames.
We were visible to the fields, the villages beyond
the fields, and the mountains behind it. The pho-
tographer warned that we would draw mortar
shells or sniper fire if we were seen.
We moved slowly, keeping our heads and the
hunch of our backs below the hallway's solid half-
height walls. Broken glass and debris crunched
beneath our feet.
We had to hop quickly past the doorways of the
offices to avoid being shot The desk of one office
had papers and books, still held in place by rubble
and damaged office furniture.
Crumpled Venetian blinds, twisted from the
impact of shrapnel and bullets, were splayed ir-
regularly and dangled in the drafts coming in
from the fields.
While making our way through the hallway, I
kept my gaze downward. I did not want to look up.
If I lifted my head I could enter the scope of
someone's rifle. I concentrated on the path ahead
of me, not wanting to trip, and watched the
photographer for any signals he might give indi-
cating danger or need for cover.
Scattered office files and paperwork lay in the
halls amidst the debris. They looked like they had
been hastily dropped or thrown there. They were
covered not only in broken glass, but also in spent
bullet casings.
Near the halfway point of the hallway, we came
to some large pillars. We could stand upright
beside them. I stood up and took some snaps of the
office rubble, while the photographer hurried to
the next pillar before motioning for me to follow.
I leapt out of the cover of the first pillar and
landed beside him. I almost fell backwards as
broken glass slid beneath my feet. Before he led me
back, I took some more photographs of a hallway
wecouldn't use because the blown-out walls would
have left us open to fire.
The photographer brought me down some stairs
into darkness. Mortar rounds had damaged the
steps and we had to go slowly. We walked along a
catwalk which hung over huge printing presses,
untouched by any bombs or shrapnel. They were
powered by gasoline generators. Due to the seige,
gasoline was scarce and cost about $20 a litre.
Despite this, and after 23 weeks of attacks,
Oslobodenje still keeps the presses rolling to print
a local daily and a global weekly. Its foundations
are deeper than can be reached by any bomb.
Oslobodenje, to me, is symbolic of the spirit of
Sarajevo. □
Kemal Kerspahic, the editor of Osloboden/e, will
speak Thursday Jan. 27, at 7 p.m. in Room 360 of the
Tory Building.
January 27, 1994 • The Charlatan • 13
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Spit is only a drop
in the bucket of
problems to solve
Editor:
With the left increasingly under attack
from conservative, right-wing forces, we
still find time to waste ourprecious energy
arguing over spit, ("Spit raises ire of GLB
Centre volunteers," The Charlatan, Jan.
20, 1994.)
Defacement like this is angering, but
the response to it was ridiculous. The
article mentions no less than five people
who could have wiped the spit off the
window. Ten days were wasted with trips
to the CUSA office, complaints and phone
calls.
Peter Nogalo's and Theresa Cowan's
finger-pointing as to who could or should
have wiped it off is petty and immature,
and Nogalo's comment that he doesn't
"do windows," is simply insulting —
classism is as ugly as homophobia.
That someone felt strongly enough to
spit on the poster angers and frightens
me. That no one who walked by felt moved
to wash it off themselves worries me.
What can be the future of a social justice
movement that is unwilling to perform
the menial tasks as well as the attention-
grabbing ones?
A homophobic person remains unin-
formed, performing subtle acts of vio-
lence which may one day escalate; the
Catholic Civil Rights League wages war
over a gay and lesbian radio show; some-
one writes The Charlatan asking that his
money not support the GLB Centre be-
cause it has no "benefit" to him; and an
University of Ottawa professor dispenses
homophobic hate propaganda in his so-
ciology course. One Kleenex on Jan. 4,
used by someone, anyone, and 10 days
could have been spent on any one of these
more important issues. We have too much
to accomplish to waste our energy.
Karen Colvin
MA Canadian Studies
Do-it-yourself
student services
Editor:
Re: "GLB Centre can exist, butnotwith
my money," The Charlatan, Ian. 20, 1994.
Mr. Blank has clearly told the world
that as an open-minded heterosexual, he
is willing to let gays, lesbians and bisexu-
als organize on campus as long as they
don't do it with his money. He then justi-
fies this by saying that he doesn't benefit
from any of the GLB Centre's services, so
clearly he shouldn't have to pay for them.
Well, Mr. Blank, there are plenty of
things (aside from "queer") that you are
not. So why don'tyou demand yourmoney
back from all of the services? Hell, with all
that money at your disposal, you could
start up your own straight male society.
Matthew Bruce
Psychology IV
GLB Centre is for
every student
Editor:
In the last issue, Michael Blank raised
some interesting arguments as to the fund-
ing structure of CUSA. ("GLB Centre can
exist, but not with my money, " The Char-
latan, |an. 20, 1994.)
I too have paid for some things which
have no benefit to me, or much worse,
that have threatened my identity and
safety. In my fouryears at Carleton I have
never used athletics, but I recognize many
students do and so I have no problem
supporting its various programs.
LETTERS
I do, however, thankMichael Blankfor
his acquiesence of our existence, but I
question his other arguments.
For CUSA to initiate a pay-per-usage
system of funding, student fees would
undoubtedly sky-rocket to pay for this
bureaucratic colossus.
Secondly, the GLB Centre receives ap-
proximately 1.6 per cent of the CUSA
operating budget. Based on many stud-
ies, gay, lesbian and bisexual people make
up 10 per cent of the population; hence,
we're getting ripped off.
Lastly, the GLB Centre is open to all
students, regardless of their sexual orien-
tation. We have just as many straight
clients as we do gay men, lesbians or
bisexuals. Perhaps Blank should walk
through our door before he condemns our
service. As for the concern about his
money, which incidently amounts to
about $ 1.36, 1 will personally give him the
equivalent in free condoms, (another one
of our services), provided he can find a use
for them.
Peter Nogalo
Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Centre
Co-ordinator
Bisexual quote
not in context
Editor:
The purpose of this letter is to inform
The Charlatan of an inaccuracy in its [an.
20 article "Ottawa professor under inves-
tigation." In the article I was quoted as
having said, "I want to know the advan-
tages of bisexuals."
I feel that this quote is both imprecise
and taken out of the context of my con-
versation with the reporter. I mentioned
the importance of addressing an issue in
its entirety. I cited the nuclear family as
an example of a concept that often re-
ceives only positive treatment.
I paralleled this to Professor Paul Lamy's
negative treatment of bisexuality as an
acceptable family form and suggested
that its positive aspects could also be
discussed to give the class a balanced
overview of the issue.
From this. The Charlatan improperly
quoted in my opinion, "1 want to know
the advantages of bisexuals." I trust that
The Charlatan will make efforts to remedy
this error.
Meredith Lilly
Sociology 1
University of Ottawa
Canadians can
criticize, but not
abuse
Editor:
I am writing this letter to take strong
issue with how the Catholic Civil Rights
League's recent complaint to the CRTC
against CKCU FM was reported in "CKCU
faces CRTC complaint over show," The
Charlatan, [an. 20, 1994.
It is not the intention of the League to
interfere with anyone's right to say what
they believe to be true about Catholics or
the Catholic Church.
No one has the right, however, to use a
radio station as a private power base to
make derogatory personal comments
about an individual using their name,
quote a letter out of context andpresenta
program designed to sicken and offend as
many members of a identifiable religious
group as possible.
I find it disgusting that Kevin Gibbs,
host of Defiant Voices and Max Wallace,
CKCU station manager, would attempt to
characterize what was broadcast as mere
criticism of "church policies on homo-
sexuality." None of the statements or
teachings of the Catholic Church were
ever quoted or even mentioned by Gibbs
or co-host Kerry Durant on air. Despite
what Mainville wrote in his article, I have
a tape of the Dec. 8 broadcast and have
spoken to a reliable witness who heard
the entire Dec. 1 broadcast.
In Michael Mainville's article, Max
Wallace now stated that he is "not apolo-
gizing for what they (Gibbs and Durant)
broadcast." In his Dec. 16 letter to me,
Wallace made the following statement: "I
would apologize that we offended you
and members of the Catholic commu-
nity." He also said, "It is obvious to me
from what I know that you are justifiably
upset at the events."
I sincerely hope that the CRTC will use
this particular complaint to send out a
clear message to all broadcasters. Chris-
tians across the country are now aware of
the complaint and will not simply forget
about this incident once the CRTC makes
its ruling. Everyone in Canada has the
right to criticize, but no one has the right
to abuse and insult members of an iden-
tifiable religious group.
Robert lady
Catholic Civil Rights League
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SPORTS
Raven men drop pair at home
by Kevin Restivo
Charlatan Staff
In what amounted to two different
performances with the same results, the
Carleton men's basketball team lost 93-
76 to the Ryerson Rams on Jan. 21 and
85-83 to the York Yeomen on [an. 22.
The losses dropped the Ravens' record
in the east division of the Ontario Uni-
versities Athletic Association to 2-3.
Ryerson 93 Carleton 76
York 85 Carleton 83
Carleton opened with a strong, early
12-2 run against Ryerson, but seemed
listless afterwards, falling behind 38-34
at the half despite erratic play by the
Rams, whocommitted lOfirst-halftumo-
vers.
Ryerson capitalized on Carleton's
sloppiness — turnovers and poor re-
bounding — with a 9-2 run midway
through the second half, pushing their
lead to 14 points, and they never looked
back.
"We played well the first half," said
Carleton head coach Paul Armstrong.
"But we got slack offensively in the sec-
ond half. We may have been awed by
their big guy — Alex Beason. He is awe-
some. But the guys have to learn they're
players, not spectators."
Second-year swingman Jamie
Marquardt agreed with Armstrong's as-
sessment of the game.
"We had a physical let-down in the
second half. They just came out stronger
and their physical talent took over in the
end."
Forward Taffe Charles led the Ravens
with 19 points, while Marquardt added
IS.
Against York, Carleton appeared de-
termined not to let the previous day's let-
down strike again.
The Yeomen appeared fatigued early
on while the Ravens came out like
gangbusters, building an early 1 1-point
lead on the strength of four three-point-
ers by point guard Luca Diaconescu and
the inside scoring of guard Charles.
The Ravens went into the second half
with a 14-point lead and appeared to be
well on their way to victory.
But the Yeomen, led by point guard
Wilton Hall and his 34 points, opened up
the second half with a 9-1' run, cutting
the Raven lead to six points.
"There wasa real lack of communica-
tion in the sec
ond half. I
think we kind
of panicked a
bit when they
started to
come back,"
said first-year
swingman
Reagh Vidito.
York kept
chipping
away and
eventually
took the lead,
68-67, with
just over eight
minutes left in
the game.
Only this
time Carleton
refused to
fold.
With 52
seconds left,
the Ravens re-
gained the
lead at 83-82
on a bucket
by Charles —
who finished
with 34
points.
Charles was
then called
for two fouls and York capitalized on
their free throws to regain the lead at 85-
83.
It was at this point that veteran lead-
ership faltered.
Diaconescu threw the ball away with
13 seconds left. Then with just three
The Ravens sandwiched Ryerson on this play but . . .
an open man and threw the ball away,
sealing York's victory.
"We just didn't use our heads down
the stretch," said second-year guard An-
drew Smith. "We just didn't getthe breaks
in the second half, but Taffe and Luca
really kept us in the game. It wouldn't
have been close if it wasn't for them."U
seconds remaining Charles couldn't find
No play, no stay — Raven quits team
by Kevin Restivo
Ctiartatan Statf
Raven guard Curtis Houlden, a sec-
ond-year veteran of the men's basket-
ball team, quit on Jan. 18.
" I just wasn't having that much fun,
plus 1 wanted to study more. 1 was kind
of stuck in a slump also, but playing
time had something to do with it too,"
said Houlden.
Houlden has seen his playing time in
the Ravens' starting lineup diminish
game by game.
Houlden said despite the decision,
he's still on good terms with head coach
Paul Armstrong. The coach has no com-
ment.
Many of the Ravens, though, were
disappointed with the news of Houlden 's
departure.
"It really hurts our team," said sec-
ond-year guard Andrew Smith. "I think
Taffe (Charles) and him are our best
players, so f think it's going to be a big
loss to us. He's the best talent on the
team hands down." □
Offence still missing in home losses
by Jay Tharayil
Charlatan Staff
Home sweet home?
The women's basketball team found
home more sour than sweet this past
weekend as they lost their first two home
games of the season.
The Ravens lost 61-44 to the Ryerson
Lady Rams on [an. 21, and were blown
out by the York Yeowomen 77-46 on [an.
22, dropping their league record to 0-5.
Ryerson 61 Carleton 44
York 77 Carleton 46
Against the Rams, the Ravens started
well and trailed by only eight points at
the half. But an anemic offence, 19 sec-
ond-half fouls and an early 16-0 run by
the Rams in the second half buried the
Ravens.
"We got into a lot of foul trouble, so
they were scoring a lot of points with no
time running off the clock," said co-
captain Helen Collins. "So that got us
down a lot."
The Rams were lead by Darcel Wright,
who scored 26 points. The Ravens' top
scorer was Erin O'Grady with 14.
While the Ravens at least played a
strong first half against the Rams, they
had no such luck against the Yeowomen.
York started the game with an 11-0
run and led 43-16 at the half.
The Ravens attempted a comeback in
the second half — nearly doubling their
first-half point total — but it was too
little, too late.
"In the second half we played like we
belonged on the floor with them. In the
first half we played as if we didn't even
belong there," said assistant coach |ohn
Johnson.
Despite the loss to the Yeowomen,
Raven forward Cindy Krenosky still main-
tained a positive attitude.
"We played well and we're happy
with our performance. It's just that we've
got to be more consistent from now on."Q
The Ravens are looking for offence.
Gliebermania!
by Brent Dowdall
Charlatan Staff
It may be Super Bowl week in the rest
of the world -- you know, the over-
hyped, over-blown football game where
somebody else beats the living day-
lights out of Buffalo ~ but for football
fans in Ottawa, we had our own Super
Bowl this past week.
Ottawa booted the Gliebermans.
Bemie Glieberman is the owner of
the Ottawa Rough Riders. His son Lonie
is the team president. At least they were
until last week, when the city, the coun-
cillors and the fans decided the fast-
talking pair should take a hike.
When the Gliebermans came knock-
ing at council's door last week asking
for a sweeter lease arrangement at
Lansdowne than the one they had last
year — the city finally said no.
A little background: Two years ago
the Gliebermans, from Detroit, bought
the Riders for a dollar and promised to
keep the Riders in Ottawa "forever."
The very next year, (forever comes
quickly) Bemie was threatening to move
the team to any place American if they
didn't get all the revenues from sales at
food anddrinkstands. Ottawa city coun
cil caved in and made a deal to keep the
team in town.
Once again, "this team will be in
Ottawa forever," promised Lonie.
Not. Forever has arrived andit'sover.
The Gliebermans want out and no one's
sorry to see them go.
Money is the reason they cry poor.
They claim they lost $5 million in their
two years of ownership. Obviously they
didn't know what they were buying
into. The Canadian Football League is
not known for financial stability and
the Ottawa Rough Riders haven't made
money in a long, long time.
However, economics aside, the
Gliebermans might have had a chance
to earn at least some respect if they
hadn't done so many stupid things in
their two-year reign of error.
After a successful first year in 1 992 in
which the Riders finished with a 9-9
record and drew 25,000 fans every
game, the honeymoon ended. In 1993
Bemie and Lonie hired a vice-president
who had spent his career coaching
downhill skiing. Soon after they fired
the general manager and added his
duties to the head coach's job. Then
they took away the coach's authority
by threatening after every game to fire
his assistants. They then brought in
consultants and guest coaches every
week and of course — forced coach Ron
Smeltzer to play NFL castoff Dexter
Manley.
By the time the Riders finished 4-14
and were beaten out in last year's
playoffs (yes, playoffs), most fans had
given up. Only the Gliebermans seemed
surprised that ticket sales have been so
slow over the winter.
The moral is that people can affect
theirteam and in Ottawa the fans have
spoken. The future of the Riders is doubt
ful. The Gliebermans say they're leav-
ing town to set up a CFL team in
Shreveport, La. (Maybe someone should
warn them.)
The league is looking for a new owner
for the Riders. Maybe they'll find one,
maybe they won't. Maybe the Riders
are dead. That would be a shame. But it
wouldn't be half the shame if the
Gliebermans were still around. □
January 27, 1994 • The Charlatan • 15
^fRaven
Records
OWIAA WATERPOLO
East Division
W L T F A PTS
Carleton7 1 1 68 31 14
Toronto 7 1 1 72 28 14
Queen's 3 5 0 58 42 6
McMaster2 6 0 42 70 4
Brock 1 7 0 30 99 2
OWIAA VOLLEYBALL
East Division
w
L
T
F
A
PTS
York S
1
0
16
3
10
Toronto 4
1
0
14
4
8
Ottawa 4
2
0
13
9
8
Queen's 4
3
0
13
11
8
Ryerson 1
4
0
3
18
2
CarletonO
5
0
1
15
0
OWIAA BASKETBALL
East Division
w
L
T
F A PTS
Laurentn 4
0
0
298 202 8
Ottawa 4
1
0
351 283 8
Toronto 4
1
0
359 218 8
Queen's 1
2
0
1791992
Ryerson 1
3
0
195 270 2
York 1
3
0
223 274 2
CarletonO
5
0
2123710
OWIAA
Athlete of the Week
Queen's student Carolyn Russell is
the OWIAA athlete of the week. Russell
went undefeated in squash competi-
tion this season winning the OWIAA
Individual Squash Championship for
a second straight year.
OUAA BASKETBALL
East Division
w
L
T
F A PTS
Laurentn 4
0
0
345 314 8
York 3
1
0
320 316 6
Toronto 3
2
0
376 359 6
Ryerson 2
2
0
333 3194
Carleton2
3
0
3984144
Ottawa 1
4
0
3724122
Queen's 0
3
0
230 2400
OUAA BASKETBALL
East Scoring Leaders
FG
AT FT
AT AVE
Beason 53
86
21
31 34.5
Smart 28
59
20
26 28.3
Charles 39
81
52
67 26.0
Fischer 32
60
25
31 22.3
Swords 32
66
5
11 20.3
OUAA BASKETBALL
East Rebound Leaders
T.Charles - Cltn 5
A. Beason - Ryrsn 4
S.Swords - Lmtn 4
C.Fischer • Lmtn 4
C.Porter - Ott 5
RBS AVE
54 10.8
36 9.0
34 8.5
33 8.3
40 8.0
OUAA
Athlete of the Week
Quang Hoang, a member of the
University of Torontobadminton team
is the OUAA athlete of the week. Hoang
won his third consecutive OUAA sin-
gles badminton title and paired up
with teammate Mike Deane to also
win his third consecutive doubles cham-
pionship.
Nordic skiers powder competition
by Ryan Ward
Charlatan Siaff
The nordic men are back to their
winning ways and the women aren't far
behind.
The nordic ski teams placed very well
in the SOD Invitational at Duntroon,
Ont., on Jan. 22-23.
Among over 90 men and 50 women,
seven Raven skiers placed among the top
30 results. Men's skier Wayne Dustin led
the men's team with first-place results in
both the 10-kilometre freestyle race and
the 30-kilometre classic event.
"It was hard to keep focus, but I knew
1 would do well," said Dustin. "It was
pretty close between myself and two oth-
ers after two kilometres (in the first race)
but I started pulling away by the seventh
kilometre."
Veteran Raven skier Frank Ferrari fin-
ished 16th in the freestyle race and
placedsixth in the classic race.
"The first race was more of a building-
block for me," said Ferrari. "I wasn't
impressed with my finish, but skating
style is not my specialty."
Carleton skier Chris Webb placed
twelfth in the classic race and ninth in
the freestyle.
Rookies D'Arcy Bloom and Mike
Elkrf
Cooper raced well, placing among the
top 40.
On the women's side, Kirsten Davis
finished eighth in both the 7.5-kilometre
freestyle event on Saturday and the 10-
kilometre classic race on Sunday.
"Despite being sick this weekend, I'm
pleased with my performance," said
Davis. "My technique was okay for the
amount I have been training, but with
more intensity I will improve."
Catherine Mulvihill finished 11th in
the freestyle but did not compete on
Sunday due to illness. Veteran Erin Long
placed 21st in the freestyle race and 19th
in the classic event.
Rookie Gayle Bamett placed a re-
spectable 25th and21st in the two events,
but said she was not pleased with her
results.
"I felt really sloppy," said Barnett.
Nordic ski coach Mark Rabb was
pleased with the results of the teams' first
real race of the season.
"The season has begun well. This was
the first real test for the team, " said Rabb.
Rabb added that the 30-kilometre
men's classic race was something the
men did not train for during practice, so
it was a real test for many of the rookie
racers to even complete such a distanced
Swimmer qualifies for nationals - again
by Jason Tamo
Charlatan Slatf
The Carleton men's and women's
swim teams hit the road again this past
weekend.
The Ravens placed last at both the
Wilfred Laurier Invitational on )an. 21
and at the McMaster tri-meet in Hamil-
ton on Jan. 22. While the team stalled,
some individual swimmers fared well.
Erica Kotler's victory in the 1 00-metre
breast-stroke in a time of 1:17.01 on
Saturday was good enough to qualify
her for the national championships in
her second event and brighten Raven
spirits.
On Friday at the Laurier meet, the
Ravens competed against Laurier, Wa-
terloo and Laurentian. Carleton com-
peted in only one day of the two-day
event because of their commitment to
McMaster tri-meet, and thus did not com-
pile enough points to avoid placing last.
Men's coach Brian Johnson said he
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felt Raven swimmers could have done
better, but wasn't concerned with their
results.
"I was hoping they would do better at
the Laurier meet, "said Johnson. "Butwe
were tired after the long bus trip, we
didn't really get a good enough warm-
up and a lot of swimmers were complain-
ing that the water temperature was too
cold."
At the McMaster tri-meet, the Carle-
ton teams placed last in competition
against McMaster and Guelph, but both
coaches were much happier with their
teams' performances.
"The meet at McMaster went quite
well," said women's coach Jitka Kotler.
"We had expected a slight improvement
over last weekend's results and that's
pretty much what we got.
"We didn't swim well on Friday after
the long bus trip but the team stayed in
a hotel overnight and really seemed to
come together. The spirit was great and
that translated into a great afternoon."
Notable results from Saturday's rac-
ing include, first and foremost, Erica
Kotler's victory in the 100-metre breast-
stroke. She had already secured a berth
at the Canadian Interuniversity Athletic
Union finals when she qualified in the
200-metre breast-stroke earlier in the
season:
The second qualification allows her
to compete in five events at the meet.
Qualifying for the first event only enti-
tled her to compete in three contests.
Christie O'Brien also placed well, fin-
ishing third in the 50-metre breast-stroke
in a time of 39.33.
On the men's side, Blair Christie fol-
lowed up his victory last weekend in the
1, 500-metre freestyle by placing second
in the 800-metre freestyle this weekend.
His time of 8:53.87 missed winning the
event by only .59 of a second. Christie
also finished second in the 400-metre
individual medley, clocking a personal-
best time of 4:52.55.
Men's captain Laszlo Alberti also did
well by placing third in the 100-metre
freestyle, posting a time of 58.38.
Both the women's and men's teams
will now begin to focus on training for
the provincial championships. For the
women this event takes place Feb. 12-13
in Guelph, andforthemen, Feb. 19-20 in
Toronto. □
16 • The Charlatan ■ January 27, 1994
Raven
Rumblings
Athletic fee increase expected
1994-95 budget proposes to create special reserve fund
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
" In the second half we played as if
we belonged on the floor with them.
In the first half, we played as if we
didn't even belong there."
Women's assistant basketball
coach John Johnson on the Raven's
77-46 loss to the York Yeowomen this
past weekend.
SPORTS THAT AREN'T
You lucky readers. In an effort to
be more conscious of the wide variety
of sports in this crazy world we live
in, we at The Charlatan have decided
to introduce you to something new
— sports that pretend to be sports.
This week's pick: battle chess.
HOCKEY MAGIC — NOT
The Carleton hockey club could
have used a magic wand last week.
Instead, they fell under the spell of
the Wizard's hockey club, losing 5-0
in Senior R.A. League action on Ian.
1 9 . The loss drops their league record
to a woeful 1-10-2, good enough for
fifth place in the six-team league.
CORRECTIONS
Oops, we were pretty sloppy last
week.
Our apologies to nordic skiers
Catherine Mulvihill and Gayle
Barnett, whose names we misspelled
last week.
As if that wasn't enough, we also
got swimmer Sarah Dobbin's name
wrong and printed 1:10.36 as her
time in the 100-metre breast stroke.
It may be a time Olympic swimmers
would be proud of — but it wasn't
hers.
CALENDAR
Friday, Jan. 28.
BASKETBALL — The 0-5 women's
basketball team travels to Sudbury to
take on the Laurentian Voyageurs in
a 6 p.m. match at the Avery Gymna-
sium. The 2-3 men's team follows
with an 8:15 p.m. match.
SKIING — The nordic ski teams
host the Polar Bear Challenge at
Carleton University tonight. Relay
races for women begin at 7:30 p.m.
on the rugby field and the men's
races follow at 8:30 p.m.
VOLLEYBALL — The women's vol-
leyball team takes part in the Ottawa
Invitational tournament which starts
at 1 p.m. in Montpetit Hall.
Saturday, Jan. 29.
SKIING —The nordic ski team will
be in Gatineau Park today compet-
ing at the National Capital District
Races against the universities of Ot-
tawa, Laurentian and Queen's
among others.
Sunday, Jan. 30.
SKIING — The nordic ski team
continues racing at the NCD Races
in Gatineau Park. a
by Derek DeCloet
Charlatan StaH
The Carleton athletics board wants
students to pay more for athletics next
year, despite projections it will have a
surplus this year.
The 1994-95 preliminary athletics
budget, revealed for the first time on Jan.
21, includes a two-per-cent increase in
athletic fees over last year.
If passed at the next board meeting
Jan. 28, full-time undergraduate stu-
dents would pay just over $ 134 in athlet-
ics fees next year — about $2.60 more
than right now.
Athletics director Keith Harris said the
increase is needed to keep up with infla-
tion, which was also around two per cent
in 1993. Last year, the board approved
an increase of 3.5 per cent for 1993-94.
If this year's increase is not approved,
"then we'll have to start cutting," he
said.
But some board members were not
impressed by the move.
"I didn't expect that at all," said Rob
lamieson, one of CUSA's representatives
on the board.
Athletics should move to more of a
user-pay system, said lamieson, where
students who use athletic facilities —
such as the squash courts — would bear
the brunt of the increase.
"There's just so many students that
don't use the athletic centre," he said. "1
think we have to put a little bit more on
to the user."
The key difference in the 1994-95
budget in comparison to past budgets is
that athletics plans to put $ 150,000 into
a special reserve fund, which will be used
94-95 Proposed Budget Breakdown
Renovations $237,000
Student Fees $2,619,627
Reserve Fund $150,000
Grant $271,425
Programs $1,549,166
Sales $433,950
Salaries $1,156,866
Programs $726,649
Operations $995,712
Other $106,837
Other $91,385
Expenditures
Revenues
$4,180,129
$4,158,488
If this year's increase
is not approved,
"then we'll have to
start cutting."
- Keith Harris
later to build new buildings or fields.
This year's projected surplus— largely
the result ofsocial contract athleticwage
cuts — will be added to the fund, al-
though it is unknown how much will be
left at the end of the year.
Harris said the fund is important,
because rising enrolment will eventu-
ally force athletics to expand its facili-
ties, already stretched to the limit.
While jamieson agreed it is impor-
tant to put something aside for the fu-
ture, his reaction to the strategy was
lukewarm.
"One hundred and fifty grand is a
nice number, but at the same time we
have to spend the money on the students
that are paying for it right now," he said.
But Harris warned that today's stu-
dents have to keep an eye on the future
because students in the past have paid
higher-than-necessary fees to pay off
debts on athletic facilities. And, he added,
athletics can't use any surplus money
without the university's permission.
The budget also does not give any
money to teams that havebeen lobbying
for varsity funding, such as hockey and
rowing. „ . .
"Wedon'tthinkwecanaffordit, said
Harm- _,„.
But Theresa Cowan, another CUSA
representative on the board, said stu-
dents should be surveyed to find out it
they're happy with the sports they re
funding. .
The budget projects a deficit of |ust
over $21,000 for next year.
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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
A photo album of choreographed images
t..i Qtpnhanie Garrison u;c „u:t — i i i ^
by Stephanie Garrison
cnariaian Stafl
An Evening With Mark Godden
Royal Winnipeg Ballet
National Arts Centre Opera
Jan. 27 — Jan. 29
11 my ballets are very per-
sonal. They come from per-
jMTO^sonal ideas. Sometimes I
f(\\ make them literal, but most
/^H often I abstract those ideas
K U and I let them take on an-
f m» othersortofgrowth pattern; I
don't hold them down to what they mean
to me personally."
This intimate view of dance is Mark
Godden: "I dream a lot about the dancers
that are within the company,"
Godden's, the resident choreographerfor
the Royal Winnipeg Ballet. Godden cre-
ates a photo album from his choreo-
graphed images, using his steps like snap-
shots to mark particular points in his life.
Since being appointed to his newly
created post in 1990, the former Royal
Winnipeg Ballet soloist has created sev-
eral award-winning works, fourof which
will be performed at the National Arts
Centre this week. They include Dameaux
Fruits, Angels in the Architecture, A Dark-
ness Between Us and La Princesse et le
Soldat, which in 1991 won Godden sec-
ond prize for new choreography at the
International Ballet Competition in Hel-
sinki, Finland.
Godden's straightforward confidence
in his abilities as a choreographer has
not gone unnoticed by dance critics, hav-
ing been lauded by the G/obe and Mail
and the Los Angeles Times.
Although Godden has visual and
movement ideas, his main inspiration
comes from music; all the ballets he has
created for the Royal Winnipeg thus far
have been built on the strength of a
composition. Godden would like to col-
laborate with a composer for his chore-
ography, since he frequently must dis-
card movement ideas unsuitable for the
piece of music.
"But right now what really intrigues
me is finding a piece of music," Godden
says. "In a sense I feel that everything is
there. It's just a matter of me discovering
it — in the music, in the dancers, in
the concept, in the ideas and in the
research. So I feel like all the infor-
mation is there, 1 just need to per-
ceive it.
"I dream a lot about the dancers
that are within the company. I think
a lot about them," Godden says.
"Once I get an idea . . . the idea
probably could not have come to
fruition without me knowing the
dancers that I was going to do it on."
Godden may have a specific idea
when he comes into the studio. Most
of the time, however, he'll furnish an
idea or an emotion he wants to project
and the dancers will use their own
personality and their understanding
of life and music to bring his concept
to life.
Their interpretation will either be
what Godden wants, or he will coax
something more from the dancers,
all the while relating it back to the
music. Another key collaborator for
Godden's works is designer Paul
Daigle, a former Royal Winnipeg
dancer who has developed sets and
costumes for all of Godden's major
pieces thus far.
"Once that work is built, I have a
perception for it," Godden says. "1
always try to make up my own mind
about my choreography before it goes
onstage, so that I understand what it
means to me."
Godden's choreography is not meant
to be pure entertainment. The sombre,
unresolved passions of A Darkness Be-
tween Us is Godden's exploration of darker
sides in his personality and past relation-
ships. However, moody contemplations
of humanity are not an exclusive theme
in his work. If anything, his range of
interest is eclectic.
"I feel that my tastes are varied, and
that's one of the reasons how this whole
Godden evening originated. I had such
varied works, with such a different look
and such different subject matter that it
was felt all could be combined in one
A scene from Mark Godden's Dame Aux Fruits.
evening of work and be entertaining."
The main link binding these works to-
gether is that they were exclusively cre-
ated for the Royal Winnipeg, from the
artistic director to the technical staff.
"I think that it's necessary for any
company to really exist in the world, you
have to have your own particular style,
and you have to have your own ballets
that othercompanies aren't doing," says
Godden. "All the companies in the world
are vying for the same market, and if we
don't have our own product, then we
can't exist."
In 1981 Godden entered the Royal
Winnipeg Ballet' School's professional
division, joining the company in 1984.
Founded in 1939 by Gweneth Lloyd and
Bettey Farrally, it is the longest continu-
ously operating ballet company in North
America.
The fact that everyone in the com-
pany, from the dancers to the wardrobe
department, have complete faith in his
vision, is still a bit of an amazement to
Godden.
"It's new ground for myself, and it's
new ground for all of us, because the
RWB has never done (a show like) this
before. So it's a little terrifying in that
sense, but, in another way, everyone,
especially myself, is intrigued to see how
this is going to go. "
And from tfie CfiarCatan maiC6ox. . ♦
It seems we have a dispute on our hands. Witness the following rebuttal to the contest answer that stated nobody survived
Reservoir Dogs, signed by some mysterious individuals who identify themselves only as "The Dogs:"
ATTN: ARTS EDITOR JAN 21/94
RE: Reservoir Dogs CD contest.
We would like to know what proof you have that no one was left standing at the end of Reservoir (sic) Dogs!
We beleive (sic) (True "Dog" fans) that Mr. Pink was not killed based on the background sounds at the end of the movie.
There is no way we know whether or not the gunshots in the background sound kill Mr. Pink.
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This
week:
Our Very
Favorite
Chinchilla
Names
1 . Sneakers
2. Lunch
3. Pedro
4. Jean-Paul
Sartre
5. Kiefer
6. River
7. Smedleu
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January 27, 1994 • The Charlatan ■ 19
The 1 nbreds
Hilario
PF Records (Independent)
1 nto a musical world of things grungy,
pierced and tattooed come the Inbreds, a
two-year-old, two-man outfit known as
"Kingston's Smallest Band."
The band draws its influences not from
the familiar breeding ground of Seattle
(thankfully), but from more traditional
sources, including the Beatles and ga-
rage rock.
The sound takes on its own unique
character, as the band uses a bass in
place of guitars to drive the melodies.
Hilario is a 21-song celebration of sound
technology, or lack thereof.
Some songs, like "Grandpa's Heater, "
are raw tributes to garage rock — you can
almost smell the gas fumes amid the
rough-and-tumble sound. A few songs
appear in theiroriginal four-track demo
form.
At the other end of the technological
scale is the mellow "Noah's Cage," where
singer/bassist Mike O'Neill overextends
the band's limited resources by harmo-
nizing sweetly with his thrice-
overdubbed voice.
Throughout, the band impresses
with its appealing songs. O'Neill's
compositions are tightly written
and laden with appealing hooks.
The revamped bass sound provides
a darkly poetic backdrop to the
proceedings.
This is one of the best independ-
ent discs I've heard and is well
worth picking up.
Sean Silcoff
Hilario
Hilario can be obtained by call-
ing 1-547-3703 or by writing Box
21003 Kingston, Ont, K7L ICO.
The Nothi ngheads
The Note
Independent
Noteworthy!
The Note is a musically worthy debut
for this refreshingly original local group.
The music on this album makes you
want to sing along. Its catchy melodies
and lyrics evoke emotional messages we
can all relate to.
The Nothingheads call upon the mu-
sical influences of folk, jazz, blues and
rock to create their own interpretation of
music which celebrates melody and
rhythm. The result is an aesthetically
pleasing, heartfelt style of music.
The recipe for this unadulterated col-
lection of songs rests upon acoustic gui-
tar rhythms flavored with tasteful elec-
tric guitar leads.
It's generously textured with melodic
bass lines and solid, creative drumming.
Finally, ifs topped off with meaningful
and sometimes humorous lyrics, sung
with character and feeling.
Expect no slick production, however.
The recording is raw, loose and honest,
free of the techniques of overproduction
employed in the dog-eat-dog industry of
As such, the band is true to itself,
although in live performances theirmu-
sic tends to be more dynamic and in-
tense.
Patrick White
Knocking Boots
Assimilated
Independent
Nursing a killer hangover and won-
dering how I got home from the Charity
Ball, I rolled out of bed on Sunday to the
sounds of Knocking Boots.
I thought I was listening to some band
out of Seattle, but was surprised to find
these talented guys are from Montebello,
Que.
This last summer, with the help of
Fumaceface's Marty Jones at Ottawa's
Sound of One Hand Studio, they put
together these four tracks that leave me
in anticipation of tour dates and new
releases.
It's strong, kickin' rock and roll from
our own backyard. Keep your ears open
for these guys.
Christopher Bell
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cross
by Jos6e Bellemare
Charlatan Start
The Thunderdome. I guess you can
imagine what this Hull club (located on
the infamous Hull strip) is like from its
name alone.
As I stood in line to get in one Friday
night, it sounded like there was a storm
inside. I was curious to see what was
behind these walls which shook from the
loud alternative music inside.
After paying $4,1 walked down a hall
to a small opening which consisted of a
barwith tables andchairsscatteredabout.
Black mannequin chests stood in comers
of the room with metal ropes chaining
them together.
People stood around a solitary pool
table and up against the walls, one of
which was decorated with posters of par-
ties and concerts.
I walked around the corner and down
the stairs to see a world 1 never thought
could exist in this humble city. It was a
world spray painted with blue, green and
multi-colored demons covering the walls
from top to bottom.
The place was packed with sweaty
bodies, some with colorful mohawks, oth-
ers with pierced ears, nipples, eyebrows
and belly buttons. In the centre of the
The Charlatan Pub Crawl Extravaganza
the river and to the dome
dance floor, there were a few men who
didn'twear shirts while they danced in a
frenzied rage.
Their long hair slashed the air as they
slam-danced into each other. Many other
people stood around the bar observing
the dance floor or talking with their
friends.
It seemed to be a place where every-
body knew each other, except for the
lone visitors standing off to the side,
perhaps there out of curiosity or just for a
beer.
The disc jockey was caged in this small
cubicle which resembled a jail. He didn't
seem very enthusiastic to hear my re-
quests. On my way to the washroom, 1
noticed there were open spaces to look
into the men's washroom. There was no
one in there when I first looked, so I
walked in to see what other surprises
awaited.
The men's washroom consists of a
large, open-spaced room with a few spray-
painted urinals stacked closely together
on one wall and a few others on another
wall. It seemed odd to use a huge vacant
space for a few urinals.
It was strange to see men going to the
bathroom without feeling self-conscious
even if women could peer at them while
they do their duties. I was glad to see
there were no holes in the walls of the
women's washroom.
My friend and I brought this guy with
us, who seemed indifferent about going
out to this club. About half an hour after
we arrived, he was suddenly in a very
good mood. He told me he just finished
consuming some mushrooms. Ifthisdrug
is taken in large doses, you're supposed
to hallucinate. He told me he took only a
small dose, which is supposed to liftyour
spirits. It made me wonder how many
other people in this club were on this
drug.
When I left this dub, I knew I wouldn't
come back. Even if you don't like punk, 1
advise you to go just for the experience. □
Warning: Overfiend is definitely not a date flick
by Rob Willbond
Charlatan SlaH
Urotsukidofi: Lege,
Overfiend
.Directed by Hideki Takayama
If you're planning a dinnerandmovie
date, Urotsukidoji: Legend of the Overfiend
may not be the proper film choice.
While containing some of the greatest
animation techniques seen in a long
time, the overkill of sex and violence
undermines the use of such a fascinating
art form.
The Mayfair's warning, "notforthose
who are sensitive, faint-hearted or politi-
cally correct," is indeed appropriate.
Plot is the greatest victim of this vio-
lence. This film is nominally about the
Chojin, or god of all gods, being reborn in
Osaka, [apan and setting about deliver-
ing peace to the three separate dimen-
sions.
These three dimensions: the human
world (Earth), the evil demon world (home
of the Makai), and the man-beast world
(home of the fyujinkai) must all become
united for this peace to come about.
Oddly enough, the instalment of this
Utopia means lots of big cheesy monsters
must battle, rape and have their way
with a multitude of defenceless human
females. Amidst this sexcapade, plot co-
hesion evaporates — not wishing to dis-
turb this crucial part of the story — re-
turning only to close the film.
Many will say this film is sexist. They
will be right. Are there no femaledemons
1 % Thought 1,0; sfliD ttbis wfi^
A DlS«fry Movi£ ??. '
out on the rape and pillage scene? The
target audience for the film is quite obvi-
ous: the big, bad ultra-cool male crowd.
If you thought Andrew Dice Clay was
bad, he is a mere babe in the woods
compared to the minds that created this
number.
As the story unfolds further, it trips
over itself a number of times. One mo-
ment the Chojin is good, the next he's
bad. Then the supposedly good fyujinkai
are bad and the demonic Makai are not
evil, but striving to preserve their already
acceptable world.
Cliches abound. The audience is
handed the overused idea that all evil
henchmen are idiotic and incompetent
as the failures of the Makai are produced.
To lighten things up after all the rapes
and murders, the animators throw in a
cheesy moral love message. Why?
At the screening I attended, it ap-
peared as though many people in the
theatre were growing bored with the ex-
cessive violence and shaky plot. They
showed their disdain by happily shout-
ing out opinionated, verbal critiques of
the movie. This live element added greatly
to a film that was growing stale.
The actual plot, once finally under-
stood, is lightly entertaining. The horror
element is weaker, relying more upon
visual effects than actually trying to
frighten through mystery or suspense*
The problem is that such an overload of
gore soon becomes bland. Will Japan
ever tire of big ego-tripping monsters
beating each other up?
Overall, Legend of the Overfiend is ex-
cellent in its technical use of animation.
It's too bad that what it depicts is such
poor male macho crap. Animation seems
to have so much unused potential, be it
wasted on Saturday morning television
to market cheap toys, or in non-main-
stream cinema to feed sick minds with
horrid images. What's wrong with a nor-
mal, non-ultra-violent animated film,
like Tim Burton's Nightmare BeforeChrist-
mas? Sometimes even extremes grow tire-
some. Q
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Six Degrees of Separation. The first 20 people to come up to The Charlatan office at 531
Unlcentre on F'lday, January 28 after 10am and can answer the following trivia
question will rec-'ive passes. Ask for Jill.
What T.V. series does Will Smith star In?
January 27, 1994 • The Charlatan • 21
DINING IN
White Trash livin': good food, good times
by Charmead Schella
Charlatan StaW
Okay. So you were home for Christ-
mas, sitting down to the feast of the year
and just as your Aunt Dorothy hands you
the turnip souffle, you
note thatyour mouth isn't
watering and your hand
is not shaking in antici-
pated delight.
Vou suddenly realize
you're just not digging the
home-cooked, market-
fresh food anymore. The
meals that made you
yearn for home only
months before now do
nothing to stimulate any
part ofyourbody, includ-
ing your taste buds.
You are dead to your
mother's vegetarian lasa-
gne; you are indifferent
to Aunt Rochelle's stuffed
comish hens; your Dad's
fettucini alfredo has be-
come a mockery in your
mind. You crave, instead,
the white trash food you
have become accustomed
to earing while living on
your own.
This realization was
surprisingly liberating to
me. I understood the seri-
ousness of my affliction
on the first day back in
Ottawa after the Christ-
mas break, It was then
that 1 embarrassingly
enough broke into a cold
sweat while trying to find
an opener for my can of
Chef Boy-ar-dee ravioli.
My roommate had put
the opener in an alien
kitchen drawer by mis-
take. The experience was
traumatic. I now keep can
openers in three rooms of
the house, in case such a
mishap repeats itself.
Watching my mom nearly lose her
mind preparing for Christmas dinner an
entire week before just seems so silly to
me, such an incredible waste of time. I
can think of about a million things she
could have been doing with that week
instead of planning what bowl to put the
home-made cranberry sauce into, and
devising a schedule as to how often the
turkey would need basting over a five-
The Potato Chip Sandwich
You never ate this good at home! It's a meal designed to satisfy even the most finicky tapeworm. (Clockwise from
top left)
Step 1: just got home from shopping. Let'ssee, got my fake bread, my fake butter, my fake beverage, some chips
and some ketchup. Lookin' good.
Step 2: Who needs jam when you've got margarine and ketchup?
Step 3: Don't scrounge on the chips! Remember, the key to making a good potato chip sandwich is plenty o'
them potato chips.
Step 4: It took almost forty seconds to make, but the wait was worth it. Just try going into Mama Teresa's and
ordering this!
PHOTOS BY ANDRE BELLE FEUILLE
hour stint.
White trash food is the answer. For the
uninitiated, white trash food and culture
encompass almost everything that is
tacky about North America, by which I
mean white bread sand-
wiches, country music,
Kentucky Fried Chicken™
and big shopping malls. I
am not suggesting this
generation has ceremo-
niously sprouted up to be
historically labelled "The
White Trash Generation."
On the contrary, I feel con-
fident in the assumption
that the white trash way
of life has been in play for
many decades and per-
haps even longer.
I find myself gazing
back through time, to the
great white trash moth-
ers and fathers, and I am
immediately serene.
William Faulkner, Loretta
Lynn, Tennessee
Williams, Dolly Parton
and, of course, Elvis
Presley all sang or wrote
about the glories of white
trash.
Today we have Lisa
Germano, Bruce Spring-
steen, John Cougar, Gord
Downey, k.d. long,
Melissa Etheridge and, of
course, Neil Young, who
teach us all to appreciate
the value and necessity of
white trash in our lives.
I imagine you all have
a fairly fundamental
knowledge of white trash
food, but to delve deeper
into the realms it encases,
I have included a few no-
nonsense, fool-proof reci-
pes (for those like me, who
are virtually useless in the
kitchen).
£'i P. J] !_ ^_v_?!_ 1LS_ t !?_°_s_? J] ?_n_dy White Trash recipes!
THE POTATO CHIP SANDWICH
(to end all potato chip sandwiches)
2 slices of Wonder bread
1 200-gram bag of plain, thin-cut po-
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tato chips
margarine (preferablyyellow-colored)
ketchup (though mustard, mayon-
naise and relish all work just as well)
■ Spread margarine evenly across one
_ side of each bread slice. Spread a gener-
I ous portion of the ketchup (or whatever
| turns your crank) over the margarine.
| Proceed to add as many potato chips on •
I top of the ketchup as you are able. Put
■ pieces of bread together, squash every-
I thing down until all potato chips are
| broken, and enjoy.
This recipe shouldn't take more than
about one and a half minutes to prepare.
Serves one. (It is recommended that jolt™
Cola be served with the sandwich.)
MACARONI AND CHEESE DINNER
1 bag pasta elbows
1 jar processed cheese spread
salt
pepper
ketchup (optional)
Boil water in a pot (hot pot or conven-
tional stove pot). Add pasta elbows when
water is boiling. Stir occasionally, until
the pasta is soft, yet still slightly firm
(soggy pasta is BAD). Strain out excess
water, and return macaroni to the warm
element. Add cheese generously. When
the processed cheese has all melted, and
is no longer in the shape of the jar it came
in, you know your macaroni and cheese
dinner is ready for serving. Add salt,
pepper, and ketchup to taste. Prepara-
tion time is no more than about 15 to 20
minutes. Serves about four, depending
on how hungry you are.
BEEFARONI
22 • The Charlatan • January 27, 1994
1KK1IS AT TICKITMASTER RES .: 7S5-1 1 1 1, RECORDS ON WHillS. SHAKE RECORDS AND UNICEN1R! STORE.
1 Box Kraft Dinner™
1 pound o' ground beef
1 can spaghetti sauce
Prepare Kraft Dinner™ as per box in-
I structions. Mix in pre-warmed spaghetti
| sauce and pre-cooked groundbeef. Serves
| four hungry lumberjacks.
J Try these handy little recipes; hell,
• have a white trash food party! This food
I is fine for survival, but it is, as is any-
| thing, more fun with two. White trash is
| notjustacruel-joke-tumed-culrural-phe-
| nomenon, it's a way of life. Give me
^vhite trash, or give me death.
Thursday, January 27
With a name like Mindfunk, you
can't go wrong. This California-based
band from Sausalito is playing tonight at
the Thunderdome in Hull, along with
The Mad from Toronto. Tickets are $8 at
the usual independent music outlets or
$10 at the door.
Freaks: A Circus Tale with Music is
best described as, well, a circus tale with
music. It's playing tonight through Feb.
S at the NAC Atelier at 8 p.m.
The Royal Winnipeg Ballet is pre-
senting several works by their resident
choreographer Mark Godden, in the
National Arts Centre Opera tonight
until Jan. 29 at 8 p.m. Tickets range from
$22 to $47.50.
Friday, January 28
This afternoon's free noon-time con-
cert at Carleton's Alumni Theatre fea-
tures the happy pianos of Miguel Sosa
and Satoko Ho)o.
Lowest of the Low return to the
nation's capital, this time to the Pen-
guin. Tickets are $8 in advance and can
be picked up at the Penguin. Warning to
audience members and bouncers: duck!
Much Ado About Nothing, that wacky
Shakespearean film featuring Kenneth
Branagh, plays at the Bytowne tonight
at 9:15 p.m.
Me, Mom and Morgentaler, con-
trary to rumors, have not broken up.
They are, as it were, playing, along with
Pigfarm, at Thunderdome. Cover is a
mere $7.
Maria Hawkins and the All-Stars
are playing tonight and tomorrow
eveningatthe Whipping Poston Rideau
Street.
You have two chances to catch the
uniquely Canadian sounds of the
Grevious Angels. They're playing to-
night and tomorrow at Zaphod's.
Saturday, January 29
More fun and adventure are to be had
at Porter Hall this evening at 8 p.m.
CKCU and CHUO are doing the fundraiser
thing with D.J. D-Vine and D.J. Mike,
spinning funk, hip hop, reggae and
house. Cover is $6.
Stone Soul Picnic, fresh from their
triumph at the Charity Ball, are at the
Penguin this evening.
Fat Man Waving plays the Down-
stairs Club tonight.
Enjoy mindless violence? Missed last
week's screenings of Uwtsukidoji: Legend
of the Overfiendl Never fear: the Mayfalr
is screening [ohn Woo's cult film The
Killer
The Mayfair warns: "projectile firing
toys or actual firearms are strictly forbid-
den in the theatre." 1 guess that means
you can bring your cap guns and play
along.
Sunday, January 30
Some free stuff in Carleton's Alumni
Theatre tonight at 8 p.m. Elisabeth
Pomes, a soprano-type singer, accom-
panied on piano by Peter Tiefenbach.
Blue Rodeo is at Centrepointe
Theatre this evening at 8 p.m. Tickets
are an astronomical $26.75. ($26.75 for
Blue Rodeo? I don 't think so. Wait for one of
their cheap gigs.-ed.)
If you'd rather do something on the
cheap, you can always head on down to
the Duke of Somerset and listen to the
Celtic bar sounds of Jimmy George.
Monday, January 31
Hungry? Wouldn't you enjoy a nice
snack? This week's Charlatan snack tip is
Peanut Butter and Jam Rollies™.
To make these Rollies, get four slices
of fresh, enriched white bread (the stuff
with all the chemicals), wrap them in
Saran Wrap™ and put them in the fridge
for 30 minutes. Then take them out and
unwrap them, cut off all the crusts (give
them to the birdies) and smear gobs of
peanut butter and strawberry jam on one
side of each "bread" slice. Roll them up,
with the peanut butter and jam on the
inside. Eat. Serves four.
Tuesday, February 1
As us Ottawa Valley types like to say
at the beginning of each month, "White
rabbit! " And what better way to celebrate
the first of the month than with a good
book, recommended by Charlatan pro-
duction manager Kevin McKay.
This week, the tireless McKay takes
note of Tim O'Brien's The Things They
Carried: " It's a collection of short stories
and anecdotes about growing up in the
American heartland and going off to
Vietnam." Coming from someone who
volunteered for five tours of duty in ' Nam,
this is high praise indeed.
British Columbia's Dancecorps is
presenting two works by its co-artistic
director Harvey Meller this evening at
8:30 p.m. in the National Arts Centre
Theatre. Tickets are $15 and $20.
Wednesday, February 2
Not only is it Groundhog Day, but
the Waltons are at the Penguin this
evening. Oh, could this be my life?
John Hiatt is at the Centrepointe
Theatre tonight at 8 p.m. Tickets are
$27.50, but we're hoping this includes a
catered seafood buffet.
On/nAMellowTone(CKCU93.1 FM
at 9 p.m.), jazz great Stan Getz is profiled
by Bill Hartnett.
Tonight on TV Ontario at 10:30 p.m. is
Part Four of The Future, a 1 2-part series
focusing on the implications of the colli-
sion between art and technology. Topics
covered on the show range from compu-
terized photo manipulation technology
to the new field of interactive and partici-
patory art. It's worth a look.
Thursday, February 3
Stay home. Study. Enjoy a nice Peanut
Butter and jam Rollie™
Or, as always, the Hammerheads
are playing at the Pit.
Friday, February 4
Correction
Despite whatwe said last weekC . .and this one isn't worth f™*™*®^
the Kama Sutra is actually an Indian love manual. The Charlatan apologizes to the
people of India for any inconvenience this may have caused.
are in the mood for some good, old-time
student protest stuff, head on down to the
Unicentrethisaftemoonforl2hoursof
music and demonstration. Halt the Hike
gets underway at noon in Rooster's
with Heather Farrow, Fear and
Loathing (two guys from the Freeway
Band) and Mark Wilson and the
Heavy Brothers.
There'll be speakers and music there
until 3 p.m., when you can assemble in
Porter Hall to march to the admin
building where there'll hopefully be
much civil disobedience.
But wait, there's more! Go to Porter
Hall at 6 p.m. for a free concert, featur-
ing DJs, speakers and the soothing sounds
of Jerry-built, Belfast Cowboys, Elec-
tric Embryo, Fishtalesand headliners
Black Triangle.
If you're tired of tuition hikes and With He|P From Kaleem W. Khan
If you have an event you want to appear in
this handy calendar, you can drop your
announcement off at The Charlatan, Room
531 Unicentre during regular business hours
or you can fax us at 788-4051.
Announcements must be in by the Friday
before publication.
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by Charlatan Election Team Staff «0lirnri JF ■■•■^•■^•^
by Charlatan Election Team _..
The CUSA election race is now in full
swing and thousands of faces are trying
to win your vote. To help sort through the
schmoozing and campaigning, The Char-
fafanhas assembled profilesof the candi-
dates for president and finance commis-
sioner.
PRESIDENT — LLOYD BARRY
Lloyd Barry could not be reached for
commentby Wednesday at 7p.m. (Where
areyou Lloyd? If you exist, giveusacall. - ed.)
PRESIDENT —
BRENDA KENNEDY
by Michael Mainville
Brenda Kennedy is co-ordinator of the
Foot Patrol and a fourth-year anthropol-
ogy student. She served as co-chairof the
CUSA women's issues committee in 1 991-
92 and chair in 1992-93.
Kennedy says she hopes to open a
student-run food bank on campus, which
would be funded by the Ottawa Food
Bank.
Kennedy says sheiswaryof corporate
sponsorship on campus and thatwhile it
is desirable in some cases, "you have to
be careful with the type of corporations, "
such as those with records of environ-
mental problems.
Kennedy says she is also concerned
aboutthe perks available to CUSA execu-
tives. These include free parking, unlim-
ited coffee, tea or hot chocolate at Roost-
er's and gold CUSA rings.
"I think it really presents a bad face to
students when they have to see the ex-
ecutive prancing around with their $700
CUSA rings or whatever they cost," says
Kennedy. (According to CUSA finance
commissioner Rene Faucher, the rings
cost $273 each.)
Kennedy says her main goal is "to give
a voice back to students. " She says a lot of
students don't feel CUSA is a voice for
their concerns, such as poor housing,
high tuition, safety on campus, and poor
OC Transpo service.
PRESIDENT—
TODD MCALLISTER
by Man Skinner
"CUSA has to take its head out of the
sandand start looking for corporate spon-
sorship," says Todd McAllister, who is
running for CUSA president and the uni-
versity's board of governors.
McAllister, a second-year political sci-
ence student, says corporate sponsorship
and corporate donations are "the wave
of the future."
He says he thinks a new Unicentre,
owned by CUSA, could be built with the
help of corporate sponsors. Restaurant
and merchandise franchises would gen-
erate enough revenue to help the opera-
tion and maintenance of such a centre,
he says.
McAllister says he would have no prob-
lems with the new CUSA union, but thinks
it may have been forced on the employ-
ees.
McAllister, who is also running for the
board of governors, says he thinks it
would be "ludicrous" forsomeone to run
for president and not for the board.
PRESIDENT —
ELAINE SILVER
by Brent Oowdall
Elaine Silver says she is running for
president for the third time because she
thinks "change has not been affected."
Silver, president of the debating soci-
ety and an undergraduate board of gov-
ernors representative, says she plans to
slash the president's honorarium from
$ 18,000 to $ 10,000 and put that money
back into services, clubs and societies.
"Our primary goal should be promot-
ing student activity through clubs and
societies and services," she says.
Silver says she plans to start a food
bank anda sexual assault support centre
on campus. She also says she plans to put
aside money for a Unicentre expansion.
"It's proposed and is waiting to happen,"
she says.
Silver says she has "made things hap-
pen on campus," such as organizing an
open forum between students and senior
administrators in November and help-
ing to make the debating society "thriv-
ing."
She says she wants to find new sources
of revenue, such as corporate sponsor-
ship, to keep tuition fees down to an
increase no more than the rate of infla-
tion, which is about two per cent. Silver
is also running for re-election to the board.
PRESIDENT—
RICHARD STANTON
by Mario Carlucci
'Carleton University should attract
more corporate investment to help re-
duce the cost of education, says Richard
Stanton, a presidential candidate who's
also running for the board of governors.
The former president of the Rideau
River Residence Association says he will
start an internship program with local
businesses so university students can gain
work experience.
Stanton says he's in favor of improv-
ing campus safety with more lighting,
safety phones and more use of the de-
partment of university safety's courtesy
van by letting the Foot Patrol operate it.
"I just want to keep them (the univer-
sity) focused on it and keep going in that
direction."
Stanton says he will treat CUSA's new
employee union fairly.
"I'd like to keep it as civil as possible,
yet cutting the best deal for the associa-
tion. We can't necessarily offer to the
union what we don't have the resources
for."
Stanton says he's in favor of a plan to
have a light rail system run through
campus.
Stanton says it is vital for the CUSA
president to put well-organized pressure
on the board of governors.
"We need more of a voice on BOG.
Two representatives there isn't enough,"
says Stanton. He says students have to
properly inform BOG members of their
concerns and then provide alternative
approaches to problems.
FINANCE COMMISSIONER — ROB
IAMIESON
by Brent Oowdall
Rob Jamieson says he doesn't have
any major projects he wants to enact as
finance commissioner, but wants to im-
prove the current services run by CUSA.
jamieson, this year's vice-president
internal, says he has looked at CUSA's
budgets since 1987. He says the high rent
charges paid by CUSA to the university
administration have been hurting the
association's ability to make money and
provide services.
jamieson says he will ask council and
if it wants to spend money, between
$5,000 and $7,000, on business consult-
ants to advise CUSA on how to improve
the association's business operations.
He says he'd like to get more bulk
foods in the Unicentre store, and open a
food bank if space can be found for it.
He adds that he wouldn't want to
bring in too many new businesses. He
gives the example of York University,
which he says has a mall which has
"been a bust" financially.
HesayscorporatesponsorshipofCUSA
events such as orientation is good, but
wouldn'twant it "on a day-to-day basis."
FINANCE COMMISSIONER _
ROBERT KISIELEWSKI
by Brent Oowdall
Robert Kisielewski withdrew his name
three days into the campaign on Feb. 2
because he says the campaign spending
has gone out of control and can't stand
how "childish" this race has been.
"Other candidates and people affili-
ated with other candidates are pulling
down posters," says Kisielewski. "That
shouldn't happen in a university envi-
ronment and especially with people who
are trying to represent the student body, "
he says.
Kisielewski estimates that it would cost
$ 1,000 to run a competitive campaign.
"The expense is ridiculous. It's three
days into the race and I've already spent
$350 on posters."
"This school is so apathetic that peo-
ple vote on the amount of posters, and
the design of posters and quality of post-
ers."
FINANCE COMMISSIONER —
TREVOR MULZER
by Brent Oowdall
Trevor Mulzer says he wants students
to get more value for their CUSA dollars.
The finance commissioner candidate says
he "is dedicated to a zero fee increase."
Mulzer, a former vice-president of the
Rideau River Residence Association and
fourth-year commerce student, says
Unicentre expansion is something he's
interested in, but only if the price is right.
"It (Unicentre expansion) would be
nice, but not at the expense of raising
student fees," he says.
Mulzer says CUSA has to make the
services it provides work better, by evalu-
ating how the services are being used,
how effective they are and by doing a
study of the people that use them. He also
says there has to be better promotion of
the services through pamphlets and bet-
ter signs.
FINANCE COMMISSIONER —
WENDY STEWART
by Andrea Wiebe
Wendy Stewart, a third-year econom-
ics major, says she took three and a half
years off after high school, which pro-
vided her with work experience that would
help her as finance commissioner.
She says her experience includes man-
aging a bar and helping to finance two
small companies.
Stewart was CUSA's financial review
committee chair for the summer and
fall/winter terms. The committee reviewed
the year's budget during the summer.
Stewart says she would like to stream-
line the finances by buying office sup-
pliesin bulk, rather than having employ-
ees buy them individually.
Stewart says she would like to see
CUSA more financially self-sufficient to
reduce student fees. She supports build-
ing a new Unicentre which would be
owned by CUSA instead of administra-
tion, and would like to see businesses,
such as a grocery store, on campus. □
Man assaults woman on
OC Transpo bus
by Charlatan Siatf
A Carleton student was assaulted by a
man on a Route 7 bus on her way to
campusaround2p.m. on Thursday, Jan.
27.
The woman was standing in the aisle
of the full bus when a man began rub-
bing himself againsther, according loan
orange safety poster issued by the univer-
sity. She tried pushing him away, but the
man persisted.
The man began rubbing himself
against another woman after the first
woman found a free seat. He got off at the
Dunton Tower bus stop.
According to the description of the
man on the poster, he has a dark com-
plexion, thin build and is about five foot
five and 140 pounds. He has dark hair, a
scraggly beard and was wearing a long
dark coat, bright yellow shirt and a
checkered hat.
Len Boudreault, assistant director of
Carleton's department of university
safety, says he's not sure why no one
else on the crowded bus intervened in the
situation. "Either no one saw it, orno one
decided to take any action," he says.
Boudreault says the first woman the
man rubbed himself against came to the
department along with a witness.
He says the incident is "under active
investigation" by the Ottawa Police. □
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The Charlatan rates CUSA politicians
by Brent Dowdall and Mike Peters
Charlatan CUSA Spies .
Elect me! Elect me!
That's a familiar sound ringing
throughout the hallowed halls of Carle-
ton this week as the CUSA election gets
under way.
Campaigning officially started |an.
31 and voting takes place Feb. 8-10.
And some of those councillors who
were elected last year are begging for
votes again.
So, The Charlatan has prepared a little
guide to what people have done and how
they've done it in that theatre of the
mind (or the absurd): council meetings.
This isn't an endorsement or rejec-
tion of anyone. It's just one person's
sense of what your representatives who
are running again have done this year
on council.
Todd McAllister is the only arts rep-
resentative running for president. He's
been all over the map this year ideologi-
cally and slides back and forth between
the right and left wings of council. He
opposed a fee increase for the Canadian
Federation of Students in a referendum
last fall but he has also supported most
students' requests for conference funds.
Vice-president internal Rob
Jamieson is the only councillor running
for finance commissioner. Cabinet soli-
darity has been Jamieson's forte this year
— he and CUSA President Lucy Watson
have been like two executive peas in a
pod on everything from supporting the
Canadian Federation of Students' fee-
hike to going behind closed doors at
meetings.
Councillors running again in arts and
social sciences:
Ryan Butt: Butt is a diligent, rela-
tively harmless councillor who regularly
attends CUSA council. He doesn't say or
do many dumb things, but he doesn't
stand out in the crowd either.
Christian Dalloire: Newly elected
in November's byelection, Dallaire
hasn't said much at his first three meet-
ings and is still trying to become more
familiar with the ebb and flow of CUSA
council.
John Edwards: Much unloved by
the executive and some other council-
lors, Edwards can sometimes take his
self-appointed role as executive opposi-
tion too seriously. He has done silly things
that don't prove anything (\ike trying to
read the entire 28-page decision of the
Ontario Labor Relations Board at a Nov.
16 council meeting). But he provides
good entertainment and he's kept the
by Mike Peters
Charlatan Staff
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Michael Barbour
Left-centre
None
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
Depends
the candidates running 1
Colin Berts
Left
Liberal
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
for CUSA council eight |
Ryan Butt
questions.
Christian Dallaire
Centre
Liberal
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
LEANING: Where are J
Judy Dominick
Centre
None
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
No
you on the political spec- ■
fohn Edwards
Centre-right
Liberal
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
trum?
Loretto Estay
N/C
N/C
No
N/C
N/C
No
Yes
Yes
AFFILIATION: Are |
Tom Golem
Centre
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Depends
you affiliated with any ■
Stephen Huycke
political party?
Heather Jenkins
Centre
PC
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
FRAT/SOR.:Do you J
Bryan Jones
Centre-right
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
Yes
belong to a fraternity or 1
Kevin Lacey
Centre
PC
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
sorority?
Ryan Lam
Centre
None
No
N/C
N/C
Yes
Yes
Yes
OPEN DOOR: Do you |
Pierre Leduc
Centre-right
N/C
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
support Carleton's open ■
Travis Lindgren
Depends
No
No
Und.
No
No
Yes
Yes
admissions policy? J
David MacDonald
UNION: Do you sup- 1
Corey MuMhill
port the newly-formed |
CUSA employees' union? 1
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CUSA and administra- 1
Scott Pare
Jon Postner
lanReay
Wendy Reid
John Wayne Ross
Chris Sdinurr
Centre
Right
Centre
Centre
Right
No
PC
None
None
PC
No
No
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Und.
No
Und.
No
No
Und.
No
No
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
tion services?
Perry Simpson
None
None
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
INVESTMENT: Are |
Renee Twaddle
Centre-left *
None
No
Yes
Yes
No
Und.
Und.
you in favor of coporate ■
Shaun Vardon
Centre
None
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
investment on campus? J
Sandy Wakeling
None
None
No
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
SPONSORSHIP:Do ■
Ryan Ward
Right-centre
Liberal
No
Yes
No
No
Yes
Depends
you support corporate 1
•Twaddle gave this response, but also told a
Charlatan reporter anyone who knows her knows that
sponsorship of CUSA |
she is "totally left wing", but she doesn't want to "scare off voters.
events? □
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Und. = undecided
executive on its toes with his constant
badgering against executive perks and
. CFS.
Tom Golem: Golem isn't aligned
with anyone on council. He doesn't
take on the executive too much (perhaps
because he wants to be one someday),
but isn't that cosy with them either. He's
usually the one proposing amendments
to try to bridge differences between coun-
cillors on motions. He's either a great
conciliator or someone who can't make
up his mind.
Bryan Jones: Not a vocal councillor,
Jones attends most meetings as a warm
body for quorum. When pressed, Jones
usually comes down on the side of mind-
ing CUSA's money closely on items like
conference requests.
In architecture, Sheldon Baker has
been acclaimed. Baker is probably the
most pro-executive councillor of them
all. He abstained on impeaching an arts
rep who hadn't made a meeting all year
in September because he said stringent
attendance requirements would make it
difficult for busy architecture students to
make meetings. He's made every meet-
ing.
In commerce, Brian Cormier has
been acclaimed. He was just elected in
November and hasn't stood out at coun-
cil yet.
Journalism students will have to wait
until a by-election in the fall for an elected
representative. Fourth-year journalism
student Peter Nogalo, the only student
to hand in a nomination form, was dis-
qualified by Elections Carleton after it
was discovered that his nomination form
contained two unsuitable signatures.
Nogalo says one signature was from a
student that did not belong to the school
of journalism. The other student signa-
ture had an incorrect student number.
There were no nominations for sci-
ence, computer science, industrial de-
sign or for a special student seat.
James Rilett, chief electoral officer for
Elections Carleton, says interim repre-
sentatives will be appointed by CUSA
following the election.
The byelection for a journalism repre-
sentative and other vacant positions will
take place next fall. □
Students rally against hikes at BOG meeting
by Franco D'Orazio
Charlatan Staff
Armed with balloons and orange plac-
ards, 40 students marched through the
tunnels to a board of governors meeting
Jan. 26 to protest a potential increase in
tuition fees.
Theirbattlecriesof'No more fee hikes"
and "Hell, no, we won't go," reverberated
through the underground passages and
piqued the curiosity of several university
administrators as the protestors entered
the administration building. The admin-
istrators tried to ignore the protestors
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motion was about.
But the university's governors could
not ignore the students once they reached
the meeting. Some governors seemed
perplexed at the sight of students stand-
ing in front of the coffee machine and
drinking all of the canned juices.
During the meeting, the governors
reworded and tabled a motion presented
by Lucy Watson, president of the Carle-
ton University Students' Association and
also an undergraduate representative on
the board.
The motion asked the board to direct
Carleton President Robin Farquhar to
withdraw his support of the Council of
Ontario Universities' tuition fee reform
proposal.
The proposal, introduced last July,
suggests Ontario universities hike tuition
by up to 50 per cent by the 1 995-96 school
year.
The proposal also suggests that uni-
versity students get government-spon-
sored loans to cover the cost of their
education. The loan must be repaid after
graduation, with a set percentage of the
graduate's annual income collected
through the income tax system.
KristineHaselsteiner, CUSA vice-presi-
dent external, says the program means
The Charlatan ■ February 3, 1994
students will pay more for their educa-
tion because it allows universities to in-
crease tuition. She also says the interest
charges under the loan plan can accu-
mulate over a repayment period of many
years.
The motion also called for Watson
and Farquhar to "communicate on tui-
tion policy issues which have a direct
affect (sic) on the student body."
Many governors were not pleased to
be confronted with the motion.
Lloyd Stanford, a governor, pleaded
with the students for "a chance to sleep
on" the motion, while governor Iris Craig
questioned the validity of introducing a
motion which had not been passed
through a board committee.
Samuel Hughes, chair of the board's
nominating committee, told the students
he "cannot vote against the interests of
this university." Several governors ar-
gued they could not vote on the motion
because they were unaware of the coun-
cil's proposal.
But Elaine Silver, the other under-
graduate representative on the board,
scoffed at this, explaining that the loan
reform policy had been discussed in the
media. "We're not ignorant," she said.
RALLY cont'd, pg.5.
Students changing The Peppermill s faces
hu Parnn Watt I ■ ■
by Caron Watt
Chaflatan Slatf
There moy be a change of atmosphere
in the Unicentre's Peppermill Cafeteria
by next September, says Carleton's hu-
man rights educator.
Jane Keeler saysacasual glance atthe
Peppermill's "warehouse ambience"
reveals a sea of 15 white faces, only two
of which are women, and the majority
are American. Mahatma Ghandi is the
only non-white face on the walls.
"I know there were a number of peo-
ple talking about (the lack of diversity),
especially when the pictures were first
put up," says Keeler, who is one of the
judges in a contest designed to put some
fresh faces on the cafeteria's walls.
"People started getting uptight about
the pictures" about one year after the
Peppermill was re-decorated in the fall of
1991, says James lohnston, assistant di-
rector of food services and liquor opera-
tions at the department of housing and
food services.
The contest opened to students, staff
and faculty Jan. 28 and runs until Feb.
18. The winners will be announced March
1.
"What we're hoping is that people
will take into account a better mix, im-
ages that represent where we are, repre-
sent who we are, who's eating there,"
says Keeler. "I certainly would like to see
more Canadians," she says.
However, some Carleton students in
the Peppermill didn't notice the lack of
Canadian or female faces. "It really
doesn't bother me at all who's up there,"
said J.P. Torunski, a first-year computer
science student. "I don't come here for
the pictures."
The department of housing and food
services offered a vacant space on the
wall to the Centre for Aboriginal Educa-
tion, Research and Culture last January
to celebrate the centre's opening, says
Students bicker over who gets the last canned orange juice while waiting
for their board of governors. By ail estimates, the rally protesting tuition
hikes on fan. 26 was both filling and fun.
RALLY cont'd from pg. 4.
After much debate, the governors
amended Watson's motion, removing
all reference to the council's proposal
and replacing it with one which will
"direct the finance committee to give
considerable way to the concerns ex-
pressed by the students" present at the
meeting.
Ivan Fellegi, the governor who pro-
posed the amendment, told the visiting
students that "there are a variety of pres-
sures on the university which need to be
balanced."
The board voted to refer the motion to
its finance committee, which will meet in
a closed session on March 16. It will
decide if the board should consider the
motion.
Students at the meeting told the gov-
ernors they were opposed to the possibil-
ity of the board raising tuition fees. Sev-
eral student organizations expect the
Ontario government to announce some
hme in the upcoming weeks large in-
creases in the ceiling it sets for university
tuition fees. The Canadian Federation of
Students estimates the increase will be
between 10 and 20 per cent.
Carleton's board of governors will be
allowed to raise tuition up to the amount
legislated by the province, but the uni-
versity is not required to follow the prov-
ince's guideline.
Tuition fees at Carleton have risen 23
per cent over the past three years.
"Tuition fees are going through the
roof, " said Gary Baines, who released the
balloons he was holding to illustrate his
point.
At the meeting, Richard Stanton
pleaded with the governors not to raise
tuition fees any higher. Stanton, who is
working on his second degree, is running
for both CUSA president and undergradu-
ate board rep in the upcoming CUSA
elections.
"Carleton means a lot to me," he said.
"Please do not squeeze us out. Please do
not sacrifice us just to make ends meet.
You have to find anotheraltemauve," he
told the governors.
Several students were disappointed by
the board's actions.
"The board has shirked its responsi-
bilities to the students," said Theresa
Cowan, director of services for CUSA.
Cowan, who helped organize the rally,
described the board's response as "a
brush-off."
Watson described the governors as
"stubborn." She said the board was "un-
able to take a stand on anything. But
we'll have something to say when in-
creases in tuition fees are announced."
Several governors, including Stanford
and Fellegi, said they sympathized with
the students. But many said nothing,
and after the protestors left the meeting,
a few got out of their seats and made a
break for the coffee machine. □
Wflh files (ram Bartley Kives
Madeleine Dion Stout, director of the
centre.
She says she proposed Chief Dan
George and aboriginal artist Buffy Sainte-
Marie as alternatives.
Johnston says he had a letter "hand-
delivered" to Sainte-Marie, asking for a
photo to put up in the Peppermill, but he
couldn't get a picture which would look
good after it was enlarged to poster size.
Finding posters of Canadians may be
difficult, says Keeler, because "the com-
panies are very American-dominated."
Robjamieson, vice-president internal
of the Carleton University Students' As-
sociation, is also judging the contest. He
says he thinks the contest will reflect
what students want.
"When (the lack of diversity) was
brought to my attention it made me
think about it and I said 'Shit, you're
right,'" he says. "If students would rather
see (other) people up there, then let's put
them up there."
But one Peppermill customerisn'tsure
Canadian culture will be appreciated on
the walls. "If they put up only Canadi-
ans, no one would know who the fuck
they are," says Sonja Clark, a second-
year psychology major.
Some suggestions from an informal
poll of students in the Peppermill in-
cluded Wayne Gretzky, Margaret Atwood,
Laura Secord and Mother Theresa.
Contest forms are available at the
CUSA office in the Unicentre and the
Peppermill, and can be submitted to any
of the cashiers, says Keeler.
There will be three prizes, each includ-
ing 575 cash, meal certificates and a
Carleton mug.
Keeler says the judges will use broad
criteria to choose the winners. "We're
looking for variety, more representative-
ness . . . it's pretty wide open," she says.
She says she expects an increase in
female, minority and Canadian faces on
the cafeteria walls. "Almost anything
will be an improvement, " says Dion Stout.
Housing and food services is footing
the bill for the new decor. Between J 1 ,000
and $ 2,000 has been set aside for the new
posters, says Johnston. □
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NATIONAL AFFAIRS
U of O prof reprimanded for remarks
by Jos6e Bellemare
Charlatan Start
A University of Ottawa professor has
been warned not to express controversial
opinions in his class after an investiga-
tion into remarks he made last month.
A three-week investigation of the
teaching practices of sociology professor
Paul Lamy followed a complaint by Joel
Duff, a second-year sociology student at
U of O, that Lamy made homophobic
remarks in class.
Duff wrote a letter to the dean of the
faculty of social sciences claiming Lamy
said, "You call them bisexuals, I call
them psychopaths, " during a lecture Jan.
4.
The dean, Henry Edwards, repri-
manded Lamy in a statement following
the investigation released Jan. 28.
"I have taken measures provided for
in the collective agreement by sending
Professor Lamy a letter explicitly direct-
ing him to re-
frain from ex-
pressing non-
academic per-
sonal opinions
which are likely
to have coun-
terproductive
effects on the
students," said
Edwards in a
press release.
If Lamy does
not comply
with the warning, the collective agree-
ment between the university and its fac-
ulty allows the dean to recommend the
suspension or dismissal of the professor.
Lamy says he will stop injecting opin-
ion into his lectures, but doesn't see the
justice of having his personal views re-
stricted to his private fife.
"I have my freedom from the Charter
of Rights and Freedoms and I have the
freedom to say what 1 want," he says.
Lamy says it's not possible for a pro-
fessor to be sensitive to every point of
view and that his remarks about bisexu-
als were oversimplified.
"I'm a very controversial person," he
says. "But that doesn't mean I have mal-
ice."
Some of the students who complained
about Lamy seemed satisfied about the
investigation's outcome.
Meredith Lilly, a first-year sociology
student in Lamy's class, says she is pleased
with the decision restricting his personal
opinions in class.
"All we wanted was unfounded opin-
ions to be left out of the classroom," she
says. "I do not
want to impose
on Professor
Lamy's aca-
demic freedom,
provided that
opinions that
aren't backed
by valid studies
are left out of
the classroom."
"I think the
— ■ dean has acted
effectively,"
agrees Duff.
Lamy says the restrictions imposed
upon professors speaking about their per-
sonal views in a classroom is j ust a "pass-
ing fad."
"Things will change," he says. "What
you see now is an extreme."
Lamy says ■
he thinks the
rules at univer-
sities about re-
vealing per-
sonal bias are
becoming ri-
diculous com-
pared to 10 or
15 years ago.
He says he's
afraid that stu-
dents "can take
a free shot" at
"All we wanted
was unfounded
opinions to be left
out of the
classroom," says
Lilly.
"I'm a very
controversial
person," Lamy says.
"But that doesn't
mean I have malice."
professors and not get charged for mak-
ing false accusations.
But Duff says he thinks people have
neglected the main issue at stake by
focusing on academic freedom. He says
the problem is a lack of valid evidence
behind Lamy's views.
"I respect Lamy's right to freedom of
speech, but 1 don't respect his right to
spread unfounded intolerance," he says.
Daiva Stasiulis, a Carleton sociology
professor, says she finds Lamy's remarks
offensive and inappropriate.
"It's not possible to express every point
of view on every subject, " she says, "(but)
what is possible and necessary to do is to
ensure that one does not express views
that are hurtful to any social group
whether defined by sexuality, race, gen-
der, or any other grounds."
Stasiulissays sociology professors are,
like everyone else, covered under the
Charter and Rights and Freedoms. But
she says they also have to respect human
rights legislation and provisions in the
Criminal Code which pertain to hatred
against minorities.
— "I believe
that the state-
ments he has
made are irre-
sponsible in the
sense that he is
expressing his
own personal
prejudices
against ... bi-
sexuals," she
says.
"I do not see
any connection
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Charlatan Slatff
A new program offered by
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Conestoga College aims to cre-
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demic.
Conestoga College, a com-
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"I certainly applaud any initiative to
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Peter Desbarats, dean of the Univer-
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"We think it makes more sense for
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Western attempted a program with
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regard to their journalism program, but
unfortunately nothing came of it, says
Desbarats.
"It was difficult to see how the two
programs could collaborate. We are a
graduate program, and they are only a
community college. There's a bigger gap
that separates graduate programs and
community colleges," says Desbarats.
Gary Anandasangaree, director of
academics for the Carleton University
Students' Association, says he thinks a
joint program is a great idea.
"Students coming out of high school
don't always know what they want to do
and this type of program gives them the
opportunity toexplore other things, " says
Anandasangaree." Q
between the statements he had made
which express these prejudices and le-
gitimate debates in sociology pertaining
to sexuality, family and state entitle-
ments." □
Int'l students
under the gun
at U of Calgary
by Slobhan Thomas
T/rs GaunfcL University ot CatgBty
CALGARY — A University of Calgary
discussion paper has gained serious at-
tention aftersuggesting foreign students
should pay 100 per cent of their educa-
tion at the university.
The paperwas released in early Janu-
ary by associatevice-presidentacademic
Titus Mathews as part of an effort to
come up with unique ideas for
combatting funding cuts from the pro-
vincial government.
Itsuggests charging international stu-
dents about 510,000 per year instead of
the current 54, 128. This would cover all
direct, indirect and overhead costs of the
students' education.
"It's one of the many options we're
looking at to try and generate increased
revenue," says Murray Fraser, the uni-
versity's president. "The university ben-
efits by the presence of foreign students,
but we also have to look at imaginative
ways to increase revenue generation and
that's why we're looking at full cost
recovery for international students as a
possibility."
Glynn Hunter, the U of C's interna-
tional student advisor, says if imple-
mented, such a proposal could dramati-
cally affect the already shrinking foreign
student population.
"Three years ago we had a high of
about 1,1 40 international students. Now,
we're down to between 850 and 900,"
says Hunter.
Hunter says a large hike in tuition
without any consideration of support for
international students would lead to a
further erosion of those numbers.
NaheedNenshl, studentcoundl presl
dent at the U of C, agrees.
"You have a policy which is talking
about how important international stu-
dents are and then you say you want to
charge them full cost. What color is the
sky of the planet of the people who are
writing this?"
Nenshi says he doubts foreign stu
dents would be attracted to the univer-
sity if fees Increased drastically.
"Let's be perfectly honest here. If you
could spend the sameamount of money
to go to the U of C or McGili or a private
institution in the States — a Georgetown
or Harvard or Yale —what are you going
,to choose?" a.
February 3, 1994 ■ The Charlatan ' • 7
Hong Kong agency watches students
by Clayton Wood
Charlatan Staff
Pa rents in Hong Kong now have a way
to keep tabs on theirchildren studying in
Canada.
Gradwatch is a new program offered
by Fact Finders, a Hong Kong-based de-
tective agency which has just opened its
first Canadian office in Vancouver. The
program involves the surveillance of stu-
dents' academic and social activities.
There ore more than 12,000 students
from Hong Kong studying at post-sec-
ondary institutions in Canada, includ-
ing over 350 students studying at Carle-
ton.
"Parents might say, 'we haven't heard
from them in two to three weeks/ or
'we've heard they've been taking drugs,
can you check up on them/" says Fact
Finders' director Ken Allen in a telephone
interview from his Hong Kong office.
He says Gradwatch is not a spy serv-
ice, but is meant to let parents know if
theirchildren are getting into trouble.
"For example, we might see if the
student gets up and goes to university or
not, or if he goes to bars at night," says
Allen. "We don't use any special equip-
ment. We follow people discreetly."
Some Hong Kong students studying at
Carleton don't like the idea of their par-
ents hiring investigators to monitor their
activities,
"You want someone to support you,
not keep track of you," says Andrew
Auyeung, a first-year student at Carle-
ton. "Some parents are pretty conserva-
tive. They try to dominate their kids."
He says most parents, however, are
fully aware beforehand of the kind of
lifestyle awaiting their children in
Canada.
Priscilla Chan, also from Hong Kong,
isn't too keen on the new service either.
She says she enjoys the freedom she has
while studying in Canada.
"Back home, they tell me I need to
come home early, not to watch too much
TV, orthat 1 can't goout with my friends,"
soys Chan.
Still, she says she understands how
some parents might worry about their
kids getting into trouble. For example,
many parents disapprove of their kids
going to karaoke bars in Canada, which
Chan says are often frequented by mem-
bers of the Chinese mafia.
Parents who use the Gradwatch serv-
ice will receive quarterly reports on their
children, with prices starting at $300 Cdn
a month.
Allen says he draws the line at peering
through keyholes or bedroom windows
in order to spy on students.
"The old idea of the investigator in the
dirty hat and hiding behind dirty cur-
tains is outdated," he says. "We're just
trying to provide a different type of serv-
ice for our clients, within the bounds of
the law." □
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Gnarlstsn Staff
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lason Hunt, McMaster'sstudent coun-
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Visiting Bosnian editor recounts turmoil of war
by Bram S. Aaron
Charlatan Staff
On a hill near Sarajevo, a tall monu-
ment rests inscribed with the names of
Sarajevo citizens who lost their lives in
four years during World War II.
In a 21-month period between 1992
and 1993, snipers surrounding the city
have killed 10,000 people, many more
than the names on the monument in less
than half the time.
Kemal
Kursparhic,
editor-in-
chief of the
Sarajevo
daily news-
paper Ojj^bodenje (aws-low-bo-JEN-yeh)
told about 100 people at Carleton of the
killing he has seen at a talk on Jan. 27.
During the summer of 1992,
Kursparhic said he witnessed a bombing
on a normally quiet residential street
near the monument he talked about.
In less than two seconds, an entire
balcony and large section of the residen-
tial apartment building across the street
simply collapsed. The collapse was caused
by a single-shell shot from a tank. Many
lives were lost in the attack.
Oslobodenje. which means freedom,
was founded in 1943 as a voice against
fascism during World War II and has
received many international awards. It
has made history by continuing to pub-
lish each day and maintaining its edito-
rial freedom in the war-torn Sarajevo,
even afterits publishing office was gutted
by Serb shelling and three staff members
were killed.
Despite the awards and the paper's
incredible struggle to keep publishing,
Kursparhic said he is most proud of the
paper's editorial freedom.
Kursparhic said Oslobodenje is a rare
example of Bosnia's ethnic mix before
the current wave of nationalism and
fighting began. "We have a variety of
ethnic groups working together in a easy
and professional manner.
"In my life, in my experience, there
was no prejudice about possibility of liv-
ing together. . . . And that's the way we
lived in that city for centuries."
Kursparhic said a peace plan to divide
Bosnia into
INTERNATIONAL -SS
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Geneva last
July would be impossible to implement.
With a mix of ethnic minorities in most
regions, many families wouldhave to get
up and leave what hadbeen their homes
for many generations and move to a new
city in the country of their own ethnic
majority.
He described the war as a situation in
which you can't avoid shooting your own
people. Kursparhic said a hit on an apart-
ment building in his immediate
neighborhood equally affected Serbians,
Croatians and Muslims. Of 800 people
killed, 300 of them were Serbs.
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Soccer stadiums, which featured compe-
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mass graveyards. The 1984 Winter Ol-
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Kursparhic said Bosnian marketplaces
are favorite bombing targets due to the
large number of people there. An
Oslobodenje photographer was killed in
1992 in such an attack while taking
pictures of people waiting in line for
bread.
Although he doesn't see an end to the
fighting, Kursparhic said he doesn't know
of a better solution than United Nations
intervention.
Until a solution is reached, the war
continues.
But despite the incredible adversity,
life in the city continues.
Kursparhic said mothers risk being
shotbysnipersiftheygo out to get water,
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All Disciplines
Positions: Fundraising Consultants
London Life
Feb. 10, 12 noon
Commerce, Arts, Social Sciences
Positions: Sales & Marketing Reps
Ontario Ministry of
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10 • The Charlatan ■ February 3, 1994
EDITORIAL PAGE
Posters, posters
everywhere, and
not a vote to cast
Ah, democracy!
Next week, Carleton students are entrusted
once again with the sacred duty of electing new
CUSA representatives for 1994-95.
There are important issues to be pondered before select-
ing our representatives to the council, senate and board
of governors.
In this mighty contest, all students will of course
attend all-candidate debates and quiz them on the
issues. Then, after weighing the options carefully, and
perhaps doing some background research, students will
select the best and most qualified people for the job.
Yah, whatever.
Let's face it. CUSA elections really hinge on one factor
and one factor alone - posters. For most people, posters
are the only way they ever get to know the candidates.
So, democratic discourse is reduced to posters. Who
has the best? Who has the most? Who has the neatest
color? Who's got a catchy slogan?
Presidential candidate Richard Stanton's slogan may
be "Experience, let it work for you," but what his bright
orange posters, spottable at a hundred yards, are really
saying is "Neon, let it work for me."
Some candidates make a pretence of trying to be
issue-oriented. For example, Brenda Kennedy's posters
for the presidency have a detailed explanation of her
campaign platform. Admirable, yes. But, what is she
really saying with her perky fuchsia posters? "Look at
this neato layout, I'm so cool and progressive because I
know my issues, so vote for me."
Other candidates are trying to present themselves as
politicians for the little people. Both Lloyd Barry's and
Elaine Silver's presidential posters quote the CUSA con-
stitution, which basically says that CUSA should serve
the needs of the students.
However, the posters (and the constitution) don't say
which students. It doesn't say ALL the students. That's
because once councillors get elected they soon take this
to mean "the students" on CUSA council. Nice little
loophole, Elaine and Lloyd!
The most sinister poster is probably Todd McAllister's
poster for the presidency. He has chosen to have them
say nothing but "Todd McAllister - President." Seems
simple, but beware. Beyond that toothy, chipmunk grin
is an attempt at thought control. Students walking by are
not to be distracted by anything like a discussion of
issues. Just the message, "Todd, president, Todd, presi-
dent, Todd, president," hypnotically weaving its way
into your unconscious. Whoa, I'm getting a little dizzy.
Other candidates are sending even more cryptic mes-
sages.
John Wells, a candidate for a social science senate
seat, has a poster with the figure " 75 percent" circled and
crossed out, like those "No smoking" signs.
Now, this probably means that Wells opposes the
suggestion that entrance requirements for arts and so-
cial sciences students be raised to 75 per cent, but it could
also mean that:
a) Wells has never received a mark over 75 per cent.
b) No one at Carleton has ever received a mark over
75 per cent.
c) Anyone who gets a mark over 75 per cent will be
thrown out of Carleton, if Wells gets elected.
The truth-in-advertising award has to go to John
Edwards, a board of governors and arts and social
sciences candidate. On some of his board of governors
posters, Edwards has the slogan "Wow! I get more
posters."
Thanks )ohn, forsharing the real reason some people
tun for board of governors - just to get a bigger poster
allowance, not because they want to do anything like,
oh, I don't know, actually regularly attend board of
governors meetings — not that we have anyone particu-
lar in mind who's ever done that.
The most overwhelming message that all the candi-
dates are really sending with their masses of posters is
"We hate trees, " so perhaps those enviro-types out there
should think about boycotting the election.
But, being a responsible kind of paper, we want to
encourage people to vote in the CUSA election and to
really think about who you vote for. Weigh the relative
merits of orange versus white paper. Think about issues
'ike fonts and type size. (Because all the candidates
have.)
May the best poster win! . SK
The race is
o«\
for Ar+s Re,
OPINION
Can women abuse other women?
by Paula Peter-Dennis
Paula Peter-Oennisisa political science anrj psychology student at Carteton.
When I entered the Lesbian community, I
thought I was entering a Utopia where every-
one was supportive of each other, and a
community in which sexual abuse and har-
assment had been eradicated. I was wrong.
In the past year, I have been sexually assaulted to the
point of penetration once. I have heard countless stories
of friends who have been assaulted in a sexual manner.
Also, I have had sexual advances made upon me at bars
or other establishments numerous times.
All of these incidents were clearly unwanted, yet
because it was women making these advances and these
assaults, I excused them. After all, a woman, especially
a woman who supposedly knows of the violence against
women in the heterosexual world, cannot abuse, can
she?
The perception is that women are kind, caring indi-
viduals, so it is impossible for them to abuse. I thought
to myself, what if it had been a man who had performed
the same acts? What if it had been a man who continued
to pressure me for sex after I had clearly stated no? I
would have called it date rape, no questions asked.
I encountered many of the same fears and the same
feelings that I would have if a man had assaulted me,
yet, I also feared the stigma of "outing" myself to total
strangers, friends and family should I speak out on the
issue or go for help.
Because same-sex sexual assault is not an issue that
is dealt with by mainstream society, resources are few
and far between. Upon attempting to do a paper on the
subject, 1 found a total of two pamphlets put out by
provincial counselling centres that dealt with the issue.
There were a few books that dealt with Lesbian battering,
but not specifically with sexual assault.
Upon realizing how little research and understanding
of this issue there is, I became even more frustrated and
determined to speak out, particularly to address support
organizations. People who have been assaulted by a
member of the same sex have no idea if their local crisis
line will discount the issue, or if they will be supported
and their concerns addressed. Fortunately, I found the
support and understanding 1 needed through the Sexual
Assault Support Centre in Ottawa.
However, there are many friends of mine who feared
calling any crisis line, not only because of the stigma
around being assaulted, but also because of the special
ramifications surrounding a same-sex sexual assault
situation.
For example, if a woman who has been abused
phones a crisis line and the counsellor is a Lesbian, it is
quite possible that the counsellor knows the abuser
because the Lesbian community is so small. This can
make it very difficult for the person calling the line to talk
about feelings and have trust that these feelings will be
validated. As well, it also makes it difficult for the
counsellor to remain unbiased in the situation. Al-
though all counsellors working a crisis line are bound by
law to confidentiality, it may be difficult for a woman
who has already had her trust broken to trust a counsel-
lor who may know her abuser.
In writing this article I encountered many difficulties
around speaking out about same-sex sexual assault.
One of these was the fear that speaking out may be met
with denial from both inside and outside the feminist
community. If the statement is made that women can
abuse women, then, theoretically, women can also abuse
men. Not only does this throw the idea that men are
always the abusers out the window, but it also allows
men the opportunity to speak out about abuse they
endure by women.
Given this, some males may feel that they no longer
have a responsibility to end violence against women.
The fact remains that there are still many men who
abuse women and that the balance of power is still
tipped in our society towards the male population.
It is my opinion that everyone, including men, still
have a responsibility to end violence against women.
But, we must look at the issue as a whole and realize that
abuse does not stop with the heterosexual community.
Perhaps it is time to think about redefining our concept
of who commits violence. The first step is to admit that
a problem exists, and then to work together to find a
solution. □
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by Jama Ibrahim
Jama Ibrahim is a member of the Muslim
Students Association of Carleton, a fourth-
year history student and a freelance journalist.
In the following opinion he addresses what he
sees as the misrepresentation of Islam.
On Jan. 13, Quebec
provincial court Judge
Raymonde Verrault
found a 37-year-old
stepfather guilty of
sexually assaulting his
11 -year- old
stepdaughter. The man
and his stepdaughter
are Muslim.
Because the man forced his stepdaughter to have
anal intercourse with him and never penetrated her
vaginally, Verrault said he "spared" the girl's
virginity and sentenced him to 23 months in prison.
She said the stepfather deserved some lenience,
because he had taken in to consideration the fact
that virginity is very important to Muslim women.
The issue of women's role in Islam is one of the
most debated and misunderstood in the world
today, and the affairs of Muslim women are meddled
in by almost everyone. The verdict handed down
by Judge Verrault is another example of a Westerner
misinterpreting Islam and equating it with
misogyny.
Fatima Houda-Pepin, president of the Centre
Maghrebin de recherche et d'information, a
research centre for Arab issues, said in the Jan. 1 5
Globe and Mail she is "triply indignant — as a
woman, as a mother, and as a Muslim," at the
verdict.
"It is shocking that a Canadian court would allow a
child rapist to hide behind Islam to minimize his
crime," she said. "The Qur an (the sacred book of
Islam) does not condone the abuse of children."
Nor does it condone the abuse of women.
While Western media and politicians use the
mistreatment of women in some Islamic countries
as an instrument to discredit the Islamic faith and
its followers, many Muslims either deny the
allegations as mere propaganda or ignore the issue.
Regardless of media propaganda and despite the
denials of some Muslims, many prominent Muslim
scholars, like Al Garadawi from Egypt and Rachid
Al Ghanuchi from Tunisia, agree there is a problem
which needs to be addressed. There are many
man-made misogynistic cultural practices used to
subject women to men's domination, but these
have nothing to do with Islamic law as it is written
in the Qur'an.
The Qur'an is the text which is divine law. Jibra'll
(Gabriel) the archangel dictated it to the Prophet
Muhammad and it is the word of God. The Qur'an
guarantees the equality of men and women (Sura
IV, Verse 1 ), but some who call themselves Muslim
ignore this tenet of Islamic law.
For example, following the Gulf War, the
government of Saudi Arabia passed legislation
banning women from driving, explaining that If a
woman's car breaks down in the street she might
be intimidated by men when she is forced to get out
of the car. To this day Saudi Arabian universities
deliver lectures by male professors to women via
satellite. The women can see the professor and ask
12 • The Charlatan • February 3, 1994
him questions through a TV screen, but he can never se,
them.
In some Gulf states like Qatar, women did not have the
pictures on their passports until very recently, whe
Western governments demanded they do so or t
women would not be granted entry visas to the
countries.
The most apparent injustice inflicted upon women |
countries like Saudi Arabia is their segregation an
Isolation from society. Sometimes a woman's mei
presence where men are also present is considers
unacceptable and shameful. Women are excluded troi
participation in public and political life in the belief thi
they belong in the home, and that their vote I
unimportant. There, women have been reduced to lit
property of men, admired not for their personal meri
but for their fertility and "femininity."
But these beliefs are not limited to far-off countries,
few days ago, I had a heated discussion with son
Muslim students at Carleton. Many argued that a Musli
woman cannot and should not give a lecture in it
presence of a man. There are rumors that even here
Canada some men do not allow their spouses i
daughters to go to schools or go shopping by themselve
in the belief that it is against Islam. Women in the:
instances are confined to their homes "in a manm
prescribed in Islam only as a penal sanction for an acli
adultery," writes the prominent Sudanese scholarHassi
Turabi in his book Women in Islam and Muslim Sociel
The reason women endure this abuse and mistreatme
by their husbands is that in cultures which tolerate sui
treatment it is almost unthinkable for a woman
who is divorced to remarry. The woman is
always blamed for the failure of the marriage,
and as such, she is shunned by other men and
society in general.
A Muslim friend of mine told me a painful story
of her uncle taking a second wife, while still
married to his first. His first wife found out
about the marriage several months after it had
taken place. With three children, and the
second wife pregnant, she broke into tears
and could only throw up her hands saying,
"What can I do?" This goes against the
teachings of Islam.
According to the Qur'an, a man may take more
than one wife, but this is contingent on the
fulfilment of conditions stipulated in the
Qur'an. The Qur'an states that the man must
be "just" to hisf irst wife and children and treat
them with equanimity, as well as any further wives a1
children he takes on. This condition Is difficult to w'
and the interpretation notes in the Qur'an lean to**
monogamy (Sura IV, Verse 3). But these conditions!
always conveniently overlooked by Muslim men who'
not interested in Islam.
Some of my fellow Muslims might deny these allegata
of misogyny and selective interpretation of Islam
apologists always do when confronted with the m isera'
treatment of women in some Muslim societies. But Is
face the reality. The mistreatment of women and l"
abuse in the name of Islam has reached myth*
proportions.
These examples are not something I have read
In some Orientalist books, as Western reporters
usually do, about Islam. They are realities with
which I am familiar. I feel obligated to express
my dissatisfaction with the negative aspects of
certain rigid customary practices which
dehumanize women, and falsely lay claim to
Islam.
By attaching Islam to the
oppression of women, the abusers
seek togivetheirabuse legitimacy,
to attribute a "sacredness " to it, to
raise it above criticism.
In some African cultures like rural
Egypt, Sudan and Somalia, the
practice of removing a woman's
clitoris is performed with the idea
that she will remain a virgin, and is
often performed using Islam as its
premise.
But this practice is prohibited in
Islam. There is a principle in Islamic .
law which says if more harm than good comes
from a practice or tenet, if it causes health
problems as well as bodily harm, it goes against
Islam (Sura VII, Section 1 57). With regard to the
practice of clitoridectomy, there is no benefit,
and there is most certainly much harm done.'
Moreover, it is not exclusive to the followers of
Muslim faith. In the country of Chad, if there is
one thing Muslims and Christians can agree
on, it is the practice of clitoridectomy.
According to the Islamic law and teachings, a
women is an independent entity, and a fully
responsible human being. Men have no
authority over women, and no right to make the
decisions which constitute their lives (Sura IV,
Verse I). In the book The Biography of the
Prophet by Ibn Hisham, no woman is said to
have embraced the faith unless she does so
out of original and independent will, without
male consent.
In theearly days of Islam in the seventh century,
women participated in military expeditions,
treating the wounded and sometimes engaging
in active warfare. The first martyr to die in
Mecca for the cause of Islam was a woman
named Sumayah.
While some men argue that Muslim women
should be confined to the home, according to
- the Qur an: "none and
IT«ZT 9Lr,S' H'S Wl,e' AVshah- w"s one of
the first teachers of Islamic law. She taught
classes to men, and Muslim leaders sought her
c^,andJ,U^Cial adViCe- A<*°'dlng «o Muslim
scholar Al Ganuchi of Tunisia, women "can
and should acquire any education without limit
or hindrance."
Women's dress is another issue that is blown
out of proportion by
Westerners and
Muslims. Proper and
decent dress is
required for both
Muslim men and
women, but it seems
that they place so much
emphasis on the Hijab
(aveilwhich covers the
head) that both assume
it is one of the pillars of
Islam.
_ For some Muslim men,
the Hijab is a gauge by which to judge a woman's
commitment to Islam. These people suffer from
what might be termed "False Hijab Syndrome;"
false, because the Hijab is not one of the pillars
of Islam and does not determine if someone is
a good Muslim; syndrome, because it seems
that a lot of people are extremely preoccupied
with Muslim women's dress.
It cannot be emphasized enough, that the
judgment of Muslim women by men, their
sequestering in the home, their silencing
through the threat of the punishment of God,
goes against the fundamental principles of
Islam.
Islam promises Muslim women full freedom of
expression, the
right to vote and
nothing in Islam may
stand in the way of a
woman contributing
to the general good
and competing for
achievements," (Sura
■ 16, Verse 97).
HI Young women in
| some Muslim
countries are
deprived of the right
to decide to whom or
when they will get
married. In many
cases their fathers,
brothers, or uncles
decide for them.
Based on the
principles of Islam, however, a Muslim woman
enjoys the same freedoms as a man.
The Prophet Muhammad ordered that a woman
should not be married without her will and
consent. "Do not marry a non-virgin, except on
her instruction, nor marry a virgin except with
her permission," is written in a collection of
quotations by the Prophet called the Bukharl.
There is a strong conviction among some men
to this day that women do not need higher
education. But Muhammad, the Prophet of
Islam, strongly recommended the education of
the right to take
part in the public
affairs of the
community. This
attitude towards
women is
revealed in the
history of Islam.
If Agnes
MacPhail was
the first woman
Member of
Parliament in
Canada in the
1920s, a woman
named Al-Shifa'
was appointed
by Omar, the
second Caliph,
to a position the
equivalent to
minister of trade
more than 1,400 years ago in Medina, Saudi
Arabia.
Why the contradiction between the misogynist
practices in some Muslim countries and the
divine teachings of their religion when it comes
to women's affairs?
As Muslim countries become more secular,
some Muslims have experienced a significant
deviation from the general ideals of life as
taught by Islam. Weak commitment to Islam,
which guarantees the rights of women,
cultivates unjust and inequitable treatment.
In many of the countries where this
mistreatment is practised, men experience
political and economic frustration while living
under dictatorships, like those in Libya and
Syria. These governments suppress all kinds
of freedom and participation In policy-making.
Lacking power, men turn their anger on those
subjects available to them: women, who are
both physically and fiscally less powerful.
In this context, many Muslim women are not
made aware of their rights as guaranteed by
Islam. Usually these women acquire their
knowledge of the Muslim religion through men
and male-dominated interpretations of the
Qur'an.
Two years ago, a Somali man who had recently
come to Canada wanted to be reunited with his
wife who was in Egypt and processed an
application to sponsor her into the country His
wife turned down the proposal, claiming it is
un-lslamic for a woman to travel by plane
without her husband or first male kin. The man,
who did not have enough money for two tickets
was set to despair.
Male jealousy isanothercauseofthismisogyny
There is a prevalent ideology that describes
women as weak by nature In commitment, as
vulnerable to flirtatious impulses. This is more
likely the insecurity of men manifesting itself in
the outward hostility and oppression of women,
and is the reason women are kept from active
participation in the broad spectrum of human
life and experience.
But the fact that some Muslim men hide their
misogyny behind a false description of Islam
should be viewed in its greater context — the
predisposition of men in general towards the
abuse of power in their treatment of women.
The situation of Muslim women is similar in
many ways to the reality of women in many
other societies all over the world, including
North America.
Canadians are still trying to absorb the Statistics
Canada report released In November, which
reported 51 per cent of Canadian women said
they have
experienced at least
one incident of
physical or sexual
abuse at the hands
of a man during their
lifetimes.
Those Westerners
who equate Islam
with the
mistreatment of
women ignore the
prevalence of the
same abuses in their
mostly secular
culture. During the
Gulf War the
mainstream media
was quick to accuse
Muslim societies of
restricting the
freedom of women.
Western women
journalists were
outraged when they were obliged to cover their
heads when they walked in the streets and
disdainfully accused Muslim women of
submitting to the indulgences of Muslim men.
But how many of these women routinely and
voluntarily shave their legs, bleach their hair,
or diet themselves into submission? In the
secular West, some women are sexual objects
for men's pleasure, not given autonomy as
human beings, and are reduced to fodder for
commercial promotion.
If Westerners like Judge Verrault do not
understand the difference between misogynist
practices of most societies and the normative
practices of Islam, they will remain ignorant of
its beauty, and Muslim men who cling to their
oppressive power will hold fast to their
defensive positions. In this, we all lose an
opportunity to educate the ignorant and relieve
the oppressed. □
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Letter writing
with a purpose
Editor:
Robert Eddy's contention that it "is not
the intention of the Catholic Civil Rights
League to interfere with anyone's right to
say what they believe, " ("Canadians can
criticize, but not abuse," The Charlatan,
Jan. 27, 1 994), is in direct contradiction to
his letter to the CRTC dated 1 an . 20, 1 994 .
In the letter, Eady, on behalf of the
league, requests that "the CRTC consider
requiring all radio station to pre-record
programs that are likely to be of a contro-
versial or political nature."
If such a regulation were to be enacted,
station managers would become the uni-
lateral censors of all radio programming
broadcast in Canada. This, coupled with
the league's numerous complaints against
such films as The Burning Times and War
Against the Indians, clearly demonstrates
the league's desire to suppress viewpoints
critical or contradictory to their own.
We are personally incensed by the
league's ludicrous contention that we have
propagated hate against Catholics. From
our perspective, their letter- writing cam-
paign feigning indignation only serves to
diminish the experiences of those who
have actually been exposed to hate.
The league's primary objective has al-
ways been the elimination of a public
platform fora community which has been
critical of Catholic doctrine. Maligning us
and our show is merely the means to that
end.
Kevin Aaron Gibbs
and Keri-Lyn Durant
Hosts of Defiant Voices
CKCU-FM
Students must
fight forces of evil
for education
Editor:
Attaclcs on students are common these
days. We have seen a decrease in the
amount of services provided and larger
class sizes. Tuition has risen over the last
five years and there are threats of more
increases. In addition, there is now the
spectTe of higher admission standards
haunting applications to post-secondary
education.
In "Admission mark requirements may
rise," (The Charlatan, Jan. 27, 1994,) Radha
Jhappan, a political science professor at
Carleton, said she is worried that students
entering Carleton with weak academic
standings cannot manage their time effi-
ciently. She mentions full course loads
and part-time jobs as the cause of poor
time management.
Such discussion arises at a time when
tuition may increase by 50 per cent. This,
combined with higher admission stand-
ards, will only result in the erosion of
accessibility to university education.
Increasing tuition will mean that more
university students will need part-time
jobs, resulting in less time to study. Time
management will be more difficult and
more students will perform poorly. Who
will not be affected by job pressures and
high tuition? Only the rich.
As university students, we have a re-
sponsibility to defeat these policies which
will affect us, as well as future generations
of university students. It we don't, one day
it will be our children who cannot afford
university, even if they can get in. Educa-
tion is a right, not a privilege.
Linda Ripley Arts II
Erinn Cunningham Arts I
Carleton International Socialists Club
GSA rep fails to
take stand on
tuition hikes
Editor:
As a graduate student who attended
last week's student delegation on tuition
increases to the board of governor's meet-
ing, 1 was extremely disappointed to ob-
serve that my elected representative, the
president of the Graduate Students' Asso-
ciation, Vladimir Zhivov, had absolutely
nothing to say on the issue.
The discussion in favor of limiting tui-
tion was carried solely by the two under-
graduate representatives, who received
not one word of support from the gradu-
ate representative.
In fact, when the motion calling for the
president of the university to consult with
the CUSA president on tuition was voted
on, it was not Zhivov that moved an
amendment, but the dean of graduate
studies.
What was the amendment? That the
president of the university also consult
the president of the GSA in regard to
tuition. Does the GSA have a position on
tuition increases or not?
Derrick Deans
MA II
Minors frozen out
of Oliver's unfairly
Editor:
This letter serves two purposes. Firstly,
to alert readers to a disgusting display of
ageism which occurred on our campus.
Secondly, it's an open letter to the man-
agement of Oliver's Pub.
On Thursday, Jan. 27, the Skatterbrains
and Mushroom Explosion performed at
Oliver's. Although posters advertised this
event as being all-ages, and although the
bands were told the event would be all-
ages, approximately 50 people were
turned away at the door because they
weren't of legal drinking age.
Some would-be concert goers were
forced to waste an hour or more busing
back home. Others had to spend hours in
the Unicentre waiting for parents to pick
them up. A few die-hard fans even braved
the elements and stood outside to watch
the bands through the windows.
These 50 or more people wouldn't have
been subjected to this treatment if they
had not been lied to.
Of Oliver's Pub management I ask —
why did this unjust incident occur, and
how do you plan to compensate those
who you turned away?
Rori Caffrey
Journalism III
(See article on page 21 - "Mushroom explo-
sion: frat-bound, " this issue.)
Missing the point
in debate on GLB
centre funding
Editor:
In reading the debate about the fund-
ing of the Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual
Centre over the last two weeks,Iwonderif
both sides haven't missed the real issue.
The real question is not money, but ethics.
Should 1 be forced to fund something I
morally disagree with? If a pornography
club opened up on campus, would CUSA
money support be used to support it?
Would my students dollars go towards its
upkeep? I should hope not.
Solomon Slazenger
English 1
Get it together
you shoddy OC
Transpo people
Editor:
I am writing in response to the article
"OC Transpo should take its own hike,"
The Charlatan, jan. 27, 1994.
I very much agree with what Blayne
Haggart has to say in the article, espe-
cially the comment, "The last thing this
city needs is OC Transpo apologists and
newspaper articles that insinuate bus serv-
ice in this town is anything more than
shoddy."
Shoddy, indeed! I recently moved and
am required to take the Local 146 East to
Billings Bridge and then transfer to get to
campus. One morning, 1 called the bus
stop numberwhich informed me the 146
bus would be going by in six minutes (at
10:40 a.m.). I arrived at the bus stop with
time to spare.
What I did not see was the 1 46 go by at
10:40 a.m. Actually, I did not see the 146
until 11:18 a.m., 40 minutes after I had
arrived. What peeves me is that the 146 is
supposed to go by at 10:40 a.m. and 1 1 : 10
a..m., so it was either early or late. Be-
cause of this incident with this particular
route, I was late in arriving at campus,
and therefore late enough that I missed a
good portion of my history lecture. Also, I
am mad because I am paying taxes that
I can't afford to subsidize this bus system,
which then hikes its prices to an even
higher price and the service sucks. OC
Transpo, get your act together!!
Catherine Reynolds
English II
14 • The Charlatan • February 3, 1994
Athletic fees remain unchanged
Two per cent increase proposal is defeated while reserve fund iTcut
by Derek DeCloet
Charlatan Staff
The Carleton athletics board gave in
to student pressure and scrapped its pro-
posed two-per-cent increase on athletics
fees at its [an. 28 meeting.
The proposed increase would have
raised athletic fees for full-time under-
graduate students to just over $134. In-
stead, students will pay $131.52 toward
athletics next year — the same as this
year.
The increase — which would have
raised about $50,000 for athletics — was
passed by a quick show of hands.
But the decision to shelve the increase
comes at the expense of the board's spe-
cial reserve fund.
The board had proposed putting
$150,000 into the fund, which will be
used to help pay for new buildings and
fields as the university expands. Instead,
the figure will be $1 12,000.
The board also saved about $28,000
by deciding not to buy an expensive
protective cover for the gymnasium's
new hardwood floor. Itwill buya cheaper
cover instead.
These cuts will allow athletics to bal-
ance its budget without raising students'
fees or cutting programs.
"That was the main issue of our con-
cern," said Ron Boyd, a representative
from the Graduate Students' Association
and a key opponent of the fee increase.
"Tuition fees are going up, grad fees
probably more than anyone else's, (and)
we are unconvinced we're getting our
money's worth (in athletic services)."
$ $ $ $ 1994-95 Athletic Budget $$$$
Expenditures
Revenues
Most of the debate was about whether
to slash the reserve fund to make up for
the revenue that was lost when the board
elected to freeze this year's athletic fees.
"I know (the $ 1 12,000) is a drop in the
bucket. But it's a start," said Rob
[amieson, who lobbied for the cut in the
reserve fund.
Athletics should be careful about ask-
ing today's students to spend so much
money on a fund that will be spent after
they're gone, he added. "It's a matter of
principle. I don't want to cut any pro-
grams."
But some senior board members were
cool to the idea of cutting the fund.
"I know times are tough. But we have
to be big in our mentality," said athletic
director Keith Harris. "It was partly
through the sacrifice of previous stu-
dents that we put something aside (for
today)."
Harris said he agreed student fees
should be kept down. But the athletics
staff could have squeezed out the savings
in operating costs just as easily as cutting
the reserve fund, he said.
Pat O'Brien, director of public rela-
tions for the university who sits on the
board, also argued against cutting the
reserve fund. Maintaining the $150,000
level is important, he said, when you
consider the cost of building a new gym-
nasium might run into the millions. □
No end in sight for struggling Ravens
by Sarah Richards
Charlatan Statl
"It would be a rocky sea, let me tell
you."
Those were the words used by coach
Peter Biasone to describe the women vol-
leyball team's performance afteritplaced
last in the University of Ottawa
Invitational Jan. 28-30.
"Our (performance) flow chart would
be the earthquake in Los Angeles," said
Biasone, as his zig-zagging hand imi-
tated the needle movement of a Richter
scale.
Ottawa 3 Carleton 0
Concordia 3 Carleton 0
Windsor 3 Carleton 1
McMaster3 Carleton 2
"We're trying to play very consistent
because we're not blessed by any stars.
We have to make sure we don't make a
lot of unforced errors," said Biasone.
The Ravens lost four games in the
tournament, winning only three sets.
In theiropening 3-0 match loss against
Ottawa, (6-15, 3-15, 7-15) the Ravens
could not hold off Ottawa's heavy-hit-
ting middle Jennifer Villeneuve and left-
side Tracy Liburd despite some good block-
ing and communication.
Just seeing Liburd's arched body reach-
ing over the net, facial muscles strained
as she proceeded to drive the ball through
the Ravens' defence, was enough to make
one understand why Ottawa beat Wind-
sor 3-0 to take first place in the tourney.
"At times we hustled pretty hard. A
couple of rallies you'd see we'd get a few
points," said setter Laurie Malone. "But
then, we just sort of
backed down again."
Carleton also lost 3-
0 to Concordia on Fri-
day (3-15, 7-15, 7-15)
before waking up Sat-
urday and losing 3-1 to
Windsor (4-15, 15-11,
12-15,9-15).
The Ravens emerged
much calmer and more
organized in their final
Saturday match
against McMaster. The
winless Ravens had
nothing to lose, rally-
ing hard throughout
four sets only to crack
in the fifth and final
set.
Biasone said at times
the losing gets frustrat-
ing.
"Oh yeah, most defi-
nitely. I get frustrated
because I see our team
do something in prac-
tice, and I think, 'hey
shit, if we can just put
that together in a game
we might get some
where' ..." □
Sylvie Coutu drives for a kill at the Ottawa Invitational.
Raven asked to leave
Women's volleyball middle Carolyn
Haddock left the team lan. 29.
The first-year environmental engi-
neering student had a heavy course
load which interfered with her ability to
attend practices, said coach Biasone.
"We dedded to go with the girls that
could make it to practice," saidBiasone.
"It wasn't an easy decision at all . . . but
we always have to look after whaf s best
for the team."
The Ravens responded to her depar-
ture with theirbest game of the toumey.
"They lost a player and bonded after
it," said Biasone. "We played some of
our best volleyball after she left."
Haddock could not be reached for
comment. □
Just wait till
next year
by Derek DeCloet
Chailalan Supei Bowl Carres pornJem
In the final seconds of Super Bore
XXVIII, a friend of mine wondered
aloud what the suicide rate would be in
Buffalo that night.
My first thought was, is this guy
morbid or what? But my second
thought was to prepare myself for the
inevitable onslaught of Bills-bashing
that will not cease until Buffalo finally
wins the Big One.
For the record, the Dallas Cowboys
beat the Bills 30-1 3, sending Buffalo to
its fourth straight Super Bowl defeat.
Butforthosenatteringnincompoops
of negativism, who insist on attacking
the Bills and the fine citizens of Buffalo
every time the Bills get stood up at
football's royal ball, I have two words
— please don't.
There are no complex reasons why
the Bills have been left crying at the
altar four years in a row. They're not
chokers, or Super Losers, or too uptight
to win. No, the reason Buffalo hasnr
yet won the Super Bowl is simple.
They're just not good enough yet.
Don't let anyone tell you the Bills
should have won this year because it
was their fourth trip, like football is
governed by some law of averages, or
because they were "overdue," like foot-
ball is some kind of library book.
No, the Bills have lost four straight
because they were beaten by a better
team almost every time.
Who can deny the Cowboys are the
class of the NFL? Their romps over
Buffalo explain the last two years. In
1 992, the Washington Redskins were a
team of destiny and their 37-24 rout
was a closet game than pundits had
expected. In fact, the only time Buffalo
has ever played a Super Bowl against
an ordinary opponent was their 20- 1 9
defeat to the New York Giants back in
1 991 . If only a gentle breeze had blown
Scott Norwood's last-gasp kick through
the goalposts that year . . .
So they've lost four in a row. Big
deal. Don't let anyone tell you the Bills
didn't deserve to be in the Georgia
Dome this year. Don't let anyone tell
you the American Football Confer-
ence is just too weak to put up a decent
fight in the big game. No, not when it's
50 in Buffalo in January.
You don't make it to four Super
Bowls in a row by being weak — even
if you are playing in a weaker confer-
ence.
And don't let anyone tell you that
Sunday's game would have been bet-
ter if Buffalo hadn't been in it.
If you think San Francisco could've
given Jimmy Johnson's Cowboys a bet-
ter run for their money, you obviously
didn't see the National Football Con-
ference championship game.
Nobody kicks around the 49ers. No-
body talks about how Steve Young
can't win the big game, like they do
about Jim Kelly.
If you don't like Buffalo because a
blue-collar team in a blue-collar town,
that's your prerogative.
But don't label the team and its fans
as a big collection of losers, because
they don't deserve it. They've been
successful.
They're just not good enough yet. □
February 3, 1994 - The Charlatan ■ IS
Raven
Records
OWIAA WATERPOLO
East Division
w
L
T
F A
PTS
Carleton7
1
1
68 31
14
Toronto 7
1
1
72 28
14
Queen's 3
5
0
58 42
6
McMaster2
6
0
42 70
4
Brock 1
7
0
30 99
2
OWIAA VOLLEYBALL
East Division
w
L
T
F A
PTS
York 6
1
0
19 5
12
Ottawa 5
2
0
16 9
10
Toronto 4
2
0
16 7
8
Queen's 4
3
0
13 11
8
Ryerson 1
6
0
3 18
2
CarletonO
6
0
1 18
0
OWIAA BASKETBALL
East Division
W L T F A PTS
Laurentn 6 0 0 467 283 12
Toronto 5 1 0 424 276 10
Ottawa 4 2 0 403 359 8
Queen's 2 3 0 325 331 4
York 2 3 0 291 331 4
Ryerson 1 5 0 319 426 2
CarletonO 6 0 2414640
OWIAA
Athlete of the Week
Ottawa student Patti Wilhelm is the
OWIAA athlete of the week. Wilhelm
was the MVP at the 12th Annual Ot-
tawa Invitational Volleyball tourna-
ment. Wilhelm led the Gee-Gees to a 3-
0 gold medal win over Windsor with
11 digs and seven kills.
OUAA BASKETBALL
East Division
w
L
T
F A PTS
Laurentn 6
0
0
501 46012
Ryerson 4
2
0
510 458 8
York 3
2
0
382 406 6
Toronto 3
3
0
440 426 6
Carleton2
4
0
47049S4
Queen's 1
4
0
374 391 2
Ottawa 1
5
0
446 487 2
OUAA BASKETBALL
East Scoring Leaders
FG
AT FT
AT AVE
Beason 76
13839
50 34.7
Smart 42
93
38
50 27.4
Charles 49
10564
82 27.0
Fischer 49
90
36
44 22.3
Swords 47
11018
28 21.0
OUAA BASKETBALL
East Rebound Leaders
A.Beason - Ryrsn 6
T. Charles - Crl 6
C.Fischer - Lmtn 6
C.Porter - Ott 6
S. Swords - Lmtn 6
RBS AVE
72 12.0
69 11.5
60 10.0
48 8.0
42 7.0
OUAA
Athlete of the Week
Chris Fischer, a forward with the
Laurentian Voyageurs, is the OUAA
athlete of the week. Fischer scored 45
points and pulled down 1 9 rebounds as
Laurenhan defeated Carleton 81-72
and Ottawa 75-74 in basketball action
this past week.
Polo captain a communicator
Raven hoping to lead teammates to golden podium
by Suzanne Izzard
Chatlaian Stall
If J.J. Goldhar were the name of a
song, everyone would know it and be
singing it.
Like a catchy tune, the name of the
Carleton women's waterpolo team cap-
tain seems to be on everyone's lips as she
prepares to lead the team into the
upcoming weekend at the Ontario Wom-
en's Interuniversity Athletic Association
championships.
With one gold and two bronze medals
in her three years on the team, Goldhar
has had a lot to do with the Ravens' past
success, although she'll never openly
admit it.
"] .J . is a very positive, very thoughtful
person," says waterpolo coach Steve
Baird. "She's an incredibly effective liai-
son between myself and the other play-
ers. Her work ethic is good and she's
extremely good at communicating."
And to a large extent, it's those com-
munication skills which define her per-
sonality and help the team bond.
"I don't know anyone that knows as
many people as [J. does," says team
member Pam Stewart. "If you took a
survey of everyone at the school, I would
bet that J.J. knows at least half of them. "
Goldhar is training hard for the finals.
It shouldn't come as a surprise then,
that the third-year student is majoring in
mass communications and using her
skills in places other than the waterpolo
team.
Last year Goldhar represented the
women's waterpolo team on Carleton's
Varsity Athletic Council. This year she's
the council's chair. She's got a part-time
job at Hurley's Sports Coliseum and she's
also a member of Carleton's Jewish Stu-
dent Union.
It makes you wonder where she finds
the time, says coach Baird.
"I like being busy," says Goldhar. "If
I'm not doing something, I feel like I
should be. I just love to be involved in
everything."
Especially waterpolo.
Goldhar also plays for the Ottawa
Titans in the city waterpolo league. She
started playing waterpolo in Toronto
after an old swim coach encouraged her
to get involved. She played for the To-
ronto Jets for two years and joined the
Titans when she came to Carleton.
Throughout her university years her
play has improved, says Baird.
"Over the last three years she has
turned herself into our number one cen-
tre forward. She's a very strong swim-
mer."
That quality should help the Ravens
in the playoffs this weekend.
And if the team does come away with
a gold medal — maybe people will start
whistling her tune. □
Basketball men Buffaloed by Laurentian
Ravens drop fourth straight to division leader
by Kevin Restivo
Charlatan Staff
They're road warriors no more.
The Carleton men's basketball team
dropped their second consecutive road
game 81 -72 to the Laurenhan Voyageurs
in Sudbury on Jan. 28.
Laurentian 81 Carleton 72
After a surprising 2-0 start on the
road, the Ravens hove dropped their last
four contests and now sit fifth among
seven teams in the topsy-turvy east divi-
sion of the Ontario Universities Athletic
Association.
In the game, the Ravens improved
significantly in some areas like rebound-
ing and turnovers, but faltered in others
like shooting from the floor.
Laurentian led 33-29 atthehaJf largely
because of the Ravens' atrocious 33-per-
cent shooting efficiency.
Rebounds and turnovers helped the
Ravens stay close. Carleton out-re-
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bounded Laurentian 21-18 and only
turned the ball over seven times in the
first half.
Unfortunately for the Ravens, their
defence failed them for most of the game.
"It wasn't a great game. There were a
lot of missed lay-ups," said first-year
guard Quinn Osboume. "But what hurt
was our defensive intensity. It was low in
the second half. Mentally, we weren't
100 per cent into it."
Voyageurs' guard Shawn Swords
ripped the Ravens' game plans to shreds,
scoring 25 points.
"Our game plan was to stop Swords,
but he ended up penetrating the whole
second half," said Osboume.
Forward Taffe Charles' 17 points in
the second half and the three-point shoot-
ing of first-year swingman Reagh Vidito
— who sank three of them at key mo-
ments of the second half — helped keep
the Ravens in the contest.
Laurentian head coach Peter
Campbell said he thought the game was
decided in the second half.
"It was a real steady game, but our
runs just came at the right time in the
second half. Swords also helped us a lot.
His penetration and distribution were
the key," said Campbell.
Though Laurenhan led for much of
the game, Campbell said he was im-
pressed with Carleton's overall play.
"They're playing really well together.
They certainly didn't concede anything
to us and they played hard for the whole
40 minutes. As a coach, that's all you
can ask for."
Despite the loss, the Ravens remain
upbeat at the halfway point of the sea-
son. They'll have to be, as Carleton's
playoff hopes now hinge on a successful
second half.
"Losing four in a row is a bit discour-
aging, butwe still have confidence. Any-
body can place second in the league and
that's what we're aiming for. We'll win
our remaining four at home and hope-
fully steal one on the road and we should
be able to do it," said Osboume. '□
16 • The Charlatan • February 3, 1994
Rumblings
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
"Taffe was excellent. In fact, he was
a bitch to guard."
Laurentian men's basketball coach
Peter Campbell on the difficulty his
Voyageurs had containing Raven for-
ward Taffe Charles in Laurentian's 81-
72 win over Carleton on Jan. 24.
MIRACLES ON ICE?
The Carleton hockey club shocked
the first-place Abloom squad 5-2 in
Senior R.A. League action on Ian. 26.
The win improves the team's league
record to 2-10-2, good enough for fifth
place in the six-team league.
Carleton jumped out to a quick 2-0
lead in the first period and frustrated
Abloom with smart defensive play
thereafter for the win.
Centre Ken Pagan led Carleton with
two goals. Forwards Jason Tamo, Brian
Bockey and |im Gibbens also scored.
Later in exhibition play on the Jan.
29-30weekend, Carleton also beat Can-
ton College 3-2 in overtime with eight
seconds to play and tied the National
Defence Headquarters club 5-5.
ROWING NEVER ENDS
Three Carleton rowers posted first-
place results at the University of Otta-
wa's indoor rowing regatta on (an. 22.
lanine MacDonald placed first in
the lightweight women's category in a
time of 10:01. Vicki Schouten placed
first in the heavyweight women's cat-
egory in a time of 10:08. Heavyweight
men's rower David Zieba also placed
first in a time of 8:28.
Fourteen Carleton rowers competed
against the University of Ottawa and
members of the Ottawa Rowing Club
in the 2,500-metre distance category.
CALENDAR
Friday, Feb. 4.
WATERPOLO — The women's
waterpolo team is aiming for gold at
the OW1AA waterpolo finals at Brock
University in St. Catherines, Ont. The
Ravens face off against the McMaster
Marauders tonight at 7 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 5.
BASKETBALL — The 0-6 women's
basketball team hosts the Laurentian
Voyageurs in a 6 p.m. match at the
Ravens' Nest looking to avenge last
week's 93-29 thumping. The 2-4 men's
team follows with an 8 p.m. match.
FENCING — The men's fencing team
travels to Kingston for the OUAA's
second sectional fencing tournament
at Royal Military College.
SKIING — The men's and women's
nordic ski teams will participate in the
NCD Interdivisional classic-style races
at Deep River, Ont.
WATERPOLO — The 7-1 Raven
women take on Queen's and Toronto
in OW1AA action today.
Sunday, Feb. 6.
FENCING — The women's fencing
team travels to Kingston for the
OWIAA's second sectional fencing
tournament at Royal Military College.
SKIING — The NCD Interdivisiona
continues today with freestyle races.
WATERPOLO — The OW1AA
waterpolo final concludes today.
ROWING — Five members of the
Carleton rowing club will be compet-
ing at the Canadian Indoor Rowing
Championships in Toronto against
universities from across the country. □
Raven women
thumped in loss
by Kevin Restivo
Charlatan staff
The growing pains continue for the
Carleton women's basketball team.
The Ravens were soundly thrashed
93-29 by the more experienced
Laurentian Lady Vees on |an. 28 in
Sudbury.
Laurentian 93 Carleton 29
The Ravens are now 0-6 on the season
andinlastplaceoftheOntarioWomen's
Interuniversity Athletic Association east
division.
Carleton was never really in the game
against the first-place Laurentian club,
but the tear, iid produce some modestly
impressive i Tensive performances.
Guard Gillian ..oseway paced the team
with 11 points, while forward Valarie
Gates netted eight points on perfectshoot-
ing.
The Lady Vees, led by national team
guards Carolyn Swords and Diane Nor-
man, shot 60 per cent from the floor and
pushed Laurentian to an early lead and
an easy victory.
Second-year forward Heather
McAlpine conceded that Laurentian is a
much better team.
"They shot extremely well from the
floor. Plus they had a total heightadvan-
tage," said McAlpine. "But I think their
experience was the key."
Despite the large margin of victory,
[ones saw some definite positives from
the game.
"We were really outsized but we did a
good job on the boards, considering we
had to play zone most of the game
against them," said [ones. □
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SURVEY
The Charlatan is working on a First Nations supplement to be published in the first week of March. As part
of the supplement, we want to know what you know about First Nations culture and life.
1. Were you aware that 1993 was the United
Nations' Year of Indigenous Peoples?
Yes
No
2. If so, how were you made aware of the
situation of the Indigenous peoples of Canada
and elsewhere?
3. Do you agree that Native peoples living in
Canada should be granted self-government?
Yes
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Comments (if any)
4. Did you know that Native peoples living in
Canada only got the vote in 1960?
Yes
No
5. Did you know that before 1985, when Bill C-
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non-Native man lost her "indian status,"
and was automatically considered non-Native
by the Canadian government?
Yes
No
6. Are you aware of the services offered at
Carleton for Native students or non-Native
students wishing to know more of Native
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True
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True
False
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True
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13. What is your idea of what an Aboriginal
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(a) long black hair, brown skin and animal skin
garments
(b) dark hair, dark skin, and Levi's
(c) just another dude or dudette in Levi's
14. Metis people:
(a) have been here since the beginning of time
(b) have been around only since European
contact
(c) don't exist
15. Pemmican is made up of:
(a) flour, water and salt
(b) moosemeat, potatoes and corn
(c) dried meat, dried berries and animal fat
16. What percentage of federal prisoners do
Native peoples living in Canada comprise?
(a) 10%
(b) 25%
(c) 60%
17. How many reservations exist in Canada
today?
(a) 50
(b) 150
(c) 500
(d) over 2000
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18 • The Charlatan • February 3, 1994
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
by David Hodges
Charlatan Stall
(Me Mom and MorgentalerA
Thunderdome l!
[on. 28 JJ
e Mom and Morgentaler.
Oh man, how sweet it
sounds. It's like somebody
poured a jar of honey down
my ear and now I've been
sent to earth to spread the
gospel of the Messiah. Yes,
how sweet it is.
For a group that was originally in-
tended to be just a lark at a year-end
school party, this Montreal-based band
has certainly transcended those days. Six
years later, they continue to delight their
ever-growing cult following with their
unique mixture of punk and ska.
Upon meeting the band, I was in-
stantly impressed with their generosity
when they offered me a bowl of stew. Yes,
these certainly were down-to-earth, de-
cent boys.
Over the years, Me Mom and
Morgentaler has gone through many
changes, the most recent being the de-
parture of singer Highwire Kim and drum-
mer Sid Santiago. This is what Noah
Green, accordionist and former
keyboardist with Ottawa's Skatterbrains,
believed was responsible for rumors
spread in late 1993 concerning the band's
demise. In order to dispel these rumors,
the band placed an ad in the Montreal
Minor to assure their public they weren't
true.
Now, while they have acquired a new
drummer, they have yet to find a new
female vocalist. Saxophonist John
Boomershine Jordan describes the situa-
tion as a "need-women kind of scenario."
Still with the group are Jordan, Green,
bassist Matthew Lipscombe, trumpet
player Baltimore Bix, percussionist John
Britton and guitarist/ vocalist Ringmas-
ter Gus.
P
Judging from their performance and
the crowd's enthusiastic reaction, the
band's live show hasn't suffered much
from Kim's departure. While a substan-
tial number of tracks from their first full-
length album, Shiva Space Machine, fea-
tured Kim as vocalist, Me Mom and
Morgentaler has easily overcome such
adversity with some clever juggling of
skills.
At their Jan. 28 show at the
Thunderdome, Jordan sang Kim's high-
pitched "ooooooooooooooooooh" in "1
Still Love You Eve." The way the veins on
his head looked like they would explode
at any given moment added to his pro-
vocative performance.
Perhaps the most colorful point of
that night was when Gu s pulleda woman
out of the audience to sing the female
vocals for "Laura," whose name, coinci-
dentally enough, turned out to be Laura.
The creative tensions involved with
having an eight-piece band is very much
a credit to the success of Me Mom and
Morgentaler, according to Jordan. "We
all have different tastes in music, but are
all open to each other's tastes. No one's
trying to impose any styles on anyone
else," says Jordan.
This type of mutual respect proved
true when Green described Loverboy as
"one of the most disappointing bands of
the eighties," while Jordan disagreed,
stating, "I liked 'Working For the Week-
end.'"
Regardless of conflicting tastes, they
still manage to be good friends,
j While Me Mom and Morgentaler are
3 best known for their high-impact stage
Kj shows, they are also a socially relevant
si group of individuals. When asked if they
£ thought their negative comments about
This man is very tall .
Brian Mulroney (they called him a bas-
tard) on their debut EP Clown, Heaven &
Hell, might have led to the downfall of
the Tories, Jordan commented, "I'd like
to take credit for it personally." As far as
Prime MinisterChretien goes, Jordan fig-
ured he has at least a couple of years
before Me Mom and Morgentaler starts
insulting him.
Even when asked the truly cheesy ques-
tion of what color best describes the pas-
sion of Me Mom and Morgentaler, Jor-
dan brilliantly replied, "Fuchsia. A lot of
people know the word, buta lot of people
don't know what the color is."
Oh man, what a beautiful thing. □
Gus, John and Mr. Baltimore Bix, bellowing.
Beauty and power
by Stephanie Garrison
Charlatan Star!
'An Evening with Mark Codden
Royal Winnipeg Ballet
National Arts Centre
Ian. 27 — [an. 29
Modem ballet — or, more specifically,
Mark Godden's brand of modem ballet
— is powerful and beautiful.
Last week's Royal Winnipeg Ballet
performance of some of Godden's work
was a diverse sampling from one of Cana-
da's more daring choreographers.
The four pieces — Angels in the Archi-
tecture, La PrincesseetleSoldat, A Darkness
Between Vs and Dame awe Fruits — had no
thematic connections, yet there was logic
to the program.
Each was a specific creation for the
Royal Winnipeg Ballet by Godden, the
company's first-ever resident choreogra-
pher. Godden's incredible manipulation
of the dancers, the fluidity of their move-
ments and the apparent seamlessness of
the choreography was evident in each
piece.
Starkly disturbing best describes A
Darkness Between Us, Godden's study of
infidelity between four people. The only
Props were two exaggeratedly large
boards, mounted at a 1 60 degree angle to
the floor. Only halfway through the dance
did the audience realize their signifi-
cance, as the two couples mounted the
boards and prepared for bed. This bird's
eye view later showed the two illicit lovers
leaving their sleeping partners for a des-
perate midnight tryst of their own.
A Darkness Between Us was moving
because it refuses to moralize. It is not so
much a condemnation of cheating as an
observation of its tragic ramifications.
The movements were both graceful and
desperate, and allowed the audience to
feel a measure of sympathy for the adul-
terous pair.
Godden immediately tempered this
moody study with La Princesse etle Soldat,
a comical pas de deux that won second
prize for new choreography at the Inter-
national Ballet Competition in Helsinki
in 1991. Dancers Suzanne Rubio and
Gino DiMarco were entertaining and
spunky protagonists in this updated look
at love.
Rubio's fiercely independent princess
danced a myriad of playful steps slyly
placed amidst the dance. Her foot stomp-
ing and punching movements were bi-
zarre, yet strangely appropriate to her
persona. Godden proved that even awk-
ward, pedestrian moves have their place
in ballet.
The other two ballets were enchanting
as well. Angels in the Architecture was a
graceful study of the devout Shaker life-
style, set to music by Aaron Copland. The
concluding piece, Dame aux Fruits, was a
frisky romp complete with men in skirts
and an abundance of plastic fruit props,
which Godden says was inspired by the
modern art of Picasso and his muses.
The evening was a fascinating mix of
athleticism, grace and unconventionally
beautiful choreography. Audience-
friendly yet challenging, Godden's cho-
reography has an uncompromising ar-
hsticvisionwhichisattractingmorefans 'V^
all the time. a
This week:
A Sparky Sighting!
by Stephanie Garrison
Charlatan Sretf
Robin Forquhar— Renaissance Man?
Yes, it's true. The man, who was
spotted at the lan. 27 performance of
the Royal Winnipeg Ballet, has very
good taste in high culture.
However, very fewpeople have heard
the rumor that Sparky was an accom-
plished ballet dancer himself in his
younger days.
Henri Pirouette, an old dance in-
structor, describes Sparky as a student
wi th "unique" gifts, who overcame the
obstacles of an "Interesting" physique
and a "singular" sense of musical inter-
pretation.
Dance critics agree that Sparky^ two
most memorable roles were the Prince
in Sleeping Beauty and the Beast in Beauty
and the Beast.
The reason Sparky has kept this as-
pect from his past a secret and dropped
it from the "Other Activities" section of
his resume is shrouded in secrecy and
conjecture. The most popuiarmythdeals
with an ornery dance critic, a badreview
and a rank of 4 4th amongst other male
dancers in Maclean's.
Sparky may just be a member of the
audience now, but his cool demeanour
and polite hand-clapping during the
performance masked that latent danc-
er's spirit waiting to burst forth after
years of repression.
After the performance, we hear he
went backstage with his wife, perhaps to
regale dancers with tales of his youth. Q
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February 3, 1994 • The Charlatan • 19
mutant offering of clas&kal mustft anir tfje circus;
by M.G. Comlno
Charlatan Slaff
Variete
National Arts Centre Theatre
an. 2 — Jan. 29
It's easy to think shows at the Na-
tional Arts Centre are simply boring,
high culture stuff. Those who have this
idea should have seen Variete.
This hour-long production, staged by
Montreal's Michel G. Barette, was simply
a joy to see, involving classical music,
clowns and other circus performers.
The fun began even before the per-
formers took to the stage. A fake NAC
guide went around sticking a tuque into
people's faces, looking for its owner. Some
people, as 1 did, mistook him for a real
NAC guide. They asked him where their
seats were, to which he shrugged and
walked away.
Finally, the lights went down, and you
could have gotten romantic, except you
would have probably been distracted by
the start of the "real" show. The circus
was in town!
To start the show, zombie-like classi-
cal musicians, sporting pale makeup and
walking like the living dead, clumsily got
up on stage. They goofily started walking
into their own instruments. This was
definitely not a regular session of the
NAC Orchestra. However, once they
found their instruments, everything
calmed down.
The eight circus artists then made
their remarkable entrance. Their ranks
consisted of one artistic cyclist (who dou-
bled as a fire breather), one very flexible
woman, a blade-
eating man, two
dancers, a juggler,
a magician and
one clown.
The cyclist im-
pressed with his
dexterity. He sent
his bike into figure
eights while stand-
ing on the bicycle
seat. At another
point, he took his
bike by the handle-
bars and spun it
around like a ba-
ton.
When it came
her turn to per-
form, the very flex-
ible woman en-
tered on all fours,
moving like a spi-
der. Throughout her performance, she
managed to contort her body into many
pretzel-Jike shapes. It was one of the most
incredible acts. One woman behind me
kept mumbling, "Ouch," and comment-
ing, perhaps jealously, "That's gross!"
The blade-eating man kept his atten-
tion focused throughout his act. But then,
when your act consists of swallowing
razor blades and then regurgitating them,
concentration is of the utmost impor-
tance. To let the audience know these
razors were real, he cut some ploying
cards. Then, he gargled and orally played
with the blades. Inspirational, but you
had to wonder how the parents in the
audience would explain to the children
in attendance thatthey shouldn't try this
at home. This performer made me flinch
Those bizarre classical musicians.
the most.
The clown, when he came on, had
troubles with his tie. He was trying to
perform an act juggling one stick with
two others, but couldn't. His tie kept
getting caught in the sticks. As it did, the
tie grew longer, and before we knew it,
this dear clown was entangled and en-
gulfed by his tie. He also successfully
climbed a ladder wearing skis.
After all the performers had shown off
their talents, all hell broke loose. The
artistic cycler fell off his bike. The conduc-
tor stopped conducting and turned
around to look at the cyclist. One of the
two cha-cha dancers fell down. And so
on. Suffice to say that after this, all the
routines lost their perfection. It may be
fun to watch feats of human daring, but
it's even more fun to watch slapstick.
Variete was plotless, had limited dia-
logue and was very visual. No one per-
former hogged the spotlight.
At times, I was so engrossed by the
circus performers, I forgot there was mu-
sic playing. The music seemed important
only as an audio backdrop.
There just weren't any negative points
to this performance. Everything from the
classical music to the choreography was
perfect.
The audience as a whole seemed quite
favorably responsive. The performance
was convincing and each performer in
this show had obvious talent
If it happens to come around again,
don't miss Variete. It's cute, humorous
and upbeat. □
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MUSHROOM EXPLOSION: FRAT BOUND'
by
ctlaffalan staff
Mushroom Explosion, openingN
for the Skatterbrains
Oliver's
Jan. 27
Ever wonder what Sonic Youth was
like before the band signed to Geffen
Records?
The driving, distorted intensity of a
Mushroom Explosion performance could
be as close as one may come.
For a year Mushroom Explosion has
been playinghappy guitar stuffall around
the local all-ages music scene, carrying
the message that music is about people
having a good time just being them-
selves.
These local folks, Rob Snasdell-Taylor
(guitar, bass, vocals), lamie Bryant (bass,
drums, vocals), Shawn Hill (guitar, vo-
cals), and Scott Terry (drums, vocals,
guitar), showed up at Oliver's around 6
p.m. Realizing their sound check was not
for some time, they set off in search of
food with yours truly in tow.
For some this is a simple matter, no
element of confusion involved. Yet Mush-
room Explosion has that knack of turn-
ing the simplest chore into a game. This
mission began by scouring the various
vending machines outside Oliver's. After
deciding that Bryant's purchase of a
chocolate milkwouldnotsufficeasband
nutrition, the Peppermill was the next
destination.
"Spin magazine really sucks, make
sureyou putthatin,"was Hill'scomment
as the band consumed their food at the
Peppermill. "Can you believe the crap
they print in there? Maybe Perry Farrell
owns it." The rest of the guys agreed,
each voicing theiropinionson what they
least liked about the commercial alter-
native movement. The band, as you may
have noted, has a tendency to go off on
a tangent.
We did, despite these numerous asides,
get around to discussing their group. "As
a band," said Snasdell-Taylor in a more
serious tone, "We prefer to be known
more as artists than musicians."
"Because," added Hill, destroying the
brief aura of seriousness, "we really can't
play our instruments."
"Actually, "Snasdell-Taylor continued,
"we're most interested in fun."
Which is obvious by some of their
other comments: about how they can't
play their instruments and couldn't un-
derstand why they were even being inter-
viewed.
As with most groups, every member
has a different musical influence. "Each
one of us is partial to their own favorite
style," said Terry. "Rob is into Teenage
Fanclub. Shawn likes U2, |amie . . . well,
lamie likes disco, and I love Nine Inch
Nails."
"Don't forget Thurston Moore and
anything out of Halifax," added Bryant.
The discussion quickly moved to the
subject of their impending performance.
"I am kind of nervous," admitted Bryant.
"I've never really played for this kind of
crowd," referring to the beer-drinking
tfr. Rob Snasdell-Taylor, having fun.
university types
that frequent Ol-
iver's.
"Itoldabunch
of people to
come," said Hill
reassuringly.
"There should be
a good all-ages
turnout."
On the topic of
the Ottawa all-
ages music scene,
which has pro-
duced such bands
as Furnaceface
and Heaven Dog,
they were in
agreement. "I
hear it's the best
in the country,"
said Snasdell-
Taylor. "It's so
friendly and posi-
tive. Everybody
knows each other,
and everybody
helps each other."
"Yeah," added
Hill, "it's great
with all the first-
generation bands
like Furnaceface
helping out so
much. Even to-
night, the
Skatterbrains are
just great."
Although
they're comfort-
able playing live,
the experience of
recording their just-released Who Cares?
cassette left something to be desired. One
side of the cassette was recorded and
produced by Wet Records' Oliver Marsh.
The other was mixed and recorded by
themselves without the benefit of studio
equipment.
"At first, " said Hill, "we were like 'Wow,
real recording!' So we worked with Ollie
and Wet Records. Then we realized how
much that sucked. We got a mixer and
did the second side ourselves. It was just
intense jamming. That's the way are
going to do it from now on."
The band's sound check went well.
They were really psyched and ready to
play. Then the evilevent occurred. Around
8 p.m, Oliver's management informed
o Mushroom Explosion that they had de-
z cided to cancel the all-ages aspect of the
j concert which they had been advertising
2 on posters, claiming it was a frat night
3 and kids couldn't come.
Living up to their beliefs in music for
Mr. Shawn Hill Oh, those bedroom eyes.
all ages, Mushroom Explosion chose to
cut their set short that evening. The band
couldn't believe the profit of a $7.25
pitcher night was worth more than con-
tinuing with the much advertised all-
ages night.
Protesting against this for the 50 orso
under-age music fans that showed up,
Mushroom Explosion played only three
songs, including one Bryant spontane-
ously made up. It was a very special full-
distortion, mainly instrumental song,
peppered with phrases like, "Frat guys!"
and " Beer drinking! "
Although their short set was fair pro-
test and funny to boot, there was much
discontent in the crowd. More than once
I heard stuff like, "Faggot kids, we oughta
kick their asses," from certain males in
the crowd. Real mature, boys.
It's too bad about all the animosity.
An evening with Mushroom Explosion is
definitely more fun than pounding back
beer all night. □
February 3, 1994 • The Charlatan
Cruel play is offensive and just plain bad
by Andrea Smith and Karin Jordan
Charlatan Slat)
Freaks: A Circus Tale With Music
National Arts Centre Atelier
Jan. 28 — Feb. 5
"Ladies and Gentlemen! Come and see
Mother Nature at her cruellest. . . . Butbythe
grace of God, you too could be like them."
— circus barker in Freaks: A Circus
Tale with Music
To get to our seats at the NAC Atelier,
we had to walk across the stage.
That's why we stayed for the first half
of Freaks. To leave before intermission,
we would have had to interrupt this pain-
fully bad play. We both considered it
quietly, thinking about the statement it
would have made. Instead, we suffered
through 60 minutes that seemed like an
eternity.
We first looked at each other in disbe-
lief after being subjected to, among other
characterizations: Fritz the Singing
Midget, portrayed by a crouching man;
Armless Annie, portrayed by a woman
with herarms tucked inside hershirt; and
the female lead, who subjected the audi-
ence to the worst fake Russian accent. But
when the Missing Link made "her" first
appearance, we both shifted uncomfort-
ably in our seats.
This character was portrayed by an
able-bodied man wearing some kind of
monkey suit, making faces, pretending
to be a woman with some kind of mental
disability. "She" played the ukulele, and
was the subject of cruel remarks and
abuse by the unbelievably evil male lead.
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caricature, roughly theableist
equivalent of an actor per-
forming in blackface. It was
embarrassing to watch.
Aside from sheer offensive-
ness, the play lacked charac-
ter, plot, humor and a point.
At one point the female
lead, Cleopatra: Queen of the
Air, prayed to the Virgin Mary,
asking why she had to suffer
amongst the "freaks" of the
circus sideshow. Her charac-
ter was so poorly drawn, so
totally unbelievable in her
naivete and egotism, and her
dialogue so insipid, it was
tempting to laugh. But that
came later.
Cleopatra had a night-
mare where the Virgin Mary
appeared to her. She moved
towards the beckoning figure.
Then, a chorus of the other
actors chanting "Freak, freak,
freak" rose. The Virgin then
revealed her true identity —
some circus midgets perched on each
others' shoulders under her cloak. Cleo-
patra screamed and woke, having real-
ized she too was a "freak."
It was so patently cheesy. ,
Admittedly, things might have picked
up right up after intermission, but hav-
ing to suffer through the first half just
wasn't worth it.
Ladies and Gentlemen! Come and see
theatre at its cruellest .... But by the
grace of God, you too could be an NAC
Atelier subscriber and have paid good
money to see this crap. □
Stoaters survive Pembroke, Sault Ste. Marie
by Mike Peters
Charlalan Staff
ff The Stoaters
The Nox
\\Jan. 25
The Stoaters brought their special
blend of folk tradition and rock sensibil-
ity to University of Ottawa last week as
part of their Canadian tour.
The cluttered stage of the Nox looked
like the display case of a very diverse
music store; guitars of every description
shared space with violins, accordions,
mandolins and flutes.
Despite the typically subdued Ottawa
U crowd and their 36-hour-long van ride
from Winnipeg to Ottawa (getting lost in
Pembroke and having their van break
down in Sault Ste. Marie at 4 a.m.), the
Vancouver five-piece managed to put on
the high-energy performance that has
become their trademark. .
In the spirit of Robbie Bums Day, their
first set contained interpretations of clas-
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set consisted primarily of original pieces
from their recent release Keep The Head.
The seamless combination of electric
and acoustic is what the Stoaters are
trying to bring to folk music. Although
Dennis Crews (mandolin, vocals), Robert
Ford (guitar, vocals), Sid Morgan (bass)
and Dale O'Sullivan (percussion) all hail
from British Columbia, they remain true
to their Irish and Scottish roots, which
adds the Celtic flavor to their music.
Ford explains, "I lived in Ireland, but
when I first heard Irish music it was like,
'No, nah, gimmie the Beatles.' But it
grows on you and stays in you. But be-
cause you want your own music, you
have to take what was there and move it
on."
Ford is quick to emphasize that their
music goes a step beyond classical folk
music. "We play modem folk, really.
We're doing what I consider to be folk
music because the subjects pertain to
what's going on in our country right
now. It's basically folk music with Celtic
stuff and a little electric guitar mixed in. "
Ford explains that modernizing folk
musichas earned the band criticism from
"die-hard folkies . . . who think we're
bastardizing the music." His defence is
simple. "If somebody at some point in
time didn't move folk music on, every-
body would still be playing 'Greensleeves'
from the 16th century. They'd still be
listening to Burl Ives. It's not enough to
stand up and sing songs that were rel-
evant 30yearsago — they mean nothing
now."
The Stoaters are certainly not classical
folk musicians. With guitars distorted to
sound like violins and violins distorted to
sound like guitars, the result is anything
but traditional.
Strains of classic Irish and Scottish
reels are scattered throughout their mu-
sic as aggressive guitar solos. The violin
and accordion are played at a feverish
level. The combination of energy and
solid musicianship perfectly complement
the simple narrative lyrics.
The songs range from simple ballads
to overt political statements, but they
have in common the quality that allows
the listener to immediately identify with
the situations. "A lot of the lyrics are
about life," Ford says, "what we're put
under and how we react to it. "
Despite the Stoaters' hard edge, they
still retain a deeper meaning in their
songs that characterizes a lot of folk
music. "It's mood music," Ford explains.
"Sometimes when you get tired of some-
body singing about how hisbaby left him
you might want to hear music that means
something." □
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3 TO THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1
Thursday, February 3
If you enjoy cheap and loud music,
Zaphod's is the place to be tonight for a
recital by loudfolks Resin Scraper and
the Spiny Anteaters. Cover is a measly
buck, GST presumably included.
Bleu, the first in Krzystof Kieslowski's
trilogy "inspired by the ideals of the French
Revolution," according to one critic, is
playing at the Bytowne at 7 p.m. this
evening. It runs until Feb. 10 at various
times.
There are more movies at the Mu-
seum of Civilization in Hull.
Cinematheque Canada presents Russian
director Sergei Eisenstein's October at 7
p.m. Watch for more of Eisenstein's work
later in the month. Admission is $4 for
members and $6.50 for everyone else.
The Ad Hoc Gallery on York Street is
presenting Photographs by Lorraine
Gilbert today until Feb. 26, Wednesdays
through Saturdays. Her subject matter?
None other than tree planters and defor-
ested land.
Friday, February 4
Today's the day of that Halt the Hike
thing. Basically, it's a protest against the
wacky and insane tuition hikes we'll be
facing (again) this year.
So here's the deal on eventsstuff. From
12 p.m. until 3 p.m in Rooster's, there'll
be speakers and music courtesy of
Heather Farrow, Fear and Loathing
(two guys from the Freeway Band) and
Mark Wilson and the Heavy Broth-
ers. At 3 p.m., you can assemble in Porter
Hall and then march through the tun-
nels to the admin building for the
actual protest.
And what better to do after a solid day
of protest than to unwind to some tunes?
Return to Porter Hall at 5 p.m. for a free
concert, featuring Dfs, speakers and the
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Belfast Cowboys, Electric Embryo,
Fishtales and headliners Black Trian-
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Today's free lunch-time concert fea-
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and the flute of Claire Marchand. The
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8 p.m. Tickets are $24.
Ottawa's Toasted Westerns play
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Here's some loud Canadian music for
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Zaphod's this evening. Five dollars gets
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There's classic science fiction to be
had at the Mayfair this evening. To-
night's double bill, starting at 7 p.m.,
features Alien and Aliens, the Rambo-
goes-to-Mars sequel.
If you're in for live music, we've been
informed that the Saddledogs are play-
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day night this month at the Downstairs
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This week's book tip, courtesy of Char-
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Moliere's Tartuffe is being presented
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dent associations have preoccu-
pied themselves with petty poli-
tics. CUSA has become irrele-
vant to many.
While CUSA waffles, cut-
backs have decimated the
quality of education and stu-
dents have had little say in
the process.
Teaching assistants,
library acquisitions and lab
equipment are cut instead of
Administration conference travel and
expense accounts.
On important issues such as curriculum, safety, cafeteria price
increases and tuition hikes, the university has paid little more than
hp service to students because CUSA has been unwilling to stand up
to the administration. '
Brenda Kennedy will take a stand on
issues which concern you.
Brenda KENNEDY for CUSA PRESIDENT
-=PRem£NT i to be eiecrtp^m
Todd
McA
With experience on Foot Patrol, N.U.G., CUSA, and the University
Senate I have fought for student issues. It is time that we elect a
President who will respect the position as well as the views of the
| average student.
PRESIDENT
2
The aims of the Association are:
a. to serve the needs of students,
b. to represent the students of Carleton
University to the University
Administration, to the public, and
public officials, to other centres of
learning, and to other organizations."
- CUSA constitution
PRESIDENT
When you're hiring your next
president, know your candidates
qualifications...
• Orientation Commissioner
• RRRA President
• Bree's Manager
• Carleton Student
Advisory Committee
■ Foot Patrol Steering
Committee
• Economics Graduate
• Alumni Committee
• Prep Week Committee
• Co-Chair of the
PARTY Committee
• First Year Experience
Committee
• Date Rape PreventionCoi
• Health Services Advisory BoaVd
• Panda Staff >s
• Brewer Park Co-ordinator
• Wilderness Tours Co-ordinator
• Concert Crew
• CUSA Rep for RRRA
• Homecoming Committee
• Presidential Advisory Committee on Personal Safety |
• Residence & University Management & Policy Board |< r
• Hallowe'en Super pub volunteer
■ Charity Ball volunteer
Richard
2
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3
President
Why should you wtb?
The Carleton University Students' Association, Inc. is a democrat-
ic, non-profit organization, the purpose of which is to provide financial and
administrative support to the interests and needs of Carieton University
students. All Carleton students are automatically members of CUSA and
have a say in how the Association is operated. Students can run for stu-
dents' council positions during these annual elections and everyone is wel-
come to attend the regular council meetings held in Baker Lounge.
A portion of your student fees is allocated to the Students' Associ-
ation, and CUSA's policies and projects have an effect on your Carleton
University experience. CUSA council directs most of the social program-
ming on campus and assumes an Administrative role as well, placing stu-
dent representatives on the University Senate, the Board ot Governors and
on a number of University committees.
The CUSA President is responsible for the CUSA Executive, staff,
and ail activities conducted by the Association. The President is also the
main spokesperson for the students. The CUSA Finance Commissioner is
responsible for CUSA's financial activities and operations, overseeing the
budget, signing all contracts on behalf of your Association and participat-
ing in long range planning to ensure that the Association experiences con-
tinued growth.
The people on these pages will be making decisions that directly
affect your life at Carleton. You owe it to yourself to follow the debates, get
to know where they stand, and make your vote count on February 8, 9 and
10.
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ffWANCe COMMfSSfOMR t TO 8£ £UCT£0,
FINANCE COMMISSIONER
KISIELEWSKI, Robert
DEDICATED TO STUDENTS! Get out & vote Feb 8,9,10/94)
GOALS:
Corporate sponsorship for:
0% student fee increases
Unicentre mall
Grocery store
Cheaper prices on campus
Cut CUSA Executive perks
More funding for sports,
societies, and safety
EXPERIENCE:
V.P. Economic Society
V.P. Association of Carleton
Entrepreneurs
Exec. "No CFS Fee Increase"
campaign
B.A. Law, Poli Sci '92, H.B.A. Law '95
Residence, Foot Patrol
Sigma Pi Alumni (3X Chairperson)
T 0 WA'R'DS A"B R'0'A,DER*'H 0 RIZ 0 N
DID YOU KNOW?
CUSA'S Budget
totalled over 2miHion
dollars this year.
It's important to
ensure YOUR money
is spent wisely.
Experience:
» Completed 4 years of
Business training,
specializing in Accounting.
•VICE PRESIDENT
RESIDENCE ASSOCIATION
(R.R.R.A. 92-93)
•ASSISTANT GENERAL
MANAGER (R.R.R.A.
91-92) Liquor Ops division
• 2 years service with private Accounting firm
MAKE YOUR MONEY WORK, Effectively & Economically.
TREVOR MULZER
FOR
FINANCE COMMISSIONER
PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE!
Twice elected as CUSA
Financial Review 0,
Committee Chair W
Bar Management 6|
I Private Sector Financing
I Economics Major
IT'S YOUR MONEY, MAKE AN INFORMED CHOICE.
VOTE WENDY STEWART
I FINANCE COMMISSIONER
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Remember, Council is the legislative authority of CUSA. The elected
councillors' term will be from May 1, 1994 until April, 30 1995.
VOTE oa/ February 8, 9 and fOf
Voting times will be 1 1 :1 0 am until 9:1 0 pm each day.
Polling locations will be at:
Loeb Tunnel Entrance
Unicentre
Mackenzie Building
Tunnel Junction (near vending machines)
Tunnel Junction between Steacie and Herzberg Buildings
Residence Commons
St. Patrick's Building
For further information, please contact James Rilett, Chief Electoral Officer, at 127D
Unicentre, 788-2600 ext.1648.
*BETTS
Colin
Vote for
Arts and Social Science
Rep. '94-'95
CARLETON
PROUD
Christian
Dallaire
Before anything can be
accomplished we need to know
what YOU the voter wants and
needs. This can only be achieved
by hard work, dedication and a
constant relational communication.
This is imperative and I realize that
there's a lot of work to be done and
I'm willing to DO ITI"-£p^g»«-
Arts & Social Science rep
Re-elect
JOHN
§ ®
& ess
ARTS/SOC. SCI. S ©
Michael BARBOUR
Loreto ESTAY
ft»L
Re-elect
RYAN BUTT
ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCE REP .
Experienced
Understanding
Hard Working
elect Judy %J>
DOMINICK
FOR ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES
COUNCILOR
Loreto ESTAY
S • 1994 General Elections Supplement • Carleton University Students' Association
=EE^mA^rs Rep f4 to B£ iuereo^m —
STEPHEN HUYCKE
ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES
•• I BELIEVE THAT THE AVERAGE STUDENT
IS CONCERNED WITH DOLLARS AND CENTS.
THE PROBABILITY OF HIGH TUITION
INCREASES WORRIES ANY CARLETON STU-
DENT. I BELIEVE THAT STUDENT COUNCIL
MUST FIND NEW METHODS TO PAY FOR
THE SERVICES THEY OFFER. IF ELECTED
THAT'S WHAT I PLAN TO DO: FIND NEW
WAYS OF PAYING FOR SERVICES WITHOUT
CHARGING STUDENTS ANY MORE CASH."
PREPARING FOR THE 21 M CENTURY
M
GOLEM
I p ■ Head Facilitator
■ Long Range Planning
1993: Committee Chair
■ NUG Representative -
Law
VOTE for Experience and
Dedication on your CUSA Council.
HP
^JENKINS
Heather
Vote for
Arts and Social Science
Rep. '94-'95
X. CARLETON
S PROUD
A NEW WAVE IN
STUDENT POLITICS
ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCE
For a STRONG VOICE
in CUSA COUNCIL VOTE
,or PIERRE
LEDUC
For ARTS / SOCIAL SCIENCES
Personal message:
In my two years at Carleton, my
committment to academics, cam-
pus safety and students' interest
have been reflected in my involve-
ment in New University Govern-
ment (NUG). Fool Patrol and the
Mass Communication Society.
A vote for PIERRE LEDUC is a
vote for continued strong
committments.
RYAN
MM
ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCE REP
Stop the rhetoric.
Line
Icjren
[ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES |
$ ' 1994 General Elections Supplement • Carleton University Students' Association
^ARTS Rep t4 to Be mm® a
DAWD MACDONALD
E LE
EXPERIENCE
ABILITY
INTEGRITY
ARTS/SOCIAL SCIENCE REPRESENTATIVE
SCOTT PARE
ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCE REP
A Strong
Voice for
Your Concerns
VOTE FOR: JONATHAN
POSTNER
Better CUSA-R.R.R.A
Communication
Fix the C.F.S
N.U.G.
:.f.s.^
Change
Lower Tuition
Improved
cad
Academics
REAY,Ian
Remember your
2R's '
Reav
0%St
Reid
Safety
Sports Funding
Residence A-
Frosh
0% Student Fee Increases
Better Awareness of
Student Services
Change for Progress
REID, Wendy
Safety
Sports Funding
Residence
Frosh «r-#
0% Student Fee Increases
Better Awareness of
Student Services
Change for Progress
REID, Wendy
Remember your
r Reay &
Reid
Better CUSA-R.RR.A
Communication
Fix the C.F.S. a.
N.U.G. mJ^g Academics
Change
Lower Tuition
Improved
cad
RE AY, Ian
John
Wayne
ROSS
Continuing in the
tradition set as
Student Academic
Action Bureau
Coordinator;
Speaking out for
Students'
concerns
No Student.regardless of sex.ethnicity.religion
or sexuality should feel threatened at Carleton
in any way. CUSA 's integrity can he restored
through a sound, open-minded fiscal policy
and a responsive social agenda.
Partisan politics are for politicians, CUSA is
for Carleton students.
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ARTS R£P f4 TO B£ ttfCTiD
Perry "Shaman Long Hair" Simpson (running mate.Sandy Wakeling)
Date Rape Prevention Educator 93-94.
Facilitator 93-94.
Rezzie 91-92,92-93.
Shaman of the HILLPEOPLE.
Not a bad little dancer.
Interests: Acoustic guitar,
skating, breakdancing, Elvis-
impersonating & cartoons.
"Sandy and I want to make
Carleton a more safe, more
productive, and much more fun
place for every student. We
will do our best to make CUSA
look mah-velous. "
5'11", Green Eyes, Brown Hair.
Political Science III.
Peer Counsellor 92-93, 93-94.
Sandy "The Sandman" Wakeling (running mate: Perry Simpson)
Transitions Pr>
volunteer 9
iram
5'10", Blue Eyes, Brown Hair (the one on the right).
Psychology III.
Date Rape Prevention Peer Educator 93-94. Facilitator 93-94.
Foot Patrol 91-93
Rezzie 3rd Stormont 91-92.
Interests: Harmonica, skiing,
cartoons, windsurfing, haiku
poetry.
"Perry and I will do our
guaranteed best to ensure your
needs are well represented.
Together, we can make a
difference, because CUSA doesn't
have to exert vacuum pressure. "
SHAt/A/ MRDON
YOU DESERVE AN
EXPERIENCED CUSA!
TWADDLE WILL:
Q lobby for a student Food Bank on campus.
□ propose a debate & referendum on CFS
membership and fees
□ lobby for a Human Rights Board composed of
student rep's to advocate on behalf of students
□ lobby for a Students of Colour Centre k
RENEE TWADDLE- WORKING FOR YOU! W
TWADDLE H
ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES REP
RYAN
WARD
ARTS/SOCIAL SCIENCE REP
Plepate to. he i«teUecti«db^ |
SC/£MC£ REP
There are 3 positions for
science student representatives
on CUSA council, but no candidates for 94/95.
Positions as interim councillors will be available;
for information on becoming an interim representative
contact the Electoral Office, 127D Unicentre, 788-1648
^COMMERCE R£P 3 POS/T/OA/S,
Daniel Maloley
has been acclaimed.
There is still one commerce position available;
for information on becoming an interim representative
contact the Electoral Office. 1270 Unicentre. 788-1648.
CONGRAWLATfONS DAWUf
Brian Cornier
has been acclaimed.
There is still one commerce position available:
for information on becoming an interim representative
contact the Electoral Office. 127D Unicentre, 788-1648.
CONGRATVLATfOMS SR/AA//
As the legends foretold, he appeared out of the arctic mist of
Mackenzie field during the first fullmoon. Ominously, his attention
turned towards the Unicentre, and all he gazed upon were taken
with fear and dread. Trees wailed at his passing; the earth trembled
under his foot. After a year hiatus, DOOM had returned to CUSA
council, and his name was:
SNARL
Carl Hentschel
acclaimed as
CUSA Engineering Rep.
Be afraid mortals. Be very afraid.
^E^mjOURMAUSM REP
3 POSITIONS
Craig Taylor
has been acclaimed.
"Thanks for all your support!"
There is still one engineering position available;
for information on becoming an interim representative
conta ct the Electoral Office. 127D Unicentre. 788-1648.
CONGRATULATfONS CRA/Gf
^^ARCWTECTURE REP
Sheldon Baker
has been acclaimed.
CONGRATULATfOMS SHELDON?
There is 1 position for a
journalism student representative
on CUSA council, but no candidates for 94/95.
A position as interim councillor will be available;
for information on becoming an interim representative
contact the Electoral Office, 127D Unicentre, 788-1648.
WOMPUTiR SC/EA/CE REP
=ffi/DUSTR?AL OES/ffl RiP
There is 1 position for a
computer science student representative
on CUSA council, but no candidates for 94/95.
A position as interim councillor will be available;
for information on becoming an interim representative
conta ctthe ElectorafOffice, 127D Unicentre, 788-1648.
There is 1 position for an
industrial design student representative
on CUSA council, but no candidates for 94/95.
A position as interim councillor will be available;
for information on becoming an interim representative
' contact the Electoral Office, 127D Unicentre, 788-1648.
= SPEC f At STUDENT RiP
There are 3 positions for
special student representatives
on CUSA council, but no candidates for 94/95.
Positions as interim councillors will be available;
for information on becoming an interim representative
conta ctthe Electoral Office, 127D Unicentre, 788-1648.
Remember. Council is the legislative authority of CUSA. The elect-
ed councillors' term will be from May 1, 1994 until Apri.l 30 1995.
VOTE on February 8, 9 aa/d ?Of
Voting times will be 11:10 am until 9:10 pm each day.
Polling locations will be at:
Loeb Tunnel Entrance Unicentre
Residence Commons St. Patrick's Building
Mackenzie Building Tunnel Junction
Tunnel Junction between Steacie and Herzberg Buildings
For further information, please contact James Rilett. Chief Electoral Officer, at
127D Unicentre. 788-2600 ext.1648.
9 • 1994 General Elections Supplement • Carleton University Students' Association
'Board of Governors Z to ee eucrio.
The Board of Governors is the highest governing
body on Campus, with authority over the setting
of the University budget, the level of tuition, Uni-
versity fundraising programmes, new buildings
on campus, etc. There are only two undergrad
student members of the Board. If you care about
the University's responsibility to its students, fol-
low the campaigns of the students on these
pages, and W?T£f
The senate is the highest academic decision-mak-
ing body at Carleton, and its decisions affect vir-
tually every aspect of your academic life. It deter-
mines admissions and graduation requirements;
it conducts exams; it grants degrees and diplo-
mas; it awards scholarships, medals, and prizes.
Eight undergrad and two graduate students are
elected to sit on the Senate each year. Only l\IUG
reps (New University Government) may run for
these positions.
• The charisma of a beach ball
• Duller than a year-old pencil
• Stiffer than plywood
• Drier than the Sahara
BORED
OF GOVERNORS
The Board of Governors is the highest
governing body on campus. The Board
has authority on setting the University
budget, setting the level of tuition and
deciding on new construction projects.
There are only two undergraduate
students on the Board.
BOARD OF
GOVERNORS
tO • 1994 General Elections Supplement • Carleton University Students' Association
f Board of Governors 2 to be elected.
To be an effective representative on
the Board of Governors, you need
a candidate with an awareness
of student issues
and hands on
administrative
experience...
• Directly lobbyed
the Minister of
Colleges and
Universities
• supervised $200,000
Orientation budget
<~*'\- j
• productively participated \ A*
in numerous campus committees
• co-ordinated a wide range of student activites
• in-depth knowledge of the Administrative stucture
Richard
Vote
J2 1 1 STEWART
of Carleton University
Experience
I LET IT WORK FOR YOU
fx
'u I
Board
of
Governors
rf? Voice
For
BOARD of
GOVERNORS
SoctAL sc/ea/ce sea/ate 2 to be elected
FOR:
SENATE!
Elect
RYAN BUTT
SENATE-SOCIAL SCIENCE
A Strong wme for students
/A/ THE ffGHT FOR A BETTER
EDI/CATfOA/ fOR AUf
SENATE: SOCIAL SCIENCE
REAY,lan
■ ITV
■Accountability &
Communication
■ NO Academic Cutbacks
Make your voice count!!
Carleton
University
KEEP
THIS DOOR
OPEN.
JOHN WELLS
Senate - Social Science
//• 1994 General Elections Supplement • Carleton University Students' Association
-^ARTS SENATE ARCHtTECTt/RE/fNDUSTRtAL DESIGN
There are 2 positions available
for undergraduate arts student members
of Carleton's Senate.
There is 1 position available
for undergraduate architecture/industrial design
student members of Carleton's Senate.
"EtiGWEERWG SENATE f TO BE ELECTED,
Senate Engineering
David
Experience: '/VUG Engineering Facu/ty Rep
•CUSA Engineering Counciior
SENTHOORAN SR/DAS
mCOMPUTER SC/EA/CE/SC/ENCE W GRADUATE STUD fES&RESE ARCH
GAULT
There are 2 positions available
for graduate student members of Carleton's Senate.
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CUSA election flaw-ridden
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Poorly organized debates, question-
able campaigning tactics and an obvi-
ously biased poll clerk who may have
been left to mind a ballot box alone.
These are just some of the problems
the Carleton University Students' Asso-
ciation has run into during its 1994 elec-
tion campaign.
Some of the key concerns:
• There have been two all-candidate
debates for all races, including president,
finance commissioner, senate, board of
governors and arts and social sciences
representatives in Baker Lounge on Feb.
2 and in Rooster's on Feb. 3.
CUSA's constitution calls for at least
four all-candidate debates. A Jan. 31
debate in the Fenn Lounge was cancelled
because of booking problems.
"With the Fenn debate being cut, I
don't know how many people in resi-
dence are aware of the CUSA election
(issues)," says Tom Golem, a candidate
for arts and social sciences.
Another arts debate, scheduled for
Baker Lounge Feb. 7, was cancelled be-
cause nobody showed up to listen.
Two additional debates for president,
finance commissioner and board of gov-
ernors went ahead as scheduled in Roost-
er's Feb. 7. The presidential candidates
debated on CKCU-FM Feb. 4.
• The debates have been poorly publi-
cized and the only ones that have been
well attended have been held in Roost-
er's, where large crowds usually gather
anyway.
Even some of the candidates we're in
the dark about the debates. Todd
McAllister, a candidate for president and
board of governors, says he found out
about one of the debates by accident. He
showed up for a board of governors de-
bate in I
Rooster's
and was
told there
was also
a presi-
dential
debate
after the
board de-
bate. He
says poor
publicity
has
made the
debates
almost
useless to [
students.
leads me Rilett: ^'"9 to control CUSA's election chaos.
to wonder how many students actually
benefited from having the debates," he
says.
• Several candidates have complained
about shady campaign tactics of oppo-
nents. Richard Stanton was warned by
chief electoral officer [ames Rilett about
campaigning in Oliver's Feb. 2. It's
against the constitution to campaign in
a commercial place.
Stanton says he was there with friends
and was simply answering questions from
interested voters. "It wasn't like I was
going around actively soliciting votes,"
he says.
McAllisterallegesthatoneofStanton's
campaign workers, who is also working
as a poll clerk, was left alone at her poll
for half an hour during the first day of
voting. A poll clerk is not allowed to take
ballots if he or she is alone.
Rilett says he's looking into the mat-
ter, but no one has been fired and no
candidates will be disciplined.
Presidential candidate Elaine Silver
also complained that a Stanton pam-
phlet was clearly visible in finance com-
missioner Rene Faucher's office, making
it look like a CUSA endorsement of
Stanton.
• Rilett has been accused of applying
the rules — like the one Stanton broke for
campaigning in Oliver's — too liberally.
"There's been talk about candidates
getting warnings for things that prob-
ably would have disqualified them in
years past," says John Edwards, who's
running for board of governors and arts
representative.
• Then, there are the usual complaints
about posters. Students say there are too
many of them. Candidates complain that
students or other candidates rip them
down. But since few students have seen
the debates, the posters are important to
a candidate's image.
"Really, you're buying the electorate,"
says Kristine Haselsteiner, vice-president
external and CEO in 1991-92. "The only
way you can see a name over and over
again in a multitude of posters is if you
have the most artistic and the most flam-
boyant posters that really shocks you
and stands out, and the only way to do it
is if you have the money to backyourself
up."
Though candidates have spending lim-
its for posters and other election mate-
rial, the amount of money they dish out
is calculated by set guidelines of how
muchapostershouldcost, nothowmuch
it actually costs.
For example, finance commissioner
candidate Rob [amieson'sfancyblueand
orange posters cost him about 50 cents a
piece for 1,000 posters.
But CUSA calculates the posters at six
cents each. That allows Jamieson to run
a glossy campaign — he says he has
spent over $1,200 — staying within the
president and finance commissioner
spending limit of $ 150.
"There's something wrong with a sys-
tem like that," says Golem.
Stanton says he's spent $500 on his
campaign, McAllistersayshe'sspent$2S0
and presidential candidate Brenda
Kennedy says she's spent $800.
The candidates have some ideas about
how to prevent this annual wallpapering
of Carleton. Silver says candidates should
not be allowed to have professional print-
ing done.
Stanton says posters should be limited
to keep their numbers down. But he ad-
mits that until changes are made, "You
get sucked into it. You have to cover the
campus with posters (to compete)."
"We'll have to do something," says
Rilett, who may ask CUSA to regulate the
amount in real dollars candidates are
allowed to spendon posters. "People think
it looks silly and it does." □
Undergrad TAs confused about vote
by Ryan Nakashima
Charlatan SlQtf
With a strike vote set for Feb. 15-17,
some undergraduate teaching assistants
say they disagree with some of their un-
ion local's negotiating positions and
aren'thappywith its lackof communica-
tion.
"I didn't get anything (regarding the
strike vote)," says Carmela Graziani, an
undergraduate journalism teaching as-
sistant.
She only found out about a Feb. 2
meeting between journalism, mass com-
munications and social work teaching
assistants to discuss the strike vote proc-
ess when approached by a Charlotan re-
porter the next day.
Michel Roy, president of the Cana-
dian Union of Public Employees Local
2323, says the February vote will give the
union a mandate heading into the final
mediation meeting March 7.
After mediation, the local's 1,200
members, including 200 to 300 under-
graduates, will vote on whether to accept
a final offer made by the university. If the
local votes to strike and rejects the final
university offer, it will be legally allowed
to strike March 8.
The local is asking for a tuition freeze,
a five per cent wage increase and an
extra 10 paid hours each year. If ac-
cepted by the university, the tuition freeze
would maintain a local member's tuition
fees for the duration of their employ-
ment.
The university has offered the local no
tuition freeze and no wage increase, ac-
cording to Dave Van Dine, a member of
the university administration negotia-
tion team.
One local request is forundergraduate
teaching assistants to be guaranteed two
school terms of work instead of one.
Graduate teaching assistants are guar-
anteed four terms of work.
Currently, undergraduate teaching
assistants might not be re-hired in the
second term ifthe professor wants to hire
a different teaching assistant, says Roy,
although he hasn't heard of this happen-
ing.
Some undergraduates say getting the
guarantee is not worth striking over.
"As far as we're concerned, the con-
tract with the university ends at the end
of the term, " says Chulaka Ailapperuma,
a fourth-year computer science teaching
assistant.
Robert Telka, another fourth-year com-
puterscience teaching assistant, says jobs
in the second term should remain open
to the best candidates, instead of being
guaranteed to first-term teaching assist-
ants.
Roy calls the undergraduates' stance
frustrating. ,
"If s completely irrational to ask not
to be protected. Even if you work at
McDonald's, you don't have to apply for
your job every year."
Ailapperuma and Telka also don't
think a strike is warranted over local
positions such as a tuition freeze or a five
per cent salary increase.
"I'm not going to tell my professor,
'no, I'm not going to work for you any
more,'" says Ailapperuma.
"(A strike) willhurtthe university as a
whole. Students suffer. Professors suffer,"
says Telka.
Most undergraduate teaching assist-
ants in journalism, mass communica-
tion and social work missed their local
meeting because they weren't told about
it by their department's union repre-
sentatives.
"There was only one undergrad TA at
the (Feb. 2) meeting," says Carol
Risebrough, a graduate student and
teaching assistant in mass communica-
tions. The local says about 20 teaching
assistants were there.
Departmental meetings were held lan.
28 to Feb. 1 0 to update local members on
the negotiating process and on issues
relating to the strike vote, says Roy.
Roy says the local relies on informal
departmental contacts to communicate
with its teaching assistants.
Byron Chu, the journalism representa-
tive for the local and a graduate student,
says "I don't even know who the
undergrad TAs are."
Roy says it was Chu's job to contact
the journalism local members, but Chu
says he never received a memo to be
delivered to teaching assistants'
mailboxes. Roy says it's up to the contact
people to write their own memos.
Chu adds he did tell those teaching
assistants in his graduate school classes
to attend the Feb. 2 meeting. □
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February 10, 1994 • The Charlatan • 3
Memos question iput-of-class conduct
by Jane Tattersall
Charlatan Statt
A memo from the Carleton University
Students' Association to the university's
departmental chairs and directors has
sparked a debate overwhether professors
and students should socialize after class.
CUSA's director of services, Theresa
Cowan, says she has received both posi-
tive and negative reaction since writing
the |an. 10 memo.
In the memo, Cowan expresses con-
cern over the frequency with which Car-
leton professors socialize and attend par-
ties with students.
She says this practice may be consid-
ered a means for professors to establish a
better working relationship with their
students, but writes "... this type of social
activity creates a haven for harassment
and coercion and gives students who
participate the advantage of developing
a comraderie (sic) with their instructor.
"This advantage results in the crea-
tion of an unlevel playing field for those
who do not feel comfortable in such a
situation, and those who cannot afford
the luxury of a week-end party or after-
class drinks."
Cowan says the tone of the memo is
"constructive" and "conversation-stimu-
lating."
"1 think that what 1 was saying was
Think about this', 1 mean, you're not
being fair to all of your students. You
know, it's really nice that you do this, and
open your home to students, but think
about what kind of playing field you are
creating for students who can't do this
sort of thing."
The memo was also circulated to the
university's status of women office and
the women's centre.
Jane Keeler, a counsellor and part-
time human rights educator on campus,
says she supports the memo because the
issue has to be discussed and depart-
ments have to become more aware of it.
But Klaus Pohle, a Carleton journal-
ism professor, has some concerns about
the memo.
"We have to use our common sense
here. 1 mean, there's appropriate social-
izing and there's inappropriate socializ-
ing, and as long as it doesn't interfere
with making good judgments about peo-
ple when it comes to grades, it (socializ-
ing) seems totally appropriate to me."
Pohle says the memo has had no
effect on departments, but adds "I do
agree that it is useful to remind people,
but 1 think most of us are grown up
enough and mature enough as adults to
know how to behave and not to behave."
Cowan says people opposed to the
memo have legitimate concerns.
"They're very sincere and they're very
worried about being attacked, so rather
than looking (at) whether these are real
concerns that need to be sorted out, they
go, 'How might it impinge on me?' and
see it like that," says Cowan.
On lan. 28 Cowan issued a second
memo to clarify the first one.
"The memo was intended to stimulate
discussion and to recognize some of the
negative repercussions such invitations
could have. It was not written to extin-
guish all instructor-student interaction,
it was intended to remind instructors that
they hold positions of power, and that
this powershould neverbe abused," writes
Cowan in the second memo.
Student reaction to the controversy
has been low-key, mostly because the
memo was only sent out to academic
departments. But students who know
about the memo have conflicting views.
Trish Hurley, a fourth-year journal-
ism student, says the memo goes too far.
"I've been to a professor's house for a
party. Maybe with some professors stu-
dents feel that their mark was dependent
on it. I didn't feel that way with this
particular professor," she says.
"I felt there was a little pressure to go
but in no way was I uncomfortable about
going. It was a nice way to see that your
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professors are human beings. It wasn't a
big deal at all and I never saw it as one.
I think this CUSA thing is ridiculous," she
says.
Lisa Mela, a first-year political science
and law major, says she hasn't been
involved in any type of social activity
with her professors, but says some of the
people on her residence floor have.
"I think it is inappropriate because
there has to be a certain degree of profes-
sionalism, and they are professionals.
"I agree with the letter that it (socializ-
ing) does cause favoritism and is unfair
to students.
"If I didn't go (to a party) and some
other students went and they spent the
whole evening with the professor and got
to know him well, that professor would
remember those students more and I
think it would definitely be biased." □
Student charged for
starting fire in Unicentre
by Angie Gallop
Charlatan Staff
A Carleton student set fire to a bag of
garbage and threw it in the Unicentre
elevator on the third floor of the Unicen-
tre the night of Jan. 26.
Daniel Thibeault, 23, has been charged
with arson andendangering human life.
The Unicentre security guard on pa-
trol that night, who wished to remain
anonymous, says the garbage was pa-
per-towel rubbish probably left near the
elevator by the cleaners.
The student was apprehended and
brought to campus security by a Unicen-
tre cleaner. Unicentre security says there
was only superficial damage to the eleva-
tor.
Len Boudreault, assistant director of
the department of university safety, says
there is no known motive behind the
student's actions. □
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Admin wants Tjnkentre^toretolDutt out
by Naomi Bock
Charlatan Staff
Some Carleton administrators are try-
ing to enforce a policy which prohibits
the Unicentre store from selling ciga-
rettes.
Rene Faucher, finance commissioner
for the Carleton University Students' As-
sociation, says the store's profits would
be "wiped out" without cigarettes.
But selling them at the store is a viola-
tion of a university policy which allows
them to be sold only where they can be
smoked, says Spruce Riordon, Carleton's
vice-president of finance and adminis-
tration.
"It's a method of reducing the sale of
cigarettes," says Riordon.
When university administration de-
cided on the policy in 1991, two letters
were sent to CUSA about the policy and
asking for comments, says Beverly Plato,
manager of occupational health and
safety for the university. Plato says CUSA
never responded that year.
She says the policy was implemented
in fuly 1992, but CUSA is still selling
cigarettes at the store. After sending a
third letter to CUSA last year, she turned
the matter over to Riordon.
Riordon says restricting students' rights
to buy tobacco is justifiable due to the
"tremendous amount of research" on the
health risks.
"It's a good idea to discourage smok-
ing," says Riordon.
Faucher says the store would lose the
profit it makes from cigarettes, which
was $40,000 last year. The store sold
$249,000 in tobacco products last year.
Faucher says if the store loses this money,
it might have to close, since the store
cameout with only $9,000 in netincome
Unicentrestore profits could be in jeopardy without smoke sales
last year.
"If it's losing money, then we can't
afford to run it," says Faucher.
Riordon says CUSA will simply have to
use "a little bitof ingenuity" to make up
for lost profits. He says the bookstore
"has the same problem," because the
policy has prohibited it from selling ciga-
rettes as well.
ButKatherine Main, Riordon's execu-
tive assistant, says CUSA complains that
the PeppermiU Express booth, which sells
cigarettes and candy, takes revenue away
from the students. Selling tobacco here is
consistent with the university's policy
because the PeppermiU cafeteria has a
smoking area.
The university takes a direct profit
from cigarettes sold at the PeppermiU
Express, according to lames Johnston,
assistant director of food services and
liquor operations at the department of
housing and food services. He says Capi-
tal Foods is paid a fee to run the cafeteria
and the cigarette and candy booth, but
all costs and profits are absorbed by the
university.
Kevin McGlyn, the Unicentre store
manager, says the decision to ban to-
bacco sales in non-smoking areas breaks
with the original contract between CUSA
and the university, which allows the store
to sell cigarettes. McGlyn says the store's
contract hasn't been changed to reflect
the policy yet.
He says cigarettes lure customers to
the store. "We are kind of hidden in the
back end of the hallway, and like most
businesses, it's used to attract people."
Riordon says he's unsure of what ad-
ministration will do if CUS Adoesn't com-
ply with the policy.
"We'll cross that bridge when we come
to it," he says.
Discussions between CUSA and the
university take place under the joint
projects committee, which looks at cam-
pus commercial activities. Main, a com-
mittee member, says the university has
"tried to be very firm" about its stance on
smoking.
Main says the university will not en-
force the policy itself.
"Thatdoesn't make for good relation-
ships," she says.
CUSA President Lucy Watson, says
cigarette sales won 't be the on ly so les lost
if cigarettes aren't allowed at the store.
"People who go in to buy cigarettes
end up picking up other extra items," she
says.
Although the rule would still allow
CUSA to sell cigarettes in Rooster's and
Oliver's, Faucher says those places are
"not equipped for it."
Watson says the lines would be too
long and identification would be harder
to check.
Don McEown, executive assistant to
Carleton's president, says the university
has the right to impose rules on opera-
tions on its land.
"At the end of the day, the university
has the legal right of an owner, " he says.
Main says discussions have been slow
because of the changing of the CUSA
executive every year.
"Someone can agree to something,
but two months later you have a new
executive, and they're saying, "We never
agreed to this.'"
Administration and the CUSA execu-
tive say the matter is not a priority now,
and don't expect a resolution before the
end of the school year. □
Campus patrol officer Gaston Taylor gets new job
by Brandie Weikle
Charlatan Staff
To the surprise of some students in-
volved in campus safety, the department
of university safety has hired an officer to
tackle problems of personal safety and
crime prevention on campus.
Gaston Taylor, a Carleton patrol of-
ficer for five years, started his new job as
crime prevention and support services
officer Feb. 2.
"He will be a contact point for the
community to address various concerns,
for instance, women's issues (and) per-
sonal safety issues, " says Len Boudreault,
the department's assistant director.
According to his job description, Taylor
will communicate between the patrol
officers and the Carleton community and
recommend public safety and crime
awareness programs. He will oversee the
operation of alarm systems and the in-
stallation of any new surveillance equip-
ment.
Carleton University Students' Associa-
tion President Lucy Watson, who sits on
the university's advisory 'committee on
personal safety, says she was not in-
formed of the department's plans. She
says no one at CUSA was consulted about
Taylor's hiring.
"We were not aware," says Watson.
"We were not consulted or advised. I
never received any information about
it."
Carleton Women's Centre co-ordinator
Renee Twaddle says she wasn't informed
about Taylor's hiring either.
Taylor will also attend meetings of
various committees on campus as a re-
source person on personal safety and will
be involved in the training of Foot Patrol
volunteers.
Foot Patrol co-ordinator Brenda
Kennedy says she did not hear the de-
partment of university safety was in the
process of hiring someone for this posi-
tion, only that they were hoping to.
"If this person is going to be working
closely with the Foot Patrol, which I'm
sure he is, I would have like to have heard
more," says Kennedy. "But I've met him
and he seems nice. I'm sure he's the best
person for the job."
Groups like the university's advisory
committee on personal safety, the Foot
Patrol and the Carleton Women's Centre
were not consulted because it was an
internal promotion, says Boudreault.
"The university has a collective agree-
ment with the union that says if there is
a person inside that is qualified, we have
to give (the job) to that person," says
Boudreault.
If the department had been unable to
fill the position from among existing
staff members, he says a hiring board
comprised of interested groups, includ-
ing students, would have been put to-
gether.
Taylor "has extensive experience in
crime prevention," says Boudreault.
Taylor served with the Guyana Police for
10 years before coming to Canada.
Boudreault says Taylor is qualified to
mediate conflicts that relate to cultural
misunderstandings.
"The position will certainly be a chal-
lenge for me, " says Taylor. He says he will
teach "common-sense" personal safety
to help people make their own living
environment a safer place to be.
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February 10, 1994 ■ The Charlatan ■ 5
GLB rep left out of CFS-O delegation
by Karolina Srutek
Cha/lalan Slafl
A studentrepresentative from the Gay,
Lesbian and Bisexual Centre was left off
a conference delegation so another ex-
ecutive member from the Carleton Uni-
versity Students' Association could at-
tend.
Holly White, a member of the centre,
was excluded last-minute from the CUSA
delegation going to the Canadian Fed-
eration of Students-Ontario conference
]an. 14-20 in Sault Ste. Marie after the
centre was informed in December that a
delegate could go.
The original delegation to the CFS-O
conference was supposed to include a
student with a disability, a gay, lesbian
or bisexual student, CUSA director of
academics Gary Anandasangaree and
an aboriginal student, Tim O'loam, says
CUSA president Lucy Watson.
Eventually Watson and vice-president
external Kristine Haselsteiner added
themselves to the delegation. Watson
says no student with a disability could
take time off school and White was ex-
cluded. Watson says CUSA budgeted to
send only four delegates, who ended up
being Watson, Haselsteiner,
Anandasangaree and O'loam.
Watson called an "emergency execu-
tive meeting" on Jan. 9 to find room for
Haselsteiner on the delegation. Watson
says this was done because Haselsteiner
felt strongly that she should attend to
continue her work on various CFS-O cam-
paigns.
"If I knew Holly was ready to go, it's
something that would have been consid-
ered in the meeting," says Watson.
White says she heard she was not
goingtotheconferenceon|an. 12through
GLB centre co-ordinator Peter Nogalo —
the day before the delegation left.
"1 went into the centre and I said to
Peter 'what the hell is going on, we're
leaving tomorrow and 1 don't know any-
"Lucy consulted us on the issues, but
even when we were split on issues it was
her who had the final decision," says
O'loam.
Jamey Heath, a CUSA councillor, says
Haselsteiner called him the first week of
lanuary, wanting to hold an emergency
council meetingtodiscusswhyshewasn't
If I knew Holly was ready to go, it's
something that would have been
considered in the meeting."
Lucy Watson, CUSA president
thing'," says White. "So Peter made a
couple of phone calls and told me I'm not
going."
Haselsteiner says it is her job to attend
such conferences. As vice-president ex-
ternal, she says she acts as a liaison
between the national and provincial
wings of CFS. Haselsteiner refused to com-
ment further on the matter.
Haselsteiner's terms of reference, writ-
ten by Watson, say she is to become chief
delegate at CFS and CFS-O conferences in
the absence of the president.
"It's not in her (Haselsteiner's) terms
of reference to attend the meetings," says
Watson, who says she went to the confer-
ence as both CFS-O women's commis-
sioner and chief delegate.
"The president has always been chief
delegate," says Watson. "1 was always
going as chief delegate. I don't relinquish
that position. I can hold both positions."
The chief delegate holds the final vote
on issues brought up at the conference.
going to the conference. Six names are
normally needed to carry the power to
call an emergency meeting.
"I don'tknowwhathappened between
the request of the meeting and the even-
tual makeup of the delegation. All 1 can
say is there was no meeting and Kristine
went to Sault Ste. Marie," says Heath.
John Edwards, another CUSA council-
lor, says he heard from other councillors
and service co-ordinators that Watson
was going as women s commissioner,
not as chief delegate.
"Lucy didn't want Kristine to go, " says
Edwards. "They have been having disa-
greements and they haven't been getting
along."
When Watson was asked if she and
Haselsteiner were not getting along, she
answered "1 don't conduct my business
relations on a personal level."
Edwards also says he heard that
Watson wanted Anandasangaree, not
Haselsteiner, to be chief delegate if she
wasn't.
"Kristine was prepared to raise shit —
for obvious reasons," says Edwards.
White says she wasn't contacted by
Watson by phone or in person.
"It's a case of phone tag," says Watson.
"It's really too bad this happened."
White says there should have been a
representative of the gay, lesbian and
bisexual community at the conference.
"The other universities saw the impor-
tance of having a GLB representative
and the importance of covering those
issues." □
TAYLOR cont'd from pg. 5
Taylor's position was introduced to
Carleton when Mark Tinlin became di-
rector of university safety two years ago,
says Boudreault.
The new position is "all part of the
community-based policing that we're try-
ing to introduce here," says Boudreault.
Last fall, four university patrol officers
received special constable status, giving
them the power to arrest and press charges
on campus. Since then, other patrol offic-
ers have been in training at the Ontario
Police College in Aylmer.
Boudreault says Taylor will have a
three-month training period to establish
his duties, and then the department will
either sign a contract with him or look for
someone else. Taylor will take special
constable training on top of his regular
duties "when his rum comes up," says
Boudreault. The patrol officers receive
their training in order of seniority, he
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Hey, don't vote
until you read this
by Derek DeCloet and Brent Oowdall
Charlatan SlaH
McAllister's dual identity
Presidential candidate Todd McAllister
has an interesting political past.
He simultaneously held memberships
for both the Progressive Conservatives
and the Liberals and once worked as a
volunteer in Liberal MP Mac Harb's of-
fice.
He says he's not actively involved in
either party any more.
In fact, Frank, an Ottawa-based satiri-
cal magazine, reported last summer that
McAllisterwassupposedtowork on Harb's
re-election campaign, but was turfed out
when they found out about his Tory
connections.
McAllister says that's completely false;
he wasn't even in Ottawa last summer,
anddidn'tfind out aboutthe article until
he returned from his hometown of
Brockville, Ont. □
Stanton's RRRA deficit
When Richard Stanton was president
of Rideau River Residence Association in
1990-91, the association ran up the sec-
ond highest deficit of its history at $4 1 ,000.
Stanton blames it on the previous
year's executive, which ran up the larg-
est deficit in RRRA history at $45,000
and, says Stanton, left him with bills to
pay.
"When we came in the books were a
real mess," he says. "We were stringent
in our spending."
But he says it was tough to reduce the
deficit because "there are a lot of fixed
costs." □
jamieson inspires Barry
Lloyd Barry says he wouldn't be a
presidential candidate if it weren't for
CUSA vice-president internal Rob
Jamieson.
Barry says he went to talk to Jamieson
in January to find out "what it takes to
become president."
He says Jamieson told him it would be
a waste of time for him to run because he
had never been involved and wouldn't
know how CUSA works.
"I didn't think there was a need to run
until someone on the executive would
tell someone not to run," Barry says.
"Jamieson pissed me off."
Jamieson says he can't remember the
conversation with Barry because he has
talked to many students who were inter-
ested in running.
"I would nevertell anyone not to run. "
Jamieson says he might have told
Barry that he should attend council meet-
ings or run for council or volunteer for
CUSA before running for president.
"I probably would've said that,"
Jamieson says. "If he interpreted it that
way, I'll find him and apologize."
Barry, officially a first-year economics
student who has attended part-time for
two years, says he wants to start a food
bank and "incite more non-CUSA hacks
to run for any CUSA positions."
He says he's " disgusted" by the amount
of money candidates are spending on
campaign materials. He says he's spent
$18.
"I don't have a thousand bucks to
waste on a neon poster war," he says.
Whether he wins or not, he says he will
get involved in trying to reform the elec-
toral system. □
Here's your meal plan .
by Trfcia Volpe
Charlalaji Slaff
Why is h mandatory for students
living in residence to bay the meal
plan?
Vou are sitting at the desk in your
small room in Glengarry House. All is
silent except for the muffled cries of your
empty stomach. You try to ignore them,
but they become unbearable.
Finally, you drag yourself to a place
you dread, to a place you try to avoid at
all costs, the residence dining hall. Only
one thought enters your mind: Why is it
mandatory formetopay for food 1 don't
want to eat?
People choose to live in residence for
various reasons. They may be interested
in meeting other people or may en|oy
having easy access to university facili-
ties. Eating at the cafeteria operated by
Marriott, the company in charge of food
services in residence, never seemsto beat
the top of the list.
The department of housing and food
services at Carleton requires that all stu-
dents who live in residence buy a meal
plan for about $2,000 for the full eight
months.
lames Johnston, the department's as-
sistantdlrectorof food services and liquor
operations, says the department is sup-
posed to provide accommodation and
meals in the most economical way possi-
ble for people who choose to live in resi-
dence.
He says there must be "100-per-cent
participation" of residents if meals are to
be provided at a low cost. If some people
choose to eat off-campus and others
choose to use the dining halls, the cost
Sec
ond-yeaf
sociology Resfoo4,yum!
student
Sandi LeBlanc says she doesn't really
think the food is "as bad as everyone
makes it out to be, " but if given a choice,
she wouldrather have access to a kitchen.
Johnston says having kitchens in resi-
dences would be difficult. He says the
buildings do not have the capacity to
handle such large amounts of electricity
or garbage .
Students can take action to improve
the quality of their food. They can Hll out
complaint forms. The most effective way
to make a change, however, is through
direct contact with those in charge. If you
do not like something, find a manager
right away and tell him or her about it
since 50 per cent of your residence fee
goes to the meal plan.
If you have something tosay, go right
to the top and let the bosses at Marriott
know. Send your letters to:
Marriott Corp. of Canada
33SO S. Service Rd.
Burlington, Ont.
L7N3M6 a
CUPE 2323
TEACHING and RESEARCH
ASSISTANTS UNION
HAS CALLED A
STRIKE VOTE
General Membership
Meeting
When: Tuesday
Feb. 15, 1994
11:00 a.m.
Where: PORTER HALL
Voting will commence at a
General Membership Meeting
where members will first
discuss the 1 bargaining
situation.
Voting by secret ballot
Voting Stations
When:
February 15, 16, & 17
All voting stations will
be open from 11:30
a.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Where:
Voting Stations will be
located at tunnel level in Loeb
and St. Patrick buildings and
in the Unicentre, in front of
Mike's Place on the second
level.
Bring your student card
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. CONTACT THE UNION OFFICE IN
ROOM 510 UNICENTRE OR PHONE 788 7482
CUPE 2323 STRTKF. VOTF. FEB 15-17
TEACHING AND RESEARCH ASSISTANTS
VOTE YES BECAUSE...
In 1992, immediately after the last round of
negotiations, the University grabbed back our pay
increase by hiking post-residency graduate fees by
78%.
This time they want us to agree to a pay freeze
while they hike tuition fees yet again.
This will constitute a WAGE ROLL-BACK.
TELL THE UNIVERSITY THAT WE WILL
ACT TO DEFEND OUR STANDARD OF
LIVING.
...YOU HAVE POWER.
USE IT.
February 10, 1994 • The Charlatan • 7
SCIENCE &
Aphrodisiacs: Mow to Boost your sex drive
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by Pamela Paterson
Charlatan Start
People with their hearts set on getting
lucky this Valentine's Day shouldn't rely
on aphrodisiacs, says an Ottawa sexolo-
gist.
"Different times in history, different
places, differentcultures — we'veall tried
things, but nothing has ever been dem-
onstrated to be really a true aphrodisiac, "
says Margaret Jacobs.
Shesays aphrodisiacs will only work if
the user thinks they will.
"If you think they are (effective), then
you may perk up a little bit, but it's not
because of what you're taking, whether
it's eating more oysters or whatever, " she
says.
People eat, drink or smell various aph-
rodisiacs, which are supposed to appeal
to the senses.
Anne Campbell's 1989 book The Op-
posite Sex, a guide to the differences be-
tween the sexes, lists some concoctions
that might be better found in a witch's
brew: ground reindeer antlers, ginseng
root, rhinoceros horn, animal testes, and
turtle eggs are some. Or there's "Come
Fuck Me" oil, found in Ottawa's Occult
Shop, on Bank Street.
Employee Michael McCord makes the
oil from a combination of plant and
animal products, including artificial
whale semen, frankincense, myrrh, and
peppermint.
"I have several people who buy it
often," McCord says. "The best success
has been with couples already together.
I imagine that the success is probably 75
per cent psychological."
McCord says to apply the oil like a
perfume, to "places appropriate to what
you're looking for," such as in warm
places like the heart, ankles, wrist, or
close to the genitals. He says not to apply
the oil directly on the genitals or it will
sting.
More common aphrodisiacs include
alcohol, musk perfumes, oysters, incense,
chocolate and the scent of roses.
In love shops around town, Spanish
fly may be the one loving hopefuls buy.
Campbell says it's made from a chemical
in dried green blister beetles called
cantharides and put into a drink.
Jacobs says sex drives fluctuate de-
pending on the amount of the hormone
testosterone present in both males and
females, while personal factors can play
a stronger role.
"Personal situations — stress, fatigue,
health, all these kinds of things — will
affect how you feel. Sex drive is really
multi-dimensional," Jacobs says.
David Bakish, associate professor of
psychiatry at the University of Ottawa,
says symptoms of depression, such as
guilt, sadness, hopelessness and worth-
lessness, causes low sex levels.
"A lot of people who have decreased
libido or sex drive have a decreased libido
because they have mild chronic symp-
toms of depression. If you treat the mild
chronic symptoms of depression, the li-
bido comes back, " he says. "We use anti-
depressants to treat the depression and
then see what happens."
For people who still would like to try a
floral aphrodisiac, one flower store owner
advises choosing roses carefully, because
some don't smell as sweet as others.
"Not all of them have scents and they
all smell differently, depending on where
they're from," says John Parsons, owner
of Alta Vista Flowers.
Do some customers who buy roses get
lucky? Parsons says people come back
into the store to tell them of their success.
"You better believe it," Parsons says.
"You bet they do." »
But will you still respect me in the morning?
by Josee Bellemare
Charlatan Staff
Sex.
Intimate. Exciting. Spontaneous.
Something great to do on Valentine's
Day. Whether it's with your long-term
partner or a quick one-night stand, the
desire is unstoppable.
But is it better with the one you love?
"If s better, " says Bode George, a former
engineering student from Carleton.
"There's a feeling before, a feeling dur-
ing, and a feeling after."
He says the day after a one-night
stand, the only thing you wake up to is a
stranger.
Richard Morgan, a second-year psy-
chology student at Carleton, says there
are advantages to both kinds of relation-
ships.
"There is the element of danger and
excitement with a one-night stand —
someone you never met before," he says.
"On the other hand, there is a long-term
relationship with the joining of the souls
through the physical aspect of sex."
Dan Mclntyre, a psychology professor
at Carleton, says to maintain a long-
term relationship, the partners should
incorporate novelty into the relationship.
He suggests they go on vacation and
expose themselves to new situations.
"It doesn't have to be with anybody
else," Mclntyre says.
Karen Ogston, a therapist specializ-
ing in individual, couple and family
therapy in Ottawa, says long-term part-
ners are more free to relax around a
partner they are with for a long time.
"When you have a trusting long-term
relationship, you learn more aboutyour-
self and you can explore more aspects of
the relationship."
lone Rogers, a therapist specializing
in individual and couple therapy in Ot-
tawa, says sex is a tool forgetting to know
someone better when a couple wants a
long-term relationship and not just a
one-night stand.
"You can discuss any anxieties you
may have," she says. "It's a piece of a
growing relationship entered into with-
out haste."
David Nozick, an Ottawa therapist
specializing in individual, couple and
family therapy, says sex should not be
dismissed as a physical urge.
"Sex is one of the ways of expressing
love," he says. "Sex represents the cou-
pling of two people. It is much more
satisfying in a love relationship."
Michael Koor, a third-year Carleton
student, says two people about to engage
in a one-night stand should both have
the same understanding of the relation-
ship.
"Both parties have to agree that it's a
one-night stand," he says. He says he
likes one-night stands "because there's a
variety. You're just testing the waters to
see what you like."
"I think the reason why guys like it is
the spontaneity factor," says Bill Brown,
an Oliver's patron who is working full-
time now but plans to go to university
next year.
"I think one-night stands are okay,
but not necessarily with AIDS going
around," says Carmen Hudon, another
Ottawa therapist specializing in indi-
vidual and relationship therapy.
"I think people that are really hungry
or in need would go to a one-night stand.
It's not the same if you're committed to a
relationship."
Hudon also says one-night stands may
be appealing because there's no commit-
ment to a long-term relationship. He
says some people are scared of intimacy.
"One-night stands are not threaten-
ing because you're not committed to
them," he says.
Ogston says sometimes during a long-
term relationship, some people begin to
feel less excited having sex with the same
person.
"When something is new and novel,
it's very stimulating and exciting," she
says.
Mclntyre says the emotional "rush"
diminishes when having sex with the
same person all the time.
"Any behavior repeated frequently,
you become habituated to," he says. "The
emotional rush gets smaller and smaller.
"They could rush out to try to find
another person to turn them on again.
People respond to novelty."
Maybe novelty will be found on Val-
entine's Day. *
I scream, you scream, we all scream for...
by Pamela Paterson
Charlatan Staff
Cold and creamy ice cream melts de-
lectably on a warm chest or tummy.
If it doesn't, the problem may lie in a
poor stabilizer system.
Though no one will admit to using
them, foods such as ice cream and pea-
nut butter can be used as sex foods. But
for either to be used in love-making, they
have to be made smooth and creamy.
Bob Hamilton, quality control man-
ager at Beatrice Foods Inc. in Simcoe,
Ont., says stabilizers in ice cream prevent
j water molecules from joining up with
each other and keep water crystals from
becoming large ice crystals in ice cream.
Normally oil and water don't mix, but
stabilizers allow this mix to happen by
joining the two together. Water attaches
to one end of the stabilizer and fat at-
taches to the other end, therefore allow-
ing them to mix. Examples of stabilizers
include gelatin, an extract from seaweed
called carrageenen, and carob bean.
"Large ice crystals in your ice cream
willgiveyouaverycoarsetexture. When
the ice crystals melt, the body of the ice
cream kind of falls away in your mouth
and you would get what we call a weak
texture," Hamilton says.
Stabilizers are added when ice-cream
is produced.
"(Stabilizers) will ultimately give you
a nice, smooth, creamy mouth-feel to
the product," Hamilton says.
Hamilton says you can tell a good ice
cream by the way it melts. If it melts and
looks like a "puddle of cream" then it's
good quality. A bad ice cream is one
where the ingredients separate when
melting, Hamilton says.
"It gives you poor mouth-feel, poor
impression, and certainly is an indicator
that you've not got a very strong stabi-
lizer."
Peanut butter can also be another
attractive sex food.
"Peanut butter is one of my favorite
sex foods because it takes a long time to
put on. It takes even longer to lick off,"
says Edward Hendriks, a fourth-year com-
puter science student.
It has a different process than ice
cream to make it smooth and creamy-
Unsexy peanuts are converted into pea-
nut butter by a roasting and grinding
process, says Marian Macdonald, man-
ager of communicationsat Kraft General
Foods Canada Inc in Don Mills, Ont.
She says after roasting and grinding
the peanuts, Kraft adds a small amount
of vegetable oil to keep the peanut butter
from separating.
Oxidation, where oxygen reacts with
the peanut butter to decompose, may
also get in the way of pleasing peanut
butter sex . An open jar left on the shelf is
exposed to air and can oxidize.
"I would say in three months you
might think that it would taste a little
different," Macdonald says.
She says peanut butter kept in the
fridge can keep for up to six months. So,
unless you use a lot of peanut butter in
sex, it's best to keep opened peanut but-
ter jars in the fridge. *
8 • The Charlatan • February 10, 1994
NATIONAL AFFAIRS
Farquhar slams zero tolerance policy
by Jill Mahoney
Chartalan Staff
Carieton President Robin Farquhar has
rejected a provincial government pro-
posal that aims to achieve "zero toler-
ance" of harassmentand discrimination
at universities.
Farquhar says the proposal could be
applied in such a way as to infringe on
the university's autonomy and on aca-
demic freedom.
The proposal calls for universities to
send in their existing policies dealing
with harassment and discrimination by
March l.The Ontario Council on Univer-
sity Affairs, a government body, will then
conduct a review of the policies' effective-
ness.
The proposal includes a policy frame-
work that universities must use to com-
plete a review of their own policies by
March 1 .
But Farquhar says there is no role for
the government in the issue of academic
freedom because universities have dem-
onstrated they take equity seriously. He
says Carieton will send in its existing
policies, but won't conduct a review of its
policies according to the framework.
Farquhar says in a letter to the On-
tario Council on University Affairs that
Carieton won't participate in the review
process until the university's concerns
about the framework's implications.
Farquhar also says the proposal is
damaging to the very forces it aims to
protect.
"It gets people concerned about prob-
lems that can be mythical, but if people
are scared or mad, then we run the risk of
a backlash and the government's unnec-
essary intervention may well retard the
very movement it's trying to accelerate, "
he says.
If implemented by a university, the
policy framework would forbid speech
and conduct that harasses or discrimi-
nates against a group or individual, or
creates a negative environment on cam-
pus. People or groups would be protected
on grounds that in-
clude race, ethnic
origin, citizenship,
sexual orientation,
disability, family
status and receipt
of public assist-
ance.
The policy
framework would
apply to all aca-
demic and non-
academic staff, stu-
dents, committee
members and visi-
tors. It would in-
clude incidents on
and off campus,
campus-related so-
cial events and con-
versations over the
telephone. Penalties for misconduct
would range from a verbal apology to
dismissal or expulsion.
Some professors are angry, saying the
proposal threatens free speech and will
create a bad teaching environment.
On Feb. 4, four professors and two
students presented a copy of a petition
circulating among professors to the presi-
dent's office. The petition urged Farquhar
to reject the framework because they
allege it will limit academic freedom and
create a climate of fear in the classroom.
Nicholas Rowe, an assistant professor
of economics, estimates the petition had
about 100 signatures in only three days,
even though "getting professors to sign
things is like hurting cats."
Rowe says Farquhar's rejection of the
proposal is a "semi -victory" because
Farquhar is critical of the government's
Farquhar: "risk of a backlash.'
action on this issue. But Rowe says he
would also "like to see him explicitly
state he'd reject the framework because it
would imperil academic freedom."
Farquhar did
say he thinks there
"is a fear that the
government is
somehow going to
require universities
to comply with
regulations that
will deprive us of
our academic free-
dom and ... I have
no intention of do-
ing any such
thing."
But a spokesper-
son from the gov-
ernment says the
proposal has been
misunderstood.
Karen Wheeler,
a senior policy ad-
visor in the Ministry of Education and
Training, says the policy is intended to
assist universities in complying with the
Ontario Human Rights Code.
"Some people thought they weren't
keeping up with the law and they were
questioning their internal procedures,"
she says.
But Wheeler says the policy was cre-
ated to rid universities of violence and
discrimination. "Universities should be
safe places to work and study and should
be as nearly as possible harassment-free. "
Currently, Carieton has a sexual har-
assment policy and Farquhar says the
university is working on one for racial
harassment, which he says will be ready
in about a year.
Professors like Rowe and Thomas
Darby, a political science professor, say
the proposal is so vague it will allow
anyone who is offended by anything to
be accused of harassment and poten-
tially thrown out of university.
The framework states, "A complain-
ant does not have to be a direct target to
be adversely affected by a negative envi-
ronment. It includes conduct or com-
ment that creates and maintains an of-
fensive, hostile, or intimidating climate
for study or work."
Rowe says the proposal "seems to say
most clearly that anything anyone says
which might be offensive to anyone is
considered harassment. If you've got a
fuzzy boundary and we've got a zero
tolerance policy for anyone who crosses
it, then you've got to see this is ludi-
crous."
Rowe says the danger is not necessar-
ily the framework, but the ways it could
be interpreted and applied. He says al-
though the government recommenda-
tion came down in October, the profes-
sors are only reacting now because they
were unaware of the situation until a
series of col umnsabout the policy frame-
work appeared in The Ottawa Citizen last
month.
Some Carieton students have also
started circulating a petition condemn-
ing the framework. Andrea Johnson, a
fourth-year political science student who
went with the professors to Farquhar's
office, says she thinks it will affect intel-
lectual freedom.
"We're worried about professors and
students getting suspended for profess-
ing their views," she says.
Rowe says he thinks the number of
professors and other people opposed to
the proposal will cause the government
to back off.
" I think we've got a very big watershed
and we've crossed it. Once people have
stood up and gone publicly against it,
you can't put water back in the bottle. " □
With hies from Clayton Wood. Charlatan Staff
CFS's future cloudy as referendums approach
by Michael Mainville
Chailalan Staff
The future of the Canadian Federa-
tion of Students could hang in the bal-
ance with the loss of some key members
over the last year and more membership
referendums to come in the next two
months.
If more student associations decide to
drop out, the federation "will have to
look at the long-range health of the or-
ganization, " says [ocetyn Charron, com-
munications director for the CFS.
Since last February, 1 7 student organi-
zations, including undergraduate and
graduate associations, have voted on CFS
fee increases and membership.
Four student associations have can-
celled their memberships, one rejected
the fee increase, four voted not to join the
CFS and one voted to remain with it. The
federation gained two new members and
four others accepted fee increases. The
results of the referendum for a $7 fee
increase at Carieton were overturned,
but Carieton remains a member.
The CFS is Canada's national post-
secondary student lobby organization
representing 71 student associations. It.
provides some student services like Travel
Cuts and lobbies the government to im-
prove the accessibility and quality of
Post-secondary education.
Last October, students at Trent Uni-
versity in Peterborough voted to remain
membersof the CFS. Derek Trevean, presi-
dent of the Trent student union, says a fee
increase was approved by between 65
and 75 per cent of students who voted.
"It is the most established and lis-
tened-to organization at the moment,
and we need a student lobbying group, "
says Trevean.
He says while this is a difficult time for
the CFS, the need for a national student
lobby group will assure the future of the
organization.
But Sharon Flood, vice-president of
university affairs of the student associa-
tion at the University of Waterloo, disa-
grees.
Flood says about 70 per cent of stu-
dents who participated in a referendum
last February voted to pull out of the CFS.
"Students felt they were not getting
their money's worth," says Flood.
Flood says stu-
dents disagree with
many CFS policies,
useless services and
mixed-up prionties.
After dropping
CFS membership
last year, Water-
loo's student union
decided to join the
Ontario Under-
graduate Student Alliance, a new stu-
dent lobby group which advocateshigher
tuition and automatic, income-contin-
gent loans for undergraduate students.
The alliance was formed last year by a
group of student councillors from Brock
University and the University of Toronto.
Its membership has grown to include
student groups at Wilfrid Laurier Univer-
sity, Waterloo, Queen's University and
the University of Western Ontario.
Flood says students at Waterloo feel
OUSA will be able to better represent
their lobbying interests.
"I think OUSA will become stronger,
"I don't think the students
need a plethora of useless
services and petty infight-
ing which costs thousands
of dollars a year."
— Naheed Nenshi, U of C
and that will take members away from
the CFS," says Flood.
Naheed Nenshi, president of the Uni-
versity of Calgary's student union, says
he doesn't see the effectiveness of the
CFS.
"I don't think the students need a
plethora of useless services and petty
infighting which costs thousands of dol-
lars a year," says Nenshi.
Students at U of C have repeatedly
turned down membership in the CFS. In
the last referendum, held in the spring of
1991, 918 students voted in favor of join-
ing while 2, 390 students voted against it.
Nenshi says stu-
dents don't think
the CFS is worth the
amount of money
they would pay and
the services it pro-
vides could easily be
replaced with serv-
ices run by indi-
vidual associations.
Nenshi says the
CFS has lost touch with the needs of
students and that "the demise of the CFS
is imminent."
But Charron says while the CFS is
facing difficulties now, the future of the
organization is not in jeopardy.
Charron says while the loss of some
important members over the last year is
regrettable, it will not hurt the situation
of the CFS.
" Lobbying will still remain a priority,"
says Charron. "Frankly I don't see us
losing a large amount of members.
"Students are about to face tough
rimes. . . . The organization becomes
useful in times of crisis, and in that sense,
the CFS will prove to be something worth-
while in the next few years."
He says fee increases at most universi-
ties will eventually pass and these will
cover the loss of revenue from CFS mem-
bers who have already pulled out. Al-
most 100 per cent of the federation's
annual budget of over $2 million is de-
rived from student fees, according to
Charron.
The only immediate effect of losing
members will be to restrict expansion of
services, says Charron. But if more mem-
bers decide to pull out and their revenue
is not recovered with new members, the
effect may be worse, he says.
"If this was to continue, we would
have to reduce the scope of our activities,
not as many campaigns, tools, services,
etc.," says Charron.
Finally, Charron says the problems
facing the CFS, including their budget
and membership, will be reviewed at the
CFS general meeting in May.
If, by May, less then 80 per cent of CFS
members have approved a fee increase,
Charron says the federation will set a
new deadline for referendums and create
a new strategy.
Schools who are scheduled to hold
referendums on fee increases and mem-
bership in February and March include:
Acadia Univeristy in Nova Scotia,
Langara College in Vancouver, the Uni-
versity of Ottawa, Laurentian University
in Sudbury, Mt. Saint Vincent University
in Halifax, Dalhousie University in Hali-
fax, Brandon University in Brandon, Man.
and Lethbridge University in Lethbridge,
Alta. □
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10 • The Charlatan • February 10, 1994
EDITORIAL PAGE
Election reform
needed now
Last week, we ran an editorial mocking all the
CUSA election posters.
It was just supposed to be a joke -- a bit of
election-time fun. The editorial argued thatthe
posters really decide who wins in the CUSA election.
But, on my way to the ballot box, I realized that
posters really were what I was depending on to make my
decision.
There has been talk of reforming the poster system,
from people like James Rilett, CUSA's chief electoral
officer and the candidates themselves, which is good to
hear.
When the candidates' main way of communicating
with the electorate is through a piece of paper, they just
don't have much room to describe their platforms in
detail.
Reforming the system would probably also open it up
to more people. The amount of money candidates feel
they have to spend probably stops people from running.
Most students probably couldn't afford to spend over
$ 1 ,200 like Rob jamieson or even the J250 Todd McAllister
says he's spending.
First off, the number of posters each candidate is
allowed should be limited, as well as the actual amount
of money spent on them. Then, there should be specific
posting areas and a limit on how many each candidate
can post in any one place.
Right now, CUSA puts a spending limit on how much
candidates can spend on things like posters, but does it
in CUSA dollars. This is a weird system where posters are
given an arbitrary value, according to factors like color
andsize.So,eveniftherealvalueoftheposteris30cents,
CUSA may say it's only worth 6 cents out of the candi-
date's election poster budget. This system does nothing
to limit the amount of real money candidates spend.
CUSA should come in-line with the rest of the country
and start working in real money.
Itwould also be a good requirement for all candidates
to be required to post a detailed position paper in the
CUSA office for students to read. That way, candidates
like McAllister who only put their smiling faces on their
posters would have to explain themselves somewhere.
The system will probably never be perfect. But the
amount of posters in elections and the amount that is
spent on them is a place where real change can be made.
It shouldn't take a lot of time or money to make the
system fairer for everyone.
Next year, on my way to the ballot box, I'd like to
know a bit more about the candidates than what they
look like and how good they are at slogan writing. SK
FREEPOM IN SOUTH AFRICA , AS SEEN THROUGH THE PROLETARIAT'S [YE...
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OPINION
Memo mess up - cryptic warnings will do no good
by Thom Pardoe
Thorn Pajctoe is a Ihird-year anthropology and linguistics studenl al Carlelon.
lust say no.
No, ma'am or sir, I will not engage in decidedly
inappropriate behavior with you because you are a
professor and I am taking your class. Going out for a
drink after class will create an atmosphere in which you
could take advantage of my poor, benighted and vulner-
able soul for cheap, tawdry academic discussions and
free beer. Lucy save us!
Superficially, of course, out-of-class socializing could
be defended as a harmless Qttempt to develop out-of-
class relationships between students and instructors.
But we know better!
I think it would be in our own best interests if we all
went home and took a cold shower (separately) and wore
hairshirts in the morning, because, of course, none of us,
professor and student alike, can control our own im-
pulses.
Well, at least according to Theresa Cowan, director of
services for the Carleton University Students' Associa-
tion, none of us can.
Cowan is the author of a memo dated Jan. 10 to "All
^hairs/directors" titled "Inappropriate instructor
behavior," which asks professors not to give "social
Invitations to students before final grades for a course
have been issued." The memo wags the finger of repro-
bation at evil, predatory faculty members, who are
lurking in pubs, just waiting to abuse their power and
their students.
Cowan's memo does make some good points. Yes,
there is the potential for abuse of power when students
and faculty develop out-of-class relationships, especially
when there is alcohol involved. And yes, there is the
potential for the creation of an "unlevel playing field" for
students who don't feel comfortable speaking with pro-
fessors over a coffee or a beer, or who can't afford it.
But find me a university somewhere in North America
that doesn't encourage both faculty and students to
develop collegial relations. Find me one university that
hasn't admitted you can't prevent faculty and students
from developing friendships.
Cowan falls flat on her face on two counts. One, she
tars all faculty with the same brush and places the
burden of responsibility on them and not equally on
faculty and students. (Because, of course, no student
would ever buy round after round of drinks for a profes-
sor, only to fail the class and then complain to CUSA,
God, no, that's only a rumor.)
Two, the memo sounds like something Cowan just
decided to write, for no particular reason. There's no
mention of a specific incident or incidents. Maybe she
just walked Into Mike's Place one day and was aghast at
the wanton disregard for propriety.
If there was a genuine incident, then the university
and CUSA needs to deal with it in an open manner.
Overgeneralizing only creates an atmosphere of mis-
trust and hampers education.
The tone of the memo suggests that a student was
sexually harassed by a professor. Well, if it happened,
then say so. Don't mess around with cryptic warnings
about "inappropriate instructor behavior. " Surely there
is more CUSA could do forstudents than just whine about
students going out for a drink with their teachers.
A lot of students develop close working relationships
and even friendships with professors and not all of them
get good grades. Many more students do not develop
close relationships with their instructors and a lot of
them get really good grades.
In one of my classes, a student and the teaching
assistant have developed a friendship. When it came
time to grade the mid-term for the class, the teaching
assistant graded the exam, but let the professor review
the marking to make sure it was done properly.
Professors and teaching assistants have to deal with
ethical questions like this all the time. I think they are,
for the most part, able to cope without the CUSA execu-
tive telling them how to conduct themselves.
Apart from the gleeful cackling over the numerous
spelling and grammatical errors, the memo has caused
little real concern among faculty members. After all,
CUSA has no real authority. Cowan would have been
better off either dealing with specific issues or just mind-
ing her own business. □
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Baldness, Bugs Bunny and boxing
by Boryslav Kit
Charismn Staff
Let me tell you a little secret.
I'm losing my hair.
Oh, 1 may be all tressed up and ready
to go right now, but believe it. One day
soon, my strands will be swinging to
Phil Collins's "Both Sides of the Story"
and eventually to "Shiny, Happy Peo-
ple."
How many shiny, happy, bald peo-
ple do you know? Not too many, I'll
wager.
The first thing some guys think about
when they think they're losing their
hair is, "My God! How are we going to
meet any more women?" I mean, you
don 't see too many chrome-domes with
women hanging off them, do you?
Forget about the person you're going
out with now — what about the future?
Without hair, there's a good chance
you'll soon be lock-ed out of yourpresent
relationship. Maybe you should just get
married right now.
So, if you see some guy with hair in
Oliver's desperately offering women lolli-
pops, you know he's in fear of reaching
Kojaksian dimensions.
I've heard though, that some people
find a bald head sensual and erotic. Hmm.
Maybe that could explain why Bugs Bunny
was attracted to Elmer Fudd, supposedly
his enemy. Bugs wore skirts or wedding
dresses whenever he had a run-in with
Elmer Fudd. Fudd's lack of fuzz brought
out the wantonness and lasciviousness in
Bugs who wanted to ply Elmer's soft,
malleable fleshy skull when the two were
cavorting in the carrot patch.
Maybe that's why the majority of Mr.
Clean commercials are targeted towards
women. Women are supposed to be
blinded by lust when they catch the glare
of the super-stud's fabulous forehead, and
go on a kitchen-cleaning binge.
But, back to me.
I spend days in front of the mirror,
wondering how I'm going to go. Will the
waves in my hair end up looking like
Moses parted them? Or will someone per-
form clear-cut logging: thinner, thinner,
and before you know it, Clayoquot Sound.
Maybe I'll end up buying up hair-
regain formulas. "Hi, I'm not only a Hair
Club member, I'm a dope who spends
$ 1 ,000 a week on this curls-congregating
concoction, which will cause my hair to
fall out if forget to take it even just one
day."
My, what a Neet idea.
Another thing I do is compare my
present hair to my past hair by looking at
old photos. I'll find one where my head is
full of hair. "Aha, look," I'll say toanyone
who'll listen, "I AM losing my hair. Just
look at how much I have here."
"But, dear," my mom will say, "eve-
rybody had hair in the 70s."
I contemplate the cause of my thin-
ning hair and impending baldness. I
spend time tracing my family tree,
looking for relatives who were bald, l
do DNA samples, all to find out why.
Why me? My parents weren't Sinead
O'ConnororYulBrynner. I'mnotready
for Custer's Last Strand! Why me!?!
Actually, one advantage to being
bald is it allows you to be lippy in some
situations. If someone starts a fight
with you and asks, "You wanna
shiner?", you can say, "Got one al-
ready, thanks." Of course, you might
receive an even more severe pummelling
for that line.
But there is really nothing you can do
about baldness. It's part of nature, and
part of growing older. You just hope the
hair stays on as long as it can.
In the end, it's nothing to lose your hair
oven
Get it? "Lose your hair?" It's a joke.
This whole piece is about losing your hair,
right? And I just made a joke with the
words "Losing your hair."
Next week: a review of Stephen King's
Thinner. □
LETTERS
OC Transpo rocks
Editor:
This is in response to Blayne Haggart's
"commentary," ("OCTranspo should take
its own hike," The Charlatan, [an. 27,
1994) on journalism intern Mary Ellen
Collins's article in The Citizen.
Haggart's commentary seems to take
offence at any positive comments being
aimed at OC Transpo. Sending an out-of-
towner who is unfamiliar with the region
on the buses to see how easy it is to get
around is a good test of any transit sys-
tem. And quite frankly, it was interesting
to read Collins's article in The Citizen on
Jan. 16.
Haggart says, "The service is generally
lousy," and he's entitled to his opinion.
We at OC Transpo are very interested in
knowing people's opinions of our service
and that's why we engage the Carleton
University Survey Centre to conduct an-
nual attitude surveys.
Results show that 74 per cent of re-
spondents believe it is reasonable to stand
during rush hours. Only 5 per cent of
respondents thought that service got worse
over the last year and 63 per cent believe
the bus routes are well planned.
The picture is definitely not as bleak as
Haggart would like his readers to think.
Perhaps Haggart could provide some con-
structive criticism and we together with
the students and the administration could
work at further improvements.
For a person like Haggart who lives in
Orleans and travels to a destination such
as Carleton, all forms of transportation
will pose some challenges. For Haggart's
trip to Orleans, he may wish to try Route
118 to Billings Bridge and transfer to
Transitway routes 96 or 97 which will get
him to Route 95 at Hurdman. This will
take him to his Orleans connections.
As for Dunton Tower, the only recent
incident I can recall is when we were told
by the university to detour away from that
area because of a broken water main . Our
transit supervisors did their best to try to
alert students.
I hope Haggart's views do not reflect
those of The Charlatan's editorial board
and that there will be no embargo on
balanced coverage of OC Transpo or any
other public service.
Oxana Sawka
OC Transpo
Director of public relations
Watching the ITV
blizzard
Editor:
With regards to the ITV channel relo-
cation from 15 to S3, it is apparent that
the local cable companies perceive the
viewing audience of the Ottawa-Carleton
region as being a modem bastion ofintel-
lectualism.
When I telephoned Maclean Hunter
Cable TV last week to inquire as to the
necessity of affecting such a change in the
middle of the term, I was informed that
accommodation had to be made for a
"new" cable service.
The reason that the "new" service could
not possibly be implemented on Channel
53 becomes painfully obvious upon tun-
ing in - this channel resembles the bliz-
zard that may found on the weather chan-
nel.
An educational channel should be as
clear as possible in order that viewers may
read written information and observe the
professor's actions.
The clearly received Channel 15 isnow
graced by the same service which simulta-
neously appears on Channel 34 - the
hourly TV programming guide and re-
peated Movie Network advertisements.
Beam me up, Scotty!
Me/ Thompson
Psychology I
Don't waste time,
just get job done!
Editor:
I would like to address the advertise-
ment purchased by CUSA in the Jan. 27
edition of The Charlatan.
The ad is about the Dedicated Access
Fund, which draws approximately $50,000
collectively from all Carleton students each
year, to be managed by a committee to
improve accessibility for disabled students
on campus. In the ad, it is asked of all
students to decide which proposed acces-
sibility changes to campus are most im-
portant and should be undertaken first.
I understand that the idea of the adver-
tisement is to make students feel impor-
tant, by allowing them to decide the
changes, but I have news for CUSA and
the access fund committee. I am an able-
bodied student and how the hell would I
know what needs to be changed?
Shouldn't the access fund committee
consult students who use and need these
services, and who know what services are
most important, instead of people who
haven't given it a second thought?
Carleton has been mislabelling itself
since the 1950s as "accessible" and still
has a far way to go before it can live up to
its accessible billing. I have a message for
CUSA and the access fund committee -
don't try to be politically correct. Just get
the changes made, so.these students can
have improved mobility on campus,
sooner.
Rob Kisielewski
Law IV
The magic continues!
More letters on pg. 1 8
12 ■ The Charlatan ■ February 10, 1994
\ LOOK AT AFRICAN HISTORY MONTH
Colin James
Ja(nes 'S a thiid-year mass communications student at
don-
history, heritage, culture and rights of
.people on this planet are too important
^jr developments, contributions and
lerings to be ignored and disrespected.
Dple around the world of African descent
been enslaved, raped and colonized.
,n today they find themselves suffering
ier the yokes of economic colonialism,
\s\ discrimination, and police brutality —
jarnebasic elements of white supremacy
j brought many Africans to the Western
^sphere in the first place.
as tragic as the brutality of white
tfemacy's historical pillaging and rape of
|Ck people, has been its product — the
aCy of a slave mentality in the psyche and
nt of those African survivors.
iCK history and heritage has been
jtroyed, damaged and distorted by white
jiemacy, to the point where some of us no
ger know our native languages ororiginal
Ties.
tat is my African history, in its legacy of
lure and ethnicity?
iat is the original conception my ancestors
of the creator?
ose of the African Diaspora — the
persion of African descendants throughout
world — are struggling to find our true
-value, and of what value we are to each
ier as African descendants,
th the theft of our history and identity
ne Ihe internalized self-hatred produced
the chasms created by the machinations
vhite supremacy. Because of this, it is no
rider that Black people are at present
pcally the number one killers of Black
3ple. The destruction of consciousness
led to the birth of a people with a
ioinled past that many of them are now
ng to reclaim.
1926, an African-American man named
Carter G. Woodson called attention to
manifold contributions of Black people to
Whistory and civilization with the creation
observance of Negro History Week.
This was held every year starting on the
second Sunday in February, during the week
which included the birthdays of President
Abraham Lincoln and African-American
slavery-abolitionist Frederick Douglass. The
creation of Negro History Week helped fight
against the lies told by the white supremacist
world establishment that Black people had
no history. These lies attempted to white-out
the proud history of African people.
In 1753,
European
philosopher
David Hume
wrotein Essays
and Treatises
on Several
Subjects that
Black people
are "naturally
inferior to the
white. There
never was a
civilized nation
of any other
complexion
than white." In
Hume's
version of
history, Egypt,
one of the great
civilizations of
Africa, was not
considered to
have been
created by
Black African
people.
But in the book Herodotus Histories, Hume
could have read otherwise. In Chapter 104,
the Greek historian writes of the Egyptians:
". . . My own conjectures were founded first
in the fact that they are black-skinned and
have wooly hair."
Count Volney, a renowned European
academic and historian, also echoes
Herodotus when he wrote of Egypt in his
book Ruins of Empire: ". . . we have the
strongest reason to believe that the county
neighboring the tropic was the cradle of the
sciences, and . . . the first learned nation was
a nation of Blacks."
It shouldn't even be necessary to quote
white historians saying that the ancient
Egyptians were Black; one has only to look
at Egyptian hieroglyphs and see that
Egyptians had dark brown skin, full lips, with
black afros and braids. These facts have
been white-washed by white society. Even
the original
names have
been changed.
In ancient
times, the
Egyptians
called theirland
K m t
(pronounced
Khamit or
Kemit), which
means land of
the Black
people, and
called
•themselves
Khamites.
Egyptwasonly
one of many
great
civilizations of
Africa, and I
would be
remiss in not
mentioning the
ancient
kingdoms of
the Shonaand
Zulu peoples in Southern Africa, the nation
of the Zanj city states in Eastern Africa, the
kingdom of Axum in Ethiopia, the kingdom of
Nubia-Kush which gave birth to Egypt, the
kingdoms of Ghana, Mali and Songhay in
Western Africa.
The Moors of Northern Africa civilized the
Iberian peninsula, bringing its advanced
mathematics, science and architecture to a
Europe which hadn't even begun to shuffle
out of the so-called "Dark Ages." To this day
Carter G. Woodson
we all use Arabic numerals.
Bui no one ever teaches us about our history
— African History —in this manner, even
though there are many books written in strict
observance, heavy research, using
documented proof as reliable as any Western
historians', perhaps more so. This is
information that many of us of African
descent, like Dr. Carter Woodson, have had
to find for ourselves.
The tradition of Negro History Week started
in 1926 and has since evolved to embrace
the whole month of February, and is now
known as Black History Month, African
History Month, African Heritage or African
Liberation Month.
But like many celebrated traditions, Black
History Month is now threatened with being
commercialized and commodified. One only
has to look at the advertisements using
African kings and queensin Ebony magazine
by Budweiser and other corporations to
realize that these same advertisements are
notfeaturedin VogueorTime. Thesepictures
of African civilization and royalty are justads,
pictures for profit. They are not widely
acknowledged or appreciated facts. They
are no threat to white lies or to the white
supremacist establishment.
What is worse is when we as Black people
begin to commercialize this event ourselves.
African History Month should not be narrowed
down to or promoted as sound bites and
cliches in advertisements. For exam pie, flyers
promoting dances during the month of
February should avoid calling dances "Black
History Thang{s)" if their sole purpose is
monetary profit. Quotations such as the one
by the great Black Pan-Africanist Marcus
Mosiah Garvey, that "a people without the
knowledge of their past, history, origins, and
culture is like atree withoutroots," should not
be used as to draw a crowd. What will be
next, a "By Any Means Necessary" dance?
African History Month should not be sold.
As Black people, as African people, let us
celebrate, butalso concentrate and meditate
on who we are and where we're going as a
people, and as individuals. X
TWO YEARS AND 56 HITS LATER
N.A. Pierre
Jieue is a studenl ai Carieton and Algonquin College, His
Wutions lo The Charlatan include a tribute to Miles Daws
Prober i99i.
'°nce we have the knowledge of self as
sople we can be free, and no devil can
Center the boundaries ..." - Freestyle
"owship, hip-hop artists
Jpril 29 will mark the second anniversary
,l|e Los Angeles Rebellion, two days of
unrest sparked by the acquittal of four
L police officers who were videotaped
Peking the Olde English Brew out of
jurist Rodney King.
foday, as then, we of the Black nation
"cans, African-Caribbean-Canadians,
^-Americans, African-Europeans, etc.)
pondering: What's next?
^are a people who have seen on prime-
television, in the symbolic decision of
' ,al's jurors, what amounts to a passive
pte towards overt, violent racism. We
6 seen in Los Angeles the explosive
/>' of our pent-up frustration and rage.
°nave been simmering in impoverished
>r"city and township souls for centuries.
,erhapS you, a Black man or woman
.9 at home watching the bungled
Nations of the jurors on CNN, or listening
-0rn
e of your white co-workers tell you ".
■ we didn't really see the first 30
?ds of the incident, did we? Maybe he
/d'd deserve it . . ." -- perhaps you felt
"ke blowing upsome buildings yourself,
'hings improved or regressed since
Maybe we should stop being- so
re ^ pessimistic and squeamish, (mean,
haven't been any other publicized
incidents of errant police vs. minority citizens
lately, right? Well, except for the acquittal
here in Ottawa of the cop who mistook
Vincent Gardner's guitar for a gun and shot
him, or those two cops in Toronto who shot
a fleeing suspect in the back, or those other
couple of cops in Detroit who ripped a man's
scalp right off his head with their billy clubs,
or that beaten cab driver in Quebec, or . . .
okay, I mean, there haven't been any really
notable police-related incidents lately. You
know, the kind that incites a young brother to
set fire to a city bank or anything like that...
Maybe this affirmative action thing is just
the antidote we Black folk need to finally
garner some respect from minority-weary
employers and white counterparts. After
having been dragged from ourhomeland(s).
beaten and sold, having our Black women
used to pump out baby slaves like Preg-O-
Matics, and being made to serve Earl Grey
tea to our "generous massahs," it's the least
the government can do.
Never mind that government neglect in
inner-cities across the continent has some of
us in a state of hopelessness and constant
war with each other because we can't touch
the system effectively. Affirmative action —
finally, racism that works in our favor. I
mean, come on; stuff's, like, too easy,
y'knowumsayin'? All we gotta do is check off
the little box at the bottom of the application
that says "Visible Minority." ignore the
enraged stare of the white guy being turned
away from the desk, and it's a shoo-in to that
OPP position. And look, they're hiring so
many of us. My only question is, what
happens when they've hired "enough" Black
people?
But, hey, on a whole, at least white
popular culture has sure been refining its
view of Black people over the past decade or
so. We're no longer just threatening, sinister,
jive-talkin', pimp-rollin', alleyway-lurkin',
"strange accent"-speakin", knife-totin'
muggers on the make. Now we can also play
basketball, have colorful names, rap cool
stuff like "Whoomp! There It Is" and even
start a T-shirt business or two.
And the best part is, we're just so damn
cool. Not only does everyone wanna be like
Mike, they wanna be Black like me, too.
See? Check out the way some of these white
suburbanite kids try to model themselves
after us, especially us rappers, our deified
figures. (We're role models, man! Straight
up!) Don't they just look so cute in their Karl
Kani outfits, slung low, listening to their Onyx
tape or whatever ... go ahead, ask em.
Some of them will even tell ya that smokin'
blunts and sippin" 40s of beer while stashin'
their .45 pistols is all about the Black
experience. Yeah, these kids understand.
They're "down."
Of course, I say all of this with an ironic,
frustrated snicker. There is, as yet, no
answer to whether we are better off since the
last fire in 1992 Los Angeles was
extinguished. The attitude of our society,
circa 1 994, has equal parts improving forces
and stagnating forces, the old guard of
thought countering advances from newer
windsof social change. Like my man Speech
said, it's a state of arrested development.
The net effect will have to be measured later.
So let'sput all the crazy confetti and fireworks
in the closet for now.
Times are getting crazy. It's time we got a
handle on what's really going on, instead of
accepting/offering feeble excuses. It's time
to know the ledge, for real, tho'.
Knowledge, people. It's all about
knowledge. Knowledge of the social,
governmental and economic systems which
are pervasive throughout every aspect of
our lives. Knowledge of the weaknesses of
these systems, why they exist, and how they
affect us.
Knowledge and understanding of human
nature in order to realize just why people of
different races often act towards each other
the way they do. And. Black people, it takes
knowledge of ourselves, our culture, our
responsibilities and our potential to assert
our presence in the world, no matter where
we live. We once were the proud kings and
queens of Earth, ruling the planet with
knowledge that had historical figures, from
Aristotle to Socrates, as our eager students.
Let's not forget or be fooled.
It's time to realize that whether one is
dark- or light-skinned, born in North America
or in Africa or in the Caribbean or in Europe,
whether one is "affluent" or "middle class" or
"below the poverty line," a Crip or a Blood, a
Christian or a Muslim or a Rasta, a Black
man or a Black woman, we are all part of the
same struggle for our identity and self-
redetermination.
We as a people are, slowly but surely,
stirring to this consciousness; however, it
shouldn't take 56 hits to the body in 82
seconds to wake us up. *
February 10, 1994 - The Charlatan • 13
This^Wry islHJartialTTTSlory ofmy family,
reconstructed from my own point of view. I
like to think that the history of my ancestors
is nof a subject that I study only one month
a year. Their history is in my blood. It defines
my existence. Remembered, their strength
is mine. Forgotten, I am left naked to the
physical and spiritual challenges that they
have faced and which still may haunt me
today.
On her way to church one morning, my
maternal grandmother saw a Soucouyant.
My grandmother could easily have been
devoured, but she taced the creature squarely
and then continued on her way as it nothing
had happened. She was an extraordinary
woman.
Her name was Pearl Boiselle and she
raised my mother, her two other natural
daughters and two adopted children all by
herself. During the chaos of the Second
World War this was quite an achievement. A
United States naval base was then stationed
n Trinidad because if was thought that the
island was a key place to defend North
America from enemy attack. The base
disrupted the normal affairs of the island and
was itself thought threatening by some
Trinidadians, but there were others that were
fascinated by the culture that the soldiers
brought. Clarke Gable, Claudette Colbert,
Shirley Temple: these were the new names
that were tossed about the island. Some of
the most daring barbers were already
experimenting with the new way of "conking"
hair that the American Blacks practised,
which left one's hair straight and shiny as
any movie stars'.
There were inconveniences too. At various
times the soldiers would conduct air-raid
drills, and then no light, noise or movement
even the slightest — would be permitted.
Once, coming home late from work, Pearl
was told to get off her bike and take cover in
the ditch. She was told to stay there until
further ordered. It soon became dark, and
Pearl found herself alone. The officer had
long since driven away at top speed, flashing
his headlights, shouting even over his blaring
horn as he strove heroically to lay tranquillity
upon the island. Somehow, the young lady in
the ditch avoided being beaten and robbed,
for the war had forced people to become
desperate. Pearl also withstood the evils
that inhabit the darkness.
Soucouyant, of course, is the name for a
type of evil spirit that can be loosely translated
as a vampire. Some say that it has one-
hoofed leg like a goat's, some say it is
shapeless, but almost everyone agrees that
it tries to seduce people before killing them.
An honest and respectable friend once
told me a story about the creature. She said
her mother was at homealone one night and
;-| could not get to sleep. She lay awake in bed
for hours. Finally when she was about todritt
off, she felt a cool breeze upon her breasts
and then could remember no more. In the
morning, she awoke and found a purpled
and tender welt on her shoulder, fringed with
what appeared to be teeth-marks. She had
been visited by a Soucouyant. Ever since,
her family has made sure there is a broom
placed upside down in her closet before she
goes to bed, and that open scissors are left
upon her blankets. These charms have
worked to guard most people from the spirit.
I did not believe in Soucouyants, but
neither did I believe that my grandmother
and my friend's mother were deliberately
lying. It took three separate clues for me to
explain away their superstitions.
The first clue was something that my
mother told me. Every Friday during the war,
my mother Claudette would be sent on an
errand. She would buy a small bottle of milk
at the dairy. As Claudette was returning
ml ^^vMA rOarlalak<
?eetened and flavored wilh coconut. Ar
by the time .(he chifd returned, it would t
ready all vat, puffy and steaming from tr
lake,
And
be
at, puffy and steaming from the
skillet. Delighted, Claudette would eat and
drink while Pearl watched, equally delighted,
taking occasional sips of bush tea she had
gleaned from the bushes outside. The milk
the children drank would finish the week's
savings and Pearl would have to go without
tood for the next day, but she was used to
going without solid food every other day or
so anyway for the good of her children.
So Pearl would have been weak with
hunger when she saw the Soucouyant. At
tirst, this meant little to me; I had never been
hungry before, so my mother's story barely
held my attention. It was through complete
chance that I stumbled across an old book of
medicine that my parents had bought. The
book spoke about the hallucinogenic effects
of starvation. It was in a chapter about
problems faced by people who were forced
to live temporarily in underdeveloped
countries. I remember crying at the pictures.
They showed weary U.S. soldiers that had
gone with only one meal a day for close to a
week.
This was what it was like to go hungry.
The book said one might start to imagine
things, but I did not then make the connection
to the Soucouyant incident. I needed
something more concrete, more real to guide
me further. In the waiting room of our family
doctor there was another book, and this
came to be my third and final clue. The book
was a collection of famous paintings. It
included the one by Dali called "The
Temptation of St. Antony." and I know that
Pearl, a devout Catholic, would have known
the story of the saint, if not Dali's weird
painting. It shows Antony, clearly on the
verge of starvation, facing a long train of
fantastic beings — some horrible and some
almost seductive. And upon seeing the
painting, I immediately remembered what
the medical book at home said about low
blood sugar levels and the hallucinations
that often come as a result.
From the evidence presented to me, I
judged Pearl Boiselle to have been deluded.
When she saw the Soucouyant, she was
simply suffering from slow starvation. She
imagined a creature after going for a good
day Without solid food, and years without
anything we would consider adequate
nutrition. She did not lie; she only thought
she saw a Soucouyant.
There were other things that my mother
told me that did not require from me such
intellectual prowess as did the Soucouyant
incident. One day, mother told me, Pearl
desperately needed money to feed her
children and so she decided for the first and
last time to borrow money from her eldest
daughter's father. She took Claudette, who
was nine at the time, and together they
walked to the barber shop where grandfather
George worked. He had many children from
many different women, but he did not care to
see any of them, especially around his shop.
Claudette remembered what happened next:
some talk from her mother, some talk from
her father, mounting into shouting, then
bellowing from the man . . . then father
twisting mother's arm so that it was at an
impossible angle . . . then mother being
thrown to the ground outside of the shop
where she lay for some time crying.
George was a very handsome man.
Indeed, he could have been frighteningly
handsome were it not for one conspicuous
fault. He stammered, and so he could also
appear cute. He cut the hair of some of the
most powerful people in Trinidad: the U.S.
officers and troops. He got paid in American
coins. George was quite a success. His
stammer entertained the American troops,
which of course made him stammer all the
more.
I have wondered if, at one time, George's
stammer was deliberate. He was always
running one con game or another. I see him
pretending to stammer at first, finding it
difficult to do; then, gradually, as more of the
troops found their way to the stammerer's
shopand as Yankee dollarsbegantomultiply,
George would find it easy and more natural
until, one fell day, the transformation would
be complete. He would gradually become
nothing more than a stammer, an ugly,
cringing creature, a victim of his own lust for
power. Obviously, my dislike for the man has
fuelled my imagination.
George is still alive today, and is
remarkably healthy for his age —80-
something I think. He lives, illegally, in
Brooklyn and cuts hair in a nameless barber
shop for whatever loose change people are
willing to pay. It was always his dream to live
in the United States. He lives alone and is
often mugged, though he has always
managed to escape serious harm. Strangely
enough, the many sons and daughters he
has made have no great desire to see him:
all except my mother Claudette, who invites
him to our home in Canada occasionally:
When he visits, I have togive grandfather
my bed while I sleep in the basement. He
leaves the smell of Dax on my pillow, and
even when I change the pillow case I can still
smell that beastly mixture of vegetable oils
and petroleum jelly and other "hair
strengthening" ingredients. My brother, father
and 1 all make fun of his stammer and shaky
nerves which worsen yearly. Mother is always
furious when she catches us: "He has had a
hard life," she says, "and he deserves at
least your pity." We men feel that we are able
to sit in judgment of George for neglecting
his children. We may be right, but we are
often just cruel. I'm sure we wouldn't laugh at
him so much if he had been kinder to his
daughters.
My mother babysits children during the
day, and upon one of grandfather's extended
stays I came up from my basement prison to
see him sitting in the living room, the children
playing around him. I was passing unseen
into the next room, but I paused when I saw
him trying to talk to one of the children: "Y-y-
y-y-y-y-y-you kids dere," he croaked. A wild
nerve on his eyelid was pulsing through his
thin and wrinkled skin, and he was foaming
at the corners of his mouth in his efforts: "C-
c-c-c-c-come 'ere and l-lem me t-t-t-tell you
a story." The youngest child started to cry
and the others left the living room, giving the
monster on the chair a wide berth. George
sat like a man waiting to die. I think I felt pity
at this point, welling up amidst the prejudice
and disrespect, but it faded soon. I slipped
away quietly to laugh about this newest
event with my brother.
The simple fact is that grandfather is not
real to me. He is a Soucouyant, or a Lajabless,
or a Jumbie, or a Duppie or any of the other
West Indian spirits that my mother tries to tell
me of. I am Canadian. I am also a university
student —the first of my family —and I am
intelligent enough to realize what these
"spirits" represent. They are personifications
of various psychological and political forces
that threatened the lives and identities of the
Trinidadians. My grandmother boldly faced
these forces, and struggled against them for
the good of her children. My grandfather was
seduced and eventually ruined by them. The
Soucouyant functioned as an emblem of a
brutal, invading culture. It has little
significance to me now. And with the monsters
of the past must also fade the heroes. It is
unfortunate, but understandable, that the
stories of my grandmother seem distant and
unbelievable, whispers from ghosts.
In my parent's bedroom, there is a blade
and white picture in a brass frame. It shows
two children standing beside a frail but
dignified old woman. A baby is sitting on the
woman'slap. It
is me.
Grandmother
held me in her
arms but died
soon after, and
I cannot
remember
anything
about her. She
is a fading
photograph.
Tucked up in
the corner of
the brass
frame isa color
snapshot. It is
of me a couple
of years later,
sitting at the
dinner table
with my
mother trying
to feed me
some apple
sauce. Mostof
it is all over my
face, and what
little has made
it into my
mouth has
been spit upon
mybib.lwasa
very fussy
eater. I still am.
Mother's
stories all
happened
long ago in a
very different
and distant
land. The last
time I flew
back to
Canada after a
visit to
Trinidad, I
envisioned the
airplane slicing neatly through the sky:
dividing space rather than moving upon it. I
was being severed from my parents' past,
flown back in to the First World, and I was
glad to be home again. I know that some
doctors once thought that the human body
could not be forced to travel faster than 90
miles an hour or so, since the soul could not
endure such high speeds, even though the
body might. I told my mother this as we flew
to Toronto. I reasoned aloud that 1 might
have lost my soul sometime after lift-off, but
at least the old medical belief seemed to
suggest that non-corporal entities, such as
Soucouyants, would find it difficult to stow
away on the speeding plane with us. Shedid
not smile at my joke. Perhaps it was a little
too wordy to be funny. 1 usually try to humor
her in her superstitions.
I do not tell her, but I have an irrational
fear of the dark. I have been meaning to see
a psychologist about it for some time.
Sometimes I awake in the early morning,
a cool breeze sliding up my thighs and the
faint stink of Dax in my nostrils. I feel —truly
feel — a presence I cannot escape. It is here
because I have not recognized my
inheritance. I have not committed to flesh
and blood the spirits of my ancestors. This I
confess as a blurred and shrouded form
slouches toward me seeking revenge.
1 had to buy a broom because we only
have vacuums and Dustbustersin our house.
I leave it in my closet upside down. My
mother knows not to move it. I leave a pair of
scissors on my bed with their blades open. 1
do these things because I wish to survive the
night and awake to those comforts I have
known all my life. *
14 • The Charlatan • February 10, 1994
the same level as the igno-
rant bigots who scrawl
phrases like "Monkeys go
back to Africa" weekly on
theelevatorwallin rebuild-
ing. I sincerely hope no one
else follows my example.
Because if enough good
people do nothing . . .
ril (clockwise from left): Elizabeth Adefarakan,
i. ia Pacquette, Nicole Plata, Malcom Earle,
S fottinger, Missing: Kim Brunhuber, Adrian
a ot, Shingirayi Sabeta, and Colin James.
by Kim Brunhuber
Kim Brunhuber is a thiid-ysaf journalism student at Cartolon.
Some people might ask why this story for
Black History Month puts Black people in-
stead of whites on trial in this "court." Black
History Month is not just about celebrating
the richness of our splendid heritage. It is not
just about revelling in our Blackness. It is not
just about pointing out the injustices perpe-
trated by whites. Black History Month is also
a time to re-examine our individual roles as
members of a large, diverse community. The
African Diaspora encompasses people of all
nations and cultures, and it is vital that our
community accepts all people of African ori-
gin, their culture, and their history, and not
just the Africa that happens to be in vogue,
the hip-hop on Much Music, the blackness
that's on T-shirts. I have seen the same
brothers and sisters who profess their love for
"Africa" turn around and diss certain Africans
just because they don't fit a particular defini-
tion created by the popular media. When
you're out with friends, family, wherever,
don't support the ignorance thatis levelled so
quickly and so off-handedly at Blacks of
different origins. In this story, Ali is reduced to
a victim, which is unfortunate, and Toughy is
powerful but culturally intolerant. Life is not as
simple as this. But I do know an Ali, and what
is even worse, I also know a Toughy. In fact,
many of us, including myself, may all have a
Toughy inside of us. One of the saddest
moments of my short life happened a few
years ago in an elevator. The building super-
intendent said to me in passing that the
building was being overrun by"Somalians." I,
in my ignorance, nodded dumbly. We got off
the elevator together, and went our separate
ways. I wish that I had had the courage to say
something. By saying nothing I put myself on
The basketball court at St.
Anthony's was already hot
in May. It seemed even
hotter than it had last May
when Garfield pulled a knife
on Courtney, or the summer
before that, when the police
camealmost every Sunday
to take names.
Ali did not think about the
knives or the police or the
heat. He was newand didn't
know a lot of things about
the way people were here,
or the way they got
sometimes, especially
when it was hot. Ali was
playing with a basketball by
himself on the court at St.
Anthony's, and thinking
about the Eid Celebration,
which was two weeks away.
He came to the court early
because he wanted to be
alone, and also because
he wanted desperately to
get out of his house. The
living-room window was
broken and someone might
throw another firecracker
through the opening. The
window had been smashed
with a brick. Ali's mother
had called the building
superintendent and he said
he'd fix it when he had the
time. Elghtdays later, it was
still broken.
Saturday night, while Ali and
his mother were eating, someone yelled
something and threw a firecracker through
the open window and into the living room. It
went off, and Ali's mother dropped a bowl,
which shattered on the floor. The bowl had
been given to her by her mother, and it was
one of the only things she had managed to
bring with her when she came to Canada
three months earlier. She sat down and
cried for a long time, while Ali just stared at
the shattered pieces of the bowl, and then
at the blackened remains of the firecracker
which lay on the living-room floor, still
smoking, reeking of gunpowder. Ali had
slept very little that night. He lay awake,
thinking aboutwhatthe person had shouted
as he threw the firecracker.
The next morning, his mother talked to
building security. They promised to
investigate the incident and said they would
tighten up security. Then his mother left to
look for work. Ali was afraid to be home
alone, so he put on his shoes, took his bail,
and left for the park. He was stopped in the
foyer of his building by a security guard. The
guard had a large German shepherd on a
leash. "Excuse me, sir," said the guard with
exaggerated politeness, "can I see your
key?"
"I live here," said Ali. "I leave now." He tried
to walk to the door, but the guard moved to
intercept him. The dog growled, and Ali
jumped back. His neighbor, a little white boy
of eight, had told him last week that police
dogs were bred to attack black people, but
Ali didn't believe him much.
"Do you have a key?" asked the guard,
more gruffly. Ali fished out his apartment
key and showed it to the guard, who
shrugged. "There's been a lot of vandalism
these days, " he s;
Ali left the building qurckly"an^alkeTo the
courtatSt. Anthony's. Hedidn'tplantocome
home until five, when his mother usually
came back.
Ali missed the basket and blamed the sun
which was higher now. His feet hurt a little
because his shoes were tight, but he didn't
mmd much because it was a nice day and he
was alone. He woreshiny.blackdress shoes
which pinched when he ran and he slipped
sometimes because they were smooth
underneath. He was careful not to slip too
often because he didn't want to wear a hole
in them. If he did, his mother would scold him
because it was his only pair of shoes Ali
often asked his mother to buy him shoes for
basketball, but she would explain patiently
that she couldn't afford them because she
hadn't found a job yet. She was in the city's
Immigrant Job Training Program. They taught
her computer skills. "Why do they teach me
computer skills?" she asked her son every
night when she came home, "when I'm not
going to get a job doing computers? Why
can't they teach me something so I can
work?" But Ali's mother went back to her
classes night after night because she said it
was the only way.
The shoes were hurting Ali a little more, and
he stopped shooting and sat down on the
picnic table which was beside the court, and
looked around. It was a small court, roughly
paved, between the church parking lot and a
small field where people from the apartment
buildings surrounding the church walked
their dogs when it was nice weather. The
court was pitted with small holes. There was
one big hole which had snapped a little boy's
ankle last year. The players complained, but
the hole was never fixed. The lines on the
court had been yellow once, but they had
melted into the sandy grey court. There was
a free-throw line at each end which no one
could see any more.
The rims of both baskets were bent, and only
the one by the parking lot had mesh. The
mesh was made of steel, which would gleam
like barbed wire if it was hot enough. A week
ago, Willy, a tall Haitian, had ripped two of his
fingers badly on the mesh and needed
stitches, after he tried to dunk.
The church's board of directors had the
nylon mesh replaced with steel and the rims
raised an extra foot four years ago, after the
poor kids from the new apartment buildings
next to the field started playing there and
fighting with the Sunday school children and
ripping down the mesh and bending the rims.
But the kids who could jump and were tall
enough dunked, and one mesh was still
missing, and both rims were bent. There was
always talk of ripping up the court and building
a new parking lot, but the church's board of
directors could never quite justify the cost of
having the baskets taken out and the court
repaved just to add 1 0 parking spaces or so,
although the vote was always close.
Ali sat on the picnic table watching the court.
His shoes were lying in the grass. Then he
lay on his back and watched the clouds
floating slowly across the sky. He grew
drowsy. Much later, he woke to the sounds
of a bouncing ball. He looked up and
discovered the court was no longer empty.
First came the handful of rich white kids who
still played at the court on Sundays. They
were very white, except when they got red,
and wore Boston Celtics or Indiana Pacers
or sometimes Detroit Pistons shirts and
shorts, and were usually good shooters, and
were always picked last. They didn't look at
Ali, who was still on the picnic table, because
to them he wasn't really black, and not really
worth looking at.
The Haitians were next to come. They spoke
French and Patois amongst themselves, but
most of them spoke English and some of
them were very good.
Then came the Jamaicans. They still owned
■ _jyc«efrom
the apartments at one o'clock in the afternoon
and called "I got game." Eventually everyone
let them havegame.except other Jamaicans
or some of the scrappier Haitians, and
sometimes there were fights. Most of the
Jamaicans knew and respected each other
and they rarely fought amongst themselves
except Toughy, who fought everyone.
Ali was bored of watching the court from the
picnic table. He slipped on his shoes and
walked on to the court. He felt a little self-
conscious because of his shiny shoes, but
he thought if he was careful not to slip, the
others might not notice. He started shooting
at the basket with the fewest players.
Eventually two teams said they wanted to
play a full-court game and they told Ali to
move. Ali didn't want to move, and didn't
understand why he had to. He told them so.
"Move or we'll run you over," said one.
"Can I play with you guys?" asked Ali.
"Hell no. We got five. Get your own team,"
said another, pointing to a group of three
young Somalis who were sitting on thegrass
outside the court and talking loudly amongst
themselves. Ali approached them. Their hair
was shaved fashionably short, and they
wore bright, ill-fitting baseball capsand shirts
that said Georgetown, and Air Jordan. Ali
noticed their basketball shoes, which were
new.
Ali asked them in Somali if they wanted to
make a team together. "We got more guys
coming," one of them said, in English. Ali
walked back on to the court, picked up his
ball and started shooting again.
Then someone grabbed Ali and spun him
around. "Move your Smellian ass off the
mutherfucking court," said Toughy. Toughy
was short, not very big, but strong.
Ali was not daunted. "Fuck you, bitch," he
said, trying to pronounce the phrase as he
had heard it used so many times on TV.
Toughy hit Ali once, and Ali was kneeling,
blood flowing from his nose.
"Who the fuck are you? You're a Smellian.
You come here and think you can take over
the court with all your friends there." Toughy
paused for emphasis. "You're a fucking big-
hair, skinny-ass, smelly, fucking-ugly-as-hell
Smellian."
The other players crowded around Toughy
and Ali because they knew Toughy had a
knife in his backpack. The court was getting
hotter.
"You guys come here and try to be black.
This ain't your fucking court. Getoff the court
or I'll kick our ugly fucking ass back to
Smellia."
He tried to kick Ali, but three of -his friends
held him back because they thought that it
wasn't a fair fight after all. Toughy kept
yelling as his friends pushed him to the other
end of the court. "You can't even speak
English. You can't play worth shit. You don't
even got shoooooosl"
Ali got up slowly, his face flushed. He looked
at the Somalis who weresitting on thegrass,
but they looked away. Ali picked up his ball
and walked off the court, holding his nose,
which was still bleeding a little.
Someone threw a dime at him and shouted
at him to buy some shoes. He could hear
Toughy laughing. When he got to the edge of
the park, he looked back. The others had
started their game.
He wanted to explain that he just wanted to
play, that he didn 't want to go home because
the security guard with the dog might still be
around and the window wasn't fixed and
someone might yell something and throw
another firecracker. He turned around and
started walking home. And he remembered
that in two weeks it would be the Eid
Celebration and maybe his mother would
have found a job and then he could get new
shoes, and then everything would be all
right. u
February 10, 1994 • The Charlatan • 15
THE DESTRUCTIVE HANOSOF RACISM
Those fronds to stofe us from the MOTHERLAND to a sfrange world unknown
Those hands that br ended us and called us their property; their nigge re
Those hands that CASTRATED our men, LYNCHED oar men, and KILLED our men
Those hands to tore unborn babies out of our women's stomachs, RAPED our women,
andWHIPPEDourwomen.
Those (raids that SOLD our children away one by one, never to SEE fliem ogam,
Those bands that twisted our minds into thinking oar noses tooo flat, our Ips tooo thick,
oar bar tooo kinky, our skin two black
Those fatal bands that encourage our dfcunity.
Those destructive hands that keep, keeping us down
BEAUTIFUL BLACK PEOPLE SAY "NO MOREIIf
Destroy those deadly hands by LOVING YOURSELVES
Destroy those fatal hands by DOING FOR YOURSELVES
Destroy toe obstructive bonds by DOING FOR EACH OTHER
What Is Black?
BLACK death, BLACK sheep, BLACK market,
•byft
F.W.De Klerk Is A Criminal
Mr. De Klerk
You are a murderer , liar, scoundrel and a cheat.
You can't fool us with your cameo smiles, your pearly white
teeth,
You won't trick us with your Nobel Peace Prizes and Man of the
Years,
We know the racist that lives beneath those sheets.
De Klerk, you think we stupid?
You think we foolie?
You think we forget Sharpeville and Boipatong?
You think we forget Robbin Island and Biko, and Bantu Education,
and Police Dogs, and Incarceration?
You think we forget divide and rule?
You think we forget your shrapnel, your whips and your chains?
The BLACK limy eyes,
A sight of gentleness and purity ,
A BLACK pearl in the ocean,
A symbol of rare beauty.
BLACK cmfizajkn from which aJ others
derive,
A thought to be proud of.
One fo akm. A guide to aspire.
BLACK. The true color.
Of oil as ft flows.
e,sotv
Toa(»pulalkffltagrows.
Then BLACK is the color.
We cannot resist,
When day turns to night
Sweet shmber insists.
Her large brown eyes looked up to my face
The tears streamed down at a steady pace
She sat in my lap; we were hand in hand
As I told her the stor y of where Black Ives
I could not deny her the riajrt to know
She asked me obout &Se African sky ,
And how our people were put to die
I told her about how people were found
With whips and chains their legs were bound
They were beaten and fuly aware of pain
They screamed for their loved ones but only in
van
They we slaves to the white man in this new
land
They were reduced to children under the pale
hand
Hope of freedom made them struggle to sur vive
You think we forget the gutter and your spit?
Man, you think we forget the HATE?
You think we forget slavery?
You think we forget the struggle?
ill you something. We nan goin to forgive and we nan goin
to forget.
De Klerk, you think you lucky , huh?
You think you some prodigal son?
You think you smart my boy?
Well let me tell you something brother
The revolution just done begun!
-- by Adrian Harewood
WHY
awe
My little girl listened as I told of our past
But the end did not come when we said: free at
last
The struggle confinues there's a long way to go
Our ancestors' blood we wi forever know .
-by Nicole Plata
WHY DO YOU BRING UPON MEAU.THIS HURT AND PAW?
MAKING MY LIFE AND CONTRIBUTION SEEM UNIMPORTANT AND IN VAIN?
YOU HAVE SAID SO MANY DEGRADING THINGS TO MY FACE,
TOO VERY OFTEN I'VE BEEN CALLED A WASTE OF A RACE
SOMETIMES IT'S NOT WHAT YOU SAY, BUT ITS THE UTTLE THINGS THAT YOU DO.
TO TRY AND MAKE ME INFERIOR TO YOU.
YOU CONSTANTLY FOLLOW ME AROUND YOUR STORE
THINKING THAT I'M GOING TO PLUNDER SOMETHING AND WALK OUT THE DOOR
t HAVE EVER SO OFTEN BEEN REFUSED CREDIT
BECAUSE YOU LOOK AT ME AND JUDGE ME BY THE COLOR OF MY SKIN
AND MADE ME AN ASSET TO YOUR TEAM'S VICTORY.
TELL ME, WHEN WILL THIS All STOP?
WHEN CAN I, WITH NO OBSTACLE R1SET0 THE TOP?
I HAVE COME A VERY LONG WAY
FROM EMANCIPATION TO REVOLUTION, I JUST CANT UNDERSTAND WHY DO YOU KEEP
ON STANDING IN MY WAY
SO PLEASE ALLOW ME TO BREATHE, LIVE IN PEACE AND RELAXATION, AND NOT BEING
SCARED THAT MY NEXT JOB INTERVIEW WILL BE BASED ON MY
RACE ANO NOT MY QUALIFICATION
I URGE YOU TO GIVE IN AND MAKE LIFE EASY
FOR EACH AND EVERY ONE AND FOR SURE THERE WILL BE UNITY.
- by Meyaia Massicot
16 • The Charlatan ■ February 10, 1994
CORRECTION AND CLARIFICATION
In the Jan. 20 feature article in The Charlatan, Carleton Women's
Centre co-ordinator Renee Twaddle was quoted as saying:"Mark
Tinlin and others are thinking of excuses not Uruse the cameras
instead of their job to improve safety." She did not. Twaddle was
also taken out of context, as she had emphasized the improve-
ments made to the tunnels in several interviews.
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MORE LETTERS
Frats, minors and
ska fans are mad
Editor:
I am writing you in regards to the show
at Oliver's on Jan. 27.
I was disappointed to find that the
advertised all-ages show featuring the
Skatterbrains turned into such a complete
fiasco, thanks to the manager of Oliver's.
Upon arrival at the Unicentre, I noticed
about 50 under-aged kids sitting in the
lobby with long faces because the show
was pronounced to be only for people 19
years and older at the last minute. Being
past 19, 1 had no difficulty in getting into
the pub.
Unfortunately, once 1 had gotten to the
stage, my night was ruined by the crowd
of sneering, jeering and beering fratboys,
who persisted in heckling the band for
their entire set. It soon became clear that
the Skatterbrains didn't wish to play for
these beer-swilling boors any more than
they wished to listen to the band, thus
making it a futile effort for us ska fans to
enjoy the music.
Congratulations Oliver's, due to your
unscrupulous deed, you have managed to
piss off - 1) the all-ages crowd 2) the
bands 3) the patrons at Oliver's and 4) the
fans who attended the show. Shame on
you.
Unless amends are made, I will not set
foot in Oliver's again and furthermore
will urge others to boycott any upcoming
shows playing there, including Wild T
and the Spirit on Feb. 12.
MikeSchopf
Stittsville
End ALL violence
Editor:
Paula Peter-Dennis's article "Can
women abuseotherwomen?" TheCharla-
tan, Feb. 3, 1994, was a courageous step
toward public awareness. Some women
are rapists and we must not ignore their
victims. Women, men, children, the eld-
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lence.
Peter-Dennis wrote of her "... fear that
speaking out may be met with denial. . .
." I understand about this as 1 published
my experience as a battered husband last
term ("Why can't men be victims?" The
Charlatan, Oct. 28, 1993).
Sometimespeopleworry that open dis-
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attention from violence against women.
But why? Working to eradicate all vio-
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isn'tthe real issue whether ornot violence
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"Lesbians in currently aggressive rela-
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Waterman et al. "Sexual coercion in gay
male and lesbian relationships," in The
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SPORTS
Women bring back bronze
Ravens persevere in f ~ ~ st~
longest game ever
by Richard G.D. Scott
Charlatan Staff
It took not one, not two, but three
overtime periods to decide whether or not
the Carleton women's waterpolo team
was good enough for a bronze medal.
They were.
Carleton beat the University of
McMaster Marauders 16-14 in the long-
est game in Ontario Women's
Interuniversity Athletic Association
waterpolo history, to take home a bronze
medal from the Feb. 4-6 championships
in St. Catharines.
"We played with a lot of heart," said
driver Kari Maeland. "I think ourbronze-
medal game was a lot more exciting
than the gold-medal game. No one's
disappointed with what happened."
Carleton 16 McMaster 14
The Ravens, 7-1 in the regular season,
failed to qualify for the gold-medal game
in the five-team playoff tournament af-
ter upset losses to McMaster (5-4) and
Queen's University (7-2).
Carleton did beat the eventual playoff
champions Toronto (6-2) and host Brock
(10-4) in round-robin action, butit wasn't
enough to gain them a spot in the gold-
medal game.
"We (were) looking beyond the
McMaster and Queen's games to the
Toronto game," said coach Steve Baird.
"We wanted to win the gold medal but
didn't do it."
With the score tied at four against
McMaster in the first round, Marauder
goaltender Erika Dutz scored on a long
bomb with one second left to play to
shock the Raven team.
"The McMaster loss was a disaster.
^IWWEN
Steph Burgess scores her second of six goals inCarleton's bronze-medal win.
(Against Queen's), we had a lot more
opportunities, but the score didn't reflect
it," said Baird.
After rebounding to defeat Toronto
and Brock in round-robin play, the Ravens
geared themselves up for a bronze-medal
rematch against McMaster.
And after 24 minutes of regular play
and 18 minutes of overtime, the Ravens
proved why they were the league's best
team during the regular season, pulling
out the 16-14 win.
"It was the most exciting game I've
been involved in as a coach," said Baird.
After Raven driver Stephanie Burgess
opened the scoring with her first of six
goals, the score swayed back and forth
before McMaster tied the game at eight
in the final minute of the fourth quarter
to force the game into overtime.
Trailing 12-11 with three seconds left
in the second overtime period, driver
Anne Stacey redirected a pass by driver
f . J. Goldhar to send the game into a third
overtime period, where the Ravens bore
down for the win.
"It was an awfully long struggle as we
used only six players (and a goaltender)
in overtime," said Baird.
Carleton is the only team to win a
medal every year since the OWIAA
waterpolo's inception in 1 987, with seven
medals in seven years. Toronto won the
gold medal this year, defeating Queen's
4-3 in the final. □
Solid results leave skiers optimistic
by Ryan Ward
Charlatan Start
Only two weeks separate the men's
and women's nordic ski teams from the
provincial championships — and both
are eagerly waiting for that time to pass.
That's because both teams posted solid
results — 15 top-20 finishes — at the
National Capital District Interdi visional
Feb. 5-6 in Deep River, Ont, in the skiing
season's last qualifying eventpriortothe
provincial championships.
Raven skier Wayne Dustin topped all
Carleton results with a first-place finish
in the 15-kilometre classic race and a
second-place result in the 10-kilometre
freestyle among 30 competitors from nine
universities across the province includ-
ing Guelph, Western, Ottawa, Toronto,
Waterloo and McMaster.
"Saturday I was feeling good," said
Dustin. "I was pretty confident I would
win because I'm a strong classic skier."
Raven veteran Chris Webb also had a
good weekend, finishing 10th in the clas-
sic race and eighth in the freestyle.
"I felt good this weekend. This year we
haven't had a lot of races due to cancel-
lations, so there's still room to finish top-
five at (the championships)," said Webb,
commenting on his chances at the
upcoming championships on Feb. 19-20.
Other notable results on the men's
side include Mike Cooper who placed
15th in the classic race and 17th in the
freestyle, Frank Ferrari who placed 1 1 th
in the freestyle and Scott Diamond who
finished 18th in the classic race.
On the women's side, veteran racer
Kirsten Davis posted the top Raven result
placing fifth in both the classic and free-
style races among racing fields of 10 and
13 respectively.
"I did pretty well this weekend," said
Davis. "Right now I'm on pace with last
year and should do as well."
Teammate Erin Long placed sixth in
the classic race and eighth in the free-
style, while Catherine Mulvihill finished
eighth in the classic and sixth in the
freestyle. □
Fencers foiled at playoff qualifying tourney
by Bram S. Aaron
Charlatan Stall
In the words of fencing coach fames
Ireland, it was probably the "worst
performance we've ever done."
Fencing at the east division sectionals
of the Ontario Universities and Ontario
Women's Interuniversity athletic asso-
ciations Feb. 5-6 in Kingston , the Ravens
qualified only one individual and one
team fortheupcomingprovincial cham-
pionships at Carleton Feb. 19-20.
"Itwasa really lousy weekend. It was
a weekend they want to forget," said
Ireland. "It was the worst result men's-
wise in six years."
Nevertheless, fencerSimon Pianarosa
tied forfjntin the rnen'ssabretoqualify.
The women's foil team — composed
of fencers Donna Switzer, Liliana Piazze,
Tammy Duquette and Natalie Remedios
— also placed first to qualify.
"It went great for us. We did better
than expected," said squad captain
Plazze, who also said colds the night
before the competition made them fence
harder. "Thatmadeusworkevenharder."
The sectional, held at Royal Military
College in Kingston, featured individual
and team round-robin elimination com-
petition among the universities of Ot-
tawa, Queen's, Carleton and RMC in five
fendng classes.
After having conditionally qualified
seven fencers in individual competition
for the provincial championships at the
lastsectional(an.22-23,lrelandsaidhe
was disappointed the men's and wom-
enpteams were unable to capitalize on
their chances atthis meet.
Last year, seven fencers qualified for
individual events. The women's foil and
£pee teams qualified for the provincial
championships as did the men's foil
and sabre teams.
Looking aheadto the championships,
Ireland said he wasconfident his entries
would do well.
"We're gonna win. They're gonna
fight like they did last weekend," he
said.
Pianarosa agreed. "I just hope I'm in
top shape in two weeks. Because if I am,
the other schools should be worried." Q
NBA tipoff
in jeopardy
by Steven Veseiy
Chartatan Slafl
What do the initials NBA stand for?
That depends. To basketball aficio-
nados it stands for the National Basket-
ball Association. But if the Ontario
govemmentran theNBA, itwouldstand
for No Brains at All.
That's because unless the provincial
government starts using its little grey
cells soon, it will most assuredly wind
up losing the professional basketball
franchise the association recently
awarded to the city of Toronto last
November.
Besides the standard provisions, like
a franchise fee and building an arena,
the association also demanded that
NBA games be taken off the province's
sports lottery — i n accordance with the
league's strongly enforced anti-gam-
bling stance.
Oh-oh. Problem.
The Pro-Line Sports Select lottery
generated over $210 million in sales
last year with about 10 percent of those
sales coming from NBA games. The
bulk of that money went to charities,
but the province itself received a quar-
ter, about $50 million, which was fun-
nelled into government service pro-
grams.
Naturally the province wasn't overly
thrilled with the idea of dropping a $5-
million take from its basketball ticket.
And that's led to an impasse of sorts
with the NBA flatly opposed to betting
on its game and the province unwilling
to give up the revenues garnered from
NBA action on its Pro-Line game.
Making matters even more urgent,
the league wants to settle the issue as
soon as possible and has a set a Feb. 1 3
deadline— the date of the NBA All-Star
game — as the latest it would allow
plans for the '95-'96 tip-off to proceed.
If the situation isn't resolved by then,
NBA officials have warned the prov-
ince to kiss pro basketball goodbye.
The No Brains at All government, of
course, believes that's a bluff. After all,
how could the NBA possibly pass up a
jewel of a city like Toronto?
Easily. Certainly the NBA can envi-
sion a profitable operation in Toronto,
but it doesn't desperately need to ex-
pand into Canada. Its telecasts are
seen here. Its merchandise is sold here.
For the league, Toronto is a remote and
barren outpost whose only true value is
as part of some visionary international
basketball scheme.
The province, on the other hand,
needs the NBA more than it's letting
on. A pro sport franchise, as every city
knows, means jobs. Constructing an
arena. Operating the building. Mer-
chandise. Tourism and other spin-offs.
One economic study prepared by
city suggested tax revenues of up to $81
million to all three levels of govern-
ment in the team's first year of opera-
tion and $31 million in the year there-
after.
Other NBA proponents argue it's
likely the tax revenues generated by an
expansion team would more than make
up for the losses of dropping basketball
from the sports lottery.
Sounds reasonable. Too bad the gov-
ernment doesn't see it that way. But
then again, no brains will do that to
you. □
February 10, 1994 • The Charlatan • 19
Raven
Records
OWIAA WATERPOLO
East Division
Gold Medal Game
Toronto 4 Queen's 3
Bronze Medal Game
Carleton 16 McMasterH 30T
OWIAA VOLLEYBALL
East Division
w
York 6
Ottawa 5
Toronto 5
Queen's 5
Ryerson 1
Carleton 0
L T F A PTS
1 0 19 5 12
2 0 16 9 10
2 0 19 7 10
4 0 16 14 10
6 0 3 18 2
7 0 1 21 0
OWIAA BASKETBALL
East Division
W L T F A PTS
Laurentn 8
Toronto 7
Ottawa 5
Queen's 3
York 3
Ryerson 1
0 624 373 16
0 551 375 14
0 542 475 10
0 387 372 6
0 398 441 6
0 456 609 2
CarletonO 8 0 3106230
OWIAA
Athlete of the Week
Toronto student Rekha Trembath is
the OWIAA athlete of the week.
After leading the Toronto Varsity
Blues to a 4-3 gold-medal win over the
Queen's Golden Gaels in the waterpolo
championships, Rekha was named the
tournament MVP as well as being
named to the league's all-star team.
OUAA BASKETBALL
East Division
W L T F A PTS
Laurentn 8 0 0 678 62016
Ryerson 6 3 0 770 692 12
York 4
Toronto 4
Carleton 2
Ottawa 2
Queen's 1
0 556 561 8
0 595 608 8
0 6396764
0 602 648 4
0 443 478 2
OUAA BASKETBALL
East Scoring Leaders
FG AT FT AT AVE
Beason 116 20659 81 35.0
Charles 80 15379 10130.1
Smart 50 11241 54 26.7
Swords 64 14229 45 22.5
Fischer 64 11241 50 21.1
OUAA BASKETBALL
East Rebound Leaders
G RBS AVE
A.Beason - Ryrsn 9 109 12.1
T. Charles - Crl 8 84 10.S
C.Fischer -Lmtn 8 74 9.3
C. Porter -Ott 8 66 8.3
D. Reid-Ott 8 61 7.6
OUAA
Athlete of the Week
Centre ]oey St.Aubin of the Ottawa
Gee-Gees hockey club is the OUAA ath-
lete of the week. St. Aubin scored three
goals in a 4-1 win over Queen's and
added another hat trick along with two
assists in a 7-1 win over RMC as the
Gee-Gees improved to 14-5-2.
Raven playoff hopes dim with losses
75 points by Charles not enough to pace the Ravens to victory
by Kevin Restivo
Criarialan Staff
Talk about rubbing salt in the wound.
The Carleton men's basketball team
extended its losing streak to six games
last week, falling 85-80 to the University
of Ottawa Gee-Gees on Feb. 1 and 96-89
to the Laurentian Voyageurs Feb. 4.
The Ravens' latest losses drop their
record in the east division of the Ontario
Universities Athletic Association to 2-6.
Tied for fifth place with the Ottawa Gee-
Gees, the Ravens are now four points
behind Toronto for the last playoff spot
in the OUAA.
Ottawa $5 Carleton 80
Laurentian 96 Carleton 89
Early on in the game against Ottawa,
Carleton stayed close despite turnovers
and poorshooting, taking advantage of
the slower pace set by the Gee-Gees.
It was only when Ottawa switched to
a more aggressive one-on-one type de-
fence that Carleton fell behind.
The Ravens trailed 36-29 at halftime.
The second half was an up-and-down
affair which saw the pace quicken and
the intensity heighten.
Ottawa threatened to blow the game
open a number of times, but fourth-year
forward Taffe Charles personified Carle-
ton's performance with his scrappy play
and timely scoring.
The Ravens surged to a 60-59 lead
with about 8:30 left on a basket by third-
year guard Luca Diaconescu. But Carle-
ton then faltered badly down the stretch
as Ottawa went on a 9-2 run over two
minutes putting the game out of reach.
"We weren't happy with our execu-
tion in the first half," said third-year
Raven guard Jeff Robins, "our defensive
intensity was better in the second half,
but it just didn't work out for us."
Raven head coach Paul Armstrong
expanded on this assessment
"Down the stretch, I think, it was just
a matter that they were a little tougher
mentally," he said. "They just finished."
Charles led Carleton with 31 points,
while Jamie Marquardt and Reagh Vidito
each chipped in with 15 apiece.
Though the results were the same,
Carleton played a much tougher game
against the first-place Voyageurs.
The Voyageurs ran up a52-37 halftime
leadlargelyon the strength of eightthree-
pointers and a tenacious full-court press.
But Carleton turned the tables in the
second half, breaking the press effec-
tively and mounting a 15-2 run of their
own to get themselves back in the game.
The Ravens even managed to take a
brief 77-76 lead — their first of the game
— when Charles hit two free throws with
7:37 left in the game.
But Laurentian guard Shawn Swords
broke the Ravens' back shortly thereaf-
ter, scoring on a three-pointer despite
having second-year Raven guard An-
drew Smith draped all over him.
"I can't believe he hit that shot, " said
Smith. "I had a hand right in his face."
Carleton 's inability to score down the
stretch cost them dearly once again.
"It's like a broken record," said Smith.
"We just don't execute down the stretch.
. . . Ithinkalotofithas to be experience."
Charles once again paced Carleton with
a game-high of 44 points. □
Charles nets
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Raven
Rumblings
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
"Everyone sits and burrows them-
selves in these rowing machines over
the winter and then come out of the
woodwork in the spring all ready to
row."
Rowing coach John Ossowski on the
importance of indoor winter training
as a method of preparing for spring
races.
ALL-STARS
Three members of the Carleton
waterpolo team were named to the
Ontario Women's Interuniversity Ath-
letic Association waterpolo all-star team
after this past weekend's champion-
ships.
Ravens Steph Burgess, )en Hampton
and Anne Stacey were so honored, as
was coach Steve Baird who was named
Coach of the Year.
SAILING AWAY TO FRANCE
The Carleton sailing club is making
plans to race in France this spring.
Commodore Cressida Robson says
the club has submitted an application
to the Course Croisere d'Edhec, a uni-
versity in Les Sables, France, and
expects to receive an invitation to race
in the world's largest intercollegiate
regatta next week.
Carleton will be the only Canadian
entry at the April 16-23 regatta which
should attract over 200 crews from
around the world, says Robson.
TALK ABOUT FAITH
When Laurentian's Stacey Hann
went to the free-throw line with 14:52
remaining in their Feb. 5 game against
the Ravens, the irrepressible Rodney
the Raven tried to taunt her by holding
up a sign that said "No pressure." No
kidding, Rodney. The Lady Vees had
almost a 40-point lead at the time and
were well on their way to an easy 82-28
win over the winless Ravens.
Friday, Feb. 1 1 .
BASKETBALL — The 0-8 women's
basketball team hosts the 7-1 Toronto
Varsity Blues in a 6 p.m. match at the
Ravens' Nest. The 2-6 men's team fol-
lows with an 8 p.m. game.
Saturday, Feb. 12.
BASKETBALL — The women's bas-
ketball team hosts their last home game
of the yearwhen they tip off against the
Queen's Golden Gaels in a 6 p.m. match
at the Ravens' Nest tonight. The men's
team follows with an 8 p.m. match.
SWIMMING — The women's swim
team travels to Guelph to take part in
the OWIAA championships today. This
weekend's competition is the last
chance for members of the women's
team to qualify for the national cham-
pionships to be held March 11-13 in
Victoria, B.C.
VOLLEYBALL — The 0-7 women's
volleyball team hosts the 6-1, first-place
York Yeowomen in an 11 a.m. match
at the Ravens' Nest today.
Fol lowing that game, they'll be back
on the court in an 3 p.m. afternoon
contest against the 1-6 Ryerson Lady
Rams.
Sunday, Feb. 13.
SWIMMING — The OWIAA swim
championships in Guelph continue.
VOLLEYBALL — The women's vol-
leyball team ends its season in a 2 p.m.
home match against the University of
Toronto Varsity Blues. □
Women's losing skid reaches eiqht
by Derek DeCloet
by Derek DeCloet
Charlatan Staff
If the Carleton women's basketball
team was a Prairie wheat field, it would
be- the kind that's cracked and dusty
enough to scare a farmer.
Ottawa 77 Carleton 41
Laurentian 82 Carleton 28
The drought has been that bad.
The hapless Ravens fell to 0-8 after a
77-41 loss to Ottawa on Feb. 1 and an 82-
28 defeat to Laurentian on Feb. 5.
With four games left, the Ravens are
now virtually assured of missing the
playoffs for the fifth time in Marg lones's
five-year tenure as head coach.
Against the Lady Voyageurs, the
Ravens' anemic offence produced one of
the ugliest statistics ever seen on a bas-
ketball court. They took 1 5 shots from the
field and only scored on one.
"I think if our percentage increased,
as far as shooting goes, we might have a
shot at winning some games, " said Raven
assistant coach Frank Carpentier, in what
might be the understatement of the year.
"The bottom line is we're outmatched (in
height) on each player."
The average height of the Lady Vees'
starting five players was around six feet.
Ottawa's defence stifled the Ravens
The Ravens' starters were about four
inches shorter, on average.
"We knew we were going to come out
on top," said Voyageur guard Carolyn
Swords, who had 15 first-half points —
eight more than the entire Carleton team.
Laurentian coach Peter Ennis admit-
ted it was hard to get his team motivated
for such a weak opponent.
"I'd be lyingifIsaid'No,itwasn't,"'he
said. "Carleton played hard. At least it
keeps the kids' minds sharp."
Clearly, the Ravens had no illusions
they could beat the undefeated
Voyageurs.
"You're not going out to win," said
Raven guard Cindy Krenosky. "You're
going out to play well for yourself."
Sarah Smith led Carleton with 11
points.
The game against the Gee-Gees, while
more evenly matched, was a sloppy one.
The two teams combined for 55 turnovers
— 33 by Carleton, including 13 by rookie
guard Gillian Roseway.
S "I wasn't pleased at all, at either end
r| of the floor, with what we were doing
< today, "said Gee-Gee coach Wanda Pilon .
I Again, the Ravens started slowly. It
! ^ took them over seven minutes to score a
point. By that time, Ottawa had already
jumped out to an 11-point lead, thanks
to a flurry of Raven turnovers.
"Our defensive pressure was good full-
court and that's what got us the lead,"
said Ottawa assistant coach Rod Lee.
But Carleton recovered and nearly
matched the Ravens basket-for-basket
the rest of the half, before faltering again
in the second half.
Ottawa guard Fabienne Perrin led all
scorers with 21 points. Roseway had 16
for Carleton. □
Rowing first at Indoor Championships
by Mark Cotgrave and Steven Vesely
Charlatan Staff
The Carleton rowing club posted mid-
dle-of-the-road results at the Canadian
Indoor Rowing Championships at Upper
Canada College in Toronto on Feb. 6.
Raven Josee Paquette finished with-
the top Carleton result, placing third
among 32 in a time of 9:59 in the wom-
en's lightweight class.
With the top-three finish, Paquette
advanced to an open final composed of
the top-16 lightweight women finishers
among the different class categories and
placed third in that race in a time of
10:02.
"It was a good showing," said head
coach John Ossowski. "She only started
rowing in May of last year and she came
third in both."
Teammate Nicole Lebon placed eighth
in the lightweight class race in a time of
10:15.
Rowing club vice-president Vicki
Schouten placed 14th among 18 com-
petitors in the heavyweight women's class
in a time of 10:10.
"We expected some pretty tough com-
petition," said Schouten. "And we did
fairly well with some middle-of-the-road
results."
" It was nice because we got to see what
we'll be up against in the spring and the
fall," she added.
On the men's side, Trevor MacKay
placed 10th among 32 in a time of 8:34
in the men's lightweight class, while row-
ing club president Rob Bennett placed
17th among 32 in a time of 8:47 in the
men's heavyweight class.
"There was a lot more competition
among the men's events. They still did
well but there's a lot of depth there, " said
Ossowski.
Carleton's five-member team entry at
the championships marked the first time
the university has ever had an official
presence at the indoor championships —
largely at the insistence of coach Ossowski
who feels the exposure is necessary for
the development of the team.
"There's quite a few people who have
national team potential here and any
kind of exposure like that is good for
them."
Ossowski said the indoor event was
important as a training tool for the spring
season.
"It means a lot," he said. "Everyone
sits and burrows themselves in these row-
ing machines over the winter and then
come out of the woodwork in the spring
all ready to row."
The rowing club's next major meet
will be the Ontario Indoor Rowing Cham-
pionships in St. Catharines on March 6.
□
Charlatan Hockey Pool
Here are the point leaders in the Charlatan Hockey Pool.
Points were tabulated as of Tue. Feb. 8, 1994.
Regular season leaders can only win the dinner prize once.
1 344 Bank Street
(at Riverside)
738 -3323
1
Patrick Soden
572
2
Anjali Varma
560
3
R. De Vecchi
556
4
Vicki Mavraganis
556
5
Jeff Parker
555
6
JeffPavkev
555
7
Jason Belfuss
549
8
Tyler Vaillant
549
9
loseph Kurikose
547
10 Alex Varki
547
Congratulations to Jason Belfuss who wins this week's dinner prize. Former
winner Jeff Pavkew can also pick up his $25 dinner certificate for Baxter's
restaurant at The Charlatan. (Italicized names are all former winners.)
Charlatan Sports Trivia
Answer the following question cor-
rectly and become eligible to win a $25
dinner for two at Schadillac's Saloon.
Which NHL goal tender holds the
record for the best ever GAA?
Congratulations to Rob Rothstein
who knew Kevin Stevens is the only NHL
player to rack up over 100 points and
200 penalty minutes in the same sea-
son.
1. Place your answer, name and
phone number on a piece of paper and
submit it to The Charlatan sports editor,
room 531 Unicentre. The recipient of
the prize will be determined by a super-
vised draw of all correct answers.
2. All answers must be received by
Tuesday, Feb.15, 1994. The winner
should come up to the office for the
prize on any Monday or Tuesday.
3. Contestents may submit only one
entry per week.
4. Charlatan staff members and their
families are not eligible to participate.
February 10, 1994 • The Charlatan . 21
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Inti-Illimani: musical ambassadors
by Alex Bu:
Cha/latan Staff
ipfnti-IUi
II Centrepi
\^eb. 8
i-Illimani
Centrepointe Theatre
)
Playing over 30 wind, percus-
sion, and string instruments,
Inti-Illimani blended jazz, fla-
menco, classical, Caribbean
and popular over traditional
Andes music in front of a
crowd of over 1,000 at Centrepointe Thea-
tre.
The band's name comes from a Na-
tive South American dialect called
Ayamara: Inti, meaning sun; Illimani, a
mountain near La Paz, Bolivia.
The group was formed in 1967 when
its members were university students in
Chile. After the military coup in Septem-
ber 1973 that overthrew the government
of Salvador Ailende, Inti-Illimani were
forced into exile in Europe for 15 years.
When civilian rule was restored in 1988,
they returned to Chile.
Playing music from their new record-
ing Andadas, their 20th album, the group
enthralled the audience, which gave the
band two standing ovations. Their pow-
erful mix of rhythms and strong sense of
fusion demonstrated the group's immense
talent.
The desire to blend musical styles is a
result of the group's philosophy.
"A diverse world is much more inter-
esting than a homogenous one," says
Horacio Duran, the violinist of the group
who also plays the cuatro, charango, per-
cussion and sings back up vocals.
This diversity is evident in the instru-
ments the group plays: the cuatro, a four-
string instrument of Venezuelan and
Colombian origin that looks like a small
guitar; the charango, a five-string instru-
Several Inti-Illimani types on stage at Centrepointe Theatre.
ment mounted over the shell of an arma-
dillo from the Andes; the hammered
dulcimer, a Middle Eastern instrument
the bandstarted using during theirexile;
and the zampona, a flute instrument.
Their desire to play with others has led
Inti-Illimani to share the stage with mu-
sicians like Peter Gabriel, Tracy
Chapman, Bruce Springsteen, Sting and
world-renowned flamenco guitarist Paco
Pena.
Thegroup has attained a huge follow-
ing in Chile, where they have played to
crowds as large as 130,000. Their music
has evolved over theyears by incorporat-
ing different sounds and rhythms.
When the group formed in the late
sixties, Chile, like the rest of Latin
America, was undergoing intense politi-
cal and social change. Together with
other musicians and musical groups, Inti-
Illimani created a movement known as
Nuevo Condon (New Song). This move-
ment was created out of a desire to "ex-
press (music) in a language that was
more our own," explains Duran.
When the presidential elections of
1 970 were called, a coalition of left-wing
political parties called the Unidad Popu-
lar, led by Ailende, was formed. Like
many Chilean artists at the time, Inti-
Illimani advocated the Unidad Popular
platform through their music. Of the
songs that they sang at the time, their
most popular was "El Pueblo Unido jamas
Sera Vencido" ("The People United Shall
Never Be Defeated.")
When asked how the group has
changed over the last two decades, Duran
responded, "It's another time (in Chile).
Some songs are still sung while others are
not. However, we have not changed our
desire to fight for justice."
The Charlatan Education Corner
And for all you skiing fanatics. . .
by Sarah Richards
Charlatan Staff
If you don't have the means to invest
over $1 ,000 in downhill skis, boots, bind-
ings, poles and the flamboyant ski suits
that are now a necessity before hitting
the slopes, an alternative exists.
For one measly buck, you can visit the
Canadian Ski Museum.
Tucked away on the second floor of a
building on Sussex Drive, this one-room
display chronicles the evolution of one of
Canada's most popular winter pastimes:
skiing.
It has the usual things found in any
museum: creepy display mannequins,
signs that say "DO NOT TOUCH," the
interactive video display thatdoesn'twork
and that funny stale-wood smell.
It also has black and white photos
that will transport you back to the time
when skiing was the hip new sport of a
young country. Ifyouthinklookinggood
on the slopes was merely an extravagant
'80s thing, you'll be surprised when you
see the picture of the 1936 Canadian
men's Olympic ski team. They skied in
knickers, dress shirts, V-necks, suit jack-
ets and ties. And for you ladies out there,
you skied in nothing less than a full-
length dress.
One highlight of the museum is the
Personal attention you get from the mu-
seum staff. After all, it's not exactly the
Museum of Civilization. During my 90-
minute visit, only one other couple
showed up.
You might want to ask the helpful
s'aff about "dope." It's the term given to
the secret waxes used to grease skis:
beeswax, pine tar and politically incor-
rect whale oil.
The recession has given the museum
itself an aura of antiquity. On one of the
heavily draped window sills is perched a
lifeless old television with a note taped to
the monitor, "There is currently no video
available."
The museum nearly closed last year
due to a shortage in funding, which comes
from membership, government grants
and merchandise. And to make things
worse, someone broke in the evening of
]an. 26 and stole their only computerand
printer. Thankfully, no skis were stolen.
Maybe that's because they're not
exactly this year's models. It was a bit
hard to believe a note on a pair of skis
that quotes Canadian ski legend Steve
Podborski, "These are the fastest skis in
the world." When you look at
Podborski's six-year-old skis and think
of the high-tech skis used by today's
professional skiers, it makes you won-
der.
The old photos also show how much
things have changed over the years —
some for better, others for worse. Crazy
Canuck Ken Read no longer sports that
bouffant hair and polyester Adidas
track top that he did in the early '80s—
thank God— but there's also a depress-
ing photo of a ski jumper sailing
through the sky in Sarajevo, where the
1984 Winter Olympics were held.
As you venture into the office and
makeshift storage room, it becomes
obvious how badly it needs a bigger
location. Stacks of wood and metal skis
are piled in the room, along with an
equal amount of old, worn ski boots
ready to be put on display. It reminded
me of the picture of the mounds of
shoes the Nazis confiscated from the
victims of the Holocaust.
The office wallsare also covered in old
black and white skiing photos, many
dating back to the early 1900s. Under-
neath the photos are shelves of skiing
books just waiting to be opened to allow
that musty sent of stale glue out, avail-
able for that skiing essay your prof may
have assigned you. Chances are you won't
have to wait in line.
The Canadian Ski Museum is located at 475A Sussex Dnve
and is open May I through Sep! 30 front 1 1 a-rn. to 4 p.m
Tuesday to Sunda/Tind Oct 1 through Apnl 30 front noon to '
p.m., also Tuesday to Sunday
□
M j
Another Inti-Illimani fellow.
During the concert Jorge Coulon, the
musical composer of the group, told the
audience that in the universities one can
study English, French or German, but
aboriginal languages, which in many
regions of Latin America are spoken by
the majority of the population, are not
taught.
Duran says their music holds consist-
ent themes: the fight to defend aborigi-
nals like the Mapuche in Chile; a desire
for society to coexist with nature; and the
realization of social justice in Latin
America.
As the concert drew.to an end, Coulon
said musicians are like diplomats be-
cause they have to see similarities be-
tween cultures in order to bring people
together. Like diplomats, Inti-Illimani
uses the fusion of different kinds of music
to bring people closer together.
As ambassadors, Inti-Illimani created
a sense of harmony between themselves
and the audience by broadening the
musical horizon of the people present. □
This week:
Our Favorite
Aphrodisiacs
1. Green M&Ms
2 . Lychees
3. Beer and
hair spray at
Oliver ' s
4 . Jujubes
5 . Cucumbers
6 . Hazelnut-
Vanilla Coffee
at Rooster's
7. "Sweet Jane,"
by Cowboy
Junkies
8. The Manx Pub
9 . Mangos
10. Music by
Cracker JJ
February 10, 1994 ■ The Charlatan • 23
Imaginative, artistic film will leave you breathless
by Naomi Bock
Charlatan Staff
Baraka
Directed by Ron Fricke
No plot. No dialogue. Don't miss this
incredible film.
Baraka is two hours of breathtaking
images — a collage of human existence.
Shot all over the world, the film features
beautiful scenery interspersed with scenes
from diverse cultures, religions and monu-
ments, set to subtly powerful music.
As the camera zooms in on holy men
and beggars, crowded Japanese subways
and Indonesian ghettos, you are left to
absorb a detailed and moving photo al-
bum of a journey through time and iden-
tity. It makes no judgments; it only re-
veals the varied ways in which we live
and the varied things that we hold mean-
ingful.
If you're thinking this is some weird-
ass, boring artsy film, remember the ap-
peal of a picture book. The images of this
film transport you to places, people and
rituals you will probably never see any-
where else.
The opening shot is high in some
mountain range. A solemn baboon sits
silent and blinking in a mountain pool,
like a little old man with hidden wisdom
behind his crinkled face.
The tragedy in some scenes is haunt-
ing. A young Filipino prostitute stares at
the camera, no expression showing from
beneath her heavy makeup, the neon
lights of a bar flashing behind her. A
beggar child sits exhausted against a
stone wall, reaching out his tiny hand
like a numb zombie.
On the other extreme of the human
experience, joy is expressed through
Native peoples' dances andlaughing chil-
dren, the vivid colors of aboriginal body
paint and ecstatic African celebrations
with dancers who seem to jump into the
sky.
The editing is clever, melding over-
crowded big-city streets shots with con-
veyor belts of mass-produced baby chicks.
Occasionally the transitions are jar-
ring. You are often confused about where
you are, feeling like a blindfolded tourist
dropped into a different place every
minute. Withoutthe explanation of nar-
rative, the mystery of many locations
and cultures will leave you frustrated at
the taunting limitations of the film's
keyhole view of the world.
But mystery is the theme: a respect for
the ancient, sacred andunexplained that
often is ignored or mocked in our modem
world.
One scene in Asia emphasizes this. A
shrouded holy man walks with aching
slowness down a city street. He places one
foot exactly in front of the other, still
touching, while he waves an incense
holder on a chain with measured rhythm
like a pendulum. As the camera focuses
on his rag-wrapped feet, you see the
their impatient heels and loafers. The
holy man is oblivious to the pace around
him.
Indeed, the pace of the modem world,
with its factories and repetition, is shown
as a robotic nightmare. Again and again,
we see a factory worker screw in compo-
nents to computer circuit-boards until
you want to scream, "Stop! Don't show
me another one!"
The purity and power of nature is
exposed with brilliant elapsed- time pho-
tography. Gigantic desert rocks stand
through dawn and blazing sun and starry
nights that last an instant, the clouds
and stars moving super-fast overhead, a
glimpse of the eternity of nature.
The music, which varies throughout
this film, fits each scene so perfectly you
don't even notice it.
Baraka will stun you, leaving you with
the disturbed awareness of how little we
as individuals have seen of this world,
and how much less we can comprehend
it all. □
It you'd like a booklet about Jack Daniel s Whiskey, wrile us here in Lynchburg. Tennessee 37352, U.S.A.
TALK TO AN OLDT1MER in Lynchburg,
Tennessee and you'll probably hear a story
about Jack Daniel's.
Our townsmen love to tell how Jack
Daniel settled here in 1866. And how
Lem Motlow and seven generations of
Lynchburg whiskey makers never
had reason to leave - nor to alter
our founder's original methods.
That's why today's Jack Daniel's
has the same smooth taste as it
did back then. Which, to a Jack
Daniel's drinker, is the nicest
part of the story.
JACK DANIEL'S TENNESSEE WHISKEY
other pedestrians' feet hurrying by in
Bite: New Montreal sounds
by Jane Tattersall
Cha/lalan Staff
headlining Pop In the Name^
Love
Lounge
A year and a half ago, Bite joined the
ranks of all-female bands like Jale, Cub
and the Welfare Starlets emerging across
Canada.
Bite, however, is a little different. Songs
like "Slime," about being whistled and
accosted by men on the street, present a
strong female perspective that is a little
less forgiving than some of their counter-
parts.
Bite was formed in August 1992 by
four Montreal women (Cecil: vocals,
Denise: bass, Nancy: drums, [ulie: gui-
tar) who didn't know each other very
well, but who all wanted to start a band.
At the beginning, the band was just sup-
posed to be a fun side project. "When we
started, we really just wanted to learn
how to play instruments," says Nancy.
"It seemed like the best way was to leam
to play songs and try and write songs."
24 • The Charlatan ■ February 10, 1994
Denise, playing the bass.
Bite started doing live shows a month
later. Denise's husband John was in a
band playing a show at Concordia Uni-
versity. Nancy recalls, "John's band was
playing at the pub at Concordia Univer-
sity, and they were like, 'So, do you guys
want play, haha?' and we were like,
'Okay, sure. ' We had eight songs or some-
thing, and so we went and played with
them and the very next night we played
with Beat Happening.
"That was incredible because we were
really terrified. Everyone's heard of Beat
Happening. It turned out really well. The
gig just sort of fell into our lap because
thepromoterknewusand what we were
doing."
After playing a few more shows, Bite
recorded theircassette Because Girls Would
Love to Have a Friend to Dance With on a
local independent label. Nancy admits
they then started take themselves more
seriously. "I thinkitwas when we started
playing shows and people liked us, we
realized 'Wow, it isn't just us having fun.
Other people are having fun watching
us, so let's see what we can do.'"
After realizing that their hobby was
turning into more than just a pastime,
the band went on the road and played a
few shows out-of-province. Last summer,
they travelled East.
"We played with Sloan in Montreal,
so we hooked up with Peter Rowan, who
was their manager at that time. We
played with Hardship Post in Halifax.
And they are very big there so it was an
instant crowd. Even in Halifax, though,
people had heard of us because we had
sent a lot out through Peter to distribute
to record stores and college radio, which
totally helped us a lot."
One thing Bite has had to deal with is
the perception of girl bands as some-
thing of a novelty, which has translated
into a mixed blessing for the band.
"I think there might be a certain re-
sentment because we are getting a lot of
publicity and attention, and a lot of it is
based on the fart that we are all women
doing this," Nancy says. "But I don't
think we'd still be getting this much
attention a year and a half later if there
wasn't some quality to our music."
More recently, Bite has released a
brand new seven-inch single and are also
in the midst of changing their lineup.
Cecil has j ust left the band to focus on her
work in film production. Nancy admits
this is something that's very hard to deal
with.
"It's like breaking up with someone.
It's not necessarily bitter; we're all friends.
It's just hard at first. It wasn'tlike a huge
fight. It was the obvious decision."
Bite's plans for the future include a
tour across Canada and a probable re-
lease of an album in the fall. In the
meantime, Nancy says they haven't ap-
proached any major labels.
"We have so much more to leam and
ways we could improve. What we'd really
like to do is put out as many seven-inch
singles as we can, It's a great way to get
your name spread around andit'salotof
fun. More people are getting back into
vinyl now. We're going to send some
packages out to smaller labels and then
wait and see." □
Big Sugar's Cordie Johnson does the blues
hv Joe Rprnarri *^mmm^*»&
by Joe Bernard
Chailalan Start
For all intents and purposes, guitarist
and vocalist Gordie Johnson is Big Sugar.
During the first song of an encore at
their amazing show last month at the
Penguin, Johnson decided he wanted to
perform one of the songs by himself. He
didn't ask his bandmates — heinformed
them.
Personnel-wise, Big Sugar has been a
sea of change. The only constants are
|ohnson, the band's cool clothes and a
sound that surpasses their impeccable
threads, proving that they aren't there
just to look pretty. Otherwise, the band
9t
Coolguy Gordie Johnson.
members are pretty much rotating all the
time.
Dressing for success has paid off in a
tangible way for lohnson. Hugo Boss, the
tres chic clothier, signed him to an exclu-
sive deal to market their wares, both on
stage and off.
Explaining the continual changes,
lohnson cites his continual need to ex-
plore new musical territory and the fact
that the band is from Toronto.
"Being based in Toronto, there are so
many national acts and recording acts
going through the city all the time," says
Johnson. "So our bass player — one week
he's playing with me, the next he's play-
ing with Murray McLaughlin "
Big Sugar has built a strong reputa-
tion for showcasing various styles. This
creates problems for people who want to
label the band, but does not really con-
cern lohnson. "Eventually, it depends
what the record label wants to call it. If
they just want to call it rock that's fine. If
they want to call it blues, that's fine too.
It is all of those things. We'll still do the
odd jazz standard now and again be-
cause we love that stuff.
"I hope they label it something, (be-
cause) it's easier for them to channel it to
the consumer . . . you might as well call
it whatever has the biggest section in the
record store," he remarks with a laugh.
The title of Big Sugar's latest release,
Five Hundred Pounds, summarizes the
band's sound, both live and on the CD.
Although the album has a fresh sound,
Johnson admits the sound has its origins
in the early part of this century's Missis-
sippi Delta blues style.
"I try and trace a line from what I'm
hearing now to where it's coming from, "
says Johnson. "I like to hear Led Zeppelin
and Jimi Hendrix, but I probably enjoy
them better now, knowing what their
references are."
Run DMC blazes through Fenn
by Shamir Kanji
Charlatan Staff
Even a lame opening act and tem-
perarnerital equipment coulcm'train this
show.
Thefiist group of local unknowns only
got through one complete song before
they had to stop because there was too
much feedback. :
The show was also marred by the
second act, a local rap group called
Clarence Gruff, whose lead singer pointed
a toy gun into the crowd while the DJ
filled the air with sounds of gunfire. The
vocalist pointed the gun at one female
audience member. After that, she (as
well as the rest of thecrowd) watched the
rest of his set in a state of shock.
As if this wasn't bad enough, the group
refused to get off the stage when their
time was up. even though they were 10
minutes late startjng.The group finally
got theirway, singing their last two songs.
The lead vocalist then threw his mike
down and they left.
. AU this was forgotten when Run DMC
(DJ Run, DMC Ondjam Master Jay, a.k.a.
Joseph Simmons, Darryl McDaniels and
jason Mizell) arrived on the stage. Sim-
ply put, mayhem erupted inFenn Lounge.
Run DMC whipped what had been a
passive crowd into a frenzy. With classic
hits such as "You be Itlin," "Party Peo-
ple," "My Adidas," "Run's House," and
new songs from their current CD, Down
with the King, the whole aura of the show
turned around.
During "Run's House/' all the raem-
bersof RuriDMC donned their old gang-
ster hats and chains from the days of
Raising Heii and Tougher than Leather,
which brought an ovation from the 700-
plus crowd. Harderhitslike "Ooh Watch
Gonna Do" gotthe Crowd involved when
DJ Run arid DMC pointed their mikes to
the crowd so they could sing along.
If there wasone complaint itwas that
their set, at barely 45 minutes, was too
short.
Backstage, the band attributed their
longevity to staying dose to their roots.
" Unlike other acts, we don 't need dancers
. . . there are no gimmicks — everything
is live," said Jam Master Jay.
Clarence Gruff, with their gimmicks
and lame attitudes, could learn some-
thing from these guys. Q_
Unfortunately, when musicians who
are not familiar with the blues genre try
and play it, they all too frequently endup
simplifying the music. They miss, or play
through, the innuendo present in the
lyrics and the music. Big Sugar is not one
of these bands.
The blues, notes Johnson, can be lis-
tened to on several different levels. "It
seems simple. On the surface it looks
pretty straight up. But you can dig; you
can peel away many layers. You can
always find some regional references,
sexual, or whatever. There's a lot of op-
tions there with the blues. And if people
don't get it right away, that's fine. If
people never get it, it's also fine. 'Cause
they (the songs) still mean something at
face value."
In concert Big Sugar's sound is remi-
niscent of early Zeppelin, when Zeppelin
used to routinely beat the hell out of the
blues. The similarities mainly emerge
from the fact that when it comes to influ-
ences, both bands are drinking from the
same well.
Big Sugarblends various "references, "
withoutsoundingcontrived. Theirsound,
especially live, melds into a cohesive
frenetic, tour de force.
What is obvious when they perform is
that these slicksters know their shit and
love to play. Big Sugar digs deep into the
blues, and at the same time, pushes it a
little further. Johnson is so well versed as
aguitarplayerandversatileasavocalist,
that what is old becomes new again. His
playing is a union of lifelong experience
and young man angst.
Their show is not for the faint of heart.
These hipsters are loud. Big Sugar hit it,
and they hit it hard, repeatedly. Whether
the band is delving into a surfer tune,
interludes of ska/reggae, orabluesstand-
ard, they are able to combine the various
songsandstylessothattheparticipantis
jamming to the sweetness that is Big
Sugar. q
It's a Skydigger love-in!
by Rick Harp and Karin Jordan
Charlatan Start
/• Skydiggers and Black Boot Trio^k
I Creeque Alley )1
\\Fek 4 — Feb. 5 JJ
Aside from the Andy Maize wanna-
bees in the front (although, when you get
right down to it, who doesn't want to be
a Skydigger?), last Saturday's show at
Creeque Alley was, from the perspective
of two Digger-aficionados like us, flaw-
less.
The only disappointing thing about
the whole night was that the first incred-
ibly tightsetwas in fact the only setof the
night.
But every one of the about a dozen
songs they played was incredible. The
songs they chose covered everything from
their earliest album to as-of-yet
unreleased material, which gives
die-hard fans like us hope that our
favorite band will soon be releas-
ing a fourth album.
They started off the night with
the fan favorite, "Slow Burning
Fire." This raunchy song set the
tone for the rest of their set.
Throughout the rest of the show,
the band never let up. Their blend
of folksy, countrified rock kept butts
shaking and pelvises tilting. Gui-
tarist Josh Finlayson took the mike
for a foot-stomping version of" Mys-
tery Train" that had the whole
house singing along.
Lead singer Maize kept between-
song chit-chat to a minimum, but
he seemed to have been quite taken
by Winterlude, which he mentioned
several times. Go figure.
The show hadallofuswho were
dancing in front of the small stage
sweating like pigs. The Diggers
neverletus down, playing a mostly
fast set, with only a couple of slow
songs — "I 'm Wondering, " off their
latest album fust Over this Moun-
tain, as well as their hit (much
overplayed but still great) "I Will
Give You Everything, " off their de-
but, self-titled album.
Creeque Alley was packed with fans
who seemed to know the words to virtu-
ally every rune the boys belted out. A
welcome addition to the band is the new
drummer, Ottawa'sown Petervon Althen,
of Fun for Malakai fame.
The show opened with a short but
intense set from Ottawa band Black Boot
Trio. Judging from their performance,
their new CD Pony Ride ought to take
them places.
It's hard to say anything bad about a
band like the Skydiggers, who are neither
pretentious (Tea Party, anyone?) nor
trendy.
If you haven't yet experienced a Dig-
gers show, get your ass down to one the
next time they're in Ottawa. We guaran-
tee you won't regret it. □
...
Our hero, And^Maize.
t u &
>~ SUN MARCH 6th
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Remembering the spirit of the real underground
by Rob Willbond
Chartalan Staff
"Corporate rock sucks!" is the rallying
cry of all independent bands, from Fugazi
on down.
However, it is not news that the bands
who utter this slogan are increasingly
joining the ranks of major-label musi-
cians. A million examples come to mind:
Green Day and Bad Religion, to name
but two.
Another fine example is Pearl Jam,
whose latest album, Vs. sold close to 1
million in its first week of release and
was, incidentally, named Album of the
Year in the Charlatan year-end poll. Even
people who derided the first Pearl Jam
record credited Vs. with giving the Jam
boys a chance to employ an even rawer
grunge sound.
In reality, bands like Pearl Jam have
more in common with Janet Jackson than
with Fugazi. Did you stop to thing about
what will happen to these great individu-
als when the record companies realize
they are no longer financially fine? Best
guesses may see them off into the land of
potential comebacks. That's the place
where M.C Hammer, Vanilla Ice and the
New Kids on the Block live. Remember,
these bands were once also number one
in the corporate kingdom.
A few Pearl Jam fans will be sad when
this event takes place. The rest probably
will not notice. After all, the music indus-
try will have sold us the next big thing by
then, clothing included. Be careful, trend-
seekers. In order to maximize coolness,
a welcoMe -lb "fH£ AJeuiKiVb-
you don't want to stop crowd surfing and
bum your flannel flag of individuality
until mis happens.
This realization of how shallow this
alternative trend is will probably tick
some folks off. Too bad. Imagine how
people involved in the real underground
felt when the music industry realized
alternative music was an untapped gold-
mine. Gone is the flagrant use of the
distortion pedal by Dinosaur Jr. (now
Wamer'sacoustic Neil Young wannabe),
the political social lessons of Bad Reli-
gion (working for Warner Brothers), and
the innate cuteness of Green Day (now
supporting corporate punk for salary).
These bands were once accessible.
None of this Eddie Vedder behind a 10-
foot barrier stuff. It was about music.
Music for expression, art and people. The
real path of individuality. One that you
get to choose.
I often hear passionate Pearl Jam fans,
well drugged by the media of course,
saying how close Vedder is to the fans.
How his favorite band is Fugazi. How
they are doing no more videos because
they think the media is crap and want to
bring out their message their own way.
Will the public fall for such a market-
ing scheme? Probably. If Vedder was a
true believer in what Fugazi had to say,
would he be working for Sony? They
make stereos and televisions, they create
nice things to sell us, but they're not anti-
media, a nti -establishment or anything
that a band like Fugazi stands for.
If Pearl Jam wants to hold a position
similar to Fugazi, they have to earn it.
That's the way the real underground
works. Living communication between a
band and audience cannot be bought
and sold.
The lesson is merely to recognize the
way the music industry manipulates
public opinion, causing people to buy
into whatever it is selling. Of course, if
your only use for music is to provide
entertainment, then corporate rock is the
thing for you. Not only will you be fooled
into thinking everything is dandy, but
you even get to feel like you are support-
ing a cause! They even provide a snappy
image or label to aid you in selecting a
social group. Be a punker! Be a grunger!
Buy the outfit!
Corporate rock is not all bad. It just
takes time to distil the hard-working
bands from the created, to realize what it
is you are buying. If your true goal is to
appreciate music for what it is, take a
look at the real underground — your
local bands or any bands that haven't
been packaged for consumption. It'sthere
for you and you don't need Perry
"Lollapalooza" Farrell to sell you access
to it.
This music is about real people, the
real world. It shares common goals and
creates a real sense of community that
two-dimensional major-label figureheads
like Janet Jackson cannot. □
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26 • The Charlatan ■ February 10, 1994
Thursday, February 10 Age or innocence
at 9:15.
drinking crowd.
At Zaphod's this evening, it's an-
other concert in the Cha Cha's Playpen
series, featuring the angry sounds of lo-
cal bands Claymouth and Finger. Cover
is a mere loonie.
Friday, February 1 1
for some free, olde-time music, head
on down to Carleton's Alumni Theatre
at noon. The Elizabethan Consort will
be playing their old English instruments:
recorders, a gemshom, a lute and . . .
well, you get the idea.
Classical guitarist Andrew Mah is
playing the Glebe St. James Church at
8:30 p.m. as part of the Ottawa Guitar
Society's 25th anniversary season. Tick-
ets are available at the door. They cost
$10 for students, members and seniors,
$15 for everyone else.
In the tasteless names department:
the Geography Society is holding their
Big Heart-On Pub this evening. With a
name like that, you just know it's gonna
be at Oliver's. Cover is two bucks for
members and three for non-members.
The Headstones and the
Morganfields play Zaphod's tonight.
Cover is $6.
Valentine's Day may be a few hours
away, but the fun starts tonight in Fenn
Lounge in Carleton's Res Commons at
7 p.m. Pop! In the Name of Love
features a star-studded lineup of bands
playing happy, loud guitar music, in-
cluding Montreal's Bite, future fratboys
Mushroom Explosion, Trip Ham-
mer, Nevergreen and Chuck Wagon.
And that's just the main stage. On the
side stage, it's Wandering Lucy, E wen
Todd's Rat boy and Darwin from Lock-
jaw. Cover is $7 at the door.
More Valentine'sDaymushystuff from
the Bytowne as it begins what it calls its
Romantic Weekend. Showing tonight is
Casablanca at 7 p.m., followed by The
Saturday, February 12 Monday, February 14
It's yet another pre-Valentine's Day
fest at the Pit. The Belfast Cowboys are
playing rock/country stuff along with
acoustic artist Nedza Perry. Cover is a
mere fourbucks. (Youknow, formymoney,
the Pit's just about the most romantic place
in town. It's all those gargoyle heads, you
know, -ed.)
If s a night of Brazilian music in Room
100, St. Pat's. If you show up at 8 p.m.,
you'll hear Silvia Berddo on alto sax,
flute and vocals, and Rafael Bastos on
acoustic guitar. It's being presented by
Carleton's school for studies in art and
culture and the university committee on
cultural activities. And hey, it's free.
The Mahones. that Kingston-based
Celtic outfit, is playing the Penguin
tonight. Cover is seven bucks.
At Zaphod's tonight, starting at 8
p.m., Eugene Haslam, co-owner of this
fine establishment, is celebrating lOyears
in the Ottawa music scene. Playing to-
nightit's Dog Day Afternoon. There'll
also be a lotta taped music and some of
Eugene's home videos. (Eugene at the
Grand Canyon? -ed.) There's no cover.
Sunday, February 1 3
There's loads of stuff going on for
Black History Month including a Hair
Braiding and Barbering Demonstra-
tion. It's described as a "presentation of
beautiful, age-old African styles and tech-
niques and their significance in Africa
and the diaspora." Hmmm . . . hair as
socially relevant. It takes place at J'nikira
Resource Centre at 333 Besserer St.
Admission is $2 for adults and$lforkids.
Those wacky loud guitar folks, Spiny
An tea ters and Resin Scraper, are play-
ing two pre-Valentine's Day shows this
evening at the Pit. The first show at 7
p.m. is all-ages; the second, from 9:30
p.m. until closing time, will be for the
Valentine's Day. Lock yourself in
your darkened room. Convince yourself
that today is a false holiday foisted upon
us by an uncaring society bent on per-
petuating the myth that you must pro-
create to be complete. Fail. Go down-
stairs and watch A Clockwork Orange.
The Bytowne s Romantic Weekend
comes to a close today with a 7 p m
showing of Truly, Madly, Deeply and
Maurice at 9:20 p.m. (What? No Van
Damme movies? -ed.)
Even the Mayfair's getting into the
spirit of the day, showing Casablanca
and Strictly Ballroom, starting at 7 p.m.
Tuesday, February 15
As part of Black History Month, the
Bytowne is presenting Bopha, a film
about apartheid and its evils. It's show-
ing tonight at 6:45 p.m.
It's a little known fact that before he
came to Carleton, Charlatan production
manager Kevin McKay was a third-line
centre for theHartford Whalers. Heplayed
the '85-'86 season as an enforcer on the
checking line, but he was injured by a
puck to the skull and just couldn't get
back into the game.
Bear this in mind as he recommends
The Game, a non-fiction work by Mon-
treal Canadiens' goalie great Ken Dryden,
as his pick of the week. Says the Whalers'
veteran, "Ignore the books written by
rookies and pay attention to Dryden.
With a career behind him, he provides a
knowing perspective for the reader."
Wednesday, February 16
Sonny Rollins is profiled by Bernard
Stepien on In A Mellow Tone (CKCU 93.1
FM) at 9 p.m.
Finally, an interesting documentary:
Manufacturing Consent: Noam
Hey Kids!
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Sunday, March 6, 1994 in order to be eligible. Winners will be
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(Alan Neal) practices his form. Just in time for
Valentine's Day. it's the latest Sock n Buskin
play! Talking Dirty is described as a "satirical
farce about our preoccupation with the subject
of sex." The play runs Feb. °- 1 2 and Feb. 1 6- 1 9 at
i In- Mum ni Theatre at H:A0 p.m. Tickets are S.5 in
advance at the usual outlets for students. SI Oat
every other time for everyone else. J
Chomsky and the Media will make you
think about the media (That's us! -ed.)
and their effect on society. Its showing at
the Mayfair at 7 p.m.
Thursday, February 17
They wowed the crowds opening for
Soul Asylum back in November and now
they're back to do it again. I speak, of
course, of Cracker. Yessiree, they're play-
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San Francisco's Counting Crows. Tick-
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NEWS
Stanton, Stewart start reiqn
by Tanya Workman . ■- - „ ^* " Z»
Cha/latan Slafl ~: ~. W **: ' W B 1 i^^^h —
by Tanya
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Out with the old and in with the new.
A president-elect who says he will start
a co-op student placement service and a
finance commissioner-elect who says she
will try to open a campus grocery store
are among the winners in the Carleton
University Students' Association election.
The initial results from the election,
held Feb. 8-10, were announced Feb. 11.
They peg turnout at almost 2,900, about
1 5 per cent of the undergraduate student
population. Last year, about 2,500 un-
dergraduates voted in the election.
President-elect Richard Stanton de-
feated runner-up Brenda Kennedy by 37
votes. Todd McAllister placed third, 48
votes behind Kennedy.
Stanton received 824 votes; Kennedy,
787; McAllister, 739.
The job of finance commissionerwent
to CUS A financial review committee chair
Wendy Stewart, who beat this year's vice-
president internal Rob Jamieson by 126
votes. Stewart received 1,060 votes;
lamieson received 934 votes. Trevor
Mulzer, the other candidate for the posi-
tion, received 613 votes.
"Everyone did theirbest, " says Stanton.
"It was just a hard race."
Stanton also won one of two under-
graduate student positions on the board
of governors, Carleton's highest decision-
making body. McAllister won the other
position.
Stanton and Stewart: New kids on the CVSA block
Kennedy, co-ordinator of the Foot Pa-
trol, says she is upset with the results,
since they were so close.
"Todd and Richard were running very
similar campaigns, and mine was com-
pletely different," she says.
Kennedy says the difference was they
were looking for more corporate sponsor-
ship, while her campaign dealtwith open-
ing up the association to more students.
She cited the example of the space left on
her campaign posters for people to write
in suggestions.
McAllistersayshethoughtitwould be
a close race for president between him-
self and Stanton because they had simi-
lar ideas, such as attracting corporate
sponsorship to increase revenue and serv-
ices.
McAllister says he plans to fight for
getting corporate sponsorship of campus
services as a member of the board of
governors, an issue he included in his
presidential platform.
"I might not be president, but 1 can
still get the job done," says McAllister
lot of the things 1 wanted do deal with as
CUSA president I can do on the board of
governors."
The two other presidential candidates
were further behind. Elaine Silver received
232 votes, while Lloyd Barry got 108, 25
votes less than the number of spoiled
ballots for president. Silver, a third-time
presidential candidate, ran for re-elec-
tion on the board of governors, but lost.
In the nextyear, Stanton says he plans
to start a CUSA-run internship program
with local businesses so students can
gain work experience before they gradu-
ate. He says he will create a position of
director of human resources on the CUSA
executive to contact employers and help
them get involved in plan. He says he
would like to get about 500 students
placed in the program in the fall term.
"I think there's definite potential for
it," he says.
Stewart says she will try to negotiate
with Loblaws and IGA to get a grocery
store on campus, possibly for the first
floor or fourth floor of the Unicenrre. She
doesn't want to invest any CUSA money
in the venture.
"If we give them kind of a monopoly
then maybe they'll come at no cost to
students," says Stewart, although any
initiative will have to be passed by ad-
ministration.
Stanton says he and Stewart will meet
'a ELECTION cont'd on pg. 5
Challenges mount after CUSA election
by Josee Bellemare
Charlatan Staff
Defeated candidates and others in-
volved in the recent Carleton University
Students' Association election have been
tight-lipped about challenges to its con-
stitutionality.
The content of the challenges will re-
main confidential until the constitutional
board has ruled on their validity, says
James Rilett, CUSA's chief electoral of-
ficer. Riiettsays six complaints had been
given to him as of Feb. 16.
Rilett says the contents have to re-
main confidential, "so the people (on the
constitutional board) coming into it can
have an unbiased opinion."
The constitutional board is made up
of three CUSA councillors and two stu-
dents who are not councillors. The board
members, who will rule on the chal-
lenges, have not been determined yet.
The board has the power to rule on
whether any action of the association,
including the election, followed the CUSA
constitution. If the board finds the elec-
tion unconstitutional, some or all of the
election could be thrown out.
The board must rule on a challenge
within 14 days of when the challenge is
filed. The constitution says all submis-
sions are confidential until the decision is
announced, but does not say whether
those making challenges have to keep
them confidential. The CUSA council
chair must announce that a challenge
has been made at the next meeting of
this year's council Feb. 17.
Peter Nogalo, the co-ordinator of the
Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Centre, says
he has given a notice to Rilett that he
intends to challenge the presidential elec-
tion.
Nogalo, a supporter of Brenda
Kennedy for president, says he thinks the
chances of the board overturning the
presidential election are "excellent."
"The board has a history of making
judicious decisions and I can't see under
any circumstances how they would up-
hold the presidential election," he says.
In December, the board threw out the
November referendum which would have
increased student fees to the Candian
Federation of Students.
Nogalo says he is challenging the elec-
tion because of "several things, includ-
ing things reported in The Charlatan last
week." The Charlatan reported Feb. 10
that Stanton had received a warning for
campaigning in Oliver's, which is against
CUSA's electoral code. The Charlatan also
reported complaints about a Stanton
worker who was a poll clerk and was left
alone at a polling station. A poll clerk is
not allowed to take ballots when alone.
Elaine Silver, a three-time presidential
candidate, says she is launching a chal-
lenge against the elections, but neither
she nor anyone else will not disclose any
information about it.
Kennedy, who finished second in the
presidential campaign, says the whole
election was "problematic."
"Myself and others had problems well
before the elections were in," she says,
although she wouldn't give any details.
Kennedy says a constitutional chal-
lenge of the results was made on her
behalf, but she would not say who filed it.
She says she didn't want to file the chal-
lenge herself because "I just don't have
the energy." Nogalo says he consulted
with Kennedy before he filed his chal-
lenge.
Todd McAllister, another defeated
presidential candidate, says he won't be
filing any challenges because itwouldbe
a waste of time and money.
"Even if they do overturn (the elec-
tion), I'm not going to run again. I can't
afford it," he says.
McAllister says many rules in the elec-
toral code were broken. He says Rilett
interpreted the constitution rather than
followed it, but refused to give any exam-
ples.
One controversial issue is the number
of all-candidates debates. Rilett says there
were only three debates. The electoral
bylaw says there should be at least four.
"We had a meeting with all the candi-
dates, and they all agreed to three/' says
Rilett.
Rob Jamieson, CUSA's vice-president
internal, says the problem is not with the
chief electoral officer, but with the elec-
toral code.
"Our rules suck, " he says. □
City police charge man
by Angie Gallop
Charlatan Staff
Ottawa Police have charged a man in
connection with a series incidents occur-
ring on the Route 7 OC Transpo bus on
Ian. 27.
Alaa Farrag, 34, has been charged
with two counts of indecent assault.
At about 2 p.m. on the Route 7 bus to
Carleton, a man pushed himself on a
woman who was standing in the aisle
because there were no available seats
Qnd started to rub himself against her.
He continued although she tried to
Push him oway.
After she found a seat, the woman
witnessed him do the same thing to an-
other woman. The woman reported the
incident to campus security and a safety
poster was released describing the as-
sault. It also described the man as having
a dark complexion, dark hair and a thin
build with a scraggly beard and checkered
hat.
Another woman approached campus
security and said a man fitting the exact
description, on the same route at about
the same time on Feb. 2, rubbed himself
up against her.
A third woman phoned The Charlatan
on Feb. 8 and reported that she too was
assaulted by a similar man. □
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Supplement 11
February 17, 1994 ■ The Charlatan • 3
NEWS COMMENT
What's Dr. Farquhar up to, anyway?
by Blayne Haggart
Charlatan Staff
Carleton President Dr. Robin Farquhar
has seen the light.
The problem with universities is that
they are failing the "increasingly ex-
pected (task) to prepare our students for
productive work of a kind that will con-
tribute to the economic prosperity and
global competitiveness of our nation,"
he notes in an article adapted from his
opening remarks at a 1 993 conference of
the Conference Board of Canada's Qual-
ity Network for Universities.
The article, entitled "Learning from
CHEF's beehives," appeared in this
month's University Affairs, published by
the Association of Universities and Col-
leges of Canada.
In this exhausting, adminspeak-fiHed
epic, Farquhar tells us about his experi-
ence with working groups ("beehives")
from the Corporate Higher Education
Forum, "a group of chief executives from
major Canadian companies and univer-
sities, established more than a decade
ago to co-operatively pursue issues of
mutual interests. " Farquhar is on CHEF's
board of directors.
Judging from this article, Farquhar
believes there must be a fundamental
reassessment of the university's role in
society.
In the article, Farquhar speaks of how
important research is, but "the most sig-
nificant mandate universities are per-
ceived to perform is that of education,"
as well as adding to the social and eco-
nomic development of our "human re-
sources."
He goes on to say "there is a wide-
spread feeling, whether fully justified or
not, that we are undervaluing that func-
tion in the priorities we reflect through
our allocation of resources, reward struc-
tures, and foci of attention."
He also notes that "many of us be-
lieved (a dozen years ago) that the role of
university research was to discover and
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role to sift through basic research to get
the information and knowledge they
need, so universities "must assume the
majorresponsibility for technology trans-
fer."
The idea that universities must be-
come more practically oriented (read:
shamelessly market their "product"), even
in the arts and social sciences, is omni-
present throughout Farquhar's speech.
To do so, we must ask for the help of
"agencies which can perform certain as-
pects of the function better than we can
— notably community colleges and em-
ployers."
This line of logic is strange, to say the
least. First, you don't change something
on the basis of someone else's percep-
tions. Farquhar allows for the possibility
that these conclusions are wrong, but he
then goes on to say that even if they are
wrong, we should act on them anyway,
because the perceptions exist.
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to the agencies who are admittedly more
suited to them. Technical education
should be left to technical schools; job
training should be left to employers. But
this opinion is justifiable only if you
believe universities are more than glori-
fied community colleges. Wow: colleges
engaged in practical training and em-
ployers offering on-the-job training di-
rectly related to the positions offered.
What a concept.
If universities are truly in need of such
help, we should be questioning the exist-
ence of universities. A logical extension
of Farquhar's line of reasoning would
state that universities are redundant and
should either be scrapped as obsolete
human resource factories orchanged into
very expensive technical schools.
So in adapting to the corporate mode
of doing things, Farquhar writes, univer-
sities must do "fewer things better" and
pursue "dramatic internal downsizing
through restructuring . . . rationaliza-
tion, and "total quality management,"
(shurly an oxymoron!).
After all these changes, universities
would be mere appendages of the mar-
ketplace: churning out graduates ready
to move on to the employers who have
helped design their programs. This is
probably okay for people whose only use
for a degree is to get a well-paying job.
While we all want this, there are still a
few people who think that English, music
and philosophy courses, to name but
three, are not a waste of time. Sure, the
chances of using Plato's Theory of the
Forms when you're installing a computer
network are pretty slim, but to say that
misses the point.
Having said all this, Farquhar's argu-
ments are not exactly a surprise when
you consider whom he represents.
Throughout the article, Farquhar uses
the language and logic of economists.
Likewise, his conclusions are nothing
new or surprising. The economic mind
has great trouble justifying costs or exer-
cises that do not yield immediate practi-
cal, concrete results. The bottom line is
whatever is yielded by cost-benefit analy-
sis.
This is why basic research is frowned
upon and practical, commercially ori-
entedresearch commended. This is why
FARQUHAR cont'd on pg. 5
Corrections, apologies
Last week, The Charlatan reported on a
fire that was started in the Unicentre.
We reported that Daniel Thibeault
was charged with arson and endanger-
ing human life, because of incorrect in-
formation given to us by the department
of university safety.
In fact, Thibeault, an employee of
Empire Maintenance — the company
which cleans the Unicentre, was instru-
mental in apprehending the alleged cul-
prit.
Carleton studentStanislav Zapaticky,
23, was charged with arson and endan-
gering human life.
We apologize for any inconvenience
caused to Thibeault. □
In a story last week on the Canadian
Federation of Students- Ontario confer-
ence ("GLB rep left out of CFS-0 delega-
tion"), The Charlatan incorrectly spelled
the last name of student Tim O'loan as
O'loam. Our apologies. □
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fSU members angry at
lack of event posters
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Campus Tidbits
by Caron Watt
Charlatan Staff
The co-director of the Jewish Students'
Union says the Carleton University Stu-
dents' Association was slow to help it
advertise one of the club's events.
Dan Wolfish says the club submitted
1 7 posters to CUS A on Jan . 20 to advertise
its events for Shoah Week, an event or-
ganized to raise awareness about the
Holocaust held Jan. 31-Feb. 4.
Club members became upset when
they didn't see posters up by Jan. 25,
when the event was six days away, says
Wolfish. CUSA takes responsibility for
putting up sponsored clubs' posters if
they submit them to CUSA.
Wolfish says the posters weren't very
effective because they didn't appear until
the weekend before the event, after some
JSU members and CUSA vice-president
Kristine Haselsteiner posted some up.
"Considering very few people are here
on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, that
was upsetting," Wolfish says. "In gen-
eral, we are very disappointed in CUSA
because CUSA has seemed to be uncar-
ing and too busy worrying about their
own power trips to help anyone else."
The lack of postering could have af-
fected turnout for Shoah Week, says
Wolfish, since posters are the main way
the club advertises.
He says CUSA President Lucy Watson
told JSU members that the posters had
been put up by Jan. 25, but may have
been torn down.
"(Watson) told us that they were put
up all over campus," says Wolfish. "We
really doubted they {the posters) went
up."
Watson says CUSA staff assured her
the posters had been posted by Jan. 25.
"1 believe the staff when they say they
posted them. There's absolutely no rea-
son why they wouldn't have," says
Watson.
Shoah Week was also sponsored by
the Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Centre.
Peter Nogalo, co-ordinator of the Centre,
says he didn't notice how the postering
was done and had no complaints with it.
Wolfish says the posters should have
been put up in the glass cases around the
tunnels so they couldn't be ripped down.
"We don't give iron-clad guarantees
as to where (posters) will be posted, re-
gardless of what the poster content is,"
says Watson. "Once they're posted we
have noway of monitoring what stays up
on the board."
No posters were up on Jan. 3 1 , because
they were covered with candidate posters
for the CUSA elections, says Wolfish. He
says the Shoah Week posters were either
not visible or had been torn down when
candidates put up election posters. □
ELECTION cont'd from pg.3
this week to discuss plans for hiring next
year's CUSA executive. He says he doesn't
have any specific councillors in mind for
any of the jobs.
"I haven'tshut anyone outyet. I want
to look at what their ideas are first."
Jamieson, who was defeated by Stew-
art for finance commissioner, says she
had more people out campaigning for
her than he did.
"Wendy had about 10 people on every
corner handing (campaign flyers) out,"
he says.
" I thought I was the best candidate for
the job," says Jamieson.
Christian Dallaire, Tom Golem and
John Edwards were re-elected to CUSA
council as arts and social sciences repre-
sentatives. Five councillors ran for re-
election. □
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ELECTION RESULTS
CARLETON UNIVERSITY
STUDENTS' ASSOCIATION
(Winners are in bold)
President
Richard Stanton 822
Brenda Kennedy 786
Todd McAllister 739
Elaine Silver 232
Lloyd Barry 108
finance Commissioner
Wendy Stewart 1060
Rob jamieson 934
TrevorMulzer613
Board of Governors
Todd McAllister 1187
Richard Stanton 1121
Elaine Silver 780
Wendy Stewart 727
John Edwards 475
Social Sciences Senate
Travis Lindgren 538
Ian Reay 432
John Wells 35S
Ryan Butt 237
Arts and Social Sciences
Heather Jenkins 844
Wendy Reid 804
Christian Dallaire 693
Travis Lindgren 665
Ian Reay 645
John Edwards 631
Sandy Wakeling 626
Tom Golem 599
Ryan Ward 523
Abdulle |abril 516
Colin Betts 507
. Pierre Leduc 506
Perry Simpson 494
Corey Mulvihill 449
Kevin Lacey 430
Ryan Butt 390
Loreto Estay 370
Brian [ones 367
Jonathan Postner 355
lohn Wayne Ross 34S
Michael Barbour 315
Chris Schnurr 291
Stephen Huycke 289
David MacDonald 286
Scott Pare 264
Shaun Vardon 231
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Community Legal Clinic:
Yes: 2202
No: 627
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Funding for Carleton hockey team:
Yes: 1905
No: 897
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|ohn Woods\|amey Heath 326
Michelle Ball\Liz Smith 187
Matt SkinneAChris Schimmel 88
Richard KempXChris Crowell 80
FARQVHAR cont'd from pg. 4
courses like philosophy and English lit-
erature don't make the grade. This is why
the fine arts program at the University of
Ottawa was the first to get hit under the
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Farquhar also says universities must
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NATIONAL AFFAIRS
U of O visual arts program in jeopardy
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by Ian McLeod
Charlatan Staff
A student action committee says the
visual arts department at the University
of Ottawa has been "unfairly targeted"
by funding cutbacks announced by the
school earlier this month.
Carlos Bazan, dean of the faculty of
arts, announced Feb. 2 that $250,000 will
be cut from the visual arts program as
part of a three-year plan to slash about
$3.1 million in funding to departments
in the faculty of arts.
Janet Murchison, a second-year visual
arts student, says it is unfair that over 30
per cent of the $826,000 slash to the
faculty of arts budget for 1 994-95 is being
foisted on the visual arts program at the
university.
The result of the cuts, says a commit-
tee of students formed to protest the cuts
to the program, will be reduced enrol-
ment in the studio programs. The Visual
Arts Action Committee says it fears the
eventual collapse of the program due to
its shrinking budget.
Murchison, one of the students on the
committee, says an ongoing mail and
fax campaign has brought a great deal
of response from both the arts and aca-
demic communities. As well, a quickly
organized protest held on Feb. 7 brought
out several hundred students to demon-
strate against what has been called the
Students protest cuts Feb. 7; sign of the times (inset).
gutting of the department.
Murchison says students were not ad-
equately consulted before the announce-
ment of the funding reduction.
But according to Bazan, budget cuts to
the visual arts department are not as
damaging as the student committee
claims. He says the faculty of arts has not
targeted the visual arts department un-
fairly in its cuts.
About 300 students are currently en-
rolled in the visual arts department. The
department provides the only bilingual
visual arts program in Ontario. The com-
mittee says if it is cut, Franco-Ontarian
culture will be threatened.
Bazan says because of consistent
underfunding of universities and the pro-
vincial government's financial crisis,
visual arts "will have to face the chal-
lenge (of budget constraints) through
attrition."
The department will lose two faculty
members through retirement at the end
of this year and those positions will not
be filled.
In addition, says Bazan, one and a
halfsupportstaffpositionswillbe cut, as
well as one-third of the part-time teach-
ing budget. This will be the bulk of the
cutting done to the visual arts depart-
ment, other than some smaller f£ture
cuts to operational budgets.
The cuts to the visual arts program
mean admissions to all three hcmors-
level programs have been "indefinitely
suspended." The remaining program,
which will continue to accept 50 new
students per year— 30 English, 20 French
— is a three-year, non-technical pro-
gram which offers only two in-studio
classes.
Murchison says the student action
committee is willing to accept funding
cuts which are proportionate to cuts in
other arts departments.
Bazan says the faculty of arts' cuts will
"affect different departments at different
times, " and there will be equivalent cuts
across the other 14 departments in the
faculty of arts over the next three years.
The next year will have the lowest
level of cutbacks of the three years. For
1995-96, projected cuts total some
$938,000 and the following year, a whop-
ping $1.3 million will be cut. □
Zero tolerance debate premature: law dean
by Jill Mahoney
Charlatan Staff
The dean of common law at the Uni-
versity of Ottawa says Ontario professors
have been overreacting prematurely to
the province's framework for eliminat-
ing racism and discrimination at univer-
sities.
Don McRae says it's too early to judge
the legal consequences of the framework,
known as the zero tolerance policy, be-
cause it needs to be better defined.
The framework is a set of guidelines
universities must use to complete a re-
view of their own policies on harassment
and discrimination by March 1 . The gov-
ernment will then conduct a review of the
policies' effectiveness.
If implemented by a university, the
policy framework would forbid speech
and conduct that harasses or discrimi-
nates against a group or individual, or
creates a negative environment on cam-
pus. People would be protected on grounds
that include race, ethnic origin, citizen-
ship, sexual orientation, disability, fam-
ily status and receipt of public assistance.
It would apply to all academic and
non-academic staff, students and visi-
tors. Penalties for misconductwouldrange
from a verbal apology to dismissal or
expulsion.
McRae says the issue of academic free-
dom, which concerns professors, should
be tackledby individual universities when
they use the framework to put policies in
place. He says all the framework de-
mands is that universities develop their
own anti-discrimination policies.
"You have to be much more specific in
putting guidelines together, and then
look at legitimate educational practices
and freedom of ideas in universities, " he
says.
Professors at Carleton have been pres-
suring the administration to reject the
framework by circulating a petition which
says the proposal "would severely curtail
academic and personal freedom." Last
week, Carleton University President Robin
Farquhar decided not to participate in
the review process besides submitting
Carleton's existing policies.
The rector of the University of Ottawa
made a similar decision, but says he will
also set up an internal task force to look
at the issue of discrimination.
McRae says because the proposal lacks
specific examples of discrimination or
harassment, it is impossible to tell if it
could be used, for instance, to ban books
or limit professors' topics of discussion.
There are two sides to the issue of
discrimination at universities, he says.
"1 suppose there are certain ideas peo-
ple have difficulties with that must be
discussed. That's part of the educational
process. But on the other hand, gratui-
tous remarks have no place in the class-
room."
But he says universities who don't
have policies on discrimination should
look to the framework to develop them.
"To the extent we are asking people to
comply with what are generally accepted
human rights standards, then I have no
problem," says McRae.
Gary Anandasangaree, director of
academics for the Carleton University
Students' Association, agrees universi-
ties need anti-discrimination policies and
says the framework will allow for a better
atmosphere in classrooms.
"What it will do, should do, is allow for
a classroom that is free from discussion
that makes people feel uncomfortable,"
he says.
Lisa Grunwald, a second-year jour-
nalism student, says some kind of anti-
discrimination policy is necessary, but
doubts the framework would change the
way professors teach.
"If they're already 'ignorant' to
whether they're insulting students or be-
ing racist, they may not pay attention to
the code of ethics," she says.
She says the framework could affect
TA groups more than lectures because
there is generally more discussion in
groups and therefore more of a chance to
offend people.
But Grunwald says the framework
needs more clarification.
"If they're having a policy to rid the
world of racism, it should be very well-
defined."
Carleton has a sexual harassment
policy and is working on a racism policy.
But Anandasangaree says the framework
would inspire a policy with an expanded
definition of discrirnination and "broaden
the avenues" to deal with complaints.
"This is pressuring us a little more to
get something together because, as it is,
we don't have a broad harassment policy
in place."
He also says it will ensure all universi-
ties have guidelines. "There are many
universities that have very little in the
way of harassment policies. There are
some that have much more than Carle-
ton. This will make an even playing field
for universities."
Anandasangaree says a lot of people
have "really overreacted" to the proposed
framework, saying "ludicrous" things.
But Tom Darby, associate professor of
political science, says the framework
"looks like it was written by a bunch of
disturbed children."
He says other universities, including
Western, Queen's and McMaster, are also
circulating petitions. Professors at Trent
University in Peterborough have already
circulated a petition similar to Carle-
ton's, which has received support from
40 per cent of Trent faculty.
Darby says if the framework is fol-
lowed, the consequences would be "aw-
ful because it would be a serious curtail-
ment of academic freedom and personal
freedom."
He says the framework would keep
students from learning.
" If you're just there to becoddled, then
why bother?" □
Two more losses for the CFS
by Ryan Ward
Charlatan Start
In two referendums this month, stu-
dents have sent the Canadian Federation
of Students a clear message: "No!"
At Acadia University in WolfviUe, N.S.,
students voted in a referendum (an. 17-
Feb. 2 to reject a proposed CFS member-
ship fee increase.
At Vancouver Community College's
Langara campus in B.C., students re-
jected their membership in the CFS in a
referendum held Feb. 8-10.
"The students have spoken, " said Todd
Barker, president of the Acadia Students'
Union. "There is this disillusionment in
the school about CFS being an Ontario-
dominated organization and the students
did not want to pay any more."
The member schools of the CFS have
been holding referendums during the
past year to approve fee increases or to
decide on membership. The referendum
defeat at Langara brings the number of
schools who have left the CFS in the last
year to five.
Acadia is the second school since last
February to reject a fee increase. The
Acadia referendum asked students to
approve a fee increase of $6 per student
from $4 annually.
About 1,150 people, or 35 per cent of
eligible student voters, came out to vote
and, when all the ballots were counted,
there were 752 No votes and 692 Yes
votes.
Barker says students want more value
for their money before fees go up. He says
there wasn't a No or Yes campaign for
the referendum, but promotion was done
by the student union to get the word out
about the referendum.
At Langara, the referendum campaign
was bitterly fought with posters from
both the pro-CFS and anti-CFS sides ac-
cusing the opposition of lying.
During the referendum, l,158students
(19.5 per cent of the 5,950 registered
voters) marched to the polls and voted.
By the time the ballots were counted, the
No side won with a tally of 583 to 561.
Laraine Bone, a candidate for the chair-
person of Langara Students' Union, says
the voices telling students to vote against
CFS membership were those of Langara
students and that students trusted them
over those of strangers from the CFS.
In the next two months, there are five
more referendums on membership sched-
uled andseven memberschools will con-
sider fee increases. □
February 17, 1994 • The Charlatan ■ 7
UofA dentistry program drilled
Administration denies huge government funding cuts the reason
- - — staff unions could dedde for themselves "We're one of the few umversitie:
by Ryan Nakasfiima
Charlatan Staff
The University of Alberta is planning
toeliminate the province's only dentistry
school after 1997-98, as it expects a $53-
million cut in its provincial education
grant over the next three years.
The proposal, along with 15 other
proposed departmental cuts and merg-
ers, must be passed by two administra-
tive bodies, the general faculties council
and the board of governors, by the end of
March, says Sandra Halme, a public af-
fairs officer for the U of A.
Norman Wood, the dean of dentistry,
says dropping the province's only den-
tistry school is ridiculous.
"We think it's ridiculous that a prov-
ince of our size and resources should
have to go to other provinces to get their
education," he says.
Wood says Alberta has a population
two to three times greater than Saskatch-
ewan and Manitoba, which only have
dentistry schools in community colleges.
Wood says there is a demand for dentists
in Alberta, especially in rural areas.
Administration at the U of A estimates
$4 million would be saved by dropping
the faculty of dentistry.
Last Nov. 24, Alberta Education Min-
ister Halvar johnson announced in a
press release plans to reduce government
funding to education by five percent this
year.»This first round of cuts are planned
to take effect April 1.
This year's cuts are part of an overall
plan to cut government spending by 20
per cent in all areas over three years,
about $300 million in total.
According to the government's press
release, the April 1 deadline was set so
that universities, school boards and their
what areas to cut. The government also
encouraged education administrators to
cut the five per cent from employees'
salaries and benefits.
Wood also says the University of
Calgary, which is facing similarcuts from
the province, is not cutting major pro-
grams.
"At the University of Calgary, there's
just a little bit of belt tightening all over
the place, " says Wood. "They're not cut-
ting faculties."
The U of A's administrative newspa-
per. Folio, gave two main reasons for
cutting the faculty of dentistry: the oper-
ating cost per student was higher than
other faculties and it was not a leading
research faculty.
Folio says the dentistry program cost
$16,900perstudentinl992-93.This com-
pares to $5,000 for arts programs, $6,300
for science programs, $12,600 for medi-
cine programs, and a university-wide
average of $6,100.
Wood says the dentistry program is
more expensive because the university
must fund its own outpatient dental hos-
pital for students to work in.
But while Wood agrees dentistry costs
more per student to run than many other
programs, he says an emphasis on re-
search is unfounded.
"Do we want a dentistry school that
can do a good research paper, or do we
want a school that can do good den-
tistry?"
Halme says the university's restruc-
turing is not in response to the expected
cutbacks in provincial funding, but is an
ongoing process to keep the university
functioning. She says the plans for cuts
and mergers began in 1991.
"We're one of the few universities in
the country to have a plan for our fu-
ture," she says.
Halme says the university plans to
compensate for the reduced government
grants through other measures, such as
wage reductions and early retirement
incentives. ^
Cuts and mergers atUofA^
Other cost-saving measures proposed
at the University of Alberta include:
• beginning in 1995, changing the
bachelor of education program to a
two-year program, so students who have
completed two years of an arts and
science degree may get a bachelor of
education in two years. Further enrol-
ment would be suspended. In 1996, U of
A will create a one-year, intensive edu-
cation program for arts and science
graduates. The university estimates this
would save $5 million from a normal
four-yearprogram.
As well, the university would merge
some departments in order to save $ 1
million over the next three years, in-
cluding:
• to merge the departments of Ger-
manic languages, East Asian studies,
Slavic and East European studies, and
Romance languages into a department
of modem languages.
• to create a department of biologi-
cal sciences by merging the depart-
mentsof botany, zoology, entomology,
genetics and microbiology.
• to merge the departments of math-
ematics with statistics and applied prob-
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VIEWPOINT
lobs, anyone?
by Joe Bernard
Charlatan Staff
Despite Prime Minister [eon Chretien's
pledge during the election campaign last
fall that jobs would be the first priority of
any government he formed, it appears
that employment maytakeabackseat to
reduction of the deficit, at least in the
interim.
Finance Minister Paul Martin will be
tabling the new Liberal government's
budget next Tuesday, Feb. 22, in the
House of Commons.
But while maintaining u verbal com-
mitment to job creation, Martin is find-
ing it difficult to put any bite into his
bark, because of an overhanging federal
debt in excess of half a trillion dollars
(that's 1 1 zeros!). The federal deficit for
the fiscal year ending in March is ex-
pected to ring in at about $45 billion.
in its Feb. 7 edition, Afac/ean'sreported
that Martin emerged from a pi e-budget
consultationinToronto with what he felt
was a distinct mandate.
"The direction is clear," the minister
stated. "People believe that job creation
is crucial. They understand the absolute
necessity to clean up the nation's fi-
nances. Thiswill not be a budget ofbliss."
It appears the government may be
shying away from its main election plat-
form of job creation arid using the miser-
able state of the financial books as its
scapegoat
While on the election trail last Octo-
ber, Chretien was evasive about how he
would accomplish the formidable task of
creating jobs without increasing the larg-
est debt per capita in the world.
The new government has maintained
that, as well as cutting government ex-
penditures and Increasing government
tax revenue, the key to sustained deficit
reduction is getting individuals off wel
fare and among the taxpaying public.
But recently, the focus has remained
primarily on government cuts and in-
creased tax revenue from middle-class
and high-income earners. The govern-
ment appears to be hoping its infrastruc-
ture program, aimed primarily at im-
proving sewers, highways and buildings,
will buy it some time on coming through
on its promise to create new jobs.
While post-secondary students do not
appear to have been targeted directly-
little has been mentioned about the
Canada Student Loans program, for In
stance — the federal government has
sent mixed signals concerning cuts to
government funding to the provinces,
who are responsible for education.
During a televised "town-hall" meet-
ing after the October election, the PM
vowed that the government's transfer
payments to the provinces would not be
reduced. But Martin, appearing to con
tradict ChrSUen, has consistently main
tained that everything is on the table.
Transfer payments, that is the total
cash and tax points paid directly to the
provinces and municipalities, currently
total about $40 billion, or 20 per cent of
the total federal government budget for
1993-94, according to a ministry of fi-
nance spokesperson.
These payments are key to the provin-
cial government's funding for post-sec-
ondary education and health care.
Many questionsremain, among them,
whether the cuts togovemment expendi-
tures will amount to a manicure of gov-
ernment programs and services or a
broad-based slash.
But the most Important question for
those relying on the government to stick
to its promises is whether its number one
pledge — jobs, jobs, jobs — is still in fact
its number one priority. Q
8 • The Charlatan ■ February 17, 1994
Students: news
to the media
You are reading a student newspaper. So it's no
wonderthatyou hear gripes about how students
are affected by various bits of news, be it provin-
cial legislation or bus fare.
But would you read much about these same issues in
the "mainstream" media? Don't think so.
If it weren't for student papers, no one would address
various issues from the student perspective. The national
media don't concern itselfwith students and neither do
the newspapers in a city where there are two universities
and two colleges.
For the mainstream media, newsmakers are power-
ful, middle-aged people, so news stories usually only
reflect their concerns.
After seeing editorials in the Ottawa Citizen by col-
umnist Peter Calamai, professors at Carleton began
circulating petitions opposing a policy framework from
the Ontario government. The framework aims to revise
the existing policies at universities and colleges to pro-
vide uniform guidelines for what constitutes harassment
and discrimination and how incidents may be punished.
The Canadian media have been overflowing with
coverage of the professors' outrage overthe policy frame-
work. The media have jumped all over the issue of how
the policy will affect professors and "academic freedom, "
whatever that is.
They quote professors who say the framework could
be used to ban Shakespeare and Nietzsche from class-
rooms and professors who say universities may become
useless bastions of blandness.
Since this brouhaha erupted, national media atten-
tion has been turned to the plight of our poor, tenured
friends in their ivory tower. Funny how, four months
after the policy framework was released, it took a Citizen
editorial column about academic freedom and some
upset professors to make the framework "newsworthy."
Why has the media, from CTV to the Globe and Mail,
chosen to ignore that not only professors, but students,
non-academic staff and even visitors to the university
would be governed by a revised harassment and dis-
crimination policy?
Well, if you are powerful, professional and middle-
class and your "rights" are being stepped on by the evil
government, your problems are a public concern simply
because they are what is called " news" by the media. It's
easy for the public and the politicians to dismiss stu-
dents' problems if they never hear about them in the
news.
And meanwhile, as the superficial debate over the
policy framework rages, students are facing what could
be the dismantling of our accessible post-secondary
education system. In the fair province of Ontario, the
darkcloudof mammoth tuition fee increases and spiral-
ling debt has hung over students for most of the year.
One sobering reminder of how the mainstream media
has failed to report the urgency of students' predicament
is that even when students mobilize to protest their
situation, they are studiously ignored by the media.
On Feb. 4, Carleton students held a day-long protest
against the impending tuition hikes, attracting hun-
dreds of university and high-school students. Yet the
phones at The Charlatan rang off the hook all day with
local and national media people, too lazy to do their own
research, demanding to know more about the zero
tolerance policy framework.
Of course, tuition increases are not a new story. In
fact, students have been circulating petitions against the
proposed increase since almost the beginning of the
school year. But has anybody paid attention?
The doubly sickening thing is that without the pres-
sure of big-media attention, the government will be
more than happy to continue ignoring students' pleas.
But you can bet your next student loan payment that
the folks at Queen's Park are listening hard to the
concerns of the professors who have been given space in
roajor newspapers and on radio and television shows to
whine about their "rights." AK & JM
( The Charlatan welcomes all letters and opinion pieces)
Letters should not be more than 250 words and opinion
pieces not more than 700 words. Pieces may be edited
for length or clarity. The deadline is Tuesday at noon
Include your name, signature, faculty, year and PHONE
NUMBER or your letter won't be published. Phone
numbers are for verification only and won't be pub-
lished. Send to: The Charlatan, Room 531 Unicentre,
Carleton University, 1 125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa,
Ont.K1S5B6. .
EDITORIAL PAGE
OPINION
Looking for truth in govt, policy
In October 1993, the Ontario Ministry of Education and Training released a policy framework entitled "Framework
regarding prevention ofharassment and discrimination in Ontario universities." The policy, knownas the zero tolerance policy
has since been the subject of much debate because some say it would impinge on academic freedom. In these articles two
professors debate the meaning and implications of the policy framework.
by Shirley Mills
Shirley Mills is the president of the Carleton University Academic Staff Association, the
academic staff union. She is also a professor of main and statistics.
Recently, there has been much discussion on cam-
puses and in the media concerning the intent of a
document entitled "Framework regarding prevention of
harassment and discrimination in Ontario universities."
Editorials in the Ottav/a Citizen and the Globe and Mail
have expressed concerns related to statements in this
document. Petitions calling for the rejection of this
"framework" are circulating on several university cam-
puses.
The first sentence of the document reads, "The gov-
ernment of Ontario has adopted a policy of zero toler-
ance of harassment and discrimination at Ontario's
universities." Immediately this raises the spectre of gov-
ernment intervention in university affairs; of infringe-
ment of fundamental rights as well as academic rights;
of frivolous and vexatious complaints proliferating.
As Carleton President Robin Farquhar and I stated in
our joint letter to the Citizen, Jan. 29, 1994, "Universities
would never accept this type of intrusion . . . which
violates our basic mission to seek truth and knowledge
through teaching and research unfettered by govern-
ment or private interests."
' But, let me set the record straight. First, some writers
have left the erroneous impression that the framework
will be law effective March 1, 1994. This is not the case.
The document uses the word "should," not "shall."
Nothing in the framework is legally able to override
university policies.
To legislate this for all universities would require
changes to each of the acts that define the relationship
between each university and the government. This has
not been done, nor is it anticipated. Academics are able
to teach the same things after March 1 as before March
1, provided that what they currently teach does not
contravene the law.
Second, there is no requirement to meet "zero toler-
ance." The document states the "The government in-
tends the framework to be used by institutions to review
and assess their existing policies and make any needed
changes. . . Institutions are free to develop otherwaysof
achieving the intent of the policy which best reflects their
local environments."
Was this an attempt to intrude upon the autonomy of
universities? To impede freedom of inquiry, to limit
freedom of speech, to infringe upon academic freedom?
No, as indicated by Dave Cooke, the minister of
education and training, in a letter to the Citizen, Feb. 11,
by Nicholas Ftowe
Nicholas Howe is an economic
against the policy framework.
professor at Carleton and helped start a petition
MILLS cont'd on page 10.
The current climate of censorship and self-censorship
in universities is already bad, but the Ontario Ministry of
Education and Training "Framework regarding preven-
tion of harassment and discrimination in Ontario uni-
versities" would make it much worse.
Anything you do or say which might reasonably be
known to be offensive to some person on the grounds of
"race, ancestry, place of origin, color, ethnic origin
(including language, dialect, or accent), citizenship,
creed, sex, sexual orientation, disability, age (18-65),
martial status, family status, the receipt of public assist-
ance, record of provincial offenses or pardoned federal
offences," is by definition harassment.
So, if anybody says anything you disagree with, "don't
waste time trying to think up arguments to show why
what was said is false. Instead, simply put on your most
indignant and outraged voice and claim to be offended.
Your opponent will now face public humiliation, and
suffer penalties rangi ng from offering you an apology to
being fired.
And in case you think this is a great way to get back
at obnoxious professors, remember it applies to everyone
on campus. Be careful what you write on an exam, or
your professor or teaching assistant may charge you
with harassment.
Once all groups learn this technique, that some have
already mastered, many will be silenced, including those
who first developed the art of taking offence. What
feminists say can be deeply offensive to some men, for
instance. Teaching and learning, hardenough now, will
be impossible in such a climate. University education
would become the ritual recitation of an official ideol-
ogy, li ke the compulsory classes in Marxism- Leninism in
communist countries.
Don't take my word for this. Read the document for
yourself. It's reprinted in This Week at Carleton, Feb. 10.
Nearly everyone would agree that we need some rules to
prevent, for instance, professors openly expressing Nazi
beliefs and covering their office walls with swastikas.
Nazism promotes hatred against certain social groups,
and has caused millions of people to be murdered this
century.
But how consistent are we in deciding which beliefs
are legitimate and which must be censored? Many
professors (and students) are Marxists, and openly ex-
press their Marxist beliefs.
Yet Marxism can also be accused of promoting hatred
ROWE cont'd on page 10.
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MILLS cont'd from page 9.
"The framework was designed for the use
by universities to review and assess their
existing policies and procedures. It was
meant to provide a model for universities
to compare their own policies and help
them to meettheirlegal responsibilities to
provide a harassment-free workplace and
to follow the Ontario Human Rights Code.
The framework is not legislation . . . the
government recognizes that universities
are legally autonomous bodies and we
have no intention of changing this rela-
tionship."
It is always a worthwhile exercise to
debate what a university is - to reaffirm
university autonomy, academic freedom,
freedom of speech and freedom of in-
quiry, but in discussing these rights, let us
remember that these rights are not unfet-
tered.
We are bound legally by the Charter of
Rights and Freedoms, by the Canadian
Human Rights Act, by the Ontario Hu-
man Rights Act and by the laws of our
country. We must use our rights in a fair
and just manner.
As professors, we exercise considerable
power and we must use that power in
constructive ways, to further knowledge,
to stimulate debate, to challenge our stu-
dents. Remembertoo that universities are
not meant to be comfortable places. There
is no need for harmony, but rather a need
for civility. Universities are meant to be
forums for intelligent minds to pursue
inquiry, disputation, research and learn-
ing. There is no requirement that the
theories and concepts academics propose
be palatable - there is only a requirement
that we search for truth.
In a joint letter to the Citizen, Jan. 29,
Farquhar and I wrote: "The real issue is
not so much what ideas are discussed and
explored, but rather how these ideas are
presented to challenging and widely di-
vergent audiences in a climate that re-
spects their distinctiveness andstimulates
debate."
One would hope that the result of an
educated society would be a more tolerant
society. □
ROWE cont'd from page 9.
against certain social groups, and Marx-
ist regimes have murdered many more
tens of millions of people this century
than have Nazi regimes. Why should
Nazism be banned from campus and
Marxism be permitted free expression?
Try the following experiment in your
own classes: Take something written by a
radical feminist, cross out the word "men"
whenever it appears, and substitute the
word "blacks" or "jews." Would the result
be judged offensive?
These examples show that there is little
underlying logic to justify the distinction
between what is currently judged to be
offensive and what is currently judged to
be legitimate opinion. There is only fash-
ion and convention. But truth may not
always be fashionable or conventional.
We already have dn official "human
rights educator" at Carieton, who likens
her job to putting out fires. This is the
metaphor of the political commissar. True
educators see themselves as lighting and
tending the fires of learning.
Both faculty and students at Carieton
are signing petitions against the frame-
work, following the lead of Trent Univer-
sity. The rebellion is spreading to other
Ontario universities. We have strong and
broad support. Feminists and socialists
realize that their rights are equally vul-
nerable to this censorship. And they don't
want the right wing to capture this issue
and get all the credit for defending aca-
demic freedom.
The ministry is already back-pedal-
ling, recognizing the autonomy of univer-
sities, and saying the framework is purely
voluntary. But, a similar framework has
been imposed on colleges, since they are
not autonomous.
We must nail the ministry hard, so that
it never dares try this again. Then we must
reclaim our freedom in our own academy
and in our own minds. Q
LETTERS
Student screwed
by bank
Editor:
I have had nothing but frustration in
dealing with the bank on campus. I won-
dered how a bank could stay in business
when it treats its customers with so little
respect. Then when I went to a downtown
branch of the same bank, I discovered
that they don't treat valued customers
that way, just students.
When 1 take cheques to the branch on
campus to deposit, they place at least a
five- and sometimes a 10-day hold on
them before the funds are released. Once,
in an emergency 1 begged them to make
an exception to the rule. They said it was
policy everywhere and exceptions were
impossible.
I recently discovered that there is a
branch of this same bank in the bottom of
a fancy office building (Barrister House),
near my house. The first time I was everin
this branch I sought to deposit a variety of
personal cheques, most with different last
names than my own and from otherprov-
inces.
The teller politely deposited all the
funds into my account on the spot. I was
shocked, but played it cool. I asked him if
there would be any holds on the funds. He
was surprised by the question and gave
me a look which implied that those rules
don't apply to a customer like me, i.e. a
customer who would have an office in this
building.
I learned an important lesson about
the real world that day — if you're a
student, you can bank on getting shit on.
- Blake Howe
Law III
Remembering
David
Editor:
On Tuesday morning, Feb. 8, 1994, at
2 a.m., David Bruce Elver, a Carieton
third-year sociology student passed away
from the complications of a brain tumor.
Before enrolling at Carieton in 1989, Dave
worked at a variety of jobs, among them
installing and selling windows. David was
well-known at Carieton, as he worked as
a student consultant in the computer
lounges and installing hardware for Car-
ieton Computing and Communications
in the summer of 1992.
After developing his computer skills at
Carieton, he signed a contract with the
Canadian Council of Social Development,
managing their computer network on a
part-time basis.
In September of 1993, he was diag-
nosed with a brain tumor. The side effects
of the treatments made it difficult for
David to continue his studies and he did
not enrol that fall, although he did con-
tinue to work part-time at CCSD.
David was well-liked at Carieton for he
was always very helpful, and this was not
confined to his role as student consultant.
He loved to laugh and chit chat, espe-
cially over wine and dinner. A memorial
was held for him on Friday, Feb. 11, 1993
at All Saint's Anglican Church on Rich-
mond Road and was attended by over 200
hundred people. David will be missed by
all who knew him.
Peter Urmetzer
MA Sociology II
Voting full of
holes
Editor:
There I was, on my way to a voting
station located in the tunnel. Yes sir, I
voted for my president, social science rep
and board of governors rep.
The ballots were exchanged for my
student identification card, my name was
crossed off a student body print-out and I
voted. All went well, or so I thought.
The next day, while in semi-deep con-
versation with friends, I questioned them
as to whether or not they had voted. All
replied no, their reason being because our
ID cards were defaced. I objected and said
that was totally absurd. Nothing of the
sort had happened to mine. Boy, was I
wrong.
When I took out my ID to prove my
friends wrong, I succeeded only in prov-
ing myself wrong. In my hand, I held my
I D which now had a hole punched through
the bottom left side of my picture. I could
see through my ID card!
Who wants an ID card with a hole in it?
Not me! And after a quick survey of the
people.around me, let's just say the feel-
ings were mutual.
People wonder why the voting rate is so
low. I've just given you one reason.
Come September, I'll just pay the re-
placement price and get myself a new
identification card because, well, the one
I now have has a hole in it. There are other
ways to keep track of who has or hasn't
voted . . . ever hear of permanent mark-
ers?
Narena Khemlall
Law!
Scattering the
blame
Editor:
Regarding "Mushroom Explosion: frat
bound," The Charlatan, Feb. 3, 1994, spe-
cifically the paragraphs in the article per-
taining to the cancellation of the all-ages
aspect of the evening.
It was reported that the concert on
Thursday, Jan. 24 was advertised as an
all-ages event by Oliver's. In fact, promo-
tion of the concert was managed by the
Skatterbrains and Oliver's management
had no part in the advertising of the
venue or the fact that it was advertised as
an all-ages show.
In order for an all-ages show to take
place, a certain amount of preparation
and organization needs tobe implemented
and this cannot be done in a "spur of the
moment" manner. So, actually, the idea
that the management cancelled the all-
ages part of the show was wrongly re-
ported, as the show was never to be all-
ages in the first place!
It was unfortunate that the confusion
occurred, but we were sympathetic to the
group of under-age people and offered
some restitution by inviting them back to
any all-ages show in Oliver's as our guests.
ThemanagementofOliver'sdoes, how-
ever, wish that they had been given the
opportunity to tell their side of the story in
the original article and not through a
letter to the editor.
Randy Fitzpatrick
Supervisor, Oliver's
10 ■ The Charlatan . February 17, 1994
V
BLACK HISTORY MONTH
YANKEE BLACKNESS AND THE AFRICAN DIASPORA
by Shane Book
ware Booh Is a member OHhe Shades ol Blackness program
collective and hosts a program called Black Sptnlualily on
CKCU-
gpike Lee's latest film. George
Foreman's latest fight. Jesse Jackson
preaches. Louis Farrakhan teaches.
Malcolm X looms larger in life than in
death.
Images of Black men on America's
lightly news hit like a sledge hammer.
Hustlers, pimps, dope dealers: TV roles
lor more than few.
$e get it all, even up in Canada.
Sometimes the shots sound so real on
TV, you swear they came from your
backyard. These sounds and images
Irom the cultural behemoth to the south
are branded into our minds, repetition
after repetition. By the time we are old
enough to speak we know what it is to
be Black. The accent, the strut: "Wuzzup
Nigga?"
America is the cultural hegemony of
NOW. It follows that in the African
Diaspora, the market forces of Black
America have forcibly marketed Yankee
Blackness as the benchmark of African
culture worldwide. The job of selling
BLACK has been done so well that even
white kids are buying.
Hip hop fashion reigns in high schools in
Sudbury, and the commodity can be
consumed by white kids without any of
ensuing side-effects of political
disempowerment. Translated: The
gangsta' can loudly swear at his "bitch"
while riding OC Transpo back to his
hood" in Barrhaven. If middle-class
"hite kids can be sold the gansta' image
and all the nihilism that comes with it,
Ihen you can be sure that market
penetration is more than skin deep.
The exportation of African American
culture has been done so slowly and
stealthily as to overtake and fool even
the sharpest minds. This is more than
profit. It is a question of consciousness.
Recently, two people were overheard
lamenting the lack of statistical data on
the numbers of Black university students
in Canada. To
compensate
for this
deficiency, it
was
suggested
that statistics
from Ebony
magazine,
the most
mainstream
periodical in
Black
America,
could be
used. It took
a full moment
before the
ridiculousness
of that
suggestion
was realized
and the reality of location struck home.
Buddhists speak of those who live on
the enlightened path as living in the
here and now. Too often African
Canadians are caught living for
tomorrow — waiting to go to the
promised land: America. Many of us
dream of travelling to that big Atlanta in
the sky, where the streets are paved
with gold - and Black, of course. But
what about the task at hand? The dirty
job of living right here?
For many African Canadians who seek
a spiritual return to the mother Africa,
the issue is unity, African unity, in the
struggle for Black liberation. It is not
popular to separate Blackness along
cultural/national lines — and rightly so.
Surely then. Black America's leadership
serves as a unifier among African people
everywhere.
But not
absolutely,
and not
without cost.
Given a
cursory
glance, Black
America is a
beacon of
hope for an
end to the
divisiveness
that plagues
t h e
community.
But sober
reflection
reveals the
manifestation
of a new
world order
which is
growing in tandem with white America's
global policing duties. Led by African
Americans, a re-ordering of the Black
world istaking place. This is problematic.
Any kind of world order needs
enforcement, and African Americans
are subtly and overtly the enforcers.
Jesse Jackson can fly in to the world's
hot spots and advocate a peaceful
resolution with a recipe for American-
style democracy. Arsenio Hall quietly
slips his American values in to our
cultural vocabulary, and by osmosis,
we absorb them.
Those who say this questioning of
African American cultural imperialism is
some sort of treason against the global
Black community, look to the
phenomena known as "Fear of Self."
You know what I'm speaking of. A little
cross-border encounter with Black
people — large groups of them, and the
fear is often sensed but never spoken.
It is a crawling case of nervousness that
sneaks upon you. The antidote may be
a quick glance behind, or locking the car
doors —do you check your purse when
you see a large group of African
American people on the street? What's
the matter brother, watching too much
TV? Whatever you call this feeling, the
explanation is clear and the result is just
plain sad.
This is no rallying call for insular navel-
gazing amongst African Canadians. To
concentrate solely on the groundB
beneath our feet would only obscure
the road ahead. The point is only to take
stock of the situation as it exists in this
country. The problems of racism carry a
commonality of oppression, but there
are a different set of parameters, subtle
at times but differentstill, in the Canadian
case.
A balance must certainly lie somewhere
between a child who grows up in Moose
Jaw speaking authentic Brooklynese
and the jingoistic collector of CBC
memorabilia.
Acknowledgement of where we're at is
an acknowledgement of who we are,
and that's positive. x
TURN THE OTHER CHEEK? I DON'T THINK SO.
"y Kishma Pacquette
^hma Pacquerle is a first-year psychology student at
rweton.
Ml Blacks living in our omni-white society
!ave experienced racial discrimination
s' many points in their lives. Most of us
:xPerience it almost everyday.
I s obvious. If you're Blackthen you will
>e stereotyped and discriminated
'gainst. But it surprises me how other
3|ack people deal with cases of
iis«imination. I've seen some bow their
,eads in shame, or some turn the other
Sleek.
^s 'or myself, my Black skin is too
'dutiful to be ashamed of, my African
"We too strong to allow my head to
low.
[ou say that you agree? But what do
°u do when prejudice slaps you in the
ace?
^me posit a situation:
0u walk in to a shopping mall when you
ar discriminating remarks being
^owed through the corridors. You
^ around to find out who the ass is,
everyonelooksthesame:suspicious
J1"1 White.
°Ucarryon with your business, feeling
helpless and a little more than annoyed
when you hear the same voice making
racist remarks again. A middle-aged
Black woman passes you by and keeps
walking. You hear the angry shouts
again.
Now you are able to view the man
behind the voice.
An elderly man, a white man, standing
in front of a booth in the middle of the
mall, hands raised, speaking of "white
power" — pig power.
You are angry, but what do you do? You
can keep walking like many other Black
people in the mall must have done before
you, or you can put an end to this racial
discrimination. The solution seems
obvious now. Do something to protect
the rights of your brothers and sisters.
But what happens to some of you who
say this when these situations arise?
This example is not a fabrication. This
was an experience I had last summer in
my own home town. It was a hot Friday
afternoon and I was trying to enjoy my
early dismissal from work, when racism
reared its ugly head. The man doing the
shouting was standing in front of a booth ,
which had a sign asking for donationsto
help cure Multiple Sclerosis. He had
four others inside the booth who were
egging him on. The man would shout
out his racial remarks whenever he saw
a Black person.
Completely sickened and infuriated, I
walked to a pay phone and dialled our
friendly regional police department. A
not-so-friendly operator listened
impatiently and switched me over to the
"appropriate" department. I explained
what had happened and the officer
quickly brushed me off, saying it was
not the police's problem but that of mall
security. Mycasetothem seemed minor,
but I didn't think phoning the police was
a drastic measure. I asked a woman in
one of the stores to phone mall security
for me. As I waited outside the store the
man started making remarks again.
I stuck around until after the security
guard had spoken to the wicked man
and his friends, justto make sure security
wouldn't put my complaint aside for a
doughnut and coffee. The racists were
ordered to leave.
That evening I explained to a friend
what had happened to me. She told me
I was courageous and gave me a pat on
the back. She could understand why
her praise wasn't necessary. I felt that I
should have done more. If anything I
should have confronted the man.
When I asked her what she would have
done she couldn't give me a direct
answer. I realized shewould have turned
the other cheek like the rest of the Black
people who had walked through the
mall, not only that day, but during the
two preceding days the man had been
there.
Another friend listened to my experience
and just couldn't believe it had
happened. He quickly changed the
subject. I realized that he too would
have turned the other cheek.
To me, being Black does not mean
being meek. We were the first kings and
queens to exist. We need not bow to
anyone.
As we celebrate Black History Month,
think about what being Black means to
you. But don't stop there. Think about £
what you can do to preserve your
heritage all year long. *
February 17, 1994 • The Charlatan • 11
BAKU
The Journey
by Oawolu Akintola Saul
Dawolu AJUntola Saul (a.k a. Otu) is a Uutd-yea/ arts student
with the French department at Carielon
As the title suggests, this is the story ot
a journey, not only of a man but of a
people; a race. Although this is just a
fictional account, it is important to know
where you come from if you are to see
where you are going.
For my Brothers and Sisters; I encourage
you to explore your history, and enjoy
your culture.
The day was hot and although the air
was heavy with moisture, the rain still
had not come. The wind blew little dust
devils among the now-dying brush.
Baku stood alone on the plain staring
relentlessly up at the sun. He had
worshipped Gorro the sun god ever
since he was a young boy. Baku had
looked to him for protection, guidance
and his everyday needs. Not once had
he been disappointed.
The ebony giant turned and strode back
towards his village, leaving only his
footprints behind. He was Baku, the
second son of Kano and the most skilled
and respected hunter in the tribe, without
mention an awesome warrior. There
was nothing unusual about his physique.
All the men and women were muscular
from the life they led on the plains; but
Baku, because of his immense size,
commanded attention.
He was a very calm and studious man
for one of his tribe. When taking lessons
from the elders as a boy, he would
always askthe most questions, irritating
the other boys and even the teachers.
Baku had just entered the gates of the
village. From his facial expression one
could tell he was deep in thought. He
settled down in his hut to watch Gorro
make his final stride across the sky.
Baku had watched Gorro's descent
intensely, always wondering where the
great god made his resting place.
Baku was planning the journey of his
life. The time had come. Tomorrow he
would start On his pilgrimage. As he lay
down upon his sleeping mat, all he
could think of were the tales of his
journey that would be told.
The next morning before Gorro rose to
make his sweep of the sky, Baku was
already gathering his things. By the
time Gorro reached his peak, the village
was behind Baku and only the unknown
lay ahead.
Baku knew his course, and with Gorro
leading the way he was sure he would
come to his resting place before the
moon rose. Baku walked on and on , the
dust stinging his eyes and Gorro's mighty
heat beating upon his back. This endless
self-torture continued for a moon and a
half, but Baku had no intention otturning
back. He would journey until he found
his god or he would die trying.
Two moons went by, and Baku, wind-
burnt, suffering with sunstroke, and
delirious, was screaming obscenities at
the sky. His eyes pointed upward and
his arms waving wildly, he did not see
the scorpion until it had bitten him on the
heel. Obscenities pouring from his
mouth, he stumbled onward.
Under a great tree, Baku watched in
agony as Gorro again descended from
the sky. The scorpion bite was causing
him great pain, his body felt like it was
on fire and his veins ran not with blood
but with liquid heat. Water he had so
painstakingly reserved was now being
sweated out on to the parched ground.
He tossed and turned, talking in the
tongue of his forefathers. As the night
cooled, his fever abated. He slept an
untroubled sleep.
Baku lay under the tree for days, fed by
the great owls of the plains. Once again,
Gorro was providing for him. He would
soon resume his journey.
Baku set out again the next day, and
there was something in the air he had
never sensed before. It was the smell of
the great Atlantic Ocean. By the end of
that day he had reached its shore. He
gazed in awe and knew he had arrived.
As he watched, Gorro slipped beneath
the waves to once again rest his great
head. Baku took out his sacred rock,
said a prayer of thanks, and walked
forward to meet his creator.
Baku had lived all his life on the plain. He
had never learned the art of swimming.
Without hesitation he went into the water.
He bent to drink, .but spat out the salty
brine. Thinking nothing of it, he ventured
forward. The water was at his chest and
rising, but he was a man of faith, and did
not doubt that his god would protect
him.
The ground dropped away without
warning and, caught by surprise, Baku
called out silently to his god but was not
answered. The weight of the pouch
secured at his waist pulled him under.
His lungs screamed for air, and his
temples throbbed. His life ebbed from
his body, and his mind went back to his
village.
The sea became calm and he was once
again in his hut looking up at the sky, but
Gorro was nowhere to be found. He
eased himself on to his sleeping mat,
laid back, and took a deep breath. He
breathed in the blackness which
enveloped him. Baku had fulfilled his
dream by meeting his creator, but he
could never enterthe realm of the mighty
Gorro.
August 28, 1 963, a hush falls over a sea
of swaying bodies. A man steps to the
podium, unknown to everyone. He bears
a striking resemblance to a warrior long
since dead. Baku's seed has reached
the far shore and once again, the ebony
giant stands among his people, but now
a different journey has been started. He
raises his hand in recognition. Upon
commanding their attention he exclaims:
"I HAVE A DREAM ." . X
What Love Does For Me; A Black Spiritual
Love — My Love — My Angel
illuminates my dreams, hopes and desires.
A flickering that is the beginning of fire.
An illumination that is the light at the end of the tunnel.
A light that is a beacon — beckoning me towards hope.
Hope that strengthens my love, my life,
my belief in liberty, my belief in God.
Hope that sustains my faith that one day we
will all be free.
Hope that encourages my dreams, desires,
aspirations and goals to make them reality . . .
Hope that flushes away my daily nightmares . . .
Nightmares experienced every single day!
Nightmares of suffering everyday, struggling every day!
BEING asked "May I help you?" everyday!
HEARING of Black-on-Black violence everyday!
SEEING babies having babies everyday!
FEELING the legacy of slavery everyday!
SEEING fathers walking out on families everyday!
GETTING C+'s in school everyday!
HEARING of brothers killing brothers everyday!
HEARING of police brutality everyday!
WISHING that people would just grow up everyday!
KNOWING that my sisters are being abused and assaulted
— verbally, physically; mentall^ppiritually andsexually every day
EVERY SINGLE DAY!
You LOVE, sustain my faitft^^HK ^H^HH
Fai^h that washes away my manifolei / s "
s. No not while — white as snow,
sh — a new feeling that
cuperates, and resuscitates SPIRIT.
' from the depths ot Hell
at dimensions of Heaven.
f inspire me to strive, struggle and
i as our ancestors did and still do
you — LpVE encourage my inquisitiveness
to keep questioning
Hit to^HrjFstirring my consciousness -
> out children . . .
] our people toward Heaven
and never forsaking our true Zion.
EpSver and ever, our life becomes everlasting
pplour Love endless
12 . The Charlatan ■ February 17, 1994
BLACK HISTORY MONTH
WHAT IS "BLACK?"
Thinking About Life
For My Children
An open womb.
A piercing, pitiful cry echoes through the still of the night;
breaking the tension and bringing happy smiles to the lips
of those
who are anxiously waiting.
Normal or abnormal;
Boy or Girl;
there is no going back now;
Welcome to our world.
Oh Child!
You whose facial expressions show such love and
innocence;
I ponder on this reflection.
Would you retain peace and value love as the treasure of
your life?
Or would you join the uncertain crowd who dwell in envy,
hate and strife?
Love/hate, hate/love, confused by the teachings of
society.
Would you have the needed strength to direct your
destiny?
Beautiful child of the universe;
I cannot help but think of you as a creative wonder,
Serving as a reminder to those who question the thought
of some unknown superior.
Stay sweet my child, although countless problems you
will find,
continue to be gentle and kind.
In your journey through life there are dangerous courses,
but the goodness within you will outweigh evil forces;
treasure this precious virtue from which all others started.
At the end of your journey, with contentment you will
recall,
they were smiling then, why are they crying now?
by Selwyn Benois
Selwyn Benois is the father of Carleton student Angellque Benois.
by Gitty Gyimah
Gitty Gyimati is a firat-yeai £w slufleni ai Carfelon,
Quite often I hear terms like "white-
washed" and "Uncle Tom," or phrases
like "She's trying to be black," "He thinks
he's black," and "It's a black thing" used
by black people. I have also found myself
using these same terms and
expressions now and then.
But what do these expressions mean,
and what do people really mean when
they say them? I interviewed a number
of black Carleton students, both male
and female, to find out.
The first question I asked was "What is
a black person?" Many of the students
couldn't even answer the question.
One student said a black person is a
person who "initiates strength and power
in the black community," while another
said "I don't think of people as black or
white, I consider people to be Nubian."
The majority said there is more to being
black than one's skin color.
"Just being skin-color black doesn't
mean a damn thing really ... it starts as
a skin color, but really it's a state of
mind," said one student.
Another student added it is "not the
color of your skin that makes you black.
It's your awareness of your culture,
where you came from and where you
are going."
The popular response was summed up
by a student who explained that, "there's
two parts to being a black person .. . you
must be of African descent, that's the
physical . . . and then there's also the
mental — you must think black. There
are certain things that are black
characteristics and these things must
be obvious within this person."
Defining what a black person is leads to
a definition of what "blackness" is. The
concept of blackness is an abstract
one, and cannot be fully understood
just by explaining it. This became
apparent in the responses of black
students.
A second-year student said "blackness
can't be dictionary-defined. It's more
than a feeling. . . . It's a spirit and aura."
If this is so, blackness cannot be taught
or imitated. Blackness comes first from
being a black person, and then through
experience and environment. The
experience involves the struggle and
suffering of black people. The
environment includes black culture, the
reinforcement of black identity and self-
love as a black person.
One student mentioned this when he
said blackness is "loving yourself and
loving your people just for being black."
But what then is a black person who
does not love himself or herself and
black people as black people? This is
where the idea of a "white-washed"
black person, or "Uncle Tom," comes in
to play.
Not all agreed that there is any such
thing as being "white-washed."
Another student said, "I don't think that
there is any such thing as a white-
washed black person or an Uncle Tom
because black people can be whoever
they want to be." She concluded, "Being
white-washed is no crime. It's a stupid
stereotype which I think should be
eliminated from the world because it
limits black people (from) doing well."
One student said someone who is white-
washed is "someone who disrespects
their blackness." Another described
them as "someone who has no sense of
identity and/or does things that are
destructive to his or her community."
Another student said one who is white-
washed is "someone (who) is more
interested in maybe gaining acceptance
or approval in the eyes of other people
than their black brothers or sisters." She
felt that they "see non-black races as
better than themselves (because) they
have no sense of self-worth."
How then, can one who is biologically
and, in most cases, obviously black,
achieve a sense of blackness when
they are labelled as white-washed?
We need to determine what makes
something black, and why. Before we
can make sense out of it, we need to re-
evaluate ourselves and our attitudes
toward our black brothers and sisters. It
is an issue we need to resolve, for if we
do not we will remain divided as black
people.
We should realize that terms like 'White-
washed" and "Uncle Tom" and phrases
like "he's trying to be black," and "it's a
black thing," are not just expressions.
They are labels and categorizations.
There is much more to being black than
speech or clothing. If everyone realizes
and accepts this, there will not be any
more need to use such labels. x
READING
In keeping with Black History Month, the following list was researched and prepared
by Lisa Marshall, a Carleton employee and graduate student. It accompanies an
exhibit of books dealing with Black history, which is in MacOdrum Library throughout
February. The books with call-numbers in their listing are available at MacOdrum
Library.
« Bearden, J. and L.J. Shadd Butler, The Lite and Times ofMaryShaddCary, 1977.
(LA2325.C34B4)
« Brand, D. No Burden to Carry: Narratives of Black Working Women In Ontario,
1920S-19SOS, 1991. (FC2346.9.B6C59)
X Carter, V. and L. The Black Canadians: Their History and Contributions, 1988.
(FC106.B55T85(1975))
X Clairmount D. and 0. Magill, AfrlcviUe: The Life and Death of a Canadian Black
Community, 1987. (FC2346.9.B6C59)
X Grant J.N. The Immigration and Settlement of Black Refugees of the Warot1B12
In Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, 1990.
X Hill, D. The Freedom Seekers: Blacks in Early Canada, 1981 . (FC1 06.B55H55)
X Hill, L. Trials and Triumphs: The Story of African Canadians, 1 992.
X Hornby, J. Black Islanders: Prince Edward Island s Historical Black Community,
1991.
X Reindeau, R. An Enduring Heritage: Black Contributions to Early Ontario, 1 984.
X Ruck.C.W. Canada s Black Battalion, 1987.
X Talbot, C. Growing Up Black in Canada, 1984.
m
February 17, 1994 • The Charlatan • 13
PLACEMENT
Career Services
programs and services of interest to undergraduates, graduating students, as well as alumni.
Check the posting boards at
the Placement Centre for
more job listings.
508 Unicentre • 788-661 1
February 17, 1994
ON-CAMPUS RECRUITING
Permanent full-time positions are
directed towards graduating students
(available May '94). Dates, unless
specified, refer to deadlines.
To find out the types of positions,
how to apply and where to find
more information on the companies,
please contact the office.
Official Language Monitor
Program
Feb. 18, Mail Direct
All Disciplines
Positions: Part-Time & Full-Time
Language Monitors
T.W. Austin
Feb. 18, 12 noon
Commerce, Economics
Positions: Financial Counsellors
Andyne Computing Ltd.
Mar. 4, Mail Direct
Computer Science, Electrical
Engineering, Computer Systems
Engineering
Positions: Various
Cognos
Mar. 4, 1 2 noon
Computer Science, Electrical Eng.
Comp. Systems Engineering
Positions: Software Engineer
Digital Equipment of Canada Ltd.
Mar. 4, Mail Direct
Computer Science, Engineering,
Business
Position: Sales Trainee
Nortak Software Ltd.
Mar. 7, 12 noon
Computer Science. Comp. Systems
Engineering, Commerce-MIS
Positions: Programmer, program-
mer/Analyst
Communications Security
Establishment
May 1 , Mail Direct
All Disciplines
Positions: Languages Related
SUMMER EMPLOYMENT
For more information on the types
of positions and application proce-
dures consult the summer job board.
City of Ottawa
Jan. 28-May 27, Mail Direct
All Disciplines
Positions: Various
The Senate of Canada
East Block Tour Guide
Program 1994
Feb. 18, Mail Direct
All Disciplines-Bilingual Imperative
Positions: Tour Guides
Parks of the St. Lawrence
Feb. 23, Mail Direct
All Disciplines
Positions: Various
Ontario Geological Survey
Feb. 25, Mail Direct
Geoscience
Positions: Various
Department of National Revenue
Customs & Excise (Sarnia)
Feb. 28, Mail Direct
All Disciplines
Positions: Student Customs Officers
City of Gloucester
Feb. 28, Mail Direct
All Disciplines
Position: Counsellor
COSEP-Career Oriented Summer
Student Employment Program
Ottawa-Hull Region Only
Feb. 28, Mail Direct
Administration, Arts, Pure Sciences,
Applied Sciences, Socio-Economics
Positions: Career-Related Summer
Jobs in Federal Government
Algonquin Park Visitor Services
Feb. 28, Mail Direct
Various Disciplines
Positions: Park Naturalist, Museum
Technician
Canadian National Exhibition
Feb. 28, Mail Direct
All Disciplines
Position: Assistant Publicist
RA Centre ■
Mar. 1 , (First Deadline)
Apply in Person
All Disciplines
Positions: Camp Supervisors, Camp
Counsellors, Equipment Techni-
cians
Deep River Science Academy
Mar. 1 , Mail Direct
Science, Engineering, Commerce
Positions: Tutors/Research
Assistants, Administration
Canada Employment Centre for
Students
Mar. 4, Mail Direct
All Disciplines
Positions: Summer Employment
Officer (SEO)
Northern Telecom/Bell Northern
Research
Mar. 4, 1 2 noon
Electrical Eng., Computer Eng.,
Computer Science, System Design
Positions: Various
Ottawa Carleton Wildlife Centre
Mar. 4, Mail Direct
All Disciplines
Positions: Wildlife Interns
Ontario Sports Centre
Mar. 4, Mail Direct
All Disciplines
Position: Supervisor
The Ottawa Riverboat Company
Mar. 1 1 , Mail Direct
All Disciplines
Position: Ticket Sales Supervisor
Girl Guides of Canada-Mapleway
Area
Mar. 12, Mail Direct
Positions: Various
Hamilton YWCA East End Sports
School
Mar. 18, Mail Direct
All Disciplines
Positions: Instructor! Counsellor
Please note this position is in
Hamilton Ontario.
Marsaryk Fellowship Program
Mar. 1 8, Mail Direct
Eastern European, Political Science,
NPSIA, EASL
Positions: Teaching English in
Czeck Republic
Sandy Hill Community Centre
Mar. 31, Mail Direct
All Disciplines
Positions: Child Counsellors, Youth
Counsellors
Bark Lake
ASAP, Mail Direct
All Disciplines
Positions: Area Technicians
Environmental Youth Corps
ASAP, Mail Direct
All Disciplines
Positions: Various
Student BBQ Services
ASAP, Mail Direct
All Disciplines
Position: Manager
SWAP-Student Work Abroad
Program
ASAP, Mail Direct
All Disciplines
Positions: See SWAP brochure for
participating countries
PAINTERS/HOME CARE
Action Window Cleaning
ASAP, Mail Direct
Positions: Area Managers
Creative Outdoor Lighting
ASAP, Mail Direct
All Disciplines
Positions: Outlet Manager
Metropro
ASAP, Mail Direct
Positions: Franchise Owner
Student Sprinkler Services
ASAP, Mail Direct
Positions: Branch Manager
Student Works Painting
ASAP, Placement Centre
Positions: Managers
Varsity Painters
ASAP, Call First
White Shark Window Cleaning
ASAP, Mail Direct
Positions: Area Managers
TREE PLANTING
Bruin Reforestation Ltd.
Changed to Feb. 18, 12 noon
TAWA Enterprises Ltd.
Apr. 1 , Mail Direct
Evergreen Forestry Services
ASAP, Mail Direct
Outland/New Forest
ASAP, Mail Direct
Broland Enterprises Inc.
ASAP, Mail Direct
SUMMER CAMPS
Omagaki Wilderness Centre
Feb. 21, Mail Direct
Deka Services Association
Mar. 1 , Mail Direct
The following camps are accepting
applications ASAP to be mailed
direct.
Camp Awakening
Camp Brebeuf
Camp MaroMac
Pripstein's Camp
Project D.A.R.E.
Ontario Camping Association
Sagitawa Christian Camps
Camp Tamakwa
Camp Walden
YMCA-YWCA of Ottawa-
Carleton
YMCA Camp Pinecrest
LODGES/RESORTS
Viamede Resort (Peterborough)
Apr. 1, Mail Direct
All Disciplines
Positions: Various
Waterton-Glacier International
Peace Park/Prince of Wales Hotel
(Alberta)
Apr. 29, Mail Direct
All Disciplines
Positions: Various
' Aspen Village Inn (Alberta)
ASAP, Mail Direct
Positions: Various
River Run (Beachburg)
ASAP, Mail Direct
All Disciplines
14 ■ The Charlatan • February 17, 1994
Double figures good and bad
Roseway nets season high of 20 but Ravens lose 10th straight
bv Jav Tharavil Hi— ■ nm '.
by Jay Tharayii
Charlatan Staff
If the Carleton women's basketball
season was a book, its main plot would
be losing.
The Ravens' record in the Ontario
Women's Interuniversity Athletic Asso-
ciation dropped to 0-10 after an 81-44
loss to the University of Toronto Blues
Feb. 1 1 and an 82-40 defeat to the Queen's
Golden Gaels Feb. 12.
Toronto 81 Carleton 44
Queen's 82 Carleton 40
The lone bright spot for the Ravens
was the play of guard Gillian Roseway,
who scored a Raven-season high of 20
points against Toronto and 16 more
against Queens.
Despite raising her season average to
7.8 points per game, Roseway said she's
tired of losing.
"I'm feeling frustrated. We're a young
team, but still, it's tough to take not
winning."
Against Toronto, the Ravens' inability
to solve the Blues' full-court pressure cre-
ated turnovers — an abysmal total of 38
— many leading to easy Toronto scores.
Raven head coach Marg fones said
her team's high turnover rate was par-
tially due to the inexperience of Kaeli
Yuzefowich at the point-guard position.
"We have a first-year point guard.
Basketball is a game of experience, so
until the experience kicks in, you have a
tough time," said [ones.
Even though her team blew out Carle-
ton, Toronto coach Michelle Belanger
said the Ravens have potential.
"I've been coaching at U of T for 13
Raven guard Gillian Roseway takes a shot with three Gaels draped all over her.
years, and this is the most talented team
I've seen Carleton have," said Belanger.
"They have all the ingredients there.
They just need a little seasoning to make
them better."
Unfortunately, the Ravens were still
green against Queens.
Carleton committed 21 turnovers
againstthe Golden Gaelsand didn't score
until 14:40 of the first half, at which
point Queen's already led 15-0.
The Ravens were never a serious threat.
Coach Jones wouldn't comment after-
wards but assistant coach Stacey
Kronwald said even though the team is
losing, he remains positive.
"We're not building for the immedi-
ate future. We're building for next year
and the years after that," said Kronwald.
Kronwald said the Ravens showed
improvement this week, and he's expect-
ing better results in the Ravens' final two
games of the year against York and .
Ryerson Feb. 18-19.
"I think we have a good chance at
winning two this weekend. If they (Carle-
ton) play like they did this weekend, we'll
match up well with them."
The Ravens had their closest games of
the yearwith these two teams in lanuary,
losing 61-44 to Ryerson and 77-46 to
York. □
Playoff hopes end with pair of losses
by Kevin Restivo
Charlatan Staff
Turn out the lights — the party's over.
The Carleton men's basketball team
had its playoff hopes dashed and its
losing streak extended to eight games,
losing two thrillers to the University of
Toronto and Queen's Feb. 11-12 by the
scores of 70-65 and 88-78.
Toronto 70 Carleton 65
Queen's 88 Carleton 78
Against the Toronto Varsity Blues, the
Ravens continually fought the shot clock
as their poor inside game forced them to
take many tough perimeter shots.
Toronto took advantage of the Ravens'
tentative defensive play and poor shoot-
ing, opening up a 43-28 halftime lead.
Then, trailing by 19 early in the sec-
ond half, the Ravens improved their de-
fence and mounted a 25-4 run behind
the enthusiastic play of the rarely used
first-year forward Glen Lynch and the
three-point shooting of ever-improving
first-year swingman Reagh Vidito.
"The defence really got us going, " said
head coach Paul Armstrong. "It helped
us hit our shots and get that run going."
The run gave the Ravens a brief 56-54
lead. From there, the two teams see-
sawed back and forth.
Unfortunately for Carleton, Vidito
missed a game-tying three-pointer with
five seconds left to seal the game for
Toronto.
"I had a hand in my face," said a
dejected Vidito, "but it felt good. I'd like
to be able to shoot that one over."
In their second match against the 1 -8
Queen's Golden Gaels, both Carleton and
Queen's showed that despite their poor
records, they were still ready to fight fora
win — literally.
The game was competitive through-
out, as neither team could open up a lead
of more than five points throughout regu-
lation time.
Then, with one second left on the
clock, fourth-year forward Taffe Charles
did his best Michael Jordan imitation,
nailing a shot while falling back with two
Golden Gaels draped all over him. This
tied the game at 73 and forced overtime.
"I really just tried to aim for the net
basically," said Charles. "I just got lucky
and got a friendly roll."
Unfortunately for the Ravens, their
hopes fora win and a playoff berth were
officially dashed in the overtime period
as the Golden Gaels dominated through-
out, pulling out a 1 0-point win. □
Swimmers tune up at provincial meet
by Steven Vesely
Charlafan Staff
The Carleton women's swim team
placed 12th among 15 universities at
the Ontario Women's Interuniversity
Athletic Association swim champion-
ships in Guelph Feb. 12-13.
Second-year veteran Erica Kotler
posted the Ravens' best result placing
second in the 200-metre breast-stroke in
a Hme of 2:41, third in 100-metre breast-
stroke inatimeofl:14.S and fourth in
the 50-metre breast-stroke in 0.34.5.
"Ifs pretty much what I expected,"
said Roller, commenting on her results.
"There's some national team members
here and the competition con be pretty
stiff. Ifyoucometoameetandyou'renot
used to the calibre of competition, it can
awe you."
Brigitte Davidson also swam well, plac-
ing fifth in the 200-metre backstroke in a
time of 2:25 and posting 13th-place re-
sultsin the 400-metre individual medley
and freestyle.
"I rested a bit," said Davidson, who
tapered down in preparation for the
upcoming national championships
March 11-13 in Victoria.
Both Kotler and Davidson will repre-
sent Carleton at the championships be-
cause in races earlier this year, Kotler
qualified in the both the 100- and 200-
metre breast-stroke, while Davidson quali-
fied in the 200-metre backstroke.
Women's coach |itka Kotler, Erica's
mother, is cautiously optimistic about
their chances of top-eight finals.
"Brigitte could final this year because
backstroke events are not as heavily
represented, " said Kotler. "Erica will have
a harder tiroe because theQuebec swim-
mersareverygoodbreast-strokers. Both
will likely place top 16 but it will be
difficult for them to place top eight."
Lost year, the women's swim team
placed ninth at the OW1AA champion-
ships. Coach Kotler said she's pleased
with this year's 12th-place result when
considering nine of the 1 1 team mem-
bers are newcomers. □
Olympic
moments
by David Sail
Last year's sport editor emeritus Oalvidor Sali was pleased
to provide us with these erratic musings about the Winier
Olympics
Ah, majestic Norway. Television just
doesn't do it justice, you know. What a
great place to hold an Olympics . . .
Take the opening ceremonies last
Saturday. You couldn't have asked for
a better day for a parade. The land-
scape was blanketed with snow, the
sky shimmered that indescribable
shade of blue at twilight, and Olympic
president luan Antonio Samaranch
looked positively radiant in the light of
the television cameras.
There he was, looking very angelic
in his gleaming white designer parka,
issuing a plea for peace in war-torn
Sarajevo, the site of the 1984 Winter
Games. "Drop your guns," he urged
the battling Serbs and Croats.
No word yet on a reply. Maybe there
wasa problem with the satellite feed to
Bosnia.
Then, of course, there's those un-
confirmed reports that Tonya Harding
is now thinking of suing the Interna-
tional Olympic Committee, claiming
her rights were violated because her
bodyguard was not allowed any prac-
tice swings.
But I digress. Oneof the first nations
in the parade, after the Greeks, of
course, was American Samoa. Appar-
ently they had one participant who
was a bobsleigher.
All I know is, if I have a choice
between training for the bobsleigh in
Calgary and training in American Sa-
moa, I know where I'm going. Mind
you, I worry about skin cancer. But you
do what you have to do.
I'm still trying to figure out how the
U.S. marched before Canada. Last time
I checked, "C" still came before "U,"
but not in the IOC's alphabet, I guess.
My guess is CBS executives lobbied for
the change so they could cut to basket-
ball faster. What, Poland's not impor-
tant any more?
It was good to see Canada's finest
back in the traditional red and white
after those mauve outfits they wore
last time in Albertville. Listen, we're
not here to be fashion plates, we're
here to take home the hardware, the
way it should be.
The first couple days of competition
were interesting, too. I was watching
the Canada-Italy hockey game and
saw a vaguely familiar face on the
Italian side. Then the guy scores and I
findout it's Gates Orlando, formerly of
the NHL, only he's now an Italian
called Gateano. And, hell, all this time
I thought Bill Stewart was dead.
Then, just the otherday, a colleague
of mine figured it all looked like so
much fun he came up with a sure-fire
plan to get in the '98 Winter Games in
Sydney.
Ifs so simple, it's ingenious. Just
move to some Caribbean island for a
year or so, take up citizenship and
become a luger. It'd be just like going
on a ride at the exhibition, plus it's one
of the first events, so it's all over right
away and you've got two more weeks
to enjoy the scenery and, er, culture.
There you go — all the status that
comes with being an Olympian in
return for a little effort. It'd be a sacri-
fice, sure, but, hey, that's what the
Olympics are all about, right? □
February 17, 1994 • The Charlatan ■ 15
Raven
Records
OWIAA VOLLEYBALL
East Division
w
York 9
Toronto 8
Ottawa 6
Queen's 5
Ryerson 1
Carleton 1
F A PTS
28 5 18
28 8 16
20 15 12
16 17 10
4 27 2
4 28 0
OWIAA BASKETBALL
East Division
W L
Laurentn 10 0
Toronto 9 1
Ottawa 6 4
Queen's 5 4
York 3 6
Ryerson 1 9
CarletonO 10
F A PTS
801 567 20
707 480 18
681 616 12
614 559 10
508 592 6
492 698 2
3947880
OWIAA
Athlete of the Week
Laurentian student Nancy
Sweetnam is the OWIAA athlete of the
week.
Sweetnam was named swimmer of
the year at the OWIAA swim champi-
onships after she won three gold med-
als for the Laurentian Lady Vees swim
team and broke OWIAA records in the
2O0-metre individual medley, the 200-
metre breast-stroke and the 400-metre
individual medley.
OUAA BASKETBALL
East Division
W L T F A PTS
Laurentn 9
Ryerson 7
Toronto 6
York 5
Ottawa 3
Queen's 2
838 774 18
851 765 14
741 735 12
712 713 10
756 794 6
0 666 731 4
Corleton2 8 0 7828344
OUAA BASKETBALL
East Scoring Leaders
FG AT FT AT AVE
Beason 125 22962 87 33.6
Charles 10119410713131.1
Smart 76 16954 74 25.4
Swords 80 186 37 54 22.7
Fischer 78 14847 58 20.3
OUAA BASKETBALL
East Rebound Leaders
G RBS AVE
T. Charles - Crl 10 12112.1
A. Beason - Ryr 10 117 11.7
C. Fischer - Lmtn 10 87 8.7
D. Reid-Ott 10 82 8.2
C. Porter - Ott 10 81 8.1
OUAA
Athlete of the Week
Alan Nolet of the McMaster Ma
rauders gymnastics team is the OUAA
athlete of the week.
Nolet won all six events plus the all
round individual title at the OUAA
gymnastics championships this past
weekend in Toronto while leading
McMaster to the team championship.
Club may sail away to France
by Steven Vesely
Charlatan Stan
The Carleton sailing club islaunching
plans to race in France this spring.
' The club submitted a proposal to the
Course Croisiere d'Edhec in Northern
France on Feb. 12 to race in the CCE's
annual sailing regatta.
As the only Canadian applicant, Car-
leton is specifically hoping to be selected
to race in the International Whirlpool
Challenge April 15-24 in Les Sables
d'Olonne.
"We really want to-put intercollegiate
sailing in Canada back on the map,"
says skipper Dave Nurse. "Other univer-
sities are in the process of organizing
teams and we want them to know what's
possible. Secondly, we want to represent
Carleton, Ottawa and the country. That's
really important."
A graduate business university in
northern France, Edhec has hosted the
CCE since 1968 and watched it evolve
into Europe's largest student sailing re-
gatta, attracting sailors from around the
world.
The sailing club is planning on send-
ing a seven-member crew to the regatta
on a preliminary budget of $22,475, says
club president Cressida Robson.
Fundraising and sponsorship efforts
with companies like Air France, Anchor
Yacht Sales and Beneteau Canada have
already raised enough funds to cover
travel costs to France.
If the club's application to the prestig-
ious, 1 2-crew Whirlpool Challenge is ac-
cepted, the CCE will sponsor the Carleton
entry and provide the crew with a boat
and assistance while they're in France. If
their application is not accepted, the club
will have to arrange for a boat on their
own.
"The number one obstacle is to find a
suitable boat to race in France," says
Nurse.
The club is currently soliciting
Beneteau Canada and Beneteau USA to
provide a suitable yacht for them in
France. If that's not possible, the club has
already tentatively reserved a Beneteau
41s5 through the Moorings' charterbase
in Le Crouesty, Brittany.
The club expects to have its applica-
tion accepted and confirmed by mid-
March. □
Ryerson revenge sweet for volley Ravens
by Sarah Richards
Charlatan Start
If the Ryerson Lady Rams volleyball
team were a sweet, they'd be of the lico-
rice All Sorts kind.
You open the bag only to discover it
contains mostly stale, lousy licorice and
only a few fresh, blue-speckled candies.
Aside from two blue-speckled players,
Ryerson was about as lousy as it gets,
losing 3-1 (15-9, 9-15, 15-13, 15-12) to
the Carleton Ravens on Feb. 12.
"Basically they had two or three good
hitters, and the others were so-so," said
Raven middle Darlene Gallant.
It was a busy weekend for the Ravens,
whoalso lost 3-0 (15-8, 15-5, 15-9) to the
York 3 Carleton 0
Carleton 3 Ryerson 1
Toronto 3 Carleton 1
powerful York Yeowomen on Feb. 1 2. The
following day they lost 3-0 (15-4, 15-7,
15-8) to the University of Toronto Blues.
The 1 -2 homestand means the Ravens
finish their season fifth out of six teams
in the Ontario Women's Interuniversity
Athletic Association with a 1-9 record.
The win against Ryerson was particu-
larly sweet. The Rams had beat the Ravens
3-0 in a Nov. 19
game and Carleton
was looking for re-
venge.
"We knew we
could beat them if
we played like we'
could play," said
middle Cheryl
MacDonald.
While the first set
was shaky for both
sides, the Ravens
pulled themselves
together to take an
early lead in the
match by winning
the first set.
After that, they
were never really
threatened by the
Rams, who lacked
experience and skill .
While Ryerson play-
ers June Charles and Tai So provided
some blazing near- vertical kills, the team
itself was inconsistent, fielding one player
who missed three of her four serves. In-
credibly, they were underhand.
"It was surprising actually," said
MacDonald. "At a university level, you'd
expect it at least to be an overhand serve.
The Ravens lost 3-2 to McMaster earlier this year.
Definitely a shock."
Raven coach Peter Biasone said he
was fairly satisfied with the result, rank-
ing his team's play an eight on a scale of
one to 10. He was particularly impressed
with their play in the fourth set.
"At 10-10, we didn't make another
mistake in the match," said Biasone. "At
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Nothing hit the floor. "
Spiro Papathanasakis, head coach of
the Rams, said his team tried to capital-
ize on Carleton's short players by hitting
the ball over their heads.
But poor setting and an improved
Carleton team hampered his squad.
"I think {Carleton 's) coach has done a
good job. They're a lot more solid than
they were when we played them because
we beat them in three straight (sets),"
said Papathanasakis. □
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J^Raven
Rumblings
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
"I've been coaching at U of T for 13
years, and this is the most talented
team I've seen Carleton have. They
have all the ingredients there. They
just need a little seasoning to make
them better."
Toronto women's basketball coach
Michelle Belanger after her Blues beat
Carleton 81-44 on Feb. 1 1 .
ACADEMIC ALL-CANADIANS
Congratulations to assistant volley-
ball coach Marilyn Johnston, men's
basketball player Luca Diaconescu,
women's soccer player Sarah Richards
and women's swimmer Anne Le Guen,
who were named academic all-Cana-
dians for 1992-93 at halftime during
the men's basketball game against
Toronto on Feb. 11 . All four maintain-
ing an 80 per cent average while play-
ing varsity sports last year.
SPARKY SIGHTING
Robin "Sparky" Farquhar, our es-
teemed university president, was
sighted at the Feb. 1 1 men's basketball
game handing out the above awards
at a halftime ceremony.
His wardrobe included a pin-striped
suit and maroon cravat with a post-
modem pattern. His glasses were tucked
neatly into his breast pocket.
Sparky seemed enthusiastically
comatose lounging in the bleachers as
he watched the Ravens lose 70-65 to
the Toronto Blues.
CORRECTION
Our apologies to men's nordic skier
Scott Dymond, whose name we've been
regularly misspelling as Diamond.Hey,
at least we were consistent.
CALENDAR
Friday Feb. 18.
BASKETBALL — The 0-10 Carleton
women's basketball team is in Toronto
to take on the 3-6 York Yeowomen in a
6 p.m. match. The 2-8 men's team
follows with an 8 p.m. game against
the 5-4 York Yeomen.
Saturday Feb. 19.
BASKETBALL — The women's bas-
ketball team ends its season tipping off
against the Ryerson Lady Rams in a 6
p.m. match, the men's team also ends
its season with an 8 p.m. game against
the Ryerson Rams.
FENCING — The men's and wom-
en's provincial fencing championships
run from 9 a.m. 'tills p.m. today atthe
Ravens' Nest.
SKIING — The men's and women's
nordic ski provincial championships
take place in Duntroon, Ont. Classic-
style races will run today.
SWIMMING —The Ontario Univer-
sities Athletic Association swim cham-
pionships begin today in Toronto. This
will be the last chance the Raven men
have of qualifying for the national
championships March 11-13.
Sunday Feb. 20.
FENCING — The provincial fencing
championships continue all day atthe
Ravens' Nest.
SKIING — The men's and women's
freestyle races take place today at the
nordic ski provincial championships.
SWIMMING — The OUAA swim
championships continue today in To-
ronto. □
Referendum victory justaltart
Hockey club still needs athletics approval
Labonte ..... . ■ ■
by Bill Labonte
Charlatan Start
Last week students voted in favor of
financially supporting the Carleton
hockey club's entry into a college league.
The vote, 1,905 to 897 in favor of a $1
levy per full-time student means the club
will receive about $19,000 from the stu-
dent body to fund a team in the Ontario
College Athletic Association's hockey
league.
Judging from the results, it appears
the hockey club had an easy time can-
vassing support for the Carleton Univer-
sity Students' Association referendum on
that hockey goal.
Now the hard work begins.
— First, the club must submit an ap-
plication to the OCAA by March 8 with
the support of Carleton's athletics de-
partment and two other college hockey
programs.
— Second, the nitty-gritty details of
administration must be resolved.
— Finally, a meeting of the universi-
ty's board of governors must approve the
financial levy in April.
Of these obstacles, gaining the sup-
port of the athletics departmentwill likely
be the most difficult, says the hockey
club's general manager Paul Correy.
Varsity hockey was cut in 1975 be-
cause of a lack of funding. Six years ago
a group of alumni calling themselves the
Bald Ravens revived hockey as a club
team in the city's Senior R.A. League. ■
Since then, the alumni have made
three separate proposals to the athletics
director Keith Harris, trying to revive var-
sity hockey.
Each of these proposals has stopped at
Harris's door, says CUSA finance com-
missioner Rene Faucher, who initially
proposed the referendum idea to the
hockey club.
"He doesn't want to pay for or be
responsible for hockey," says Faucher.
"Otherwise he would have found money
for hockey long ago. His $4-million budget
can be rearranged. Three million comes
directly from student athletic fees."
Correy agrees.
and help in the coaching and adminis-
tration of the team.
Athletics director Harris has not yet
spoken with the club or made any deci-
sion regarding its future, but he points
out administrative and financial hassles
as his main concerns regarding the su-
pervision of a team.
"We would have to delegate someone
to look after hockey, someone who is
already overtaxed with work," he says.
"... athletics has not been very helpful. I
just hope they have a change of heart
and they don't drag their feet to spite
us."
Hockey club GM Paul Correy
"CUSA has supported us since 1988,
but athletics has not been very helpful. I
just hope they have a change of heart
and they don't drag their feet to spite us."
With CUSA's assistance, the hockey
club submitted a proposal to Carleton
University President Robin Farquhar ear-
lier this week asking for official support
from administration, says Correy.
"Everything's sort of up in the air, " he
says. "That's why we're asking the presi-
dent to handle it."
Officials at Algonquin College and St.
Lawrence College have already told
Correy they will sponsor Carleton's ap-
plication.
Correy says he hopes official univer-
sity support will convince the athletics
department to sponsor the application
"Eventually costs increase. Even if they
meet estimates with student money, there
are always unexpected expenses. The
hockey team will require an administra-
tor who is full-Hme. What if there is an
emergency? You need someone to look
after things."
Correy says these obstacles can be
overcome.
The Bald Ravens already raise funds
of about $5,000 every year to maintain a
team in the city league and would be
willing to assist in administration, he
says.
"We can look after some stuff like
assisting in getting exhibition games and
looking after recruiting," he says. "We
see a limited amount of administrative
work from their part." □
Charlatan Hockey Pool
Here are the point leaders in the Charlatan Hockey Pool.
Points were tabulated as of Tue. Feb. 15, 1994.
Regular season leaders can only win the dinner prize once.
1 344 Bank Street
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Patrick Soden
605
2
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596
3
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590
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Jeff Parker
589
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JeffPavkev
589
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Jason Beifuss
589
8
Tyler Vuillunt
585
9
Steven Lieff
582
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581
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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Making the most of your influences
by Am Kee"
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Cracker, with Counting Crows
rHall
Strange. Weird.
These are words that come up often in
conversations with and stories about
Cracker.
And why not? After all, this is a band
whose most popular new song from its
latest CD Kerosene Hat seems to be track
#69, "Eurotrash Girl," and has penned
lyrics like "Sometimes I wish I were Catho-
lic/I don't know why . . ."
Yet Cracker, for all of the band's irrev-
erence and musical uniqueness, is enjoy-
ing success. Which for Cracker guitarist
Johnny Hickman is, well, "weird."
"It's all a little intimidating," says
Hickman. "I see Cracker as a little tod.
weird for mass appeal."
Despite an intense touring schedule
over the two years of Cracker's existence,
Hickman says the band still enjoys play-
ing live, whether it be to 100 or 1,000
people. ^i^^tata^
"Dave and I feel we've stayed pretty
focused," he says.
The Dave of whom he speaks is vocal-
ist and guitarist David Lowery of Camper
van Beethoven fame and the second half
of the band's Hickman/ Lowery creative
core. It is largely Lowery's bizarrely evoca-
tive lyrics that has given Cracker its, um,
strange personality.
The other members of Cracker's cur-
rent lineup, which has changed some-
what over the last two years because of
the toll of extensive touring, include
former Poi Dog Pondering bassist Bruce
Hughes andformer Pixies drummer David
Lovering.
Hickman says the newer members are
fitting in well with the Cracker feel and
are contributing creatively to the band.
But the majority of the songwriting and
musical direction emanates from Lowery
and Hickman.
The two grew up together in rural
California and since reuniting as Cracker,
Hickman says, they have drawn on the
experiences of their white-trash youth.
"We decided not to edit out any of the
influences we had when we were young, "
he says. "Subsequently, I think we're a lot
stranger than some of the so-called alter-
native bands."
These white-trash roots are reflected
in the diversity of backgrounds found in
Cracker tunes. While catchy guitar riffs
and quirky lyrics are staples, Hickman
says variety is the main ingredient in the
Cracker musical mix.
"We're influenced from music from
all over the world, but we come out with
a very American sound," he says. "I like
it when different people take different
kinds of American music and make it
their own."
Hickman brings country and folk sen-
sibilities to the band's essentially under-
ground sound. In fact, Hickman spent
some time writing country songs and
playing with the likes of Willie Nelson at
Farm Aid benefit concerts.
* *T didn't actually pursue country out-
right until a couple of years before David
and I got together," says Hickman, who
played punk during his California youth.
Now, as "thirty-whatevers," the fu-
sion of country, youthful punk, and ma-
ture, bluesy rock has created a band
whose appeal seems to bridge the genre
gap from alternative to mainstream
music.
The band's members are "thirty-
whatevers" and not "thirty-somethings, "
says Hickman, because "thirty-
somethings are people who are age-ap-
propriate in their behavior."
This is something Cracker would not
be accused of being, with a first-album
anthem, "Teen Angst (What the World
Needs Now)," reflecting the irreverence
and cynicism of disaffected youth.
Not to mention their off-centre live
shows. Davey Faragher, their old bassist,
was renowned for his choice in ladies'
eveningwear that he wore on stage.
Strange, huh?
Hickman says they also keep their
shows fresh by varying their song length
and order.
Cracker guitarist Johnny Hickman, enjoying his music just a bit too much.
cording studio in Virginia called Sound
"We don't really have a set list, " says
Hickman. " It's a very spontaneous band. "
The fans love it, he says, but not know-
ing what will happen next "drives light-
ing guys crazy."
With the band's growing popularity,
Cracker now has the opportunity to try
out other musical directions. Hickman
says he and Lowery have opened a re-
of Music and are hoping to do production
work for some smaller acts. He says they
may also stop in at a studio to cut an EP
within the next year.
Until then, says Hickman, Cracker's
goal on it's strange, weird musical jour-
ney is simple:
"Keep movin'." □
Stupid, mindless entertainment.
by Greg Owens
Charlatan Staff
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
^Directed by Tom Shadyac
Any film that has cameos by former
top heavyweight boxer Randall "Tex"
Cobb and death metal band Cannibal
Corpse can't be too bad.
Ace Ventura is pretty much what I
expected it to be: stupid, mindless enter-
tainment from the demented mind of
Canadian comedian Jim Carrey.
The film is pretty much an hour and a
half of Carrey's facial tics, jerky move-
ments and strange noises. Carrey's Ace
Ventura is not unlike his Fire Marshal Bill
from television's In Living Color.
As for the plot: well, something is
^ong in the state of Florida. Snowball
the dolphin, the field-goal-kicking mas-
cot for the Miami Dolphins, has been
kidnapped. So Dolphins management
^ires pet detective extraordinaire Ace
Ventura to rescue the dolphin. Ace has a
special bond with animals; he's a de-
mented Dr. Doolittle. He uses his talent to
serve and protect pets from ne'er-do-
wells.
Ace Ventura borrows many references
. 0rn various television shows and mov-
jes. You can bet the Mission Impossible
c^mehas never been used like they use
it here.
This is obvi-
ously a vehicle
for Carrey to ex-
pand his career
from television to
motion pictures.
Carrey has said
in past inter-
views that he
wants to move
on to bigger and
better things. As
his television
show In Living
Color is becom-
ing as unfunny
as Saturday Night
Live, this not a
bad idea.
In this film,
Carrey is oddly
reminiscent of
early Robin
Williams, rivalling Williams's verbal
patter with his machine-gun slapstick.
His talking asshole routine brings the art
of acting to new plateau.
The other cast members just sit back
and allow Carrey to run rampant on the
screen. None of the other actors have the
ability to upstage Carrey. Tone Loc,
Courtney Cox and Sean Young are basi-
cally filler. If you need actors to blend
into the background, these three are it.
Ace Ventura is not a great film. The
supporting characters and plot were all
so weak, this film will probably end up on
many critics' worst list, but I enjoyed it. If
you like Carrey, then you will probably
enjoy Ace Ventura. If you think Canrey is
that unfunny white guy on In Living Color,
then you should avoid Ace Ventura like
the plague. a
This week:
10 Ways of Getting
Around Quicker
Than Using OC
Transpo
7. ft wheelless rickshaw
2. Skating on the canal
(in July)
3. ft car that runs on good
intentions
4. ft luge
5. Vog ic fluing
6. ft chinchilla sled
team
7. Chickenback riding
8. Cartuuheelin'
9. The power of love
10. Pushing an OC
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20 • The Charlatan ■ February 17, 1994
Just Cooking for Cove in aCCtfie wrong pCaces
by Neil Herland
Charlatan SlaTt
'Talking Dirty
Sock'N' Buskin
Alumni Theatre
vFeb. 9-12, Feb. 16-19
re you lovesick? Are you love
hungry? Not getting any?
If you answered yes to any
of these, then look no further
}than this latest Sock 'N'
Buskin production. Just in
time for Valentine's Day is
this play about you-know-what.
The play follows the amorous inter-
ests of five young adults, all looking for
love. In the style of Three's Company, the
play draws its humor from below the belt
and makes little use of the head.
The calibre of the acting varies. Jenni-
fer Boyle as the bimbo-ish Jackie and
Kirsten Endemann as the feisty Karen are
of particular strength. Alan Neal in the
role of David, though, looks too young to
be married for eight years with three kids.
In many instances, the performers
come across as young actors pretending
to be older and sophisticated. There is
barely a moment in the first half of the
show when there isn't an actor daintily
casting a wine glass in the air and speak-
ing with a hand in their pocket, while
delivering lines like "You're a great rac-
onteur."
Director Paul Griffin has created some
amusing moments, including a humor-
ous re-creation of sexbetween David and
Karen, a la When Harry Met Sally.
Griffin also chose to localize the play
by replacing the original geographic ref-
erences with Ottawa terms. Jackie, for
instance, says she works at Indigo. This
works for a while, but eventually the
novelty wears thin and the Ottawa refer-
ences become as annoying as those rock
stars who patronizingly make references
to local names.
The set, designed by Stacy Fietz, re-
sembles an apartment living-room
outfitted with IKEA furniture and gener-
ally serves its purpose. I had difficulty,
though, with the placement of the two
hallway exits, side by side. Better block-
ing combinations might have been
achieved had the two doors been placed
farther apart.
The other problem I had with the set
was its color scheme. The main walls
Bite may have just lost their lead singer, but their brief, aggressive
set at the Pop! In the Name of Love show (Fri., Feb. 11) proved their
sound hasn't suffered. Their show was highlighted by a cover of the
Subhumans' classic "Slave To My Dick." Here. Bile guitarist Julie
keeps an eye on her instrument while bassist Denise blisses out. J
: ■ ■:■ ■ . ■ ,' .;:.V \ '
CUSA President Elect Richard Stanton and
Finance Commissioner Elect Wendy Stewart
invite any interested members of the
Association to the first meeting of the newly
elected CUSA Council of the 1 994-1 995 term.
This is your opportunity to meet and address
the CUSA Shadow Council which will officially
be taking office as of May 1/1994.
The meeting will take place in
Baker's Lounge in the Unicentre ■||^||
starting, at 5:30 p.m., Thursday H "
February 17/1994.
were sponge-spotted with pink pastel
paint, while the trim was royal blue. The
end product resembled more a Polka Dot
Door set than a bachelor's apartment.
Designer Danielle Ohrfs costumes
were appropriate, with the exception of
David's casual wear. Consisting of an
old-style grey vest and dark slacks, his
outfit would have looked more appropri-
ate on Motel the Tailor from fiddler On
the Roof than on a casually dressed '90s
guy.
The play tries to end on a morally
righteous note, but by drawing most of its
appeal from the cheap sex jokes, it's
ultimate message is somehow lost in the
dirty talk.
One of the play's greatest weaknesses
stems from its dated script. The play was
written in the days before AIDS, in the
heyday of the sexual revolution. Today
this play is offensive; only yesterday it
was considered cute. It was a time when
gay jokes were funny, one-night stands
were glamorized and women were seen
as prey.
These ideas resonate in the script, and
at least for me, somehow undermined
the moral of the play. While the play's
ending does deliver a deserving lesson to
the characters, it only comes as an after-
thought to almost two hours of thought-
less sexual action.
Talking Dirty is a little flaky, a bit
cheesy, maybe even wishy washy. Thea-
tre doesn't always have to be deep. Often
it's just there to entertain. Depending on
your idea of entertainment, this play just
might tantalize your crass desires.
And remember, if Talking Dirty just
isn't adequate for you and your Valen-
tine, there's always the real thing. □
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February 17, 1994 • The Charlatan ■ 21
Dealing with the reality of their surroundings
by Joe Bernard
Cha/lalan Staff
'Tool, with Failure
Porter Hall
.Feb. 22
After Motley Criie and Guns N' Roses
rose to the heights of the pop music
industry, many Hollywood-based bands
attempted to cash in on the attention by
imitating their predecessors.
When the focus shifted to Seattle in
the early nineties, so to did many of the
bands.
With the emergence of gut-wrenchers
Tool, the pendulum may swing back to
Hollywood. Other than geography, how-
ever, this band shares little in common
with the aforementioned glam rockers.
Tool's drummer, Danny Carey, while
not singling out any bands in particular,
has no patience for groups of this sort,
describing them as "shit of the earth. Not
the type of bands that even inspire peo-
ple or make them think."
Tool was formed in 1 990, when Carey
and bassist Paul D'Amour joined guitar-
ist Adam Jones and vocalist Maynard
lames Keenan. Carey explains, "I met
Adam through Tom Morello of Rage
(Against the Machine). And 1 was living
beside Maynard. I never auditioned for
them (Keenan and |ones). I felt kinda
sorry for them, because they would invite
people over to play, and they wouldn't
show up, so I'd fill in."
One of the unifying forces in the band
is the philosophy/religion known as
Lachrymology, founded in the 1940s by
Ronald P. Vincent. Lachrymology trans-
lates literally to "the study of crying." The
basic tenet, evident in the band's music,
is that the greatest road to advancement
is through pain —
emotional and physi-
cal. Hence the band's
name.
"We wanted the
band, " says Carey, "to
be a 'tool' to learn and
gain from."
Although the
members of Tool are
all influenced by
Lachrymology to
varying degrees,
Carey stresses, in his
own laid-back man-
ner, that the band is
not a cult.
"I don't want fol-
lowers, " he says. "1 just
want people to relate
to us. We want to be a
catalyst for a different
reaction; we don't
want to be the focus.
The only reason why
we're all still doing this
is because it's thera-
peutic."
Regardless, Tool is
b.™ltii^l°J nose nacky Tool guys.
a growing audience.
Various reasons account for their suc-
cess, not the least of which are the band's
two releases, 1992's Opiate EP, and their
debut full-length disk, 1993's Undertow,
which isemotional, unrelenting and raw.
What separates Tool 's sound from the
rest of the pack is that a naked vulner-
ability surfaces through the violence and
aggressiveness. Their songs are the sort
which reveal how precious and frighten-
ing human emotions are when stripped
of any facade.
The band has also benefitted from an
innovative and somewhat disturbing
video for the song "Sober." The biggest
break the band may have received, how-
ever, was being signed to last year's
Lollapalooza tour. Initially, Tool was
performing on the second stage, but with
the growing buzz surrounding the band,
they were moved to the main stage mid-
way through the tour.
Carey says he enjoyed the interaction
with the other bands Lollapalooza pro-
vided. While he says both stages had
their merits, he appreciated the fans who
checked them out on the second stage,
"because you know they made an effort
to get there. They had to miss another act
to see us — you knew you were always
competing with another act."
As for Tool's seemingly growing expo-
sure, Carey is nonchalant and not so sure
of its continuance. "I expert the next
album will pare down our following even
more. The songs are heavier and deeper.
For this one (Undertow), some people who
were into Opiate didn't necessarily follow
us to Undertow: guys with mustaches,
driving Cameros, yelling, 'Rock and roll!'"
If the attention thrust on the band
does grow to, say, Nirvana proportions,
Carey expects the band to carry on. "We
do our thing. Nothing's really changed
for us other than the fact that we can do
our music all the time now, as opposed to
wasting our time giving somebody 40
hours."
The themes covered in Tool's songs
may give the impression that the band
members are a suicidal group of psycho-
paths. Not scf, says Carey.
"We all have a sense of humor. We
just see the world as a strange and violent
place, especially living in L.A., and we try
and deal with it." □
RESIDENCE
IACCOMMODATIONI
Chapterhouse
Blood Music
Dedicated/ Arista
Chapterhouse's latest release couldn 't
have been titled better.
The music is alternately pulsing and
mellow. Following bands like Blur and
Ride, it offers almost nothing new so far
as British pop is concerned.
What Chapterhouse does have that
sets them apart from their British compa-
triots is a strong dance rhythm and a
sound that doesn't stay the same from
one song to another.
"We Are The Beautiful (Spookys Ugly
As Sin Mix)" resembles techno, complete
with drum machines andall, while "She's
A Vision" highlights the band's classic
pop.
This dance style doesn't drag down
the band's sound. It simply means you
might recognize one of their songs blar-
ing from a dance-club speaker. For the
fans, there are enough classic-sounding
Chapterhouse tracks like "There's Still
Life" and "Summer's Gone" to keep them
satisfied.
You can pop this cassette or CD into
your player and relax to the throbbing
vibrations.
Suss ana Forieri
Residence rooms are currently
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If you are a full time student and
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on campus, please visit or call the
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Hey Kids!
It's The Charlatan's seventh annual Short Story
and Poetry Contest! The top three winners will be
published in The Charlatan's Upcoming Literary Supple-
ment! Plus, there'll be some great prizes! There's lots to
know, so here are the rules:
1. The contest is open to all Carieton University students, full and part-
time, as well as Carieton University employees. However, no editorial
employee ofThe Charlatan may submit an entry.
2. Entries MUST be postmarked ordelivered to The Charlatan (Room 531
Unicentre, Carieton University, K1S 5B6) no later than 11 p.m. Sunday,
March 5, 1994 in order to be eligible. Winners will be contorted by
telephone.
3. There are no requirements for content, but stories and poems must
be original, unpublished works. Poems and stories previously submitted
or printed in The Charlatan this year may be re-submitted to the contest.
4. Submissions MUST be typewritten and double-spaced and not more
than 1.S0O words.
5. No pseudonyms will be accepted. All entries must include the
author's name, address, telephone number and status at Carieton.
6. Entrants must agree to allow The Charlatan to publish their submis-
sions, names and photographs.
7. Once an entry has been received, no changes to the original will be
accepted.
8. Manuscripts will not be returned.
9. The judges' decision are final (judges to be announced).
10. Copyright remains with the author.
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17 TO SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 27
Thursday, February 1 7
At Zaphod s, local bands Schneider
and Rebo are playing. Cover's only a
buck.
Oliver's is having an alternative
music night tonight, with loud music
and Tool giveaways (stuff like tickets and
CDs). No cover. Should be fun.
It may not be the concert of the dec-
ade, but it's a good one. Cracker and
Counting Crows play Carleton's Por-
ter Hall at 7 p.m. tonight. Admission is
$17.50.
If you're just too cool (or poor) to go see
Cracker, the Bourbon Tabernacle
Choir is at the Penguin. Cover is $10.
You know, there's justtoo much going
on tonight. Grand Central is showcasing
Toronto's feel-good Rail T.E.C. and Van-
couver's Moist. Sit back and take them
all in. For one glorious evening, Ottawa
resembles a major city.
Friday, February 18
Today's free noon-time concert in
Carleton's Alumni Theatre features
pianist David Piper accompanying so-
prano Gloria lean Nagy.
What wonderous things come out of
Peterborough. In this case, it's Robert
Atyeo, a folkish type who has appeared
at the Mariposa folk festival. Tonight
and tomorrow he's playing Rasputin's.
The fun starts both nights at 8:30 p.m.
and cover's $6. Should be a blast.
At the Pit tonight it's Almonte's
favorite sons Generic, with opening act
Seventh Child from Carleton Place. The
show starts at 7:15 p.m. It's all-ages.
Cover is $5 at the door.
Saturday, February 19
Stay at home with your radio! As part
of the ongoing celebration of Black His-
tory Month, CKCU (93.1 FM) is present-
ing Shades of Blackness from 12 p.m.
until 2 a.m. Expect music, call-in shows
and an examination of issues like slav-
ery, the situation in South Africa and the
Black family.
A group of folks called the Band of
Confusion is playing the Sunnyside
Sports Bar this evening. There's no
cover. And that's all we know.
Les Ballets Jazz de Montreal, a
dance troupe that mixes classical ballet
and modem dance, performs at the highly
Priced Centrepointe Theatre at 8 p .m.
this evening. Tickets are $29.50 and
522.50.
Pigfarm, featuring ex-members of
the Doughboys and the Lost Dakotas,
play yet another show in Ottawa. To-
night they're at the Pit.
Sunday, February 20
Cool band Redd Kross, who opened
for the Doughboys back in October, play
the Penguin tonight. Local punk types
Resin Scraper open the show, which
IRE
starts at 9 p.m. Tickets are a very reason-
able $9.50 through the Penguin,
Ticketmaster and the usual independent
outlets.
Thira, a Winnipeg-based chamber
music sextet, plays the Museum of
Nature (You know, the castle museum. -
ed.) at 8 p.m. Tickets are $8 for students
and seniors, $10 for adults and they're
available at the door.
And, once again, at the Mayfair at
7:05 p.m., it's the Rocky Horror Picture
Show.
Fresh from their success at the
megafabulous Pop! In the Name of Love
festival, Ewen Todd's Ratboy and
Wandering Lucy are playing Zaphod's
tonight.Sinceit'saThursdayshow, cover
is a mere dollar.
Monday, February 21 Friday' February 2*
The curiously titled Reading Week
begins. In the spirit of Reading Week,
Charlatan production manager Kevin
McKay suggests you read a book. His
suggestion? Animal Farm, by George
Orwell. Says McKay, "I know you read it
in Grade 11, but it's well worth a re-
reading." Yeah, like you don't have any-
thing better to do.
If you don't feel like reading Animal
Farm, head down to Montreal. That's
where the Wonder Stuff, those wacky
Brits, are playing. They're at Club Soda
at 8:30 p.m. this evening. Opening for
them is Chapterhouse. Tickets are
$12.50.
In the mood for something ultra-vio-
lent? A Clockwork Orange is playing at
the Bytowne this evening at 9:15 p.m.
Did you know it's banned in England?
Some of the finest Canadian cinema
ever produced is showing tonight at the
Mayfair, starting at 7 p.m. Of course,
we speak of Roadkill and Highway 61.
Tuesday, February 22
Tool. Porter Hall. 8 p.m. Opening
act, California's Failure. $ 14 in advance,
$16 at the door. Read the story, page 22.
Wednesday, February
23
One of the most boring and pointless
films in recent memory, The Double Life
ofVeronique, is playing this evening at
7 p.m. at the Bytowne. I don't know, it's
won some awards, maybe you'll like it.
The Old Sod Society presents the Irish
band Four Men and A Dog, who com-
bine traditional Irish music with jazz, R &
B and country influences. They're play-
ing at the Notre Dame High School at
8:30 p.m. Tickets are $ 14 for members of
the Old Sod Society and $ 1 6 for everyone
else.
Thursday, February 24
More stuff for Black History Month!
Starting at 7 p.m. tonight at the
Bytowne, there are two Canadian docu-
mentaries: Zarico, a film about the mu-
sic of Black francophone culture from
southwestern Lousiana; and Oliver Jones
in Africa, which features the Canadian
jazz pianist in concert in Nigeria.
Brother Cane plays the Penguin
tonight at 9 p.m. Tickets.are $10 in ad-
vance, $13 at the door. What do they
sound like? Well, they opened for Robert
Plant, if that helps any.
This week's Charlatan snack tip is a
simple one: Toasted Marshmallows™
Get a marshmallow and a pointy stick.
Start a fire with your Psych text. Put
marshmallow on end of stick and roast it
(the marshmallow, not the stick), being
careful not to torch it. Serves one.
Saturday, February 26
As part of Black History Month, Black
History Ottawa is having its Annual
Dinner and Dance in Room 200, West
Block, Parliament Hill. On the
evening's agenda: a lecture on the Black
family by MP jean Augustine, dancers,
cocktails, dinner and dancing (of course) .
Tickets for the dance are $7 at the door.
Tickets for the whole event are $40 for
adults, $75 for couples and $25 for us
starving students. For more info, call
Maxine Ifill at 241-0669.
Sunday, February 27
What better way to wind up Reading
Weekthanwitha lecture entitled Sunken
Ships of Bikini Atoll: Archaeology of
the Atomic Bomb by maritime historian
lames P. Delgado. It's being held at 2
p.m. in the theatre of the Canadian
Museum of Civilization. Admission is
$5 for students and seniors, $7 for every-
one else.
If underwater stuff isn't your cup of
tea, chances are you'll be at Dianne
Ferguson's organ concert at the Chapel
of the Bruyere Convent at the comer
of Bruyere and Sussex. Tickets are $8 for
students and seniors and $12 for every-
one else.
If you have an event you
want to appear in this
handy calendar, you can
drop your announcement
off at The Charlatan, Room
551 Untcentre during
regular business hours or
you can fax us at 788-
4051. Announcements
must be In by the Friday
before publication.
The Charlatan will not be publishing
during reading week, however, our of-
fice will still be open. Our next issue
will be coming out March 3, 1994.
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(contract position - unionized)
Carleton University Students' Association
Terms of employment: April 1, 1994-March31, 1995; 35 hours per week (8:30
a.m. - 4:30 p.m.); $10.50 per hour plus four percent vacation pay: Supervisor:
Administrative Director, CUSA Inc.
Responsibilities include: the production of camera-ready artwork, by deadline,
forCUSA publications and promotional material when required, including but not
limited to: Student Handbook, Housing Guide, Orientation posters, pamphlets
and office material for CUSA areas (i.e. business cards, forms).
Qualifications: applicants should be familiar with Macintosh hardware and have
a thorough knowledge of Pagemaker, Freehand, and Microsoft Word. The ideal
candidate should also possess some layout and paste-up experience.
Letters of application, resumes, and samples of work should be addressed to:
LindaStewart, Administrative Director, Carleton University Students' Association
Inc., 401 University Centre, 1 1 25 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, Ontario K1S 5B6.
No telephone inquiries please. Selected applicants will be
contacted and interviews will take place the week of March
21, 1994. Closing date for receipt of applications: Friday,
March 4, 1994 at 4:00 p.m. Carleton University is an equal
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TA vote brings strike closer
by Ryan Nakashima
Charlatan Siatf
Teaching, research assistants and ses-
sional lecturers voted to give their union
local the option to strike after March 10
if the final round of negotiations with the
university on March 7 fail.
Of the 780 members who voted Feb.
15-17, 478 voted yes and 298 voted no,
with four spoiled ballots. There are about
1,200 teaching and research assistants
and student sessional lecturers in the
union local.
If the members vote to reject the uni-
versity's final proposals at a March 10
general meeting, they could strike.
The effect of a strike on the university
couldbe "drastic/'saysMichel Roy, presi-
dent of the Canadian Union of Public
Employees Local 2323.
"Tutorial groups will not be offered.
Courses with sessional lecturers will not
be offered," says Roy. "Marking, super-
vising of laboratories will not be done.
And generally speaking, with a picket
line at the entrances to the university, it
will be time-consuming to get on cam-
pus."
Astrike would include teaching assist-
ants, research assistants and sessional
lecturers in every faculty.
Because more than 60 per cent of
members who voted favored a strike, all
members of the of the bargaining unit
must strike by law.
Sessional lecturers and research as-
sistants who are not students are not
included.
Roy says the issue is tuition.
"A wage freeze must be accompanied
by a tuition freeze," he says.
Roy says at a conciliation meeting in
January the "university wouldn't discuss
anything that was most important to
us." He says the local made concessions
on monetary proposals, such as getting
dental, vision and child-care benefits for
members.
David Van Dine, the head of the uni-
versity's negotiating team, was hesitant
to say if the university was able to move
on its position on increased wages or
benefits.
"We are constrained with the finan-
cial situation and what the government
is doing. The university is in a tight
financial situation. Within that context,
we're certainly going to try our best to get
an agreement," says Van Dine.
Van Dine says the university is willing
to negotiate on issues such as holding
mid-term meetings with teaching and
research assistants to discuss their work-
loads.
Both parties will enter mediation
March 7 and present proposals. A media-
tor from the Ontario Ministry of Labor
will attempt to expand the common
ground between the two dissenting pro-
posals and come to a settlement.
"This time negotiators will continue
the mediation process for as long as it
takes to reach a settlement," says Van
Dine. "If necessary, it will go on into the
night."
"What we need to see primarily is a
move on tuition, " Roy says. " (Our) nego-
tiating team is willing ... to modify and
compromise . . . but we need to see
movement. That is, and has always been,
the bottom line."
Roy says he doesn't expect a long
mediation session if the university's posi-
tion remains the same.
Butsome teaching and
research assistants are
pessimistic about the
chance for a settlement.
"I don't think they
want to give in on this
one. I think the adminis-
tration is going to basi-
cally table the same posi-
tion that they did before, "
says Wilson Lee, a mas-
ters research assistant in
journalism.
"If it's the same, I
would vote not to ratify it
and go on strike."
Edward Osei-Kawbwo,
a sessional lecturer in po-
litical science, says he's
happy the teaching and
research assistants and
sessionals voted to strike.
He says no one is happy
to leave their students and
classes.
"Students will lose. No one is happy
about walking out on them."
Osei-Kawbwo says the "university has
to talk to us in good faith."
He says university officials have been
saying they don't want to talk about
giving more money to union members,
but that they are considering tuition in-
creases at the same time.
Rob Telka, an undergraduate compu-
ter science teaching assistant who voted
not to strike, is not optimistic that the
university will budge in its position. He
warned of the damaging effects a strike
would have on the university.
" It's going to hurt a lot of the univer-
sity as a whole. It depends a lot on the
T As. And it's going to bring the computer
science school to a halt." □
Prof warns students they might lose year
by Brent Dowdall
Charlatan Staff
A Carleton professor told his first-year
class March 1 that a teaching assistants'
strike might cause students in his class or
other classes to not get their final grades
or their credits.
Philosophy professor Marvin Glass
says he was trying to inform the students
in his first-year Contemporary Moral,
Ethical and Religious Issues class that a
strike would probably affect them. He
says he wasn't trying to scare students.
"Most students hadn't heard about it
and they thought it wouldn 't affect them,"
he says. "I was just trying to inform
them."
Negotiations for a new contract be-
tween the university and the union local
representing Carleton's teaching, re-
search assistants and sessional lecturers
broke off in January. The local voted in
February to strike after March 10, pend-
ing a vote on a final offer from the
university.
Gabriella Papic, a first-year psychol-
ogy student in the class, says she and
many of her classmates are concerned
about losing their credits.
"Everyone was upset with the fact that
they could lose their year," she says.
"Will I get my credit? That's all I care
about, but no one seems to know."
The Ontario Labor Relations Act pre-
vents employers from bringing in any
workers who are not already employed
by the university to do the job of a strik-
ing worker.
David Van Dine, the head of the uni-
versity's negotiating team, says the uni-
versity will "make every effort to ensure
that courses are concluded."
Van Dine says there is nothing in the
terms of the labor relations act to prevent
professors fromdoingtheworkofa teach-
ing assistant.
But he wouldn't guarantee that stu-
dents would get final marks or courses
would be completed by the end of the
term.
Glass says his class does not have a
final exam, but there is a mark for par-
ticipation in TAgroups worth about 30 to
35 per cent of the final mark.
He says even if he is allowed to take
over the teaching of TA groups by On-
tario labor law, he can't be in two places
at once. Someof his TA groups run simul-
taneously.
Glass says the possibility of changing
the method of grading the course would
require unanimous consent by ail stu-
PROFESSOR cont. on pg. 6.
Hate stickers litter campus
by Tanya Workman
Charialan Stall
Stickers advocating white supremacy
and hatred toward gays, people of color
and Jewish people were found posted
across campus Feb. 20 after 12 a.m.
The stickers featured slogans like "AIDS
kills fags dead," "End World Hunger —
Nuke Somalia" and "Smash the ZOG
(Zionist Occupied Government)."
"That sort of hatred oncampusisvery
scary, " says Peter Nogalo, co-ordinator of
the Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Centre. " It
shows that hate groups are in Ottawa
and perhaps even on campus."
The department of university safety
was alerted and members of the Carleton
Foot Patrol, who found the stickers, took
them down.
Len Boudreault, assistant director of
university safety, says security officers
and employees from buildings and
grounds services also took stickers down
after they received one complaint. There
have been no complaints since.
Foot Patrol co-ordinator Brenda
Kennedy says it appears the stickers were
put up rather quickly, between 11:30
p.m. and midnight that evening. She is
able topinpoint the time because a CKCU
employee found a sticker on the door
upon returning to the station half an
hour after leaving.
Kennedy says the stickers were found
on Malcolm X and Pink Triangle posters.
They were also found in the tunnels,
Porter Hall, the Herzberg Building and
on the office doors of OPIRG, CKCU,
CUSA, The Charlatan and the Gay, Les-
bian and Bisexual Centre.
"Itwas obviously well-organized, "says
Kennedy. "They knew the spots to hit on
campus . . . and they did it in a sweep in
half an hour." a
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First Nations
supplement 15
national 9
news 3
opinion 13
sports 29
unclassifieds 12
March 3, 1994 • The Charlatan
Money: the way to climb CUSA ladder
Electoral system is "one dollar, one vote"
by Brent Oowdall and Andrea Smith
Charlatan Slaft
That elections for the Carleton Univer-
sity Students' Association are elitist, cut-
throat contests should come as no shock
to anyone.
Last month's CUSA election probably
rammed this realization home, as many
people have begun talking about the
need for reforming the electoral system.
Like starving piranhas in a bathtub,
candidates engage in an electoral feed-
ing frenzy for the biggest chunk of the
CUSA cash cow, where democracy and
fairness are often for losers.
Sean Copeland hashadalong history
of piranha management. Aside from be-
ing CUSA's former vice-president com-
munity relations, publications officer and
council chair between 1989 and 1993, he
managed the winning presidential cam-
paigns from 1990 to 1993.
Copeland says while the CUSA consti-
tution stipulates a spending limit of $150
for posters, banners and other election
materials, most of the winning candi-
dates spent about 1 0 times that amount.
The chief electoral officer appraises
the value of a candidate's posters based
on size, number of colors used and the
quality of paper. Each type of poster is
given an arbitrary value, no matter what
it really costs.
For president and finance commis-
sioner, each candidate is permitted $50
worth of posters to be stamped and put
up around campus. Fifty dollars is per-
mitted for pamphlets and $50 for other
materials. The candidates are reimbursed
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their spending limits after the
election.
Copeland says the elections
favorcandidateswiththemost
money. He says this happens
within the provisions of
CUSA's electoral code under
the supervision of the chief
electoral officer, the person
who is supposed to ensure fair-
ness in the election process.
"I think the CEOs have al-
ways known that the spend-
ing has been hundreds of dol-
lars over the limit," Copeland
says. "But as long as your ac-
tivities fit within the con-
straints of the fake budget
numbers they give you, as long
as you manage to play the
game as it's been set up, then
it gives the illusion of every-
body ha ving the same amount
of cash. That's what the CEOs
want."
But according to CUSA fi-
nance commissioner Rene
Faucher, Copeland is just up-
set because he wasn't invited
back this year to give the elec-
tion orientation workshop, Pity those poor trees
which he has done in past _
years and received a consulting fee.
Copeland says that's not why he's upset.
Faucher says the election system works
the way it is.
"Critics of the system would say 'well,
you're not reflecting the actual cost of
running a campaign, but on the other
hand, there's no way you ever will, says
Faucher. "That way we control the
amountthat everyone puts out and that's
what they're doing. You really have no
otheraltemative."
But this year's candidates disagree.
"The system is supposed to be one
person, one vote, but it's one dollar, one
vote," says Pierre Leduc, an arts and
social sciences councillor-elect.
"I think it's completely out of hand,"
he says. "I think it's disgusting that peo-
ple would spend that kind of money and
1 wish people would realize that they're
just being manipulated by these fancy,
flashy posters."
Board of governor's rep Todd McAllister
says he spent a frugal $250, president-
elect Richard Stanton says he coughed
up $500, Brenda Kennedy weighs in at a
paltry $800 and finance commissioner
hopeful Rob Jamieson spent a futile
$1,200.
Rob Kisielewski dropped out of race for
finance commissioner three days into
the campaign, saying the expense was
too great. He says he spent $350 on
posters in the first three days and was
"sunk" by their poor quality.
"1 expected an expense of $400 maxi-
mum," he says. "Nothing as ridiculous
as $800, $1,000, $1,200."
Former presidential candidate Mike
Tattersall says he spent $450 in 1 992 and
$950 in 1993.
"It's an investment in a $22,000 posi-
tion," he says.
Even current CUSA President Lucy
Watson admits she spent $500 on her
campaign last year. Despite Watson's
candid estimate, Copeland, who printed
her posters, says he didn't charge Watson
for the time the presses were running or
the layout and design work.
Copeland says he did it to "establish
goodwill" with CUSA. He estimates that
if he had charged Watson for the print-
ing cost, it would have cost $ 1,000 more.
Kristine Haselsteiner, chief electoral
officer in 1991-92 and now vice-presi-
dent external, says the system doesn't
work and is "very elitist." She says can-
didates can essentially buy the election.
"Only if you have a lot of money can
you run for president and finance com-
missioner, " says Haselsteiner. "With presi-
dent and FC candidates those who want
to win are going into the really artistic,
alluring, grabbing-type poster."
Haselsteiner says the CEO doesn'ttake
into account the cost of a poster's design,
while the difference in cost between pro-
fessionally designed and printed posters
and home-made, photocopied posters is
enormous.
For example, she says, the CEO doesn't
discriminate between a professionally
painted banner which may cost as much
as $150 and one painted by candidates
or their supporters, although the visual
impact is obvious. According to the CUSA
elections code, they are equivalent.
Haselsteiner says $ 1,500 is a probable
amount candidates spend on their cam-
paigns, adding the winning presidential
candidates in recent years had extremely
flashy posters.
This year's CEO James Rilett says to
control campaign spending he looked
into making all of the candidates use the
same graphics services, such as the CUSA
graphic services, but decided it would be
unfair.
"There's always a certain amount of
trust in something like this," says Rilett.
"If somebody's determined enough, no
matter how strict you make the rules,
ELECTION cont'd on pg. 6
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The Charlatan • March 3, 1994
Students nix zero tolerance
by Jill Ma honey
Che/iatBjv Slafl
A tremendous furore has erupted over the provincial government's attempt to
introduce a policy framework on harassment and discrimination for Ontario's
universities and colleges.
The Charlatan asked students for their opinions on the zero tolerance policy
Although many students said they weren't completely familiar with the policy
framework, they answered the following question after a brief explanation:
"Do you think the zero tolerance policy is necessary to help eliminate
harassment and discrimination in the classroom?"
I guess with zero tolerance, you take the excitement
out of the classroom. Really, when you get right down to
it, people have robe free to express their opinions. I'm not
saying the teachers should have free reign to say what
they want, but there should be some mid-point between
the two.
Wayne Sproule, Psychology in
n
I think in engineering there's already a strict policy. I
haven't ever been offended by anything anyone has said.
If it's going to be a policy (the government's) going to
promote, I think it's a good idea because people have to
be told specifically.
Sarah Cosgrove, Engineering 11
I think if sa little too much, I really do. I sbll think from
what I've heard thatit's really not all that necessary. A lot
of professors are trying to be politically correct.
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be built in spring at athletics
by RyanNakashima
Charlatan Stall
Two disabled parking spots lost after
the construction of the new day-care cen-
tre near the athletics building won't be
replaced until spring, says Phil Gore,
Carleton's assistant director of ancillar-
ies for administrative services.
Two new disabled parking spaces on
the Bronson Avenue side of the athletics
building will replace the two disabled
spots.
Bronson Avenue. This is further away
from the accessible tunnel entrance to
the athletics building, says Dean Mellway,
the co-ordinator of physical disability
programs for the Paul Menton Centre.
Mellway says he supports the plan.
Athletics director Keith Harris says al-
though the proposed new spaces are a
step in the right direction, it's too bad a
solution for the rest of the winter could
not be found.
"If there's a snowstorm, it makes it
Raven Road, which leads to athletics
around the soccer field, may be widened
to make space for the new spots, he says,
adding it's not yet clear how wide it
would have to be. Any construction lor
the new spots will have to wait until
spring when there's no ice on the ground,
Gore says. Plans and cost estimates have
yet to be finished.
Until the spots are replaced, those
with disabled parking passes will have to
use Parking Lot 5 between athletics and
difficult even for able-bodied people (to
get to athletics from either parking lot)."
Margot Henderson, co-ordinator of the
day-care centre, says a traffic study by
the university and another by the centre
showed 16 spots were necessary for ac-
cess to the centre.
She says this number of spots is the
minimum required forparents coming to
pick up or drop offthecentre's 57 toddlers
— without causing a waiting line for
parking lot traffic. □
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March 3, 1994 • The Charlatan • 5
Why is the Oasis cafeteria serving
Pizza Hut pizza?
by Ryan Ward
Charlatan Stall
Marriott Food Services, the sole pro-
vider of food in residence, has negotiated
an agreement with Pizza Hut.
"The contract allows Marriott Food
Services to serve Pizza Hut pizza in any of
its establishments," says Oasis general
manager Laurie McGoldrick.
Jim Johnston, assistantdirectorof Car-
leton's department of housing and food
services, says he believes there is a mar-
ket for pizza sales in the Oasis cafeteria.
BertGrimard, director of Marriott Food
Services, says an agreement was reached
in September to begin pizza sales Feb. 6.
Pizza Hut and Marriott do not set the
prices on the pizza in the Oasis.
"We do not have a franchise licence
to set prices," says Grimard, adding it is
up to the university to determine prices.
Housing and food services decides all
food and beverage prices and pays
Marriott Foods and Capital Foods a fee to
provide their services.
"The university incurs all costs includ-
ing vandalism and destruction of uten-
sils and pays the companies for their
services," Johnston says.
According to Johnston, the profit from
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the pizza sales and any other money
generated from Marriott Foods and Capi-
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The process to bring any food com
pany on campus besides Marriott or Capi
tal Foods has to take place through nego
nations with housing and food services
Last year, Rene Faucher, finance com
missionerof the Carleton University Stu-
dent's Association, tried to get Domino's
Pizza in Oliver's Pub, but failed.
Johnston says CUSA is supposed to
negotiate with housing and foods to bring
an organization like Domino'son to cam-
pus and that Faucher never did this.
"CUSA is out of their jurisdiction try-
ing to bring Domino's on campus (them-
selves)," says Johnston. "It is like The
Charlatan negotiating a deal for admin-
istration. It just doesn't happen."
Faucher was out of town and could not
be reached for comment. □
ELECTION cont.d from pg. 4
they can always find loopholes."
But Haselsteinersays a model for elec-
tion reform could be found at the Univer-
sity of Ottawa. She says the presidential
candidates there have to provide the re-
ceipts as to how they spend the $300 in
real dollars within their allotted cam-
paign budget.
"It might be a system to look at be-
cause they haven't become nearly as
competitive as we are. The style of posters
are very simplistic," says Haselsteiner,
adding that ideally posters should be
"completely outlawed."
"I don't think we have to waste that
much paper," she says.
She also says Elections Carleton should
start working in real dollars "because
really that's what individuals are pay-
ing."
Christina Craft, president of the Wilfrid
Laurier Student Union in 1 992-93, agrees
that it'sa waste. Nowa master of journal-
ism student at Carleton, Craft says she
has never seen campaigns as extrava-
gant as those in this year's CUSA elec-
tion.
"I spent $80 to $100," she says.'T was
disgusted by the color separation posters.
It's a waste of money. It's a rich man's
game here," she says. Q
With files from Slayne Haggart
PROFESSOR cont'd from pg. 3
dents in the course.
Papic says she's angry that no one
seems to know how a strike will affect
their course.
She says Glass "wanted us to get off
our butts and find out what's going on "
She says she contacted the Carleton
University Students' Association office,
the office of the Canadian Union of Pub-
lic Employees Local 2323, and university
president Robin Farquhar's office to find
out how a strike would affect her, without
much success.
Glass says he doubts many other pro-
fessors have made similar announce-
ments to their class, but he thinks they
should. 0
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_ Dollars
tor Scholars
Last year, (he CMHC
Scholarship Program attracted
172 applicants and awarded
27 new scholarships. Those
are pretty good odds: abom
one in six.
Since its inception in
1947, the program has given
out almost $27.3 million to
2,495 Canadian students. The
current annual maximum is
$14,154 per student.
Like most scholarship
programs, the one adminis-
tered by Canada Mortgage and
Housing Corporation (CMHC)
looks for top students. More
specifically, CMHC scholar-
ships are given only to full-time
Canadian students working on
a university Master's degree re-
lated to housing.
The pos-
sibilities for
graduate
studies in '
housing are much broader
than one might initially think.
Awards go to students in such
varied disciplines as engineer-
ing, environment, business and
public administration, social
and behavioural science, archi-
' tecture, economics, law, plan-
ning, and history.
Leslie Coates, who in
1993 completed her Master's
degree in Landscape Architec-
CMHC ft SCHL
Helping to house Canadians
ture at the University of Guelph,
was one of 25 winners in the
1992 competition. She says,
"Winning a CMHC scholarship
allowed me to expand the scope
of what I could do. It gives you
a tremendous sense of confi-
dence." The extra time to make
contacts in the housing indus-
try afforded by the CMHC schol-
arship has paid off for LesUe.
Her thesis received positive
comments in a Globe and Mail
column and spawned a lengthier
recent article in a widely read
journal published by the Cana-
dian Urban Institute.
Ms. Coates was '\ery im-
pressed" with the aims of the
CMHC Scholarship Program.
"It's Canada's primary source of
financial support for the train-
w ing of pro-
fessionals
in housing
and commu-
It's definitely
nity planning
needed."
If you or someone you
know would like to apply for a
CMHC scholarship, forms can
be picked up now at either the
Graduate Studies or Student
Awards office. But hurry. Stu-
dents must submit completed
applications to the university
they wish to attend by March 25,
1994.
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NATIONAL AFFAIRS
The future isn't what it used to be."
A Charlatan exclusive interview „ith Ethel Blondin-Andrew secretary of stale for training and youth
by Sara-Lynne Levine
Charlatan Staff
Ethel Blondin- Andrew is late forbreak-
fast.
The federal secretary of state for train-
ing and youth has an 8:30 a.m. breakfast
meeting, but it's 10 to nine and she still
hasn't arrived.
Blondin- Andrew shows up at the res-
taurant 20 minutes later, with her spe-
cial assistant. Dressed in a long, black fur
coat and a vivid red blazer, she makes a
head-turning entrance.
This morning, Blondin-Andrew is
meeting with Harvey McQ, from the Nova
Scotia Micmac Education Authority. Over
a breakfast of bacon, eggs, toast and
coffee, the two discuss a variety of issues,
ranging from the federal budget to solu-
tions for the community from Davis In-
let.
After breakfast, Blondin-Andrew and
Dan Donovan, her assistant, return to
her office in the west block of the Parlia-
ment Buildings. She has a 10:30 a.m.
appointment to tape a video for CRTC
hearings to promote a proposed educa-
tion television channel.
Blondin-Andrew isabusy, determined
woman. She was re-elected to Parliament
last year to represent the Western Arctic
riding in the Northwest Territories and
got the secretary of state position despite
being only a sophomore parliamentar-
ian.
Among her responsibilities concern-
ing training and youth are the issues and
problems facing post-secondary students
today. That's a lot of ground to cover.
"The future isn't what it used to be. . .
. There are a number of problems facing
young people today," says Blondin-
Andrew. "They live in a situation where
it is very competitive. Everything is glo-
bal economics and all the problems are
interrelated."
She says times are different than when
she was younger.
"In my generation, all you had to do
was get an education andyou were guar-
anteed a job. Today, it is quite conceiv-
able that most of the young people we
deal with will have to create their own
jobs."
She says young people have to be
more innovative and imaginative in the
way they deal with the problem of unem-
ployment.
Post-secondary students have a lot to
deal with these days. The prospects of
getting an education and then getting a
job seem slim with increasing tuition and
decreasing job opportunities.
Tuition has increased by over 20 per
cent in the last
three years at
Ca r le t o n ,
while student
summer un-
employment
last year also
surpassed the
20 per cent
mark.
The prob-
lem of increasing tuition is one of stu-
dents' major concerns, but Blondin-An-
drew is not too sympathetic.
"It's unfortunate that the tuition costs
have tripled or quadrupled but, uh, sorry,
that's relative and equal to everything
else."
She says cost might be an impediment
to attending university, but she thinks
"students have the drive and the desire"
to continue finding ways to pay for school.
She says even though many universities
have increased academic entrance re-
Blondin- Andrew says she wants to "make life better.
quirements, there are still people who
want to get in.
The face of post-secondary education
has changed a lot over the last few years
due to underfunding. Transfer payments
to provincial and territorial governments
have been frozen by the federal govern-
ment since 1989, which the Canadian
Federation of Students says has resulted
in $6.8 billion in lost revenue for colleges
and universities.
Provincial governments use tax money
given to them in transfer payments to
fund various provincial responsibilities,
including post-secondary education.
Ontario Premier Bob Roe has blamed
the underfunding of universities on trans-
fer payment freezes. Blondin-Andrew
thinks Rae is "out to lunch."
"I believe that if he wants to hang
tuition fees on the shoulders of the trans-
fer payments and the federal govern-
ment, he has to look at the decimation of
the whole Ontario economy in relation
to his ability to turn things around," says
Blondin-Andrew angrily.
Still, what does the federal govern-
ment propose to do about transfer pay-
ments? At the time of the interview, be-
fore the release of the federal budget,
Blondin-Andrew refused to answer the
question. But in their federal budget on
Feb. 22, the Liberals announced that
transfer pay-
implementation of the
six-month interest-free
period on student loans
as "budgetary-related
questions" that she
can't talk about them.
This leaves a lot of un-
answered questions.
Still, Blondin-An-
drew does say she
doesn't like the idea of
privatizing student
loans through char-
tered banks.
"I don'tagreewith it
and I don't know that it
is going to happen, but
if it were ever proposed
I would not support the
idea of privatizing stu-
dent loans."
Is the government
going to continue to
maintain the funding
of the Canada Student
Loans program?
Blondin-Andrew says
only that the issue is
under review and that
she is unsure when she
will have an answer.
. She says the review is "looking at the
whole system of student assistance" with
the goal of improving accessibility to
education.
Does the federal government have
one agenda for education and the pro-
vincial and territorial governments have
another? Again she offers an evasive
answer.
"Universities and provinces will do
whateverthey want with tuition fees, but
what we have to do is make it liveable
and possible for students to survive," she
says. "We'dlike to keep tuition fees down,
but the way to do that is if there is a turn-
round in the economy."
Blondin-Andrew says universities
should look to donations and resources
from various benevolent societies and
charitable foundations, even though
" they are a lot harder to access than they
used to be."
Another program Blondin-Andrew is
responsible for is the Youth Service Corps.
The new program is targeted at 1 8- to 24-
year-olds who are out of work and school
to give them an opportunity for work
experience.
The program will spend $25 million
this year for 2,500 participants at 21 test
sites across Canada . Of course, the names
of these sites couldn't be released. Maybe
it was because of budgetary reasons. Look
for the site names to be released March
23.
The government hopes to have 10,000
participants and spend $100 million in
the third year.
Blondin-Andrew says her ministry "did
the whole gamut and met with all na-
tional organizations that deal with
youth." The meetings, in December and
January, were held in cities across the
country. The program is supposed to be
up and running by the end of March.
Blondin-Andrew says the money to
finance this program is coming from
within the Ministry of Human Resources
Development using money from pro-
grams that are not being renewed.
Despite her evasiveness, Blondin-
Andrew seems sincere when she says she
wants to make life better for students. But
she's got a lot of work ahead of her. □
Federal funding freeze means
tuition fee hikes imminent
Ontario Premier Bob Rae has
blamed the underfunding of
universities on transfer
payment freezes. Blondin-
Andrew thinks Rae is "out to
lunch."
mentswill be
frozen
through
1996-97.
When
asked about
earmarking
transfer pay-
ments to en-
sure the fed-
eral money does go to the universities,
Blondin-Andrew is evasive.
"I can't necessarily say that's the way
to do it," she says. "I know what we are
trying to make life easier for students."
Blondin-Andrew often repeats during the
interview this vague goal of "making life
easier for students," but doesn't offer
many specifics as to how this could be
accomplished.
Blondin-Andrew won'tdirectly answer
a lot of questions. She describes topics
like income-contingent loans or the re-
by Michael Mainville
Charlatan Staff
Ontario students fear large
tuition increases in the wake
of a freeze on transfer pay-
ments to provinces and terri-
tories announced by federal
Finance Minister Paul Mar-
tin on Feb. 22.
Following the release of the
Liberal budget, provincial
education and training min-
ister Dave Cooke announced
that tuition fees would in-
crease substantially in re-
sponse to the freeze.
"This does not bode well
forCanada'scollegesanduni-
versities," said Carl Gillis,
chair of the Canadian Fed-
eration of Students, in a press
release. "Forstudentsitmeans
higher tuition fees and a fur-
ther decline in the quality of
education."
By freezing funding at
1993-94 levels for the next
three years, the federal gov-
emmentwill remove $2billion from pro-
jected transfers of funds to the provinces
for welfare and education programs.
The freeze on payments to the prov-
inces is expected to save the federal gov-
ernment up to $466 million in 1995-96
and a minimum of $ 1 .54 billion the next
year.
Ontario students are expecting to hear
next week Cooke's announcement of tui-
tion-hike ceilings for the next school year.
Cooke says the federal budget will
have a negative impact on the province's
decision on tuition levels. But Jason Hunt,
chair of CFS-Ontario, says that state-
ment is simply another example of the
Ontario NDP government's political
manoeuvring.
"I think it's a smokescreen they've
thrown up to shift the blame from them-
selves to the federal government," says
BUDGET cont'd on page 10.
March 3, 1994 • The Charlatan ■ 9
Liberals' first budget freezes funds and squeezes students
BUDGET cont'd from page 9.
Hunt.
He says the provincial government
had every intention of raising tuition
before the federal budget was ever re-
leased and that by doing so, they are
contradicting fundamental party poli-
cies.
Gillis says the problem of higher tui-
tion fees will be felt not only in Ontario,
but across the entire country.
"It (the federal budget) is going to
mean the spiral of tuition fees is going to
continue," says Gillis. "We see the qual-
ity of education being attacked."
The budget did not address the future
of the Canada Student Loans program.
Themaximum weekly allowanceof $105
has not increased since 1 984, despite the
rising cost of living and increasing tui-
tion fees.
MP Chris Axworthy, NDP critic for
training and youth, says the federal
budget poses grave dangers for the future
of post-secondary education.
"I think it's incredibly short-sighted,"
says Axworthy. "It won't improve the
situation."
Axworthy says problems facing post-
secondary education cannot be solved
without more funding to the provinces.
He says barriers such as student unem-
ployment, inadequate loan programs and
tuition hikes are making Canada's col-
leges and universities less accessible.'
"Students are being squeezed three
different ways," says Axworthy.
Gillis says the new federal govern-
ment has missed an opportunity to show
it is serious about the future of Canadian
education.
He says the CFS will participate in
social security reform talks being held
this year by the Ministry of Human Re-
sources Development, where the prob-
lems of education funding and student
loans will be addressed.
"You can be sure that we will be ac-
tively participating in the social policy
review to remind the government that
accessibility to post-secondary education
has to be a greater priority." □
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10 • The Charlatan ■ March 3, 1994
So you think you'll get a job this summer. 77
by Brandie Weikle
Charlatan Staff
Students will have to be organized
and creative in their search for summer-
time work this year, says Ian Miller, co-
ordinator of Carleton's Placement and
Career Services.
The state of the economy is bound to
create "a tight market for students again
this summer" when it comes to finding
employment, says Miller.
The youth unemployment rate has
been rising for the past three summers,
according to statistics compiled by the
Ontario Liberal Party. About 20 per cent
of students were without work last sum-
mer, two per cent worse than the previ-
ous year.
Doug Drew, an analyst for Statistics
Canada, says although the unemploy-
ment rate has increased overthe past few
summers, there is no real way of telling in
advance what the rate will be for this
summer.
However, says Drew, this January, 13.8
per cent of students seeking work were
unemployed. This is up from last Janu-
ary, when the unemployment rate was
12.6 per cent.
Miller made a few suggestions for sur-
viving the competition for a job.
"Students should be doing everything
they can to get an edge as soon as possi-
ble. That means getting a decent resume
together (and) developing a network of
people to allow them to make the con-
tacts they need," says Miller.
Some places students can seek sum-
mer employment are:
1. PLACEMENT AND CAREER SERV-
ICES
Carleton students and graduates can
make use of the placement centre on the
fifth floor of the Unicentre. The centre
serves mostly undergraduate students
looking for some way to fund their next
year of university, says Miller.
He says the centre posts job listings of
all kinds, part-time andfull-time. Butthe
centre only carries listings from employ-
ers that contact the centre.
Available jobs range from sales posi-
The job prospects this summer may be as bleak as ever.
tions to child-care, office jobs to general
labor and recreation jobs like camp coun-
sellors and directors.
Full-time jobs window-cleaning, tree-
planting and camp-counselling posted
in the office far outnumber those for
career-related jobs. There are, however, a
large number of part-time jobs for aca-
demics in the fields of science, math and
engineering, for research and tutoring
positions.
Students wishing to make their jobs
searches easier in the future should con-
sider picking up a French course next
year. Many positions in the Ottawa area
require bilingualism or competent knowl-
edge of both French and English lan-
guages.
2. EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES
Placement agencies also refer people
to jobs, says Miller. People seeking work
apply to the agency, which is paid by an
employer to hire and pay workers.
Miller says it is important first to make
a good impres-
sion on the
agency because
they will hire
out the people
they feel have
a strong work
ethic.
Big compa-
nies go to em-
ployment
agencies to
save them-
selves the has-
sle of searching
§ for employees,
saysMiller.The
placements are
s mostly ternpo-
c rary, ranging
from a few days
to a few years, but agencies will try to
provide contracts for workers that agen-
cies find reliable.
Today's Temporary is an agency that
primarily hires out to government de-
partments. Employee Roxane Faumier
says the jobs the agency assigns can be as
short as a day or as long as four years.
Faurnier says the length of assign-
ments depends on the contract but also
the skills. Today's Temporary generally
seeks bilingual employees.
Handyman is an agency which hires
workers out to do jobs like moving, con-
struction, working in warehouses, flag-
ging and loading, says Rene Trudel, who
dispatches workers to jobs.
They have a lot of jobs for students in
the summertime, says Trudel. Although
he would not name the companies he
hires to, he says they are mostly construc-
tion, moving and road-building compa-
nies.
Trudel says usually at the end of each
month all the workers at the agency are
hired out.
3. CITY OF OTTAWA
A booklet listing all jobs for the City of
Ottawa is available at city hall at 111
Sussex Dr.
Jobs range from office clerks to engi-
neering assistants, says Mike Seguin, a
recruitment program officer for the city.
Last summer, the city hired just over
700 people, which was less than the
previous summer when they employed
810 summer workers, says Seguin.
The city hires students for various po-
sitions like landscaping, camp-directing,
counselling and life-guarding.
For those looking for more career-
specific experience, the city sponsors a
co-operative program for work periodsof
three to six months, says Seguin.
These jobs are very specific and geared
to what students are studying in their
program, he says. Some examples of
fields that have co-operative placements
with the city are environmental studies,
computers, economic development and
accounting.
Students do not apply directly to the
city for this kind of work, says Seguin.
Instead, work terms are set up through
the school. Information may be obtained
at the university faculties or posted at
universities' placement centres, says
Seguin.
Most deadlines have passed for rec-
reational jobs likecamp-counselling, but
there will be deadlines for other city jobs
throughout March. □
INVITATION TO
FACULTY, STAFF AND
STUDENTS
OCTranspo planners are reviewing bus service on
campus in preparation for recommendations they will
be making to the Ottawa-Carleton Regional Transit
Commission in May.
If you have any observations, ideas or suggestions
to improve bus service to campus, please call our
special answering machine at 741-6903, send us a
fax at 741-7359 by March 15 or drop off your written
comments to Christine Haselsteiner at the CUSA
office.
OC Transpo planners will be at a special meeting
hosted by OC Transpo Commissioner Jim Watson,
at 2:00 p.m. on March 8, in Unicentre Room 424.
YOUR BUS SERVICE TODAY
Some 100 extra daily bus trips serve Carleton University
campus this academic year as a result of consultations with
students and the administration.
Extra buses were added to relieve crowding on route 7, route
118 service was increased and extended to weekends and
peak only, route 19 began to serve the campus. Combined,
these routes provide 363 trips on a weekday.
All day route 4 and peak period routes 41 , 44 and 46 continue
to travel along Bronson Avenue. To detour route 4 into the
campus would mean bringing 1 ,600 people out of their way
daily and would cost up to $300,000 annually.
March 3, 1994 • The Charlatan ■ 11
OC Transpo
Hey Kids!
You've only a few more days to enter The Charlatan's seventh annual
Short Story and Poetry Contest! The top three winners will be published in
The Charlatan's Upcoming Literary Supplement! Plus, there'll be some
great prizes, which will be announced next week! There's lots to know, so
here are the rules:
1. The contest is open to all Carleton University students, full and part-time, as well as Carleton University
employees. However, no editorial employee of The Charlatan may submit an entry.
2. Entries MUST be postmarked or delivered to The Charlatan (Room 531 Unicentre, Carleton University, K1S
5B6) no later than 11 p.m. Sunday, March 6, 1994 in order to be eligible. Winners will be contacted by
telephone.
3. There are no requirements for content, but stories and poems must be original, unpublished works. Poems
and stories previously submitted or printed in The Charlatan this year may be re-submitted to the contest.
4. Submissions MUST be typewritten and double-spaced and not more than 1,500 words.
5. No pseudonyms will be accepted. All entries must include the author's name, address, telephone number
and status at Carleton.
6. Entrants must agree to allow The Charlatan to publish their submissions, names and photographs.
7. Once an entry has been received, no changes to the original will be accepted.
8. Manuscripts will not be returned.
9. The judges' decision are final (judges to be announced next issue).
10. Copyright remains with the author.
Remember, the deadline is 1 1 p.m., Sunday, March 6, so get those
submissions in! (just slide them under the door if there's nobody home.)
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LOST & FOUND & STOLEN
Found on Feb. 16/94 in 2nd floor Loeb men's room: 1
political science 47.100C brown binder and textbook
"Carleton Politics in Canada". Pro-publication package.
Contact Trevor at 238-6783.
Stolen: one pair of NIKE Air Hurrache, size 1 1 , white with
red and black Irim. Stolen on Tuesday Feb 1 5 around
1:00 pm oft o( the canal at Carleton. Reward for sate
return. I need them very badly for competition and I'm not
joking. No questions asked, so please call Dave at: 788-
2600 ext. 1242 daytime or 224-6744 evenings.
Found: Personal alarm, outside Unicentre. Phone 236-
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Greenpeace is looking for activists toeducate & fundraise
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McMaster's Pakistani S.A. hosting dinner party/music/
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Andre Csabo if you are still at Carleton please call 736-
8391 (family friend)
Witnesses Needed: Anyone who witnessed an incident
between myself and an Empire janitor on Man .Jan. 31
around 6-6:30 pm. where he assaulted me with his
tunnel-cart. The intersection where the tunnel breaks
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12 • The Charlatan • March 3, 1994
EDITORIAL PAGE
Nothing to
fear from rats
that hide in
the night
To the snivelling rodents who put homophobic
and racist stickers up on campus on Feb. 20 --
well, you have whatyou wanted from your little
ploy — publicity.
But you have also shown your fear by your actions.
Of course, any demonstration of hatred like this is
scary. That there are racist and homophobic people in
society and at Carleton is not a surprise.
As a white woman, I cannot say what it would be like
for a gay, lesbian, or bisexual person or a person of color
to see material like this. But I know it scares me that not
only do people in the Carleton community still think like
this, but they are also willing to act on their beliefs.
This is not the first rime such activity has gone on at
Carleton.
For example, in lanuary a "Challenge homophobia"
poster on the students' association window was spit on.
It pictured two men kissing.
Last year, complaints were made about homophobic
graffiti scratched into the walls of the bathroom stalls of
a men's washroom in the Unicentre. Apparently some of
it had been there for over a year without being painted
over.
When given these examples and the many others
there are of racist and homophobic action at Carleton, I
find it easy to fall into despair that there is no hope of a
society that is truly equitable for every person.
However, 1 refuse to give into this despair or give into
the rats who try to play on it. Yes, there is much that is
wrong with society and it is taking much too long for it
to change.
Changes need to be made on so many levels. For
example, reforming the institutions that perpetuate
systemic racism and homophobia, like universities where
Western thought is privileged, or a justice system that
fails to recognize the rights of same-sex couples. The
hardest change to make will be in people's minds.
There are changes being made, no matter how tena-
ciously the rats insist on clinging to irrational beliefs.
I grew up in a Catholic household and attended
Catholic high school, where I was taught the contradic-
tory lesson that "Homosexuals are bom that way, but
they aren't supposed tohavesexbecauseit'snotnatural
and they can't get married." I know that 1 have had my
belief system challenged and changed totally at Carle-
ton, both through the people I know and the classes I
take.
This shows that Carleton can foster an atmosphere for
the individual that promotes questioning andreforming
the status quo, but as shown by the sticker incident, it
isn't doing it well enough or fast enough.
So beware rats, change is happening.
You will never have the chance to wield the same
hateful poweryour ancestors did. It may take a long time
before systemic racism and homophobia are rooted out
of our institutions, but it has started happening.
There will be a lot of hurt, pain and struggle before this
fundamental change in society is complete, but it is
getting closer.
Crawl back into your holes, rats. Your day is done. SK
,.r n x
MICHEL, MA BCLLE ..
MICHEL ROT, CVPE" PRESIDENT. FIRST CAW^TON, THEN.. T
OPINION
Buthelezi: whose side is he on?
by Jon Nzakamulilo
Jon Nzakamulilo is an economics student at Carteton.
Chief Gatsha Buthelezi, leader of the Inkatha Free-
dom Party, has turned out to be one of the most contro-
versial Black politicians in South Africa. While preach-
ing non-violence, he heads the Inkatha Freedom Party,
which has been widely accused of using violence against
its opponents.
Buthelezi, also the chief minister of the Kwazulu
"homeland," has presented himself as a leading oppo-
nent of apartheid, but has opposed the struggle led by
the African National Congress and its allies.
When calls for sanctions
against South Africa were being
made in the 1980s, Buthelezi
toured Western capitals seeking
new investment in South Africa
and received red-carpet treatment
from then United States president
Ronald Reagan.
To understand what has led
him to this double agenda — try-
ing to represent his people, Black
Africans, while at the same time
working within structures created
by apartheid — one has to exam-
ine government apartheid poli-
cies over Black South Africa.
With the passing of the Native
Affairs Act in 1920, Black South
Africans, if not needed in the white
areas, were forced to live in over-
crowded and often barren "homelands. " Eighty per cent
of Black South Africa's population lived on only 1 3 per
cent of the land.
These reserves were for Black Africans not needed in
the "white" economy — namely widows, retired people
and the unemployed.
As recently as 1 980, about one- third of Black Africans
still lived on these "homelands. " Officially, these "home-
lands" were ruled by traditional chiefs, men appointed
and paid by the South African government.
In 1951, the government set about reinforcing sepa-
rate political institutions for Black South Africans with
the passing of the Bantu Authorities Act, extending more
powers to homeland leaders. Bom into a prominent
family which traditionally supplied prime ministers to
the Zulu kings, Buthelezi was brought into the institu-
tion of chieftaincy in 1953.
The passing of the Bantu Authorities Act aroused
considerable resistance from peasants under the leader-
ship of the African National Congress, not only in
Zululand but throughout the rural areas of Transkei,
Sekhukhuneland, Zeerust and other places. However,
this resistance was ultimately squashed by the military
might of the apartheid state. Hundreds were detained
and found guilty, while not an insignificant number
were sentenced to death and executed.
By the early 1970s, Buthelezi began to exhibit his
double agenda even more clearly when he criticized the
government policy of the homelands, while at the same
time was elected head of the Zululand Territorial Author-
ity in 1970, and the Kwazulu Legislative Assembly in
1972.
He also refused nominal independence for the Kwazulu
homeland while ruling using powers given to him by
structures bom from the womb of apartheid.
Continuing his double agenda
through to 1994, Buthelezi and
the Inkatha Freedom Party joined
the Freedom Alliance, an alliance
of homeland leaders of
Bophutatswana and Kwazulu,
along with white right-wing
groups. The alliance has threat-
ened to not only boycott the com-
ing elections on April 27-29, but
also threatened the use of vio-
lence to preserve their power and
privileges enjoyed during the
apartheid years.
In recent months the South
African government and the Afri-
can National Congress have made
constitutional concessions in at-
tempts to have the Freedom Alli-
ance join the coming elections.
All these efforts are aimed at, firstly, having free and
fair elections involving all South Africans, of all races,
and secondly, to stop the Freedom Alliance's credible
threats of violence.
On the weekend of Feb. 19, 1994, in Natal alone, 42
people were killed in political violence. The worst inci-
dent claimed 1 6 African National Congress voter educa-
tion workers, 12 of whom were teenagers.
It is probably likely that Buthelezi has always hated
the apartheid system and the oppression of Blacks in
South Africa, but his problem stems from the fact that his
political roots lie in the system that oppresses his own
people. This system paid him for his services in the
"homelands."
While claiming to be involved in the national struggle
for the liberation of the Black people, at the same time he
consolidated his governance of the Kwazulu "home-
land," with its original objective to act as a reservoir for
white South African industry.
As long as he is associated with the apartheid system,
his ultimate mode of political conduct wilt be determined
by that system.
Amandla Ngawethu! ! □
March 3, 1994 • The Charlatan • 13
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by Bob Lawson
Bob Lawson Is a doctoral studenl in political science and a
teaching assistant al Carleton.
On Feb.17, the teaching and research
assistant union CUPE 2323 voted to strike,
if necessary.
The local has been without a contract
since last August. During several rounds
of negotiations, the university adminis-
tration has refused to discuss any issues
related to money, including a tuition freeze
for local members. However, this conflict
is not simply about money.
While at first glance the situation may
appear to be symptomatic of the broader
crisis of underfunding in Ontario post-
secondary education, there is much more
at stake.
Administration ischanging the nature
of education at Carleton forever, while
hiding behind the argument that there is
no money for wage settlements for teach-
ing and research assistants and student
sessionals. Yet the university is projecting
a budget surplus for this year and for the
next two years!
Even if we accept the logic of fiscal
conservatism, there are few excuses for
the leadership deficit facing Carleton
University.
The very highly paid senior managers
of this university are using very little im-
agination in dealing with the financial
difficulties they claim are facing Carle-
Instead of looking for imaginative so-
lutions, funding cuts are being directly
translated into tuition increases for stu-
dents. We deserve a more a creative solu-
tion to the problem than this.
The administration's strategy is clear.
They are seeking even more students at
even higher tuition rates. This approach
should not be confused with making Car-
leton accessible to more students. Tuition
at Carleton for undergraduate students
has increased by 2 1 per cent over the past
three years and by a similar amount for
graduate students. According to Maclean's,
Carleton now has the fourth highest tui-
tion rates in Canada.
If the current administration's vision
of the future is realized, the university
that was once "Open for excellence" will
only be open for profits at the expense of
even more overcrowded classrooms and
an increasingly impoverished student
population. It does not have to be this
way.
The struggle of the Carleton teaching
and research assistants and student
sessionals is about much more than
money. We have already endured wage
rollbacks because of increased tuition over
the past three years, which has reduced
our earnings to below 1984 level. We are
willing to accept a wage freeze if the
administration is willing to freeze tuition
rates for local members. This is a reason-
able and responsible proposal which the
administration has consistently rejected.
Beyond monetary issues, we have been
seeking restrictions on the sizes of semi-
nars and labs led by teaching assistants,
as well as other changes to our contract
which would improve our ability to de-
liver high quality education to under-
graduates.
We have also been very active in sup-
porting undergraduate opposition to tui-
tion increases. The administration's op-
position to these efforts is understand-
able, since we are proposing an alterna-
tive vision of education at Carleton which
they have clearly rejected.
Under the social contract, the univer-
sity was to solicit input from employees as
to how money could be saved. The univer-
sity administration has not really engaged
in this discussion. Now it's time to do this,
instead of taking the easy way out and
rolling back wages through tuition in-
creases.
Our vision of Carleton 's future is one in
which the quality of education takes clear
precedence over profits. This is a vision in
which the well-paid managers of Carle-
ton must work hard to find imaginative
and effective ways to deliver high quality,
reasonably priced education — at least as
hard as we must now work to pay rising
tuition costs. □
LETTERS
Pavkev, where are
you?
Editor:
This letter is with regards to The Charla-
tan hockey pool. For several months now,
my friends and I have noticed in the top
ten listings the names Jeff Parker and Jeff
Pavkev. Every single week they have the
exact same amount of total points. The
names are incredibly similar - just substi-
tute the R's in Parker for V's and VOILA!
You have Pavkev!
This leads one to believe that this man
may have actually have entered twice,
under different names in order to claim
the $25 meal prize more than once. It is
interesting to note that on both occasions
in which a "Jeff" has won, he took some
time to collect his prize.
Maybe he was spacing out the time
between collecting his prizes so his plan
would go unnoticed, or allowing time to
disguise himself with facial hair. One
does not know, but it seems suspicious
that two people with remarkably similar
names would choose the exact same play-
ers.
I suggest that someone at The Charla-
tan check the files to see if they are indeed
two separate persons with confirmed home
phone numbers and students ID numbers
that are different.
If this is some sort of a con, I feel that
both entries should be deleted and three
prizes should be given out in one week in
order to even things out.
Also, where the hell am 1 in the playoff
pool? I haven't been in the top ten since
November!
Paul Donovan
English \
Paul, we suggest you immediately check
this week's hockey pool to see where the hell
you are. Surprise! P.S. There is no JeffPavkev
to our knowledge and he never came to pick
up his prize. We think it's our spelling error.
The r's kinda looked like v'sya know? -- ed.
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SUPPLEMENT
March 3, 1994 ■ The Charlatan ■ 15
These photos were
taken by Dean Janvier at a
POW-WOW SOCIAL EVENT
held Feb. 19, at the CURVE
LAKE INDIAN RESERVE. It
was part of the Trent Univer-
sity ELDERS' AND TRADI-
TIONAL PEOPLES GATHER-
ING in Peterborough.
At the event traditional
singers gather around a large
drum and they all sing to-
gether traditional songs to
honor the Creator, the earth,
the people, and all life. The
Elders pray for everyone and
everyone is welcome to join
in and dance.
Photos (clockwise from top):
a boy traditional dancer is get-
ting his headgear adjusted by his
father; A young man traditional
dancer is presented with a gift
from an elder; He shows his new
gift; Women dancers in fancy
shawl outfits (front) and jingle
dress (far right).
The drawing used on the cover is a detail from a
German woodcut called "The Peopleand Island Which
Have Been Discovered," dated around 1505.
The unknown artist depicts Indian life according to
the widely-circulated descriptions of Italian navigator
Amerigo Vespucci, whose sensational and vivid
embellishments of life In the "New World" were printed
around 1504.
In drawing on Vespucci's erroneous account of life In
the "New World," the artist emphasizes cannibalism,
sex and scanty feather dress. Not having seen his
subjects, the artist erroneously gives them beards.
— taken from The While Man's Indian, by Robert F.
Berkhofer Jr.
The photo used on the cover Is of Catherine Adams of
the Gwa'sala'Nakwaxda'xw Tribe in British Columbia.
The photograph was taken by David Neel as part of an
exhibit called Our Chiefs and E/ders.Neel look photos
of 55 leaders In First Nations communities In the
province.
— cover design by Rick Harp and Karln Jordan
16 • The Charlatan ■ March 3, 1994
Innu women fight for Nitassinan
by Jill Mahoney
Charlatan Staff
She told me I had my culture and no one could
take it away from me. But that's not the way it is
for her. The government has robbed her of what
she cares for most — her land.
Elizabeth Penashue, an Innu elder, travelled
with Philamena Vollant and Marsha Hurley to
Ottawa from their reserves in Labrador, Nfld.,
and Quebec.
The three women were on a two-week
speaking tour across Eastern Canada. They
spoke at Carleton on Feb. 17 to a group of 18
people and showed the National Film Board
film, Hunters and Bombers, which deals with
low-level flying in their area.
The women are trying to get the
government to stop low-level flight testing of
NATO jets from Germany, the Netherlands
and Britain. Practice bombing takes place
over Nitassinan, the traditional Innu lands
in eastern Quebec and Labrador, where 10,000
people live off the land from April to
September every year.
Penashue said the testing, which amounts
to about 8,000 flights a year, has affected the
lives of the Innu. She said the noise from the
jets scare the children. It also prevents water
fowl's eggs from hatching, and leads caribou, the
primary source of Innu sustenance, to migrate
using different routes, bypassing the Innu's
settlements.
"People used to live happily and peacefully
before this testing was done and they never used
to worry about anything," said Penashue.
The women seemed uncomfortable during
their presentation, shifting in their chairs and
wringing their hands. But they told their story
and answered the group's questions.
Penashue and Vollant don't understand
English, so they relied on the youngest, 33-year-
old Hurley, who interpreted the questions into
the Innu language and their answers for the
audience.
Penashue said the microphone in front of her
was artificial. She said it was foreign to her
distinct from her past when parents didn't worry
about their children. But now she uses the
microphone because she said she is worried about
her grandchildren's future in the land that has
Marsha Hurley, Philamena Vollant and Elizabeth Penashue
been hers forever.
"If the trees and the rivers and the lakes are
destroyed, what's left for our children to use to
practise their ^vay of life?" she asked. -
The women explained that before the low-
level flying started about 12 years" ago over
Nitassinan, it took place in Europe. When people
in Europe complained that they didn't like what
was going on , the Canadian government let foreign
governments use the land in Nitassinan to build
bombing ranges.
"Why should we tolerate this kind of treatment
when other people in Europe don't want it in their
backyards?" said Penashue.
"We have never given up that land. It's just
like taking something that doesn't belong to you.
That's how we are looking at it," said Hurley.
"There is a lot of stuff being destroyed, trees
being knocked down by these dummy bombs
there will be nothing left for us to use," said
Penashue. Part of the testing process involves
dropping dummy bombs on Innu land.
The noise from the jets is loud. "You can
hear it in your whole body. There's ringing
in your ears," she said.
She said their calls for action to the
government have been ignored.
"Innu people have been protestingfor so
many years, but it's like it's fallen on deaf
ears."
A military representative in the NFB
film defends the testing, saying, "We don't
use the land, we fly over it."
But Penashue disagrees. "We use the
land for hunting, but if s almost like they're
looking at it like no one's living there, like
it's nobody's land."
"It's almost like the Innu are providing
the land to train and kill people. They use
the land to train for war, but this is not what
we would like to see because we don't want to see
other people killing one another," said Penashue.
Hurley went to prison for two months and
Penashue was arrested when they started
protesting low-level flight testing. The
documentary features scenes of the Innu storm] ng
the different countries' bases, shouting "No
NATO!"
"It wasn't easy to be arrested, but you must do
what's right. We know what we were doing was
right," said Penashue. "If you love your land,
you'll do anything to protect it." n
Algonquin chief faces loggers and SQ
by Bill Barnwell
Bill Barnwell is a First Nations affairs reporter with CKCU-
FM.
The chief of the Algonquins of Barriere Lake,
Que., was arrested last month under circum-
stances the Algonquins call in a press release
"efforts to discredit the chief and the community."
Jean-Maurice Matchewan was arrested Jan.
19 on charges of assault stemming from an al-
leged assault on a woman from the Rapid Lake
Reserve on Dec. 31. The reserve is one of two
Algonquin communities in the area, about 200
kilometres north of Ottawa in Quebec.
Chief Matchewan and some members of the
band council are calling his arrest an attempt to
seek revenge against all First Nations in the
province by the Surete du Quebec, the result of
lingering hostilities after the Oka crisis.
"In the past, we have been denouncing the
tactics used by the SQ, and they didn't really like
that," says Michel Thusky, a spokesperson for the
Algonquins of Barriere Lake. According to Thusky ,
the provincial police force's tactics for dealing
with First Nations have not changed since the
resistance at Oka.
"It is evident that it (Matchewan's arrest) is
some sort of revenge and attempt to divide our
community," says Thusky.
He says they band doesn't like they way the
whole case has been handled, and that the Surete
du Quebec are making a bigger deal of it than
they normally would.
A court order now bars Matchewan from re-
turning to his community. It comes at a time
when logging negotiations with the provincial
and federal governments are set to resume, and
Matchewan's leadership is crucial as a repre-
sentative of the community.
The community in general is trying to put an
end clearcut logging at La Verendrye Wildlife
Reserve, much of it being on the traditional lands
of the Algonquins of Barriere Lake.
The Algonquins entered into a trilateral agree-
ment with the governments of Canada and Que-
bec in August 1991, in the hopes of developing a
resource management plan for the region that
would protect wildlife and the Algonquin peoples'
traditional way of life.
A press release issued by the Algonquins of
Barriere Lake says the plan would involve the
managing of natural resources responsibly, and
would not destroy the natural environment like
the current method of clearcutting.
Since the signing of the trilateral agreement,
there has been much media coverage of a number
of road blocks and confrontations with the Que-
bec police force. A strong publicity campaign has
also been the Algonquins' main form of resist-
ance.
"We're not against logging, as long as it's done
in accordance with the agreement that was signed
and as long as it doesn't threaten the Algonquins'
traditional way of life," says Russell Diabo, a
lawyer for the Algonquins.
Under the trilateral agreement signed in 1991,
a logging ban was to be in effect while negotia-
tions over an integrated resource management
plan continued. In August 1992, after a number
of disagreements about the terms of the agree-
ment, including items such as how close to cut
near lakes and rivers, the Algonquins and the
Quebec government agreed to appoint Justice
Rejean Paul as a mediator to the conflict.
His report was released in September 1992; he
writes that under the trilateral agreement, "the
government of Quebec had failed to fulfil its part
of the agreement and had failed to complete a
number of environmental, economic and cultural
studies of the area."
The Quebec cabinet immediately suspended
the trilateral agreement and ignored Paul's re-
port, saying in a press release, that "all logging is
done on the basis of sustainable growth."
Currently, loggers are permitted to cut as close
as 20 metres from lakes and rivers in the La
Verendrye Wildlife Reserve. The Algonquins want
this increased to 60 metres, in order to preserve
wildlife habitat.
In the wake of the decision to veto the original
trilateral agreement, negotiations between the
province, the federal government and the
Algonquins are pending, but as of yet no specific
date has been set.
As Matchewan was leaving his lawyer's office
on Jan. 19, three police cars and six officers
blocked his car and the arrest was made. Accord-
ing to a statement by Matchewan on Jan. 24,
within minutes of the arrest, Surete1 du Quebec
public relations officers had notified the media.
According to the testimony of inspector/inves-
tigator Alain Hebert, Matchewan's lawyer, Andre
Gauthier, informed the police in a phone call that
Matchewan intended to evade them and not turn
himself in.
However, in an affidavit obtained from Thusky,
Gauthier states that he never told the police this,
and that Matchewan was in fact on his way to
meet with the police when he was arrested.
According to a public relations officer in the
Hull detachment of the Surete du Quebec, a
publicity ban forbids the police force from mak-
ing any further comments on the case.
On Jan. 28, Matchewan announced his offer of
resignation as chief of the Algonquins of Barriere
Lake. In a Jan. 24 press release, he writes: "If the
community decides to accept my resignation,
that is fine with me. I have been chief for 14 years.
In that time, I have taken a lot of abuse —
fighting with logging companies and the SQ."
Currently, the community is considering
whether to accept Matchewan's resignation, a
March 3, 1994 • The Charlatan • 17
by Roberta Stout and friends -mm
Tansi' — this is the word I would use as a greeting in my language. I am a Plains Cree from Kehewin, re-named Long
Lake Cree Nation reservation. Although I am called Roberta, my "real" Cor rather Cree) name is Okisikoskweo. This is my
third year at Carleton. Presently I am studying Latin America under the interdisciplinary studies program.
The following list of words is helpful in understanding a conversation between hip Native people. These have been de-
fined through interviews with various knowledgeable Native linguists. These terms are commonly used during idle intertribal
chit chat. Let's just say this is our personalized Indian Lingo. I would like to thank all those' who gave their input to this
glossary.
APPLE /AH-pull/ n. Se acft. 1 red on the outside, white on the inside. 8 a person of Native ancestry with little affiliation
with Native community, not interested in Native history or culture, who follows the dominant society. 3 a white-washed
Native, has the skin color but not the spirituality. 4 a white Indian. 5 a person who has replaced traditional values with
materialism and greed; a person using their Native ancestry to get them ahead.
BANNOCK /BAH-knoek/ n. 1 Indian version of bread.
BORN AGAIN (see W ANNA-BE) /BORN-AH-gain/ n. Se actf. 1 a Native person trying to become a traditional person
overnight. 2 "one day I woke up and I realized that I was an Indian." 3 re-finding your roots. 4 being lost to what you are
and then finding your true identity.
CITY INDIAN /SIT-ee IN-dee-in/ n. 1 a person of Native descent growing up or living within an urban centre. 8 a Native
person who has assumed the ideology of city life.
INDIAN TIME /IN-dee-in TIME/ n. 1 the real time. 8 a strict sense of non-punctuality. 3 when you get there; when things
should be. 4 being late. B taking your time. 6 going with the natural flow of the day. 7 there is no need for time.
INTERTRIBAL /LN-tur TRY-bul/ acf/'. 1 encompassing all the nations.
POWWOW /POW-wow/ n. 1 Native peoples from all over coming to one place to celebrate their culture through singing,
dancing and drumming. 2 a gathering of spirits. 3 a traditional intertribal gathering. 4 a place to have a good time; where
you go to snag (see SNAG).
POWWOW TRAIL /POW-wow TRAYL/ o. la year-long string of powwows located in different areas of North America,
usually followed by die-hard drummers and dancers.
THE BEZ /THE REZ/ n. 1 the reservation.
SNAG /SNAG/ v. 1 to obtain the one you desire after using all of your Indian moves; to catch a person or get caught. Z
like going to a bar to pick someone up, only you're at a powwow. 3 "shwing." 4 when you get to talk to the person you've
been eyeing. 8 to blanket cuddle.
TEEPEE CRAWLING /TEE-pee CRAW-ling/ v. 1 being promiscuous; sleeping with more than one person in one night. 8
creeping into someone else's tent. 3 "alright, I love teepee crawling." 4 sneaking around, trying to snag after dark.
UNCLE TOMAHAWK /OT-ouhl TOM-uh-HAWK/ n. Se act/. 1 a sell-out
W ANNA-BE (see BORN AGAIN) /WAN-null BEE/ n
Se acjj. 1 hippies from the wanna-be tribe. 8 "My mother's broth-
er's sister's aunt's great-great-grandmother was a Cherokee,
therefore I'm an Indian." 3 somebody who discovers they
have 1 / 64th Indian in them and starts to wear moccasins
around the house. 4 a cheap imitation. n
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okay, so what are you?
somekindofjapanesesomekindofchinesewhereareyoufromimfromblahblahy
ouknownghtnexttoblahyeahsowhatareyoudoinginthiscountrycalledcana
dawasitanytroubleforyoutogetinihearimmigrationhasbeenrathertightt
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roundwhereareyourparentsfromminearefromblahblahblah
arentyouthatguyfromwhatsitcalledohhhyouknowhelpmeoutherethatgroup
thatindianrockgroupwhatisitohhhyouknowitswhatyoupeoplelistentoonyou
rreservedlandyourreservethatbringsmetoanothertopicohhhcashinthats
thegroupcashinwhichoneofthemtherereservesareyoufromanyways
shitiveneverbeenasmessedupasiamrightnowyowhattribesareyoufromkidw
heniwasyourageweusedtodriveaaroundinmybrotherskickassblackcomanch
eyouwannasipokfineitsyourlossanywayswhenwhenwegothomewewouldeatta
stycustardalldayareyoulisteningtomedidyouhearwhatisaid
ohhhyoupeoplearesooocutewithyourlittletraditionsandallyouknowmyol
dersistertinayeahtinainanycaseabouttwoyearsbackshewenttooneofyous
peoplespowwowwowsandshebroughtmebackabraceletooohitssoprettyitson
eofthoseauthenticnavahobraceletsitsbeadeditsgreenandbluedoyouwannaseei
tillwearitforyoutomorrow
those who need not listen
should never listen
what you can do
is ex/per/ience
read
learn
soak up
ac/knowledge
ex/per/ience
then support
convince
sustain
convince
fund
convince
maintain what you know
convincing yourself will give you con/fi/dence
convince
until you see four directions
each leading to a same destination
until your mouth spits out the right words
your own words
not just of those who have
convinced you
convince
yourself you know the terminology
convince
until you shout out:
what about the brown?
what about the brown?
until you scream out:
rita joe
(in ecstasy)
until you empty out your all
until you . . .
convince
yourself
that neo-immigrunt
who calls himself vince
convince
especially those who know not even how to spell
"convince"
convince
yourself
until that time
when you will not only feel convinced
but are convinced that you can convince
convince
them what it means to you
poetry by namowan michael kirby
March 3, 1994 ■ The Charlatan ■ 19
Gerald McMaster is a curator, an artist and a student. His works have been displayed around the world. In
1992, he was the co-curator of Indigena, an exhibition of the works of contemporary Native artists held at the
Museum of Civilization. He is currently on leave from his post as curator of contemporary Indian art at the
museum to complete his master's degree in anthropology at Carleton University. He spoke with Karin Jordan
and Andrea Smith of The Charlatan about his work as an artist and his latest installation, Savage Graces.
Savage Graces was first displayed at the University of British Columbia Museum of Anthropology in 1992.
It was on display at Arts Court in Ottawa from Jan. 13 to Feb. 27. It will continue to tour across Canada through
1995. Another collection of his works, niya nehiyaw: Crossfires of Identity, was on display at the Carleton
University Art Gallery from Jan. 3 to Feb. 13.
Charlatan: I've heardyou talk a lot about your role as an artist, and
you've mentioned that you feel the artist is a person who has a foot in
two worlds. Can you explain what that means, especially for yourself,
and then elaborate on what you're supposed to do as a person with a
foot in two worlds?
Gerald McMaster: Well, I think that the artist occupies at
least two spaces, if not more. That's probably what I was getting towards
— the idea that the artist is situated between different communities, and
is never really stable. This is how I see contemporary artists today. They
have to be in different situations at different times. It's not necessarily
between two communities or two worlds, but I think it's the idea of seeing
from difTerent perspectives.
I think that the opportunity for the artist to see different possibilities at
the same time, to me, comes out of this idea of being in two spaces, per-
haps at the same time. Or being on the line, on the border of something
and looking different ways all the times. That's what has been important
for me particularly as an artist. I think that we all have to discover who
we are at some point in our life, where we know or try and discover who
we are. And in discovering, we're always making that relationship.
I think as a contemporary artist, I try to see myself in a relation, and
what it's to. Well, that relation for me is to the Native community, and to
the non-Native community — whatever that community happens to be.
And the idea there is that I'm able to see both sides. I am, as an artist and
an individual, on a border. I am the border and I can see both sides. And
to me this is a strategic position to be in. And I think it's a strategy for all
artists. But it takes a lot of soul-searching and a lot of experience to
discover your identity as an artist.
Charlatan : So the strategy, it can't just be self-discovery then. What
is the other strategy? Or is there another strategy?
GM 1 Oh yes, there are other strategies. But one, as I say, is to try to
discover your identity as an artist. And for me it was important to under-
stand what community I was responsive to, and what community I was
responsible to. Because I felt that, at the point I'm at today, I cannot
create works that are specific to the Native community. Maybe there is a
point. But there are certain types of work that I don't think can be pro-
duced by me at this point.
I guess I should explain what the strategy is. For instance, in this exhibi-
tion (Savage Graces), I thought that I could do something as an artist who
is situated between these two different cultures. As a contemporary
Western artist and in the practices of being that artist, there are strategic
ways in which you express yourself or use art. And through this exhibi-
20 • The Charlatan • March 3, 1994
I've explained elsewhere that I saw I could use my work as a mirror, as a
looking glass. Where on the one hand it becomes a reflective surface on
which society can look at stereotypes — stereotypes that have been
imposed upon others. In this case, I was saving "here are the stereotypes
about Indians." And they come from outside the Native community. So if
you reflect that in interesting and ironic ways back to the community,
maybe they might catch themselves looking or using that language. So by
putting up a mirror, it reflects back. And if the mirror is put up by an
indigenous artist, then coming from that position, that voice might make
people think a little differently. Now if I was someone else, it would be a
different voice altogether, a different mirror.
At the same time, while I'm putting up this mirror as it were, the Native
communities can look into this looking glass into the society. Or society
can look through into the looking glass and see all the contradictions and
conflicts and tensions regarding these issues. So this mirror, or looking
glass, works as a reflective surface, but one to go into and beyond the
surface into that garden beyond the glass, or beyond the window frame.
So that's the strategy I'm employing. I think that as a contemporary
artistic practice, that's where I'm at today. And that's how I was using
this exhibition. And that's how I see myself as a contemporary artist.
Charlatan: Through this strategy and this looking glass, what do
you think that you've learned? And what do you think that people
who've also come to see the exhibit have learned? It's tough to
generalize, because everybody comes to see the exhibit. But if there's
one commonality, what would that be?
GM Well, as I say, I think that contemporary artists are constantly
looking at the world. And looking at it through their lenses. And we make
objects, and those objects are representations, and so people coming to see
this exhibition will see those representations. And obviously, through
their experiences, through their education, through their cultural experi-
ences, they will be able to see these images in very, very different ways.
Some will not see anything wrong, and others will.
In this exhibition there were Native peoples who came through and saw
nothing wrong with some of the images. Whereas other Native peoplei
said "There's stuff terribly wrong here." So again, we have to look at
experiences, and how people think, and what kind of education or back-
grounds they have. That's part of the work of a contemporary artist.
Other people will disagree with me. But for me, this is how I operate, this
is my practice.
Charlatan: I'm wondering how recent it is that a space like this that
you're operating in, where you can question identity and representa-
tion and turn "history" on its head, has existed? How recent is it that
a space like that has been opened for a contemporary artist like you?
I get the feeling it's been a pretty gradual process.
GM: I think that it's part of the shift in general in society — what we
could think of as a condition of the times. This strategy or approach would
not have worked 30 years ago, but it happens that the physical as well as
the intellectual spaces have changed and have allowed those opportuni-
ties for people like me to engage in a political aesthetic. And I think if I
can open this space by articulating the questions and the issues, then
that's part of the
strategy.
Charlatan: Articulating it to who? You have many different audi-
ences that you have to translate for.
GM I Well, in terms of the art spaces, you have to articulate to the
people who run institutions [laughs]. The people running a space have to
understand, have to be open to these possibilities. But if they don't,
they're going to look away and look at something else.
Charlatan: You seem to have a pretty extensive collection of
imagery of Native peoples, and also things that have been deposited in
the cultural amnesty bin, which is part of this exhibit (part of Savage
Graces is a clear plastic bin in which visitors to the exhibit have
deposited stereotypical imagery which they own, or have seen, of
Native peoples - everything ranging from toys to newspaper articles).
What are your plans to make something constructive out of this
destructive imagery?
GM I What I'd like to do, and what the exhibition has done, is trans-
form spaces. This exhibition (Savage Graces ) started out in a museum of
anthropology ... in a way I believe the exhibit transformed that space for
several months when it was on display, because people though that this
should operate in an art gallery. When I brought it here (to Arts Court),
the reverse was true, so that the objects began to work in people's mind to
the point where they said, "This should be in a museum." So in both
instances, the spaces and barriers were breaking down, and the objects
spoke in different ways and the representations pushed at the barriers of
people's thinking.
It's just all these strange objects, as you've seen, on display. And they
come from all over. They come from the commercial sector through
bumper stickers, through salt shakers, through the food industry. The
images come from the publishing industry, through stories. They come
from the scientific industry, from the artistic industry — these images
come from everywhere. And it seems that these different directions have
constructed "the Indian" in some way.
What I'm interested in, in collecting these objects, is whether you can
categorize them or break down the way these representations are made.
So the interest there for me is in the potential for study. The potential
that we can look at, and start to think in very serious terms about what
these representations are saying, but at the same time ask how we con-
struct where they're coming from. What's the discourse of these represen-
tations? So the idea is to gather all this material together. There's so
much out there, but this is a beginning. And I'd like to see something
develop from that. I'd like to see this collection amassed and not just put
somewhere in storage, but more actively researched. I think that for
students and for kids, it's an area that's very rich for study. You can go
back in history for many, many years, and the material's out there. It's
just not being studied in the same way. So I think this group of objects
can create an archival base for academic research. I want to place them
somewhere where they will be a centre of debate and research on repre-
sentations of Aboriginal peoples, a
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Honour My Pleasure
Masks Hung
Hollywood Indian music roams the kitchen
Mom fanning the smoke as it escapes
Church bells begin to cry
Rain slaps gently on the house's window
Dog asleep by the wood stove
Record skips once and then again
A new beat rises above the morning
A truck goes rattling by
It vanishes in the mist
Its rattle still heard
Mom tastes her rabbit stew
Dumplings bob up and down
Thick liquid bubbles
Ladle dipped and scooped
Into an old wooden bowl
Sister awakes to this aroma
She has fallen down
Fallen off that Indian wagon
Mom stares and wonders at her
Shuffling feet to cold toilet
Running boy shoots out of the hall
His uncombed hair standing at attention
He touches mom and she smiles weakly to him
His bowl before him as he tastes the rabbit
He is finished even before the bowl has cooled
hot july day with the wind asleep
over at willy's house do old men sleep
telling stories of fish gone by
salmon who got away and to this day
swim the mighty fraser
their tales are long tasty
yet no man
white or native
shall take them in their net
they swim carefully in the muddy waters
of the mountain's blood
they come to speak and to spread the word
they meet and dance their egg dance
over and over does the drum beat to the
swishing of their tails
backs arch and eject their hope
into the stones
the salmon stop quietly
no more singing or drumming
only the silence of the current
tossing their lifeless form
across rocks now milky white
the rocks turn red as the salmon
go to sleep
dreams of old men telling stories
of how the big one got away
old men wishing they had that
salmon for supper
old men drinking and dancing
around a circle of stones
by Joseph A. Dandurand
Out of the door and down the disappearing road
Worn-out shoes kicking up wet dirt
Rattling truck coming back
Mist closes around running boy
His hair standing at attention
Sister out and sitting by the stove
Old dog staring at her
Trying to remember who she was
Mom drying dishes
Old dog resting for another day
Another truck goes attacking the dirt
Wheels turning centuries into minutes
Mom crying in the other room
Rain slapping against the one window
Sister licking at the neck of her bottle.
by Joseph A. Dandurand
Joseph Dandurand is a poet and a playwright,
and a Salish-Nooksack Indian from Fort Langely
Band'No.6. His poetry has been published in the
En'Owkin Journal of First North American Peo-
ple, and he has a chapbook of poetry called the
Upside-down Raven. He is at present completing
an internship in museology at the Museum of
Civilization in Hull.
he is
apt not to even
notice the coincidence of
the elbow
ummm
excuse me (nudge nudge)
you
errrr
are in my way
there are two of us in this elevator
give
me
some
space
besides
man
you stink
ahhh
can you get your friend to take off that hat
it's really starting to get in the way
come on buddy
give me some room
elbow elevator in my way elbow sucka elbow blocking
elbow stench crowd elbow line-up elbow honey elbow
having been the only anishnawbe in a room packed
shoulder to shoulder with tricksters
my elbows have come in handy
having been stuck
at your dinner party
with your friends
sitting next to her
you talk about how the tnemnrevog naidanac
topics that are hardly worth wasting our precious breath discussing
i use my elbow
to get her attention
(pretty clever
eh?)
now that i have got her glance
i motion
we get up
and
occupy . our ...
voices with
more
heartfelt
ideas
poem by namowan michael kirby
March 3, 1994 ■ The Charlatan ■ 23
Australian Indigenous youth ambassador
by Dean Janvier
Dean Janvier is a first-year journalism student at Carle-
ton.
Greg Phillips lives in Mount Isa, Australia,
and is about to get a degree in Aboriginal studies
and government, but he is no ordinary 20-year-
old.
He is also a travelling ambassador for his
Indigenous people, the Wanyee Aborigine Nation
in Australia, having travelled in Canada and the
U.S. to talk with Aboriginal youth.
Phillips arrived in Canada on Jan. 13 and
toured the James Bay Cree schools in northern
Quebec for a month. He gave workshops to stu-
dents on the experience of his own people and on
his vision for Aboriginal people around the world.
He returned to Australia at the end of
February.
Phillips only had three weeks to prepare
before he arrived in Canada. Phillips said,
"When I got on the plane, I didn't really
know why I was coming, but I felt that I was
meant to come. It felt right."
He said he felt very honored when the
James Bay Cree school board asked him to
come to Canada because one of the elders
requested it after hearing him speak at two
world Indigenous conferences last year in
.Australia.
In James Bay, Phillips talked with the
students about the challenges Aboriginal
youth in Australia are facing. He said he
tried to inspire them to become aware of
what they can do to help themselves and
their own people. He was at the Peterbor-
ough Elders Gathering Feb. 18-20, where
he talked to me about his trip.
Phillips said the problems for Austral-
ia's Aboriginal peoples are staggering. He
said they have a high infant mortality rate,
a high imprisonment rate, poor health, high un-
employment, and a serious lack of running water,
sewage treatment and adequate housing.
Phillips said he realizes political issues are
important for his people, but sees problems with
relying only on the political approach to problem
solving.
"Land rights has been a key political issue for
our people for many, many years. It's the political
issue around which our people rally. I wouldn't
say that it brings unity to Aboriginal people,
because there's still a lot of identity problems," he
said.
"I could talk about all those things, the statis-
tics, but there's something I've been taught; we
have a much greater thing that we can talk about
and that is our spirituality."
According to Phillips, Indigenous peoples have
to reclaim their traditional culture and values in
order to become strong again. Phillips referred to
this as a "healing process." He said it is a slow
process and will require much time, effort and
determination.
He said he believes the key to the healing
process is for youth to learn from their traditional
elders the languages, stories, ceremonies and
traditions of their people.
This, according to Phillips, will help rebuild
their societies in a way that will allow Indigenous
peoples to retain their unique cultural identities
Turn your education
into a Profession
while living in the modern world. Also, it will help
to find new ways to solve modem problems.
Phillips said he draws strength from his elders,
his faith in Wonjeena and his mother, Mona. He
said, "I'm very thankful to Wonjeena. Wonjeena
is what we call the Creator. . . . I'm very thankful
to Wonjeena for giving me at least some opportu-
nities to face my own issues."
He believes that in order to have a real impact,
he must be a role model himself and deal with his
own issues. He said it is very hard to try and be a
good role model, especially when his friends are
tempting him to drink with them. When they ask
him why he doesn't, he says, "Because to me
- clrinking is like stand-
ing on my people's neck
and telling them to get
up."
Another problem he sees among his people is
they are stuck blaming others for their problems.
He said he feels a lot of frustration at times,
especially when he attends community meetings
and hears a people complaining about no educa-
tion, high unemployment and loss of land rights,
who then go home and "bash their wives or abuse
their kids."
He also has compassion for these people and
recognizes them for what they have experienced
in their lives. "In many ways the generation
before us is the one that has taken much of the
real hard, killing pain, the wounding of the spirit
. . . with the mission school systems, with the
taking of the kids away and putting them into
white homes in the city to work as maids and
garden hands ... as slaves you might as
well say."
Because the older generation is suffer-
ing from the effects of all that abuse, he said
he thinks the Aboriginal youth in Australia
have to play a lead role in rebuilding their
communities.
"They have to be the ones that stand up
and say 'I don't want to see my auntie
getting bashed any more' or 'I don't want
any more of my friends to feel they have
nothing in life and commit suicide.'"
That is why Phillips travels and speaks
with young people. He said he knows Indig-
enous peoples from all over the world share
many of the same problems in their com-
munities. By sharing his experiences, he
said he hopes he will inspire other youths to
make a contribution to their community.
He said he hopes they will become empow-
ered by hearing his message.
Coming to Canada and living with the
J ames Bay Cree people for a month has also
helped Phillips. "Every time I spoke I
learned something new about my own family
history, some deep hurt or something I should
think more about," he said.
This trip to Canada was very special for Phillips
because he said he sees it as a way to give back
something from his people to Aboriginal peoples
in Canada.
"Indigenous peoples are coming back into the
light. We've hit rock bottom. It's going to be very
slow, but the healing has started. Much of my and
my mother's awareness has come from Native
Canadian peoples. So for that we have much to
thank you for," he said.
Phillips had one final message for anyone who
reads this:
"Don't be afraid of what's inside because we all
have the answers inside us, everyone. It's just up
to us to let our spirit awaken again." 0
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by Roberta Stout
1 studies studenl
of Canada
leges (the federal government pays for prescrip-
iidB arairepre
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psider myself
tprod]
HerofwL
try's mixed-heritage population
My mother is a "full-blooded" Plains Cree
from northern Alberta, and my father is of Ger-
man and British descent. This has left me waver-
ing somewhere in between.
I became an "Indian" at the age of 13. Actu-
ally, let me phrase this correctly. I have always
been a Native person, yet became legally so in
June, 1985 when Bill C-31 became federal
law.
Bill C-31 amended Section 12(l)(b) of
the Indian Act of 1867. Before this amend-
ment, any Native woman who married a
non-Native man lost her status as an Abo-
riginal person, as would their children.
This section of the Indian Act was
extremely sexist, as a Native man marry-
ing a non-Native woman retained his sta-
tifs. Adding to this was another nauseat-
ing complication — the non-Native woman,
upon marrying a Native man, then "be-
came" a Native woman. Go figure. This is
how the government of Canada created
"instant Indians." Yet this blatant sexism
was ignored for over 100 years.
I still remember the day in the summer of
1985 when I was issued my very first and very
pink Indian Status card from the Department of
Indian and Northern Affairs. Upon receiving my
card, my identification changed from Roberta
Stout to a six-digit number.
Along with this branding came an assort-
ment of so-called benefits such as provincial tax
exemption, post-secondary education funding (a
monthly allowance for Native students, as well as
getting tuition paid) and pharmaceutical privi-
effect on me. It is only in the past several years
that I have come to a realization of the ludicrous
nature of the whole Indian Act. What baffles me
more is that the government of Canada continues
to impose this detrimental document on a group
of people — the First Nations of this land.
For my mother, regaining her rightful sta-
tus as an Aboriginal woman created mixed emo-
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tions. Anger was the first thing that came to her
mind. How could she have been stripped of her
identity in the first place? For the preceding 16
years of my mother's life, she had been denied the
basic human right of her Cree identity.
The day she married my father was the day
she became another "white" citizen of Canada. In
addition, if my mother had decided to divorce my
father, she would remain "white." If she had
decided to move back to the reserve where she
had spent 18 years of her life, she could have been
charged with trespassing** other words, she
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Jial Discrimination in the act as a whole was
alsoerased. This is not true. I am a Bill C-31 baby,
which makes me a "half-breed" in the eyes of the
government, or a Section 6(2) person under the
Indian Act.
In contrast, the offspring of a Native man
and a non-Native woman are seen as "full-blooded"
Native or a Section 6(l)(b) person under the
Indian Act. This is despite the fact that in both
■ cases the offspring have exactly the same
I genetic makeup — one Native and one
non-Native parent.
The Act can be further criticized
when one looks at how our next genera-
tion of offspring will be classified. If I, a
Bill C-31 baby, have a child with a non-
Native man, my child will be considered
non-Native in the eyes of the Indian Act.
I must have a child with a recognized
Section 6(2 ) man in order for that child to
retain Native status.
However, if a Section 6(1 Kb) person
has a child with a non-Native person,
their child would still be considered Na-
tive under the Indian Act. I hope that you
are as baffled as I am.
It is clear that my generation of Native
young people are still being discriminated against
under the very outdated Indian Act.
Bill C-31 changed the lives of many Native
peoples across this country. What is important to
realize is that any system that attempts to dictate
the identity of a group of people is both patroniz-
ing and detrimental. This is how I would define
the Indian Act.
Status card holder 189195 has nothing more
to say. n
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26 • The Charlatan ■ March 3, 1994
just who is this
paper for?
editor:
On Feb. 8, 1994, a friend of mine,
pavid Bruce Elver, who was also a student
at Carleton, died. Since he was a member
0f the Carleton community, I felt it was
important that other members of this
community were informed of his untimely
passing.
I subsequently approached The Charla-
tan and provided them with a short obitu-
ary and a photograph, stressing several
times the importance of including
David'spicture, asmanypeoplewhoknew
him wouldonly recognize him by sightand
not name.
On Thursday, Feb. 17 the paper ap-
peared, with the obituary appearing in
the "Letters" section but, much to my
chagrin, without picture.
Looking through this particular issue I
wondered about the relevance of some
other pictures: e.g. another vacuous car-
toon of President Farquhar, a replication
of the picture on the front page, etc. . . .
The incompetency of our student news-
paperis furtherillustrated by the fact that
it missed the story about the twins sepa-
rated at birth and reunited here at Carle-
ton. This event was deemed newsworthy
enough to be covered by the CBC and
picked up by CNN, but not The Charlatan.
The Charlatan's failure to pick up this
story is not surprising. It parallels the
exclusion of David's picture and a proper
obituary. The reason this story was ig-
nored it appears, is that involved Carle-
ton students.
Second, it involved relatively straight-
forward facts and therefore provided little
opportunity for The Charlatan to indulge
in the kind of mental masturbation com-
monly used to castigate our president, OC
Transpo, records, movies and the main-
stream press.
On the front page of The Charlatan we
are reminded weekly that we are reading
"Carleton's independent student news-
paper," making one wonder what it is
independent of — the administration,
advertisers, reality or its student popula-
tion. Being a regular reader, may I sug-
gest that this independence coincides
closer with the latter.
Peter Urmetzer
MA Sociology II
Speak up before
it's too late
Editor:
I'm a first-year student here at Carle-
ton University. I receive student loans, I'm
part of the Ontario Work Study Program
and have a part-time job outside of school.
I know the feeling of desperation of not
being able to make ends meet. It kills me
to hear that the government hasthenerve
to raise tuition. But, I guess that'sold news
to most of us.
As of now, tuition takes about 40 per
cent of my total income. I'm sure there are
others in mysituation. But, from the looks
of it, most people seem pretty passive to
the fact that we may have to pay up to 50
per cent more tuition.
No one is saying we all have to rally or
protest. But, take two minutes out of your
time to make your voice heard, make a
phone call, write a letter. Just don't let
them shaft us with this tuition hike, be-
cause they will do it.
Remember the GST? Most said nothing
when they proposed to implement it, but
we all cried when it was implemented.
Most of us are under the poverty limit as
it is. We cannot afford to pay any more,
and we have to give the government and
everyone else that message.
Those of you collecting student loans
or people who cannot afford these high
tuition hikes, remember that most of the
people who want to implement these tui-
tion hikes can afford them. We cannot!!
Make it clear that university is not only for
the rich, but for all who treasure the
opportunity for a better future.
Armando Maio
Arts I
Profs should put
up or shut up
Editor:
It was with great interest that I fol-
lowed the letter-writing feud in The Char-
latan last term between Gory
Anandasangaree and |on Pammett, the
head of the political science department.
Anandasangaree's position was that the
department was too "Eurocentric."
Paradoxically, many of the lily-white
professors within Pammett's department
share Anandasangaree's concern. These
self-hating professors routinely pontifi-
cate to their students about the injustices
perpetuatedby "white hegemony" within
Canadian society.nottheleastofwhichis
the supposed lack of systemic and institu-
tional racial minority representation.
I would suggest to Pammett and his
"progressive" ilk on staff that if these
white professors are seriously interested
in correcting past injustices, they should
immediately hand in their resignations
and insist they be replaced exclusively by
racial minority professors. What better
way to show their commitment towards
having the department adequately reflect
the university's diverse environment?
Pammett and his "progressive" stable
of professors should for once practise what
they routinely preach to their students in
class. In other words, put up or shut up!
Steve Dumas
Political Science IV
Education not
only for wealthy
Editor:
Within a month, the provincial gov-
ernment will make it clear just how much
they intend to increase tuition. In the
current recession, students find it harder
than ever to pay for an education. Why
then do fees not go down?
Instead, they are likely to increase at a
rate many times the rate of inflation,
simply because the NOP government
refuses to shift the burden where it be-
longs on to the thousands of profitable
corporations which pay no taxes at all.
If we are to prevent post-secondary
education from becoming exclusively for
the wealthy, it is crucial to organize a
student movement that is capableof beat-
ing the fee hikes, not just protesting them.
The "Halt the Hike" protest of Feb. 4
was not, unfortunately, the start of such a
movement. It was not used to sign up
active students and draw them into build-
ing further events.
More importantly, the graduate stu-
dents, including many teaching assist-
ants of CUPE Local 2323, were having
their monthly council meeting, amaz-
ingly inside the very room that the dem-
onstration targeted.
It is ironic that graduate students were
prevented from attending, as they have
been some of the most vocal and active
opponents of tuition hikes. One of the
demands of the TA union has been an
immediate tuition freeze for its members
and they have demonstrated a willing-
ness to fightforit. Iftheygoon strike, they
must have the support of everyone who
opposes fee hikes.
Brian Donnelly
Arts IV
Carleton International
Socialists Club
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Dobrenski, Steve
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Keeling, Am
Keenan, Sheila
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McKenzie, iodl
McLeod, Ian
Nakashima, Ryan
Nuttall-Smith, Chris
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Oza, Prema
Pangalos, Anthony
Peters, Mike
Silcoff, Sean
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Smith, Andrea
Srutek, Karolina
Steinbachs, John
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Bellemare, Josee
Bernard, Joe
Brethour, Pat
Bustos, Alex
Carlucci, Mario
DeCloet, Derek
Dobrenski, Steve
D'Orazio, Franco
Dowdall, Brent
Gallop, Angie
Gannon, Mo
Haggart, Blayne
Haley, Susie
Jordan, Karin
Keeling, Am
Keenan, Sheila
Levine, Sara-Lynne
Mahoney, Jill
Mainville, Michael
McKenzie, [odi
McLeod, Ian
Nakashima, Ryan
O'Connor, Tim
Oza, Prema
Pangalos, Anthony
Pryor, Tim
Scott, Richard G.D.
Skinner, Matt
Smith, Andrea
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Dowdall, Brent
Gallop, Angie
Gannon, Mo
Garrison, Stephanie
Haggart, Blayne
Hodges, David
Jordan, Karin
Keeling, Am
Keenan, Sheila
Mahoney, Jill
Mainville, Michael
McLeod, Ian
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Power, Gavin
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Rappaport, Mike
Seddon, Adam
Silcoff, Sean
Smith, Andrea
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Ward, Ryan
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Gannon, Mo
Haggart, Blayne
Keeling, Am
Keenan, Sheila
Labonte, BUI
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Tharayil, Jay
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Bellemare, Josee
Bernard, Joe
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Comino, M.G.
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lafri, Ali
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O'Connor, Tim
Oza, Prema
Pangalos, Anthony
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Pryor, Tim
Seddon, Adam
Silcoff, Sean
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Srutek, Karolina
Steinbachs, John
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Dobrenski, Steve
Dowdall, Brent
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28 • The Charlatan ■ March 3, 1994
- SPORTS
Medal wins for Nordic teams
!tn„rke S"Ver Women take silver. Medal ■
harlalfln Start 1^
by Ryan Ward
Cha/latan Slaff
Nothing ever works out the way you
imagine it.
Take the men's and women's nordic
ski teams for instance.
This was the year the men's team was
finally going to break its four-year string
of second-place finishes and win gold.
This was the year the perennially strong
women's team was going to fall out of the
medal standings after losing core veter-
ans from last year.
Funny how it didn't work out that
way.
Nordic Men Nordic Women
Lakehead 70 Nipissing 106
Carfeton 89 I Carleton 108
Queen's 97 Queen's 126
Instead, for the fifth year in a row, the
men's nordic ski team placed second at
the Ontario Universities Athletic Asso-
ciation finals, held this yearin Duntroon
Ont, Feb. 19-20.
As for the women, they shocked the
competition, pulling out an unexpected
second-place finish at the Ontario Wom-
en's Interuniversity Athletic Association
finals also in Duntroon atthe same time.
The medal streaks then, continue.
"We've won silver every year since I
came to Carleton," said veteran skier
FrankFerrari."It'sfrustrating, butitcould
be a lot worse."
The men's team, led by skiers Wayne
Dustin, Chris Webb and Ferrari, battled
the universities of Lakehead and Queen's
all weekend before settling for silver.
"We were battling it out for the overall
lead against Queen's," said nordic ski
coach Mark Rabb, commenting on the
three-way fight. "Then on Sunday we
broke away from Queen's, but watched
Lakehead walk away with the title."
Dustin led men's the team, winning
both the 10-kilometre classic race and
the 15-kilometre freestyle race among a
field of 67 skiers.
"I love to race and push hard no
matter how small the race, " said Dustin.
"I mentally stay pretty calm and that is
why 1 tend to race consistently."
Webb placed 1 1th in the classic race
and seventh in the freestyle.
Other top performances included
Ferrari, who finished seventh in the clas-
sic and 1 7th in the freestyle, as well as
Nordic skier Wayne Dustin led the men with two first place finishes. Erin Long
(inset) paced the women with two top-ten results.
Scott Dymond who placed 20th and 23rd
respectively.
While a top result was expected of the
men, no such expectations were placed
on the women's team, who were rebuild-
ing this year after losing key veterans like
Miriam Tyson and Ailsa Eyvindson.
Nevertheless, the women, led by
Kirsten Davis, Erin Long and Catherine
Mulvihill, surprised everyone by placing
second.
"It was incredibly shocking what the
women did," said coach Rabb. "At the
beginning of the season, I didn't see the
women finishing second."
Davis placed fifth in the five-kilome-
tre classic race and 12th in the 10-kilo-
metre freestyle. Teammate Long finished
ninth in the classic and seventh in the
freestyle race, while Mulvihill placed 1 7th
and 1 1th respectively.
Rookie Gayle Barnett also raced well,
posting her best finish of the season after
: Nordic team
v iast keeps
Year
7 an w
Men
inning
Women
1994
Silver
Silver
1993
Silver
Golcf
1992
Silver
Silver
1991
Silver
Gold
1990
Silver
Bronze
placing 23rd in the classic race and 15th
in the freestyle.
Afterwards, all the women agreed their
win was the result of team co-operation.
"It was a combined effort which gave
us the overall result we did," said
Mulvihill. □
Home not too sweet for Raven fencers
by Shannon Fraser
Chaflalan SlaH
Two Raven entries were foiled at the
provincial fencing championships Feb.
19-20 at Carleton.
The Carleton women 's foil team placed
third in its class, while Simon Pianarosa,
the only individual fencer toqualify from
Carleton, placed 10th in the sabre.
"They were all just a little under the
weather, but I think that overall they did
Pretty well," said coach James Ireland.
The women's foil team, comprised of
captain Liliana Piazze, Donna Switzer,
Tammy Duquette and Natalie Remedios,
entered the championships as favorites
Qfter placing first in the Ontario Wom-
b's Interuniversity Athletic Association's
east division fencing sectionals.
They placed third in the provincials
after two close losses to Queen's and
Toronto, who finished first and second.
Ireland was pleased nevertheless.
"That's the top performance of a wom-
en's foil team since I've been here —
which is six years," he said.
Last yearthe women's foil team placed
fourth at the provincial finals.
In the men's individual competition,
Pianarosa entered the tournament stand-
ing fourth in the east division of the
Ontario Universities Athletic Association,
but finished 10th after re-injuring his hip
muscle three days before the finals.
"I pulled a Browning," he said.
Ireland was disappointed.
"I don't blame the kid for not being
happy. He had high aspirations and it's
unfortunate injury just got in the way of
those aspirations. Hopefully next year,
no injuries, he'll show people what would
have happened."
Despite the poorer showing this year,
Irelandsaid he's upbeat about next year.
"I think they wanted to do better . . .
but, hey, next year. The whole team is
pretty well intact and hopefully we'll
win." □
Raven Donna Switzer lost to Silvia
Pascual of Queen's in foil action.
What's
wrong with
overtime?
by Ryan Ward
Charialan Staff
Final score: Sweden 3, Canada 2
Err, uhh, 1 mean Peter Forsberg 1 Paul
Kariya 0.
That's what the real score should
have read after Forsberg of Sweden
ended an excruciatingly tense Olym-
pic gold-medal hockey game between
Canada and Sweden by scoring on the
seventh shot of a shootout after the
game and overtime ended in a 2-2 tie.
Because Sweden the team didn't
win the gold medal. Forsberg the indi-
vidual did.
And as a result, both Canada and
Sweden got burned of the opportunity
to win or lose the game fair and square
— by a crapshoot.
Why a shootout? If the Interna-
tional Olympic Committee was trying
to save time, why didn't it just end the
game after the overtime period and
give them both gold medals?
If time wasn't a factor, why didn't
they let the teams decide the outcome
in a continuous overtime?
If they actually thought this was
going to improve the game, they were
wrong.
A shootout to decide a gold medal is
no way to decide anything.
It's like eliminating extra innings
in Game 7 of the World Series in favor
of a home-run hitting contest to de-
cide a champion.
And the shootout formula becomes
even more unbearable when one con-
siders the quality of hockey played by
the two teams.
Canada trailed 1-0 for most of the
game and would have been down by
many more but for the outstanding
goaltending of netminder Corey
Hirsch, who frustrated the Swedes time
and time again, particularly in the
second period when he stopped 16
shots to keep Canada close.
Rallying in the third, Canada scored
twice to take a lead, which they main-
tained until less then two minutes
remained in the game.
Then Canadian defenceman Brad
Werenka hooked Sweden's Mats
Naslund to the ice, taking a crucial
penalty.
Within 30 seconds, Sweden's
Magnus Svensson tipped a screen shot
from the point to tie the game at two.
The game ended and lOminutes of
overtime accomplished nothing. The
shootout ensued.
Itwas exciting, yes. Nerve-racking,
definitely. Fair, absolutely not.
In fairness, a shootoutdoesn 't com-
pare in any way to overtime periods.
It ignores that most basic fact that
hockey is a team game played by six
skaters who must depend on each
other. It ignores the necessity of co-
operation and rewards luck and indi-
vidual skill instead.
As a result, both teams were forced
to sit and watch a one-on-one display
of luck decide a gold medal. The out-
standing play of both teams was ig-
nored.
That's no way to decide a hockey
game. □
March 3, 1994 • The Charlatan ■ 29
Raven
Records
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
"I pulled a Browning."
Men's fencer Simon Pianarosa may
have coined a new phrase with this
comment after he injured a hip muscle
prio r to the provincial finals on Feb.
19-20 and placed a disappointing
fourth in the individual sabre class.
OWIAA VOLLEYBALL
East Division
Final Standings
W L
York 9 1
Toronto 8 2
Ottawa 6 4
Queen's 5 5
Ryerson 1 9
Carle ton 1 9
F A PTS
28 5 18
T
0
0 28 8
16
20 IS 12
16 17 10
4 27 2
4 28 0
OWIAA BASKETBALL
East Division
Final Standings
W L
Laurentn 12 0
Toronto
Ottawa
Queen's
York
Ryerson
10
7
6
5
2
Carle ton 0
F A PTS
929 576 24
856 596 20
803 720 14
788 769 12
696 752 10
606 803 4
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OWIAA
Athlete of the Week
Western student Michelle Vesprini
is the OWIAA athlete of the week.
Vesprini scored 59 points in season
ending wins over Windsor and Brock
last week. She ends up as the league's
leading scorerwith an average of 22.4
points per game.
OUAA BASKETBALL
East Division
Final Standings
w
L
T
F A PTS
Laurentn 10
2
0
024 950 20
Ryerson 9
3
0
023 923 18
Toronto 8
4
0
902 880 16
York 6
6
0
923 948 12
Ottawa 4
8
0
927 959 8
Queen's 3
9
0
904 969 6
Carle ton 2
10
0
9129864
OUAA BASKETBALL
East Scoring Leaders
Final Standings
FG AT FT AT AVE
Beason 149 277 77 113 33.4
Charles 10622012214728.0
Smart 101 22081 109 26.3
Swords 93 217 43 66 22.2
Fischer 96 19061 73 21.1
OUAA BASKETBALL
East Rebound Leaders
Final Standings
G RBS AVE
A. Beason - Ryr 12 137 11.4
T. Charles - Crl 12 13710.4
C.Fischer - Lmtn 12 106 8.8
C. Porter -Ott 12 100 8.3
D. Reid-Ott 12 90 7.5
OUAA
Athlete of the Week
Djordje Ljubicic of the York Yoemen
volleyball team is the OUAA athlete of
the week.
Ljubicic guided the Yeomen to the
OUAA volleyball title defeating
McMaster3-l in the gold medal match
Rookie team swims to personal bests
Raven Andrew Smith qualifies at last chance meet
by Steven Vesely
Charlatan Slafl
It took a little longer than he ex-
pected, but Carleton swimmer Andrew
Smith did what he had set out to do at the
beginning of the year.
Smith qualified for the Canadian
Interuniversity Athletic Union swim
championships in Victoria, B.C., to be
held March 1 1 -13, at a last-chance swim
meetagainstthe University of Ottawa on
Feb. 22 in the 100-metre butterfly.
Earlier in the week, Smith had nar-
rowly missed qualifying for the champi-
onships in his best event, the 200-metre
individual medley, at the Ontario Uni-
versities Athletic Association swim cham-
pionships in Toronto on Feb. 19-20.
"It's an individual type of thing. You
can't have a best meet every time and
you can't have a best time every time
either, " said Smith. "Lots of people had a
chance at qualifying, but didn't quite
make it. I'm just glad I came through."
Most male swimmers train to peak at
the provincial finals, so when none of
them qualified it was a bitter pill forsome
to swallow, said men's coach Brian
Johnson.
"They did well. Almost universally
they posted personal bests," said Johnson.
"The only disappointment was that no
one qualified for the CIAU's."
The Carleton men'sswim team placed
10th among 15 universities atthe OUAA
championships, with Smith leading the
way, placing fourth in the 200-metre
individual medley, fifth in the 100-metre
freestyle and sixth in the 200-metre free-
style.
Other noteworthy results were posted
by swimmers Peter Andersen and Blair
Christie, who placed among the top 16in
IS
fir
1
Andrew Smith is training daily in preparation for the upcoming national finals.
their events.
Last year the Ravens qualified two
men — Smith and Don Burton — for the
finals at the provincial championships,
where the team placed eighth among 14
squads.
Johnson said despite not having any
swimmers qualify at the provincial fi-
nals, he was still pleased with this year's
results, particularly since five of the 10-
member squad are first-year swimmers.
"In retrospect, I was disappointed be-
cause the standard by which the pro-
gram is judged is by how many swim-
mers qualified for the nationals, " he said.
" But looking at the overall performance,
personal bests and placings, it was a
successful season."
But the real story of the weekend was
Smith's narrow miss at qualifying in the
200-metre individual medley. In the
morning heats, Smith posted a time of
2:09.1 7 — just 7-100ths off the qualifying
time of 2:09.10.
"That's what I swam in the morning
so I thought 1 wouldn't have any problem
qualifying in the final. But I was wrong."
After three 200-metre races through-
out the day, Smith had nothing left to
give in his individual medley final.
"My splits for each 50-metre lap were
just slightly slower than normal. I was
tired," he said.
That left the Ottawa meet as his last
chance at qualifying for a third straight
year and he didn't disappoint. □
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30 • The Charlatan ■ March 3, 1994
Buddies are building blocks of the future
Raven rookies are the core to success of men's basketball program
by Kevin Restivo
Cfiartatan Slaft
They are from opposite ends of the
country, one from Sherwood, P.E.I., the
other from Bumaby, B.C.
One listens to the pulsating beat of
rapgroupslikeLeadersoftheNewSchool,
while the other is a hard-core 70s retro
man who adores the tunes of Bruce
Springsteen.
There are differences, yes. But make
no mistake about it — they are also best
of friends.
Who are they? Guards Reagh Vidito
and Andrew Smith of the Carleton men's
basketball team: the lanky, streaky scorer
from the East and the stocky, all-around
athlete from the West.
Look past the barrier of superficial
differences and it's easy to see just ex-
actly why these newcomers to the On-
tario Universities Athletic Association
basketball scene have forged such a close
friendship.
Both have hod to endure the growing
pains a team goes through when It is as
young as the Ravens, who played this
season with nine rookies.
Their inexperience showed, as the
Ravens ended their season two weeks ago
last in the east division of the Ontario
Universities Athletic Association basket-
ball league with a record of 2-10.
Rebuilding will take time, and both
Smith and Vidito will likely be an essen-
tial part of the core of the team for a
number of years to come. However, both
still remain humble about their roles.
"We have a great group of rookies
who all contribute. It's not just Reagh
and 1," says Smith.
Before their arrival at Carleton, Vidito's
and Smith's academic careers ran simi-
lar paths. Vidito entered the year with 7. S
credits from the University of Prince
Edward Island, while Smith completed a
year at Vancouver Community College.
Both played on excellent high-school
teams, but were always the underlings
on talent-laden teams and thus neither
of the two were heavily recruited by Car-
leton or any other school.
Vidito has always known he wanted
to play university basketball, but wasn't
always sure he was capable of it. He felt
he had to prove to himself he could play
at that level.
Smith, on the other hand, had pretty
much written off his chances of playing
anything otherthan high-school basket-
ball, mainly because .of his proficiency
on the rugby field.
Although Smith's all-around athletic
ability allowed him to play on both of
British Columbia's rugby and basketball
teams throughout high school, schedul-
ing forced him to give one up. He decided
to pursue rugby.
Nonetheless, their passion for the
game led them to Carleton and it's obvi-
ous they're happy to be here playing the
9ame they love.
"Without basketball, we wouldn't have
been able to meet each other, " says Vidito.
Both Smith and Vidito readily admit
they're going to have to increase their
leadership role in the years to come with
the imminent departure of leading scorer
Qnd team leader Taffe Charles.
"Reagh and I as well as the rest of the
team will have to pick up the team when
't's down," says Smith."
But for now, their roles on the team
Qre well-defined. They have learned to
Qccept they are simply cogs in a wheel,
lust like any other player on the team.
That both players know their niche is
dear in their choice of NBA players they
'dentify with.
Reggie Miller of the Indiana Pacers
gives his team consistent three-point
shooting and solid minutes on both ends
of the floor. Like Miller, Vidito gives the
Ravens a big time spark with his three-
point shooting. He'd love to get the same
amount of floor time as a player like
Miller, but admits it has taken him time
to become a more complete player like
his idol.
By contrast, Smith likens his style of
play to Scott Skiles of the Orlando Magic.
Like Skiles, Smith is on the floor consist-
ently throughout the game and is prob-
ably invisible to the average fan because
of his limited offensive role. But for a
head coach like Paul Armstrong, he is a
dream, an extension of the coach on the
playing floor because of his instincts.
Like Skiles, Smith is the glue that bonds
the team together, the player that brings
all the intangibles like diving for balls
and in-your-face defence to the team.
To Smith, Vidito is "Mr. Automatic
with the sweetest shot on the team."
Meanwhile, Vidito believes Smith is "the
leader who will step up in the years to
come and take over (the leadership role)."
Though their playing styles are quite
different, both say the other is a definite
contender for the OUAA east Rookie of
the Year award, despite each other's pro-
tests.
All these experiences have provided
them a short but lasting friendship. A
friendship and bond they hope to build
on leading the men's basketball pro-
gram back to prominence. □
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March 3, 1994 ■ The Charlatan • 31
Women's season ends...
by Jay Tharayil
Charlatan Stall
Last year, the women's basketball
team salvaged its pride by winning two
of its last five games, posting a dubious
best record of 2-10 in 10 years.
This year's women's team found itself
in a similar situation a few weeks back,
but couldn't improve on or even dupli-
cate that feat.
The Ravens ended their season winless
at 0-12, after losing 64-30 to the York
Yeowomen on Feb. 18 and 79-45 to the
Ryerson Lady Rams on Feb. 1 9. The losses
left the Ravens last in the east division of
the Ontario Women's Interuniversity
Athletic Association.
Forward Sara Smith led Carleton with
1 1 points against York, while rookie guard
Gillian Roseway was the top Raven with
14 points against Ryerson.
While many problems like poorshoot-
ing contributed to the losses, the Ravens
had major difficulty hanging on to the
ball, committing 65 turnovers over the
weekend — 39 against York and 26 more
against Ryerson.
Roseway said the Ravens played bet-
ter than they had in the past.
"We improved but we didn't come
together. We still have a long way to go, "
she said. a
...men's season over too
Charlatan Hockey Pool
Here are the point leaders in the Charlatan Hockey Pool.
Points were tabulated as of Tue. Mar. 1, 1994.
Regular season leaders can only win the dinner prize once.
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Congratulations to Paul Donovan who wins this week's dinner prize. Paul
can come and pick up his $25 dinner certificates for Baxter's restaurant at The
Charlatan. (Italicized names are all former winners.) By the way Paul, thanks for
the note. Turns out Jeff Pevkev never collected the prize because he doesn't exist.
Patrick Soden
R. De Vecchi
Anjali Varma
Tyler Vaillant
Vicki Mavraganis
Joseph Kurikose
Alex Varki
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9 JeffParker
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by Kevin Restivo
Charlatan Stall
If the Carleton men's basketball team's
season was an Olympic sport, it would be
downhill skiing.
The Ravens season ended in a vertical
drop in Toronto Feb. 18-19, with two
losses to the playoff-bound York Yeomen
and the Ryerson Rams by the scoresof70-
58 and 82-72.
The losses mean the team finished the
season on a 10-game losing skid, alone
in seventh place in the east division of
the Ontario Universities Athletic Asso-
ciation with a record of 2-10.
By comparison, last year's Ravens also
came in last, but finished with a 3-9
record.
The losses left the team somewhat
frustrated, especially with the referees in
both contests.
"That was the worst officiating we've
had all year," said rookie Raven guard
Andrew Smith.
It was so bad that fourth-year forward
Taffe Charles was ejected from the game
with York for arguing with the referees.
Although the team picked up its game, it
wasn't enough.
"It was really nice to see that every-
body stepped up their game without
Taffe," said Smith.
Head coach Paul Armstrong said not
having Charles in the second half hurt.
Brian Smith was the top scorer for the
Ravens this game with 23 points.
Against Ryerson, Carleton's rebound-
ing was a key factor.
"We were out-rebounded 36-23 . . .
thaf s normally an area we cover pretty
well for a team our size, but we let it go
against them," said Armstrong.
Despite the losses, Smith said the team
is disappointed the season is over.
"I wish we could keep going, " he said.
"I think everyone would like to see our
season continue because I think we were
really just starting to gel." □
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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Waxing philosophic with Counting Crows
by Charmead Schella h«itnft»».fc*»-..j.i»<.J«. -«^... - . _ C-'
Charlalan Slatt
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Counting Crows, opening for^
Cracker
Porter Hall
hen you think of the flim-
' sinessofanythingyoumay
hang on to in life, you
might as well be counting
crows."
Geez, pretty deep, huh? For Adam
Duritz, lead singer and songwriter of this
San Francisco-based outfit, this saying
has not only provided a catchy band
name, it has molded his outlook on life.
Commenting on the general tone of
the Crows' debut release, August and Eve-
rything After, Duritz says it reflects "the
horrible fear that leads to this ambiva-
lence between want and need and loss
and gain."
Though the lyrical message of the
album may be one of loneliness or of
isolation in a world-too-big, the band
itself is as hip as. they get. Duritz and
company — Matt Malley (bass, guitar),
Charlie Gillingham (piano, organ, ac-
cordion), Steve Bowman (drums) and
David Bryson (guitar) — have found their
own musical niche. Starting out on the
Geffen label has been pretty beneficial to
their brief career. T-Bone Burnett, who
has worked with REM, produced August
and Everything After. After having recently
covered Van Morrison's butt by filling in
for him at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
black tie extravaganza, they are con-
tinually being compared to him and his
style of music.
Though theircollective musical sound
is faintly reminiscent of REM with a bit of
Tragically Hip thrown in for good meas-
ure, Duritz can't help but place the face
of Eddie Vedderin my unassuming mind,
whilst he croons "Perfect Blue Buildings."
Of all the comparisons being made
between the Crows and bands like REM
and Van Morrison, Duritz says, "Yeah,
I've probably heard of them (the bands). "
This outfit is not lacking in confidence.
Duritz's childhood plays a large part
in his songwriting. His father was in the
American military all through Duritz's
childhood and teenage years, which led
to a lot of moving around the country. "It
was strange for us to be in one state for
more than two or three years," he says.
"And so I'm a sort of a displaced person.
These songs (on August and Everything
After) are about the rootlessness in
America."
The album is laced with this sense of
rootlessness, though in some songs the
cynicism and bitterness of lost love and
dreams is more prevalent than in others.
On"RoundHere," Duritz sings, "Iwalkin
the air between the rain, through myself
and back again. Where? 1 don't know. . .
." This snippet gives one a pretty good
idea of what this album's about.
As for the album title, Duritz says, "I
was bom in August. Everything after is
my life."
Oh.
Though the album's songs are heavy
with a sense of loneliness, it isn't really as
depressing as it sounds. "Mr. Jones," the
firstsingle from the album, is fairly light,
hip and singable. It might provoke one to
shake one's booty just a little bit. Duritz
explains the song is actually a true-story-
tumed-song-and-hey-it-just-could-work
idea.
Before Duritz
formed Counting
Crows, he and a
friend were sitting
inabarinBerkeley,
Calif., with the
friend's visiting fa-
ther, Mr. Jones. Mr.
[ones, a famous
mandolin player in
Spain, was trying
unsuccessfully to
score with a fla-
menco dancer.
Duritz says the
intended irony of
the song is that in
Spain, Mr. Jones
could have had
anything or any-
body he wanted. In
the United States
where he is un-
known, he was un-
able to get even the
time of day from a
flamenco dancer.
Though he finds
comfortin thewrit-
ing and composing
process, Duritz says
there is no other
place he and
Counting Crows
would rather be
than on a stage,
playing forthosewhocan dig their sound.
This was obvious by their Ottawa per-
formance. Duritz's voice was a bit hoarse
due to what he calls "the fucking dry air
in airplanes and hotels," but he sounded
as rad he does on CD.
The show was predominantly mellow,
Adam Duritz: totally rad.
with the exception of their renditions of
"Mr. Jones" and "Murder of One." The
tranquillity was enjoyed by a large ma-
jority of the crowd.
They blew the room away. Away to
where?
To where the Crows fly, of course. □
Fiddles, megaphones and hardly any abuse
by Blayne Haggart
Charlatan Slatl
(The Wonder Stuff, wit
Chapterhouse
Feb. 21
Club Soda, Montreal
ith any Stuffles show, the
f question isn't if they will
I \ put on a good set or not;
I A J it's how long it will take
^Jv^ leadvocalistMilesHuntto
insult the audience.
This night, the notoriously abusive
Hunt seemed in remarkably good spirits.
The only disparaging remark that Hunt
uttered all night was when he thanked
the "Montreal Sit-Down Association" for
showing up.
"Give yourselves a hand; no other
cuntwill," he remarked in typical Huntian
fashion.
It should be pointed out that a large
part of the crowd was not part of said
association. The dance floor crowd didn't
stop moving all night.
Perhaps his (relative) good cheer had
something to do with the bottle and a
half of wine he consumed on stage.
Opening act Chapterhouse probably
had more cause to complain, getting
°nly sporadic movement out of the crowd.
Their brand of wall-of-noise guitars
backed by a lazy backbeat may be great
for the CD player, but it tries the patience
Qfter an hour of watching them live.
There justwasn't enough variety to make
't interesting.
Variety is not a problem for The Won-
der Stuff. The Birmingham-based lads
have gone from being a two-guitar indie
Brirpop band to a festival headliner that
toyswith fiddles, pianos, mandolins and
megaphones, all while maintaining a
loyal following.
Throughout their 90-minute set, they
spun through old and new material, con-
centrating on songs from their latest disc,
Construction for the Modem Idiot. Although
they had a bit of a lacklustre opener in
"Change Every Light Bulb," they were
rightontrackafterthat, continuing with
a rousing rendition of "Cabin Fever."
Particularly good
was their acoustic
take on " Piece of Sky, "
off of their second al-
bum Hup.
Even though the
crowd on the dance
floor was enjoying
things, the band it-
self didn't start to
loosen up until the
first encore. Hunt ac-
tually smiled as the
band moved into Con-
struction's "A Great
Drinker" and then to
the countryish
"Golden Green" off
Hup.
The band hit all
the right notes.
Hunt's sneering vo-
cals were perfect and
the band's other
members were suit-
ably upforthe event.
Most worthy of
mention is Martin
Bell.Huntmaybethe
focal point of the
band, but Bell's fid-
dle and accordion
(among other instru-
ments) liven up what
might otherwise be just another guitar
band.
However solid their show was, they
didn't play any material off their semi-
nal first album, The Eight Legged Groove
Machine. This wasn't surprising, as they
have said many times that they are sick
to death of playing their old songs. To
compensate, they did play "A Song With-
out An End," which is available on U.S.
Miles Hunt, putting on an almo^abuse-freeshow.
imports of Groove Machine.
It didn't really matter, because, live at
least, their new material is as good as
their old stuff, and the dance floor crowd
loved every minute of it. By not getting
involved, the Montreal Sit-Down Asso-
ciation really missed out. □
This week}
Our favorite
breakfast cereals
1. Life Cereal ("He likes
it!")
2. Trix ("Silly rabbit, Trix
are for kids!")
3. Honey Nut Cheerios
("It's a honey of an O.")
4. Alpen (The taste of
Germany.)
5. Chocolate Frosted Sugar
Bombs (Calvin's favorite)
6. Ghostbuster's Cereal
(Mmmm . . . ectoplasm-y!)
7. Wayne Gretzky's Pro
Stars (Eat like a superstar
AND get a sugar rush!)
8. Count Chocula (a bad
'70s cereal)
9. Oatmeal (Eat it you little
creeps, it's good for you)
10. Frosted Lucky Charms
("They're magically
^delicious.") j
March 3, 1994 • The Charlatan • 33
Luscious Jackson: Pick of '94
How to wake up roo mates
Luscious Jackson
In Search of Manny IP
Grand Royal/Capitol
And the truth in advertising award
goes to . . . Luscious Jackson.
Sorry, but it's true. Luscious Jackson
combine jazzy horns, cool acoustic gui-
tars and a mesmerizing beat with sultry
vocals into a mix that can only be de-
scribed as, well, luscious.
Although they're friends of the Beastie
Boys, whose Grand Royal label released
this treat, their music has more in com-
mon with o Tribe Called Quest than the
Boys.
This is laid-back hip hop to mellow
out with; it's music that hits you with a
million velvet hammers. And it hasn't
left my tape deck in two weeks.
My only regret is that it's only six
songs long. I could easily digest some-
thing lOtimesthatlongandonlyhalfas
good.
Luscious Jackson: no home should be
without one.
Blayne Haggart
Monster Voodoo Machine
Stare Voodoo/State Control
Independent
What can be said about Monster Voo-
doo Machine? They are the second loud-
est bunch of guys I've heard this week.
The loudest were my roommates yelling,
"Turn it down!"
State Voodoo/State Control contains nine
tracks, all worthy of mention. Although
I was impressed with "Get On With It
(Buck Naked Mix), " I thought if I played
this song in reverse, I would hear satanic
messages. Unfortunately, you can't do
that with a tape deck.
Who are these guys and where do they
come from? I don't know, but from the
sound they produce, I feel they would be
a great band to see live. Their music is
pure energy rolled up in a sound that is
definitely not for romantic nights by the
fire with that special someone.
If you're in the mood for aggressive
rock and roll, these are just the bunch of
guys to fill your prescription. Monster
Voodoo Machine is ready to rock.
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by Dave Carpenter
Tangerine DiQam Obsessor
You may have heard of Tangerine
Dream referred to as one of those "flaky
New Age bands," or perhaps you've no-
ticed their movie soundtracks.
If the name doesn't ring a bell, it could
be because their music is as far from the
mainstream as it can get. Their sound is
not something that is easily summed up,
though. They have been described by
music retailers and distributors with terms
like "Progressive Rock," "New Age," "Elec-
tronic" and "AvantGarde." Lumping the
music of Tangerine Dream into one cat-
egory is difficult, because it has been
through several phases since its incep-
tion in 1967. Even music from the same
year can be very different.
The band's first five albums reflect the
vision ofband founder Edgar Froese, also
a trained artist and sculptor. Froese once
CLASS
studied with Salvador Dali who, accord
ing to Froese, had a "devastating effect-
on him.
Tangerine Dream was the result of
Froese's desire to a-eate a sound that
pushed the limits of contemporary mu-
sic. The album Electronic Meditation (1970)
is a prime example of this phase of the
band: tape-recorded samples, electric
guitar, cello and a Doors-style organ
One track includes spoken verse played
backward over synthesizer sounds.
In 1973, Atem was chosen by BBC
Radio One's )ohn Peel as his "Import of
the Year" choice. It consists mostly of
tribal-type drumming with synthesizer,
although one track hasyells andscreams
run through an echo delay. Then in 1 974
Phaedra reached the UK Top 10 without a
tour and hardly any airplay. It sounds
the most like a drug trip of any of their
stuff, complete with timeless, pulsating
ITSELF
synthesizers and the like.
Ironically, the resulting tour had the
band playing churches and cathedrals
After playing a chaotic concert at Reims
Cathedral in France with 6,000 people
?n£,me? int0 a bui|d'ng designed for
2,000, the Pope declared the event a
sacnlege and barred the band from ever
playing again in a Catholic church He
even called for the cathedral to be re-
consecrated.
Oh, horrors.
Movie producer William Friedkin (The
Exorcist) heard the band play in Germany
and let them score the soundtrack to his
1976 film Sorcerer. According to Friedkin
they "captured every n uance of the movie
... although they (had) not to (that) date
seen the film." Many soundtracks have
since followed, notably Fi'resfarter(1984)
Legend (1985) and Miracle Mile (1989)
By about 1977, the group had moved
on from the free-form style of earlier
releases to produce a more melodic sound,
sometimes dreamy and pensive, often
intense and powerful. This stage of the
band was marked by the departure of
Peter Bauman, now a well-established
solo artist.
For a brief period leading to the re-
lease of Cyclone (1 978), Tangerine Dream
experimented with vocals, with Steve
lolliffe in this role. This was met with
mixed success. Consequently, the band
did not try this again until 1986's Tyger.
Their most notable release of the pe-
riod from 1979 to 1984 is 1980's
Pergammon, a liveconcertrecordedatthe
Palast Das Republique concert hall in
East Berlin. This was actually the first
performance of a Western band in East
Germany, with tickets selling as high as
£50 on the black market.
Several soundtracks, tours and albums
followed. By this time, in 1986, lohannes
Schmoelling had left the band and was
replaced by Paul Haslinger. The other
main member, Christophe Franke, was
to leave in 1988, and currently scores
films and shows like the new sci-fi series
Babylon Five.
For the next few years after 1988, the
Dream's music had a decidedly "pop"
sound to it, as many of the albums were
composed and mastered on Atari com-
puter systems. Needing to fill the space
Haslinger left when he departed in 1992
Froese recruited his son |erome into the
band. At this point, the band consisted of
Forese, his son and twoothers. This lineup
has survived into the present day.
A North American tour was then put
together, with two supporting musicians
filling out the group forthe live perform-
ances. This tour was captured on the
album 220 Volt Live (which includes a
cover of |imi Hendrix's "Purple Haze")
and the videotape Three Phase Live (both
released in 1993).
Tangerine Dream has been churning
out albums since 1970 and is still going
strong. Their material includes about 25
studio albums, seven live concert albums,
at least 20 soundtracks and 7 compila-
tions. And that's only what I've come
across.
Their influences come from a broad
range of musical genres, but they have
always been innovative in their music
and even their equipment. Being an elec-
tronic bandin the seventies, an age where
synthesizers were obscure and generally
despised, they had to engineer and de-
sign many of their own instruments.
It's not surprising that many artists
and bands (Duron Duran to name one of
the lesser lights) have looked to them
when incorporating electronic musicinto
their material — Tangerine Dream all
but created the industry. □
March 3, 1994 • The Charlatan ■ 35
Rose Chronicles
Shiver
Nettwerk
In high school, did you ever wonder
what was the point of annually dissect-
ing frogs in science class, when you knew
exactly what you would find inside?
Or, upon opening the little critters, did
you ever feel the unexplainable excite-
ment of seeing those wonderful life-giv-
ing organs inside?
1 got the same feelings of wonder and
excitement listening to Shiver. This al-
bum sounds experimental, but it's more
an amalgamation of other previously
proven experiments. In other words,
they're fiddling with forms that have
been perfected by other bands.
Right from the opening song "Dwell-
ing," we see how closely one can mimic
the spaced-out effects and peddle-ridden
guitar work of the Cure and other eight-
ies-inspired alternative British bands.
Kristy Thirsk's vocals are nothing short
of angelic, but she too seems closely
inspired by another major influence —
her Nettwerk sister Sarah McLachlan.
Just like the tingly excitement of spot-
ting those tiny vital organs in the formal-
dehyde-soaked frogs, you get an exuber-
ant thrill from listening to Shiver. Not
because of its originality, but because of
a certain je ne sais quoi.
You hear the subtle yet throbbing ar-
rangements in "Glide" and "Brick and
Glue" and you get that familiar wonder-
ment of deja vu. This record is a good
listen despite its lack of originality.
The only other problems you might
have with this release are with the
songwriting's periodic slips into tacki-
ness. For example, in "Dwelling" we are
asked and told, "Did you knowyourbody
is just a cavern for your soul? Souls will
drift, theaimlessly adriftdwell on shores."
Funny, 1 don't remember finding any
souls in the frogs I dissected. But maybe
I just wasn't looking in the right place.
Mario Carlucci
Dead Reckoning
Time's Time
Independent
The release of Time's Time should give
Dead Reckoning enough time to really
get its shit together.
The band's debut is good, but it walks
so close to the edge of greatness that the
failure to connect left me slightly disap-
pointed.
The song structures of this Newfound-
land trio — bassist Tim Norman, guitar-
ist Mike Kelly and drummer Perry Murphy
— are solid. They haven't just slapped
titles around a few riffs and pretended
they've written songs, although, being a
hard-rock fan, I see nothing especially
wrong with this approach.
Dead Reckoning has a good sense of
melody. Lyrically, the band paints inter-
esting pictures, with the interest resting
primarily in the songs' ambiguity. At the
core of most songs are Norman's beauti-
fully expressive and raspy (do NOT read
Bryan Adams or Rod Stewart here) vo-
cals. At its best, Norman's voice is remi-
niscent of the Waterboys' Mike Scott.
Most of the songs are downright catchy
without sounding poppy or lightweight.
Dead Reckoning's problem is that it
doesn't come across sounding like a very
tight unit. Exacerbating the weakness is
some poor production. The disc is left . .
. "How you say? Without — the edge."
The end result is that too often Dead
Reckoning ends up underwhelming this
listener, which is frustrating, because-.it
feels so close to ecstasy.
Time's Time is a nice suit, but the
wrinkles in the shirt ruin the look.
foe Bernard
US3
Hand on the Torch
Blue Note/Capitol Records
A common complaint levelled at rap
artists is that they rob from the graveyard
of classic hits, haphazardly throwing to-
gether snippets of songs to create "ille-
gitimate" new tunes.
Blue Note, a legendary jazz factory
that now bills itself as "the world's most
sampled jazz label," has turned the ta-
bles on this criticism by sponsoring a rap
album that draws freely from its cata-
logue.
The result is that the jazz samples
receive top billing over the raps, upping
the ante in the jazz-rap fusion move-
ment that has grown in recent years.
While it is a pleasure to hear the
familiar sounds of Herbie Hancock and
Thelonious Monk forming the backdrop,
the rap side doesn't hold up its end of the
bargain. Perhaps because the patchwork
of jazz samples is so exceptional, the
fairly standard and uninspired raps are a
letdown.
However, I suspect thepurposeof Hand
on the Torch is not so much to broaden
rap's appeal as it is to sell old jazz albums
to a new generation of fans. Blue Note
has recently re-released most of its cata-
logue, and any one of those decades-old
albums prove to be a far superior choice
to the US3 album.
In fact, the people at Blue Note can
claim atleastone convert. After listening
to Hand on the Torch, I picked up three
other Blue Note albums, which I am
happy to recommend: The Best of Herbie
Hancock (which features "Cantaloupe Is-
land," sampled on US3's"Cantaloop (Flip
Fantasia)"), The Best of Donald Byrd (a
collection from 1970s jazz-funk fusion-
ists the Blackbyrds) and 8/ue Break Bears
(an absolute must for all acid jazz fans).
Sean Silcoff
Swervedriver
Mezcal Head
A&M
Swervedriver's second full-length al-
bum, is a dramatic improvement over
their strong debut, Raise.
This latest release further defines
Swervedriver's unique sound and dem-
onstrates a dramatic maturing in their
song-writing.
They could, in the simplest of terms,
be described as Britain's answer to Sonic
Youth. However, to simplify Swervedriver
and Sonic Youth to such an analogy
would be unfair to both bands.
Both bands have a keen fondness for
heavy distortion and guitar feedback,
Sonic Youth preferring raucousness,
Swervedriver preferring some melody.
Strong production values further help to
capture Swervedriver's raw energy.
Musically, this album is diverse. Songs
range from the heavy guitar riff of "Duel"
to the more melodic-sounding "Girl On A
Motorbike." The track "You Find It Every-
where" has a very pop-like sound to it.
Several of the songs are rather lengthy
and hypnotic sounding, like "Duress"
and "Last Train to Satansville." These
tracks show Swervedriver at its best.
The mix is heavily layered. You can
often hear something new every time
you listen to the album. The result is
something that doesn't easily bore you.
Adam Seddon
One Dove
Morning Dove White
Polygram
This music is sensual, the kind that
lingers in your nocturnal consciousness.
One Dove is far from a quick and dirty
fix. The band offers a melange of music
that may take a while to get into.
But once you do, this sultry music
seizes you with its diverse sounds, rang-
ing from funky, wailing vocals to dis-
turbed bagpipes.
The wistful lyrics combine with the
rest of this sonic fantasy world to produce
a lustful nineties' pop album.
There is quite a bit of repetition on this
album. Out of 1 1 tracks, there are three
different versions of one song and two of
another. Yet somehow this is part of the
lingering and strangely comfortable ef-
fect of Morning Dove White.
One Dove offers you its world through
music. It's a gradual process, but once
the music takes hold of you, it's mesmer-
ising. Morning Dove White is a long, tense
and eerie experience.
fill Mahoney
Lisa Lisa
LI 77
Pendulum/ ERG
Lisa Lisa, formerly of Lisa Lisa and
Cult Jam, has re-emerged on the scene.
This 25-year-old beauty from Hell's
Kitchen, N.Y.C., has left the Cult Jam in
search of a new beginning — and all for
the better.
When first handed this tape, I thought
that this wouldn't be the type of stuff I'd
like. As it turns out, I found LL 77 to be
highly enjoyable. The energetic dance
sounds are easy on your ears. Although
there is still a driving bass beat, it is
accompanied by some outrageous gui-
tar licks.
Lisa Lisa's "Skip To My Lu" is a prime
example of the talent we heard in 1985
with "Wonder If I Take You Home."
If you're into the dance scene, you're
no stranger to Lisa Lisa. All I can say is
two thumbs up.
Christopher Bell
Various Artists
Dead On the Road
Raw Energy
Twenty-seven bands. Three chords
each. Must be a punk rock compilation
thing.
Well, it's loud and aggressive and all
the songs sound pretty much the same
(lo-fi and bellowed). The whole thing
seems to be Raw Energy's tribute to punk,
complete with scribbled, illegible liner
notes.
Band-wise, this album features talent
from across the country, with some witty
tracks courtesy of Montreal's Ripcords
and Sault Ste. Marie's Spigots. There are
also some sub-par efforts, most notably
from Vancouver's Brand New Unit, from
whom I've heard better.
This is an okay album that does a
good job of being representative of the
entire country and not j ust Toronto. How-
ever, it is by no means innovative.
Blayne Haggart
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SS? are com}™3 this book thai made me blow snot
by
Gharfalan Slatf
(fwhat is This Thing Called Sex?\
Cartoons by Women
Edited by Roz Warren
Crossing Press
170 pages
When I was growing up, I used to hate
comic books.
All those anatomically incorrect male
superheroes with their angular, bulging
thigh muscles, chiselled faces and fists of
titanium. I just couldn't relate.
And the women in those comic books
— oh, the women.
Why was it that they usually had
oversizedbreasts (no back problems here),
Barbie-doll lacquered hair (no surprise,
since most of the artists were men), wore
costumes I'd use as dental floss and al-
ways were in need of rescuing by a male
superhero?
I thought I'd never find comic books
I'd be able to get into. Then I discovered
female comic artists. This book is a good
collection of works by women.
I think what I like best about this book
is its realistic approach to sex and rela-
tionships — no bulging thighs or lac-
quered hair here, girls.
There are comics in this book that
made me blow snot. I was laughing so
hard. A good ex-
ample of laugh-in-
ducing humor is
Nicole Hollander's
work. Her sardonic
cartoon character
Sylvia pokes fun at
both sex and rela-
tionships between
men and women.
In one strip,
Sylvia, typing in
her bathtub, asks
you to test your
R.I.Q. (Relation-
ship Intelligence
Quotient). Theonly
question in the quiz
is: "The best place
to discuss your
sexual dissatisfac-
tion with your part-
ner is:
(1) in the bed-
room
(2) in a car, trav-
elling at high speed
(3) in a crowded elevator."
Another excellent artist in this book is
Alison Bechdel, whose syndicated comic
strip Dykes to Watch Out For appears in
papers across North America, such as the
local gay and lesbian magazine Co Info.
There are also healthy doses of cheese
in this book. American artist Nina Paley's
A sample of Andrea Natalie's work.
seriesabout AIDS, which tries to poke fun
at the fear surrounding it, comes off as
self-righteous, rather than challenging
preconceived notions about how people
catch the AIDS virus.
Rina Piccolo's one-liner strips, similar
in style to Gary Larson's The Far Side, are
pretty tired and lacking in wit.
But on the whole, the book is a good
mix of straight, dyke and bi humor.
Warren has done a similar job with the
collections Women's Glib and Women's
Glibber, which are anthologies of written
and drawn humor by women.
One artist she passed over in collect-
ing comics for this book isMontreal artist
lulie Doucet. Hersurrealist style is found
in hercomic books Dirty Plotte, published
by Drawn and Quarterly out of Montreal.
Doucet's work would have been a wel-
come addition to this collection. For ex-
ample, her strip "The First Time, " in Dirty
Plotte Number 7 , tells the story of Doucet s
first sexual encounter. Doucet does it
with a creepy older hippie-type guy she
meets in a park who invites her back to
his place to "see his paintings." Isn't that
the oldest line in the book.
As the old guy is on top of her, he says
"Believe me, that's not what I had in
mind." After the deed is done, Doucet
thinks, "Is that it? 1 didn't really feel
anything. '' Sound familiar, girls?
Warren's collection does include
American artist Roberta Gregory, whose
comic series Naughty Bits includes the
hilarious character Bitchy Bitch.
Expect to find Warren's collections in
most bookstores. Don't expect to find
works by Gregory or Doucet in Ottawa
(although Silver Snail does have a collec-
tion of the best of Drawn and Quarterly).
A good place to find their stuff is a comic
store called The Beguiling in Toronto. □
The Balkan Express: Relating to a war half a world away
by Angie Gallop
Charlatan Staff
(/The Balkan Express: fragments^
From the Other Side of War
By Slavenka Drakuli
W.W. Norton & Company
146 pages
^$25.99
J
Four years ago I travelled to Zagreb.
1 didn't really see much.
The landscape was beautiful, the hous-
ing was poorer than in Canada, people
were friendly but spoke a different lan-
guage. Aside from that, there was noth-
ing so unusual that set people there apart
from me.
When the war first broke out in the
former Yugoslavia and Zagreb was in the
news, I read the newspapers trying to
piece together what little I had seen with
the dramatic stories in print.
I tried to figure out why the reality
there was so different from reality here.
I could not relate. Reading only made
me feel more and more detached.
I soon stopped.
When I picked up The Balkan Expressas
required reading for a course, I was not
optimistic. I thought it would be just
another impersonal encounter with an-
other impartial journalist trying to ex-
plain a complicated historic war which 1
still don't completely understand.
But the book was nothing I expected,
because author Slavenka Drakulic, who
has written for magazines like the New
Republic, does not talk politics or focus on
the bodies and the blood. Instead, she
allows the reader glimpses into her own
life, telling about her feelings, insecuri-
ties and prejudices in a very honest and
human manner.
When she leaves her home in Zagreb,
Croatia, to escape the war and stay with
a friend in Slovenia, she runs into a local
university professor while on a walk. He
asks her where she is from. When she tells
him, he immediately accuses her of liv-
ing off the state as a refugee.
Drakulic describes her reaction to this
situation:
" I think I have never experienced such
a terrible urge to distinguish myself from
others, to show this man that I was an
individual with a name and not an anony-
mous exile stealing his money," she
writes.
Through this event she discovers in
herself the attitude that many of us in the
Western world use to deny the horror that
goes on in other, far-away places.
Through her conversations and obser-
vations, we realize along with her that
we do not share the same reality of those
who suffer daily from the war, but that
we could just as easily be in their posi-
tion.
She uses ordinary objects as symbols
to show how the reality of people living
in a war zone changes dramatically from
a reality of privileges to a reality of sur-
vival.
When she visits Sisak, Croatia, a small
town she describes as the starting poi nt of
the front line, she notices nine blue salt
cellars on the otherwise empty shelves in
a store whose windows have been shat-
tered.
She says the salt cellars show the true
picture of the devastation. "There is nota
single person in the village who would
buy or even steal the salt cellars, not a
single soul who could have any use what-
soever for the salt cellars," she writes.
The details of the devastation are re-
vealed in an interview with a 19-year-old
boy who frankly describes the killing he
has seen and done. She describes her
nausea at realizing that this boy was
talking to her just as her own son would
if he had gone to war.
Although Drakulic does not directly
experience the pain of loss or death, she
discovers how close she is to it. She shows
us how we are no different from the
people whose suffering we watch and
read about daily.
While in the bathtub she examines
her own body and these feelings come
out as, "The feet, the nails, the hands. I
knew all of them belonged to me, that it
was me, but my perception of my own
body was no longerthe same 1 feltmy
own terrible fragility and impotence."
The chilling part of this book is that
the reaction and emotion that Drakulic
shows is one the reader can relate to. She
shares the very same privileges as we do,
yet she is close to a reality which we deny
we can ever share. □
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Moist: A band just like all the others
by Suzanne Andrew
Charlatan Stall
C Moist, opening for Rail
Grand Central
Feb. 1 7
Moist is a generic band.
With a raw sound, depressing lyrics,
and angst in all the appropriate places,
the Vancouver-based Moist succeeds in
capturing bits of energy of other '90s
bands.
They're Cracker on a sluggish day,
Pearl Jam minus the attitude, and
Fishbone without flair. There's even some
excessive keyboard schlock left over from
the '80s thrown into this banal stew.
Moist is not a bad band, it's just that
there's nothing terribly original about it.
It's good music to listen to if you're not
really listening.
Their CD Silver, a recent indie release,
is energetic but falls into repetition be-
cause of bland mixing andfamiliar melo-
dies. Most of the songs on the CD are
aggressive — the band tends to shy away
from sentimental ballads.
Moist does, however, have some inter-
esting things to say. "Break Her Down" is
a perplexing ode about violent charac-
ters they've seen on the news. Although
lead singer David Usher usually writes
the songs, keyboardist Kevin Young wrote
these lyrics, which he describes as an
"amalgamation ... an accurate portrait
Moist in action: fust one more stop on the "perma-tour. "
of a criminal." The band members stress
that the song is not meant to glorify any
of this stuff — they just wanted to address
the issue of violence in some way.
Bassist Jeff Pearce says he had to ex-
plain the song to his mom and his girl-
friend whom he labels as "ardent femi-
nists." It seems as though the band was
trying to create a little controversy with
this song, but really doesn't want to upset
anybody after all.
Their fairly tame live performance
sounded just about the same as they do
on their CD. Usher did the long-hair-
flicking, body-writhing and typical lead
singer microphone-cord antics. Guitarist
Mark Makowy did the jumping and flop-
ping around on stage. Young fumbled
about in fits behind his keyboard
in an attempt to dance. It was all
ordinary band fare.
As is the custom in music in-
terviews, the band members said
stuff like, "There's always little
bits of ourselves thrown into our
music," and described their mu-
sic as "a little bit loaded but kind
of fun."
But the band members them-
selves are really open, really
friendly. They're not boring peo-
ple: Young is into science fiction,
Makowy craves watching epi-
sodes of Seinfeld, and drummer
Paul Wilcox is a dead ringer for
Popeye.
The band members have mu-
z sical talent. What they need to do
g now is pull more of themselves
j into their music to create some-
2 thing unique.
< Moist has just signed a deal
0 with EMI Music Publishing
Canada. This means the band is
still independent, but will get develop-
ment help from EMI in exchange for
royalties from their songwriting.
"We are our own record company
essentially, so it gives us a little more
freedom to do our own thing," says
Wilcox. "It's a low-risk venture for EMI,
but will give us a little respectability]
some advice and financial support."
The band hopes to get a real record
deal very soon. Meanwhile, they're out
and about performing across North
America and promoting Silver on what
they call their "perma-tour."
Wilcox was the last of the five band
members to give up his Vancouver apart-
ment in exchange for life on the road. He
moved his stuff out at Christmas time
because he was never there.
"We've been touring for about five or
six months now There's no hiatus in
sight and that's the way we like it." Q
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Thursday, March 3
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is playing at the NAC Theatre tonight
until March 19 at 7:30 p.m. (Finally! Citi-
zen columnist Susan Riley, who complained
last week that 8 p.m. is just too late to start
a show, has one that's early enough to go to!
■ed.).
Sock 'n' Buskin's latest studio produc-
tion is The Lover. It's a titalating tale of
a dysfunctional relationship. It's playing
today and Friday at 2 p.m. and 6 p.m.
and Saturday at 7 p.m. in the drama
studio located in the Athletics build-
ing.
It's bound to be a laugh fest this after-
noon in Room 518 in Southam Hall.
Charles Freedman, the deputy gover-
nor of the Bank of Canada, will be dis-
cussing "Monetary Policy in Canada"
at 4:30 p.m.
Ottawa's Dancing Wu Li Masters,
who describe themselves as "equal parts
prog-rock and punk" (Uh-oh! -ed.) are
having a CD release party tonight at the
Arts Court Theatre at 8 p.m. Cover is a
mere $5.
It's Thursday and that can only mean
it's time for Cha Cha's Playpen at
Zaphod's Tonight's dollar-for-cover
show features the fine, fine music of
Kingston's Inbreds and Ottawa's Elec-
tric Embryo.
Friday, March 4
Today's Friday lunch-time concert fea-
jres violinist David Thies Th ompson
nd pianist Sandra Webster. As al-
ays, it's free and it happens in Carle-
>n's Alumni Theatre.
The Ad-Hoc Committee on Bosnia-
ercegovina is presenting a couple of
>lks this evening. Christopher
itchens, a columnist with The Nation
nd Vanity Fair, will be speaking on "Why
osnia Matters" and Harvard Univer-
ty's Andras Riedlmayer will be speak-
ig on "Cultural Genocide in Bosnia."
takes place at Carleton 's Bell Theatre
id admission is a suggested $2 dona-
M for students, $5 for others. It starts at
p.m.
It's the beginning of two great eve-
ngs at Porter Hall. Tonight, the fun
'ts under way at 8 p.m. with Fishbone
id Green Apple Quickstep (note:
ohazard is not playing. Your tickets are
rong.). Tickets are $15 in advance
'nicentre Store, Ticketmaster) and $18
the door.
If you're into something a little
'eaper, check out Toronto's Wild
Tawberries at Zaphod's, of whom
;'ve heard good things. Opening for
em is Ottawa's Nothingheads. Cover
$5.
At 9:20 p.m. tonight, the Bytowne is
emiering The Best of The Intema-
"tal Toumee of Animation. If you
iss it, don't worry. It's showing at vari-
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Pink Floyd: The Wall is playing at
■20 p.m. at the Mayfair. Kids: leave
Saturday, March 5
Kosmic. Architecture building
Tonight. Expect an acid jazz room a
rave room and an ambient rave room
Vitamin Team from Montreal, Ottawa's
DJ Todd and Detroit's Motomassa will be
spinning the tunes. As for live music
there'll be Whethermen Groove Tube
NO 17, Rail T.E.C. and Speed of Light'
amongothers. Pitaficiondoswillbehappy
to know that the Hammerheads will be
there along with Trevor and Funk Fac-
tory. Tickets are $20 and are available in
Baker Lounge, the Unicentre Store, Ab-
stentions and the architecture building.
De La Soul and A Tribe Called
Quest. Not a bad double bill. Not at all.
They're playing tonight at Porter Hall
at 9 p.m. Too bad tickets are $25.
Sunday, March 6
Edward Earle, senior curator at the
California Museum of Photography, will
be giving a talk at the Canadian Mu-
seum of Contemporary Photogra-
phy. His subject will be "New Tech-
nologies, New Communities: Art at
the End of the Millennium." Admis-
sion is $5 and the talk gets under way at
2 p.m.
The McGill Percussion Ensemble
isplayingatthe Canadian Museum of
Nature this evening at 8 p.m. Tickets are
$8 for students and seniors, $10 for all
other folks.
Looking for something to do with your
afternoon that will damage your ear-
drums? Look no further! At 5 Arlington
Ave., it's a self-described "punk rock
show" featuring Chicago's Mob Action,
Toronto's Blowhard and Ottawa bands
Union of Uranus and Hoax. The fun
starts at 3:30 p.m. and tickets are $5 at
the door.
Monday, March 7
The Mayfair continues to present
fine cult movies on Mondays. This
evening's choices are the Mel Gibson
epics Mad Max and its sequel, The Road
Warrior, starting at 7 p.m.
Tuesday, March 8
Charlatan production manager Kevin
McKay is back from Reading Week and
he's feeling better than ever. During the
break, he managed to come up with yet
another reading tip. To start off the
month, McKay recommends lames M.
Cain's Double Indemnity. Says the tire-
less McKay, "Love leads an insurance
man astray in a quest for money in this
mystery. But I'm not gonna tell you folks
the ending."
More cult films at the Mayfair to-
night. At 7 p.m. you can catch the '70s
nostalgia trip Dazed and Confused, di-
rected by Richard Linklater, the same
fellow who was responsible for thestream
of consciousness film Slacker, which,
coincidentally, is being shown at 9 p.m.
Andy Jones, formerlyofthe Newfound-
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solo comedy fest at the NAC Studio at 8
p.m tomghtthrough March 19. It'scalled
Still Alive.
Skeete is profiling a variety of female jazz
singers in honor of International Wom-
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CUPE 2323 ON STRIKE TRAIL
by Ryan Nakashima
Charlatan Stalf
Nine hours of negotiation March 7
left the union local of Carleton's teach-
ing, research assistants and sessional
lecturers still in disagreement with uni-
versity administration over their collec-
tive agreement.
The university's final offer to CUPE
Local 2323 includes a five-hour-per-year
increase in work assignments, starting
Sept. 1, for graduate members of the
local.
David Van Dine, the head of admin-
istration's negotiating team, says the
increase in work assignments would
amount to a two-per-cent increase in
salaries.
The local will vote on whether or not
to accept the university's final proposal
after a general meeting March 10 at 11
a.m. in Porter Hall. The polls will close at
6 p.m.
Local president Michel Roy says if the
members vote to reject the proposal, he
expects picket lines will form around the
entrance to the university at Bronson
and Sunnyside avenues by March 1 1 .
Roy says the local's executive will not
recommend that its members accept ad-
ministration's offer, which does not in-
clude a tuition freeze for local members.
"On our part, we did a great deal of
manipulation (of our proposal) to at-
tempt to come to a settlement, " says Roy.
He says the university made some
Strike supporters show their support by driving through picket lines.
concessions, but there was nothing for the
undergraduate local members in the of-
fer.
"(They offered) no undergraduate pri-
ority, no undergraduate wage increase,
no undergraduate five-hour extension.
Nothing for undergraduates in their of-
fer."
Roy adds the two-per-cent increase in
the salaries "is not a wage increase — it's
a work increase."
After the 10th day of a possible strike,
picketers who have marched for eight
hours in the first week would get $30-a-
day strike pay from the CUPE national
office, which has a Canadian member-
Admin on money hot seat
ship of about 400,000.
"The good thing about a strike vote in
a large national union, like CUPE, is that
if things deteriorate to that point then it
becomes the affair of a whole lot of
individuals across the country, not just
the 1,200 members that work here in
Local 2323's bargaining unit," says Roy.
"We're already getting lots of support
from Local 2424 on campus, the support
staff association."
Graduate teaching assistants, research
assistants and sessional lecturers make
$24.89 per hour plus four-per-cent vaca-
tion pay.
This amounts to $6,471 per school
year for graduate TAs with 260 hours of
work per year. They cannot hold another
job if it pushes their hours past 260 hours
per year.
Most undergraduates work 130 hours
per year at $ 1 3.59 per hour plus four-per-
cent vacation pay. That amounts to
$1,766.70 per year, but'they can work
any number of hours at other jobs.
Van Dine says in the event of a strike,
the university will do its best to ensure
courses are completed.
Nothing in the Ontario Labor Rela-
tions Act prevents professors from mark-
ing assignments or carrying out other
duties performed by assistants, he says.
But he adds it is illegal to compel any
other bargaining unit to do so.
This means the university could not
compel professors to take over the jobs of
the their teaching, research assistants or
sessional lecturers.
He says specific plans for course com-
pletion in the event of a strike will have
to be worked out on a "case-by-case ba-
sis."
"It may be possible to deliver our obli-
gations to students without having all of
the work of a TA performed," says Van
Dine.
The mediation took place in offices at
the By Ward Market Holiday Inn from 10
a.m. to 7 p.m.
The teams were in separate rooms,
STRIKE cont'd on pg. 4.
by Brandie Weikle
Charlatan Start
Carleton's finances — the good, the
bad and the ugly — were laid out in
Baker Lounge March 8.
University President Robin Farquhar,
vice-president of finance and adminis-
tration Spruce Riordon, and vice-presi-
dent academic Les Copley discussed the
state of Carleton's finances to a crowd of
about 50 students.
Strangely enough, however, no one
in attendance questioned the panel
about possible tuition increases.
Yes, there were questions on other
topics, ranging from corporate sponsor-
ship to lack of funding for the faculty of
arts.
But no one asked Farquhar where he
stands on tuition increases, which is
surprising since he since he sits on the
Council of Ontario Universities.
Last August, the council put out a
discussion paper on tuition-fee reform
which concluded that tuition fees must
rise in order to avoid the "financial
deterioration" of Ontario universities.
At the meeting, Riordon presented a
series of charts and graphs on an over-
head projector explaining, or perhaps
excusing, Carleton's financial situation.
These visual aids attributed Carle-
ton's financial woes to external factors,
such as provincial funding cuts. Riordon
pointed out that provincial funding for
Ontario universities is the eighth lowest
in Canada, although he didn't mention
there are more universities in Ontario
than in any other province.
"If we can't keep up with Newfound-
land, then we're not doing what we
might," said Riordon.
He said despite the lack of provincial
funding, tuition increases over the last
10 years for Ontario universities have
been smaller than in other provinces.
As far as a budget goes for the coming
fiscal year (that's accountantese for
"starting in May"), the university doesn't
have one yet. Riordon said the univer-
sity has "scenarios," but until they find
out what Carleton will receive in grants
from the government and then deter-
mine what tuition fees will be, the budget
cannot be set. Still, Riordon said he hopes
next year's budget will be set for April.
The 1993-1994 operating budget looks
like this:
Revenue:
Government grant
Tuition fees
Other
(in $ millions)
100
45
5
Expenses:
Salaries 113
Specific Utilities 23
Departmental operation 13
It did alarm some people in the audi-
ence that the salaries of the administra-
tive, academic and support staff take up
75 per cent of the university budget.
Farquhar was asked by Brian
Edgecombe, the business agent of Cana-
dian Union of Public Employees Local
2323, about salaries for senior adminis-
trators.
He asked if the university needs 30
academic administrators such as deans
and school directors who make on aver-
age $91,900 each a year, and 100 senior
staff in administrativedepartments, such
as the business and personnel offices,
who make an average of $65,265.
Edgecombe said later he got the infor-
mation because the university was re-
quired to release specific information re-
quested by campus unions as part of the
social contract, which the provincial gov-
ernment brought in to reduce public sec-
tor expenses last summer.
Farquhar invited the TAs to come up to
his office at a later date and see the break
down of every position in administra-
tion, but would neither confirm nor deny
the salary figures.
Edgecombe said later that more than
$9.3 million is spent on these 130 senior
administrative positions. He said these
and we just have to know what they're
doing," he said. Riordon said that since
March 1993 the university has been in-
formed that they will have $9.9 million
less to operate in the next fiscal year.
Riordon said this is the result of the social
contract, government cuts and new taxes.
This translates into $600 per student in
cuts. Riordon said the administration
has chosen to run a small deficit the past
few years to avoid cutting programs or
take more money from students. The
1992-93 deficit was $1.9 million. Carle-
ton's debt is now $3.6 million.
However, he said that the university
will be hoping to either break even or
operate with a surplus budget in order to
improve its finances this year.
Riordon said he is considering options
for managing the funding cuts — to
increase income with tuition fees or pri-
vate sector sponsorship, or to decrease
costs with savings programs and faculty
and staff salary reductions. □
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March 10, 1994 • The Charlatan • 3
Grad students to acclaim a new executive
by Mario Carlucci and Andrea Wiebe
Charlatan Star!
No contest: Two tiny words to describe
this year's Graduate Students' Associa-
tion election.
All positions in the GSA executive will
be filled by acclamation, and graduate
students will vote either for or against
the candidates, says Dean Novak, the
GSA's chief electoral officer.
" If 50 per cent of the people give them
a 'no' vote, the nominations will be re-
opened," says Novak.
Running for acclamation are Oliver
Harte, for vice-president finance, Glenn
Edwards for vice-president external, Ro-
man Meyerovich for vice-president in-
ternal and David Hubka for president.
There will also be a referendum ques-
tion on whether or not graduate students
want to subsidize a dental plan.
Both Hubka and Harte are on the
present GSA executive.
Hubka was elected vice-president ex-
ternal in a fall byelection when Barb
Rose left her position to pursue a co-op
placement for her master's of public
administration degree. Harte took over
as vice-president internal from Guy
Vadish in February, when he left to do
the same as Rose.
The Fab Four: Roman Meyerovich, Oliver Harte, David Hubka and Glenn Edwards
Hubka says he believes that few peo-
ple are running in the GSA elections
because there are few opposing interests.
"It's more or less a show of confidence.
Generally I would be concerned about it
if 1 didn't think it was a show of support
by the students," says Hubka.
Kristin Russel, a first-year master's of
public administration student, had in-
tended on running for vice-president ex-
ternal but withdrew. She says she with-
drew because she's taking a co-op place-
ment this summer.
Russel says if she wanted to renew the
placement in the fall, she would be not
allowed to be vice-president external as
well because executives cannot do more
than one term of co-op work.
She says many graduate students don't
have time to take on an executive posi-
tion.
"It's often hard to do a full-course
load when you're doing this at the same
time, and so there's a lot of sacrifices that
have to go along with the position," says
Russel.
But Vanessa Cook, a graduate student
in political science, says it is unfortunate
that there are no women who will be
holding positions in the GSA.
"If s a shame" there is no competition
for GSA positions this year, which is
"indicative of the lack of cohesion in the
graduate community," says Cook.
Harte says that filling the GSA posi-
tions by acclamation is not necessarily
negative.
"I'd prefer to think that it's because
students don't feel threatened by what
they see on the horizon of student poli-
tics."
He says this is "simply a validation of
the system."
Don Bisch, a first-year master's of
journalism student, says he's not sure
who is running in the election.
"There's been very little as far as ad-
vertising," he says.
Polling will take place in Mike's Place,
Renfrew House and the Loeb Building
March 10-11. □
TAs and admin bracing to take the strike plunge
STRIKE cont'd from pg. 3
exchanging proposals through the On-
tario Ministry of Labor's mediator, Fred
Long. The teams met face to face about
three or four times, says Van Dine.
There was movement on both sides.
In the morning, the union local de-
manded a tuition freeze for all its mem-
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by Caron Watt
Charlatan Staff
The Carleton University Students'
Association election has been thrown
out because the CUSA constitution was
violated during the campaign.
CUSA's constitutional board released
its unanimous decision to overturn the
February election results at a CUSA coun-
cil meeting March 6, after reviewing
eight election complaints andchallenges.
CUSA council voted 8-7 with five ab-
stentions March 6 to overturn the deci-
sion of the constitutional board. But a
morion to overturn the board's decision
requires a five-ninths majority of coun-
cil, or 19 councillors out of 34, to vote in
favor of it.
After the issue was brought up again
at an emergency meeting March 8, coun-
cil voted 12-9 with four abstentions to
overturn it. The necessary majority was
not obtained.
The decision means the election has
to take place all over again. Referen-
dums on funding for a Carleton hockey
team and the University of Ottawa Com-
munity Legal Clinic will have to be re-
done. Student positions on the senate
and board of governors will also have to
be voted on again.
For the next election, nominations
open March 11, campaigning begins
March 22 and polling begins March 29.
Finance commissioner Rene Faucher
says another election will cost about
$8,500.
The board overturned the general elec-
tion because it ruled electoral bylaws
were broken after a challenge from three-
time presidential candidate Elaine Sil-
ver.
In her challenge, she said she wanted
"to see that the entire election and its
results be rejected and that a new elec-
tion take place."
The CUSA constitution states there
are to be a total of four all-candidates
debates scheduled, but Silver's complaint
says only two were held. Board member
Theresa Cowan says this was a major
reason for the board throwing out the
results.
Another of Silver's challenges up-
held by the board was the
requirement that
each poll
booth
post a
sign in-
forming
students
of voting
locations
across
campus.
This re-
Stanton received a written warning
from chief electoral officer James Rilett
after campaigning in Oliver's pub in the
Unicentre Feb. 2. According to the CUSA
constitution, candidates are not allowed
to solicit votes in commercial areas on
campus. This challenge was not accepted
by the board because there wasn't
enough evi-
Stewart and Stanton; back on the campaign trail.
according to the
quire
ment was not met,
board's decision.
Another challenge from Silver was
upheld. Two polling clerks are required
at all times at each polling booth, ac-
cordingtotheconstitution.Silverclaimed eluded in Stanton's presidential budget,
this wasn't the case. Witnesses came he would have exceeded the $150 spend-
s paignman-
3 ager.
< Stanton's
printed
campaign pamphlets soliciting a posi-
tion on the board of governors included
information on his presidential platform.
Nogalo challenged these as unconsti-
tutional, because if they had been in-
before the constitutional board to testify
that individual polling clerks were seen
alone at poll booths.
Silver submitted other challenges not
upheld by the board. One states presi-
dential candidate Richard Stanton's cam-
paign was "riddled with unfair advan-
tages that many of the other candidates
did not have. He also clearly violated the
procedures of campaigning on a number
of occasions."
ing limit and therefore been disqualified.
But this challenge was thrown out by
the board as well because Rilett wrote a
letter to the board which said he was at
fault for allowing Stanton's pamphlets to
be distributed. Rilett wrote that Stanton
should not be disqualified for his mistake.
But Rilett himself challenged finance
commissioner candidate Wendy Stewart's
final campaign budget. Stewart submit-
ted a final campaign budget which
showed she spent $ 1 5 1 . 30, over the $ 1 50
limit. Rilett wrote in a memo to council
chair Elaine Flis that Stewart should be
disqualified but deferred a decision to
the board.
The board turned down this chal-
lenge because it was discovered that Stew-
art had made a mathematical error in
her budget and was actually not over
budget.
The board "would like to caution Ms.
Stewart to be more careful in the future
because such mistakes in the position of
finance commissioner can have drastic
consequences for the student body, " reads
the board's ruling.
Despite the second chance for some
candidates, several are choosing not to
run again in the upcoming election.
Several candidates will not be run-
ning in the upcoming CUSA election,
among them former presidential candi-
date Todd McAllister and newly elected
arts representative Heather Jenkins, who
got the most votes in the arts and social
sciences election.
"I have fifty bucks left in my bank
account," says McAllister.
He says he can't afford to lose his year
because of the time he will have to put
into another election.
McAllister says he blames CUSA for
the election recall.
"The association didn't run the elec-
tion properly," he says.
Rilett submitted his letter of resigna-
tion from the position of CEO at the
March 8 council meeting, saying he was
fed up with the process.
"They really have to tighten up the
electoral rules. What we have are people
interpreting the rules one way and oth-
ers interpreting them differently." □
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Opinions mixed on strike
Compiled by Ryan Ward
Charlatan Stan
Carleton's sessional lecturers and
teaching and research assistants will vote
March 10 on whether they should go on
strike.
The Charlatan asked students, teach-
ing assistants and professors what they
know about the strike and how they
think it will affect
them.
"What kind of edu-
cation are we getting
here? 1 take the hat off to (the TAs')
convictions, but don't drag the students
into it."
Kevin Lacey, first-year political
science student
"Students should be angry and ask for
their tuition back. Our fight is (the stu-
dents') fight."
Bob Lawson, graduate student,
political science teaching assistant
"Besides from posters, I haven 'theard
much about the possible strike. I kind of
wish I knew more."
Jason Mac Donald, first-year jour-
nalism student
"It will be kind of cool to miss labs but
our grades would suffer, and this is not
good."
Brad Cheer, first-year science
student
"They are not being very public with
the negotiations. Other than the union
and administration, no one seems to
know what's going on."
Ion Alexander, political science
professor
"We pay for TAs to help us when we
don't understand something. It is not up
to us. It is up to the
goddamn adminis-
tration."
Helene Pierard,
second-year environmental-science
student
It is not up to us. It is up
to the God-damn
administration."
"At the beginning of the semester
each professor signs a form delegating
the marking scheme for the course. The
only way to alter this is to have a unani-
mous class vote (on changing the mark-
ing scheme) or it could not be changed.
With classes of 400 students this is quite
unlikely."
Shirley Mills, president of the
Carle ton University Academic Staff
Association on how classes may be
affected by the strike.
"The TAs don't want the students to be
left alone during exams so the strike is a
hard decision to do."
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CU5A throws intelligence out with election
COUNCIL
by Brent Dowdall
Charlatan Staff
Ah, chaos!
Nobody does itbetterthanthecouncil
of the Carleton University Students' As-
sociation, who threw out its recent elec-
tion March 6.
Now there were some damned good
reasons to throw it out, but it means
those five zillion posters were all for
naught, and we'll have to do the whole
stupid thing over again.
There are some moments in life a
person will always remember. The mo-
ment that CUSA's constitutional board
handed down its decision is one of those.
The collective thud of jaws hitting the
floor and eyes bugging out were some of
those once-in-a-lifetime sights and
sounds.
"I'm going to be sick," said (one-time)
councillor-elect Pierre Leduc.
. . . both sides kept this sham
going for four hours, with
shameful attempts by mem-
bers of both factions to score
cheap political points on each
other.
An eerie silence gripped the Baker
Lounge table as councillors and assem-
bled guests listened to board chair Cindy
Frazer read the ruling. President-elect
Richard Stanton, finance commissioner-
elect Wendy Stewart and several newly
elected councillors looked like someone
had taken away their new Christmas
puppies.
The challenge which overturned the
election was filed by three-time presiden-
tial loser Elaine Silver (which could mean
CUSA's version of the Buffalo Bills has
finally won the Super Bowl).
Council got to debate and vote upon
whether to accept the ruling and order
new elections, or overturn the board and
keep the election results.
In the ensuing fight to overturn the
board's decision, the strongest supporter
was Troy Ross, who just happened to be
Stanton's campaign manager. (Surely a
coincidence.)
As the proxy for
arts rep Bryan
Jones, Ross first in-
sisted that Stanton
and Stewart had not
been given a copy
of the challenges
made against them
in advance as the
constitution re-
quires.
Frazerandboard
member Theresa
Cowan said the
challenges were ac-
tually filed against
Rilett, the CEO, and
not against Stanton
or Stewart.
Unfortunately,
the board had to dis-
appear for a few
minutes to do some
editing in their de-
cision. See, they'd
actually written
that the challenges
were against
Stanton, so they
had to rewrite their
decision so as to re-
move any refer-
ences to challenges
against Stanton or
Stewart. Otherwise
it would have been yet another constitu-
tional violation.
When the circus resumed after the
ruling had been edited, debate began on
a motion to overturn the board's ruling
and let the election stand.
After beginning his speech with a
totally irrelevant quote from Winston
Churchill, Ross suggested that a flawed
election was okay.
"Democracy is flawed. Constitutions
are flawed. In my opinion, the decisions
of the constitutional board are flawed."
Apparently, logic is flawed as well.
President Lucy Watson, who sure can
hold a grudge, said she was disgusted at
how councillors such as arts rep Renee
Gallant and arts rep Tom Golem voted to
throw out the referendum on the fee hike
for the Canadian Federation of Students
last fall but now wanted to keep the
election.
"1 can't believe the arguments I'm
hearing because they're exactly the same
arguments I put forward about the refer-
endum that was overturned last term,"
she said. "And I find it very ironic that
the people who fought against my argu-
ments are now sitting here throwing the
same arguments back in my face."
No argument here. They both should
have been thrown out.
As for the second council meeting
March 8, perhaps the less said about this
farce of democracy, the better.
The "don't throw out the elections"
forces, led by finance commissioner Rene
Faucher, Gallant, Golem and Ross,
packed the audience with people (mostly
newly elected councillors and campaign
hacks) to clap and cheer whenever some-
one on their side made a point. They also
brandished their petition they'd been
circulating for two days which they said
had 1,500 names on it.
The "throw out the elections" side, led
by arts proxy Derek Zeisman and jour-
nalism rep fames Heath, meanwhile,
had their own gallery to cheer them on.
Half an hour into the meeting, it was
obvious that there simply wasn't the 19
councillors needed to overturn the rul-
ing.
But both sides kept this sham going
for four hours, with shameful attempts
by members of both factions to score
cheap political points on each other,
worse than I've ever seen at council.
Maybe it was the bright lights of the
television cameras from all the j-
schoolers, but this disgrace made the
Parliamentary Question Period look civi-
lized. Thank God no one had weapons.
Faucher, showing more interest in
council than he has all year, worked
himself into a frenzy while arguing that
the results should be kept. It drew him a
standing ovation. Surely his friendship
with Stanton had nothing to do with his
passionate performance.
Arts rep John Edwards, serving as the
council chair for the second consecutive
meeting, certainly picked appropriate
attire when he wore his black and white
referee's jersey. A zebra in a zoo.
"The member will shut the fuck up,"
he yelled at one point at student ian
Reilly. Edwards could have used such a
phrase innumerable times to anynumber
of people.
Such as Heath and Rilett. Heath had
moved a motion March 6 to have Rilett
replaced before the new election, but the
morion was not considered.
Rilett said he wasn't informed about
that meeting. Obviously, he learned
about it and had some things to say at
the next one.
The two yelled at each other through-
out the debate and then befitting the
madness of the scene, Rilett called him a
"jerk" and generally heckled Heath while
the councillor made his speech.
More attacks were launched at the
March 6 meeting. Golem began the cir-
cus with an attack on each executive
member. In order, he accused Watson
and Faucher of being away from the j ob
too much.
He said director of academics Gary
Anandasangaree had worked up a
number of "mental health days" and
should take some time off. He criticized
director of services Theresa Cowan of
violating her terms of reference by writ-
ing two memos trying to discourage so-
cializing between professors and students.
Then he accused vice-president internal
Rob Jamieson of not paying employees
or having meeting agendas ready on
time.
Finally, he said vice-president exter-
nal Kristine Haselsteiner works hard, "but
not much has been done there."
"I'm not going to address Tom's con-
cerns because 1 think if you wanted those
to be constructive you could have ap-
proached us in a less hostile environ-
ment or in a less confrontational man-
ner," responded Watson.
Presumably other universities or the
Cayman Islands are less hostile environ-
ments. Oh, and Lucy, it's hard to ap-
proach people when you're not in town.
The final bomb came March 8 after
the vote on the board's ruling, when
Rilett submitted his letter of resignation.
"I only regret making the mistake of
assuming that I was dealing with adults, "
his letter reads.
Kinda sums up CUSA pretty well. □
Fun Farquhar Fact: Sparky and Spruce kicking Olympic butt!
by David Bartolf
Charlatan Staff
During reading week, while most of
you went south to work on your skin
cancer or went home so mom could work
on your laundry, Carleton's premier jock
hit the country that looks like it was
drawn by a cartographer with the shakes
for some Olympic action.
Ever the man of action, here is just a
small sample of Sparkomatic's itinerary
to pass the time in Lillehammer, when
he and Spruce weren't kicking ass in the
luge heats:
• hitting those padded wallsat45 km/
hour in every short-track event on televi-
sion
• filling out Richard Stanton's name
on cards asking for free Rogaine samples
• looking, with the teams from Israel
and American Samoa, for a fourth for
bridge, since Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards
wasn't around this year
SPARKY: GOIN' FOR THE OLYMPIC GOLD!
• discussing baseball's designated hit-
ter rule with Tonya Harding
• yelling to the person sitting next to
him "It isn't real hockey; Patrick Roy
isn't in net," whenever an opposing team
scored on Team Canada
• drinking lots of coffee to write his
name in the snow, if you know what I
mean
• trading brownie recipes with Hillary
Clinton
• trading hash brownie recipes with
Bill Clinton
• asking the ticket agents "Whaddya
mean my Mastercard is no good?"
• annoying the natives with his "Have
you driven a fjord lately?" joke
• discussing the use of Pert shampoo
with Josee Chouinard ('"Shampoo, rinse
repeat', but, my God, it never lets you
break free of the cycle!")
a; • one word: yodelling
| • a second word: streaking,
o • telling the American athletes that,
| yes, Canada is the country where ice
f= was bom, but, no, he does not know
their particular cousin in Toronto
• negotiating a deal to say "Je vais
aller au EuroDisney" for when he won
the gold. □
8 • The Charlatan • March 10, 1994
NATIONAL AFFAIRS
Favoritism rampant in regional COSEP
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by Brandie Weikle
Charlatan Staff
Federal government summer employ-
ment programs for students in the Ot-
tawa area are riddled with favoritism
and unfair hiring practices, according to
an internal audit.
The Public Service Commission of
Canada conducted a review in 1992 of
summer employment programs which
found that the students landing jobs were
those who were recommended by rela-
tives or friends in the civil service.
The commission's report found that
77.5 per cent of positions in the national
capital region were filled by students
returning to their jobs or by referrals from
within the civil service.
It says that hiring for both the Career-
Oriented Summer Employment Program
(COSEP) and the Non-Career-Oriented
Summer Employment Program (Non-
COSEP) is a "paper-burdened process, to
be gone around, rather than a help in
reaching operational objectives."
"As a result, the Public Service Com-
mission is taking back management of
the programs in 1995," says Andy
Rapoch, a communications advisor for
the commission.
The COSEP program, administered by
Human Resources Development Canada,
provides government jobs for students
that will advance them in the direction of
a career path they'd like to follow.
Students apply to their local COSEP
office every year by the end of February,
which then forwards their names to the
government departments where positions
exist for which they are qualified.
Non-COSEP positions are temporary
jobs for the government which are not
career- related.
Until the commission takes over the
hiring, it has set new guidelines for de-
partments hiring summer students, says
Yvan Clermont, a communications of-
ficer for the youth directorate of Human
Resources Development.
As a result of the report, this year all
interested students must send an appli-
cation to the COSEP hiring centre and no
students can be hired on recommenda-
tion.
Also, non-COSEP jobs must all be ad-
vertised in placement centres and COSEP
jobs from other parts of Canada must be
advertised outside their local areas, says
Clermont.
Clermont says this summer, students
will not be able to come back to the same
position without reapplying.
Rapoch says exceptions to the new
guidelines will only be made in cases
where the student is on a clear career
path and significant investment has been
made in training the individual for a
certain position.
Marc Cuerrier, who is in charge of
COSEP positions at Statistics Canada,
says the commission's new regulations
will not affect the way his department
hires COSEP students.
"We were clean when they audited
over here and they found nothing wrong, "
says Cuerrier.
He says sometimes students who have
worked in Statistics Canada before are
rehired, but the department never hires
people on the basis of references from
people they know in the civil service.
"We send a request to COSEP, who
sends a list of students that made the
qualifications. There is no favoritism
here," says Cuerrier.
Ian Miller, director of Carleton's Place-
ment and Career Services centre, says in
a job program as large as COSEP, some
occurrences of favoritism are inevitable.
"I've heard stories where a minister,
deputy minister, or a high-level civil serv-
ant request that their son or daughter be
considered first," says Miller.
Favoritism has been a problem in the
COSEP program before, says Kristine
Haselsteiner, vice-president external of
Carleton University Students' Associa-
tion.
"I once worked at a summer employ-
ment centre and we always advised that
it was easier to get a job if you knew
someone," says Haselsteiner.
"It was a situation of complete
favoritism. Students without much expe-
rience who didn't know anyone didn't
have much of a chance," she says.
Haselsteiner says the changes to the
hiring sound like an improvement.
The Public Services Commission is a
branch of the federal government which
observes the public service to make sure
that it is "non-partisan and representa-
tive of Canadian society."
The commission completed its report
in May 1993, but it was only made public
after it was obtained by the Canadian
Press news service last month under the
Access to Information Act. □
New smoking ban may affect universities
by Karolina Srutek
Charlatan Staff
An Ottawa Liberal MPP wants an
amendment to exempt universities and
colleges from proposed provincial gov-
ernment legislation which would pro-
hibit smoking on campuses, including
residences and bars.
age to purchase cigarettes to 19-years-
old from 18 and would require picture
identification for the purchase of ciga-
rettes.
"What we want to avoid is where the
bill deals with people who already
smoke," says McGuinty.
"There are students on campus who
teria. Separate ventilation systems is one
of them.
ButSheriBoyd, the supervisorof Roost-
er's Coffeehouse at Carleton, says the
ventilation systems at Rooster's and Ol-
iver's don't meet the new code of ventila-
tion systems proposed by the govern-
ment.
The government sent Boyd a letter
saying it would require that ventilation
systems discharge the smoke outside,
whereas the ones at Oliver's and Roost-
er's vent the smoke through an interior
system.
"We would lose a lot of revenue. They
(students) come in here instead of the
library," says Boyd.
Some students say they think the leg-
islation banning smoking in all indoor
areas is a bad idea.
"We come in here to smoke and have
a drink. They are going to lose a lot of
money from us," says Susan Kim, a sec-
ond-year sociology-anthropology stu-
dent. "They depend on us."
"The wheels of democracy are falling
off and there is no auto club big enough
to fix it," says first-year arts student David
Dunn. "Anything that impedes the free-
dom of an individual on any level is
wrong."
Caterina Colantuoni, a fourth-year
sociology student who smokes, says atti-
tudes towards smoking have changed a
lot since she came to Carleton.
"Five years ago, I could walk to my
classroom with a cigarette." □
Cooke blocks Brock
Oh, the
Thb may soon be the only place you can smoke at Carleton: outside.
Dalton McGuinty, a member of the
government committee reviewing Bill
119, says people at universities and col-
leges should be exempt from the bill.
Bill 1 19 is called an "Act to Prevent the
Provision of Tobacco to Young Persons
and to Regulate its Sale and Use by Oth-
ers." Section 9 of the bill would prohibit
people from smoking tobacco in retail
establishments, public transit shelters,
public schools, private vocational schools
and post-secondary educational institu-
tions.
If the bill is passed by the legislature,
it will apply to the campuses of all uni-
versities and colleges, including resi-
dences, offices and bars.
The bill has gone through first and
second readings and it's presently being
reviewed clause by clause by a legislative
committee. The committee will suggest
improvements, then the bill will go
through a third and final reading in the
legislature sometime this spring.
"Let the students and faculties make
their own rules," says McGuinty. He says
universities are already regulated by city
bylaws and by policies drawn up by stu-
dent councils.
Bill 119 would also increase the legal
are 30-, 40- and 50-years-old, which have
been smoking for years. Bill 119 was
introduced to primarily make it harder
for young people to smoke Let's just
focus on the people who haven't started."
McGuinty says the bill as it currently
reads would discriminate against people
at universities and colleges. For instance,
he says, it is unreasonable to impose
rules governing smoking in university
residences when there are no such rules
for apartment buildings.
David Sterrirt, Carleton's director of
• housing and food services, says there are
1,660 spaces for students in residence
and 700 of them are available for stu-
dents who are permitted to smoke in
their rooms.
Blaise Kunopaski, a first-year student
in Lanark residence, says he would be
willing to smoke outside, but he thinks
students would be offended if the ban
goes through.
McGuinty says there are two excep-
tions to Section 9 as it stands that would
allow smoking on campuses.
First, it wouldn't prohibit smoking
outdoors and second, smoking would be
permitted in designated areas, for which
the government would create specific cri-
by John Steinbachs
Charlatan Staff
Ontario Education Minister Dave
Cooke has threatened to block a move by
Brock University in St. Catharines to raise
tuition for its bachelor of education pro-
gram to $10,000 per year.
On March 5, Brock's board of trustees,
the university's highest governing body,
approved a proposal which will increase
tuition by $7,700 for some spots in the
program next year.
Brock currently offers 350 government-
subsidizedspots in the one-yearprogram,
open to students who have finished three
years of university.
The university will add an additional
50 spots, but the cost of these spots will be
$10,000 each. Tuition for the subsidized
positions is currently $2,300.
[ohn Shalagan, communications of-
ficer for the Ministry of Education, says
Cooke announced that if Brock's plan
goes ahead, the ministry will withhold
the same amount of money from the
university's grant as it raises in new tui-
tion money.
Brock has already accepted applica-
tions for the fall, says Grant Dobson,
Brock's executive director for external
relations. But he says no one will be
accepted for the new spots until Brock
officials meet with Cooke in the upcoming
weeks to discuss the ministry's position.
irony!
Shalagan says Cooke also said Brock's
administrators didn't see the implica-
tions of their plan.
"Other universities and other pro-
grams may do the same as Brock," says
Shalagan.
Shalagan says Cooke also voiced his
concern at the creation of an elite system
in university education, whereby those
with money have a better chance at an
education.
The Brock board voted in the proposal
to provide a "Canadian option" for stu-
dents in search of a teaching certificate,
says Dobson.
Dobson says because of the limited
spots in the education program, students
who are qualified but are not accepted
end up going to the United States to
attain a diploma.
"There they pay $12,000 to $14,000,"
says Dobson.
This move by Brock makes the pro-
gram "more accessible," says Dobson,
because students are leaving the country
to attain the degrees already.
But Tom Attard, the vice-president of
student services for Brock University Stu-
dents Union, disagrees with Dobson.
Attard says students who have the
educational qualifications for the extra
50 places but not the cash to pay the
BROCK cont'd on page 10.
March 10, 1994 • The Charlatan • 9
College grads may soon be returnable
by Sara-Lynne Levine
Charlatan Staff
Just like some companies on late-night
television, some Canadian community
colleges will soon provide a money-back
guarantee with their degrees.
Beginning this spring, Durham Col-
lege in Oshawa, Ont, will offer 1 2-month
guarantees with its graduates when they
finish school.
With the guarantee, Durham gradu-
ates who enter the workforce in the next
year can be sent back to the school for
free, voluntary re-training if employers
are unhappy with their skills.
There are 4,000 students at Durham
College and over 1,100 grads will be
guaranteed when they graduate in June.
The guarantee covers all departments
from technology to arts to health and
science, says Shari Lovelock, president of
the students' association at Durham Col-
lege.
The Nova Scotia Ministry of Education
wants to implement a similar program
forall of its community colleges as part of
a restructuring plan.
The program would guarantee the
competency ofcommunity-collegegradu-
ates, says Donna MacDonald, communi-
cations officer for the ministry.
"Graduates should have a certain skill
level when they graduate and if they
don't meet that competency level, then
employers can send the students back
and we will provide additional training,"
says MacDonald. She says the minister
hopes to have a program in place by
1995.
"This is something we are working
towards", says MacDonald. "This is a
program where we would have compe-
tency-based standards."
MacDonald says the ministry is look-
ing at which programs produce gradu-
ates with measurable skills that could
come with a guarantee. .
There are 18 English-language com-
munity colleges in Nova Scotia and six
French campuses, which serve about
8,000 full-time students.
In Durham so far, the idea for the
program has met witha positive response.
"We are putting faith in our students
and faith in the education of our stu-
dents," says Lovelock. "When we told our
students, (about the guarantee) they
couldn't believe the college was willing to
stand behind their students. They were
dumbfounded."
There has been a similar response in
Nova Scotia, says MacDonald.
"The students we interviewed think it
is a positive idea," says MacDonald. "I
haven't heard any negative response.
The idea is great for grads. It gives stu-
dents a leg up, because the employers
don't have to take the students' word."
She says employers would be encour-
aged to hire graduates from community
colleges with the guarantee because they
will be expected to have the necessary j ob
skills.
Does this turn students into commodi-
ties? MacDonald thinks not. "Any com-
pany that is proud of that product should
guarantee that product," says
MacDonald. "The commodity is the train-
ing we are providing, not the student."
Lovelock agrees. "If s the college say-
ing we believe in our grads. It's a win-win
situation for the students and the school. "
Algonquin College in Ottawa has no
plans to create a student guarantee, says
Robin Dorrell, the college's director of
marketing and public affairs. Dorrell says
the college is "familiar with the pro-
gram," hut is not looking into it.
So far, there are no plans to provide a
guarantee to Carleton students.
Don McEown, executive assistant to
Carleton's president, says universities
could not offer guarantees because uni-
versity programs are not specifically de-
signed for vocational skills training.
"I don't know of anyone who has
proposed the idea here," says McEown.
"University education is not just solely
for gaining employment. It is education,
not vocation." □
Gov't loans pilot project has few takers
by Am Keeling and G. Bruce Rolston
TORONTO (CUP) — A pilot project
begun last November for a new student
loan system has had almost no takers,
Ontario government officials admit.
The project is supposed to test an in-
come-contingent loan system, where stu-
dents will pay back their loans according
to the amount they earn after gradua-
tion.
If the project is successful, some stu-
dentrepresentativessay the income-con-
tingent loans could be used to make
students pay for a larger share of their
education.
The pilot program was supposed to
give out 1 ,000 loans this year to students
at Ontario universities. It offered $2,500
to any student who was deemed not
eligible for normal Ontario Student As-
sistance Plan loans. Students in their
final year of undergraduate studies and
who did not qualify under OSAP's assess-
ment of financial need were invited to
participate.
But as of last week, no more than a few
dozen students had received one of the
over 150 loans of $2,500 each set aside
for students at Toronto's three universi-
ties.
"I don't think it'll tell us much at all,"
says Jamie MacKay, an Ontario Ministry
of Education spokesperson.
Student loan officers at universities
across the province did not receive infor-
mation on the program until it was an-
nounced last November.
"I would say the majority of students
would have figured out how to finance
their education (by November), especially
those in fourth year," says Karen
Takenaka, student aid manager for
Ryerson Polytechnic University, which
has no students who have received in-
come-contingent loans.
Unlike regular student loans, income-
contingent loans collect interest from the
day a student borrows the money. The
difference between the new loans and
regular assistance is that if a student's
income aftergraduation doesnotreach a
certain level, part or all of the loan is
forgiven.
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groups of students participating in the
project, according to Carol Fleck, director
of student awards. She says 19 students
at Carleton are participating in the
project, out of 39 spaces allotted to the
university in the pilot project.
Fleck says the higher rate of participa-
tion at Carleton may be because Carle-
ton was able to quickly identify those
students who were eligible.
Unlike most other Ontario universi-
ties, Carleton keeps detailed statistics of
students who apply for and receive stu-
dent loans, as well as those who don't
qualify.
The university was thus able to inform
students who qualified for the pilot project
before they found other means of sup-
port.
Fleck also says the project would have
been more successful if it didn't restrict
the loans to students in their final year.
"If it were offered in the second year of
a program, we'd have more students who
don't qualify under the needs assessment
(for OSAP)."
As far as what the education ministry
will do with the meagre data being col-
lected by the pilot project, Fleck says both
the university and the ministry are un-
sure.
The University of Toronto's financial
aid manager, David Sidebottom, also
criticizes the timing of the start of the
program. He says he had identified only
140 students at U of T who would even
qualify for the loans. □
BROCK cont'd from page 10.
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The board is "setting a dangerous prec-
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Attard says he understands the pro-
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enrolment is limited, but he doesn't agree
with the way Brock is dealing with it.
He says he's worried this system of
opening enrolment for a huge fee "may
grow and work its way into the entire
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INTERNATIONAI AFFaidc
SMALL DORM
ROOMS: A Chinese
student at the
Beijing Institute of
Fine Arts finally has
some time alone.
Eight students often
live in rooms seven
metres by four
metres wide.
by Bill Cooper
Charlatan Start
For students in China, the events of
June 1989 are far behind them.
Thatwas when students and residents
of Beijing clashed with the People's Lib-
eration Army in Tiananmen Square. The
army's massacre of protesters there still
provokes emotion for many.
Several books on the events of
Tiananmen estimate 3,000 to 5,000 pro-
testers were killed. According to Voices
From Tiananmen Square, the Chinese gov-
ernment estimated fewerthan 400 deaths.
It is unclear who is correct.
Despite the immense suffering in the
name of reform, the priorities for many
Chinese students have changed.
Conversations in the crowded dormi-
tories of Beijing universities no longer
revolve around democracy and demon-
strations, but rather jobs.
As an exchange student, 1 lived in a
student dormitory while in China, and
conducted about 35 interviews with stu-
dents, graduates and faculty of about 12
universities, including Beijing University,
People's University, and the University of
International Business and Economics,
where I stayed.
The sentiments I encountered were
not those of grand calls for the ideal of
democracy.
Rather, students expressed aspirations
of a getting a high-paying job and hav-'
ing the opportunity to travel.
There is a predominant determina-
tion to leam English, get a job with a
trade company and live the life of the
successful businessperson.
" I think business is no interesting, but
there is- good salary and maybe some
travelling," says Shang Jinsong, a UIBE
graduate in business.
CHINA
IN
CONTRAST
Bill Cooper, a fourth-year journalism
student at Carleton, went on an exchange
to the University of International Business
and Economics in Beijing last year.
This institution, situated in the north-
east corner of Beijing, hosts about 70
foreign students a year from around the
world. Each year one of those students is
selected from Carleton.
Carleton International, a university of-
fice that sponsors students and faculty on
academic exchanges, keeps in contact
with foreign universities and sponsored
Cooper's trip.
While in China, Cooper conducted re-
search and interviews which dealt with
the "post-Tiananmen" mood of Chinese
university students for an honors research
project.
Carleton's MacOdrum Library is pres-
ently hosting a photographic exhibit of
Cooper's work, on display until March 21
1994.
One piece was recently selected for
publication in the Best of College Photog-
raphy Annual 1994 magazine, put out by
Nikon and Photographers' Forum. Follow-
ing the display at Carleton, the exhibit will
move to the University of Ottawa. □
While some would like to see increased
political accountability and some form
of political reform, for now, most would
readily agree to improved living condi-
tions.
In the universities I visited, as many as
eight students live in dormitory rooms
about seven metres long and four metres
wide.
Indeed, many students say that it was
concerns such as dormitory conditions
and for women to have access to univer-
sities that drove them to the 1989 protest
in Tiananmen Square.
The banners for democracy they
marched underseemed to symbolize their
inability to amalgamate
a multitude of very basic
concerns and express
them to a Western media
hungry for grandiose
statements.
One pressing concern
is that women still face
barriers to enter Chinese
universities.
"In my class there is
30 student, only six are
girl ... I think it is because of Chinese
society, not because of us," says Dan
Wen, a female graduate of the Central
Institute of Fine Arts in Beijing.
In science- or business-oriented uni-
versities such as UIBE, entrance policies
have a set ratio of as many as four men
to one woman. It will not be exceeded.
While Dan Wen and many like her
believe that there are many political im-
provements to be made in China, their
aspirations for a successful career have
replaced the 1989
spirit of protest.
And unlike Dan
Wen, who is able
to take solace in
herart, manyseea
well-paid career as
the best vehicle to
a better lifestyle in
China.
This aura of
change is not
unique to student
life in China. It is
almost tangible
everywhere one
looks. Private enterprise has sprung up in
every comer and private wealth, for some
has grown immensely.
The country's gross national product
has increased by 1 2 per cent over the last
four years, according to The Economist.
Inflation in 1993 hovered at 23 per cent
Yet the China of old is still a feature of
every land or cityscape.
China is now, more than ever, a coun-
try of contrast. Color televisions are trans-
ported on horse-drawn wagons from
warehouses to department stores, and
the traditional black steel bikes of Beijing
swarm around an ever-growing armada
of Mercedes-Benz sedans.
Ornate sweeping temple roofs,
adorned with bright gold figurines, rise
above rickety grey-tiled roofs, housing
what is often three generations of one
family below.
Pothole-ridden, earthen side streets,
smelling of backed-up sewers and out-
door toilets, open up on to huge, tree-
lined boulevards.
Contemporary Western fascination
with China surely finds its source in these
pictures of contrast.
The Chinese and their adaptability to
these changes provides no end of curious
sights. It is a seemingly endless popula-
tion of about 1.3 billion making this
adaption.
Some are tall, some are short, some
dress in silk shirts, business suits and
skirts, and some dress in the traditional
blue Mao Tse-tung suits designed for the
proletariat masses. All of them stream
amongst garish ancient temples and
square grey communist architecture. □
LEFT: Dan Wen (on the right), a gradu-
ate of the Beijing Institute of Fine Arts,
visits with a former roommate who still
has to graduate.
RIGHT: Chengde, a small town about
300 km northeast of Beijing bustles with
traditional black steel bicycles.
March 10, 1994 ■ The Charlatan . 11
International Students Ki
by Tracy Hitchcock
Charlatan Staff
You could have gotten your fortune
told. Or tried manto, a yogurt and beef
dish from Afghanistan.
You could hove heard speakers on the
political situation in Bosnia. Or listened
to flamenco musicians at the Peppermill.
These were some of the activities of-
fered March 1-7 during Carleton's an-
nual International Students Week, or-
ganized by the International Students'
Centre.
Ehab Shanti, co-ordinator of the cen-
tre, says the week is a way for any student
to learn about other cultures. Shanti says
the week also helps international stu-
dents feel more comfortable by meeting
other students of the same nationality.
"A lot of international students face
loneliness," Shanti says. Displays were
set up in Baker Lounge March 1-4 by
student organizations like the Persian
Students' Association and the Baha'i
Club.
Nelofer Pazira worked at the table set
up by the Afghanistan Students' Associa-
tion. She wore a long, dark blue cotton
dress, embroidered on the sleeves, hem
and front, which she says is typical of
what women wear in north central Af-
ghanistan.
Pazira says International Students
Week educates people.
"In the media, people only hear a few
minutes about the political situation (in
Afghanistan). Here, they can learn about
the culture."
Pazira says when she came to Canada
three years ago, she experienced culture
shock. She didn't speak any English, and
schools were very different from those in
Afghanistan.
"But if you open up and go out, you
meet people and begin to have fun."
Pazira, a first-year journalism student,
says she has friends of many different
nationalities.
"I love to leam about other cultures,
and people that are different from me."
Two students offered to tell fortunes to
entice students to visit their Taiwanese
Students' Association display. They also
translated names into Chinese charac-
ters.
Haris Ceric was at a table set up by the
Ottawa Ad-Hoc Committee on Bosnia-
Hercegovina. Ceric was in Sarajevo when
war broke out in April 1992, and escaped
the city shortly after.
He says International Students' Week
is important because it helps people break
IS THAT THE PEPPERMILL? Palestinian students stomp, clap, and dance in the Peppermill March 5
down stereotypes.
"People will ask, 'If you're Muslim,
how come you're white?'" Ceric says,
adding ifs important to make people
aware of what's going on in Bosnia,
"even though they're bored with it."
Ceric says the week helps Canadian
students leam about other cultures by
meeting people instead of just reading
books.
A cultural show, which topped off the
week, was held at the Peppermill cafete-
ria March 5. About 100 people came to
watch performers from several different
countries.
Membersofthe Pro-Palestine Students'
Association hopped, spun, clapped,
stomped and shouted to Palestinian mu-
sic. The men wore white shirts, black
vests and black boots. The women wore
bright red dresses and maroon head-
scarves.
A performance by Iranian students
honored women in Iranian rice fields.
The dancers shook sifting baskets in their
performance.
Flamenco musicians, the Bahai Club,
an Egyptian belly-dancer and a choir
group from Madagascar also performed.
Allison Vazu, one of two student per-
formerswiththechoirgroupoffour, says
their music is a
combination of
Asian and African
music. She says the
event was great be-
cause it gave peo-
ple a chance to ex-
perience what
other cultures are
all about.
Shanti says a
$10 international
dinner after the
show raised 5600.
The money will go
towards an emer-
gency loan fund for
international stu-
dents, adminis-
tered by Carleton's
foreign student ad-
visor's office, a uni-
versity office that
works closely with
the centre. □
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In the last few days of International
Women's Week, Dr. Valerie Hume of
the United Nations Development Fund
for Women will speak on "Issues Fac-
ing Third World Women" in Baker
Lounge at 12 p.m.
Friday, March 11
A talk on "Muslim Women: Is-
sues and Images" for International
Womens' Week will take place at 10:30
a.m. in Baker Lounge.
Later in the day, catch the National
Film Board's No Time to Stop: Immi-
grant Women in Canada in Room
308 Unicentre at 3 p.m.
Saturday, March 12
Brazilian percussionist Nana
Vasconcelo will give a solo concert at
the National Gallery of Canada at 8
p.m. Vasconcelo has worked with Paul
Simon on Rhythm of the Saints, and
plays the berimbau, the tabla and other
percussion instruments. Tickets are $ IS
in advance and $18 at the door.
The Hispanic Society and the Span-
ish Cultural Centre will host Gran Fi-
esta '94 at 622 Montreal Rd. at 8
p.m. Tickets are $5 in advance and $7
at the door, and can be bought at Info
Carleton and the 14th floor of Dunton
Tower.
Anjali, a performer of Indian dance,
will host a performance of dance, mu-
sic, poetry and images called "Visions
of the Feminine/Tagone's Mother
Earth" at the Alumni Theatre at Car-
leton University at 8 p.m. Tickets are
available at Info Carleton and cost $ 12
for adults, $8 for students, seniors and
the unemployed.
Sunday, March 13
The Young Poets of Ottawa present
"Say it Poetically, Say it Black," at
2 p.m. at the SAW Gallery, 67 Nicholas
St. A $3 donation is appreciated.
The One World Film Festival will
present over 40 international independ-
ently produced films around Ottawa
March 1 3-20 at a package price of $30.
The films will be shown at the Alumni
Auditorium at the University of
Ottawa, the Bytowne Cinema and
the SAW Gallery
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EDITORIAL PAGE
Admin,
screws us
all in labor
dispute
No one will be happy if the teaching assistants,
research assistants and student sessional lec-
turers go on strike.
But if they do go on strike, it's because they've
been forced to by administration.
After looking at the university's final offer on March
7, the executive of CUPE Local 2323 is recommending to
members that they reject it. There will be a meeting on
Thursday, March 10, when local members will vote on
whether or not to accept administration's offer. If they
vote to reject it, they will be in a legal position to strike.
Administrators, like David Van Dine, the universi-
ty's head negotiator, are giving no clear guarantees
about what will happen with courses in the event of a
lengthy strike. This is breeding fear among students
about the fate of their academic year and getting them
to turn against the union local.
But think about who makes up CUPE Local 2323.
Every member of the local is a student.
If students end up blaming the TAs, RAs and student
sessional lecturers for the effects of a strike, they'll be too
be busy to figure out who the real enemy is. Administra-
tion would rather have us fighting each other than
them.
The TAs, RAs and student sessional lecturers are not
the problem.
Throughout the months of negotiations, it has be-
come apparent that the union local has done all the
compromising. They've conceded on many of their
demands, from wage increases to dental and child-care
benefits for members.
University negotiators have continued to throw their
hands in the air, squawking, "There's no money."
Although the union negotiators were willing to take
a wage freeze if it went with a corresponding tuition
freeze, the university negotiators refused to consider
this.
Van Dine was quoted in the Ottawa Sun saying, "Why
should they get a tuition freeze when other students
don't?" As if this is some kind of unfair request on the
part of the union local.
Butyou can seethe local's logic. Aftergetting a three-
per-cent salary increase for 1992/93 in its last collective
agreement, the university hiked graduate students'
post-residency tuition fees by 78 per cent. It's only
reasonable that the local executive doesn't want their
members wages eroded by tuition hikes again.
The result of a strike could have a dramatic impact
on future relations between administration and stu-
dents. You may not be a teaching assistant now, but you
might want the opportunity later.
If the union local can win improvements in pay,
tuition, working conditions and other factors, this will
directly benefit you in the future. It could also finally
force the university to deal with students as people and
not merely as an endless stream of revenue.
However, if administration members succeed with
their divide-and-conquer tactics, it leaves the door open
for them to continue their blatant disregard for student
concerns, whether you're a unionized TA or a first-year
student.
As students, remember — you're not powerless. If
administration can't settle its labor disputes fairly and
there is a strike, ask administration for your money
back. When we paid our tuition thisyear, it was with the
expectation that we would have TAs to help us and our
professors. If the university fails to provide the educa-
tion we've paid for, we should get our money back.
As Maclean's has already proven, nothing scares the
administration more than bad press.
The TAs, RAs and student sessional lecturers are not
the enemy. They're fighting for more than fair wages.
Their fight for a fair deal represents the failure of those
in power at the university to recognize that student
concerns are important enough to be taken seriously.
Whether or not a strike takes place, the TAs, RAs and
sessional lecturers deserve your support.
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OPINION
It's a Seinfeld kind of world
by David Bartolf
Charlaian Staff and Master of His Oomain
"Haveyou ever noticed that people are starting to talk like
Seinfeld?" - Mario Carlucci, Charlatan news editor
As soon as you finish reading this, run out
behind your house. Look for the alien space
pod. You know, the kind you were warned
about in Invasion of the Body Snatchers.
But these pods are filled with a greater threat —
videotapes of Seinfeld.
A friend clued me in to this insidious conspiracy
masterminded by the American television network.
National Brain Control. The conspiracy — to turn the
world into Se/nfe/d-imitating robots.
I was seated in
McDonald's with her, her
boyfriend and another
friend. I sipped on a damn
fine cup of coffee. We talked
about everything and noth-
ing in particular: work, traf-
fic, bad waiters, the NBA
salary cap, e-mailed love
letters, hairlines, the best
way to serve eggs, and the
level of shit Douglas
Coupland is full of.
I began playing with my
cup, blowing into it, much
like something a character
on Seinfeld would do. It cre-
ated the low whistling hum
an old-fashioned stubby
beerbottle would have had.
I commented on the
Se/nfe/d-like quality of our
conversation - one woman and three men, all friends,
spending more time talking than eating and my screw-
ing around with the coffee cup.
I told them of my conversation with a complete
strangerattheShopper's Drug Mart earlierthat evening.
I overheard him talking about an episode in which
George had a job interview to be a bra salesman. We
both said George's catch-phrase from the episode, "Two
cups in front, two hooks in back; it's amazing." The
stranger and I then harmonized, "What a great show."
We were living in one world under the United Colors of
Jerry.
I smugly concluded my story, punctuating with one
last whistle-hum on the cup, " If s a Seinfeld-kindo. world. "
My friend responded with a "Tsk" of bland disgust.
"Seinfeldhas taken over the minds of all my friends," she
said. "The smart ones and the dumb ones."
The roof and skies above us opened. Light from the
heavens shone down. The voice of the wisdom of God
had spoken through my friend. Seinfeld-ness was not a
goal to be admired, or sought after.
She was right. The worst premise of Invasion of the
Body Snatchers had become reality. The world sleeps,
unaware of the indoctrination inflicted on it. Our lives
are imitating art, or at least the facsimile of art, televi-
sion.
On Seinfeld, each main character fits a major Jung-
ian archetype. Viewers identify so strongly with the
characters that we yearn to be them and we begin to
imitate them.
George is the trickster, too smart for his own good.
Kramer is the lover and the shaman. Elaine is the
anima, the female part of the male psyche. And Jerry is
the wQrrior. He depicts the
philosopher- ruler — the ob-
server and actor — within
every man, the virile king
of his domain.
Even more sinister is the
circular style of the stories,
implying sophistication,
admittedly greater than
most other alternatives on
the tube, but that ain't say-
ing much.
The plots are wheels
turning within wheels.
Elaine misses an opportu-
nity to sleep with John
Kennedy Jr., who beds
Nancy, "the virgin," who
|erry had been wooing. The
only good drive Kramer
makes while whacking golf
balls into the Atlantic
lodges one into the blow hole of a whale. George,
pretending to be a marine biologist to impress a woman,
plucks it out.
Seinfeld encourages a weird, uniform mindset. We all
play with coffee cups, or the like, and synopsize the
same vapid Seinfeld show from the night before. But our
lives shouldn't be a 22-minute sitcom.
I am beyond help. Last night I was up at 2 a.m.,
watching it on tape. I fast-forwarded through the com-
mercials, stopping at the exact spot each segment
started. This practised, flawless efficiency, like that of an
addict spiking his vein without tapping his arm, fright-
ened me.
Dear reader, there may be hope for you. Heed my
warning, destroy the mind-displacing Seinfeld videotape
pods before it's too late.
You don't believe me? Think. Why is it called pro-
gramming? □
March 10, 1994 • The Charlatan" . 13
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Mindless movie
Editor:
Re: "Stupid, mindless entertainment, "
The Charlatan, Feb. 17, 1994.
Poor you. Not a funny bone in your
body, huh? Are you so hard up for blood,
guts and tears in a movie that you don't
understand good ol' fashioned slapstick,
spontaneous humor when it hits you?
In case you hadn't noticed in the trail-
ers for^ce Ventura, everyone is "insane,"
and behaves "mindlessly." The whole
point of the movie was not to have a
serious plot.
What's wrong with Jim Carrey show-
ing his stuff in a movie venue? Is he the
first comedian/actor from a television
show to do so? Will he be the last?
Urging people not to see a film which
is quite harmless and very funny shows
me that you have no sense of propriety.
For every 10 shoot 'em up movies out on
the market, how many light-hearted pro-
ductions can we look forward to? Maybe
one. And this one's a hit!
If you've been living under some hole
and have never seen In Living Color or
never heard of Carrey and his hilarious
antics, maybe you don't deserve to be
tickled by his wit.
Grow up! Not everyone needs to hear
gunfire and see blood splattered on the
screen to be entertained.
Have a nice day!
Carolyn Christine Tinglish
English II
Dirty shoes for
democracy
Editor:
Re: "Voting full of holes," The Charla-
tan, Feb. 17, 1994.
It is a sad state of affairs when a
conscious decision to forfeit a vote is
based on the aesthetics of a student ID
card. I would like to think that Carleton
students, or anyone for that matter, would
be more concerned with the issues that
face students than a millimetre hole in
their student card. I realize that CUSA
will not have a majorimpact on ourlives;
however, they do have an impact on the
years spent at Carleton.
This attitude brings me back to my
elementary days when kids would get a
new pair of running shoes and have to
stay out of the playground for fear of
getting them dirty. I'm not quite sure
what these students plan to do with their
ID cards. Possibly the person at the li-
brary may be offended by a defaced card.
Better yet, why doesn't CUSA offer a free
wall frame so students can hang their ID
card next to their diploma over the man-
tel?
In case you are wondering, I was not
eligible to vote this election. I have, how-
ever, voted in the past three and have the
holes to prove it.
Shannon Pickering
Secretary, Psychology Dept.
Memo mess up
Editor:
As a Carleton alumnus, I'm usually
glad when Carleton receives national
publicity for its efforts. The recent article
in The Globe and Mail concerning Theresa
Cowan's memos, however, is an excep-
tion to this rule. (See "Memos question out-
of-class conduct," The Charlatan, Feb. 10,
1994, for more information — ed.)
These memos may have started as a
harmless attempt "to stimulate discus-
sion" about professor-student interac-
tions. Unfortunately, they did not come
across that way, either in The Globe or
upon reading their full text. Instead of
looking for ways to improve things to-
gether, Cowan implicitly accuses profes-
sors of creating a threatening, discrimi-
natory and potentially harassing atmos-
phere for their students.
Instead of constructive discussion, her
tone is that of accusation and command.
And who are the targets of such hostility?
Why, those very professors most disposed
to go the extra mile for their students.
This kind of zero-tolerance approach
helps no one, students least of all. The
opportunities for informal contact with
my professors were an integral part of my
learning experience at Carleton.
If Cowan is concerned about alcohol,
the solution is simple. Those students
who wish to have a drink, will. Those who
can't or don't want to, don't have to. This
seemed to work quite well at the events I '
attended and without any "help" from
CUSA either.
As for the "unlevel playing field" ar-
gument, let me see if I have this straight
—since some students will choose not to
take advantage of such opportunities,
those who would choose to do so must be
deprived of them. How unfortunate. How
counter-productive. How typical.
Does Cowan have a point? One or
two, perhaps. Should she have chosen a
more constructive way of making them?
Absolutely. Carleton students deserve
better from their supposed representa-
tives.
foe Katzman
BA '91
Look out Ricky
Editor:
Now that the political dust has settled
at Carleton, I would like to address a few
issues which did not come up during the
presidential campaign. On Richard
Stanton's campaign pamphlets, under
his "wish list", he states: "Examine the
problems of transportation to Carleton
and the possibility of commuter trains to
Carleton campus."
I have 3 questions for him — How does
he propose to do this? How will he get the
funding? And how did he whip up this
idiotic idea?
The sheer absurdity of this is nothing
but a blatant attempt to win votes and to
gloss his campaign over. Just last month,
his over-anxious gang of baseball-capped
go-getters were kissing our behinds for a
lousy vote and now that he has won,
these same go-getters wouldn't give you
the time of day.
Incidentally, I am also very relieved to
find out that his so-called "qualifica-
tions" include "Charity ball volunteer,"
"Panda staff," and that he actually "di-
rectly lobbyed the minister of colleges
and universities." These are just a couple
of disasters to name a few, including
spelling.
This letter is by no means meant to
belittle Richard Stanton or support one of
his rivals. It is merely food for thought for
all Carleton students who voted in this
facade of a popularity contest. It is clear
that the candidates with the most hair,
and not brains, won.
P.S. We students will be keeping an
eye on you Ricky.
Kaf/eSfrza/fca
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March 10, 1994 • The Charlatari ■ 15
SISTREN (clockwise from top):
Rebecca Knowles, Afola Shade,
and Myrtle Rose
by Colin James
Charlatan Staff
in May of 1977, 12 women came
together to work on a short play for a
cultural festival in celebration of
workers' struggles in Jamaica.
The women decided to stay together
as a volunteer women's organization to
explore and promote their Caribbean
culture, as well as confront issues of
social importance, such as violence
against women, teenage pregnancy,
housing, and the economic policies of
the Jamaican government. This was the
birth of Jamaica's SISTREN Theatre
Collective.
During a drama-workshop tour in
Canada last November, I was able to
speak to three SISTREN members:
Afola Shade, Rebecca Knowles, and
Myrtle Rose.
This interview with the SISTREN
Theatre Collective is important for the
period of International Women's Week
because it provides a forum for a
women's group active on local, regional
and international levels to voice their
opinions and introduce their work
dealing with women and the problems
that face their communities.
The patois of Jamaica has been used
and spelled phonetically to illustrate
SISTREN's messages as accurately as
possible in their own words.
The Charlatan: "How did SISTREN start?"
Shade: "In da seventies ... da atmosphere
was der for individuals to come out in terms
of Blackness, in terms of radical change,
because der was democratic socialism. So at
dat time grassroots organizations like
SISTREN emerged. We wanted a voice as
women, because women didn't have a voice
in terms of sayin' what are der problems, and
how dey want der problems to be addressed.
So we chose t'eatre round about dat time.
We were invited to take part in a workers'
week concert, and da response was good. We
put on a production on how women suffer; it
was a garment factory dat brought out a lot
of da issues dat affect women: sexual
harassment, bad working conditions, dat kind
of t ing. And it was well received because da
viewers were saying dat it was the first time
dat dey were seeing such a real serious piece
of theatre; because, dey say, some of da
problems that should be in people's bedroom
on stage. Dey could see demselves and reflect
der problems. So it wasn't just t'eatre to laugh
and just for da humor, but t'eatre dat reflect
their lives. And dat's how we started and dat's
how we've been working since.
We use a lot of our own testimony, because
I believe my story is your story. So we use a
lot of real personal testimony. Even if it's not
personal to us, it's personal because we know
it's happened to a particular sister, to a
particular woman.
Charlatan: May I have you all introduce
yourselves and explain what you each do in
SISTREN?
Rebecca Knowles: I'm Rebecca Knowles. I'm
a teacher/actress. I've been involved in t'eatre
for 16 years. I also do workshops and popular
education.
Myrtle Rose: I'm Myrtle Rose. I've been
working with SISTREN for the past 16 years.
I'm a teacher/actress, and I work with the
workshop team.
Afola Shade: My name is Afola Shade
and I'm a popular t'eatre animator and
an actress.
Charlatan: What are the different
activities that SISTREN does, and how
do they involve the community to
address certain issues?
Knowles: Now what SISTREN does is
we have a textile area that we do as an
income-generating program, because
that is one of da t'ings dat da funders
demand dat we do, some form of income-
generating. We do T-shirts, wall hangings,
cushions, draperies and so on. We do
workshops. We also address problems dat
affect da teenagers, mostly Grade 1 1 — doze
who are leavin' school.
We address t'ings like teenage pregnancy,
peer pressure, and da problems between
parents and teachers and parents and
students. We also work in da community. We
do community development by working wit'
other community groups and addressing da
problems dat affect dem. We work on
problems dat affect group building and
leadership within the organizations.
Shade: The t'ing is, you name deh issue and
SISTREN will put forward what you want to
say in drama.
There were a group of university intellectuals
did some research on some farming
techniques. They wanted to let farmers know
about cross fertilization and insemination and
all kind o' shun, shun, shun, where you have
to have your Oxford dictionary. And when dey
brought out da farmers most of dem sleep
because all dem big words just fly over dem
head. Da old blackboard and teacher t'ing dey
can't take.
Knowles: And most of dem farmers can'ny
read.
Shade: So in the end now dem nah
communicate. So (the university intellectuals)
call
o n
SISTREN,
and say:
"Bwoy come
and see. Take da
material, dis is what we
want them to know." So we
say: "Okay, want dem to know about
insemination? Well, some of the sperm where
our cows get come as far as Mexico or so."
Yes, well, we just say it as it is: "Well Mr. Joe,
when we say insemination — your cow, what
your cow's name? Bessy? All right, when
Bessy mate with Joey, right, dat mean
insemination."
So dat man would immediately say: "What
da ya mean say ...?''
And him studyin' and studyin' what ya call
insemination.
So I say: "Yes, but it have a big name
because Bessy and Joey nah do it together.
Dem goin' to inject da sperm into Bessy."
So 'im say: "But no! Dat goin' to rob Bessy
of her pleasure! i like when de two of dem do
it together."
So you see you start de communication and
den dey are clear. A next time again we did a
project where da parents were taught how ta
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take care of der chll'ren better, dee "Better
Parenting Techniques." Dey did fancy
research and come back wit findings and blah,
blah, blah. Women did not understand not'in!
So when we take da material and put da stuff
together wit role plays and so, it become quite
clear.
So da 'ting is, you name da issue, and
SISTREN will supply da method and technique
to pass on da information. We work wit'
researchers, intellectuals, average-ordinary-
grassroots women, youf, you name it.
Rose: I find dee women understand more,
right, or dee people who listen, dem
understand more. Because at times you have
people who come out wit' big words, and dem
nah really break it down in order for people
to understand.
Shade: You're speakin' der language.
Knowles: I 'tink you use your own personal
experience to address der problem. Because
sometime you find some people are shy to
come out wit' da problem affecting dem, so if
you start using your own experience and own
problem to motivate dem first ... Da
lecturers, dey go expectin' people to
speak. It nah goin' happen.
Shade: Our t'eatre is about
change all right. It is not
t'eatre to get a belly full
of laugh and leave.
It's about change.
Even if you portray
certain images
and so on, it's
humorous
because
sometimes,
even though
the issue is
serious, we
laugh
because
we're
nervous,
and we're
s o
a s h a m e
we just
laugh. It's
not really
because you
find it funny.
But da t'ing is,
after de
laughter, so
Of
in-
Da
what. We would put across: "dis woman was
beaten, dis woman was raped, but we can do
somet'ing about It as community — as
women." So our t'eatre is about change. So
when you come to see a SISTREN production
it's goin' to be heavy, it's goin' to be political.
Charlatan: What are a few of the major issues
that you tackle that affect Jamaica and the
Shade: We tackle how da IMF (International
Monetary Fund) policies affect women in
Jamaica. And right now we are here in Canada
to see da comparison. Okay, we are in
Jamaica, a T'ird World country and you are
here in Canada. Canada is maybe a T'ird
World country too, but it is a European
country. (We're here to say): "How do IMF
policies affect you? It affects us this way."
Dat Is part of da workshop dat we doin.' In
terms of women and sexuality and how da
media portray women, we do a lot of work
around dat.
Charlatan: What do you see as the major
forces that keep communities in the
Caribbean, and Black people in general,
down?
Shade: Cultural penetration.
Americanization, and all dem soap opera and
just dee invasion of name brand' and certain
way ah we fi look, and the violence dat
portrayed in certain movies. Me see dat have
a lot o' impact on da youf and also adults.
Charlatan: What have the policies of the IMF
and World Bank contributed to the Caribbean?
Rose: Contributed to da society? To da
Caribbean? Pressure! When you look at
people going to university, who leave high
school when you leave high school. . . . Dey
say free education where dat no mention
again. Going to university is dis whole bag o'
money. Dat means nuff community poor
people can't t'ink 'bout go to university again.
Ah just rich people pickney (children) go
university now.
Knowles: T'ings like healt' Da social service
cut (so) you can't go to da hospital any more.
You have to pay for every'ting. You can t buy
drugs. There's not'ing any more in terms of
healt' for poor people.
Rose: Even da hospital dat we used to use
as public hospital, where you used to go and
nah have ta pay a fee. Now you have fi pay a
daily fee, you have fi carry your own linen,
you have ta carry every'ting, you have ta carry
you' food — da government have no money.
Knowles: Even da hospitals where dey have
babies . . . you have only one day. You have it
(the baby) today and leave tomorrow. You
leave da hospital as sick as you go in.
Shade: Free market economy causing a lot
of da problem' all right. "Structural
adjustment" is one of da policy dat dee
government is trying to deal wit' (under) dee
IMF. So we take dee IMF money, now we have
all dis money to pay back. Dee United States
says "Okay, dis is a structural adjustment
policy for you to pay back dee debt." So in
order to do dat now wit' da structural
adjustment program come liberalization and
free marketization and all of dat. And when
da market open up, you find dat everybody
sell dem t'ings for different costs. Like rent.
Dee apartment dat you pay a t'ousand dollars,
a next landlord might rent it for two t'ousand
dollars. So it's an open market. People just
do what 'dem like.
So da consumer jus' get kncck.
Knowles: I t'ink all doze t'ings affect de
community growth and (cause) violence wit'
In de community — youf and unemployment
and cutbacks in terms of d'ose factories
closing down. No work is created for youf so
dem live on da street and dey turn to drugs
and violent killings. I fink da IMF have all
fault to be blamed in terms of da community
and in da T'ird World.
Charlatan: What social change would you
like to see through your continuing work as
part of SISTREN?
Shade: t would like da women to be more
aware of how problems affect dem, because
dat is one of our primary goals — awareness.
If you don't know how da problem' affectin'
you, you can do not'ing about it. And after
awareness, some kind of action. Even if it not
no blatant go out der and make a noise, take
action for yourself.
Knowles: What we want to say is dee women
feel dee pressure more because dey are called
da breadwinners so to speak. In terms of da
prices of t'ings, especially food stuffs and so
on. If women start to come out — f ings as
school fee and uniforms for children — if doze
women, or we as women, come out and join
and say "we nah buy de ring," or "we nah do
dee f ing," and force some action, den I t'ink
we will get some form of a reaction. And dis
is what we would like to see. We would like to
educate women in our country fi say "We not
buyin' it; cornmeal dat gone up so dat (it is )
too expensive to feed your children to
streng'en dem. We need women to come
together more and to understand what is
happening in our society and start to stand
up to it.
Shade: I strongly believe dat no man is an
island an dat each of us need each odder.
Here in Canada, now, I want da sisters to know
dat if you're having problems you're not alone.
A next sister have da same problem too. So
to internalize problems and to it take for
oneself alone causes a lot of stress. So da
f ing is don't stress out. Share da problems
because many odder women share dee same
problems too. As soon as you spread it out
you realize dat you're not alone and dat we
need to be unified den . . . together we can
make an impact.
Knowles: And I fink dat especially how da
domestic workers from the Caribbean here
work in Canada have to unite together and
stand up for der rights strongly. There was a
young woman dat we meet who was working
for four months, and during dis four months
she was asking for her salary, an she nah
receive her salary. When she insist' for it, she
was fired. Why leave your country to come
here to make all kind of sacrifices when you
can stay in your country and gw'on build it
up?
Rose: Build it up Is one (thing), but at da
odder end dey (women) leaving from one
country goin' to another country for better
for themselves and dem children. But how do
dey see it? Leaving Jamaica, Barbados or St.
Vincent — and have to put up wif all kind of
t'ings in order to achieve, while you could do
it der in your country still. Women, in general,
sit down too long I feel, take too much from
governments and so on. Dem nah want to
make noise and go out der and march, and
make government see what dem do no really
go well wif you or wif dee rest of women.
Shade: Women need to use their skills and
resource' better. A lot of us feel da best f ing
is to be employed. A lot of us have certain
skills where we can use and be self-employed.
You're goin' start off small at first, but little
little last long. Plenty o' women believe dat
okay, "every Friday (I) have a salary." If you
check it out a lot of resourceful people leave
Jamaica and come to countries like dis. You
have nurses, teachers . . . you could maybe
start a little day-care centre. Den der are jobs
dat dem wouldn't do in Jamaica dat dem come
here and do . . . sometimes we sell we soul.
You goin' to get more money for it, yes. But
man, husband, (and) employers abuse you,
pickney spit 'pon you, an you say: "Ah goin
to bear it just for da money." No! We sell we
soul too much and sell we moral principles. I
feel a lot of us so skilful and talented dat if
we look into it — jus' forget about dee regular
every Friday pay — and just look to see what
resources we have and can share.
March 10, 1994 ■ The Charlatan
17
First Nations Survey Results
We received 22 completed surveys and
one angry letter in response to our First
Nations survey. Here are the correct an-
swers.
1. Were you aware that 1993 was
the United Nations' Year of Indig-
enous Peoples?
Yes: 16
No: 6
2. If so, how were you made aware
of the situation of the Indigenous
peoples of Canada and elsewhere?
Comments and number of times men-
tioned:
* High-school assignment/class read-
ings/Canadian Studies: 4
* Television programs: 6
* Posters, media, movies, books: 5
* Advertising: 1
* Personal experience, living with a
Native person: 2
* Work with a multicultural youth
council: 1
*National Film Board film Kahnesetake:
270 Years of Resistance: 1
* Campus debates/events: 1
.* No comment: 5
3. Do you agree that Native peoples
living in Canada should be granted
self -government?
Yes: 20
No: 2
Comments:
* They deserve their rights!
* No, but I believe they should play an
active role in the Canadian government.
*Yes, but it does not have to be granted.
It is an inherent right.
* Our (Western) forms of government
have brought little else but disharmony
to (Native) communities. It's time to try
something different.
* Within a framework that keeps
Canada as one country.
4. Did you know that Native peoples
living in Canada only got the vote
in 1960?
Yes: 12
No: 10
5. Did you know that before 1985,
when Bill C-31 was passed, any Na-
tive woman married to a non-Na-
tive man lost her "Indian status,"
and was automatically considered
non-Native by the Canadian gov-
ernment?
Yes: 16
No: 6
6. Are you aware of the services
offered at Carleton for Native stu-
dents or non-Native students wish-
ing to know more of Native stu-
dents, such as the Centre for Abo-
riginal Education Research and Cul-
ture?
Yes: 13
No: 9
7. How, if at all, have you been
made aware of the Native student
body at Carleton?
Comments and number of times men-
tioned:
* CAERC (Centre for Aboriginal Edu-
cation Research and Culture): 2
* Personal interest/experience: 8
* Concerts: 1
* The Charlatan, Native events/films,
class: 3
* Is there one?: 1
* We have not/I haven't: 7
8. Are you familiar with the Carle-
ton First Nations club?
Yes: 4
No: 18
9. True or false: Native peoples all
speak the same language.
True: 0
False: 22
False. According to The Canadian World
Almanac 1990 there are over 50 different
languages spoken by Native peoples in
Canada.
10. Native peoples are all from the
same cultural group.
True: 1
False: 20
No response: 1
False. There are many different and
diverse cultural groups of Native peoples
within Canada and throughout the
Americas.
11. Native peoples living in Canada
are more susceptible to becoming
alcoholics than non-Native peoples.
True: 9
False: 10
Other responses: 3
False. There is no genetic predisposi-
tion for Native peoples to become alco-
holics.
12. The majority of Native peoples
living in Canada live on reserves.
True: 5
False: 16
Don't know: 1
True. According to 1988 statistics from
The Canadian World Almanac 1990, there
are 242,837 "status" Native people living
on-reserve and 147,424 "status" Native
people living off-reserve in Canada. These
statistics do not take into account the
many Native people who are not recog-
nized by the federal government.
13. What is your idea of what an
Aboriginal person should look like?
(a) long black hair, brown skin and
animal skin garments: 0
(b) dark hair, dark skin, and Levi's: 6
(c) just another dude or dudette in
Levi's: 10
Other responses: 6
Today, stereotypes of how an Aborigi-
nal person should look still exist. The
answer which the survey authors hoped
people would choose is (c). It is important
to realize that one cannot judge a person
on their appearance — or push labels on
them.
14. Metis people:
(a) have been here since the begin-
ning of time: 2
(b) have been around only since Euro-
pean contact: 17
(c) don't exist: 0
Other responses: 3
The correct answer is (b).
15. Pemmican is made up of:
(a) flour, water and salt: 1
(b) moosemeat, potatoes and com: 4
(c) dried meat, dried berries and ani-
mal fat: 12
Don't know: 5
The correct answer is (c). Pemmican is
made up of dried meat, berries and ani-
mal fat, plus some other ingredients.
16. What percentage of federal pris-
oners do Native peoples living in
Canada comprise?
(a) 10%: 4
(b) 25%: 14
(c) 60%: 4
The correct answer is (a). According to
the John Howard Society, "status" Native
people make up about 10 per cent of
federal prisoners in Canada. This is dis-
proportionate as "status" Native people
make up about 2 per cent of Canada's
population.
17. How many reservations exist in
Canada today?
(a) 50: 1
(b) 150: 6
(c) 500: 10
(d) over 2000: 5
The correct answer is (d). There are
2,231 reservations in Canada.
Thanks to all those who took the time to
fill out the survey. Congratulations to Carie
Svojanovski who wins a copy of Tool's CD
Undertow after a random draw of entrants.
Please come on up to Room 53 J Unicentre to
pick up your prize.
Survey composed and compiled by Dean
Janvier, Karinfordan, RickHarp, BillieDanika
Littlechild, Andrea Smith and Roberta Stout
CHARLATAN ELECTIONS FOR 1994/95
It's that time of year again — time to pass on the torch to a fresh buncha editors. Anyone can run. Anyone who has 4 credits in the
masthead this year can vote for editor-in-chief, op/ed editor and board of directors staff reps. Anyone with 4 credits who has contributed once
to a section can vote for that editor.Voting for the editor-in-chief will take place Monday, March 21 and Tuesday, March 22 in Ombuds Services,
Room 511 Unicentre, between 9 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. (closed 12-1 p.m.). Voting for the section editors and board reps will take place Monday,
March 28 and Tuesday, March 29, same place, same times. Candidates lor editor-in-chief will be speaking at the staff meeting on Thursday,
March 17 at 5:30 p.m. Candidates for section editors will do the same on Thursday, March 24, at 5:30 p.m.
If you have any questions about your eligibility to vote, or want to run for a position, don't hesitate to call Mo Gannon at 788-6680.
AS OF MARCH 3, 1994 (WITH CORRECTIONS)
SPORTS
EDITOR-IN CHIEF,
OP/ED EDITOR,
BOARD OF
DIRECTORS REPS
Aaron, Bram
Abemethy, Sarah
Alt, Kim
Banolt, David
Belleteullle, Andre
Bellemare, Josee
Bernard, Joe
Blchat, Gladys
Bock, Naomi
Bodnar, Ale*
Brelhour, Pal
Brzozowskl, Anna
Bustos, Alex
Catfrey, Rorl
Campbell, Frank
Capuanl, Joanne
Carluccl, Mario
Carpenter, Dave
Olszewski, Johanna
Comlno, M.G.
Cooper, BUI
Currle, Lisa
Davles, Jennifer
DeCloet, Derek
Dobrenskl, Steve
D'Orailo, Franco
Dowdall, Brent
Drever, Ken
Duncan, Todd
Edwards, Drew
Follett, Amanda
ForleD, Sussana
Fraser, Shannon
Gallop, Angle
Gannon, Mo
Garrison, Stephanie
Grant, Joel Kenneth
Haggart, Blayne
Haley, Susie
Herland. Nell
Hodges, David
Jatrl, All
Jordan, Karln
Keeling, Am
Keenan, Sheila
Khan, Kaleem
Labonte, Bill
Lamb, Mark
Lovlne, Sara-Lynne
Mahoney, Jill
Malnville, Michael
Meal iff e, Derrick
McCrostle, James
McKay, Kevin
McKenzle, Jodl
McLeod, Ian
Nakashlma, Ryan
Nuttall-Smlth. Chris
O'Connor, Tim
Oza, Prema
Pangalos, Anthony
Paterson, Pamela
Perry, Jill
Peters, Mike
Pools, Trina
Power, Gavin
Pryor, Tim
Rappaport, Mike
Restivo, Kevin
Richards, Sarah
Richardson, Karen
Scallen, Shawn
Scon. Richard G.D
Shlgetoml, Cindy
Shurrle, Man
Silcoff, Sean
Slmtob, Audrey
Skinner, Matt
Smith, Andrea
Srutek, Karollna
Steinbachs, John
Tattersall, Jane
Tharayll, Jay
Tomllnson, Dean
Vesely, Steven
Ward, Ryan
Wart, Caron
Welkle, Brandle
Wiebe, Andrea
Wlllbond, Rob
Wood, Clayton
Workman, Tanya
Zellnsky, Tonya
NEWS
Bartolf, David
Bellemare, Josee
Bock, Naomi
Bustos, Alex
Carluccl, Mario
DeCloet, Derek
D'OrazIo, Franco
Dowdall, Brent
Edwards, Drew
Gallop, Angle
Gannon, Mo
Haggart, Blayne
Haley, Susie
Hodges, David
Jordan, Karln
Keeling, Am
Keenan, Sheila
Mahoney, Jill
Malnville, Michael
McKenzle, Jodl
McLeod, Ian
Nakashlma, Ryan
Nuttall-Smith, Chris
O'Connor, Tim
Oza, Prema
Pangalos, Anthony
Peters, Mike
Sllcotf, Sean
Skinner, Matt
Smith, Andrea
Srutek, Karollna
Steinbachs, John
Tattersall, Jane
Vesely, Steven
Ward, Ryan
Watt, Caron
Welkle, Brandle
Wiebe, Andrea
Wood, Clayton
Workman, Tanya
Zellnsky, Tonya
Aaron, Bram
Bartolf, David
Bellemare, Josee
Bernard, Joe
Br. .'i hour. Pat
Bustos, Alex
Carluccl, Mario
DeCloet, Derek
Dobrenskl, Steve
D'OrazIo, Franco
Dowdall, Brent
Gallop, Angle
Gannon, Mo
Haggart, Blayne
Haley, Susie
Jordan, Karln
Keeling, Am
Keenan, Sheila
Levlne, Sara-Lynne
Mahoney, Jill
Malnville, Michael
McKenzle, Jodl
McLeod, lan
Nakashlma, Ryan
O'Connor, Tim
Oza, Prema
Pangalos, Anthony
Pryor, Tim
Scott, Richard G.D.
Skinner, Matt
Smith, Andrea
Srutek, Karollna
Steinbachs, John
Vesely, Steven
Ward, Ryan
Welkle, Brandle
Wood, Clayton
Workman, Tanya
Zellnsky, Tonya
FEATURES
Bellemare, Josee
Bock, Naomi
Caffrey, Rorl
Carluccl, Mario
DeCloet, Derek
Dobrenskl, Steve
D'OrazIo, Franco
Dowdall, Brent
Gallop, Angle
Gannon, Mo
Garrison, Stephanie
Haggart, Blayne
Hodges, David
Jordan, Karln
Keeling, Am
Keenan, Sheila
Mahoney, Jill
Malnville, Michael
McLeod, lan
O'Connor, Tim
Power, Gavin
Pryor, Tim
Rappaport, Mike
Seddon, Adam
SllcoH, Sean
Smith, Andrea
Vesely, Steven
Ward, Ryan
Aaron, Bram
Bellemare, Josee
Carluccl, Mario
DeCloeL Derek
Dowdall, Brent
Fraser, Shannon
Gannon, Mo
Haggart, Blayne
Keeling, Am
Keenan, Sheila
Labonte, Bill
O'Connor, Tim
Resitvo, Kevin
Richards, Sarah
Scott, Richard G.D.
Shurrle, Matt
Smith, Andrea
Tharayll, Jay
Vesely, Steven
Ward, Ryan
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Bartolt, David
Bellemare, Josee
Bernard, Joe
Bock, Naomi
Bustos, Alex
Caffrey, Rorl
Carluccl, Mario
Carpenter, Dave
Olszewski, Johanna
Comlno, M.G.
DeCloet, Derek
D'OrazIo, Franco
Dowdall, Brent
Edwards, Drew
Forlerl, Sussana
Gannon, Mo
Garrison, Stephanie
Follett, Amanda
Haggart, Blayne
Gallop, Angle
Haley, Susie
Gannon, Mo
Herland, Nell
Haggart, Blayne
Hodges, David
Keeling, Am
Jafri. All
Keenan, Sheila
Jordan, Karln
Lamb, Mark
Keeling, Am
McCrostle, James
Keenan, Sheila
Nakashlma, Ryan
Khan, Kaleem
Nuttall-Smlth, Chris
Mahoney, JIM
Scallen, Shawn
McLeod, lan
Scott, Richard G.D.
Nuttall-Smith, Chris
Smith, Andrea
O'Connor, Tim
Steinbachs, John
Oza, Prema
Tomllnson, Dean
Pangalos, Anthony
Vesely, Steven
Peters, Mike
Power, Gavin
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Smith, Andrea
Clements, Rob
Srutek, Karollna
Craft, Christina
Steinbachs, John
Crosble, Vanessa
Tattersall, Jane
Docking, David
Vesely, Steven
Goodman, Sarah
Ward, Ryan
Izzard, Suzanne
Wlllbond, Rob
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Belleteullle, Andre
Klrkham, John
Bodnar, Alex
Klaus, Alex
Brelhour, Pat
Manchak, Renata
Brzozowskl, Anna
McLennan, Rob
Capuanl, Joanne
Orol, Ron
Carluccl, Mario
Owens, Greg
Ciszewskl, Johanna
Price, John
Cooper, Bill
Reld, Chris
Currle, Lisa
Richardson, Michael
Davles, Jennifer
Sane, Ean
Dobrenskl, Steve
Stansfleld, James
Dowdall, Brent
Duncan, Todd
18 • The Charlatan • March 10, 1994
SPORTS
Board strikes hockey committee
5S' admi"^ration and gender faritv to /,„
Charlatan Start ^
Charlatan SlaH
An athletics board subcommittee was
struck to look at the issues involved in the
department of athletics taking over the
administration of the hockey club at a
special board meeting March 4.
Meanwhile, the department's director
Keith Harris has asked the Ontario Col-
leges Athletic Association to extend its
March 8 deadline for new hockey club
applications to its 1994-95 season while
the sub-committee studies three issues:
money, gender parity and administra-
tion.
— Money: Both Algonquin and St.
Lawrence Colleges run their hockey teams
on modest budgets below $20,000. Gen-
eral manager Paul Correy of the hockey
club has said Carleton could do the same.
"Our budget is a realistic and feasible
budget based on figures provided from
other schools, " Correy said after the meet-
ing.
Harris, on the other hand, said he
thinks that number is low. He feels a first-
year cost of about $36,000 is more accu-
rate.
"1 can assure you, that in my experi-
ence, a hockey program will cost more
than this ($36,000) in time," Harris told
the board. "So the reason I'm not enthu-
siastic—and you know it, you can all feel
it — is that I'm saying, 'Hell, this means
if we accept this and take on the respon-
sibility of doing this right, it's going to
cost a lot more in time.'"
— Gender parity: The department of
athletics has a gender parity policy of
equal funding and team representation.
The addition of hockey as a varsity sport
would change that.
"It(would) meanthatsomehowwe've
got to find an equivalent amount of
money to fund a comparable program
equivalent for the women's side or make
some cuts on the men's side," said Harris.
Coach George Brown said the alumni
have already proposed to coach a wom-
en's club team if there is enough interest
among the student population in order
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to maintain representative gender par-
ity.
— Administration: A third thorny is-
sue revolves around the amount of time
and staff it would take to oversee the
operation of the club. Harris said his staff
is stretched to limit and can't handle an
increased workload. Money would have
to be spent on more staff.
"It's at the point where we can't ask
them to . . . take on the responsibility.
That's why I've plugged in these addi-
tional costs," said Harris.
Brown, who wasn't officially invited
to address the board but came to present
the club's case, disagreed. He pointed to
the strong support from alumni, who
currently volunteer their time running
the club and would be more than willing
to handle administrative duties and
coaching. HkHl
Electoral Limbo
Late on the evening of March 8, the
overturning of the hockey club's refer-
endum results was ratified by CUSA
council.
This means a new referendum on
the question of funding the hockey
club will be held along with new elec-
tions March 29-31.
Which has left the club in a kind of
limbo. Will the athletics board
subcomittee currently looking into the
hockey matter still meet or will it dis-
solve?
At press time, CUSA finance com-
missioner Rene Faucher was saying
the subcommittee would still be meet-
ing despite the referendum results be-
ing overturned. □
Volleyball team: what went wrong?
Veteran leadership and experience key ingredients missing
by Sarah Richards
Charlatan Staff
The desire to move on. Nixon felt it
about Vietnam. Jordan felt it about the
NBA. The women's volleyball team feels
it about their 1994 season.
"I think we just had to go through it to
leam it on ourown," says left-side Cheryl
MacDonald, reflecting on the Ravens'
season, in which the team posted a 1-9
record and placed fifth out of six teams in
the Ontario Women's Interuniversity
Athletic Association.
After last year's best-ever 5-5 record,
third-place divisional result and fourth-
place overall finish in OWIAA action,
this year's drop was a disappointment.
What happened?
The 1994 Ravens lost almost all their
veteran players — nine of 11 — and in
particular they suffered the loss of peren-
nial all-star setter Marilyn Johnston, who
played out her fifth year of varsity eligi-
bility but returned this year as assistant
coach to head coach Peter Biasone.
Even the two veterans on the team,
Carolyn Haddock and Karolina Srutek,
were only second-year players with just a
year's experience.
This year's rookie team also succumbed
to "personnel changes," when some play-
ers — notably second-year middle Carolyn
Raven Sylvie Coutu was one of many newcomers to the volleyball team.
Haddock — left the team. of people having other priorities and
"Atthe beginning of theyear, I thought whatnot, they couldn't continue on with
we had a really good team," says Laurie —
Malone, this year's setter. "But because VOLLEY cont. on pg. 20
A case of
just desserts?
by Steven Vesely
Charlatan staff
Considering the case of the Carle-
ton hockey club and their never-end-
ing quest for varsity status, one might
beg to ask — whatever happened to the
rules?
The normal route by which a club
team gains varsity status is by ap-
proaching the athletics board and ap-
plying for it.
A budget is presented. Issues like
coaching and administration are dis-
cussed. The board considers the re-
quest within the framework of existing
athletic programs andavailable funds,
then it makes a decision.
That's the route the women's
waterpolo team took in 1988 when
they successfully convinced the board
to fund women's waterpolo as a varsity
sport instead of the low-profile varsity
synchronized swimming team.
Other club teams like curling, ten-
nis and hockey have also tried to lobby
athletics in the same way during the
past decade, but without success.
. Some clubs accept it this way. Oth-
ers — like the hockey club — don't.
Varsity hockey was cut in 1975 be-
cause of a lack of funding. Six years
ago, a group of alumni calling them-
selves the Bald Ravens revived hockey
as a dub team in the city's Senior R.A.
League.
After their original varsity request
was denied in 1988, the alumni made
two more separate proposals to the
department of athletics trying to revive
varsity hockey.
Both attempts failed.
So this year the hockey club tried
something new. Something unprec-
edented. They broke the rules.
Sick and tired of lobbying athletics
to no avail, the Bald Ravens asked the
Carleton University Students' Associa-
tion to run a referendum asking stu-
dents if they would be in favor of a $1
levy per full-time student towards fund-
ing a hockey team in the Ontario Col-
leges Athletic Association.
CUSA did. Students voted. And the
hockey club won the referendum by a
vote of 1,905 to 897.
An emergency meeting of the ath-
letics board was called to discuss the
matter because the hockey club has a
March 8 deadline to submit an official,
university-sponsored application to the
OCAA.
As one might imagine, it was a
tense meeting, with some board mem-
bers none to pleased by this gun at
their heads forcing them to make a
quick and hasty decision on whether or
not to sponsor the club's application.
By going to the students and win-
ning their referendum, the hockey club
raised a pledge of about $18,500 from
students and proved there was student
support for hockey on campus.
But they skirted around the athlet-
ics board and broke the rules of how
varsity status is obtained.
Perhaps, then, with the news that
the CUSA election has been overturned
— and the referendum results as well
— maybe the hockey club is only get-
ting its just desserts. □
March 10, 1994 • The Charlatan ■ 19
Raven
Rumblings
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
"I can assure you, that in my expe-
rience, a hockey program will cost more
than ($36,000) in time. So the reason
I'm not enthusiastic — and you know
it, you can all feel it — is that I'm
saying, 'Hell, this means if we accept
this and take on the responsibility of
doing this right, it's going to cost a lot
more in time.'"
Athletics director Keith Harris ad-
dressed the athletics board on March 4
and raised this financial concern about
the possibility of athletics taking over
the administration of the hockey club.
ROWING RESULTS
About 15 members of the men's
and women's rowing teams partici-
pated in the Ontario Indoor Rowing
Championships at Ridley College in
St. Catherines, Ont., on March 6.
Rower Josee Paquette placed third
among 10 in a time of 9.59 in the
women's lightweight class over a dis-
tance of 2,500 metres.
Teammate Nicole Lebon placed
sixth in a time 10.13.
Four other rowers — Rob Bennett,
Scott Hayes, Rachel Fallows and Vicki
Schouten — finished among the top 15
In their respective classes.
OUAA ALL-STAR
Men's basketball starTaffe Charles
was named to the Ontario Universities
Athletic Association's east division all-
star team.
Charles was second in the country
in scoring, averaging 28.0 points per
game. Charles was also second in the
OUAA east in rebounding, averaging
10.4 rebounds per game.
OUAA BASKETBALL
Final Scoring Leaders
A. Beason
T. Charles
D. Smart
S. Swords
C. Fischer
C. Swantee
C. Porter
D. Reid
B. Hann
W. Hall
Ryerson 33.4
Carleton 28.0
Queen's 26.3
Laurentian22.2
Laurentian21.1
Toronto 18.0
Ottawa 17.3
Ottawa 17.1
Laurentianl6.7
York 16.3
OUAA BASKETBALL
Final Rebounding Leaders
A. Beason Ryerson 11.4
T. Charles Carleton 10.4
C. Fischer Laurentian8.8
C. Porter Ottawa 8.3
D. Reid Ottawa 7.5
OUAA
Athlete of the Week
Anthony Biggar of the University of
Toronto track and field team is the
OUAA athlete of the week. Biggar won
gold in the600- and 1 ,000-metre events
and took home two silvers as a mem-
ber of the Blues relay team.
CALENDAR
SWIMMING— Three Ravens willbe
taking part in the Canadian
Interuniversity Athletic Union swim
championships in Victoria, B.C., over
the March 11-13 weekend.
Swimmers Erica Kotler, Brigitte
Davidson and Andrew Smith qualified
for the national championships in
meets earlier this year.
Skier Dustin' away the competition
Ex Olympian Wayne Dustin silent leader on nordic team
by Ryan Ward
Charlatan Start
Every so often, along comes an athlete
who thoroughly dominates a sport.
Wayne Gretzky in hockey. Steffi Graff in
tennis. Miguel lndurain in cycling.
Carleton, too, has its own such domi-
nating winner — Wayne Dustin of the
men's nordic ski team.
His list of achievements reads like an
honor roll:
three-time world junior champion
in 1981, '82 and '84
— two-time world nordic champion in
1984 and 1992
two Olympic appearances in 1988
and 1992
numerous victories on the national
nordic ski circuit in Canada
Make no mistake about it, Dustin is a
winner. A silent, competitive skier with a
determined-but-effortless stride.
"Wayne is a silent leader," says Carle-
ton nordic ski coach Mark Rabb. "He's
like a rock. Really steady. He just knows
how to win."
Roommate Al Pilcher remembers
Dustin's winning ways when the two
were teammates on the national squad
back in the mid-eighties.
"When I was moving up in the ranks,
(Dustin) was God. In fact, he was beyond
God," says Pilcher. "He was second in
Canada behind Pierre Harvey and there
were times when Harvey was looking
over his shoulder."
"(He's) a skier who's on auto-
pilot. He knows what to do
and always does it."
— Women's nordic ski team
member Gail Bamett
As a six -year-old nordic wonder grow-
ing up in a ski-happy family in Sault Ste.
Marie, it wasn't often there were people
in Dustin's line of vision.
"My parents were always pretty active
in supporting me by driving me to races
and stuff," says Dustin.
With strong family support and an
older brother as a skiing role model, it's
no wonder Dustin loves the sport.
"He loves to race. He loves to train,"
says Pilcher. "He's been doing it all his
life."
Since those heady days of Olympic
competition, Dustin has slightly reduced
his time skiing and concentrated more
on his studies.
The 28-year-old skier graduated with
a BA from Waterloo last year and is now
in his first-year of Carleton's electrical
engineering program.
Not surprisingly, he's doing well.
"He has a high tempo which
gives him the edge among
other competitors."
— Men's nordic ski team
veteran Chris Webb.
In six OUAA races this year, Dustin finished first in five of them.
"Last semester Wayne had an A+ in
all of his classes except one," says nordic
teammate and roommate Frank Ferrari.
"The ability to work for 30 hours at school
and still have time to train as much as he
does is incredible."
And it has paid off. In six races on the
Ontario Universities Athletic Association
skiing circuit this season, Dustin finished
first in all but one of the races he entered.
In the one race he lost, he placed second.
Such authority has shocked even some of
the more veteran members of the team.
"I'vebeentoll (provincial final) races
and won eightmetals," says Ferrari. "But
I've never seen anyone as dominant as
Wayne."
Not that he's complaining. Dustin's
work ethic was a big motivator to mem-
bers of the men's and women's nordic ski
teams — both of whom took home silver
medals at this year's provincial champi-
onships last month.
Experience was another plus. Minute
details like adjusting techniques and
waxes to suit weather conditions were
areas where Dustin excels.
How good was he?
Provincial Championships
Duntroon, Ont. Feb. 19-20.
15-km Classic First
10-km Freestyle First
NCD Interdivisional
Deep River, Ont. Feb. 5-6.
15-km Classic First
10-km Freestyle Second
SOD Interdivisional
Duntroon, Ont. Jan. 22-23.
30-km Classic First
10-km Freestyle First
"There's only a few skiers in Canada
who know as much as he knows," says
Pilcher. "The mental and technical as-
pects of the game can make the differ-
ence in nordic skiing. A small aspect like
moving your skies properly could be the
difference between first and 50th."
Knowing the difference is why Dustin's
consistently first and not 50th. □
VOLLEY cont. from pg. 19.
our team. That sort of cut us down a
bit."
The loss of those key veterans resulted
in a relative decline in things like consist-
ency, game strategy and playoff experi-
ence. It was indeed a back-to-the-basics
learning year for the team.
"Skill-wise, we got down to the ba-
sics," says Srutek. "Team unity, we got
that down pat. We got all the little things
out of the way, so next year we can
concentrate more on our game."
Getting the "little things" out of the
way included getting rid of any notions
that university volleyball is the same as
that played in high school. Not so.
"(University volleyball) is a lot faster,
and it's more skilful . . . than high school,"
says Raven Susan Edgecomb.
That's something the women weren't
entirely prepared for. As a result, skills
development was a large part of the
team's training schedule. Moreover, some
of the Raven rookies say they were a bit
surprised at the competitiveness of the
OWIAA.
"I don't think we were used to the level
of competition," says MacDonald. "Not
that we had never played competitive
volleyball before, but at a university level
. . . nobody gives up. It doesn't matter
how far down the other team is."
This probably wasn't news to head
coach Peter Biasone, who has been coach-
ing the women's varsity team for six
years. Srutek says Biasone's patience with
the rookie team was appreciated.
"He had a hell of a year because from
coaching a team last year that had over
1 0 years of volleyball experience to coach-
ing a team that has right-out-of-high-
school experience -- he's had to hold his
breath a lot of times," she said.
As for next year?
"Once we develop some consistency, I
think we'll be able to do a lot better," says
Malone. "Hopefully we'll make it to the
(playoffs)."
Here's hoping. Q
20 • The Charlatan • March 10, 1994
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recorded more than any other in his
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7pm.
Andre Csabo, if you are still at Carielon please call 736-
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COMMERCE STUDENTS - The Commerce Society will
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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Hsl3one: 7°u've dot to feel the funk"
f
Fishbone
Porter Hall
March 5
Walter Kibby summed up the Fishbone
experience perfectly.
When asked to compare life in the
studio to life on the stage, Fishbone's
trumpet player and vocalist remarked,
"In the studio, there's nobody around to
help with the hyping up,"
This evening at Porter Hall, they had
plenty of help.
With their uniquely Fishbone sound,
mixing styles as diverse as ska and
hardcore, they've amassed a loyal, cross-
genre following.
Fishbone fans, notes Kibby, are "peo-
ple into good vibes; people into losing
their mind now and again. You know, it
could be a grandma."
But has Kibby ever seen a grandma at
a Fishbone show? He says that he has,
but I don't know. There weren 't any grand-
mothers at this show.
Fishbone funked, punked and
thrashed with great enthusiasm and flair.
Angelo Moore, lead vocalist and sax
player, opened up their set with "The
Warmth of Your Breath," a song about
police, inciting the crowd to chant
"Donuts, cigarettes, coffee.
Moore then got the crowd to hum the
refrain from "Pressure."
"You in the back, I know you're not
singing I'm coming back there," he
said and then leaped into the crowd,
surfing all the way to the back.
The first half of their show was com-
prised mostly of older material. After the
opening track, they played numerous
songs from The Reality of My Surroundings,
including the thrashy "Sunless Satur-
day." They also played some tracks from
Truth and Soul and earlier albums. When
they played "Ma and Pa," the crowd
went ecstatic.
"Do you want to get funky? You have
to experience the funk," Moore said as
John Fisher, dressed in his one-piece red
pyjamas and hat with stuffed horns,
pumped out the funky bass line to "Nutt
Megalomaniac" off their latest disc, Give
A Monkey A Brain. . . .
This album is notable for its general
overall heavier sound. Of this change
from their usual funky feel, Kibby says,
"You know, the guys get big amps and
you want to use them."
The performance of "Drunk Skitzo"
from Give A Monkey A Brain. . . was the
highlight of the show. Moore climbed
around up in the rafters for about 10
minutes, suspending himself upsidedown
and mumbling "d-d-d-drunken s-s-s-
skitzo, " while the band pumped out enor-
mous amounts of feedback and wailed
away on the drums.
One of the things
thatmakes this band
so good live is the
dynamic stage pres-
ence and antics of
frontman Moore. He
has a unique way of
bonding with the au-
dience.
For their encore,
Moore returned to
the stage to recite
some poetry he
wrote about racism
in the music indus-
try. In his verbal as-
sault, he accused the
music industry of
creating "token"
black artists with
nothing controver-
sial to say. The band
then came on-stage
to perform "Sublimi-
nal Fascism." Unfor-
tunately, this was
the only song in their
encore.
Kibby says there
are probably fans who could listen to the
music for years before ever reading the
lyrics. That, though, he says, is fine. The
music and the message are of equal im-
portance according to him.
I'm just so mckin' happy.
"Without the music, you probably
wouldn't listen to the message. The mes-
sage just helps the music become
stronger." q
Value for your cash? $2511 get you two hours
by Kevin McKay
Charlatan Stan
A Tribe Called Quest, De La\
Soul, Souls of Mischief
Porter Hall
March 6
That's it?
Although both A Tribe Called Quest
and De La Soul put on a good show, they
only played for about an hour each: not
exactly good value for your $25.
And if you're wondering why I didn't
mention Souls of Mischief, it's because
we spent their set in a very disorganized
line as the bouncers conducted body
searches on most individuals. They
sounded good through the wall. Thank-
fully, I did get in in time to see the rest of
the show.
De La Soul quickly got the crowd mov-
ing with "Eye Patch," the first track on
their current album Buhloone Mindstate.
They went through material off all
their albums, although it looked like
they prefered some songs over others.
Showing how tired they were with
playing some of the tunes from their first
album, 3 Feet High ondRising, they started
their big hit "Me, Myself and I" by chant-
ing, "I hate this fucking song, I hate this
fucking song, I hate this rucking " The
crowd wasn't fazed; they yelled along
with band all the way through the cho-
rus.
Overall, De La Soul really seemed to
be enjoying themselves, joking around
and trying to make each other laugh or
lose their place in the lyrics.
They slid easily from one song in to
the next, mixing the beats together well.
Although both Tribe and De La Soul
had to work to get the crowd going, they
had fun along the way. At one point, De
La Soul went looking for the true hip-
hoppers in the audience. We were tested
for lyrical knowledge as they got the
crowd to sing along to Dr. Dre's "Ore
Day" and Run-D.M.C.'s "Down with the
King."
Their best song of the night, "Ego
Trippin,'" had the crowd screaming
along. They finished up with their cur-
rent single, "Breakadawn."
After De La Soul ended, there was
almost no transition time between the
two bands; probably because it would be
hard to choose a headliner out of two
excellent groups. Or maybe it was be-
cause they wanted to catch last call.
Tribe exploded on to the stage with
"Steve Biko (Stir It Up), " the first track off
their latest disc Midnight Marauders.
They used some older beats and sam-
ples from other bands to segue into new
songs. It took a good ear to identify the
scratching and samples that connected
the songs.
Throughout the show, Q-Tipand Phife
tried to get the crowd worked up, espe-
cially those boring "mutha fuckers" who
stood still, arms folded, at the back of the
room.
"Scenario" finally got a great reaction
out of the crowd near the end of the set,
but Q-Tip ended up haranguing people
to getthem bouncing and yelling along.
"Y'all gotta move cuz y'all paid a lotta
loot to get in here." This got the crowd
bouncing along to Midnight Marauders'
"Award Tour."
Neither band did an encore. They left
the audience standing around at the
end, waiting to see if the lights would be
coming up for another song.
The one gripe I had about the show,
forgetting about the disorganization at
the door, was with the volume and bass
level. It just wasn't loud enough. You
could hear the music, but you couldn't
feel the bass at the back of your chest.
It should have been a show capable of
pulverizing bones. Instead, it only tickled
a little. □
Tribe's Phife and Q-Tip: I'm gonna get you, and then I'm gonna get your friends
in alphabetical order, so I'm gonna need some names!
This week:
Pretension
"And then I got just plain lonely and just so fed up with
all the badness in my life and in the world and I said to
myself, 'Please, God, just make me a bird — that's all
I ever really wanted — a white graceful bird free of
shame and taint and fear of loneliness, and give me
other white birds among which to fly, and give me a sky
so big and wide that if I never wanted to land, I would
never have to.' But instead God gave me these words,
and I speak them here."
Douglas Coupland, Mr. Voice of His Generation,
in Life After God, ripping off Jonathan Livingston
Seagull.
Next week: Coupland wishes he was a whoop-
ing crane!
March 10, 1994 • The Charlatan ■ 23
Exploring Native women's issues on video
by Joanne Capuani
Charlatan Staff
Women in Films and Videos
for International Women's
Week
SAW Video Co-op
March 6
0
"People don't like coming to free
events."
This was the reaction of International
Women's Week film festival co-ordinator
Diane Conrad, when only 23 people
showed up for last Sunday's screening of
documentaries dealing with the concerns
of Native women.
Regardless, that's almost twice as
many as showed up last year, according
to Tanis Hill, a Mohawk Nation member
of Ottawa's First Nations Association,
who helped organize Sunday's event.
The agenda for this International
Women's Week event was supposed to
include speakers and a facilitated discus-
sion that would follow the actual screen-
ing of three documentary films.
Unfortunately, the evening was cut
short when Hill was unable to inspire the
audience members to speak with her
inquiry, "Does any one have anything to
say about the movies?"
Perhaps this was because by the end of
the night's third film, the original crowd
had shrunk to half its original size and
the few remaining audience members
lacked any motivation to comment on
the films.
Regardless of this dry outcome, the
films themselves were informative in re-
laying the trials of women in their Native
communities.
The main screening that evening —
Mother of Many Children, an hour-long
feature on the lives of various Native
women — examined the roles of women
from nations as diverse as the Metis and
the Northern Cree.
In this documentary, writer/director/
narrator Alanis Obomsawin describes a
link that has long since been lost — a
sense of community, of equal gender
status within their Native communities.
One Ojibwa woman in the film says
Ojibwa people once had to do things
WOMEN cont'd on p. 29
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We tend to think music is a free av-
enue of expression, but like any other
construct of our society, the music indus-
try is a power-based hierarchy.
Looking backwards into the folds of
history, male dominance in music is ob-
vious.
From Beethoven to Bartok, all the
"best" classical composers are men
Women of the past were denied access to
music. They were ghettoized into the role
of singers - parrots of male musicians
and composers.
For awhile, during the Baroque pe-
riod, men even tried to take this small
piece of the pie away from women by
introducing the castrati (men castrated
before puberty to maintain soprano
voices). r
In the '90s, we would like to think that
equality reigns supreme in the music
kingdom — that women's artistic talents
are no longer repressed by men. But
peering into the big reality tableau, we
CLASS
ITSELF
see that colors of equality are muted in
the background. Although shrouded in
subtleties, men continue to stand in the
forefront of music, even though music
has drastically changed in the last cen-
tury.
The stereotypical role of women in
music is still that of a singer. Whitney
Houstons and Mariah Careys warble out
banal ballads like women in the past and
win Grammy awards. In bands, you usu-
ally have the stereotypical female sinqer
or cute girl bass player.
Female drummers and guitarists are a
rare breed. As such, women like Velvet
Underground drummer Moe Tucker and
Lush guitarist Miki Beryni are thought of
as exceptions to the rule, despite being as
good and as innovative as any male
musician.
All-female bands valiantly treadinq
water in the music scene are usually
slapped with labels that often hamper
their artistic pursuits. Labels like "Riot
Grrrls," "Fox-core" and "Cute Girl Band-
promote the idea that these bands are
simply novelty acts.
Sexual objectification plays a big part
in performance by female musicians. If a
woman's body, herdancing orherclothes
are valued as much as her music, her
performance becomes a sexual market-
ing tool. This is pornography.
But beyond the physical and the visual,
music itself tells its own story. Music
affects us unconsciously in ways we can-
not begin to fathom. It has the intrinsic
power to influence our moods and infil-
trate our consciousness.
Think about what a movie would be
like without music. Movie soundtracks
have a huge impact on audiences, using
familiar signals. We know for an exam-
ple, that the bad guy is plotting to do
something nasty because the music tells
us so.
If music has this power, could it not
also be utilized as a sly tool to perpetuate
male hegemony in the collective uncon-
scious?
If you don't think so, start Iisteninq to
song lyrics. Note how some musicians
weave language solely around stereotypes
and negative imagery.
Start watching any interpretive form
of music from music videos to dance
Note how in most ballets the female
dancers tend to dance to the soft, lyrical
parts of the music, whereas the men are
given athletic choreography to strong
and powerful melodies.
Note how many music videos are cen-
tred around the stereotypical boy-meets-
girl/girl-melts-with-desire/girl-needs-boy-
to-be-happy narrative.
We don't want to rid music of every-
thing offensive — it is important to note
here that music should be an open fo-
rum. In other words, there's room for
both Lush and a chicks and booze fellow
like David Lee Roth in the big scheme of
things. The key here is discernment.
Paying attention to music and dis-
cerning underlying messages is impor-
tant. Don 'tyou want to know whatyou're
actually listening to? Awareness of the
hidden nasties in music will help open up
the music world to a whole new range of
voices.
There are women in the music indus-
try making a big difference in demolish-
ing genderstereotypes; women like Sarah
McLachlan, Annie Lennox, laneSiberry,
Sheila Chandra, and bands like the Breed-
ers and 7 Year Bitch have proved the true
voices of women can be heard in the
music industry.
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26 • The Charlatan ■ March 10, 1994
by Mike Peters
Charlatan staff
Wild Strawberries serve up some tasty pod
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Wild Strawberries
Zaphod Beeblebrox
March 4
Pure pop with no excuses.
Toronto's Wild Strawberries breezed
through town Friday as part of their
Montreal-Ottawa mini-tour.
Husband and wife Ken Harrison and
Roberta Carter-Harrison are the creative
force behind this band, which ranges
from four to eight pieces for touring and
recording.
Since their first independent cassette,
Carving Wooden Spectacles, was released
in 1989, they have received heavy airplay
and have garnered a devoted following
in the Toronto area.
Their more recent EPs, grace and Life
Sized, have pushed the couple into the
spotlight with the success of singles
"That's The Way It Goes" and "Life Sized
Marilyn Monroe."
They are now celebrating completion
of their first full-length album, Bet You
Think I'm Lonely, which will probably be
released this summer. It will include
material from the previous two EPs and
six new tracks. Thanks to a newly signed
distribution deal with A&M Records, the
CD will be the Strawberries' first real taste
of national exposure.
"We just got frustrated lately when the
songs were on the radio across the coun-
try and we just couldn't get it (their re-
cordings) out," explains lead singer
Roberta. "When you're only known in
Toronto you can service the stores and
keep up with it, but when you move
beyond that, it gets ridiculous."
"But it's been a really good process,"
adds Ken, who handles keyboards and
the group's songwriting duties. "We've
put out a record ourselves before, so we
know how to do the artwork, and how to
arrange to get posters made or what-
ever."
Graduates of the University of Toronto,
both Ken and Roberta have successful
careers in medicine (he's a doctor, she's a
physiotherapist), which are increasingly
taking a back seat to their musical aspi-
rations. "I'm down to two nights a week
—sometimes three if we're hungry," says
Ken.
"Even though we're still doing it,"
Roberta adds, "we have abandoned it
cause we're not pursuing more degrees or
courses. I'm not trying to climb any cor-
porate ladders."
"Ifs not like a career," Ken agrees.
"It's more like a waitering job. The music
is definitely our focus."
Of course, they're probably pulling
down a bit more than waiters.
Describing Wild Strawberries' sound
is difficult. "The cop-out answer we've
been using is pop," Roberta says, "but it
has so many bad connotations thatwe're
scared to use that word."
This pop sound translates itself into a
mellow and very casual live perform-
ance. Roberta had a great rapport with
the audience at Zaphod's, often going off
on a tangent while telling the crowd
what the songs were about.
The couple says their influences range
from Booker T and the M.G.'s to Elvis
Costello and Tori Amos. Their airplay
ranges from alternative and university
radio stations to the CBC.
"I just like a good song," says Ken.
"That's what we're trying to do — just put
together good songs. If they 're good songs,
then they should be able to be played
anywhere. They should be able to tran-
scend any one market or label."
Roberta's simple and passionate vo-
cals perfectly complement Ken's finely.
crafted lyrics. At a time where popular
music bleeds manufactured attitude and
artificial angst, Wild Strawberries are a
refreshing dose of honest, clever pop. □
Roberta of Wild Strawberries: We're so glad she chose music over medicine
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28 • The Charlatan • March 10, 1994
by Sarah Richards . hnri«f„„, „„ ^» ■ ■ ^» ■ ■ VUIIUIC
by Sarah Richards
Charlatan Staff
Ahhh, the French.
Perhaps no other people have en-
chanted us more with their sophisticated,
high-brow culture.
Yet at the same time, there are many
aspects of the French that can distress
and frankly bewilder the average North
American tourist. Do not be alarmed at
this. This short article could save you
from some embarrassing reactions.
First, to deal with the French, it is
important to put yourself in a certain
mind-set. You simply must grasp — ilfaut
comprendre — that if you're going to do
something, you've got to do it the French
way.
The French way means that whatever
project you undertake — be it choosing
your seat on the plane, or asking for a
map of Paris — you do it right. Because if
you don't do it right, then just what, pray
tell, is the point of doing it all?
And if you do it wrong (and with the
French, it is a conscious decision), chances
are someone will just have to do it all over
again, and they're not going be too happy.
And they will let you know.
I learned of the French way even before
WOMEN cont'd from p. 24
together in order to survive. At the very
top of their societal order were the elderly
women who would make decisions for
the community as a whole. As
Obomsawin says in the film, "Women
were more powerful than men."
The clan, or family structure, was
headed by women. The grandmother
would relay cultural tradition and herbal
remedies: she was atoncedoctor, teacher
and diplomat.
The balance between nurturing
mother and highly respected professional
is dealt with in Like the Trees. This 30-
minute documentary is an intense ac-
count of a Metis mother's struggles in a
non-Indian society.
After years of keeping her children in
her parents' care on their reserve to go
700 miles away to work at tedious jobs,
after accumulating the meagre fruits of
her labor, tuberculosis and a $ 76 monthly
welfare cheque while recovering, she dis-
covers true happiness in her life as a
I had touched down
on French soil.
There was some
debate on the
plane among the
passengers, most of
them French, over
which row was
Number 39. They
couldn't decide
which seats an
overhead row indi-
cator was placed
over. Not that it re-
ally mattered, since
the plane was half
empty.
But after about
20 minutes of seat
changes and arguing, in which justabout
everybody but the man who drops off the
TV dinners got involved, people settled in
for the six-hour flight. As the plane tax-
ied away for take-off, I was lulled to sleep
by the mutterings of a solitary French-
man pointing at the row number, insist-
ing to himself that everyone else was
mistaken.
Upon arriving in Paris, perhaps the
best city in France to learn very quickly
Woodland Cree.
Joan Hutton, a musician and organ-
izer of the Mariposa folk festival, shares
her own personal experience with single
parenthood in the 30-minute film Our
Dear Sisters. In this documentary, Hutton
denies that having adopted and raised a
seven-day-old child as a single mother
was a burden. Hutton was able to bal-
ance her tight travel and performance
schedule while caring for her daughter.
According to Hutton, her native com-
munity provided such a loving environ-
ment that her role was made all the more
easier. Unlike the other two films, Our
Dear Sisters relays the image of a Native
community in which the celebration,
rather than oppression of women, is
prevalent.
These films presented a varied, in-
formative picture of Native culture. Too
bad there weren't more people there to
see them. □
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about the French way, you will want to
procure for yourself a map of this beauti-
ful city. This can be done at one of the
many subway stands.
Do not be alarmed if the sales clerk
does not acknowledge your existence for
at least two minutes. As I learned, you
must be firm. And make sure to ask for a
plan of Paris, not a carte. If you do the
latter, she will undoubtedly look at you
as if you're some kind of space alien. Or
worse, she'll think you're American.
To understand this last point, it's help-
ful to realize that France has always had
a negative reaction to foreigners and
their cultural baggage.
Don't forget that France is a country
that has succumbed to several invasions.
This century, there was the German inva-
sion led by Hitler. Then there was the
British invasion lead by the Beatles. Now,
there's the American invasion lead by
Tori Spelling, if you think Canadians feel
that Beverly Hills 90210 is nauseating, just
imagine what it's doing to the French.
The French way extends to their work-
ing habits. While in Paris, for free, you
can watch not one, but two grounds work-
ers mow grass in the famous lardin des
Tuilleries. One man holds the electric
lawn mower's cord off the ground, while
the other man mows. It's no wonder
France's unemployment rate remains one
of the lowest in Europe.
As foryou female travellers, there's an
added thing you should know about the
French way. Don't forget to check you
liberie, egalite and fraternite at the air-
port. Actually, keep the fraternite bit.
Apparently, there's a lot of fraternite
among men if you're a woman trying to
break into any kind of career other than
that of a cleaning woman or a nanny.
Female travellers may also be sur-
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insist on holding doors open for you,
even if they won't give you a job.
You only begin to appreciate the French
ivayonce you return to Ottawa soil, when
the first open door you come across is
unceremoniously slammed in your face.
Ah, it's nice to be home.
Back to the Canadian way. □
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March 10, 1994 - The Charlatan • 29
T^ingTtale^ and the trains
by David Bartolf
Charlatan Staff
Stephen Fearing
The Penguin
March 12
Stephen Fearing's no stranger to Ot-
tawa.
This Vancouver-based acoustic folk
singer has played many shows in town,
including gigs at Rasputin's, Zaphod's
and the National Gallery. Usually he has
a good time. But not at the Governor
General's place.
"The one 1 remember being the worst
was the Governor General's picnic, " says
Fearing. "1 just kept breaking strings and
the CBC was broadcasting live. I didn't
have spare strings on stage. It was a total
nightmare."
Fearing also remembers playing at
the National Museum of Nature on
Metcalfe, commenting, "Oh yeah, with
the shrieking dinosaur in the lobby."
Fearing recorded his latest album. The
Assassin's Apprentice, in July and August
of last year. He didn't want it "lost
amongst the Christmas kafuffle," so he
held off on its release and the tour until
now. This album shows that Fearing con-
tinues to have an affinity for trains.
"The Station" has the sweet melodra-
matic refrain, "I've got a railway station
where my heart should be;" "The Long-
est Road" recounts a Vancouver-to-Mon-
treal train ride he took with his mother
on his way to Ireland. He also covers a
Hank Williams song, "(1 Heard That)
Lonesome Whistle."
"It is more of a memory thing," says
Fearing. "I haven't taken a train in ages."
He does, however, live near them. De-
spite moving twice in the past year, he
has stayed within shouting distance of
Vancouver train yards.
"If s the classic image for songwriters
to use, and it is like if you could image
how many times people have written
about the moon," says Fearing. "And
yet, it is such a strong image. There are
still ways to write about the moon with-
out it being cliched."
One song off his previous album called
The Blue Line came to him as he was
travelling via train through Swift Cur-
rent, Sask., an insignificant stop along
one of his hectic tours. The rhythm of the
train inspired the music.
The Assassin's Apprentice has the same
bite and anger as past albums. The main
idea for the title song came to Fearing in
a Charlottetown hotel. He was opening
for Sarah McLachlan, and he had arrived
a night early.
"I have a hard time sleeping in ho-
tels," he said. He wound up watching
Robert de Niro in Cape Fear.
"Not a great movie, but there's some
really disturbing stuff, " is his assessment.
This mood found its way into "The
Assassin's Apprentice" and picks up on
the same themes Fearing covered in "Bells
of Morning" off The Blue Line.
The song is a reaction to the massacre
at the Hcole Polytechnique in Montreal,
where Marc Lepine murdered 14 female
engineering students in 1989.
Of that song, Fearing says, "I didn't
go into any details as to why somebody
like Marc Lepine would do that. And I
wanted to write a song that looked at that
a little bit more and maybe found some
reason for compassion.
"They're just like the rest of us, it's just
that they've been pushed by their cir-
cumstances and their demons to ex-
plode."
The title "The Assassin's Apprentice"
came from some repartee between Fear-
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Greg Reely, Fearing's engineer, has a
calm and well-oiled machine-like preci-
sion behind the sound board which has
earned him the nickname the Assassin.
Fearing had been teasing Berlin about
his comparative gracelessness on the
sound board. One day, Berlin did a very
Reely-like move, and Fearing quipped,
"What are you trying to get — the Assas-
sin's apprentice award?"
"That's the title for a song!" Berlin
replied.
Fearing says it fit the song very well.
"That's what this is about. It's about
somebody who's been through this —
apprenticed like a lot of us have — within
the society that creates people of great
violence. Whether we like it or not, that's
how we're brought up, that's our appren-
ticeship." □
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John Candy remembered
by David Hodges
Charlatan Staft
On March 4, Canada tragically lost
one of its greatest talents when John
Candy suddenly passed away after suf-
fering a heart attack.
The 43-year-old actor/comedian left
behind a legacy which spanned over
several decades.
Beginning his career as a member of
the Second City comedy troupe, Candy
worked in both the Chicago and Toronto
chapters. This eventually led to his legen-
dary, critically acclaimed work on SCTV,
With these impressive credentials,
Candy made the transition from televi-
sion star to movie star with the greatest of
ease, using his comic genius to land
supporting roles in such movies as The
Blues Brothers, Stripes and Splash.
With the success of these movies,
Candy was able to establish himself as a
superstar, moving on to leading roles in
the hits Planes, Trains and Automobiles
and Uncle Buck.
Even with all his accomplishments
and universal appeal, Candy always took
pride in his Canadian background.
It's ironic to think that Candy only
auditioned for Second City because his
pal Dan Aykroyd tricked him into doing
so. He had never really considered acting
as a career until that point. Thankfully
he did.
Thanks John. □
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THURSDAY, MARCH 10 TO THURSDAY, MARCH 17
Thursday, March 10
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One dollar gets you in to see the Sonic
Lounge Lizards at Zaphod's tonight.
They describe themselves as loud and
melodic, if you're interested. Opening for
them are metal-boys Knocking Boots.
Finally! A chance to leam how to write
a screenplay! At 12:30 p.m., Tom
Shoerridge, author of the book Ten Best
Canadian Screenplays, will be giving a talk
on just that topic. It's all taking place in
Room 43S St. Pot's. And it's free.
If you want to do some permanent
damage to your eardrums, head on down
to the Penguin. Montreal's Bliss, Bite,
and Ottawa's Mystic Zealots and Spiny
Anteaters are performing in support of
CHUO's (that's the University of Otta-
wa's radio station) funding drive. Tickets
cost $6 and are available at the door.
Plus, there'll be a few all-ages tickets.
Friday, March 1 1
Carleton fellows in the band Septem-
ber Child, with special guest Water
Can, play the Penguin this evening.
Local folks the Illegal Jazz Poets are
hosting a CD release party at the newly
christened Upstairs Club, formerly
Creeque Alley. (Good name! -ed.) Open-
ing band is Project 9.
Guitarist Stephen Rollins is the fea-
tured performer for today's free noon-
time concert in Carleton's Alumni Thea-
tre.
At the Pit this evening, it's Canadian
songstress Sara Craig. Cover is $5.
Local cover band Byword Mayhem,
helped out by our Almonte friends Ge-
neric, are playing a show in support of
CHUO at the Nox. Three bucks gets you
in and the show starts at 8 p.m.
Saturday, March 12
The National Gallery is presenting
a series of Latin American concerts under
the title Sabroso. Tonight's performance
is by Brazilian jazz percussionist Nana
Vasconcelos. Trust us, he sounds really
cool. Tickets are $15 in advance at the
gallery and $18 at the door. Show starts
at 8 p.m. in the National Gallery's audi-
torium.
Canadian folk type Stephen Fear-
ing plays the Penguin tonight. Cover is
J 12.50. Check out the article, page 30.
To kick off the One World Film Festival
thatstarts tomorrow and runs until March
20, Susan Aglukark and Dario
Domingues are performing at the Na-
tional Library auditorium at 8 p.m.
Tickets are $20.
Performing at Zaphod's tonight are
the ultracool Liquid Bone Dance from
Winnipeg and Toronto's Killjoys. Cov-
er's only $5.
More stuff for CHUO's funding drive:
>fs described as an "Ire Sunshine Reggae-
Fest Jam." Performing at this event, be-
"ifl held at the Nox at the U of O, is
Garnet Challenger and the Connec-
tion Band with Sligo and the Cut Dia-
mond Band and DJ General Hi-Fi
And what's the cost to you, the listener'
Only three dollars at the door. Show
starts at 8 p.m.
Sunday, March 13
The Tanzanian film These Hands
and the Zimbabwean flick Neria are
showing tonight at Ottawa U's Alumni
Auditorium at 7 p.m. Neria is about a
woman who tries to regain control of her
life after her husband dies, while These
Hands is a documentary about women
who make gravel for construction work.
Discussions with the directors will fol-
low each film. It's all part of that One
World Film Festival. Admission to this
and other screenings is $5.
La Sarrasine, a film by Montreal
creative type Paul Tana, is showing at the
Bytowne at 3:30 p.m. today. He will be
there after the film for a discussion pe-
riod. Admission is $6.50.
As they do every Sunday evening,
Triskle is playing their Celtic stuff at the
Cock Robin Pub this evening.
Monday, March 14
More cult films at the Mayfair. To-
night it's A Clockwork Orange, fol-
lowed by The Shining. The fun and
games start at 7 p.m.
Tuesday, March 15
It's Tuesday. That can only mean that
Charlatan production manager Kevin
McKay has a reading tip for his loyal
followers. This week, McKay recommends
the classic novel The Maltese Falcon
by Dashiel Hammet. Says McKay in de-
fence of his choice, "The originator of
hard-boiled detective fiction will have
you guessing 'till the end. " That is, unless
you've seen the movie.
Wednesday, March 16
This One World Festival thing we've
been telling you about today focuses on
reproductive rights. The Indian film
Something Like a War, which deals
with India's family planning program,
will be shown at 7 p.m., followed by a
lecture and discussion group at 8 p.m.
The Canadian flick Making Babies,
showing at 9 p.m., deals with — you
guessed it — reproductive technology.
Tonight at the Mayfair at 7 p.m., it's
the ever-popular Rocky Horror Pic-
ture Show, followed by the cheezy ac-
tion flick Highlander at 9:05 p.m. (When
you think about it, Highlander is kind of a
stupid movie, and now they're making a
Highlander III. Why people tike it, I'll never
know, -ed.)
The Baltimore Waltz is the latest
play showing at the Great Canadian
Theatre Company. It's being presented
by the New Theatre of Ottawa. According
to the press release, this play's about the
voyage of a brother and a sister as they
travel to Vienna in search of a cure for the
sister's terminal disease. It's a comedy.
It's running today until April 2 on Tues-
days through Thursdays and Sundays
Admission is $10. Starting times are 8
p.m. during the week and 2 p.m. on
Sundays.
Thursday, March 17
Local favorites limmy George ring
m St. Patrick's Day with some tunes at the
Penguin. Should be fun.
Spirit of the West, Canada's favorite
Celtic-rock band, plays Grand Central
this evening. Tickets are $22.
Sabroso is the name of the Latin American music festival running for the new
month or so. The next performer in this series is Brazilian jazz percussionist
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images flashing on Venetian blinds hanging in
the central gallery.
Scrap metal and flashing lights created an
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It was way too crowded to really enjoy it
properly. Moving around was like trying to
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Musically, it was as varied as the people who
showed up. Khaki pants and latex catsuits
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sight that gave one a shudder — here we were,
a thousand years in the future, and we still
have drunk people singing off-key renditions
of "Sunglasses at Night." If you could avoid
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NEWS
Strike rejected by CUPE
TAs and RAs accept
Admin 's final offer
by Ryan Nakashima
Cltaflatan Stall
Empty juice bottles, a keg full of beer
and wooden stakes with no signs at-
tached litter the Bank Street strike head-
quarters rented over two weeks ago by
the Canadian Union of Public Employees
Local 2323.
A 455-373 union local vote March 10
to ratify a collective agreement between
the local and the university ended the
possibility of those headquarters being
used.
"I cried," says local president Michel
Roy, describing how he felt after the vote.
The local of teaching assistants, re-
search assistants and sessional lecturers
voted to accept five more hours of work in
1994-95 for graduate assistants, mid-term
meetings with supervisors to assess work-
loads, and meetings for assistants to have
a say in which course they assist teach-
ing.
But the local did not receive a tuition
freeze, one of its key negotiating de-
mands, which was abandoned by the
local in the final mediation round March
7. The local argued a tuition freeze would
prevent a real wage rollback in the event
of tuition hikes.
About 350 members showed up at the
general membership meeting before the
vote, and about 30 waited as
the ballots were counted after
6 p.m.
"I personally found it very
stressful, " says Stephanie Ross,
the local executive's treasurer.
Leona Crabb, a doctoral
student in history, helped cam-
paign in favor of a strike.
"Immediately after (the fi-
nal results), we just saw each
other, told each other we did
our best, andsaidit's justtime
to go on." The new deal will
increase graduate assistants'
wages by giving them five
more hours of paid work per
year. The extra hours are ear-
marked for training sessions,
which were in place before but
assistants were only paid if they were
asked to attend.
The new wages will cost the university
$112,275 in extra wages, about a two-
per-cent increase in salaries, says David
Van Dine, head of the university's nego-
tiating team.
"Since we felt we tabled a proposition
that was reasonable and fair in the con-
text of ourcurrentsituarion, weare quite
pleased that it was accepted," he says.
Roy says the deal offered nothing to
Michel Roy ponders future from his empty strike headquarters
undergraduates anddidnotsignificantly
affect assistants' standard of living, add-
ing the university "bought off" the mem-
bership with its proposal.
The local has been without a contract
since September. It submitted a bargain-
ing proposal to the university last July
after surveying its members, says Ross.
After seven rounds of negotiation with-
out progress, a conciliator from the On-
tario Ministry of Labor was called in to
facilitate discussion in january.
On |an. 18, about 60 members at a
union local general meeting voted unani-
mously to hold a strike vote. A strike
committee then began looking for strike
headquarters. Roy says the search was
necessary beforehand in the event of a
strike, because the university could
change the locksonCUPE2323'sUnicen-
tre office.
The local rented the headquarters at
1 206 Bank Street for the month of March
for $802.50. □
Computer chips
stolen from
Carleton computers
by Derek OeClaet
Charlatan Stall
Carleton's computing and communi-
cations services department is hoping a
new security system being installed on
campus computers will prevent another
rash of computer break-ins.
A number of computers — possibly as
many as 90, according to Paul Attallah,
associate director of the school of jour-
nalism and mass communication — were
broken into during reading week.
From the computers in the Herzberg,
Loeb, and St. Pat's buildings, thieves took
memory chips, leaving the computers
useless.
The thieves broke into the computers
by
prying them open — in some cases
with a crowbar — at the front of the
casing. The thieves then reached back
into the computer and plucked out the
chips.
"It had to be somebody who knew how
a computer was made," says Attallah.
The new system, installed by compu-
ter services the week after reading week,
alerts security when someone tries to
°Pen up a computer, says Attallah.
No one will say exactly how the new
system does that, though, because "we
aori't want to spread around what we've
done," says Bruce Winer, assistant dean
(computing) of the faculty of social sci-
ences.
Bill Ferguson, manager of telecom-
munications for computer services, says
jhe newer computers on campus were
^^ttaintargets, probably because they
have a newer type of memory chip that is
easier to sell.
The value of a memory chip with one
megabyte of memory is about $55. Most
of the computers in St. Pat's have two of
those chips, but others — such as the
ones in the Loeb Building — may have
had up to four times that, says Ferguson.
The cost of replacing the chips will be
paid for by the faculties that use the
computers.
"It's an unfortunate waste of money, "
says Ferguson, though he could not say
exactly how much it cost to replace all
the memory chips. The losses are not
covered by insurance, he says, because
they do not total more than $50,000.
While computers at Carleton have
been broken into before, such as in the
Herzberg Building in January, it's the
first time there have been substantial
losses, says Winer.
The break-ins forced the night-time
closure of several computer rooms dur-
ing reading week.
"Itreally inconveniences the students,"
says Ferguson, adding it's not practical to
have people monitoring the computer
rooms at night.
The department of university safety
says it has no witnesses and has turned
the matter over to the Ottawa Police.
But Const. Tim Memman of the Ot-
tawa Police says without any suspects,
it's unlikely they will investigate the
matter. □
(With tiles from Tanya Workman and Brandie WeikJo,
Charlatan Staff)
Computers in the St. Patrick's Building have seen better days.
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CUSA campaign to start March 22
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by David Hodges
Charlatan Start
Campaigning will begin once again
on March 22 for the Carleton University
Students' Association general elections.
February's election was overturned by
the CUSA constitutional board due to
constitutional violations and upheld by
council in March.
In most CUSA elections, the campus is
wallpaperedwith posters, but changes to
the rules brought in for the new election
are designed to reduce the amount of
campaign materials used and ensure le-
gitimate balloting.
The rules were recommended by CUSA
council to the chief electoral officer at a
council meeting March 8.
Colleen Felstead, the new chief elec-
toral officer, agreed to the suggestions
made at the March 8 council meeting.
She moved up from deputy electoral of-
ficer when former chief electoral officer
lames Rilett resigned at the March 8
meeting. Council decided to appoint
Felstead because there wasn't enough
time to go through the hiring process,
says Rob [amieson, CUSA vice-president
internal.
Felstead says she is hoping to avoid
any problems with the second election.
"There have been a lot of changes I've
approved of, in that there is not going to
be a million posters all over the place,"
shesays. "Unfortunately, wehavetobea
lot more strict because the last CEO was
so lenient. If anyone breaks the rules,
they're gone," says Felstead.
Infractions in the last election included
poll clerks who supposedly did not initial
ballots before they were given to voters,
gave ballots to students who couldn't
vote or didn't give ballots to those who
could.
In the upcoming election, polling clerks
will be given written instructions instead
of having to memorize them like they did
before, says lamieson.
"Elections Carleton has to overcom-
pensate for things that screwed up the
first time," he says.
lamieson says another problem with
the poll clerks in the last election is that
they were rushing people when line-ups
got too long. "To hell with that. Take it
slow, take it easy," says lamieson.
"The poll clerks will be given instruc-
tions specifically on who is allowed to
vote for what to avoid confusion," says
CUSA journalism councillor James Heath.
Also, spending limits havebeen cut by
two-thirds. Candidates for president or
finance commissioner will be allowed to
spend $50 campaigning, and all other
positions will be allowed to spend $25.
In February's election, president and
finance commissioner candidates were
permitted to spend $50 on posters, $50
on pamphlets, and $50 on other materi-
als. Councillor candidates were permit-
ted to spend $25 for each type of mate-
rial.
Posters are given a set value as deter-
mined by the chief electoral officer on
factors such as size and number of colors.
However, the actual design and printing
costs for various candidates' posters may
be much different.
lamieson says there will be 25 desig-
nated postering areas in which each can-
didate can place one poster. Each candi-
date will be allowed one banner for each
position they are running for.
"That'll be really cool," says lamieson.
He also says presidential and finance
commissioner candidates will be allowed
a maximum of 300 8 1/2" by 11" pages
for pamphlets, while all other candidates
will be allowed half this amount.
After council upheld the constitutional
board's decision at a meeting March 6
and again on March 8, they discussed
and made recommendations to the new
chief electoral officer on how to improve
the election system.
But Heath says several councillors
didn't stay to discuss the changes.
"Everyone left when elections were
overturned. Nobody was there to give
any feedback — positive or negative. All
decisions made were almost unanimous, "
says Heath.
Despite the fact CUSA did not have
quorum, the CEO was allowed to accept
recommendations from the remaining
councillors.
"They give me suggestions. Now even
if they're passed, I don't have to follow
them," says Felstead. "They suggested it
so obviously people want it that way. " □
Beware: campus theft rising
By Ryan Ward
Charlatan Start
This winter has seen a rise in theft on
campus, says the assistant director of
Carleton's department of university
safety.
Len Boudreault says students can be
in for a surprise if they leave personal
belongings unattended.
"This time ofyearweseealotoftheft,"
he says, although he couldn't give any
statistics.
"Things are going missing from lock-
ers and in the library people leave their
personal belongings on their desk while
they go getabook," says Boudreault. "It
is like inviting people to steal from you."
Gaston Taylor, the department's crime
prevention and support services officer,
says students don't take extra precau-
tions because they think of campus as an
extension of their home.
"What we experience here is real life, "
says Taylor. "There is a false sense of
security on campus and it could get stu-
dents into trouble."
lack Gaboury, a first-year Canadian
studies student, says he didn't think he
could be a victim of theft. He was mis-
taken. Hiswalletwas stolen from his bag
inthelibrarywhenhelefthisdeskfortwo
minutes.
"I believed that on a university cam-
pus people were above (theft)," says
Gaboury. "Thefts could take place but it
never entered my mind that it would
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But Nancy Adamson, co-ordinator for
Carleton's status of women office, says
students aren't naive when it comes to
theft.
"Things disappear but many are as
careful not to leave things lying around
here as they would be anywhere (else)."
Brenda Kennedy, co-ordinator of Car-
leton's Foot Patrol, says she has seen very
little theft on campus, but says it is does
exist.
" I have heard of theft which occurred
in athletics and in the library," says
Kennedy. "Those are probably the big
spots."
Michael Carroll, vice-president of the
Rideau River Residence Association, says
theft in residence is common.
"Within residence, some (theft) has
occurred in the past," says Carroll. "Peo-
ple underestimate theamountofthefton
campus. ... I know I do."
Taylor says students should be more
aware of theft on campus.
"You have to take responsibility to
protect your belongings," he says. "Peo-
ple will watch where things are being left
and when they get a chance, they will
strike.'
Boudreault says there have been more
problems with thieves and vandals
around cars because there are more peo-
ple parking on campus, starting around
Winterlude in February and continuing
into the spring.
"There have been a few instances of
people finding their tires slashed or flat-
tened," says Boudreault.
He says incidents involving cars in Lot
5 near the athletics building have been
as recently as within the last week. Q
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OC Transpoproposef
changes to Route # 7 9
The Number 4: still not coming to a campus near you
by Christine Gough
Charialan Slalt
Bus service may increase next year,
but it is unlikely that the Route 4 bus will
return to campus, according to Helen
Gault, OC Transpo's director of systems
planning.
Instead, she suggested possible im-
provements to Route 19 as a way of
reducing overcrowding on Routes 118
and 7 ata meeting of the Carleton Advi-
sory Committee on March 8.
The committee advises Capital Ward
councillor Jim Watson on issues such as
public transportation and housing.
Watson's ward includes Carleton.
Route 19 is a peak-period bus, run-
ning from about 7:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. and
from about 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. The Route 19
bus runs from Riverside Drive to campus,
down Bronson Avenue and then to
Lebreton Station every 15 minutes.
Gault said that OC Transpo may be
considering one of three possible changes
to Route 1 9 in May for the coming school
year, which would make the route shorter
and easier for Carleton students to take.
"In the Bronson corridor, both north
and south of the Queensway, there are
students who are having difficulty get-
ting to campus," said Gault at the meet-
ing.
One option suggested by OC Transpo
is to run Route 1 9 from Lebreton Station,
down Bronson to Somerset Street and
along to Bank Street, where it would
follow the Route 7 path to Carleton.
The second proposed route change
would see Route 19 run from Riverside
Drive to Carleton, up Bronson and along
Albert Street to the Rideau Centre and
back to Bronson along Slater Street.
Another suggestion is to have Route
19 follow the same route as Route 4.
OC Transpo may also change the hours
of operation for Route 19 to 8 a.m. to 10
a.m. and 3 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. to better
reflect peakstudent hours, Gaulttold the
meeting.
Proposals to increase Carleton service
on Route 19 came after Watson and
Kristine Haselsteiner, vice-president ex-
ternal of the Carleton University Stu-
dents' Association, made a proposal to
the OC Transpo commission in early fall
to bring Route 4 back on to campus.
Route 4 was removed from campus in
1989 when the university built the
Stormont-Dundas residence. The loop
used by Route 4 to turn back towards
Bronson Avenue after coming on cam-
pus was destroyed and the Route 4 has
never returned since.
Gault said there were two reasons for
OC Transpo cont'd on pg. 6
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Fun Farquhar Fact
OC Transpo cont'd from pg. S.
rejecting the proposal to bring Route 4
onto campus.
"We would have to add seven to nine
minutes to the journey time of 1,600
passengers per day," Gault said. "The
second reason was the (operating) cost.
In a whole year it would cost $300,000
(more)."
She said about 500 people board the
bus at the Bronson stops across from
Carleton per day. She said most passen-
gers are probably students, but said she
didn't know the precise numbers.
Watson said he's pleased with the new
proposals for increasing the frequency of
Route 19 and changing its route.
"I'm optimistic that we're going to see
a higher level of service this September."
Haselsteiner also said she's pleased
that OC Transpo is proposing to increase
service to Route 19.
She said she's still concerned about
people having to walk to Bronson Av-
enue to catch Route 4 at night and dan-
gerous overcrowding on buses which
come on campus.
"For the direct safety concerns we
brought up, the proposal doesn't address
them as much as we'd like them to.
There's the issue that a lot of students
using the Bronson corridor would use the
bus during the evening rather than dur-
ing the day."
Watson said he's disappointed that
Route 4 will not likely be brought back on
campus.
"I think that my preference has al-
ways been to bring back the Number 4.
I've lost that battle and I think that the
proposals on Route 1 9 are a compromise
in the right direction.."
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by Arn Keeling and Karolina Srutek
Chariavandats
Sometimes, lovemakesyoudocrazy
things. So does alcohol.
On a recent trip to the wild, south-
era Ontario city of Guelph (GuelphT),
these reporters were startled to find
that our beloved Sparky had a street
named after him in the fair city of
Sleeman's.
Robert Cripps, a Guelph retiree who is
researching old area street names for a
book, says Farquhar Street is a venerable
oldthoroughfare.
The Farquhar clan may have been a
family of local lawyers in the 1800s,
according to Cripps. Hrrtm. Could this
account for the snappy fashions sported
by the Sparkster these days? Those can be
nothing but the spiffm' threads of a legal
eagle.
laili Dickson of the Guelph Civic.
Museum says Farquhar Street can be
found on an 1 862 map of the area, when
it was a mere laneway.
Nowadays, Farquhar Street has grown
in too busy, modem street featuring about
six houses and several telephone poles.
Oh, yeah, and the cop shop.
Well, if that ain't one heck of an
analogy to our own little Sparkydom
here at Carleton. We've grown from tiny
Carleton College to the busy, modem
university we all know, featuring about
three bus routes and several stop signs.
Oh, yeah, and four certified special
constables.
So, there we stood on this awesome
boulevard with some of our gracious
Guelphian hosts, admiring the sign
proclaiming the city's Farquhar line-
age. And dammit, wewanted thatsign.
We pushed. We pulled. We climbed
up and down, We were kinda loaded,
so it was difficult Oh yeah, the cop
shop was about 100 metres behind us.
After retreating to a nearby house
party fora breather, we set out once more
for that holiest of holy grails. This time,
we had tools. Hammers, a saw, pliers, the
works.
We scampered yet again up the sign-
post with dreams of presenting the prized
sign to our fellow Charlahacks and the
university community, who would all
appreciate a good steal.
It's nights like this we wished we hod
packed those metal cutters. Our palms
were sweating as the clock struck 4 a.m.:
the hour of the cops' shift change. SHU no
damn sign.
Defeated and dispirited, we packed it
in and took a final look at the gleaming
sign in the starry Guelph {Guelph?) sky.
And as thebard said in Ail's Well That
End's Well: "That I should love a bright
particular star/And think to wed it, he is
so above me."
(Can you tell me how to get, how to gel
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T™n9 Pe<>Ple underemployed: report
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by Arn Keeling
Charlatan Staff
A new Statistics Canada survey on
youth employment says the decline of
employment among young people dur-
ing the recent recession is "unprec-
edented."
And the employment outlook for
young people —over 50 per cent of them
unemployed — is grim, despite the eco-
nomic recovery, say both the report and
some observers.
The report, written by Deborah Sunter
of the household surveys division of Sta-
tistics Canada and released this month,
lists the labor participation of young
people aged 15 to 24 each November
from 1989 to 1993.
Titled "Youths — Waiting It Out," the
report focuses on how youths have fared
in the job force during those years of
recession. The news is not good, con-
cludes Sunter.
Since the peak of youth employment
in 1989 (when 62.3 per
cent of youths were em-
ployed), "youths have
bome adisproportionate
share of job losses." By
November 1993, only
49.8 per cent of youths,
both students and non-
students, were employed.
Employment among
students specifically has
also dropped during the
recession.
Full-time students un-
employed and seeking - _.
work jumped 7.3 per cent, to 16.9 per
cent from 9.6 percent, from 1 989 to 1 993.
Part-timers fared worse during the reces-
sion, moving to 16.5 per cent unem-
ployed from 6.8 per cent. Unemploy-
ment for non-students increased 5.3 per
cent over the same period, to 18 per cent.
MP Chris Axworthy, the NDP critic for
training and youth, says the employ-
ment statistics for youth have tradition-
ally been grim and that "none of the
things we've done seems to have im-
proved this.
"We haven't, as a country, done
enough," says Axworthy.
Carl Gillis, chair of the Canadian Fed-
eration of Students, calls the problem of
youth unemployment "a social catastro-
phe" in a statement addressing the re-
port. He says the government should
take "immediate action" to curb the prob-
lem.
Lucy Watson, president of Carleton
University Students' Association, says the
youth unemployment rate has a huge
impact for students.
"People assume we're in school all
year," she says, which means "student
unemployment is not seen as important
Sunter writes, ". . . these stu-
dents will tend to lack valuable
job exposure when they com-
plete their education, and many
will have to borrow heavily to
stay in school, emerging later
with a significant debt load."
as 'adult' unemployment'
Theproblem of yearlyunemployment
averages among young people is com-
pounded by summer-time student un-
employment, which has reached 20 per
cent in the last two years.
Sunter writes in her report that for
students, the difficulty in finding part-
time or summer-time employment may
have dire consequences.
"• ■ . these students will tend to lack
valuable job exposure when they com-
plete their education, and many will
have to borrow heavily to stay in school,
emerging later with a significant debt
load."
Despite recent hopes that the reces-
sion is ending, the report says "if the
pattern of the 1980s is repeated, youths
will not regain their pre-recession rate of
employment for many years to come."
The federal Liberal government has
promised initiatives to help get youth
back to work, including a Youth Service
Corps. This program, slated to begin this
year, hopes to put 10,000 participants
from 18- to 24-years old to work on
community-based projects within three
years.
Axworthy says this program is "a good
first step," but the feds haven't shown
themselves to be serious about long-term
solutions to chronic joblessness.
He says the federal budget released
Feb. 22 cut more jobs than it created and
showed the Liberals' priorities are wrong.
"The right thing to do is to put job
creation first," he says.
Axworthy says the solution is to hold
forums with unemployed people and cli-
ents of social programs like unemploy-
ment insurance to find out how they are
affected by the recession.
He also says he will continue to
"badger" the government on the issue of
youth unemployment.
"Whether they will listen is another
matter." q
Wrth files from Brandie Weikle
Youth unemployed:
Lowest of the low
Here are the November labor force
characteristics of youths aged 15 to 24,
from the Statistics Canada survey re-
leased this month.
The unemployment rate describes
those people who were unemployed and
looking for work in the years below.
The employment rate is the ratio of
young people employed part- or full-
time to the entire youth population.
Of course, not all youths are partici-
pating in the labor force, that is, em-
ployed or actively seeking employment.
The first figure, the participation rate, is
the combined percentages of the popula-
tion of youths who ore employed or ac-
tively seeking work.
Participation rate (%)
1989
66.8
4S.7
89.8
87.3
Overall
Full-time students
Part-time students
Non-students
Unem ploymen t rate (%)
1989
Overall 11.4
Full-time students 9.6
Part-time students 6.8
Non-students 12.7
Employment rate (%)
1989
Overall 59.2
Full-time students 41.3
Part-time students 83.7
Non-students 76. 1
1993
60.3
40.6
85.1
85.6
1993
17.5
16.9
16.5
18.0
1993
49.8
33.7
71.1
70.2
Teaching support staff at SFU vote to strike
by Am Keeling
Charlatan Staff
On the same day that a strike by
teaching and research assistants was re-
jected at Carleton, teaching support staff
at Simon Fraser University in Bumaby,
B.C., voted overwhelmingly to take job
action.
After 10 months without a contract,
members of the Teaching and Support
Staff Union of SFU voted 84 per cent in
favor of job action March 9 and 10.
"It allows the membership to decide
what job action to take, " says Paul Reniers,
the union's organizer and chief negotia-
tor.
Reniers says the membership will meet
this week to discuss the vote and the
possibility of mediation with the univer-
sity.
The mediation process could delay
strike action for up to 48 hours if the
union should decide to withdraw from
negotiations and serve a strike notice.
The union represents about 800 teach-
ing and research assistants and sessional
lecturers at SFU.
The sort of job action the membership
could take includes an information picket,
withholding grades from classes, or work-
ing to rule, which means doing only the
most basic jobs required of them.
"It could mean an all-out strike, but
that doesn't seem likely to happen at this
point," says Reniers.
At the latest bargaining session be-
tween the union and the university on
March 11, Reniers says the university
refused to budge on key issues and rec-
ommended the appointment of a media-
tor from the B.C. Labor Relations Board.
Tom King, the chair of the university's
negotiating committee, says the univer-
sity will apply to the board formediation
this week.
The union's three-year contract with
the university ended in April 1993. Since
then, negotiations for a new contract
have stuck on job security issues, wages
and compensation for increasing work-
loads.
"We've made a series of concessions .
. . basically reducing ourproposals, " says
Reniers. "The university presented lots of
proposals and no details."
But King says it was the union who
refused to revise their demands at the last
session.
"They did not modify their position,"
says King. "(We're) a world apart regard-
ing monetary issues."
In negotiations, the union dropped its
demands for a wage increase to 10 per
cent over two years from 20 percent over
two years.
The university's latest counter-pro-
posal offeredal.5-per-centwage increase
in the first year of the contract and zero
per cent the next. King says the univer-
sity is adamant that wages can't go up
any further.
"On an hourly rate, we compare very
well (to other universities)," he says. Doc-
toral students who are teaching staff in
the union receive $24 per hour and mas-
ter's students get $21 per hour.
He says because the union is demand-
ing a five-per-cent pay increase each
year and a seven-per-cent reduction in
workload, that equals a 12-per-cent pay
hike, which the university can't handle.
"We're being told to look at a zero-per-
cent funding increase (from the prov-
ince) for the next year," King says.
Reniers says the union is also demand-
ing compensation for the degenerating
working conditions and guarantees of
job security for TAs who are having their
workloads decreased or their jobs elimi-
nated.
Some of their grievances are:
• Growing class sizes and workloads
for TAs and sessional lecturers.
• The university has been phasing out
many TA tutorial groups, replacing them
with in-class lab work.
• In some departments, TAs are being
offered only partial contracts, amount-
ing to three-fifths of their previous work-
load and pay.
• The university has proposed limiting
the rehiring of TAs to a determination of
excellence in job performance without
giving specific guidelines as to how this
would be determined.
Reniers says working conditions have
degenerated over the last few years and
things aren't likely to improve.
"The university has indicated things
will continue to go the same direction."
King, however, suggests the union's
demands to redress these problems are
not appropriate for short-term employ-
ees like TAs and sessional lecturers.
"We have not made any proposals
about job security issues, " he says. But he
says the university periodically reviews
TAs' and sessiona 1 lecturers' workloads to
make sure they are not excessive.
Reniers says there has been little stu-
dent reaction to the possibility of the
strike so far.
"Basically, people have been unin-
formed. Up to now, we've been working
on informing the membership."
The next week of bargaining with a
mediator will be crucial to averting job
action.
"We'll have to see how much pressure
we put on administration to get a reason-
able contract. ... I think we'll get one,"
Reniers says. "Andif the university won't
be reasonable about it, we might not
have classes this summer." □
March 17, 1994 - The Charlatan • 7
Cooke says framework not a threat to schools
by G. Bruce Rolston
The Varsity. University ot Toronto
TORONTO (CUP) — Ontario's educa-
tion minister says he never meant uni-
versities to feel threatened by the minis-
try's "zero tolerance" policy.
But David Cooke, minister of educa-
tion and training, says he resents being
left to defend the issue of ending harass-
ment on campuses by himself.
Cooke is particularly critical of On-
tario's student groups, who he says al-
lowed the debate over the ministry's guide-
lines for university harassment policies
to become an academic freedom issue,
rather than an issue of accessibility for
disadvantaged students.
"What has disappointed me is that
those who have advocated this type of
policy have been almost entirely silent,"
he says. "It's baffled me why students
who have supported the move have been
quite quiet."
Last October, the ministry released its
"Framework Regarding Prevention of
Harassment and Discrimination in On-
tario Colleges and Universities." The docu-
ment asks universities to submit their
current policies to prevent harassment to
the Ontario Council of University Affairs
by March 1.
The policy framework also states that
universities shouldadopta policy of "zero
tolerance" towards acts of harassment.
Karen Wheeler, a senior policy advi-
sor in the ministry, says information on
when and which universities submitted
their revised policies has not yet been
released.
Wheeler says the council is going
through preliminary analysis of all the
information on harassment policies
they've received from universities thus
far.
If implemented by a university, the
policy framework would forbid speech
and conduct which harasses or discrimi-
nates against a group or individual, or
creates a "negative environment" on
campus.
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People or groups would be protected
on grounds that include race, ethnic ori-
gin, citizenship, sexual orientation, dis-
ability, family status and receipt of pub-
lic assistance.
The policy framework would apply to
all academic and non-academic staff,
students, committee members and visi-
tors. Penalties would range from miscon-
duct a verbal apology to dismissal or
expulsion.
Professors at some universities, includ-
ing Trent and Carleton, condemned the
framework as imposing on freedom of
speech on university campuses.
Carleton President Robin Farquhar
rejected the provincial govemmentpolicy
Feb. 8, saying there "is a fear that the
government is somehow going to require
universities to comply with regulations
that will deprive us of our academic free-
dom and ... I have no intention of doing
such a thing."
But Cooke says he never had any
intention of forcing universities to com-
ply with its guidelines. Every university
had to come up with its own form of self-
regulation, he says.
"I don't think that people have fully
understood that this does not interfere
with academic freedom," he says.
Ministry officials say they will not
interfere in university harassment poli-
cies.
Cooke is critical of groups like the
Canadian Federation of Students for not
effectively supporting the idea behind
"zero tolerance."
But Jason Hunt, chair of the Canadian
Federation of Students' Ontario wing,
says his group is strongly in favor of the
ministry's position.
"First of all, the minister is wrong,
We're very much in favor of the direction
the minister has taken," he says. "There
is a need for students to be free from
harassment or discrimination on cam-
pus." Q
Wflh files from Karolina Srulek, Charlatan staff
U Vic committee says hike fees
by Shawn Hal!
The Martlet. University of Victoria
VICTORIA (CUP) — Students at the
University of Victoria will probably have
to pay almost $200 more in tuition and
other fees next year.
Aunanimous recommendation March
7 from a board of governors committee
would raise tuition by 9.65 per cent and
athletic and recreation fees by $2 per
semester next year.
Theboard of governors will vote March
21 on the committee's recommendation
to raise fees,
"We're looking at 10 per cent annu-
ally until they (the government) take
time to restructure the way universities
get money or the way they spend it, " says
Beth Hardy, one of two student repre-
sentatives on the board of governors and
member of the provincial executive for
the Canadian Federation of Students.
Hardy was not on the committee.
"The impact is that student fees are
constantly going up while our student
loans remain the same," says Hardy.
"The amount we're talking about is a
month's worth of food for a student.
"The board showed no recognition of
the injustice of asking students to pay the
difference to balance their budget."
The B.C. NDP government is only ad-
justing grants to universities for the in-
creased number of full-time students, but
is not increasing grants for inflation.
"As long as this (NDP) administra-
tion's been here, the budget for educa
tion institutions has been at a zero-per-
cent increase, "says Alan Strickland, com-
munications manager with the provin-
cial Ministry of Skills, Labor and Train-
ing.
Federal transfer payments for post-
secondary education in B.C. have been
frozen since 1989. The result has been
fewer dollars provided by the province to
universities, who have been forced to cut
programs and raise fees.
Hardy says the government is only
interested in short-term solutions, like
job-training programs run through col-
leges.
"It's very clear to me that the job-
training programs are not giving people
the skills they need to get jobs," she says.
Government-appointed U Vic board
member David Philip agrees. "Dan Miller
(minister of labor, skills and training!
doesn't appear to think universities are
as high a priority as colleges," he says.
Philip says the university is in a tough
spot, caught between reduced govern-
ment funding and increasing costs.
"We are actually going backwards,"
he said, adding if U Vic had enough
money, it wouldn't cut programs. But it
doesn't.
"This is unfortunately a trend, " Philip
says. "In the short haul you guys (stu-
dents) are the meat in the sandwich. I'm
Sympathetic." □
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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
Raising voices and awareness
Women speak out "in the name of love
uy josee Bellemare
Cttartaian Statt
-in the name of love, stop violence against women," Margot Franssen
t0ld a gathering of about 350 women at the National Library on Interna
.jonal Women's Day March 8. She received a standing ovation
The conference, to celebrate women around the world, focused on the
problem of violence against women UI1UK
It was sponsored by the federal department Status of Women Canada
the Canadian International Development Agency and the Body Shop
Franssen, the president of the Body Shop Canada, emphasized our need
•to recognize and understand that women's rights are important to
everybody.
"We are all very concerned about the issues of women and
violence against women," said Christine Stewart, Cana-
da's secretary of state for Latin America and Africa
"There are three billion women around the world who
do not know (this day is taking place). (Violence
against women is) far more widespread than women
realize."
The symbol of the event was a daisy which, Franssen
said, represents strength, fortitude and love.
Half of the petals are plucked to represent the 51 per
cent of Canadian women reported to have suffered
from violence at least once since they were 1 6, accord-
ing to a report released by Statistics Canada in Novem-
ber 1993.
Sheila Finestone, secretary of state for the status of
women, introduced "The Community Kit," which provides
information and ideas on how targeted communities across Canada
can take action against violence against women.
"Many of these communities have not had access in the past to a
resource of this type and that was one criterion for the project," said
Finestone in a press release. "These diverse communities were also carefully
selected to ensure regional representation and to put emphasis on reaching
rural, isolated and northern women, immigrant and visible minority
women, women with disabilities, and women living in poverty."
Francine said Body Shop stores across Canada provide "a harassment-
free place," with staff meetings to watch videos about stopping violence
against women. They also hold public forums with their campaign part-
ners.
"We wanted to provide information for our customers to empower
women to take control over our lives and achieve zero tolerance forviolence
against women, " she said. "We have the commitment to make it happen.
We will not be silenced." n
Nicaraguan women struggle for rights
by Brandie Weikle
Charlatan Staff
*£^^]&%%£r*" where she ^ 9u*riiiQ —
wplhinvQf rQJSed ° fu m"y thQt he'Ped hide the br°™. yc™g women who
As nnrt™, ^"overthrowing *e oppressive military government.
Ottawa toS he e™bonQl W°mT'S Week' Calero' wh0 is ™ »vtag in
?enTe on March 7 ^ '° Q 9r°UP * at Car,e,°n's W°™"'s
™LVn°imenHCQler0v,Sp0k!.0f Were involved *e Sandinistas, who
regime °VerthreW the dictQtor Anastacio Somoza and his military
She said women saw Somoza's government as a violent and
repressive leadership that provided no relief for their impov-
enshed families.
They wanted access to education and health care
"For women, (the revolution) represented freedom and
change for the future, for woman-kind," said Calero.
Prior to the revolution, women would be denied a
divorce if their husband did not grant it. There were also
few laws to prevent violence against women.
"Before the war, a man could hit a women to death "
said Calero.
Now, Nicaraguan women can get a divorce in six
months and violence against women is recoqnized as a
crime.
Calero told the stories of young women like 17-year-old
Gladys Baes, who she said was the first woman to stand up
against the military regime. Baes went into the mountains and lead
60otherwomenona300-kilometrewalktothecapitalofManagua By
the time the group reached its destination, she was leading 200 women
Baes was also involved in the first guerrilla attack on the government She
was one of only three survivors.
Later, while jailed and tortured, Baes was hung from her fingers for hours
until she became mentally ill. She spent two years in a psychiatric hospital.
Another women, Gladys Tijerino, came from a rich family, which she left
to join the guerrillas. She led a movement at the university she attended
She was jailed and raped by members of the Somoza military. She then
became pregnant and was given a forced and violent abortion.
But women like Tijerino and Baes who fought did make a difference for
other women in their country after the Sandinistas triumphed.
After the revolution, a women's group that lobbied forwomen's rights was
able to change the laws concerning divorce and violence against women. □
Diverse views about International Women fs Week
What is the meaning and importance of an international women 's week?
ay Angie Gallop
tarlatan Staff
Debate surrounds the whole concept of how to define International Women's
Week, held this year March 7-11, and whether or not it should even exist.rhe
-horlatan asked women the following question:
What does International Women's Week mean to you?
" I feel International Women's Week is an impor-
tant way to recognize the role women play in today's
society. However, much of the attention has been
focused on past negative attitudes, which are, in
many instances, outdated. It would be nice to draw
attention to the positive achievements of today as
well."
Rumeia Kabir
Engineering III
"I liked the fact that women from all different
'Qckgrounds got together on the same issues. The
^portance of unity among women was empha-
ized."
Natasha Parriag
Economics III
"I still believe that International Women's Week
has a long way to go. There still are women who have
been left out of the whole week. Many women don't
want to be used as tokens for a concept that seems
predominantly white. The image of what an interna-
tional woman is needs to be revamped to be more
inclusive."
fanice Anderson
English II
It's a time for women to get together, discuss their
differences and perspectives and celebrate in their
diversity. It's a time for women and men to educate
themselves about women's real history and current
roles in society. It's a time to set strategies to solving
problems that affect women, children and men. But
this work, discussion and celebration should go on
every month week and day — so that an Interna-,
tional Women's Week is not set aside as a special
occasion. Everyday would be a woman's day."
Renee Twaddle
Phitosophy\Religion III
Women's Centre Co-ordinator
"It's very important during this week and every
week of the year to remember the importance of
women in all societies. Their contributions and
knowledge are essential for human survival."
Megan Dodds
Geography\Anthropology III
Correction
In the March 10 feature, "China in Contrast," China's gross national product
was cited as growing 12 per cent over the last four years. It has actually grown by
12 per cent every year for the last four years.
The editors of International Affairs would like to thank all
those who contributed to the section this year. While some pieces
were not used due to space limitations, all the volunteer effort
poured into this section was greatly appreciated. International
Affairs will be running once every month starting next autumn.
Catch ya then!
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EDITORIAL PAGE
Now we1 re
screwing
ourselves
I could have cried on Thursday night.
Some others looked like they were going to.
In the silence of Porter Hall, where a thou-
sand angry students should have been de-
manding justice at the top of their lungs, a few
ledicated members of CUPE Local 2323 accepted a
rustrating defeat.
The union local of teaching and research assistants
ragically averted a strike by voting 455-373 in favor of
,ccepting the university's finalofferon March 10, against
tie recommendation of the local's executive.
The so-called "deal" the local members accepted:
,uaranteed mid-term meetings between them and their
upervisors to discuss work loads, meetings for them to
lave a say in which course they're assigned to and five
xtra hours of paid work a year for graduate assistants.
Scraps.
The five extra hours of pay will go towards a training
Ession which was in place already but will now be
fiandatory. The meetings will help ensure teaching
ssistants get to voice their concerns about being over-
worked and have some sortofsayinwhothey work with .
hese "benefits" are so basic, the local shouldn't have
iad to ask for them in the first place.
One of the many sacrifices the local had to make in
legotiations was its demand for a tuition freeze for its
nembers. The demand was made mainly so that the
niversity couldn't jack up tuition like it did after the last
ollective agreement. A 78-per-cent increase in post-
esidency tuition fees did away with any gain made from
3-per-cent wage increase for 1992-93.
And so, with this agreement, members of CUPE Local
323 took the scraps thrown to them from the dining
3ble over in administration, just as many students take
heir scraps, dress up for job interviews for careers in
window washing, treeplant their way through a univer-
ity degree and convince themselves they're lucky.
Watching all this makes you wonder — why do we
oluntarily throw ourselves down and make like door-
aats?
Because students are powerless. And the only ones
esponsible for that is ourselves. Think of the thousands
f students who are scaring the merde out of Paris,
iolently protesting in the streets against a plan to make
oung people work for less than minimum wage. Their
roblems are the same as many of ours. They are scared
bout the future. Their chances of getting a decent job
re a joke. They are expendable because they are young,
hey are tired of being shit on. The only difference is that
'e deny ourselves the power by not showing it en masse.
Why?
Because many students can't see beyond themselves,
ind who can really blame them? Who wants to strike
'hen you're worried about a paycheque, when you don't
ave the time because you're overworked, when you're
fraid that if your prof sees you in the picket line you can
rave goodbye to a job reference? By worrying only about
'9ht here, right now, we cannot see that we are screwing
urselves over for tomorrow and every day after.
Why?
Because some students are ignorant. And you really
on blame them for that. It's easy to criticize or laugh at
eople who are questioning the status quo and fighting
3r change. It's much harder to do it yourself. Shame on
he few of you who drove through a crowd of your fellow
tudents at the local's information picket. Shame on
hose of you who tried to belittle some very sincere efforts
3 make changes for everyone's benefit. Shame on those
* you who don't care because it doesn't affect you.
""'re the reason we have to slowly give what we have
™Qy and then go begging for more. You're the reason
™ngs stay the way they are.
Why?
Because it takes a whole lot of courage and sweat and
tamina and tears to fight all of this and still face some
leoPle's disdain. And that's why many CUPE 2323
lumbers deserve the hugest amount of respect for what
hey did. This time, their efforts were not enough.
And so we give in. A little here. A little there. No time.
"° Power. There are other things to worry about. It could
* worse.
J^Qh, but it could be better. MG
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OPINION
Justice stalled for B.C. inmate
by Tim Ashby
Tim Ashby is a tnird-year criminology sludent at Carteton.
Patrick Kelly is a student working on his master's
degree in kinesiology. He is finishing his thesis on how to
cure nicotine addiction.
Not such an unusual pastime, except Kelly does his
research in the library at William Head Institution, a
federal penitentiary in Victoria, B.C. where he has spent
the last six years of his life serving a life sentence with no
hope of parole for 25 years.
But Kelly is innocent. He was wrongfully convicted of
first degree murder in a trial that relied heavily on eye
witness testimony only recently exposed as question-
able.
Kelly threw his wife from
the balcony of their 17th-sto-
rey Toronto condominium in
1982. At least, that's what the
cops told him. That's whatthe
headlines kept screaming. And
thaf s what alleged eyewitness
Dawn Taber told the judge in
her testimony at Kelly's 1984
trial. She was a friend of the
family and was at the home
around the time of the death.
On Dec. 17, 1993, Dawn
Taber recanted her testimony
fingering Kelly as having killed
his wife. Now she says she left
before seeing how Kelly's wife
died. Even more startling is
her accusation that the origi-
nal testimony was coerced be-
cause the Metropolitan Toronto Police investigators
threatened her with charges of accessory to murder
unless she implicated Kelly on the stand. Without this
testimony, the case against Kelly was mostly circumstan-
tial evidence.
Having exhausted all chances to appeal the convic-
tion, Kelly's legal counsel, Toronto lawyerClayton Ruby,
has just now played out their final option. Section 690 of
the Criminal Code allows for an application for mercy to
be made to the federal Justice Minister Allan Rock, who
may either order a new trial or refer the case to an
appeals court for review. This same section was used to
free Donald Marshall and David Millgaard, who both
served lengthy sentences after questionable evidence
was used at their trials.
Kelly has already been fighting for 10 years. Ten years
of fighting the correctional service for a change of
identity for his own protection, of begging for a transfer
out of the Kingston penitentiary, where as a former
narcotics police officer he was considered the lowest form
of life. And 10 years of repeating to those who would
listen that he was innocent.
Set aside the many applications and appeals Kelly
has filed under the Privacy Act requesting access to what
he contends are roughly 7,000 pages of interview tran-
scripts and investigators' notes taken before the trial that
should have been released by the Crown as part of the
disclosure process.
Ignore the 17 rebuttals Kelly has collected from spe-
cialists denouncing the scientific evidence entered as
testimony by Crown witnesses, rebuttals that strongly
contradict the circumstantial evidence used to convict
Kelly.
Focus instead on what hasn't happened. Following
the release of Donald Marshall
in 1983, a Royal Commission
of Inquiry was directed to in-
vestigate the case. It reported
in 1989. Its primary recom-
mendation was for "the estab-
lishment of an independent
review mechanism to facili-
tate the reinvestigation of al-
leged cases of wrongful con-
viction . " To date, the response
of the federal and provincial
justice ministers has been to
ignore the recommendation.
Rock stood in the House of
Commons on Feb. 4 this year
and stated that "in the full-
ness of time, " an investigative
brief on Kelly would be pre-
pared for him to review. This
seems a vague and frighten-
ing choice of words when one recalls the lengthy delays
associated with the release of Millgaard.
But then. Rock is a busy man these days, hastily
reforming the Young Offenders Act to double prison
sentences for kids who kill. In fact, he'll be meeting with
his provincial ministers on March 23 and 24 to discuss
these reforms in person.
That is exactly why now is the time to remind him of
Kelly, who sits in his cell and waits for the bureaucratic
wheels to turn. It is time to ask Rock if he intends to ignore
the recommendations of the Marshall Commission as
his predecessor has done. Kelly deservesan investigative
review of his case, by a group that is independent of the
government and has full access to all case materials and
transcripts.
Because, you see, Kelly has nearly finished his thesis.
Never before has a federal inmate earned a master's
degree while incarcerated. The examination of his wrong-
ful conviction should not be delayed. To ask an innocent
man to accept his degree behind bars is an injustice we
must not ignore. □
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m
March 17, 1994 • The Charlatan ■ 11
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One for sanity....
Editor:
Sanity prevailed last week when CUPE
2323 members voted to accept the univer-
sity's final offer to TAs, RAs and student
sessional lecturers.
Actually, it's not too surprising really,
when you consider those who endorsed a
strike vote. When you combine consider-
able glad-handing by union president
Michel Roy, parroted avidly by a variety
of other union hacks, all-too-anxious to
tell us where we could pick up our picket
signs, and a Charlatan editorial, ("Admin,
screws us all in labor dispute," March 10,
1994) critical of the university's final offer
to the union, you can't help but be suspi-
cious.
However, perhaps the most compel-
ling reason that resulted in accepting the
deal can be articulated in a single thought,
as said by one TA to the Ottawa Citizen.
"We're trying to rekindle some of that
sixties feeling that not all of us are power-
less."
Need 1 say more?
Dawn K. Walton
Journalism IV
CUPE Local 2323 Member
... zero for social
responsibility
Editor:
It was a scene that astonished us. We
wish the entire student body could have
been with us in Porter Hall on March 10
for an historic afternoon of the demo-
cratic process.
It was on that dreary Thursday that
some of Canada's best and brightest gradu-
ate students rejected an opportunity to
redirect the priorities of Corporation Car-
ieton. The teaching assistants and re-
search assistants could have demanded
respect as educators and researchers whose
work serves the greater good of Canadian
society. But they did not.
It was on that dreary Thursday that the
majority of Carleton's TAs and RAs de-
cided that this month's paycheque was
more important than making a state-
ment against educational elitism. They
could have this entire campus on a cru-
sade againsttuition increases. They could
have opposed this system which deems its
most important prerequisite to be access
LETTERS
to credit. But they did not.
It was on that dreary Thursday that the
fine volunteer leadership of CUPE' 2323
deserved applause and respect formonths
of hard work. Instead, they received rude
heckling. Instead of expecting the union
leadership to have all the answers, the
entire membership of CUPE 2323 could
have worked to become involved and
informed. But they did not.
It was on that dreary Thursday that
every Carieton student should have lost
more than a few weeks of university. We
should have lost our apathy. But we did
not.
You should have been there. It was
democracy m action. It was also a spec-
tacular combination of short-sighted vi-
sion and lack of social responsibility. That
dreary, dreary Thursday.
Celeste Wincapaw — MA Geography I
Kim Winnicky — MA Geography II
Simon Pinnegar — MA Geography I
More mindless
movie debate
Editor:
Re: "Mindless movie," The Charlatan,
March 10, 1994.
I realize that this rebuttal of the previ-
ous rebuttal is giving the movie Ace Ventura
more academic consideration than nec-
essary, but it is not the movie that I really
wish to dish.
It is very unfortunate that the Ace
Ventura fan who wrote the rebuttal to the
review has demonstrated such poor read-
ing comprehension ability.
Maybe she should take a break from
watching all those slapstick films and
examine the more depreciatory humor
involved in writing a critical review. Maybe
she should think about what opinions
were actually being communicated in the
review.
I don't believe that the subtlety of slap-
stick is lost on the author of the review. He
does not suggest anywhere in the review
that one should not see the film — he liked
it himself.
He obviously has seen In Living Color,
heard of Jim Carrey and his "hilarious
antics" and should be free to comment
about whether or not Carrey should find
himself a new comedy vehicle. He does
not suggest that "gunfire and blood splat-
tered on the screen" is the only form of
enlightened entertainment.
My advice is . . . read and think about
what was the point of the review and what
opinions were really expressed before
jumping to conclusions. If s all there in
black and white.
Janice Bbhop
Geology It
Naughty Bits all
over Ottawa
Editor:
Regarding the review of What Is This
Thing Called Sex? — Cartoons by Women
(The Charlatan, March 3, 1994).
Karin Jordan states, "Don't expect to
find works by Gregory or Doucet in Ot-
tawa." (That is, the comic books Naughty
Bits by Roberta Gregory and Dirty Plotte by
Julie Doucet.)
I don't know if Jordan ever ventured
past Bank Street, but there is an excellent
comic shop specializing in so-called alter-
native comics called Crosstown Traffic in
Westboro. I just bought a couple of Grego-
ry's comics there a couple of weeks ago.
It would have been a good idea if you
could have taken the time to research
your topic, even with such a light book
review. Making such a gross generaliza-
tion on something you are not really sure
of made the article seem amateurish.
Although, that pretty much is the norm
for your arts department.
Craig Moser
Arts, Part-Time
Oxymorons at
CUSA
Editor:
Re: "CUSA throws intelligence out with
election," The Charlatan, March 10, 1994.
I wish to express my concern with the
headlineofthatarticle. The headline could
have given your readers the impression
that CUSA had intelligence. I can assure
you and your readers that this has, unfor-
tunately, not been the case, at least not
this year.
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CUSA Arts/Social Science Councillor
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by Michael Mainville
Mr. "I'm so tolally secure in my masculinity" Chariatan Stan"
There's a new breed of men out there. Real men. Men
with drums. Men with balls.
A new movement has emerged in the '90s, devoted to
men and the search for an identity. The men's
movement.
Across North America, business men mingle with
construction workers on weekend retreats or at weekly
meetings where they search for what they believe they
have lost — the so-called "Wild Man."
"Wild Man" is a term coined by poet Robert Bly, and
refers to a man who Is the embodiment of emotional
strength and spontaneity. Bly is the unofficial spiritual
leader of the movement, and his book Iron John is its
bible.
"The Wild Man," writes Bly in Iron John, "encourages
a trust of the lower half of our body, our genitals, our
legs and ankles, our inadequacies, the "soles" of our
feet, the animal ancestors, the earth itself . . ."
Bly titled his book, released in 1990, after a fairy tale
written by the Grimm brothers around 1820. "Iron
John" is the story of a young prince who is aided by a
Wild Man or Hairy Man in his quest to win a princess as
his bride.
"Every modern male has, lying at the bottom of his
psyche, a large primitive being covered with hair down
to his feet. Making contact with this Wild Man isthe step
the eighties or nineties male has yet to make," writes
Bly in Iron John.
As a result, men across the United States and Canada
are taking off their three-piece suits, picking up their
hand drums, and following group leaders into the
forest in hopes of discovering the Wild Man that hides
within.
The movement was brought to public attention with the
1990 PBS documentary on Bly called "A Gathering of
Men." Since then most major newspapers and
magazines have covered the issue. Maclean's devoted
an issue to the cause, The Globe and Mall has devoted
more than one "Fifth Column" to the men's movement,
and in January the Ottawa Citizen ran "The Burden of
Being Male," a story from the Montreal Gazette written
by David Johnston.
Media attention like this has led to the publication of
numerous books and newsletters about the men's
movement. In Ottawa Fathercraft Publishing publishes
a newsletter, Father!, and is currently working on
books about fathering.
Men from this organization were also among the
organizers and supporters of International Men's Day,
which was held Feb. 12 at the Dow's Lake Pavilion.
About seven or eight men turned up with their kids for
the event and handed out balloons.
Glen Cheriton, an editor at Fathercraft Publishing and
an organizer of International Men's Day, says it is "a
day to recognize the positive aspects of being a man
and what men have contributed to Ottawa and
community, and perhaps also a day to make men feel
a little better about being a man."
Cheriton says he attended a "men's conference" in
Kansas city two years ago and saw an announcement
for International Men's Day. When he returned to Ottawa
he wrote to Mayor Jacquelin Holzman and asked that
she proclaim the same in Ottawa. She did.
Cheriton says making men-feel better aboutthemselves
is what the movement is all about. He says new types
of therapy are necessary to accomplish this because
"normal therapy just doesn't work for men."
But why do men need therapy?
Cheriton says it's because "being a man is not viewed
as being OK these days. Sometimes men feel that way
. . . and if there's other men to tell them: 'You're doing
OK as a father, OK as a man.' That's what's needed."
He says moral and emotional support is at the core of
the men's movement.
"At the basic level it's simply men getting together with
other men When men have problems they should
have some place to go and talk, they should have a
friend, a buddy, an organization," says Cheriton.
He added that men need to go "out into the country,
underneath the trees, (where) they can beat drums,
take off their shirts and tell stories," on what he calls a
"Wild Man Weekend."
Psychiatrist Barry Dollin, who has formed a therapy
group for men only, says getting men alone together is
the solution to the problems men have communicating.
He says men have been conditioned to hide their
feelings and not be honest with themselves or other
men.
Dollin says he saw the need for a grpup consisting
solely of men after privately running numerous mixed
therapy groups in the Ottawa area.
"I realized in my mixed groups, it was always the
woman who took certain roles (emotional or vulnerable).
A man would be telling a horribly sad story and laughing
about it," says Dollin. Dollin says he thinks this is
unhealthy because men aren't being honest about
their feelings and being honest with each other can
"bring about emotional and spiritual well-being."
He says this realization led him to form the men's
therapy group, where they would have "an opportunity
to explore the issues that affect men."
Dollin says men need to confront issues like male
identity, sexuality, aggression, competition, stress,
depression andthe stereotypical roles of men in society.
He says "regular" forms of therapy don't work for many
men, and that a men's group is the only practical
option.
"When you put men in this type of environment, the
usual social structures of ordinary social intercourse
are gone," he says.
And when these structures are gone, Dollin says, men
are given the opportunity to be open and honest with
each other.
Dollin's group consists of a half-dozen men who meet
weekly in Res Commons. "A Group For Men" is offered
jointly by Health Services and Counselling and Student
Life Services.
Aggression and stress were the group's focus issues
when I attended one of Dollin's weekly meetinos:
Seven men sit in a half-circle staring at the man addressing them with an
assortment of drums at his feet. They look excited. The leader is explaining
how they can relieve stress and take out aggression by drumming. The drums,
he says, will also help them to bond with each other as they share in a spiritual
experience.
He goes on to explain the "Gun Godo PaTa," a West-African method of
drumming, an ancient tradition where the men drum to bond.
After the explanation he goes from man to man, handing out the drums, from
jthe small hand-held "djembe" to a large steel, bass drum. One man looks
disappointed because he only gets a cow-belj, but the men with the biqqer
drums look pretty happy.
The group leader starts beating on his drum with bare hands. A slow rhythm
quickens as he sways back and forth. The group joins in, slowly at first, but
then with enthusiasm. Soon, the room resounds with the sound of a dozen
hands beating on stretched leather.
It's not music, but it sure is loud.
14 . The Charlatan • March 17, 1994
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The psychiatrist looks at me and smiles. He must have seen the skeptical look
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I should feel privileged. Our leader hands me a stick with a ball made S
e ectncian's tape on the tip. The bass drum emits a resounding W as
!K?J?Sr SWmg- ' l0°k 31 PSVChiatriSt and force a smHeSmSes
r/indle Sffi!? C°Uld i,,hUrt? ' S,art beatin9 on the bas* drum, trying
to find the rhythm of the group. It's hard. The sounds range from slow steadv
drum beats to sudden bursts of energy followed by silence *
2n2rS,tr SUdde"'y burs*s into so"9- After getting through the chorus once
.K? Z ZTX oard on which he has written the wo?ds: "A Ja Jee- E Si
wouWdsay.knOWWhat,heWOr^
sit there beating on the drum trying to figure out if I'm bonding w
deep down into my soul and try and find the Wild Man within
ing. I just feel silly.
■A uroup tor Men" is not the only men's organization
I to use drums. The drum has become the established
I symbol of the men's movement.
"It's become a bit of a symbol, and it's laughed at a little
bit, but if you look at it in the overall context it's a very
I practical solution," says Cheriton.
Cheriton says drumming works very well to help men
I with the bonding process and compares it to the
I traditional drumming of Native peoples.
"The Natives, they have a big drum. Everybody sits
around and beats the same drum. That is really
interesting. I think it's an interesting feeling to sit there
with other men and beat the same drum. . . . It's not
I ridiculous when the Natives do it, and a lot of cultures
I do the same thing. It's something that works well for
I men," says Cheriton.
As the demand for these drums rises, Ottawa's music
shops are starting to stock up and advertise in local
magazines. Most place an ad in Ottawa's Everyman
I magazine.
I This self-proclaimed "men's journal" is directed at an
I exclusively male audience and has articles on prostate
I cancer, "fathers' rights," spirituality and how men
I have shorter life spans than women.
I Ottawa needs a men's journal "because men have
I been out of touch with what's been going on for men.
I We've been basically seeing ourselves as responsible
I for a lot of what's going on in the world, but not very
I much about what's happening inside for men," says
I David Shackleton, one of Everyman's editors.
I The purpose of Everyman is pretty simple, says
I Shackleton. He says men see themselves as responsible
| for many of today's problems. The magazine is about
"men getting in touch with their own feelings, and
1 dealing with the sense of guilt that they have. There's
I a need for an organ to help that along and so Everyman
I tries to do that," says Shackleton.
I "Women's issues have been articulated for about 20-
1 25 years. They're well understood and they're accepted
I in society," says Shackleton. "Men have difficulty
I articulating their issues because they've been seen as
I responsible for all the things that are going wrong
I around us."
I He says he hopes that Everyman will give men a forum
I where they can learn more about themselves and other
I men.
I Along with Fathercraft Publishing and Everyman
I magazine, a slew of men's organizations have sprung
up around Ottawa in recent years. Three of them, the
Canadian Men's Parenting Association, SAFE (Single
and Fathering Effectively) and Fathers For Justice,
deal specifically with the parenting issues for single
fathers.
Today's Men Publications and the Men's Health
Collective also work to raise awareness regarding
"men's issues" In Ottawa.
Feminist response to the men's movement varies from
uncontrollable laughter to serious misgivings. These
views have been showcased in the 1992 book Women
Respond to the Men's Movement, edited by Kay Leigh
Hagan.
The book is a collection of essays by "influential
feminist thinkers," including bell hooks, Laura Brown
land Barbara Kingsolver.
I While most feminists included in the book agree a need
■exists for men to have a movement, many argue it is the
Iform the movement has taken which is causing
{problems.
"I have always believed that we', i.e. women and men,
need a 'men s movement,' in the sense ol men who
have come to understand the evils of patriarchy, the
injustice that has been done to women, and the way
that has distorted all social relations, " writes Rosemary
Redlord Ruether, in her essay "Patriarchy and the
Men's Movement: Part of the Problem or Part of the
Solution?"
A movement devoted to men is a step in the right
direction, writes Ruether, but the movement appearing
today is not the answer.
Ruether says the modern men's movement is simply
another consequence of a patriarchal society, where
men will go to hide and "avoid accountability for the
public world."
In "A Men's Movement I Can Trust," Starhawk expresses
her fear of the growth of the men's movement.
"Our fear is that the men's movement will do what men
havealwaysdone, at least since the advent of patriarchy:
blame women for their problems and defend their own
privileges," she writes.
She argues the only way to get rid of the problems men
face is to give up the privileges they enjoy.
Starhawk writes that she (ears the "oppression" of
males will become a serious issue for men,
overshadowing the plight of women in the public
consciousness.
Barbara Kingsolver agrees. In "Cabbages and Kings,"
Kingsolver argues that the two movements cannot
even be compared.
"When I try to understand the collection of ideas and
goalsthathasto come to be called the men's movement,
what disturbs me is that it generally stands as an 'other
half to the women's movement, and in my mind it
doesn't belong there," she writes.
"It is not an equivalent. Women are fighting for their
lives, and men are looking for some peace of mind."
Finally, hattie gossett writes:
"well what do they mean? whatre they going to the
woods for then? oh? really? sensitive? does that mean
theyre against rape now? when they come back from
the woods do they issue statements against child
abuse wife battering incest lesbian battering? do they
pledge that the next time one of their streetcorner or
healthclub buddies is running off at the mouth about
how he snatched him some pussy then kicked that
bitch in her ass these guys who paid all this money to
go to the woods with whats his name will they silently
organize a small group to take their brother for a little
walk & show him some tongue and penis restraint
exercises guaranteed to permanently clear his mind of
all thoughts of ripping off pussy or bitches or kicking
ass?"
So men, is this the solution to our problems? What
happens when the "Wild Man Weekend" is over, when
the weekly meeting has just ended? What happens
when the office calls, when your beeper goes off, when
it's 2:30 in the morning and your essay's due at noon
and you've just finished the last drop of coffee in the
entire house and there's no drum in sight? How's the
Wild Man going to help you then?
The men's movement shouldn't be about searching for
long-gone spiritual personasor communing with nature
as a hobby on the weekends. It shouldn't be a grown-
up version of the Boy Scouts, with Robert Bly as
Hawkeye. It should be about working together, both
men and women, to solve the problems affecting all of
us.
Oh, and guys, if you really want to show off your "Wild
Man," please do it in the privacy of your own home. □
March 17, 1994 • The Charlatan ■ 15
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16 • The Charlatan ■ March 17, 1994
Nationals a competitive swim
Erica Hotter leads team with two consolation final
by Steven Vesely
Charlatan Stall
Two of three Raven swimmers posted
personal-best results at the Canadian
Interuniversity Athletic Union swim
championships in Victoria, B.C., March
1 1-13, while the third posted Carleton's
best finish.
Andrew Smith swam a personal best
in the 100-metre butterfly. Brigitte
Davidson posted a personal-best time in
the 400-metre individual medley. Erica
Kotler placed ninth overall in the 100-
and 200-metre breast-stroke to lead the
team.
"I didn't make any finals, but I did
make some best times, so 1 can't be disap-
pointed with any of my results," said
Smith, who posted top-30 finishes in the
50- and 1 00-metre freestyle races and 50-
and 100-metre butterfly events.
Smith said he was particularly pleased
with his 100-metre butterfly result be-
cause his strength is in the longer events.
"That was my crowning moment, "he
said. "It was a different experience be-
cause I wasn't swimming my best events. "
Davidson was also pleased with her
top-25 finishes in the 200- and 400-metre
individual medley and the 200- and 50-
metre backstroke, especially because she
had a sore shoulder caused by tendinitis.
"It just didn't feel very good stroke-
wise, " she said. " It didn't come together. "
Besides her two ninth-place finishes,
Kotler also placed 10th in the 50-metre
breast-stroke.
"It was basically what she was expect-
ing," said her coach and mother [itka
wins
Brigitte Davidson and Andrew Smith (inset) swam personal bests at the ClAV
Kotler. "She was quite pleased with her
results especially since she concentrated
more on school this year and still man-
aged to place well."
In total overall points, Carleton earned
25 points to place 24th out of 25 schools
at the meet. The University of Toronto
won the meet with 843.5 points. Both
athletes and coaches say their relatively
poor showing is misleading.
"The people who win go to swimming
universities," said Smith, pointing to
schools like Calgary, Montreal and Laval.
"They swim twice a day. They have excel-
lent coaches and facilities. They don't
work. They're training 12 months a year.
They have a humungous advantage over
people like myself and Erica."
"The training camps in Calgary are
legendary. They would do 40 kilometres
in practice. We do five or six. You can't
compete with that," he added.
Coach Kotler summed it up best.
"They did the best they could under
the circumstances," she said. □
French sailing dream is now a reality
by Steven Vesely
Charlatan Staff
The Carleton sailing club is setting
sail for France this spring.
The club's application to race in the
prestigious International Whirlpool Chal-
lenge in Les Sables d'Olonne this April
was accepted by the regatta's selection
committee on March 13.
The club was also selected to receive a
full sponsorship worth about $ 12,000, to
cover their boat costs, entry fee, room
and board while their six-person crew is
in France.
"We're completely ecstatic, " says club
president Cressida Robson. "It's a huge
sense of relief and accomplishment. I
was starting to tell people that we're
probably not going."
The Whirlpool Challenge is the big
finale to a week-long racing regatta
hosted by the Course Croisiere d'Edhec in
Northern France, April 15-24.
D'Edhec, a graduate business univer-
sity in Northern France, has hosted the
CCE since 1968 and watched it evolve
into Europe's largest student sailing re-
gatta, attracting sailors from around the
world.
On top of the $12,000 sponsorship,
the club has also raised another $2,000
in funds from sources like the university,
the department of athletics and the Car-
leton University Students' Association.
The club still needs to raise another
$8,000 to cover the transportation costs
of their $22,000 budget, says Robson.
Along with continued fund-raising
efforts, the club has to start training, says
Robson.
"We have to train. We've put the
actual athletic part of it on hold while
we've been fund-raising," she says. "Most
of us haven't sailed since November." □
Hockey committee stuck in neutral
by Bill Labonte
Ctiartalan start
An impasse was reached by an athlet-
ics board subcommittee at Its first meet-
ing March 10.
The subcommittee is looking at the
issues involved in the department of ath-
letics taking over the administration of
the hockey club.
Last month, students voted in favor of
a $1 levy per full-time student towards
supporting the hockey dub's entry into
the Ontario Colleges Athletic Associa-
tion's hockey league.
Even though the Carleton University
Students' Association overturned the ref-
erendum with the rest of its election re-
sults last week, the subcommittee de-
cided to meet anyway.
The referendum question will be posed
again in the new election March 29-31.
The budget remains a major stum-
bling block, with coach George Brown of
the hockey club still convinced it could
operate on a shoestring budget of under
$20,000.
Director of athletics Keith Harris
budged from an earlier estimate of about
$36,000, butshll said a first-year budget
of about $30,000 is a more accurate re-
flection of the cost involved.
Gender-parity concerns were pacified
with Brown's suggestion that should
hockey be granted varsity status, the
next team in line for varsity status would
be a women's team.
Administration is still a sore point
with Harris, who says his staff is stretched
to the limit and can't handle the admin-
istration of another sport. Brown said
Carleton's hockey alumni would volun-
teer to handle administration just like
they already do.
The university's reputation in joining
a college league was also discussed.
"Frankly, I would be more inclined
and supportive of this idea if we were
discussing the joining of a university
league," said graduate student repre-
sentative Ron Boyd on the subcommit-
tee. "It's a no-win situation. If we do well
and win, people will say you're a univer-
sity. If we lose, we're bums."
The subcommittee must make a rec-
ommendation to the athletics board be-
fore the OC AA meets in May, if the club
is to join the league. □
^ Ml WEN
Referendum
hockey buck
stops here
by Mo Gannon
Charlatan Start
Think again.
Should the Carleton hockey club
get a $ 1 levy per full-time student so it
can join the Ontario College Athletic
Association's hockey league?
The 897 who voted against the levy
in last month's referendum didn't
think so. Unfortunately, the 1 ,905 who
voted in favor did.
Now that the referendum has been
overturned along with the rest of CU-
SA'scontentious election results, hope-
fully the small number of students
who actually do vote might think twice
before they return to the polls March
29-31.
Why? Because the buck's gotta stop
somewhere.
Okay, so it's a lousy dollar. And
hockey's our national sport. And
maybe the hockey club could win more
games if it had more money. And
maybe it deserves varsity status. And
so on.
But full-time students already pay
$ 1 3 1 .52 to the department of athletics
for the use of the gym, pool and weight
room, not to mention extra charges
for squash courts or athletic programs.
This money, more than $2.6 mil-
lion clams from the student fee alone,
also funds a healthy amount of not-
so-healthy sports teams.
For many students who don't go
near athletics, that's an awful lot of
clams to pay for the good of others.
Even if they use the place occasion-
ally, it's doubtful they're getting
enough bang for their buck.
Many students breathed a sigh of
relief when the athletics board
scrapped its plan in January to raise
next year's athletic fees by two per
cent next year. Why? Because they
didn'twantto pay anymore. Noteven
a couple of dollars.
Now the hockey club is asking stu-
dents to fork over another $ 19,000 on
top of and separate from the athletics
fee, just because athletics won't.
Don't forget that even if the fee is
approved again, athletics might not
support the club's entrance into the
league, mainly because of the extra
administrative costs involved.
At a time when everyone's talking
cutbacks, when students are worried
about paying tuition, is hockey a ne-
cessity? Sadly, no. Could the $19,000
be put towards a better cause? Hell,
yes.
Athletics director Keith Harris might
say his budget is stretched to the limit,
but what about that $ 1 1 2,000 that's
going towards athletics' special re-
serve fund next year? I don 't see any
students socking that kind of money
away for a rainy day.
Hockey fans should find another
way to make money for the club. Keep
pressuring athletics into funding it.
Make it chop otherareas in its budget.
Hey, ask them to take the money out
of its prized special reserve fund. Raise
some funds from those who care.
So let them play hockey.
Just not at students' expense. □
March 17, 1994 • The Charlatan • 17
Women's basketball: What happened?
Lack of experience and scoring among reasons why Ravens were winless this year
by Derek DeCloet
Charlatan Staff
One step forward, two steps back.
You could say that's the synopsis of
the direction the Carleton women's bas-
ketball Ravenstookduring itsfailed 1993-
94 campaign.
At the end of the 1 992-93 season, the
Ravens appeared to finally be stepping
up the first rungs on the Ontario Wom-
en's Intercollegiate Athletic Association
east division ladder.
They won two of their last five games
— amildaccomplishmenttobe sure, but
a vast improvement over 1991-92, when
the Ravens lost all 1 2 league games by an
average of 73 points.
Last year's group was a young, quick
team that played an exciting up-tempo
brand of basketball. The offence was led
by a scoring machine guard named
Tracey Carey and a lightning-fast point
guard named Mary Barbieri.
Most of all, they had a bright future.
Most of their key players — including
Carey, Barbieri, co-MVP Nancy Forget
and forward Dana Nicholas were ex-
pected to come back. But they didn't.
One winless year later, the Ravens
appear to be right back where they started.
What happened? Here's a look:
Roster Surprises
Carey and Forget, who together ac-
counted for 59 per cent of the team's
scoring last year, weren't eligible to play
varsity sports this year. (Forget is part-
time student and Carey is not even at-
tending Carleton.) Then Barbieri, who
had back surgery last spring, decided
even before the season started, not to
plQy- m ,
Those losses drove a stake through the
heart of the team's rebuilding efforts.
"The thing I'm most disappointed
about is that people (who) made a big
difference didn't come back," says for-
ward Heather McAlpine. "It discourages
you in a way."
"You need veterans returning if you're
going to improve at all," says co-captain
Helen Collins.
To top it all off, Nicholas tore the
anterior cruciate ligament in her knee
during a pre-season game, and watched
from the sidelines for the rest of the year.
It was a crucial blow, that blow to the
cruciate. Nicholas was co-captain and
one of the players coach Marg )ones was
relying on to provide leadership. Overall,
five veteran leaders on a team of 10
didn't return for one reason or another.
Fortunately, next year's flock of play-
ers leaving the Ravens' Nest probably
won't be as big. The team's top four
scorers — guard Gillian Roseway, guard
Erin O'Grady, McAlpine, and forward
Valerie Gates — all say they'll be back.
And Nicholas's knee should be rehabili-
tated in time for next season.
The Ravens might lose Collins next
year, partly because the guard wants to
concentrate on her studies, but also be-
cause she's frustrated.
"It's no fun being on a losing team,"
she says. "It's good being on a team, but
then . . . when you look at (it), what's the
point, really, if we're just getting killed
every game?"
Leadership
With most of the starting cast from
1 992-93 gone, the team was left without
an on-court leader — a situation that
continued as the Ravens' frustrations
mounted.
Veterans who should have stepped up
to fill the void simply didn't, says guard
Cindy Krenosky.
Offensive woes
Jones's philosophy has always been to
beat teams with quickness and accurate
Raven coach Marg Jones was often at the centre of frequent team huddles during this past season's winless drought.
shooting. It has to be that way — the
Ravens are consistently outsized by other
teams. How else can you beat Laurentian
when their starting lineup is four inches
taller than yours?
But any advantage the Ravens had in
quickness was negated by their dreadful
shooting — 33 per cent from two-point
range and 20 per cent from three-point
range. The Ravens threw enough bricks
to give the athletics departmenta healthy
start on a much-needed new gymna-
sium. They averaged 39.1 points pergame
— a 10-point drop over the year before.
"We didn't have one of those people
(who) just scores all the time, that can
score 25 to 30 points a game," says
McAlpine.
Even if they had, without Barbieri to
feed the team's top scorers, there was no
one to drive the offence. The frightening
result was a torrent of turnovers: 34 per
game - one every 70 seconds. Roseway,
a rookie guard, led the team with 102
giveaways, one quarter of the team total.
Rookies
It's hard to fault the rookies, and in
particular Roseway, for the Ravens' woes.
She was the team leader in points (10 per
game), rebounds (6.7 per game), assists
{1 1 for the year), free throws (2.5 per
game) . . . she was the offence.
As it turns out, she even surprised
herself. "I came in and I just thought I'd
be another player but I guess 1 ended up
with a pretty good season," she says.
Guards Tina Marietti and Kaeli
Yuzefowich made largely undistinguished
appearances on the floor, but must be
regarded as a part of the team's future
plans.
Getting over the hump
Like a bus stuck in a mud hole, the
harder the Ravens pressed the gas pedal,
the more they got stuck. So even though
they improved as the season went on,
they couldn't make it show on the score-
board — or in the win column.
"I think what we needed was just one
win to show that we can do something
out there, " says Roseway. "But that never
happened."
"It was really frustrating," says
O 'Grady. "We put just as much work into
everything as all the other teams."
Coaching
[ones has proven she can find some
good players. Now she has to figure out
how to keep them, then mold the team
into a winner.
Despite the fact that Jones was start-
ing virtually from scratch when she took
over the team in 1989 — it had won just
one game the previous season — one has
to wonder how much longer the athletics
department will stick with her. Her regu-
lar season record in five years is three
wins and 57 losses.
Gail Blake, the women's athletic co-
ordinator, says Jones will be back for
1994-95.
Jones would not give an interview. □
OWIAA BASKETBALL
East Division Final Standings
W L T IT PA ITS
Laurent. 12 O 0 929 576 24
Toronto 10 2 0 8S6 596 20
Ottawa 7 5 0 803 720 14
Queen's 6 6 O 788 769 12
York 5 7 0 696 752 10
Ryerson 2 10 0 606 803 4
CarletonO 12 0 469 931 O
Game by Game
Ian. 11. Ottawa 81 Carleton 42
[an. 14. Queen's 60 Carleton 39
jan. 15. Toronto94 Carleton 41
Ian. 21. Ryerson 61 Carleton 44
)an.22. York 77 Carleton 46
Ian. 28 Laurent 93 Carleton 29
Feb. 1. Ottawa 77 Carleton 41
Feb. 5. Laurent 82 Carleton 28
Feb. 11. Toronto 81 Carleton 44
Feb. 12. Queen's82 Carleton 40
Feb. 18 York 64 Carleton 30
Feb. 19. Ryerson 79 Carleton 45
Guard Erin O'Grady (#10; and forward Valerie Gates (#12) will be returning.
18 • The Charlatan ■ March 17, 1994
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— ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Sounding (ike Soundfiarden, but who the hell cares'
byAndreaSmith T, ., "VII VUI WSJ*
by Andrea Smith
Charlatan Stall
/Liquid Bone Dance
II Zaphod Beeblebrox
VJvIarch 12
)
There's a sound I grew up with in
Winnipeg. It came out from the West
Coast in the form of bands like Faith No
More and Soundgarden.
Before these bands signed with major
labels, they were considered good. Their
influence ran up the coast to Vancouver,
across the Rockies into Calgary, and trick-
led east across the prairies.
Now it seems this trickle hits a steep
incline, running the wrong way just out-
side of Toronto.
judging by some of the responses 1
overheard, more sophisticated Ottawa
sensibilities are offended by its "Pearl
jamminess" and mistake it for some-
thing called "Grunge Music."
By association it becomes dated, cor-
porate, and every band's worst night-
mare . . . cheesy.
By now, Winnipeg's Liquid Bone Dance
should be painfully aware of this musical
regionalism. Saturday nightatZaphod's,
singer Geoff Green couldn't have ex-
pressed it better when in between songs
he looked out at the sparse audience and
almost sighed: "jesus Christ, it's quiet in
here."
The audience, for the most part, kept
their butts glued to their bar stools. Two
or three brave souls hovered on the fringes
of the dance floor during the song "Four
Mono Lisas," which has the loud, happy
guitars of emocore.
Make no mistake — the band is pol-
ished, their playing tight
and their performance
impressive. Green'svocals
and Marty Chapman's
drumming are excep-
tional.
As the audience stub-
bornly kept to the side-
lines, 1 found my western-
bred hackles rising. Sure
they have long hair. Yeah,
they sound a little like
Soundgarden, maybe
they even want to. But
after a couple of songs, I
didn'treally care who they
sounded like, to me they
justsounded like five guys
who were making a noise
I once enjoyed, and they
were doing it so well.
As forbeing dated, cor-
porate or cheezy . . . their
music is no more dated
than punk or emocore,
and they're as independ-
ent as they come. Their _
self-titledEPisoutonWin- He's from Winnipeg, you know
nipeg's indie record label, Oh Yah'
Records, and costs five bucks. Admit-
tedly, they're not as overtly anti-corpo-
rate as some punk bands, but to quote
from "Four Mona Lisas:"
"Finally the paint must dry and Elvis
ain't the only guy, Coca Cola's turning
green, the magic no one's ever seen."
They're no more or less original than
any other band who plays within a genre
like ska, industrial, or punk.
So screw the labels, 1 like it. If you
harborany hidden fondness ornostalgia
for the same bands, you'll probably like
it too. Everybody else can be losers and sit
on their barstools and rot. Q
Modern dance without all the pretension
by Suzanne Andrew
Charlatan Stall
Diquis Tiquis
National Arts Centre Atelier
March 9 — March 12
)
The dance theatre style of Diquis Tiquis
is engaging in its simplicity.
Unlike many dance theatre compa-
nies, this Costa Rican company doesn't
go out of its way to be weird. Instead,
Diquis Tiquis's expression and choreog-
raphy are profound in their clarity.
In essence, the company's two mem-
bers, Alejandro TosatH and Sandra Trejos,
are storytellers. With slow, controlled
movements, perfectly executed, their
expressiveness is not obscured by flashy
technical wizardry.
While most North American dancers
conform to the classical standard of fro-
zen faces, Tosatri and Trejos have the
rivetingabilitytoportraythewholegamut
of emotions using only facial expres-
sions.
In La-doaldo (Side by Side), the two
dancers, seated in chairs, moved in per-
Where the hell are the dancing cats?"
feet unison, rocking slowly back andforth
to subtle, repetitive music. The dancers
broke all sorts of conventional rules in
this piece: they used a very small portion
of the performance space, failed to ac-
knowledge each other and focused more
on portraying emotion than actual dance
movements. Yetwith their creative facial
expression, the dancers were successful
in telling the story of a man exhibiting
both male and female characteristics.
In Due/a (The Duel), the two dancers
emerged, silhouetted, on to the stage. A
narrative about the first man and woman
on Earth, this piece was effective in its
austerity through sparse costuming, sim-
ple staging and subtle choreography.
Itwas unfortunate, however, that the
dancers chose to mime some of the vo-
cals of this work's music. This was dis-
tracting and caused a break in the chore-
ography's narration.
The most engaging work in Diquis
Tiquis's performance was La Virgen Del
Banquito (The Virgin of the Stool), a solo
by Trejos and a story of one woman's life.
Trejos was technically excellent, demon-
strating her knowledge of Martha
Graham technique with strong lines, body
isolations and flowing arm movements.
Her use of the stool prop is clever — as her
character evolves, so does the prop —
transforming from achild's hiding place
to an old woman's rocking chair.
The last piece of the performance, Los
Gemelos (The Twins), explores traditional
South American concepts of duality. The
dancers' use of large burlap masks at the
beginning of this piece was excellent, as
were their interpretation of jungle ani-
mals.
Unfortunately, the piece ended with
intense lift work and difficult choreogra-
phy, making the duo appear technically
mismatched. Trejos sustained her move-
ments with a remarkable flow of energy
that her male counterpart was unable to
parallel.
Both the lighting and music used by
this company are subtle — working as
they should to emphasize the dancers
and not drawing attention to themselves.
The Latin American music was quiet but
rhythmically interesting.
The use of expression, dramatic ef-
fects and themes found in Diquis Tiquis's
performance was refreshingly original
and sublime. This company has success-
fully escaped the current thematic trends
of the morbid and bizarre that are cur-
rently rife in the dance world. □
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March 17, 1994 • The Charlatan ■ 21
Come and take your mind off your essays
by Roy Fu
Charlatan Start
/China in Contrast
MacOdrum Library
.March 1 — March 21
To me, China signifies home, a place
of early childhood memories, a fluid lan-
guage of a thousand streams, resonating
a familiarity of home.
I would imagine for others — either
those who have never been or those vis-
iting for the first time — China means
different things, and evokes different
images.
Bill Cooper, a Carleton student who
spent a year in China, presents his im-
pression of the country in a series of
photographs and short essays. He depicts
his experience with familiar black and
white images and lyrical prose.
Individually, Cooper's photos are fa-
miliar in subject — a panorama of the
Great Wall, a closeup of an old Chinese
peasant, a picture of Chairman Mao
overlooking Tiananmen Square; collec-
tively, the images reiterate the familiar,
in a cliche narrative of the country.
These images and the accompanying
narrative are reminiscent of ones found
in back issues of National Geographic. The
narrative describes a fading, romantic
China-past: simple, yet exotic.
A man propels his junk up a silted
river; a portrait of a rudimentary diesel
truck. We're not shown a turbulent China-
present, one which is being overrun by
capitalism, giant Pepsi billboards and
Bennetton boutiques.
The accompanying short essays shed
more light on to Cooper's encounters and
experiences. They captivate with vivid
images, often stronger than the ones in
the photos. This vivid imagery and lyri-
cal style make the essays read like poems.
Unlike the photos, the prose reflects an
acquired sensibility about the people and
the place:
"A young woman spends a week
sculpting a carpet with scissors only to be
handed another one and another one . .
. . Stamina . . . stamina to overcome
hardship and the hardship to build char-
acter."
Both Cooper's photographs and prose
put a real distance between him and the
subject, revealed by the sense of personal
detachment in the writing and physical
distance in the photographs.
The exhibit claims to be an account of
Cooper's "experiences," yet the story it
tells is far from personal. It is objectified;
Cooper assumes the voice of a detached
colonial anthropologist. I suppose this
relates back to the familiar narrative that
Cooper finds himself in; perhaps caught
in the traditional narrative of the for-
eigner in China.
Irrespective of that, Cooper's emotive
images in both media suggest an intense
interaction with the country and its peo-
ple. Somewhere behind Cooper's exhibit
lies the real story, his story, of a foreigner
in China, one that has yet to be told.
The exhibit is definitely worth check-
ing out. If nothing else, it offers a break
from the mundane researching of essay
season, leaving one with a taste of the
exotique. □
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by Andrea Smith „,„ , -^^^V ^ O^*
incredibly tacky artifacts
charlatan sian tr|e viewer to discern the na- I *
by Andrea Smith
Charlatan Slatl
Fluffs and Feathers: An Exhibition
On theSymbolsoflndiannesswasongi-
nally presented in 1988, and was curated
by Deborah Doxtator at the Woodland
Cultural Centre in Brantford, Ont. The
centre serves six reserve communities
from two distinct cultural groups:
Algonquian and Iroquoian. A revised
edition of the exhibit is now on display at
the Museum of Civilization in Hull
until May 23.
"Teepees, headdresses, totem
poles, birch bark canoes, face paint,
fringes, buckskin and tomahawks
— when anyone sees images, draw-
ings or paintings of these things
they immediately think of 'Indians. '
They are symbols of Indianness." —
Fluffs and Feathers catalogue
The affordable, disposable, buyable
Indian: take it home, wear it, or wind it
up and let your kids play with it in the
backyard. Package it, polish it and put it
in a cellophane wrapper. Use it to sell
stuff. Made of 100-per-cent hollow plas-
tic, for your enjoyment.
This is what non-Native people have
been doing for years with images of Na-
tive peoples. A Chicago Blackhawks jer-
sey, the Land O' Lakes margarine logo,
or a Pontiac car — they all use and
reinforce the same stereotypes of
Indianness; a construction generated by
a project of racism and colonization,
manifest in a myriad of tacky souvenirs,
children's toys and cheap re-presenta-
tions.
"It is not right that anyone should
define someone else, tell them who
they are and where they ' fit in. ' Vou
cannot do this to someone if you
think of them as your equal. "
"They are so pervasive," says Wood-
land Cultural Centre museum director
Tom Hill, of the cardboard stereotypes on
display at Fluffs and Feathers. Hill uses a
term coined by Carleton art history pro-
fessor Ruth Phillips, who describes the
dissemination of racist stereotypes as
"white noise." White noise is an expres-
sion for a droning in the background; like
the stereotypes of Native peoples it's ever
present, cancelling outsome sounds and
letting others through.
"You can't really see it but it's there, "
says Hill.
If s distortion, and in the case of the
symbols of Indianness, it's white because
it's a tool and a product of a colonial
power.
Hill says to overcome the pervasive
effect of this misrepresentation, the stere-
otypes are put on display, to point out
that they have been created by non-
Native persons and "are totally fabri-
cated. We wanted people to think about
that right at the very beginning. Then
you start your journey."
Through a procession of photos of
Hollywood ideas of Indianness, tourist-
park ideas of Indianness, Wild West show
ideas of Indianness, comic books, en-
gravings and "fine art" — amongst the
disparate bric-a-brac, the exhibit invites
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the viewer to discern the na
ture of these images. To ask
questions like: Who produced
these images? Whose inter-
ests do they serve? What do
all these images/objects have
in common?
"To get them to start think-
ing about them when they
see them, to engage debate,"
says Hill. -
"By the seventeenth
century, Europeans had
certain fixed ideas about
what an Indian was sup-
posed to look like. The
'official costume' of Indi-
ans in European art was a
feather skirt and upright
headdress occasionally
with some feathers at the
wrists and ankles. The
physical remoteness of
Indians to Europeans
made it possible to create
representations of ab-
stract Indians that bore
no resemblance to real-
ity. . . . These abstract
depictions of Indians cre-
ated a visual and symbolic
language that was immediately rec-
ognizable as 'Indianness;' nudity,
feathers, headdresses, bows and
arrows."
What's wrong with this picture?
Hill says by merely assembling T-shirts,
tacky souvenirs, and common commer-
cial fare in as unlikely a setting as the
glass display cases of a museum, is to
provoke questions.
Traditionally, hesays, museums have
been the showcase for Native peoples'
cultural artifacts, but usually as products
of some time in the past, as if Native
peoples belong in the past.
"We have always been looked at in
the past, and yet we have been denied a
history," says Hill.
"To the museum and exhibition
visitor of the nineteenth century,
Indians were a fascinating curios-
ity best appreciated as a living yet
safe historical 're-enactment' in a
Wild West show, or as a category
with a safely inferior place in a
neatly organized exhibit of the hi-
erarchy of the races of mankind . .
. in need of control and of study,
and as earlier 'less-developed' peo-
ples whose domination seemed not
only desirable but necessary."
The exhibit ends with a mirror.
"(The display) invites the viewer to
experience this exhibit from a First Na-
tions perspective," says the placard ac-
companying the exhibit. But Hill says
the real question is "How do you see
yourself?" in relation to the image pre-
sented.
"We don't want to force a conclu-
sion," says Hill. "The viewer is invited to
come to theirown conclusion. Some peo-
ple will discover it, some others won't."
"It's really quite dangerous," says Hill.
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March 17, 1994 • The Charlatan • 23
(good acting can't save fiorr id script
by Neil Herland
Charlatan Siaff
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Still Alive
NAC Studio
March 8 — March 19
In what had to be the most disgusting
moment in Ottawa theatre this year, a
nearly naked Andy |ones attached a
massive dildo to his fat, hairy body, dur-
ing the second act of his new play 5f///
Alive.
Jones was a member of the CODCO
comedy collective, who also appeared on
the CODCO CBC-TV series until he re-
signed because the network refused to let
him air a comedy sketch involving priests
molesting boys.
Now a writer for The Kids in the Hall,
Jones's sexual fetishes are inseparable
from his humor.
Stiil Alive is a one-man show he wrote
with a grant from the Canada Council.
Like many plays in Canada these days,
5n7/A/iVeexemplifies the style of "therapy
theatre," where actors write plays about
their emotional and sexual problems.
Still Alive is a canvas on which Jones
paints his emotional baggage. The actor
tells of his fear of failing, the pain of his
mother's death and the tormenting guilt
of his youthful homosexual experiences.
At the beginning of the show, Jones
jokingly explains to us that his play is
actually a Royal Commission report. Soon
we're promised either 200 laughs during
the performance, one genuine feeling, or
our money back.
He starts to ridicule famous philoso-
phers and the Catholic Church, and then
there's the dildo finale.
The play is so unfocused that even
during the final 20 minutes, Jones can-
not successfully deliver a central state-
ment or thesis for his play. The play
simply tries to do too many things at
once. Director Gil Osborne should have
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demanded a rewrite of the script.
Much of the play's humor is geared to
older adults. Not that the humor is too
sophisticated for a young crowd; rather
young people wouldn't tolerate the type
of corny middle-aged humor that char,
acterizes Jones's style.
His use of Newfoundland humor, like
when he confesses his guilt for never
having caught a fish in his life, is one of
the show's strengths. The play's weak,
ness is found in his unfunny attempts at
philosophizing on life; for instance, by
using a piece of chalk, he covers the floor
with symbolic logic to explain life's quirks
Jones does, however, deliver a com-
fortable performance that he sustains
throughout the show. The quality of his
acting is consistent. The script certainly
doesn't allow Jones to demonstrate his
range, which is unfortunate considering
his acting ability.
The set is barely noticeable, as de-
signer Arthur Penson opts fora simple set
(more likely a reflection of the NAC's
budget than any artistic choices). The set
includes three blackboards and a science
lab desk. Along with various prop pieces
and a suspended projection screen, which
is used to show slides related to his script,
the set acts more as a backdrop than a
component to the play.
Oneofthemain elements of the show
is a useless written quiz that Jones ad-
ministers to the audience in the second
half of the show, using ballots from the
program. Asking questions about the
audience members' ages, genders and
occupations, the quiz seems more like a
survey for the NAC's marketing depart-
ment than a legitimate part of the per-
formance.
Jones maintains throughout the play
that we humans are all in the same boat.
He tries desperately to prove this through-
out the show, but ultimately alienates
the audience with dildos and his almost
naked body. After enduring two hours
worth, it's some miracle that his audi-
ence is still alive. G
24 • The Charlatan ■ March 17, 1994
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MARCH 25, 1994
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The happy
Carleton
band
by Johanna Olszewski
Charlatan Staff
f Belfast Cowboys
The Pit
V March 19
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Spring is in the air, the snow is melt-
ing, everyone seems to be smiling.
Especially the Belfast Cowboys. These
local talents and Carleton students are
ready to launch their first self-titled cas-
sette this weekend at the Pit. (If it drops to
30 below this week, just take ourword for
it, the Belfast Cowboys are happy.)
The Cowboys, a popular draw among
Carleton students, have performed nu-
merous times on campus and around
local clubs since their debut in the fall of
1991.
Greg Brayford, Mike Peterson (both on
guitar and vocals), Andrew G. Long (bass)
and Mathew Young (drums) have been
lucky enough to have the assistance of
their friends, who helped with postering
and even the recording of their cassette.
"A' lot of people who are already in-
volved in the music scene have helped
out a lot with the release of this cassette, "
Young explains. To record the cassette,
the band took over Oliver's for an evening,
Brayford says. "Wewentin at fouro'clock
Sunday afternoon and out about five in
the morning. We recorded eight songs,
but we're releasing six."
As you could probably guess from the
venue where they recorded it, the tape
has a very live feel to it. The result is that
what you hear on the tape is what you'll
see live.
Their folk-influenced songs combine
both electric and acoustic guitars. As for
influences, they say they're not beholden
to any one source. "We are doing exactly
what we want to do. There's no influence
conforming us to any standards. We are
playing the music we want to play, " says
Young.
Although they may not see any influ-
ences in their music, they come from the
same local talent pool that has spawned
such bands as limmy George and Sep-
tember Child, who form a support net-
work for each other.
They have also had a taste of life on
the road, playing in Toronto and Hali-
fax. Unfortunately, moneyproblemswill
mean they will miss this summer's Cana-
dian Music Conference in Halifax which
they were hoping to attend.
Instead, they hope to expose their
musical energy to Ontario university cam-
puses in the future.
Oh well. Halifax's loss is our gain. □
King ApparatusTSerious ska?
by Arn Keeling —
Charlatan Statt
King Apparatus
The Penguin
. March 23
1
New Theatre of Ottawa
PRESENTS
"A crazy quill patchwork of hyperventilating language,
erotic jokes, movie kitsch and medical nightmare. "
The New York Times
The "Canuck party band of the dec-
ade" seems to be growing up.
Toronto-based ska outfit King Appa-
ratus has built a reputation as a wacky,
danceable band playing off-beat tunes
like "Non-Stop Drinking" and "Made for
TV" in their high-energy live shows.
But with their latest album, Marbles,
released in late 1993, some of their lyrics
and tunes have made forays into more
"serious music" territory.
King Apparatus co-founderand bass-
ist Mitch Girio says despite this new direc-
tion, they are still focused on showing
their fans a good time.
"I don't know if we're trying to shed
the party band image," he says. That's
because, he continues, it was one they
were stuck with by people who wrote
about them.
Indeed, now the band's lyrics tackle
the problems of crime, urban violence
and homelessness while only rarely devi-
ating from their driving ska sound that
has made them the darlings of many in
the Canadian alternative scene.
"There's still some fun tunes, but it's a
bit more serious," says Girio. "There's less
songs about girls."
King Apparatus return to Ottawa
March 23 with their quirky brand of ska
— the frenetic, pulsing brand of reggae
played by such bands as Montreal's Me
Mom and Morgentaler and England's
the Special Beat.
"We try not to be too, too wacky, but
definitely high-energy, " says Girio of their
live shows.
He says the band still tries hard to get
the crowd skanking, even on their more
topical tunes.
"We try to get people on their feet,"
says Girio. And if a serious song does
come up, hesays, "wewon'ttellpeopleto
sit down."
Sitting down isn't often a big problem
when a ska band is playing. And King
Apparatus — Girio, singer and main
songwriter Chris Murray and guitarist
Sam Tallo — have made playing and
experimenting with ska their focus.
Girio says when the band formed in
1987 in London, Ont, they did some
covers and played around with other
kinds of music, but found their ska call-
ing early on.
"To me, it seems we're doing a better
job playing ska," he says.
Girio says the band has diversified its
sound on the latest album by tinkering
withthetraditional, "roots-style" rhythms
of reggae and ska. But they're not im-
mune to other influences.
BY PAUU VDGEL
by Miles Potter
Until April 2
It's those wacky, wacky ska guys
"We do some poppy stuff," he says.
Business is another area in which King
Apparatus is getting serious. Late last
year, the band moved from the Raw
Energy record label to Cargo Records
because Girio says they felt like they
weren't getting good exposure on the
smaller independent label.
"It was a business thing, " Girio says of
the move. "We wanted to make a definite
step forward."
Girio sounds like he's in touch with
the marketing end of running a band as
well as he is with the job of pounding out
ska grooves on the bass.
The results of the move have been
good, according to Girio, with more ex-
posure south of the border and better
sales of Marbles in Canada.
Girio himself has kept busy outside
the band, teaming up with Guelph funk-
rockers King Cobb Steelie for some shows
— including an Ottawa gig in January —
while King Apparatus was on hiatus.
Over the band's break, Girio says
Murray spent some time in California
with some ska bands, recruiting a drum-
mer, organ player and guitarist to back
them on the current tour, which began in
the western United States.
The immediate future of King Appa-
ratus seems to lie on the road. Girio says
the band will be continuing on from
Ottawa to Eastern Canada, the Eastern
and Southern United States and finally
back to California.
While on the road, they'll be shooting
a video for "You're Not My Type, " one of
the less-ska, more-eclectic songs on Mar-
bles. Girio says a new album is not in the
offing fora while, although they recorded
a show at the Commodore Ballroom in
Vancouver and may release a live album
if the tracks sound good.
Now in their mid-20s, the band mem-
bers seem ready to take what they do —
writing songs, doing business and play-
ing ska — more seriously than ever. □
Food Services, CUSA and the Status of Women
Office are proud to announce the winners of
The Peppermill
Poster Contest
Naomi Lazar
David Pritchard
Wiz Long
J We thank the many participants. Each entrant can
pick up a complimentary mug in Baker Lounge
Monday, March 21 1PM - 3PM
OR
Friday, March 25 1PM - 3PM
Contact Jane Keeler for any further information at
788-3576
Winning lists will be posted in The Peppermill
March 17, 1994 ■ The Charlatan ■ 25
Mark Lanegan
Whiskey For the Holy Ghost
Geffen/Sub Pop
If you're looking for the Screaming
Trees, don't look here.
Though Lanegan is the Trees' lead
singer, this solo effort is unlike the dis-
torted guitar music that typifies the Trees
and their contribution to the Seattle scene.
Lanegan opts for a stripped-down,
mellow sound on most tracks, using
acoustic and electric guitars, violin, pi-
ano and organ.
The acoustic sound and Lanegan's
deep, whiskey-and-smoke voice are well
suited to the 13 tunes that encompass
feelings of melancholy, paranoia and
desperation.
A couple of bluesy-country songs are
thrown in for good measure. All of these
songs simmer below thesurface and echo
with his disillusionment with the world.
This is an album for those who like
their music with a dark thread running
through it.
Kaleem W. Khan
Shonen Knife
Rock Animate
Virgin
This album bites.
Shonen Knife is a trio of young Japa-
nese women who attempt to play infec-
tious yet charming rock 'n' roll. Naming
themselves after a popular Japanese
pocket knife only adds to their cheesiness.
There are moments on Rock Animals
where 1 found myself quite aware that
this trio has talent, however limited it
may be. Perhaps this would explain their
obvious popularity with bands like Sonic
Youth and Nirvana.
But can Shonen Knife cut it? I don't
think so. This band was gruelingly pain-
ful to listen to. It felt as if I was listening
to a dying animal screaming to be put
out of its misery.
Even the help of producerDon Fleming,
who has worked with Screaming Trees,
Teenage Fanclub and the Posies, could
not resuscitate these unfortunately
named femmes.
Christopher Bell
Slowdive
Souvlaki
Creation /EM I
The best time to listen to Slowdive is
when you're about to drift into
dreamland.
The wispy vocals and chiming guitars
are best taken in when moving from a
conscious to an unconscious state.
It isn't surprising that the guru of
ambient music, Brian Eno, is credited
with "treatments and keyboards" on
tracks four and five. Arguably, he should
be credited with influencing Slowdive's
sound too.
As for Souvlaki, it sounds very similar
to Slowdive's previous album, just for a
Day. Bass and drums are almost buried in
the mix by the swelling melodies that
land somewhere between whale sounds
and white noise.
On some tracks, the vocals rise above
the swirling chaos, while on others they
struggle to be heard over the relentless
swell. After all this, the last song (before
the bonus tracks) is an acoustic number
entitled "Dagger." This change of pace is
a pleasant one.
So when Souvlaki continues to play,
long after I've fallen asleep, I'll know my
subconscious is in good hands because
Slowdive makes beautiful pop music.
Jason Unrau
Th ' Faith Healers UK
Imaginary Friend
Too Pure/Elektra
Once guitarist Tom Cullinan gets hold
of a hook, he just plugs away and never
looks back.
It's these churning guitar renderings,
wrapped around Roxanne Stephen's vo-
cals, that give England's Th' Faith Heal-
ers UK their trademark sound.
This is the band's second full-length
release and perhaps the only thing miss-
ing from this effort is one or two searing
numbers reminiscent of theirecuiier tunes
like "Jesus Freak" or "Hippy Hole."
This is not to suggest that the seven-
song, 72-minute Imaginary Friend lacks
the intensity of Th ' Healers previous work,
but this time around they are more subtle
in their approach.
In the opening track, "Sparkingly
Chime, " Cullinan sets the pace with some
groovy licks and the momentum builds
from there. Each song is almost an exten-
sion of the previous track and just when
you think mayhem is going to break out,
the melodic "Curly Lips" comes up, fol-
lowed by a 39-minute exercise in repeti-
tion called "Everything, All At Once For-
ever."
Once the epic is over, it may leave you
feeling a bit exhausted, but don't worry.
Just take a break and dive back in.
Jason Unrau
Ripcordz
Canadian as Fuck
En Guard Records
Montreal punk four-piece the Ripcordz
have scored big with their fourth offering
in their illustrious 10-year career.
Canadian As Fuck is 14 songs worth of
fuzzy guitar, fuzzy vocals and Canadian
content that would make Stompin' Tom
proud
As is often the case with punk bands,
the energy and full-blown distortion can
almost obscure the clever and sensitive
songwriting. A careful listen reveals an
abundance of punchy rhythms and in-
ventive lyrics.
Almost as entertaining as the songs
aretheband'sdescriptions of them. Check
out "17:" ("Dedicated to Tiffany, some-
where near Crow's Nest Pass, B.C.") and
"Generation X:" ("Because the only thing
worse than grunge was the aging sociolo-
gists who tried to make it some sort of
movement.") Oh yes, there's also "(I Don't
Give A Fuck About The) Montreal Jazz
Fest."
The most memorable track is the
acoustic punk ballad, "The All Cana-
dian, " with the accompanying comment,
"Because Don Cherry is GOD!" •
Considering the time and money that
Canadians spend listening to shirty
American punk music, it's amazing that
more people haven't picked up on this
high-quality, high-intensity, home-
grown band.
Mike Peters
DEBATES
The debates for the upcoming elections will be held as follows:
MARCH 1994
Tuesday 22
Wednesday 23
Thursday 24
Friday 25
President and
11:00 am
7:00 pm
11:00 am
11:00 am
Finance
Baker Lounge
Fenn Lounge
Rooster's
Baker Lounge
Commissioner
All Candidates
3:00 pm
12 Noon
7:00 pm
2:00 pm
Baker Lounge
Rooster's
Fenn Lounge
Baker Lounge
ciisn
26 • The Charlatan ■ March 17, 1994
Thursday, March 17
Spirit of the West. Grand Central.
$22. What a way to celebrate St. Paddy's
Day!
Orangeville's Bender, described in
the press release as "bubble-grunge" (Oh
no. -ed .), and Ottawa's emo-kids Uncom-
mon Society play Zaphod's this
evening. Cover is a measly loonie.
Jimmy George. The Penguin. $6.
What a way to celebrate St. Paddy's Day!
Montreal artist Sophie lodoin will
be in town at 8 p.m. at Gallery 101 to
discuss her exhibit Natures Mortes. This
exhibit, which is showing at the gallery
today until April IS, deals with "her
preoccupation with the passing of time
and the traces which time leaves im-
printed behind." You can ask her about
that one tonight. It's free.
Friday, March 18
If you're like us, you can never get
enough cello. Well, today you can get
your fill in Carleton's Alumni Theatre
at noon. Cellist Julian Armour and
pianist Jean Marchand are playing as
part of the Friday lunch-time concert
series.
Andrew Cash and opening band the
Nothingheads play the Penguin to-
night.
Mother Tongue, a very cool Cana-
dian world music band, plays the Up-
stairs Club this very eve.
Zaphod's is celebrating its second
anniversary tonight and tomorrow
evening. This evening, six bucks gets you
in to see Ottawa's Black Boot Trio and
Vancouver up-and-comer Slowburn, a
band that plays cool loud guitar stuff.
The Bourbon Tabernacle Choir's lead
singer Dave Wall performs at the Pit
tonight. Enjoy!
Saturday, March 19
Carleton political science'professor V.
(The "V" stands for Versatility! -ed.)
Subramaniam is having a book launch
Qt 7 p.m. in the chamber of Nepean's
Civic Square. While most people would
be content with just releasing one book,
Subramaniam will be releasingfour books
about politics and sociology and a "book
of dance dramas." He'll also be perform-
'"9 a "dance drama." It's free and re-
freshments will be served.
The Parsons Dance Company per-
forms in the NAC Opera at 8 p.m. fo-
ught. Tickets cost between $20 and $30.
The Old Sod Folk Music Society presents
Utah Phillips, described glowingly in
toe press release as '"a master at the
*eatre of folk music." They're playing
tonight at the Glebe Community Cen-
**« at 8:30 p.m. Tickets are $12 for Old
s°d members and $14 for the rest of us.
The Upstairs Club is hosting a Rock
gainst Racism benefit tonight. Show up
and check out Kut Diamond, Resin
Scraper, Illegal Jazz Poets and Sev
enth Fire.
Melaine Doane and Pardon Beg-
gars play Zaphod's tonight. Cover'ssix
bucks.
Sunday, March 20
Stay home and write that essay that's
due tomorrow. Or write a poem for the
English Department's George Johnston
Poetry contest. There's $ 100 in it for you.
Call Prof. Christopher Levenson at 788- |
2600, ext. 2325 for more info. Deadline's
March 25.
Monday, March 21
The Bill Jupp Big Band does the
swing thing at the Stone Angel tonight
at 8:30 p.m. Admission is $4 for non-
members and $2 for members.
Tuesday, March 22
We just love Julia Roberts! We love her
so much we're all going down to the
Mayfair at 7 p.m. to watch her "per-
formance" in The Pelican Brief We'll be
staying for The Fugitive, which starts at
9:40 p.m.
Or, heaven forbid, if you're not in the
mood for Julia, you may want to stay
home and read a book. Sitting in for
Charlatan production manager Kevin
McKay, who didn't sleep at all last week,
is Charlatan Op-Ed Editor Sheila Keenan,
who didnt sleep at all last week either,
but still had time to read a good book.
She recommends Mama Day by Gloria
Naylor. Says Keenan, "It's a tale of magic,
love and common sense set in modem-
day American South." Sounds lovely.
Montreal's Grim Skunk, a band that
fuses punk with insane keyboards, plays
the Penguin tonight.
Wednesday, March 23
Platoon, the film that inflicted Oliver
Stone on the world, is playing at the
Mayfair at 9:45 p.m. tonight.
Skank the night away with King Ap-
paratus at the Penguin! See the story,
page 25!
Thursday, March 24
Amnesty International and OPIRG-
Carleton are presenting Manufacturing
Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Me-
dia in Room 360 Tory at 7 p.m. It's free!
After watching a challenging movie
like Manufacturing Consent, chances are
you'll be hungry. Lucky foryou, the Char-
latan has another handy Snack Tip ready
for you. This week's tip is the world fa-
mous Mo's Menagerie™. All you need
isa hot dog bun, some peanut butterand
one strip of bacon (ultra-crispy). Smear
the peanut butter generously inside the
bun. Add the bacon strip, making sure
it's drowned in the peanut butter. And for
you vegetarians out there, substitute five
thin banana slices for the bacon. Have a
glass of milk handy. Serves one.
If you have an event yoo want to appear in this calendar, you can
drop your announcement off at The Charlatan, Room 531 Unicentre
during regular business hours or you can fax us at 788-4051.
Announcements must be In by the Friday before publication.
by Sid Younis
Charlatan Stafl
Nana Vasconcelos, billed as one of the world's greatest percussionists,
entertained a full house at the luxurious National Gallery auditorium on
Saturday evening.
And no wonder. Vasconcelos 's use of berimau, tabla, gourds and other
percussion instruments, combined with audio reverb-delay, evoked such
strong emotional states in the audience that you could say that he plays
audiences as well.
His ambient style and skilful vocals consumed listeners while his modest
attitude made them feel close to him. Vasconcelos's music was so good,
leaving the auditorium after the gig wasn't easy, despite the encore.
From his native Brazil, Vasconcelos brought the songs of the rainforest
and asked the idle hands of the audience to spring up and clap to his elfin
beckonings. It felt good. U
the charlatan's annual
short story & poetry
contest
1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners of the short story
and poetry contest will receive their choice of
books and cds (from a big pile) courtesy of The
Charlatan. *
The 1st place winner will also receive 5 double
passes to a special screening of Major League II,
on March 28, courtesy of Warner Bros.
* and whatever else our advertisers donate to us
JUDGES
Short Story:
Kevin Gildea; English instructor at Carleton
University
Barbara Leckie; English instructor at
Carleton University
Poetry :
Bob Hogg; English instructor at Carleton
University.
Professor Hogg is the author of five books of
poetry .
March 17, 1994 • The Charlatan • 27
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NEWS
NDP declares war on students
Derek DeCloet r.,™,», w w ■ ■ w
by Derek DeCloet
Charlatan Start
Ontario university students will be
paying up to 20 per cent more in tuition
fees over the next two years, Ontario
Minister of Education andTraining Dave
Cooke announced March 23.
Cooke announced that the provincial
government will allow universities to in-
crease tuition by up to 10 per cent for
each of the next two years.
The tuition ceiling increase means
full-time undergraduate studentsin most
programs at Carleton will pay $202 more
next year, and $223 more in 1995-96.
Full-time undergraduate students in
arts and social sciences at Carleton paid
$2,026 in base tuition this year, plus over
$340 in student fees.
"At these levels, Ontario students will
continue to have tuition fees that are
among the lowest in Canada, "said Cooke
in a statement in the provincial legisla-
ture.
In 1992-93, Carleton's tuition levels
were lower than those at most Maritime
universities, but higher than tuition at
universities like McGill, Brandon and the
University of Victoria.
"Ithinkitsucks. We're paying enough
as it is," said Mark Young, a first-year
psychology student. "I think I'll still be
able to go, but I'm getting by on Kraft
Dinner and bologna right now."
■ The announcement ended months of
speculation about the size of this year's
tuition hike. Student leaders had feared
an increase of up to 50 per cent, as the
Council of Ontario UniversiHeshadcalled
for in a proposal last August.
Spruce Riordon, Carleton's vice-presi-
dentoffinance and administration, said
the government's decision was a "bal-
ance" between maintaining accessible
universities and being able to pay for
them.
"I think the government has made a
fairly good decision," he said. "(Ten per
cent a year) is in the vicinity of what we
had been expecting."
The university's board of governors
must vote on the tuition increase before
it comes into effect. The increase will
likely be set at a board meeting in April.
The board will most likely take the
government's lead and impose the 20 per
cent hike over two years.
"That's been the history of tuition
fees, " said Charles Watt, secretary of the
board.
Lucy Watson, president of the Carle-
ton University Students' Association, said
the government waited until late March,
when students are very busy with assign-
ments, to lessen the resistance to the
increase. "It is a 'get them while they're
weakest' attitude," she said.
Rather than organize a rally, CUSA
asked students to sign petitions and let-
ters of protest to President Robin Farquhar
and other members of Carleton 's admin-
istration, q
Senate committee favors open doors
by Christine Gough
Charlatan Staff
A university senate committee rejected
a faculty of social sciences proposal to
increase the entrance mark requirements
for first-year students in the foculty at a
March 21 meeting.
Members of the senate committee on
admissions and policy study said accept-
ing the proposal would mean hundreds
of potential students would notbe able to
enter Carleton.
The committee will recommend that
the senate not pass the policy. The senate
is the highest academic decision-making
body at the university.
On Dec. 6, Carleton's social sciences
faculty board voted to increase the ad-
mission requirements to 70 percent from
60 per cent for pass programs and to 75
per cent from 65 per cent in honors
programs in the faculty. The current av-
erage requirements in arts and social
science programs, are often referred to as
the "open door policy."
At the time of the faculty board pro-
posal, some professors complained they
were being overworked with too many
students in their classes.
Committee member Juliette Kealey,
secretary of the arts faculty board and a
French professor, said the suggested so-
cial science policy was unfair to other
departments at the university.
"I think it is contrary to what I under-
stand to be current Carleton University
policy, accepting fewer students despite
financial constraints," Kealey said. "It
would certainly have that effect."
Kealey said her second objection was
that the arts faculty would become "a
dumping ground" for students with lower
averages.
Committee chair Robert Lovejoy, an
English professor, said during the meet-
ing that the proposal would not be a
good idea because the link between the
grades of incoming students with aver-
ages between 60 and 70 per cent and
failure at university are not direct and
proven.
"Some people with a 60-per-cent aver-
age come in and do very well," said
Lovejoy. But he said that students enter-
ing Carleton with high-school averages
over 70 per cent tend to achieve similarly
high marks in university.
But political science professor Radha
Jhappan says the university is accepting
more students than it can handle. Sev-
enty per cent of first-year social science
students fail to meet the grade point
average of 4, or C-, required to enter
second year, she said.
This loss of students results in a tre-
mendous waste of finances and a signifi-
cant strain on the teaching staff and
facilities, said [happan.
She said it meant the government and
the university was spending money on
students who were failing.
Jhappan cited statistics present in "The
Final Report of the President's Commis-
sion on the Second Half-Century," re-
leased in December.
According to the report, between 1 980
and 1990, total undergraduate course
enrolment at Carleton increased by about
6,000 students. During the same period
of time, the faculty of engineering has
developed a student to professor ratio
that is 2.5 times smallerthan the ratio for
the faculty of social sciences, says
Jhappan.
She said the result is that professors in
social science have to work much harder
for the same amount of pay as their
colleagues in engineering and science.
Jhappan said the social science fac-
ulty has become "a place for mediocre
students to enter university." □
Poli Sci prof monitored about comments
by Ryan Nakashima
Charlatan Staff
A Carleton professor's lectures are be-
ing monitored by another professor after
complaints to the political science de-
partment that he made racist and sexist
comments in class.
Professor Charles Schuetz's second-
year international politics class has been
monitored by political science professor
Peter Emberley since March 11, anony-
mous sources in the class say.
When asked whether Emberley was
monitoring the lectures, Schuetz says,
"Well, you know he was. You were told
that he was."
Emberley had no comment.
Schuetz made statements about black
people in a Feb. 1 1 political science class
that caused several students to leave class
and subsequently file complaints with
the department, say sources who refused
to let their names be published for fear of
the consequences.
They say Schuetz said there are very
few black millionaires in North America
because African cultures have been too
sharing and generous. One source says
she filed a complaint with the depart-
ment during the week of Feb. 22.
Schuetz says he was describing in class
that African village communities sharea
great deal. He says that is why socialist
ideologies have been more attractive to
people in Africa.
But Schuetz says he doesn't recall
mentioning there are very few black mil-
lionaires in North America.
"Students hear all sorts of things and
interpret all sorts of things and those
kinds of things can happen."
Shirley Mills, the president of the Car-
leton University Academic Staff Associa-
tion which represents professors and some
administrators, says it is normal proce-
dure for classes to be observed after valid
complaints are made, "making sure the
rights and responsibilities of the profes-
sor are taken into consideration."
Mills says she would not comment on
specific cases.
"When things are still under investi-
gation, you have to respect confidential-
ity," Mills said.
In a separate lecture on March 11,
Schuetz allegedly told his second-year
international politics class that former
U.S. president George Bush ordered his
troops to intervene in the Persian Gulf
War because he was asked to do so by a
woman, former British prime minister
Margaret Thatcher.
When asked on March 22 if any com-
plaints were brought to his attention,
Schuetz had no comment.
When asked about the alleged in-
stance of sexual insensitivity on March
11, Schuetz said, "No, that's a distorted
aspect of what I said." He would not
explain his remarks in class further.
"It wasn't necessarily that (Thatcher)
asked (Bush)," says an anonymous
source. "It was that women have an
influence on men."
In an interview, Schuetz defendedcom-
ments he may have made in class by
highlighting his right to free speech.
"Do you believe in freedom of speech?"
he asked. "If I have freedom of speech, I
have freedom to say what I want, to say
it without being investigated afterwards. "
Miriam Smith, the assistant chair of
the department of political science, says
complaints about professors in the de-
partment are directed to her, but refused
to comment on the matter.
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Political science chair Ion Pammett
and dean of social sciences Marilyn
Marshall also had no comment.
Schuetz says he has been teaching at
Carleton for 29 years and is tenured. A
professor earns tenure after four or five
years, after which he or she can only be
fired if the university declares bankruptcy
or for "just cause."
Justcause can include plagiarism, fal-
sifying a resume, failing to show up for
classes or incompetence. □
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March 24, 1994 • The Charlatan ■ 3
Election debates interest few students
by Josee Bellemare
Charlatan Staff
Most Carleton students weren't around
for the first Carleton University Students'
Association debate for president and fi-
nance commissioner in Baker Lounge on
March 22.
It was the first day of the new election
campaign. A CUSA constitutional board
ruled in March that the February election
was unconstitutional and would have to
be redone.
ThemoderatorofthelS-minute presi-
dential debate didn't seem pleased with
the rum out of about 30 students, most of
whom were candidates or campaign
workers.
"If s important to ask questions and
obviously we aren't getting any," said
Theresa Cowan, CUSA's director of serv-
ices.
"Please come out to the debates, " said
CUSA vice-president internal Rob
lamieson, who's running for finance com-
missioner. "It's pretty damn important."
"Students have to speak for what they
want, so please get out and vote," said
finance commissioner candidate Wendy
Stewart.
Twonewpresidentialcandidates, who
weren't in the running in February's elec-
tion, made their debuts at the debate.
Ben Wong, a first-year student without a
major, is a new competitor.
Wong said he will lobby against any
increase in student tuition if he is elected
as president.
"I think we have to set an example by
cutting (CUSA) administrative costs,"
Wong said. " I will take a $5,000 pay cut."
Wong said he will save money by
cutting the CUSA executive from four
positions to two.
Tim Porter, a second-year political sci-
ERC
CUSA elections: As fun as the Oscars with half the glitter. L-R: Kennedy, Wong
ence and psychology student, said he is
running for president because he wants
to make CUSA more responsible to Carle-
ton students.
"I feel we are not getting full value for
our money, and I'd like to change this,"
he said. "1 would like to cut the waste in
CUSA — a big business (rather) than a
shoddy kid shop."
Porter said if he were elected presi-
dent, he would lobby to have student
loans available to all students for the
tuition increase which will occur during
the 1994-95 year.
Richard Stanton, who was electedpresi-
dent in the first election and is running
again, said he would like achieve alter-
native funding from corporate sponsor-
ship to construct more buildings with
more classrooms.
"We need to foster a better commu-
nity at Carleton, " said Stanton. "I started
a job. I want to finish it."
Foot Patrol co-ordinator Brenda
Kennedy reiterated her presidential plat-
form from the last election when she said
she would like to lobby for food banks on
campus and get a housing co-op at Car-
leton.
"I have lots of initiatives, and I would
like to put forth these initiatives," said
Kennedy.
She said later that if the Unicentre is
expanded, she wants to create an office
for student council representatives and
office space for clubs and societies, not
just businesses.
Another new presidential candidate,
fourth-year architecture student Magnus
Clarke, didn't take part in the debate
because he said he wanted to observe the
first debate and see what happens. In an
interview, he said he would like to use his
experience as the current vice-president
of the school of architecture's students'
association forthe job of CUSA president.
He said he would like to increase fund-
ing for the Foot Patrol to improve safety
for women on campus. He also said he
wants to improve lighting on campus,
such as in the tunnels and in the parking
lots.
Mark Ovenden, a second-year engi-
neering student, is running for president
as well. He didn't take part in the debate
either. Ovenden said he would like to cut
the "bullshit" that goes on in CUSA, but
didn't give specifics as to how to do it.
New candidates for finance commis-
sioner in this election are Terry Weststrate,
z a third-year bachelor of commerce stu-
| dent, and Mark Keliar, a fourth-year ar-
| chitecture student.
S Trevor Mulzer, Jamieson and Stewart
< are running again for finance commis-
° sioner.
Stewart said during the debate she
would like to get corporate sponsorship
fees to fund a grocery store on campus
without any funds coming out of CUSA
budget.
Jamieson said he wants to have more
services available to students.
"You expand services ... to do better
for students," he said.
Voting begins March 29 and ends on
March 31. " □
Clarification
In the March 10 issue of The Char-
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Stewart's final campaign budget
"showed she spent $151.30, over the
$150 limit." This might give the im-
pression that she spent $151.30 over
the allowable $150 limit. In fact, her
budget showed she spent $1.30 over
the limit, due to a miscalculation. □
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4 • The Charlatan • March 24, 1994
More complaints against CKCU programming
by Michael Mainville
Charlatan Staff
Another complaint has been filed with
the Canadian Radio-television and Tel-
ecommunications Commission concern-
ing programming on CKCU, Carleton's
campus radio station.
A complaint was filed last January,
accusing some of CKCU's programming
of being an ti- Catholic. This month an-
other complaint has been filed by REAL
Women of Canada, a conservative wom-
en's lobby group.
The CRTC is a federal agency respon-
sible for regulating Canadian broadcast-
ing. It has the power to regulate the
content of programs, issue broadcasting
licences and revoke them.
The subject of the recent complaint
was Kevin Gibbs, host of Defiant Voices,
CKCU's gay, lesbian and bisexual issues
program.
In her March 7 letter to the CRTC,
REAL Women of Canada's national vice-
president C. Gwendolyn Landolt said
statements by Gibbs were inappropriate
for public airwaves.
Onihe March 2 program Gibbs criti-
cized a press release issued that day by
REAL Women. He primarily criticized a
section of the press release dealing with
REAL Women's statement that legisla-
tion on sexual orientation proposed by
the Ontario government would likely be
opposed by the majority of Canadians.
"A May 1992 Gallup poll has shown
that 61 per cent of Canadians oppose
legalizing homosexual relationships,"
quotes Landolt in her letter to the CRTC.
In the press release, REAL Women was
criticizing provincial legislation which
would, among other things, end housing
discrimination against gays and lesbi-
ans.
In her letter, Landolt said Gibbs asso-
ciated her organization with racism and
anti-Semitism, thereby damaging the
reputation of REAL Women.
Landolt's letter includes a transcript
of some of the episode where Gibbs refers
to the principles in the REAL Women
press release, saying: "What is this crap?
This is the same racist bullshit these
people have been peddling forever, and
it isn't any more valid now than it was 1 0
or 1 5 years ago, or in any otherstruggle."
In her letter to the CRTC, Landolt said
describing REAL Women in this manner
is "completely unacceptable" and rec-
ommended "that immediate action be
taken on this matter."
While CKCU has suspended Gibbs,
station manager Max Wallace says it is
for a different reason than his criticism of
REAL Women policies. Wallace says he
was suspended from broadcasting for
two weeks because he used the word
"bullshit" on air.
"CKCU has a policy against the use of
gratuitous obscenity on the air," says
Wallace.
Both Gibbs and Wallace say Gibbs
was not suspended because of the con-
tent of his editorial.
Wallace says Gibbs being suspended
following the complaint is "justa coinci-
CKCV cont'd on pg. 6.
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attacked in tunnels
Kevin Gibbs is gaining the respect of radical lefties everywhere.
by Charlatan Staff
A female member of the Foot Patrol
was assaulted by an intoxicated male
who was being assisting on Wednesday,
March 9 at about 11 p.m.
The two patrolers encountered the man
in the tunnels near the Stormont-Dundas
residence building.
"They saved him from about seven or
«j eight scraps; he was itching for a fight,"
5 says Foot Patrol coordinator Brenda
£ Kennedy.
jj Kennedy says the man was grabbing
£ the female patroller around the torso
o area.
< The man was pushed away by both
patrollers and was last seen at the
Sunnyside bus shelter.
The man is described as male, 24 to
25, five foot, nine inches tall and weigh-
ing 150 pounds.
He has short, dark, wavy hair and was
wearing blue jeans and a purple high-
gloss ski jacket.
The department of university safety
issued a safety poster about the incident
March 14.
Len Boudreault, the assistant director
of university safety, says the department
doesn't have any more information than
is already on the safety poster.
Boudreault says the poster was put up
to let people know that the incident oc-
curred. □
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Cibbs gets suspended for gratuitous swearing
CKCU cont'd from pg. S.
dence." He says the only way the REAL
Women complaint is linked to the sus-
pension is "in the sense that they brought
it to our attention that he used the word
"bullshit."' Justashesaidin January with
Eady's complaint, Wallace says he sup-
ports Gibbs's right to express himself
freely.
Eady, a member of an organization
called the Catholic Civil Rights League,
has not had a response from the CRTC.
Eady claimed Gibbs and co-host Kerry
Durant attacked both himself and the
Catholic Church during Dec. 1 and Dec.
8 broadcasts, by making "a deliberate
attempt to offend me and as many peo-
ple of the Catholic faith as possible,"
wrote Eady in his letter of complaint to
the CRTC.
The CRTC has yet to rule on Eady's
complaint, following audio difficulties
with CKCU recordings of the Dec. 1 and
Dec. 8 broadcasts, which were blank.
Following the CRTC's request for the re-
cordings of these broadcasts, CKCU dis-
covered that its equipment was faulty
and the episodes were not taped.
Wallace says these complaints are
starting to make him suspicious that
CKCU is being monitored by a variety of
right-wing organizations.
"The fact that REAL Women tran-
scribed the entire passage word for word
is obvious evidence thatsomeone is moni-
toring us. I don't think it's in the habit of
your average listener to tape record shows
off the radio, " says Wallace.
Marie Bender, an information direc-
tor with the CRTC, says a decision con-
cerning Eady's complaint will "come as
soon as possible.'
Bender says complaints such as these
are filed and reviewed when stations'
licences come up for renewal. CKCU's
licence was last renewed in 1989 and if
this year's renewal is a success, it will be
extended until 1999.
But Wallace says he doesn't think the
complaints will have any effect on CKCU's
upcoming licence renewal.
"CKCU has a very good reputation in
the community and with the CRTC. We've
proven that we are responsible over the
years." □
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We are looking for cases of harassment and violence in residence;
what happened, who were the perpetrators and how did housing and
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Duties include the design, promotion, and production
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Duties include facilitating the graduate N.U.G. Caucus,
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March 24, 1994 • The Charlatan ■ 7
NATIONAL AFFAIRS
Alberta profs and admin face rollback
by Ryan Nakashima
Cha/iatan Staff
Facing an 1 1 -per-cent cutback in pro-
vincial funding for education next year,
Alberta's two major universities are ne-
gotiating with faculty and staff to roll
back their wages.
Alberta's Tory government announced
in February it would cut education fund-
ing by 1 1 per cent in 1 994-95, seven per
cent in 1995-96 and three per cent in
1996-97, eliminating roughly $300 mil-
lion from its education budget over three
years.
The University of Calgary, to satisfy
next year's $18-million reduction in its
funding, has raised tuition by 12 percent
— the maximum allowable amount —
and is looking to cut employee salaries.
Administrators at the university have
been negotiating "quite intensively" to
reduce the salaries and benefits of 4,300
professors, staff and other employees since
February, says Don Detomasi, the uni-
versity's associate vice-president of plan-
ning.
Between 50 and 60 senior administra-
tors at the university have already agreed
to a five-per-cent pay cut starting April 1 .
The move will save about $260,000 next
year, says Detomasi.
Detomasi says the university is at-
tempting to get its professors, support
staff and some administrators to accept a
five-per-cent pay cut as well.
Student
by G. Bruce Rolston
The Varsity, University ol Toronto
TORONTO (CUP) — The federal and
provincial governments are in confiden-
tial negotiations over the future of the
Canada Student Loan program.
The Liberal government says it wants
to carry out an election promise made by
defeated Prime Minister Kim Campbell
and hike the weekly loan maximum on
Canada Student Loans for the first time
in 10 years.
Under the federal proposal from Hu-
man Resources Development, the weekly
loan maximum on Canada Student
Loans would increase by $60 a week, to
$165 a week from $105 a week. Ottawa
says the increased maximum loan
amounts will improve accessibility to
university education.
But Richard Jackson, who is heading
up negotiations for Ontario, says Hu-
man Resources Development is planning
to do this without increasing the amount
it actually spends by getting the prov-
inces to foot the bill.
Jackson says the new formula may
shift more of the burden of supporting
student assistance programs on to the
provinces.
Both the provinces and Ottawa run
student loan programs. The federal gov-
ernment suggests increasing the annual
Canada Student Loan limit for a 34-week
school year to $5,600 from $3,500.
Currently, all Canada Student Loans
under $3,500 are covered solely by the
federal loan program. Provincial loans
on top of Canada Student Loans only
kick in for students needing larger
amounts.
Jackson says Ottawa's new proposal
would make the provinces cover 40 per
cent of all Canada Student Loans, re-
gardless of their size. Thus, even loans
under $3,500 would require the provin-
cial government to pay for a portion of
the loan.
The result would be that the cost of the
increased loan limit offered to students
by the feds would be paid for by the
provinces. And since the increased loan
He says the rollback, along with
roughly six per cent of the university's
operating budget trimmed through cuts
to programs to be announced later this
spring, should meet the grant reduction
from the province this year.
ChimaNkemdirim, the vice-president
external of the U of C's student union,
says the cuts to post-secondary education
are unprecedented.
"I don't think any post-secondary in-
stitution has ever faced these kinds of
cutbacks before. It's just stunning."
"We're dealing with a government
that doesn't see much value in post-
secondary education," says Nkemdirim.
Nkemdirim says he fears the univer-
sity will trim teaching assistant jobs from
first- and second-year classes in which
200 to 300 students are often enrolled.
"Students are going to have a tougher
time getting through the firsttwo years of
university," he says.
At the University of Alberta, the ad-
ministration's four vice-presidents have
also agreed to a five-per-cent wage cut,
starting July 1.
But tal ks about salary reductions with
the bargaining unit representing profes-
sors, librarians and departmental ad-
ministrators have yet to be concluded.
The university's funding grant from
the province for 1 994-95 has been slashed
by $29.7 million. Last month, the univer-
sity also announced a proposal to cut
limit would only apply to the 60 per cent
of the loan covered by the federal govern-
ment, only students who receive very
large loans — over $6,000 — would ben-
efit from the increased loan limit.
Most students receive less than $3,500
per year in loans from the federal govern-
ment.
"From zero to $6,000, the federal gov-
ernment is saving money, " Jackson says.
The negotiations are expected to con-
clude sometime in April. It is unsure
whether any changes will take place for
this fall.
Carol Fleck, Carleton'sstudentsawards
director, says changing the system now
would be impossible.
"Applications (for next year) have al-
ready been sent out to students," she
said. "It's too late."
The discussions come at a time when
provincial education ministries across
Canada are attempting to find solutions
to the high cost of their student aid pro-
grams.
Carl Gillis, chair of the Canadian Fed-
eration of Students, says the proposed
changes are little more than a public
relations ploy.
"If that's what they're pulling, it is a
public relations exercise ratherthan any
substantial reform."
The federal government also wants to
change the way students' needs assess-
ment formulas are calculated.
Many provinces calculate students'
financial needs based on their family's
income. The provinces are resisting fed-
eral government plans to adopt a uni-
form national type of assessment that
includes fixed assets such as land or
vehicles as well as income.
Several provinces, along with student
lobby groups, say including assets in the
calculation would be inequitable. The
governments of B.C., Alberta and Sas-
katchewan have opposed using assets in
assessments because it discriminates
against students whose have little mon-
etary income but only fixed assets.
But Gerry Godsoe, student aid policy
chief for Human Resources Development,
and merge programs to compensate for
the nearly 20 percent in lost funding over
the next three years.
Insalary rollback talks with academic
staff, the U of A negotiating team origi-
nally proposed to cut 1 0 per cent from the
salaries of 2,000 members of the aca-
demic staff association, but this position
has changed, says Gordon Unger, the
association's executive secretary.
Unger says the amount the university
will save depends on how much of a
rollback the association accepts, but he
says the university's savings will prob-
ably fall short of the cuts from the prov-
ince.
"We're well away from opening posi-
tions, but still far away from closing
positions," says Unger, adding he ex-
pects the negotiations with the associa-
tion to conclude by the end of April.
Over the last 15 years, the average
salary of staff at the University of Alberta
has slipped when compared to other
Canadian universities, says Unger.
The average salary of academic staff
at the university — faculty, administra-
tors and some academic managers — is
about $70,000, says Unger.
Meanwhile at Carleton, the average
salary of academic staff is $78,937, ac-
cording to Brian Edgecombe, the busi-
ness agent at the Canadian Union of
Public Employees Local 2323, which rep-
resents Carleton's teaching assistants,
says a uniform system is necessary.
"We're trying to get a system that's
totally equal across the country."
Godsoe pointed out that some prov-
inces, including Alberta and Nova Scotia,
already include some form of assets in
their assessments.
Godsoe says he could not comment on
research assistants and sessional lectur-
ers.
Edgecombe quoted figures from ad-
ministration's 1993-94 budget plan and
from figures released by administration
during last year's social contract negotia-
tions.
Professors' salaries at Ontario univer-
sities have grown faster than salaries in
Alberta over the last 15 years.
Forexample, in 1981 full-time profes-
sors at Carleton were paid at least $3 1 ,420
per year, according to Statistics Canada.
This was $5,000 less than professors at
the University of Alberta.
But by 1993, Carleton professors
earned more than their Alberta counter-
parts. Carleton professors made at least
$63,840, and University of Alberta pro-
fessors made at least $61,593.
While Alberta universities are negoti-
ating to cut salaries of staff and profes-
sors, about 730 members of Carleton
University's Academic Staff Association
have had theirsalaries frozen until 1 996,
says David Van Dine, the assistant direc-
tor of academic staff relations at Carle-
ton. Both professors and departmental
administrators will be affected by the
salary freeze.
UnderOntario'ssocial contract, mem-
bers of the association, which includes
professors andsome administrators, also
have to take about seven or eight unpaid
days off per year, says Van Dine. □
the loan structure negotiations, as they
are still ongoing.
"There has been no announcement
by the minister (Human Resources De-
velopment Minister Lloyd Axworthy).
Until there's an announcement, I can't
tell you anything." □
Carleton students take on the environment
by Christine Gough
Charlatan stall
An environmental fair was held in Baker Lounge on March 16.
Some of the environmental groups present included Friends of the
Earth, Friends of the Wolf and other groups promoting awareness of
environmental issues.
The participants, both students and non-students, answered ques-
tions, sold cookies and handed out information pamphlets.
Chloe Sage, a Carleton student and a representative of the Ottawa
Coalition to Save Clayoquot Sound, says it's difficult to raise environ-
mental awareness among students.
" A lot of Canadians believe someone else will do it. They think that
as long as the environmentalists are there they can just say thanks.
They don't have to do anything. " □
loans program under review by gov't
March 24, 1994 • The Charlatan ■ 9
OUSA loses important referendum at U of T
New student lobby group suffers setback in bid to challenge CFS in Ontario
by Michael Mainvllle
Charlatan Staff
In a referendum held at the University
of Toronto March 1 7, students voted sol-
idly against joining the Ontario Under-
graduate Student Alliance.
Throughout this year, some universi-
ties in Ontario have been holding refer-
endums about joining the new student
lobby group, whose policies include
higher tuition fees and automatic loans
for all university students.
The alliance was formed last year,
and its membership has grown to in-
clude student groups at Wilfrid Laurier
University, Waterloo University, Queen's
University and the University of Western
Ontario.
The Arts and Science Students' Union,
which represents over 13,000 full-time
undergraduate students at the University
of Toronto's St. George College, decided
in September to delay its OUSA referen-
dum until spring to coincide with their
student council elections. St. George's is
the university's largest college.
When the college's referendum was
finally held, students voted 1,548 to 977
against joining OUSA. The part-time stu-
dents association at U of T remains a
member of OUSA.
Last year, before considering mem-
bership in OUSA, the Arts and Science
Students' Union left the Canadian Fed-
eration of Students, the national student
lobby group, and its Ontario wing. At
thattime, the union said it was unhappy
with the CFS's representation of students
and unrealistic aim ofwiping out tuition.
Uma Sarkar, president of the Arts and
Science Students' Union, says U of T stu-
dents voted against OUSA membership
for a number of reasons, but primarily
because they did not agree with OUSA
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special answering machine at: 741-4050, or fax your comments to:
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policies.
"Their policies just couldn't stand
above scrutiny," Sarkar says.
Sarkar says OUSA's proposal to raise
tuition and compensate for the increased
cost with an improved student loan pro-
gram did not gain support from any U of
T student groups because the proposal
wasn't practical.
"The government has reached its limit
in OSAP. If that's the case, tuition hikes
just don't make sense," she says.
She says OUSA's proposals would de-
crease accessibility to university, and
would mean increased student debt fol-
lowing graduation.
However, Katherine Philips, president
of Queen's student council, says "they (U
of T students) didn't understand what
OUSA is all about."
Queen's Alma Mater Society is a mem-
ber of OUSA and Philips represented OUSA
during the campaign to gain support at
UofT.
"They have been misinformed about
what OUSA could do for them," she says.
She says U of T's student council is
misguided in thinking students don't need
an organization to lobby the provincial
government.
"They overestimate their ability to
lobby Queen's Park as an individual in-
stitution/' she says.
Philips says U of T's refusal to join
OUSA won't hurt the organization.
"We have enjoyed support from dif-
ferent groups across Ontario. Even with-
out U of T we still have almost half of
Ontario students."
If the membership proposal at U of T
would have passed, Philips says OUSA
would have overtaken the Ontario branch
of CFS as the leading student lobby group
in Ontario because it would represent
more students. □
CFS gets split decision in
votes at Laurentian, Ottawa
by Caron Watt
Charlatan Staff
Two recent referendums in Ontario on
membership fee increases for the Cana-
dian Federation of Students have resulted
in one acceptance and one rejection of a
$4-per-student fee increase.
The Laurentian University General
Students' Association held a referendum
March 16 and 17. Students voted 439 to
1 70 in favor of a fee increase to $ 1 1 per
student from $7. By accepting the fee
increase, they also voted to remain mem-
bers in the CFS, says the association's
vice-president external and acting presi-
dent Heather Bishop.
Voter turnout was low, at only 15.3
per cent of the 3, 900 students the associa-
tion represents, she says.
The University of Ottawa also held a
fee increase referendum from March IS
to 17. U of O students rejected the fee
increase 1,955 to 1,403.
"I don't feel very good (about losing at
U of O) but I'm not deeply disappointed,"
says CFS deputy chair (amie McEvoy.
The loss at U of O was by no means a
landslide, says McEvoy. "The fact we're
doing as well as we are is heartening."
McEvoy says member schools who
don't agree to the fee increase will not
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of Canadian students and provides such
services as Travel Cuts and a national
student health plan.
"We're going to decide what to do in a
year and a half to two years," he says.
"We'll most likely try again (to get the fee
increase)."
A series of referendums on CFS fee
increases and membership over the past
year have resulted in the loss of several
members, but the association has also
gained two new members.
With the loss at U of O, two universi-
ties have now rejected CFS fee increases.
Five universities have now accepted fee
increases, including Laurentian Univer-
sity.
A Carleton referendum in October
accepting a $4 fee increase was over-
turned by the student association's con-
stitutional board in December because a
No committee was prevented from cam-
paigning.
Several more referendums are planned
over the next month at University of
Moncton in New Brunswick, University
of Western Ontario in London, Dalhousie
University in Halifax and the University
of Guelph.
McEvoy says the CFS will review the
referendum results from the past year
and "evaluate where we are at and de-
cide where we're going to go from there"
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EDITORIAL PAGE
We are not
amused
Students, don't be fooled into believing you're getting
a break with the latest tuition hikes.
On March 23, the provincial Minister of Education
and Training Dave Cooke announced there would be a
tuition increase of 20 per cent over the next two years.
This means an extra $425 out of students' pockets, on top
of the average basic tuition cost of $2,026 in Ontario.
But, if Cooke thinks students can handle another
increase, he should think again.
Any increase is robbery. Consider that between 1 985-
86 and 1 992-93, tuition rose a phenomenal 55.8 percent
at Carleton, according to Statistics Canada. With 20 per
cent more in hikes, this will mean a 75.8 percent increase
in tuition.
Consider that job opportunities, both during school
and after graduation, are dwindling. Statistics Canada
recently reported that the unemployment rate for 15- to
24-year-olds in November'1993 was 17.5 per cent, as
compared to 11.3 per cent in November 1989. Consider
that wages have not risen sufficiently to cover the every-
day cost of living, much less this tuition hike.
What's doubly unreasonable is the way students were
kept in the dark for so long about the hikes by Cooke and
the Ontario government.
The rumor mill started churning in August with the
Council of Ontario Universities' proposal to raise tuition
by 30 to 50 per cent over two years.
Cooke did nothing to stop the speculation. Way back
in November he told us to expect a "substantial in-
crease," and that he did not consider seven per cent —
the maximum allowed in the last three years — substan-
tial.
After a year of speculation about tuition increases of
30 to 50 per cent over two years, are we supposed to feel
grateful now that it's only 20 per cent over two years?
NO!
Cooke made us live in fear for a year. He made it very
difficult for protests to be organizedbecause no one knew
exactly. what we were protesting against. Last year, the
tuition hike ceiling was announced in November and
there's no reason why it couldn't have been announced
in November this year.
Many students have ignored the impact of tuition
hikes over the last few years because they have been fed
various arguments to rationalize the increases. But if you
think about it, these arguments are full of the same stuff
Cooke is:
J. Students should bearmore of the burden ofeducation.
Currently in Ontario, student tuition accounts for just
over 20 per cent of the operating budget of a university.
Some people say it's unreasonable for tax dollars to be
spent on giving people an education that will give them
a higher salary in the future.
But who pays those tax dollars? By and large, it is the
upper middle class and businesses who pay the most
taxes. These are people who have university degrees or
who benefit from the highly skilled workforce provided
by Canadian universities.
2. Tuition hikes won 't be so bad because I'm only in university
for a few years.
In fact, students are taking more time than ever to
complete even the most basic degrees, and each year
tuition goes up it gets harderto make up the cost. As well,
students entering the workforce need higher qualifica-
tions than ever and may need to stay in school longer to
get more degrees.
3. The government can 't afford to pay more for education.
This is full of shit. The government needs to change its
priorities and direct more funding to education if it has
any hope of digging this country out of the sorry mess it's
in. Students become workers and business people, and
thus become taxpayers, part of the solution to the debt
and funding problem.
This degradation of the quality of our lives and
education has been forced upon us at legislative gun-
point. It's time to rum the gun around, get organized and
realized that this is a watershed moment for students.
For all the students out there reading this: don't let the
government lull you into thinking you got off easy. It's
not just a 10-per-cent increase each year for the next two
years, but the steady decline in the quality and
affordability of education.
Ten per cent per year is too much, Mr. Cooke. It's
obvious your government doesn't care a bit about stu-
dents.
You don't care one damn bit. AK, SK, RW
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OPINION
Vote for peace in El Salvador
by Tony Rogge
Tony flogge is newsletter editor for SalvAide. SalvAide is a non-profit organization that
raises hjnds lor projects like toad construction in El Salvador It distributes the funds to
non-prom organizations working in El Salvador. Four Carleton students are in El
Salvador as election observers through SalvAide.
On March 20, Salvadorans went to the polls after 12
years of civil war. The war left 75,000 dead, 1 .6 million
displaced and countless thousands tortured or wounded.
The scars are everywhere — on buildings, on the land
and in the memories of the people.
Just as they did in Vietnam, the U.S. supported scorched
earth campaigns that literally bumed El Salvador to the
ground in the '80s. At the height of the civil war El
Salvador received some 1 million in U.S. aid every day,
most of it going to the military,
which suppressed the popular will
of the people.
Paramilitary death squads aided
and abetted by the armed forces,
the treasury police and "respect-
able" political forces like the ARENA
party assassinated labor leaders,
campesino (peasant) leaders and stu-
dents. Anyone who dared to organ-
ize themselves against the repres-
sive elements of the regime in San
Salvador risked ending up in a gut-
ter somewhere with their eyes
gouged out and their genitalia mu-
tilated or stuffed into their mouths.
By the mid-'80s, political killings
numbered over 1,000 per month.
Throughout all this the
Salvadoran government denied the
abuses ever existed while its backers
in Washington categorically rejected
any report from church groups and
Amnesty International that at-
tempted to tell it like it was.
To many in El Salvador the March 20 election repre-
sents a significant break from the past and an opportu-
nity for Salvadorans to reconcile and move towards a
better tomorrow. The cynic however will point out that
this isn't the first election Salvadorans have had in the
last decade. In fact there were a series of elections in El
Salvador right up until 1 990, all of which were tainted by
massive irregularities, violence, intimidation and of
course, completely devoid of any opposition candidates
from the left.
The March 20 election, however, is different. And
though it was conducted amidst a climate of fear, confu-
sion and intimidation, it truly is a departure from the
cruel jokes of the past. Violence continues to be perpe-
trated against members of popular political organiza-
tions on the left and many FMLN (the main opposition
party to ARENA) candidates in rural El Salvador could
Pl_*AJWVv>6. to «jot£ VEaP , t,*
not campaign in the open.
Nonetheless, Salvadorans finally got the chance to
express a vision of El Salvador's future through a general
election that not only includes opposition from popular
forces and the left, but perhaps more importantly is
being conducted in an era where a spirit of reconciliation
and reconstruction are tangible alternatives to ongoing
bloodshed and a return to civil war.
But without continued and increasing international
pressure, this election and the hope that it represents
may be for nought. Efforts to create new institutions, the
type that would help build a strong, tolerant and dy-
namic civil society in El Salvador, are being met with
increasing resistance by the ARENA
party and its allies. The ARENA
party's presidential candidate,
Armando CalderonSol, has already
indicated that a victory for his party
will be construed as a mandate to
ditch the peace accords signed by
the current El Salvadoran president
Alfredo Cristiani of the ARENA
party and insurgent groups two
years ago.
Reneging on the accords would
mean scrapping the new civilian
police force program, delaying re-
form in the courts, appropriating
land that has already been trans-
ferred to ex-combatants or people
returning to their homes after be-
ing displaced by the war and the
continuation of an ARENA-spon-
sored amnesty bill that has granted
immunity to identified human
rights abusers. Ultimately, these
actions would undermine the peace
process.
It is clear that Canadians could and should be doing
more to support the ongoing peace process in El Salva-
dor. Way back in 1988, the House of Commons special
committee on the peace process in Central America
proposed a plan that would make Central America a
special priority in Canadian foreign policy. Unfortu-
nately, it seems that commitment has gone out the
window.
It is time that Canadians realized that our traditional
views on peacekeeping and international aid just don't
cut it any more and El Salvador is a case in point. Canada
must move beyond the old models and responses.
Canadians can help create the conditions for peace in
El Salvador by promoting civil society and working with
grassroots organizations instead of just working with the
polarized factions. We must urge our government to
become more active in this regard. □
March 24, 1994 . The Charlatan l- 11
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A CUSA tragedy
Editor:
CUSA council and the constitutional
board recently overturned the entire CUSA,
senate and board of governors elections.
This is a tragic decision for several rea-
sons:
1 ) The election had a better voter turn-
out than in years past.
2) After a campaign full of "CUSA
spends too much" it seems hilarious that
CUSA is willing to blow another $6,500
(minimum) on another election.
3) The subsequent election will not
represent the democratic voice of students.
Voter apathy will be high enough be-
cause of CUSA's lack of effectiveness, rep-
resentativeness and common sense. The
election results will be indicative of little
more than which candidates could con-
vince their friends to vote again.
4) CUSA is funded by student money
and is supposed to operate in our best
interests. Is ignoring the voice of over
2,700 people who voted in good con-
science and over 1,500 who signed a peti-
tion asking CUSA to let the election stand
really representing the views of the con-
stituents? Not even close. CUSA slapped
us all in the face and said your vote and
signature mean nothing.
5) The CUSA executive will have to be
hired during exam time. Executive candi-
dates have to write an essay-size position
paper. Who will have time to give it the
attention it warrants? The CUSA execu-
tive have to get to work even before their
term begins. Essentially, this year's CUSA
has stunted the growth of next year's
council.
6) It is also an insult to ex-chief elec-
toral officer ]ames Rilett, who ran as good
an election as possible in a world of con-
stitutional guessing and interpretation.
Perry Simpson — Political Science III
Sandy Wakeling — Psychology III
Pierre Leduc — Mass Communications II
Heather lenkins — Political Science III
Colin Betts — Political Science III
Overturn them all
Editor:
I am writing this letter out of concern
and frustration about the events which
have transpired over the past few weeks
concerning the CUSA elections.
My concern is that CUSA's constitu-
tional board has overturned an election
on the basis of some flaws in the constitu-
tion and possibly its interpretation and
now it's going to cost the students another
$8,000 or so.
What I want to know is, are the chal-
lenges which were upheld really worth
this expense? For example, Elaine Silver
challenged that there was only one poll-
ing clerk at a polling place. Under the
constitution, no voting may take place in
such an instance, but it doesn't say poll-
ing clerks can't be alone if no voting is
allowed. Does the board have unbiased
proof that voting took place when the
clerk was alone?
Second, I was under the impression
that the candidates voted to have less all-
candidates debates than the constitution
specifies. If so, whatis the challenge based
on? And I'm sorry to inform the candi-
dates of this, but few students listen to
these anyway.
Gee, I wonder why, perhaps it's be-
cause the students are fed up with CUSA
and recognize our election process for the
waste of paper and popularity contest
that it is.
In addition, it seems as though the
strongest voice in challenging the elec-
tion is Elaine Silver. After three losses,
doesn't she get it? Does she think that
challenging the election and thus costing
the students more money will win her
votes?
LETTERS
I realize that I may be criticized for
these. views because the elections, on the
basis of principle, should be overturned if
they were run unfairly. My response to
this is that if every CUSA election was
judged on the basis of flaws in the consti-
tution, mistakes made by polling clerks or
whining by losing candidates about fair-
ness, all of them would be overturned.
Christine Brockway
Sociology IV
Tories are terrific
(Ha, ha, ha)
Editor:
If I had to say one nice thing about the
previous Tory government it would be
that they have made life simpler for us
students. You see, spring is here and that
means two things: exams and taxes.
With exams being the basis on which
our futures are built, most students hardly
have time to begin deciphering the
bafflegab that is a tax return form. For the
uninitiated, the tax return is a process
whereby you determine what proportion
of your previous year's income (if that
exists), you owe to the government.
To aid you in this, the government is
supposed to supply you with helpful in-
structions. These don't exist.
How many times have you finished
yourtax return sheet only to find thatyou
owe $16,294.09? Of courseyou know that
can't be right because your taxable in-
come is only $12,496.27.
So, you go back over every number and
deduction to find out where you went
wrong. Aha, you find the problem. It
turns out that before you enter anything
on line 223.5 1 you are supposed to square
the average temperature of you dog's left
nostril and subtract that from your total
body weight. Then you take the inverse
backflip of line . . .
This, getting back to my original point,
is how the Tories have made life easy for
a lot of students. Knowing that we are
already under enough strain at this time
of year, they took great pains to ensure we
would have nothing to worry about.
Namely, we didn't have jobs, therefore we
are free right now to study, instead of
doing taxes.
Well, some of us are. Unfortunately I
was gainfully employed last year so I'm
off to wrestle with my financial demons.
Now, if I could just find that thermometer.
Here Rover! Come on boy!
Eben Watt
Psychology II
Ricky responds
Editor:
Re: "Look out Ricky," The Charlatan,
March 10, 1994.
I would like to answer some of the
questions raised in Katie Strzalka's letter
commenting on my election platform.
The concept of rapid transit in Ottawa
is not something I whipped up to "win
votes, " or "gloss my campaign over." The
fact of the matter is this is a real issue
being promoted by a community task
force called Transport 2000 Canada.
Kristine Haselsteiner, CUSA's current
vice-president external, has made some
initial contact with this group and I was
planning to expand CUSA's participation
in this group to make sure student needs
were addressed in the group's agenda.
In conclusion, Strzalka stated that "The
candidates with the most hair and not
brains won." The only part of this state-
ment I agree with is that I do have big
hair, just as many students at Carleton
have, but if it makes Strzalka feel any
better, I am losing this hair rapidly. The
second part of her statement outlines her
opinion of my mental ability. This is her
opinion and I can respect that. I only
hope she can respect the fact that as is
outlined above, I do know what I am
talking about when it comes to commuter
trains or any of the other issues I raised
during the election.
Richard Stanton
Social Science III
BA '93
More letters on page 21
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12 • The Charlatan ■ March 24, 1994
Contributors
Short Story Judges:
Kevin Gildea, Barbara Leckie
Book Reviews:
Mo Gannon, Arn Keeling, Kira Vermond
Five Ottawa Poets:
Rob McLennan
People of Colour Contest winners:
1st Dawolu Akintola Saul
2nd Fonkeng E. J.
3rd Lula Adam
Charlatan Short Story Contest winners:
1st place: Edward Pond, Kira Vermond
Honorable Mention:
Zenya Serant, Ron Schafrick
Production:
Naomi Bock, Michael Mainville
Art work:
Sid Younis
Editors:
Mario Carlucci, Andrea Smith
S
the charlatan's literary supplement
.books
Coming Through Charles
by Kira Vermond
The Vonnegut Button
by Edward Pond
Baku: the journey
Dawolu Akintola Saul
5 Ottawa Poets
life After Gal
;(ouptartd
oral Schuster
by Mo Gannon
Cha/latan Stall
Douglas Coupland is not my Dalai Lama.
Nor is he my "generation's spokesperson."
Biit he's trying very, very hard.
Life After God, the most successful liter-
ary experiment in pseudo-intellectualism
I've ever read, is part of his attempt.
I once admired this author's work, back
when Generation Xwas just a book and
Coupland was just a writer. Back before
the media made him Generation God.
Back when Coupland had some things to
say.
Not any more. "Coupland unplugs from
his previous style. . ."it reads on the cover
jacket. How true. There's none of his past
electricity here — just flaccid platitudes in
eight short stories about the meaning of
life, love and loneliness, much like the
pubescent material you'd hear read aloud
in your creative writing class in high school.
Like a teenage boy who wants everyone to
see him brooding over his journal in the
cafeteria, Coupland asks a lot of "deep"
questions you've heard a thousand times
before: Why are we here? What makes us
human? Why am I so alone? Will anyone
ever love me?
The warning bells sound when you read
his first story "Little Creatures," where he
ponders the meaning of existence:
"We drove away and we were both quiet,
digesting the appearances of these ani-
mals in our lives, and their meanings.
What is a deer? What is a bighorn sheep?
Why are certain creatures attractive to
some of us, and some not? What are
creatures?"
(Possible answer: A deer is a deer. A big-
horn sheep is a sheep with big horns.
Creatures are creatures. It's that simple.)
In his shallow spiritual search for a deeper
meaning, Coupland's revelations sound
like something straight out of Jack
Handey's Deep Thoughts:
"... birds are a miracle because they prove
to us there is a finer, simpler state of being
which we may strive to attain."
When he's not sounding like a mushy
greeting card, Coupland is posing as your
typical lonely, angst-ridden genius: "I felt
as though the world lived inside a warm
house at night and I was outside, and I
couldn't be seen — because I was out there
in the night."
Like always, Coupland's text is littered
with Vidal Sassoon shampoo bottles,
Mazda Miatas, Petro-Can stations. Rite
crackers and Glad garbage bags. Only in
this book, he uses brand names where
they are jarringly out of place — like
footsteps in the desert that sound "faintly
crunchy like the sound of Cocoa Pebbles
being chewed across a table. "
Perhaps he shifts into overkill on the brand
names to prove his reputation as some
sort of pop-culture expert — not like he's
in any danger of losing it, judging by the
media worship.
There's the occasional classic Coupland
simile that makes reading this book bear-
able — rotting maple leaves that smell like
dead pancakes, a nuclear blast that rips
his skin off like strips of chicken fajita, or
a wet tent that smells like a fridge full of
time-expired yogurt.
The book also has its occasional moments
of truth, like his observation that experi-
ences become less exciting with age:
"I could be shooting heroin with the Prin-
cess of Wales, naked in a crashing jet, and
the experience still couldn't compare to
the time the cops chased us after we threw
the Taylors' patio furniture into their pool
in eleventh grade."
This is obviously the case for Coupland.
He seems to be suffering some heavy mid-
life crisis at the age of 32 and is now
reverting back to high school. And looking
for God. And writing bad books about it.
And that's fine.
But don't mistake his juvenile musings
and intellectual party tricks for a philoso-
phy. Life After God is about as spiritual as
Coupland's new state of grace in the church
of St. Celebrity. ■»
March 24, 1994 • The Charlatan ■ 13
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by Am Keeling
Chariatan Staff
Much of the so-called literature by young
North American writers, from J. D. Salinger
to Douglas Coupland, is predicated on the
theme of "finding an identity" in a world
they don't understand or can't control.
But their tales of angst and confusion
seem pale beside the semi-
autobiographical story of growing up in
Communist Czechoslovakia in the 1980s,
told by 31 -year-old Iva Pekarkova.
Her character Fialka's search for personal
and sexual identity is frustrated by a
closed social and political world. Real
freedom — the freedom to speak her mind,
go where she wants and explore her
possibilities — is smothered by
bureaucracy and fear. The question for
Fialka is not "What should I do with my
life?" but rather "What kind of a life do I
have?"
In the absence of freedom, Fialka and her
friend Patrik search for "rainbows" against
the omnipresent dull greyness of
communism:
"The rainbow is the quintessence of
unpossessible beauty. We searched for it
all over parking lots in puddles covered
with motor oil, in the foul-smelling froth of
chemical waste, in dangerously sharp
shards of broken glass, in the sperm that
shoots skyward in passion and arcs back
to the earth to die . . ."
Fialka and her embittered friend spend
their free time chronicling the
environmental chaos wrought by the
government as a legacy for the next
generation, a generation they hope will be
free.
But most of all, the story is of Fialka's
search for her identity as a woman. She
doesn't relate well to other women; her
best friend Patrik is a man whose voracious
desire leads him on to emotionless sexual
conquest and eventually, cold remorse.
Fialka finds solace in her hitchhiking
adventures, where she takes pictures of
environmental destruction and sleeps with
lonely Czech truck drivers.
But Fialka's personal search becomes
tragic when Patrik is diagnosed with
multiple sclerosis and needs an expensive
wheelchair. She begins to market her only
freedom, sexual freedom, to Western
truckers who pass through the country
offering money and consumer goods in an
attempt to raise money for Patrik. The
novel's second half is a painful discovery
of the limits of personal sacrifice and the
anguish of lost identity.
"The vulgarity of it, the vulgaritysWl made
my head spin. It dumbfounded me. It was
killing me. The seeds of mistrust and
contempt, the seeds of spite and scorn,
were sowed between my thighs together
with the men's semen — denser, stickier,
but essentially, just as devastating."
Pekarkova's first-person narrative,
compared on the book jacket to fellow
Czech author Milan Kundera (The
Unbearable Lightness of Being), is raw
and unsophisticated. Her prose,
conversational and light, moves easily from
hip expressions about sexuality to a deeper
penetration of the characters' thoughts
and emotions.
Though the superficial theme of the novel
is of a struggle for personal identity in a
repressive world, the more powerful subtext
— what makes this novel excellent — is
the intense personal turmoil of a woman
searching for, losing, and finally
rediscovering her womanhood. <=»
Missing Persons
Carole Gitmgrande
Cormorant Press
by Kira Vermond
Charlatan Stall
"Where do I come from?"
It's a question children start asking when
they first discover they are alive and not
merely living. But the question demands
an answer more intricate than spewing
out an explanation of genetics andbiology.
Where a person comes from also revolves
around relationships, life experience, or
life experiences not yet carried out. The
quest to discover where you come from is
all encompassing.
Carole Giangrande, author of Missing
Persons, her first book of short stories,
skilfully weaves her characters into 10
dense tales, pushing them towards their
pursuit for identity.
The background for most of the stories is
war; how it changes people, how it destroys
them. Sometimes the war is personal, a
wrestling with morality . At other times the
war is fought with weapons; although the
stories often combine both.
The first story, "Missing Persons," deals
with a photographer who tries to come to
grips with her husband's death, her
alienated daughter and the disappearance
of her best friend. Her friend moved to B.C.
and has not bothered to write. The
photographer explains the shift in their
friendship:
"I figured my camera had gone and touched
the empty part of her once too often;
somehow it was my fault she'd found out
she was human: beautiful except for one
missing piece. Maybe it was too much for
her to feel me carrying Allen's death like a
stillborn baby in my gut."
In the second story a farming couple,
having lost their farm, rents a room from
a Beirut refugee in Toronto who teaches
them how the loss of away of life can bring
people together. In "In Hard News," a
radio-journalist is confronted with death
and violence for the first time.
Two other stories are linked: "Love and the
Gentle Art of Flying" and "Moonwalkers."
In the first, a man must deal with the
breakup of his two-year relationship with
his girlfriend after she leaves him. She was
unable to trust him after he almost killed
them both in a plane crash. The second
story is told from the girlfriend's point of
view a while later.
The remaining stories revolve around the
emotional fallout of the Vietnam War.
"This is For Mandy" is about the narrator's
daughter and the young woman's
questions about how her parents dodged
the draft.
In "What History Teaches," a girl who
excels at sharp-shooting discovers why
her parents have a fascination with guns.
They killed a banker during the '60s as
part of the anti-war terrorist movement.
A Vietnam veteran tells a television reporter
why he took an axe to his TV and pasted
newspaper clippings of violence up on his
wall in "The Memory Wall":
"Too much Gulf War; I lost it," he says.
A pair of twins try to make sense ofVietnam
in the final two stories, "Into the Fire," and
"How, If Ever, the Story Ends."
In one gut-wrenching scene, David, who
left his suburban home to fight in the war,
tells his twin sister how he destroyed a
village and raped the one remaining
Vietnamese survivor before killing her.
At the site of his suicide only weeks after
his confession, he leaves a note that says,
"God does not forgive everything."
Giangrande writes with a skilled hand and
with an emotional wallop. The reader can't
help but gasp at some of the purest poetry
written by a Canadian author in years. At
times the words seem to braid themselves,
twisting to give several meanings.
Missing Persons is a collection of short
stories with staying-power. •»
14 • The Charlatan ■ March 24, 1994
The Vonnegu
agent" s American eyes and smile, and
kill him. Then he must slice him wide
open to retrieve the special codes and
"the button" which are contained
within the slaughtered agent's
sternum.
Then the president can proceed to
annihilate the world.
This is what the knife might look like:
Some people don't like this new
procedure. They say the president will
never launch the missile now.
Comments:
Edward Pond weaves Vonnegut's work into his
own story in a clever, tightly controlled and
innovative manner.
By relocating the place of the button, this story
serves as a powerful reminder that the
consequences of nuclear escalation are not as
abstract as political rhetoric would have us
believe.
— Barbara leckie, assistant professor
of EnglishatCdleton University. Professor Leckie
teaches a fourth-year English course called
Studies in Culture and the Text.
With that, the president could go on to seal
the fate of billions of souls. Miraculously, the
procedure was never executed.
Executed is an interesting word. It means to
carry out an act, to perform, to administer, or
to make something happen. It can also mean
killing somebody.
On Jan. 1, 1997, the new, current procedure
was instated. Through it, the president of the
United States still has the power to annihilate
the world. He is still accompanied by a secret
service agent everywhere he goes. The agent is
still always young, healthy and trustworthy —
even more so, now — with his American eyes
and American smile. And the agent still carries
with him the secret codes and "the button"
necessary to launch the missiles at the enemy.
If and when the president deems the time to be
right to fly the eagles, he turns to the secret
service agent and gives him the appropriate
coded sentence. The sentences are now in basic
English. One might be something like this:
"Well Frank, it's time for
everyone to die."
With that, the president is given a very large
sharp butcher's knife. Using the knife, he must
look into the young, healthy and trustworthy
by Edward Pond
Edward Pond is a lourth-year journalism student.
Until Jan. 1, 1997, there was a standard
procedure the president of the United
States of America had to follow in
order to launch his country's nuclear
missiles at its enemies.
The procedure involved having a secret
service agent accompany the president
everywhere he went. The agent was
always young, healthy and trustworthy
— with American eyes and an American
smile. The agent carried with him an
attache case containing coded
documents and "the button" necessary
for the president to annihilate the
planet. This is what the attache case
looked like:
If, at any time, the president decided
the time was right for the eagles to fly,
he would have turned to the secret
service agent and given him the
appropriate coded sentence. Then, the
attache case would have been opened
for him. The coded sentence might
have been something like this:
"Echo nixer foxtrot alpha
breadbasket eagle."
March 24, 1994 • The Charlatan ■ IS
by Kira Vermont)
mtayemionStealhifd-yearioumalisni students! Carleton, and a snappy dresser.
Charles is pregnant again.
He sits before the balcony window in the
tattered burgundy arm chair, slowly rock-
ing, rubbing his abdomen back and forth.
He is waiting for the first indication of
movement from within. Charles is waiting
for summer to come.
Shawleen opens the door on him, gingerly
treads over to him and places her hand on
his shoulder. Her stomach juts from her
nightshirt and her hair hovers over dark
brows. The buttons on her striped shirt are
ready to burst into shrapnel. She has just
woken up and rubs her eyes. The midnight
light coming through the window from out-
side is too bright.
"Time to sleep. Come to bed," she yawns as
she pats the baby inside of her.
Charles and Shawleen have so much in
common.
When Shawleen found out she was preg-
nant she stayed in her apartment and cried
for two days. She watered her plants and
watched them die. She tried to phone Charles
a few times to let him know, but whenever
he answered she hung up. Shawleen did not
answer her telephone when it rang.
Finally, when Charles
went to her house to
see what was wrong,
he found Shawleen in
the chair near the win-
dow. Her face was dry.
Her hair was washed
and wet off her face.
She wrapped herself
up into her body and
smiled at him.
"I have something to
tell you," she saidi
Charles is pregnant
for the second time.
This time he will not abort the baby, or give
it up for adoption. He will not will it away. He
will feel the baby in him. He will wait for his
breasts to fill. He will sleep on his back and
on his side. This time Charles will take
responsibility. He will be Shawleen. They
will be pregnant together.
When Shawleen first told Charles she wanted
Comments:
Kira has a powerful command of language.
Her gritty style leaves the reader feeling
the emptiness the story subtly conveys. By
dismantling our unidimensional notions of
gender, she forces one to re-evaluate not
only notions of the body, but the subject as
well.
— Kevin Gildea is an English
instructor at Car let on University. Professor
Gildea teaches second-year Canadian
literature.
16 • The Charlatan • March 24, 1994
to exchange the experience of pregnancy he
sat and rocked on his hands. It was enough
that she expected him to father the child. He
was used to the idea. They had already been
through this once before (and why hadn't
they used protection and how could this
happen to the same people twice?) . Shawleen
explained calmly that the pregnancy was
not just her problem/gift. She told him she
could not do it alone. She wanted him to be
part of it. Not a half, but a whole.
Last year, Shawleen aborted a baby. She
entered the brown seven-storey building
and walked to the big steel door with the
room number, 17, painted on it. Shawleen
stood before the camera, told the reception-
ist her name and was buzzed in. At the desk
she showed her ID to a woman wearing
three shades of navy. She was led to a comer
where there was a tray full of little cups of
mineral water. She took one and sat down.
For an hour, she waited in a white painted
room with posters that said, "You are a
Woman, You have a Right!" She watched
another woman across from her read Cos-
mopolitan with a model on the front who
had her breasts taped to her nose. The only
comfort Shawleen could find was that she
had already been here before to get herself
on the pill before the place had been bombed.
That time, the nurse took her blood pres-
sure and asked her if she smoked (she didn't
— not then) and gave heraboxwitha three -
month supply of Ortho 777 and a prescrip-
tion. Shawleen left the examination room
and walked past the women who were wait-
ing for counselling.
It seems to Shawleen that all the women,
that time, were reading Cosmopolitan and
tapping their feet to digital music softly
playing over invisible speakers. All models
on the magazines' covers had bodies unhin--
dered by childbirth — or seemed to — with
tight stomachs and malleable limbs.
Shawleen wanted to look like the women on
the cover. She wanted to have that body.
Now, it is her turn to tap her feet, listen to
"Beat It" on violin and read articles on "How
To Please Your Man." Finally she was asked
to come into the counselling room. She
relaxed in a deep bucket chair and was
asked if she knew of other optionJ
was comfortable with the one she chose.
She said yes both times and was led to a
room where she could undress with three
other women. The room looked like the
change room she used in Grade 9 gym class.
No one looked at each other's bodies. No one
looked up from their socks.
The surgery was quick and painful. Three
women stood around her, holding her hand
and asking her about school. She declined
to take a pill and the woman gasped, as they
hurried around in their whiteness. Blurring
as they said: "Are you sure?"
"I'll be fine," Shawleen said as she cursed
the loud classical music playing in the
room. For a moment she was afraid she
would voice her opinions, offending the
other women's musi-
cal tastes. She re-
minded herself that
she was their guest.
Afterwards, she stood
away from the table,
rested in the "resting
room," drank her ap-
plejuice, changed and
went home. This time
she accepted the three
painkillers they gave
her. Shawleen left the
building feeling full,
i Charles knew where
she was that day. He
offered to be there in
the building with her
and offered to sit in the
room with the women
who would look at him.
They would think, "You are a part of this."
He offered to sit in the white room and think
about what Shawleen was doing in the next
one. Shawleen told him she did not want
him to be there. He could think about her
from his own apartment as he went over
other people's manuscripts. He could look
out from his window for her.
the bathroom he stood painted in his own
shadow and stared.
"Holy Shit!"
Shawleen turned herself around on Tara's
bed to face his obscenity, throwing her long
black hair behind her.
"Oh God, I'm sorry," Charles stammered, "I
thought you were my sister . . . that she had
dyed her hair."
After that, it was only a matter of time.
"I want to see your books," Shawleen told
Charles as she stretched out on his new
wooden floor two months after their first
encounter.
"Mmm . . .I've read this one," she said,
holding up an old copy of Lord of The Flies
That was last year. Now, as Charles sits
before their shared apartment's window,
looking out at the frost and slitted moon, he
remembers how he first saw Shawleen. She
was his sister's friend, one of the many she
was always bringing home from school. It
was two weeks before he moved out of their
mother's house and he was staying in,
packing boxes of old records and clothes.
His books were always the last to go and
were cast around the room.
His sister. Tara. has long, light brown hair.
When Charles passed her door on the way to
When he was 1 2 he read the book and cried
painfully when Piggy was killed. He remem-
bers the jutting rocks and the lathered
waves even still.
Shawleen looked up at Charles from the
well-worn copy in her hands.
"I cried so hard when Piggy died. God, I
won't ever forget that. I'm still afraid of
water, " she said.
Charles is about to give birth. He thinks of
nothing but the pain at first and digs his
nails into the bed. He doesn't know he is
tearing the sheets until the nurse tells him
to stop. He knows that Shawleen is beside
him in bed, breathing hard and swearing
but he hardly hears her. He is trying so hard
to be with her in this. He wants to come out
of it to say to her, "We can talk about our
pregnancy — all the way to the birth be-
cause I did it too. I understand you so well. "
Charles wants to write about it. He wants to
write a story about men and birth. He needs
to get all angles and he can tell the readers
that Shawleen urged him to become preg-
nant with her. She had given him the idea.
He knows it will sell.
When their water broke it was almost like a
small balloon had popped in their stom-
achs. Shawleen was leaning over picking up
the TV Guide when they felt it. They had
expected a lot of pain but there was almost
none. Shortly after, however, the cramping
became stronger and they sat straight up on
the couch unable to speak. Charles called
the hospital hunched over the couch so he
would be more comfortable.
Charles and Shawleen thought that by the
time they were in
their car driving
I to North York
General all the
water had come
through. But
when they pulled
up to the mater-
nity door, they
were soaked.
Charles is too ex-
hausted to push
any more. Some-
one puts her
hands in his and
he can't even
squeeze it. He is
too tired. He
hadn't slept the
night before be-
cause he had spent almost five hours in the
bath. They hadn't eaten in so long. Charles
finally realizes that the doctors are getting
tired of them holding back on the baby so
they push — hard. Again. Again. The head
is out. Once more. Quickly, the body fol-
lows. It is placed on their crinkled and
creased stomach and all Charles can sob is
"What is it?"
"It's a baby," the doctor replies and she
laughs at her joke.
Charles is a parent. One. One of the two.
One of many. Charles sits in front of the
balcony window and rocks the baby while
Shawleen sleeps beside him on the couch.
Their Christmas tree is missing a few
branches and no one has bothered to turn
them to the wall. Charles's computer col-
lects dust but in the dark it doesn't matter.
Charles yawns, shifts the bundle to the
other arm and closes his eyes. <=»
March 24, 1994 • The Charlatan ■ 17
I DONT KNOW HOW ANYONE
MANAGES TO WRITE TRAVEL POEMS
So much love it damn near killed me.
Even now,
more than a year since the light first hit the film,
the photos are like patient screws.
A sore spot of tenderness still trapped in my chest.
Flash so bright I'll be blinking for years.
Amnesia has been my best friend in all this.
The way everything blurs and fades.
Until some inherent masochism drags me back to the pictures
— chemical reactions stowed away in envelopes and boxes.
Some compulsion to claim order,
to dig graves,
pulls out the albums purchased for this purpose.
And I cower in the comer of memory's darkroom.
I had forgotten.
How he'd throw me over his shoulder and spin me around.
How I felt strong boy\woman with him
— you can see it in the way 1 stand, how my leather hangs off
my backpack shoulders.
How close we would stand to each other, in front of the ruins.
How beautiful everything was, how bright, how green and wet.
Grief can be an aphrodisiac.
Memory is more potent than seafood or erotica.
The kind of lust that lives in my cunt and tries to swallow them
hole.
I seem to like relieving the longing,
being caught in the jaws of these impractical emotions,
this impossible position.
I am never so much in love as when I am trying to stay out of
loss.
And I was lost then.
He was my map-maker, my navigator
— scruffy in the passenger seat, too tired to make love.
I thought the mist would suffocate me,
the roads unwinding me,
and he couldn't hold my hand.
It was as brutal as it was beautiful.
Too like me — too strange.
I was overexposed.
By KATHRYN PAYNE
Tonaues
And we are one body, one voice in the dark,
the hair in your eyes dancing thin as spiders' legs
allowing me this
intimacy,
the warmth of almond blossoms cloistering your breath,
and can't I ask you to close your mouth
leaving you to drift
nights into days like some latter-day Arcite,
or slip back into the garden where we once lay
two sinners caught with quiet grace,
nor the sound of the rain bearing down
against my skull
denies me this,
moment
so we recall this empty street
slick with the stench of half-drowned worms,
light words falling free from tongues of stone . . .
By VICTORIA VERNELL
VICTORIA VERNELL
attempting to complete her BA In
English literature at the Univer-
sity of Ottawa
KATHRYN PAYNE
BA in women's studies and Eng-
lish from Carleton University
obnoxious bisexual activist
and radical romantic
poems have appeared in the
Carleton Arts Review and
Artsflux
Her work has appeared
In Bywords, the Carleton
Arts Review, and Chas-
ing Sundogs
She Is the managing edi-
tor of Hook and
Ladder
21 years old
| 23 years old
18 • 77ie Charlatan ■ March 24, 1994
flight
NATCH'S TALE
"Look out Cornelius
your parachute has failed;
and I am not at liberty
to catch a falling star;"
— Ronn Silverstein
skies burning bright to your emissions
dropping far, into the wind
Cornelius, this world is a nightmare
/ slowly, and from the acid tipped clouds
as a lover's eyes, into sleep
the pages of a Stephen King novel
or me on a good day, flipping out
poem after poem after poem,
tho that rarely happens.
Cornelius, your parachute has failed.
all the poetry in the world couldn't save you
World War Two was never good to you.
soldiers hanging like stray apples
from the necks of trees, their
faulty parachutes
thru the air and touching briefly on the earth
/ an army of dandelion fluff
as blown by my daughter's lips
turning slowly, in the space of flight,
searching for a place to land,
take root.
By Rob McLennan
my net bobbed
groomed
in the cold Fraser
river
my net began to jingle
as fish swam their
no eagles came to watch
last stroke of
my daily task
the day
only a big raven and
his friend the coyote
i whistled like the
wind and the sound
they sat on the shore
carried to the
and traded stories
mountains
about past love
above
the raven gently
the raven and the
rested on a dead log
coyote looked at me
his black wings
and my catch of fish
folded in front
of his fat belly
they turned to
the other and
the coote gracefully
smiled
combed back his
gray hair as he tapped
you see
his right front paw
they knew where
his nails were neatly
i lived
By Joseph A. Dandurand
Windeby
Chantel Lavoie
Winner of 1993 s Books in
Canada student writing
awards
first prize for poetry
currently attending the
University of
Ottawa
23 years old
Rob McLennan
author of four chapbooks of
poems, editor of STANZAS, co-
editor of the Carleton Arts
Review
freelance contribu-
tor to The Charla-
tan, Hook and
Ladder, and
o t h e r s
24
years
I want to dance
in the last twisted
footsteps
of the bog people
who survived their
deaths
to tell us
we are not dust
but leather
and we will live beyond
our own cruelty.
Redemption
is a word covered with clay
and those
who preceded the book
are saved by the hook
pinned to the racial memory
through empty eye sockets
with lasers
As the berries in their stomachs
turned to stone
they left each year another ring
another ripple in the earth.
By Chantel Lavoie
Joseph A. Dandurand
BA in theatre arts from the University
of Ottawa, diploma in performing arts
from Algonquin College
his poems have been published in the
EnOwkin Journal of First North
American People, the W1NO Anthol-
ogy, the New Canadian Review,
Bywords, etc.
new book — Voices From Home
his plays: Crackers and Soup, Where
Two Rivers Meet
29 years old
March 24, 1994 • The Charlatan ■ 19
by Dawolu Akintola Saul
Dawolu Akintola Saul (a h a. Olu) is a Ihird-yea/ ads studant with the Flench
depanmenl at Catlelon
The day was hot and although the air was
heavy with moisture, the rain still had not
come. The wind blew little dust devils
among the now-dying brush.
Baku stood alone on the plain staring
relentlessly up at the sun. He had
worshipped Gorro the sun god ever since
he was a young boy. Baku had looked to
him for protection, guidance and his
everyday needs. Not once had he been
disappointed.
The ebony giant turned and strode back
towards his village, leaving only his
footprints behind. Hewas Baku, the second
son of Kano and the most skilled and
respected hunter in the tribe, without
mention an awesome warrior. There was
nothing unusual about his physique. All
the men and women were muscular from
the life they led on the plains; but Baku,
because of his immense size, commanded
attention.
He was a very calm and studious man for
one of his tribe. When taking lessons from
the elders as a boy, he would always ask
the most questions, irritating the other
boys and even the teachers.
Baku had just entered the gates of the
village. From his facial expression one
could tell he was deep in thought. He
settled down in his hut to watch Gorro
make his final stride across the sky. Baku
had watched Gorro's descent intensely,
always wondering where the great god
made his resting place.
Baku was planning the journey of his life.
The time had come. Tomorrow he would
start on his pilgrimage. As he lay down
upon his sleeping mat, all he could think
of were the tales of his journey that would
be told.
The next morning before Gorro rose to
make his sweep of the sky, Baku was
already gathering his things. By the time
Gorro reached his peak, the village was
behind Baku and only the unknown lay
ahead.
Baku knew his course, and with Gorro
leading the way he was sure he would
come to his resting place before the moon
rose. Baku walked on and on, the dust
stinging his eyes and Gorro's mighty heat
beating upon his back. This endless self-
torture continued for a moon and a half,
but Baku had no intention of turning
back. He would journey until he found his
god or he would die trying.
Two moons went by, and Baku, wind-
burnt, suffering with sunstroke, and
delirious, was screaming obscenities at
the sky. His eyes pointed upward and his
arms waving wildly, he did not see the
scorpion until it had bitten him on the
heel. Obscenities pouring from his mouth,
he stumbled onward.
Under a great tree , Baku watched in agony
as Gorro again descended from the sky.
The scorpion bite was causing him great
pain, his body felt like it was on fire and his
veins ran not with blood, but with liquid
heat. Water he had so painstakingly
reserved was now being sweated out on to
the parched ground. He tossed and turned,
talking in the tongue of his forefathers. As
the night cooled, his fever abated. He slept
an untroubled sleep.
Baku lay under the tree for days, fed by the
great owls of the plains. Once again, Gorro
was providing for him. He would soon
resume his journey.
Baku set out again the next day, and there
was something in the air he had never
sensed before. It was the smell of the great
Atlantic Ocean. By the end of that day he
had reached its shore. He gazed in awe
and knew he had arrived. As he watched,
Gorro slipped beneath the waves to once
again rest his great head. Baku took out
his sacred rock, said a prayer of thanks,
and walked forward to meet his creator.
Baku had lived all his life on the plain. He
had never learned the art of swimming.
Without hesitation he went into the water.
He bent to drink, but spat out the salty
brine. Thinking nothing of it, he ventured
forward. The water was at his chest and
rising, but he was a man of faith, and did
not doubt that his god would protect him.
The ground dropped away without warning
and, caught by surprise, Baku called out
silently to his god but was not answered.
The weight of the pouch secured at his
waist pulled him under. His lungs
screamed for air, and his temples throbbed.
His life ebbed from his body, and his mind
went back to his village.
The sea became calm and he was once
again in his hut looking up at the sky, but
Gorro was nowhere to be found. He eased
himself on to his sleeping mat, laid back,
and took a deep breath. He breathed in the
blackness which enveloped him. Baku
had fulfilled his dream by meeting his
creator, but he could never enter the realm
of the mighty Gorro.
August 28, 1 963, a hush falls over a sea of
swaying bodies. Aman steps to the podium,
unknown to everyone. He bears a striking
resemblance to a warrior long since dead.
Baku's seed has reached the far shore and
once again, the ebony giant stands among
his people, but now a different journey has
been started. He raises his hand in
recognition. Upon commanding their
attention he exclaims:
"1 HAVE A DREAM ..." ra>
20 • The Charlatan ■ March 24, 1994
A bargain for your
buck
Editor:
I would like to take a moment not to
question Mo Gannon's opinion, but rather
her evidence. Several statements in her
editorial, "The buck stops here," The Char-
latan, March 1 7, 1 994 disturbed me and I
cannot in good conscience accept them
without expressing concern.
The dollar figure presented is $131.52
per student. That money goes to the ath-
letics department for spending as it sees fit
for basic services and maintenance.
You can use a weight room with a fully
trained staff, a pool with three lifeguards,
and a gym for pick-up games or organ-
ized competition in an array of activities
seven days a week with few time con-
straints. Show me another fitness club like
that.
Thisisclearlyabargain — staffarenot
cheap to hire and train . Maintenance and
cleaning keeps the place running with
very little down time and a hot tub and
sauna are perks that some places make
you pay extra for.
Very little of the money from the basic
student fees go towards the varsity pro-
gram. Yes, some does, but not a "healthy
amount." And where do you propose we
find extra money for the hockey pro-
gram? Many of ourmost successful teams
are on shoestring budgets as it is.
The hockey club has a strong alumni,
a dedicated staff and great potential. But
if students bail out on the hockey club
now, then we may be throwing away a
potentially great program.
1 voted yes in the last referendum vote
and I will vote yes again in the vote on
March 29.
Brad Ellis
Geography III
Poetic problems
Editor:
I was very disappointed two weeks ago
to discover that The Charlatan did not
intend to publicize a new prize for student
poetry set up by the English department.
I was hardly less disappointed last Thurs-
day to find that my announcement, hid-
den away in the events section, had been
shrunk to a mere rive lines. I suspect the
cause for this indifference lay in the large,
very prominent ad for The Charlatan's
own literary competition in the adjoining
columns.
But provided they are well-organized
and well-judged, I see no problem in hav-
ing two such competitions. After all, al-
though named for George Johnston, a
respected founding memberofCarleton's
English department and more important
in this context, a highly regarded and
widely published poet, the main purpose
of this prize is to raise the visibility and
status of student poetry. I find it depress-
ing and disturbing that I would encounter
competitiveness rather than co-operation
from The Charlatan in an area where the
main beneficiaries are the students them-
selves.
So, let me use this opportunity to state
that the $ 100 prize will be awarded to the
best poem in any form. Up to five poems
with a total length of not more than 250
lines may be submitted to me care of the
English department, Dunton Tower 1812,
by full- or part-time students currently
enrolled at Carleton. Poems should be
submitted anonymously in a large enve-
lope, typed and accompanied by a smaller
sealed envelope containing the student's
name, student number, local address and
telephone number. The deadline for sub-
missions has been extended to Monday,
April 4.
Christopher Levenson
English Professor
Note: Giving away free advertising space,
no matter how worthy the cause, would not
benefit Carleton students, because they own
The Charlatan. Half of our revenue comes
from a student levy, the other half from
advertising, and without this money we could
not put out a paper. — ed.
Travel with an
open mind
Editor:
Are all French as bad as described in
the previous Charlatan, ("A tourist's guide
to French culture," March 10, 1994)?
How can someone judge a whole coun-
try by visiting it for two weeks? As a
tourist, going to a foreign country may be
frustrating in some ways. If you cannot
speak the same language you will always
have difficulties understanding one an-
other. In this case you will see the French
culture from your point of view instead of
their point of view. This creates two com-
pletely different perceptions.
Usually unskilled workers do not speak
other languages than their native one.
So, it is not surprising that if you ask them
a question, they look at you with an
interrogative face. Don't you think they
have difficulties in understanding you?
This is not a French characteristic but a
human one. I will even say that the French
speak more languages than North Ameri-
cans do.
In addition, you can meet kind and
unkind people everywhere. But the day
you understand thatwhereveryougoyou
have to do it "the right way," "the local
way, " is when you will feel most comfort-
able with and enjoy your travelling. It's
obvious. It shows your capability of inte-
gration, your level of respect of the foreign
culture.
France has a nice culture and history.
However, each country in the world has a
"le ne sais guoi, " of difference wh i ch makes
the world as diversified as it is wonderful.
Take time to travel, it is the way to be
open-minded.
Marie-Sophie Saffre
Master's of Management Studies I
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SPORTS
Low spirits mean small crowds
by Shannon Fraser
Cnarlatan Staff
At many universities, school spirit and
attendance rise and fall with the relative
progress and setbacks of different sports.
But not at Carleton.
Here, many students say a growing
lack of school spirit is one problem con-
tributing to declining attendances at most
athletic events over the past few years.
Carleton's department of athletics
collects very few attendance figures be-
cause it only charges for football, basket-
ball and some major events in other
sports. Attendance for football and bas-
ketball has remained small but steady,
says special projects co-ordinator Mark
Moroz.
This year for example, an average
crowd of 3S0 people came out to watch
football games. Over at the University of
Ottawa, an average of 1,100 students
came out to watch the Gee-Gees team.
Raven mascot Brad Ellis, who has prob-
ably gone to more athletic events than
any other student in the past three years,
says attendance has definitely declined
over the last three years.
"Three years ago when I started, I'd
walk in and there would be standing
room only atthe (basketball) game. Now,
at the men's games, the bleachers are
filled, but you can see various pockets . .
. whereas before it was jammed."
Ellis also says there has been a change
in the attitude of those fans who do show
up for games.
"The people who are showing up . . .
are not as rambunctious or as enthusias-
tic about what is going on."
What's the problem then?
"That's a tough one to answer," says
basketball forward Jamie Marquardt.
"Maybe some universities have it and
others don't. If s just really hard to say.
It's hard to pinpoint a direct reason."
Part of the problem is that there's no
one defining cause. Instead, students say
there are many reasons why there's a
lack of school spirit at Carleton. Reasons
Can anyone remember a crowd this size
like attitude, reputation and tradition.
"It starts with the attitudes of the stu-
dents at school. No one is willing to step
forward and participate in anything,"
says fullback Toni Calabrese of the foot-
ball team. "As a school, in general, eve-
ryone goes their own way, does their
thing and minds their own business."
First-year journalism student Kristen
Copeland says the school's poor reputa-
tion is a reason why Carleton students
don't have much school spirit.
"(Carleton has) a bad reputation for
(being) Last Chance U, and because of
that, people tend not to have pride.
They're embarrassed. They don't care,"
she says.
A lack of good old-fashioned sense of
community is another problem, says de-
at a Carleton game in recent memory?
fensive line Garrett Mouland of the foot-
ball club.
"There has to be something here to
bring people together. It's hard to get
such a community sense with such a
large enrolment. But you would think
there would be more support from a
university with such a large enrolment,"
he says.
Butwhat's even worse than the lack of
home crowd spirit, says Mouland, is when
other schools are more appreciative of
Carleton's accomplishments.
" I think as a football team we get more
respect from other schools than we do
from our own," he says. "Thisyearwasa
big year for us with two wins, but it
seemed other schools were more proud of
us than our own students. " □
Equal funding decided at Toronto
by Jim Bridges
The Varsity, University of Toronto
TORONTO (CUP) —The University of
Toronto's department of athletics and
recreation took an important step to-
wards gender equity by deciding to pro-
vide equal funding for men's and wom-
en's teams last month.
The decision was reached by the de-
partment's athletic council on Feb. 28.
Marg McGregor, executive director of
the Canadian Association for the Ad-
vancement of Women in Sport, says U of
T's endorsement of equal funding is an
important first at a Canadian university
that will help set a tone for athletic de-
partments at other universities.
"It is a tremendously progressive step, "
she says. "It really sends a clear message,
by translating best intentions into con-
crete actions."
The 21 women's programs at U of T
now receive $ 142,377, more than $65,000
less per year than the 22 men's pro-
grams.
Once fully implemented, both the
men's and women's programs will re-
ceive equal funding "envelopes," from
which each can divide among its teams.
This way, said Bruce Kidd, director of
the school of physical and health educa-
tion, both men and women can decide
how to structure their own programs.
"If women decide they want to sup-
port 10 programs and the men decide
they want to support five programs, as
long as they use some reasonable proc-
ess, that would be equitable and fair, " he
said.
Department of athletics director tan
McGregor said the department must im-
plement equal funding by increasing the
level for women, rather than decreasing
funding for men.
"I think we should look at enhancing
programs," Ian McGregor said. "Both
(the departmentof athletics) council and
university affairs board sent a clear mes-
sage last year not to cut programs."
Kidd said it is imperative that the
department's budget reflects the ideals of
gender equity to prove the department is
serious about the issue.
"If we do not come up with a budget
with very clear equity, visible through
funding, we will be up against very hard
criticism," he said.
McGregor said the department will
not be able to fully implement equal
funding within the next year, but will
aim for thatgoal within the next three or
four years. □
Gender equity at Carleton
Carleton's department of athletics
ratified its own gender equity policy
back in November of 1988 when the
athletics board approved four gender
equity proposals:
— tomaintain the existing number
ofeightmen'sandninewomen'ssports
teams unless there is a dramatic shift
in ratio of men and women among
Carleton's student population.
— to encourage women's partici-
pation iri Carleton sports
— to provide equal funding for
men's and women's teams of 'like'
sports and to provide good, quality
equipment for all teams regardless of
gender
— to favor female coaches for wom-
en's teams when they are available
and qualified and to encourage male
coaches or women's teams to have
female assistant coaches
Gail Blake, the women's inter-col-
legiate co-ordinator for athletics, says
the policy is aimed at increasing the
profile of women's varsity sports.
"I think we're always striving to
look towards making some changes
and always looking towards gaining
opportunities for women and provid-
ing these opportunities," she says.
According to Its 1993-94 budget,
athletics spent $114,513 on its five
men's teams, $97,446 on its six wom-
en's teams and $43,275 on its three
shared men's and women's teams. □
Playoffs the
next goal
by Richard G.D. Scott
Charlatan Siaff
Here's some advice for those of you
who have been watching The Great
One's chase to eclipse the National
Hockey League's goal record of Mr.
Hockey himself: don't adjust your sets.
On March 20, Wayne Gretzky scored
a goal with 49 seconds left to lift the Los
Angeles Kings into a 6-6 tie with the
San lose Sharks — the team they're
chasing for the last playoff spot in the
NHL's Western Conference. It was
Gretzky's 801st NHL goal and it tied
him with his boyhood idol Gordie Howe
for first on the league's all-time scoring
list.
One more goal and the record will
be his.
But for those who think that Gretzky
and the Kings will be dead and gone
once Howe's record is out of the way,
think again.
The best of Gretzky is yet to come
and the Kings are far from dead in their
race for the playoffs.
With 12 games left and the Kings
trailing San Jose by five points, the
hockey world is about to witness why
the Great One should still be consid-
ered the world's greatest player.
While Gretzky may no longer be in
his peak — many would say that at 33
he's in the twilight of his career — he
still has mounds of hockey talent, ex-
perience and drive.
Who can forget how he nearly sin-
gle-handedly led the underdog Kings
into last year's Stanley Cup finals? Who
can ignore the fact he's homing in on
his 10th NHL scoring title? Can the
Kings backed by Gretzky still make the
playoffs? Absolutely.
Consider this: Twelve games remain
for each of the three teams fighting for
that last playoff berth in the Western
Division. But of the Sharks (64 points),
the Kings (59 points) and the first-year
Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (59 points),
the Kings have the easiest schedule
among the three.
In both their remaining games
against the Sharks and Ducks, they
have home-ice advantage. In five of
their other 10 games, they face off
against teams with fewer points than
themselves, including four against last-
place Edmonton. Their toughest game
left will likely be against the division
leading Calgary Flames, who haven't
played well on the road all season.
On the other hand, San Jose and
Anaheim each have eight games left
against teams with much better records.
San Jose's schedule includes games
against Calgary, Pittsburgh and two
against Toronto. Anaheim's schedule
includes games against Boston, Toronto
and two against Calgary.
And then there is the Gretzky factor.
In this past weekend's home-and-
home series against the Sharks, he was
a force both on and the off the ice,
tallying two points in Saturday's 2-1
win and two goals in Sunday's 6-6 tie.
So for those who think that No. 99
and the Kings are dead and gone now
that Howe's record is out of the news,
think again. The Kings are on their way
to the playoffs.
Gretzky will be the reason why. □
March 24, 1994 • The Charlatan • 23
Driving hard, fast and
Rookie racer Brendan Kerin is gearing up for Formula 1600 success
by Steven Vesely
Charlatan Staff
Dr. Noel Kerin remembers very clearly
the first time his son Brendan got behind
the wheel of a car. An inquisitive four-
year-old Brendan decided to take the
family Lincoln for a spin.
"He started the car, put it in gear, and
drove it through the fence at the front of
the house," he remembers. "I heard the
crash and ran out. I said 'What did you
do that for,' and he said, '1 thought I'd
take the car out for a drive.'"
That was almost 20 years ago and
Brendan Kerin is a much better driver
these days. ,
In fact, after a successful rookie season
in the Bridgestone Formula 2000 racing
series last year, it could be said the third-
year political science student at Carleton
is one of the fastest-rising stars on the
formula racing circuit.
It all started in April of '92, when the
Bel -Ray Driver Search came to
Shannonville, Ont., near Kerin's home-
town of Baltimore.
The six-foot-one, 180-pound Kerin
threw caution to the wind and paid the
non-refundable $2,500 entry fee.
Among over 350 hopeful drivers rac-
ing timed laps around a track, Kerin
finished among the top 30.
It was a very respectable finish for
someone who had never before strapped
himself behind the wheel of a race car.
Not good enough for the winner's prize of
sponsorship money fora summer's worth
of racing in the Formula 2000 series, but
certainly impressive enough to catch the
eye of a local racing school instructor
who was judging the event.
"It was obvious that here was a young
driver who might have what it takes,"
says racing director Brett Goodman, re-
membering the first time he saw
Kerin in a race car. "You have to
have the talent sprinkled with
the ability to leam. He had that
diamond in the rough quality."
Goodman urged Kerin to en-
rol in his racing school despite
the fact there's an over 50 per
cent failure rate among racing
students.
Kerin needed no encourage-
ment.
"I knew I was hooked by the
first gear shift," he says. "To go
from 0 to 60 miles per hour in
four seconds just blew me away.
It was a mind-blowing experi-
ence."
He passed easily.
"Initially he was too emo-
tional and aggressive," says
Goodman, "but he's developed a
much better understanding of
what racing's all about."
After training through the
As a rookie on the Formula 2000 series circuit last year, Kerin placed third overall and won Rookie of the Year honors,
winter, and finishing 12th among 400
"You have
to be able
to feel the
car. In your
hands. In
your seat.
The car has
to become
an exten-
sion of
yourself. I
know that
sounds
corny, But
you just
have to be
in tune with
the car."
— Brendan
Kerin
drivers in the following spring's 1993
Driver Search, Kerin jumped straightinto
the cut-throat racing world with family
money and support behind him.
Ignoring the traditional route of Karts
to Formula 1200 and so on, he entered
the 1993 Bridgestone Formula 2000 se-
ries held every summer at the
Shannonville Motorsport Park.
In his first-ever race, Kerin finished
third among a veteran field of 18.
"It was just this great sense of relief to
finish the race," he recalls. "To make the
podium was a bonus and a
dream come true. It was like I'd
arrived, set a tone and proved
myself to other people."
In the 10-race series lastsum-
mer, Kerin finished on the po-
dium five times, with steadily
improving results culminating
in a first-place victory in the
seventh race.
"It was a great duel," Kerin
remembers. "(Another racer)
and I both kept passing each
otherandsharing the lead. With
four laps remaining I was lead-
ing and those last four laps were
probably thelongestlOminutes
of my life. You keep saying to
yourself, 'When is this going to
end?' When it finally did, I had
tears falling from my eyes and I
felt like 1 wason top of the world.
To win a race as a rookie is an
amazing achievement. With a
win like that, you earn respect
you're racing at a 150 miles per hour.
24 . The Charlatan ■ March 24, 1994
from your peers, the other driv-
ers andscouts. You make a name
for yourself."
In overall points, Kerin placed
third in the series championship
among over 30 drivers, behind
two three-year veterans. He was
also named Rookie of the Year.
"It was certainly a very well-
deserved and worthwhile
achievement to finish in the top-
three," says five-year race vet-
eran Rod Davis, who drove
against Kerin that summer. "He
deserved what he got. For a first-
year driver in the 2000 against
some stiff competition, he'sdone
well."
Make no mistake, Kerin's rise on the
Formula 2000 circuit hasn't been just
beginner's luck. It takes certain qualities
to be a race car driver, says Goodwin.
Tenacity. Quick reflexes. Desire. These
are qualities his peers say Kerin has in
abundance.
"He's intuitive and uses his head on
the track," says Davis. "A lot of young
drivers tend to have a macho sense of
attitude and that gets them into trouble.
They drivewith their balls instead of their
brains. Brendan has the wherewithal to
remain calm and analyze a strategy be-
fore and during a race. That's his edge."
Most of all, he's a fierce competitor.
Back in high school as a member of
the Trinity College School football team,
Kerin was one of those never-say-die ath-
letes, says former coach Mac Campbell.
"He never quit," recalls Campbell.
"You couldn't tear him off the field even
when he was playing injured. He was just
a serious competitor who hated to lose."
Racing, then, was a natural outlet for
Kerin because of its sheer intensity.
"1 love the competitiveness and I'm
ultra-competitive," says Kerin. "I've had
the opportunity to play lots of sports and
knowing that, I can say racing is the most
challenging sport I've ever done."
( It also requires talent. Kerin's got it.
"He has a different way of looking at
racing," says his dad. "There's a whole
new dimension to his thinking when he
drives a car."
Kerin is more modest about it.
"You have to have a good feeling for
the machine in a car," he says. "Some
people have it and others have to de-
velop it. I've always just had a bit of a
natural feel for driving."
"He wasn't
the greatest
talent in
the world
but he
worked
harder than
anyone else
on the
team."
— Mac
Campbell
Looking ahead, afterjustone
season of Formula 2000 racing,
Kerin is moving on to this sum-
mer's Esso Protec Formula 1600
professional series.
The 1600 series, he says, is a
natural route towards greater
exposure because the 12-race,
cross-country series is a more
popular, highly publicized event
that attracts high-calibre driv-
ers from across North America.
"It's the only route to go, " he
stresses. "Every top driver has
done it. It's a highly, competi-
tive traininq qround with lots of
media exposure. If you can
master a car here and win a 1600 series
race, you can make a name for yourself ."
Simply put, if you do well here, it
bodes well for a driver's future. Many
companies look to sponsor drivers at the
1600 level. For them, it's a cost-effective
investment. They get to market their
company and product through high-
media exposure races while drivers get
the funds they need to continue their
racing careers.
"Anyone who has made it anywhere
in racing," says Kerin, "has gone through
this series."
That's a telling phrase. Because one
day, soon, Kerin expects to join the ranks
of those star drivers who have succeeded
ontheFormulal600series — and moved
on to better things. □
lockeying for position while training.
Grocery stores can satisfy your cardhunger
Four food companies provide the cheapest and latest craze for hockey card collectors
by Richard G.D. Scott
Charlatan Staff
You're poor. You love hockey cards.
You can't afford them.
If that adequately describes your situ-
ation, you need look no further thanyour
local grocery store or fast food joint.
Food sets, series of sports cards put out
by restaurants or food companies in their
food packaging, are just another exam-
ple of how the hockey card market reaches
out and touches everyone.
The idea of food sets has grown over
the last five years. This year alone, four
different food sets are available to the
everyday grocer or serious collector:
through McDonald's Canada, Hft}h Liner
fish foods, Durivage/Diana bread and
Kraft General Foods.
The quickest and most readily avail-
able food set this season once again is the
McDonald's All-Star set produced by the
Upper Deck Company. For the third
straight year, McDonald's Canada is-
sued a 34-card set available in 4-card
packs for 49 cents with the purchase of a
medium or large drink. Also inserted in
the McDonald's packs are instant-win
cards for prizes like trips for two to the All-
Star Game, one-on-one sessions with
goaltender Patrick Roy of the Canadians
or one of 150,000 large Roy cards.
High Liner produced a 15-card
Goaltender's Great set for the 1993-94
year. One card is found in each specially
marked box of High Liner foods with the
option to order the complete factory set
in a special binder for $5.95 with five
proofs of purchase labels. The set's top
cards are Roy and Toronto Maple Leaf
goaltender Felix Potvin. Last season, High
Liner produced a 28-card Stanley Cup
Champions set.
Diana/Durivage are also in their sec-
ond year on the food card market. With
the help of the Score cards company,
Diana/Durivage bakeries in Quebec is-
sued a 50-card set of Quebec's greatest
hockey players available in their 23
brandsof bread. The popular set includes
rookies such as the Ottawa Senators'
forward Alexandre Daigle and the Que-
bec Nordiques' goaltender Jocelyn
Thibeault. Also inserted are 1,000. per-
sonally autographed cards of Roy and
Thibeault.
Finally, there is the grand daddy of
food issues: Kraft. Kraft General Foods of
Canada produced hockey cards for the
fifth consecutive year in 1994. This year's
set includes 26 cards on the back of
different Kraft Dinner boxes; six cards
available in cases of Kraft Dinner; 23
disc-shaped cards under caps of Kraft
Companies like McDonald's, Kraft Foods,
Peanut Butter and 16 cards with Kraft
Jell-O.
A special collector's album is also avail-
able by mail order. Top cards on the
dinner boxes are Daigle and Philadel-
phia's Eric Lindros. This season's discs
also include 5,000 personally auto-
graphed Mario Lemieux cards.
The novelty of food sets is that they're
High Liner and Durivage/Diana bakeries
not mass manufactured likeregularsports
card sets. Food sets are one-of-a-kind
items ideal for serious collectors. Another
advantage of food sets is that they're
small in number and not expensive to
collect.
The greatest disadvantage is that once
they're gone from shelves, it's difficult to
finish an incomplete set. Another prob-
are issuing hockey cards like these.
lemisimproperlycutcardsoffthe back of
Kraft Dinner boxes. And there is always
the problem of there being only so much
food one can eat.
So if you are a serious collector looking
for something to spice up your collection,
or just a casual grocer having some fun,
taking a bite into hockey food cards can
prove tasteful. □
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Here are the point leaders in the Charlatan Hockey Pool. Points were tabulated
as of Tue. Mar. 22, 1994. Regularseason leaders can only win the dinner prize once.
(Italicized names are former winners.)
1 344 Bank Street
fat Riverside)
738 -3323
Congratulations to More
Aresenault who wins this week's din-
ner prize. Arsenault and last week's
winner Blair Sanderson can come
pick up their $25 dinner certificates for
Baxter's restaurant at The Charlatan.
Patrick Soden
R. De Vecchi
Anjali Varma
Vkki Mavraganis
leffParker
_ lason Beifuss
7 SujoyBhattacharyya
8 R. Daggupaty
9 Tyler Vaillant
10 Marc Arsenault
11 Paul Donovan
12 loseph Kurikose
13 Alex Varki
14 Steven Lieff
15 Blair Sanderson
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Charlatan Sports Trivia
Answer the following question cor-
rectly and become eligible to win a $25
dinner for two at Schadillac's Saloon.
How many Montreal Expos who
played first base last year? Bonus
dinner prize if you can name them.
No one guessed correctly that Foster
Hewitt coined his famous 'He shoots! He
scores!' line in 1934.
1. Place your answer, name and
phone number on a piece of paper and
submit it to The Charlatan sports editor,
room 531 Unicentre. The recipient of
the prize wiilbe determined bya super-
vised draw of all correct answers.
2. All answers must be received by
Tuesday, March 29, 1994. The winner
should come up to the office for the
prize on any Monday or Tuesday.
3. Contestents may submit only one
entry per week.
4. Charlatan staffmembers and their
families are not eligible to participate.
Answer:
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March 24, 1994 • The Charlatan • 25
Stayed tuned for the next
issue of The CharlatanM
March 31 we will be
announcing the winners
of the Fabulous Vacation
Getaways.
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26 • The Charlatan • March 24, 1994
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
by Charmead Schetla
Charlatan Staff
Allen Ginsberg
Sir George William College
Concordia, Montreal
v March 1 7
fteryears of drug experimen-
tation, after radical religious
shifts, afteryearsof hitchhik-
ing across the United States
1 and Mexico, after years of
sexual confusion, Allen
Ginsberg can still captivate
an audience.
It's as if he was still 30 years old and
travelling from American university to
American university in an orange
Volkswagen mini-van, reciting politically
incorrect poetry to beatniks.
In the late 1940s, Ginsberg, along
with Jack Kerouac and William
Burroughs, forged the road away from
the long-trudged path of romantic and
modem literature. This new road would
laterbe called the Beat Generation, which,
as Ginsberg's poetry reading proved, is
still a much -travel led path.
Ginsberg was in Montreal last week as
a guest lecturer for a creative writing and
poetry class at Concordia. The lecture
was about 70-per-cent reading and 30-
per-cent teaching of poetic device and
style.
Ginsberg, though 68 years old, was
riveting, entertaining and informative
throughout the entire lecture. I didn't see
one yawn, one nodding head, or one
blurry eye trying to stay open.
Ginsberg powered through 2 1/2 hours
worth of poetry, covering his work from
1 947 right up to the present, with a 1 993
piece about Bosnia. Reading some works,
singing others and chanting the remain-
ing few, Ginsberg intrigued all 750 peo-
ple in attendance for the full allotment of
time, despite microphone feedback, cry-
ing babies and late arrivals.
Though Ginsberg didn't read "Howl, "
the poem which has become synony-
mous with the Beat name, he did speak
briefly about its creation in 1955. The
writing of " Howl, " over a few years time,
took "a little bit of morphine, a little bit
of LSD, a little bit of caffeine and a little
bit of nicotine."
All of Ginsberg's inspiration has not
been drug-induced, as some would im-
mediately think when reading the writ-
ings of the Beat movement. He was not
the addict that Burroughs was, though
he did experiment on occasion, as is
evident from the creation of "Howl. " Other
works like "Sunflower Sutra" are dream-
inspired pieces. Being already influenced
by Blake's romantic poem, "Sunflower,"
one night in 1955, Ginsberg hada dream
in which Blake spoke to him.
"Sunflower Sutra" is the end result of
the conversation he carried with him,
Ginsberg said at the lecture. This piece
was Ginsberg's best read this evening,
because he maintained vocal and emo-
tional control that seemed to fluctuate
with his other discussed works.
Despite the obvious personal content
of each poem, Ginsberg read all of them
with a passion that would suggest he had
written each only days before.
Ginsberg spoke briefly of his past so-
cial circle, in which travelled the likes of
Burroughs, Kerouac, Bob Dylan and Neal
Cassidy. These people were each very
close to him or his work at invaluable
periods of his illustrious career. Each can
be seen repeatedly throughout his poetry
either under their real names or under
guises.
In "Sunflower Sutra, " Ginsberg writes,
"Jack Kerouac sat beside me on a busted
rusty iron pole, companion, /we thought
the same thoughts of the soul, bleak and
blue/and sad-eyed, surrounded by the
on
gnarled steel roots of trees/of machin-
ery."
Kerouac died in 1969, leaving
Burroughs and Ginsberg to their own
devices.
Among other recurring themes,
Ginsberg writes at length of homosexu-
ality, of which he experienced much
emotional confusion for several years,
before meeting up with the other Beats.
He had a rather long and drawn-out love
affair with Cassidy beginning in the late
1940s, lasting about 20 years.
Much of Ginsberg's poetry is about the
spiritual conflicts stemming from the re-
lationship between him and Cassidy. In
1948, Ginsberg wrote his first song, "A
Western Ball," which was about a par-
ticularly bad breakup he and Cassidy
endured. This song was performedThurs-
day to the accompaniment of a hand-
held harmonium, played by Ginsberg.
The homosexual theme still seems
rather important to Ginsberg today. In
1986 he wrote a piece which began with
the line, "I hope my good old asshole
holds out." He read this after relating
how he was in Europe last fall. Seeing all
the young Italian men made him wish he
wasn't the age that he is.
All in all, Ginsberg gave a riveting talk
on poetry which would have inspired
even the most dead-beat of writers to get
back to their Macs and plug away.
Ginsberg closed with the joking re-
mark that, " If we don 't show anyone (our
writing), then we're free to write any-
thing."
It's that very beatnik attitude that
started the Beat ball rolling in the first
place, only the writing was eventually
shown to the world.
And it's a good thing, too. Otherwise
we'd still be reading Swift and Spenser
and Coleridge and Wordsworth and. . . .
□
The Charlatan Education Corner
Canadian Currency Museum: Money made fun!
by Sarah Richards
Charlatan Staff
Flash Trivia Question: What animal is
on the back of a $1,000 Canadian bill?
To find out, you'll have to visit the
Canadian Currency Museum.
Located in the heart of the nation's
capital, this museum follows the history
of money from the world's first ancient
coins to the most modem currencies.
Beautiful gilded-edge coins from Hong
Kong greet you upon entering the maze-
like museum. Coins from all nations, of
all different shapes and sizes reflect the
glow of the museum's subtle mood light-
ing.
If you reminisce over that beat-up one
God bless us for the Central Bath Room In Barrie.
dollar bill that you tried to save as an
heirloom, but caved in and bought beer
instead, there's the Collector's Corner.
It's a room full of pull-out display racks
containing samples of national curren-
cies.
There, you can see Canadian bills
from our country's beginning to the
present, including the last dollar bill that
was made before the loonie appeared on
the scene. Rack after rack holds bills.
Some, like one from the Austro-Hungar-
ian Bank, are the size of small dogs.
Unfortunately, the museum is so full
of coins that by the end of the tour, you'll
be as bored as the kids who are running
around and hanging off the display cases.
But it's pretty im-
pressive, espe-
cially when you
find out that 92
per cent of the
coin display is out
ofsightinthe cu-
rator's back of-
fice. Besides being
usedforresearch,
what does that
part of the dis-
play do there?
"It just sits
there," says one
g of the friendly
~" staff.
Glad to see the
g public's tax dol-
lars at work.
There's also an interesting display
geared right at you Generation X-ers out
there. It's on "near currency," the term
given to substitute forms of "money" the
government issued during the Depres-
sion. A variety of cheques and coupons
are on display, tacked up against a black
and white photo of unemployed men.
One is a little ticket which reads, "Supply
bearer with one bed." Expect them to be
available soon at a bank near you.
While the display on counterfeiting
methods is rather disappointing — the
staff said the display is kept vague on
purpose for some strange reason — the
collection of coins from the 1976 Mon-
treal Olympics is exquisite. The silver
coins depict various Olympic sports like
diving and soccer, and range in value
from $5 to $100. Too bad they couldn't
use them to pay off the debt Montrealers
are still paying for staging the event!
And for all of you wanting to pay off
thatstudentloan.don'teventhinkabout
it. The museum has an array of security
devices, although the staff don't like to
talk too much about them.
"There's cameras, a security guard . .
. there's a sensitivity system on each of
the display cases which, if pushed too
hard, an alarm goes off downstairs and
the guards go up and tell you not to push
on it," says Martin-Denis Morais, who
works at the front desk.
Of course, enquiring minds want to
know just how hard do you have to push
for the alarm to go off?
"I don't know," says Morais, "it de-
pends. Most of them you can push pretty
hard," he says.
But if you do take your chances, go for
the rusty 1 9 1 1 $ 1 Canadian coin near the
exit of the museum. It's one of only two
in the world, estimated at $1 million
Canadian: a nice amountto pay off that
OSAP loan while spending the winter in
Tahiti. □
The answer to the trivia question: the pins grosbeak For all
you people from outside of Manitoba, it's a bird
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March 24, 1994 • The Charlatan ■ 27
Who would 've guessed he's from Aylmer?
by Olu Saul
Charlatan Stall
There is a new voice in Canadian hip
hop and it's shouting out of Aylmer.
Merlin's his name and if this surprises
you, then remain seated when you hear
whathehasto say, because he is about to
challenge the way you think.
The 24-year-old, who was bom in New
York but now resides in Aylmer, Que.
(No, I'm not kidding), has just released A
Noise Supreme, a solo album that he re-
corded and produced in his parents' base-
ment.
Although his music has traces of hip
hop, he doesn't think this term accu-
rately reflects his music.
"I'm trying to create a space that hasn't
been used before," he says.
There is a strong element of cynicism
in Merlin 'smusic. "(The music) has to do
with people taking things for granted,"
he says. The album is an expression of
doubt and reflects his tendency to chal-
lenge the things we take for granted.
"Ideas are cool to have and embrace
for a little while, but you always have to
challenge them, " says Merlin.
This approach is evident in songs like
"Preacher," which deals with his views
on religion and the Bible. As Merlin says
in the song, "I want to be pure, but why
should 1 read a book that's 2,000 years
old?"
As this song shows. Merlin is quite
philosophical. It may come as a bit of a
surprise to leam that he considers him-
self a Christian, despite his doubts about
the fundamental beliefs underlying Chris-
tianity.
It appears that he is quite aware of the
power of the mainstream media and this
CD, done as it was without any corporate
involvement, is an attempt to speak out
against that power. "I wanted it to get to
the public unfiltered," he says.
According to Merlin, people have been
very receptive to his music. His record
"Preacher" deals with
Merlin's views on
religion and the Bible. As
he says in the song, "I
want to be pure, but why
should I read a book
that's 2000 years old?"
company, MCA Records, is doing its best
to let the world know about him. Merlin
says all this attention hasn't phased him,
because for him the music must come
before the benefits of the industry.
This CD brings out quite a few sides to
Merlin's personality, something he says
the industry tries to pigeon-hole. Accord-
ing to him, if your music and your per-
sonality get pigeon-holed, your expres-
sion is in a sense limited, and the indus-
try will control everything you produce.
The music contained within A Noise
Supreme cannot be labelled as any style
and therefore in a sense creates a style of
its own. A Noise Supreme hits you in such
a way that you are forced to listen. Brash,
blunt and straight to the point, the lyrics
proclaim Merlin's doubt but alsogives us
an idea of the frustration that he feels
about people's attitudes and the way
they think. Easy listening it's not.
If you're interested in music that you
can relate to and thatactually says some-
thing important, pick up A Noise Supreme
and enjoy the noise. Once in a while you
have to challenge some ideas. □
Some of this country's
most creative minds are in Canada's
insurance industry.
They're the kinds of minds that know-creativity
goes far beyond art, literature or making movies.
If you're like that, why not consider a career with
Canada's property/casualty, or general insurance
industry? The industry offers a wide variety of
career choices for creative minds. Accountants
yes, but also systems analysts, lawyers, managers
loss prevention engineers, investment specialists,
investigators, marine underwriters, aviation
adjusters and many more. The choice is yours.
Genera] insurance is also an industry that
encourages you to acquire its own levels of
professionalism. As a Fellow or Associate of The
Insurance Institute of Canada, you would join an
Canada's Insurance Professionals
The Graduates of The insurance Institute of Canada
educated, experienced and ethical group of
professionals equipped to pursue successful
careers at the local, provincial, national or even
international level.
Choice, challenge, satisfaction and security.
They are just some of the rewards you'll enjoy
through a creative career in the property/casualty
insurance industry.
For more information, look for your local
Insurance Institute in the white pages or, contact
Les Dandridge, B.A., A.I.I.C., at The Insurance
Institute of Canada, 18 King Street East,
6th Floor, Toronto, Ontario, M5C 1C4
(416)362-8586 FAX (416) 362-1126.
28 • The Charlatan ■ March 24, 1994
It'slunnyANDltleatures
byM.G.Comino c..„_ „.„._,. ,. . .. ..
lie Baltimore Waltz
New Theatre of Ottawa
Great Canadian Theatre Company
VMarch 16 — April 2
Playwright Paula Vogel wrote The Bal-
timore Waltz in memory of her brother
Carl, who died of AIDS in 1988.
In 1986, Carl invited Paula on a joint
excursion to Europe. She declined, not
knowing that he was HIV positive.
Vogel considers The Baltimore Waltz as
"a way for everyone to celebrate people
they've lost."
The play is a simple but charming 90-
minute comedy-drama about a woman
namedAnnaandher brother Carl . Anna
and Carl leave New York for Europe in
hopes of finding a miraculous cure for
Anna's disease, ATD (Acquired Toilet
Disease), which can only be caught by
single schoolteachers that use their stu-
dents' washroom stalls.
Confronted with her own mortality,
Anna decides to spend the time in Europe
sleeping with as many men as possible.
The Baltimore Waltz uses only three
actors: Catherine Mackenzie as the sexu-
ally liberated Anna, Robert Bockstael as
Carl, and John Koensgen, who plays eve-
ryone else.
Even though this is a play that deals
with a lethal disease, the tone of the play
is kept light, with several strange hap-
penings throughout.
One of the more bizarre happenings
in this comedy is the fact that Carl brings
a stuffed bunny everywhere, even sleep-
ing with it. Koensgen, as a sinister char-
acter, follows them with a stuffed bunny
of his own, hoping to make a bunny
exchange. Anna suspects the bunnies
are being used to hide drugs.
Perhaps the funniest scene occurs when
both Koensgen's character and Carl ap-
proach each other and flash their bun-
nies. In the end, we never do find out
what was going on with the bunnies.
In addition to the humor, the acting
was believable; the play proceeded at a
quick pace, the plot moving as quickly as
a typical Simpsons episode.
Koensgen proved his versatility, trans-
forming into over lOdifferent characters
throughout the play. He plays a French
waiter, a virgin in Munich, a little Dutch
boy and a cool German man: all of
whom Anna sleeps with, all of whom
want sex with no strings attached.
He also plays different doctors, includ-
ing one in Vienna that drinks urine in
order to examine the interior condition
of the patient's body.
The love between Anna and Carl is
very apparent through what they say to
stuffed bunnyrabbits
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Kathleen Brett, soprano
Norine Burgess, mezzo-soprano
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Britten Violin concerto No. 1
Mendelssohn A Midsummer Night's Dream
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hood memories which they share with
the audience and because they sleep to-
gether, nestling innocently in each oth-
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The staging was excellent, with three
panels representing different locations,
including interiors for night clubs, doc-
tors' offices and hotels, among others.
One particularly effective scene is when
Carl and Anna show the audience slides
of their travels in Germany. This slide
show was another great technique that
added to the overall "abroad" atmos-
phere.
The stage effects are creative and im-
pressive, probably out ofnecessity. Using
only one stage set, The Baltimore Waltz
presents illusions of night-time (lights
being lowered, shadows of vertical blinds
upon the bed) and daytime (sound of
clock ticking, then its alarm soundinq
off).
The evening I saw the play, the audi-
ence numbered only 25, which was un-
fortunate. Oh well, that just meant more
leg room and choice in searing.
The Baltimore Waltz is a good play,
with good stage effects that allowed one
to truly feel they are watching scenes
from different European countries. The
acting is professional and convincing.
MyonlycomplaintwaswithMacken-
zie'sslightly too-loud voice. I understand
that enthusiasm is part of her character,
but I sat in the upper half of the audience
seating, and her voice was still overpow-
ering.
The Baltimore Waltz is a touching play
about a loving sister-brother relation-
ship. Vogel seems to be encouraging
members of the audience to make the
most of any valued relationship, since
tragedy can unexpectedly rob anyone of
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How to be a dance innovator (Hint: it involves dogs)
by Stephanie Garrison
Charlatan Staff
if The Parsons Dance Company \V
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Anyone who has ever had enough
courage to strike out on their own can
identify with the experience choreogra-
pher David Parsons once had with Robert
Fripp.
In 1982, Parsons created Caught, a
dance piece that used music by Fripp as
its score. This created a bit of a legal
problem. The obscure number was men-
tioned in a newspaper, and Fripp's peo-
ple in New York informed Parsons he'd
have to pay royalties each time he used
it.
"So I got in touch with Fripp person-
ally, and said 'Let me show you the
piece.' I hod absolutely no money at all, "
Parsons remembers. "Fripp came to look
at it . . . and he loved it so much he wrote
me a new score. Very backwards."
Backwards and a bit lucky. Since then,
Parsons has collaborated with several
other big name musicians to create works
for his troupe. Only now he makes sure to
ask first.
Parsons founded his company in 1 987 .
Since then it has grown to encompass a
repertoire of 28 works (eight with com-
missioned scores) and an international
touring schedule.
Parsons uses different composers for
variety, because he says he feels stagna-
tion in dance is preventable with a large
repertoire.
"A lot of times in dance — especially
Western world dance — I have this feel-
ing of a formula being found by the
choreographer," Parsons says. "1 think
that there's a lot of young choreogra-
phers who are realizing that right now,
and definitely my company is one of
them."
His dancers enjoy mixing a diversity
of dance vocabularies and cultures. By
consciously deconstructing the creative
process each time it's in use, Parsons
keeps dance in his company fresh.
"The object is to keep in a situation
where you don't really know where you
are, " says Parsons. "It's a big risk; it takes
a lot of energy. You get tired faster when
you're in a place where you're not quite
sure where you are."
Parsons was a member of the world-
renowned Paul Taylor
Dance Company in
New York from 1978
until his departure to
form the Parsons
Dance Company in
1987. Leaving an in-
ternationally ac-
claimed company to
concentrate on his own
work was a risk Par-
sons faced head on,
albeit prepared. The
beginning was diffi-
cult.
"You're looking at
a period of time where
you're very vulnerable
to failure," Parsons
says, "because you
have to take care of
the business aspect . . .
the choreography, you
have to dance, you
have to be a daddy . . .
a lot of people never get overthat hump."
His reputation as a choreographer was
cemented before he left Paul Taylor, and
Parsons credits this as being the deciding
factor in his own company's success.
The Parsons Dance Company, flying.
Love Jones
Here's to the Losers
Zoo/BMG
These sly hipsters aren't fooling any-
one — their matching velvet jackets give
it all away.
This is a hardcore crew of lounge liz-
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Room near you. As they croon their way
into the hearts of down-and-outers at
hotels everywhere, their spiralling melo-
dies and lyrical genius are guaranteed to
wash any troubles away (with the help of
a few Gin Fizzes).
Lines like, "I look at you across the
pool and wonder how you're feeling/The
water's warm, the night air's cool/Your
swimsuit is appealing," make one won-
der if these guys should be sentenced to
spend eternity in a K-Mart bargain bin.
But don't condemn these poor fellas
before hearing "Custom Van," their ode
to carnal relations on wheels.
So if you're going to take a chance on
Here's to the Losers, put on your best pair
of slacks, slip on your white loafers and
crack out your bolo he because Love
Jones is in the house.
Jason Unrau
Beck
Mellow Gold
DGC
Today's plain white rapper.
Every once in a while there is a new
sound that everybody just seizes upon. It
can be heard emanating for the Walkman
beside you on the bus or while you're in
the dentist's chair.
Hail Beck. The folk-influenced, down-
home rhythm machine is within earshot
This is what American folk is becoming:
listenable music with relevant lyrics for
the fan of the '90s.
If you haven't heard his single, " Loser,"
you've probably been in a cryogenic sleep
chamber or visiting the North Pole. On
any given day, the video can be seen on
MuchMusic.
I personally enjoyed the tape, listen-
ing to it without the assaulting music
video imagery that caused me to associ-
ate Beck with beer and Betty-scoping.
Here's to Beck.
Christopher Bel!
Alice In Chains
far of Flies
Columbia/Sony
Look out Alice In Chain fans . . . are
you ready for a jar full of 777 's? Thaf s
what you're getting in this new, mostly
acoustic album.
The album's first single, "Rotten Ap-
ple" had a bit of zing to it, but in general
this album takes Alice in Chains in a
whole new direction, one's that much
more mellow.
Layne Stanley has reduced his distinc-
tive, powerful vocals in favor of a kinder,
gentler voice, jar of Flies also uses violas
and violins. Most Alice In Chains listen-
ers, used to their heavier rock, will prob-
ably not enjoy this change.
However, if you're not expecting this
new album to be like the others, then
maybe it will be an enjoyable experi-
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"People think I just got out of bed one
day and said, 'Yeah, I'm going to open
my own touring company/" Parsons
laughs. In fact, he spent his summer
breaks from Paul Taylor performing and
working with other dancers, creating the
foundation for his dance company. He
finds the interaction with other dancers a
significant benefit of his work.
"One of the joys I have of being a
creator, of having a company, is to em-
ploy artists," Parsons says. "Just watch-
ing their faces as they discover some-
thing and try it out." *
This year the company will premiere
Step Into My Dream, which incorporates
improvisational dance with a live jazz
trio on stage.
"The dancers are actually not choreo-
graphed at all during a situation, but
they have to move in terms of the music."
Plus, while the dancers are interpreting
the music, the musicians are reacting to
the dancers, says Parsons. Two years were
spent in preparation for this concept.
"The structure is very precise in where
the beginning and end of the improvisa-
tion is, but beyond that, that's it," Par-
sons says.
"Improvisation really hasn't been used
with dancing all that often. I mean, I've
been dancing with dogs on stage," Par-
sons says.
During one performance in Colorado,
Parsons danced with a friend's black Lab.
"I cameon and started dancing. Pretty
soon, he decided to walk out and play
with me a bit," Parsons recollects. "I
picked him up and ... we just stood there
for about 30 seconds, with a big dog in
my arms." The performance was sponta-
neous and playful. It is this stretching of
dance's definition of who and what is on
stage that Parsons thinks is healthy.
The company has a small turnover
rate, for good reason. They're salaried
and have free medical coverage, which is
unheard of for dance companies in the
United States.
"They (the dancers) understand, (it's)
just like a firm offers stock to its employ-
ees. You are a part of it, and that means
your conduct, the way you carry yourself,
the way you work," Parsons says. "In the
creative process, they understand they
have a stake in it. And I think it's a
wonderful thing because the dancers be-
come more well-rounded artists."
To speak with Parsons exclusively
about choreography is impossible; he is
still too involved with all aspects of his
company. This leads to his ultimate goal:
to have his company go on without him.
"That's my next goal — to have this
company tourwithoutme. And why not?"
Parsons asks. "I am part of an arts
economy . . . there's no reason why that
should stop later on." □
30 • The Charlatan • March 24, 1994
THURSDAY, MARCH 24 TO THURSDAY, MARCH 31
Thursday, March 24
As part of the Women and the Arts
lecture series, Carleton English Prof.
Barbara Leckie will be giving o talk
entitled, "Rich, Rare and Racy Books:
Censorship, the Classic and Literary Mod-
ernism." Ifs happening in Room 2017
Dunton Tower at 3:30 p.m. Admission
is free.
Amnesty International and OPIRG-
Carleton are presenting a free showing of
Manufacturing Consent: Noam
Chomsky and the Media at 7 p.m. in
Room 360 Tory.
Billy Goat, described as "tribal funk, "
whatever that may be, and local band
Chucklehead, are playing Zaphod's
tonight. Cover is only a buck.
Friday, March 25
Here's some jazz for you. The Brian
Tansley Jazz Quartet is playing a free
show in Carleton's Alumni Theatre at
12:30 p.m.
Want to watch some free music? Not
doing anything at noon? Then head on
down to Oliver's to watch the
Gandharvas, an alternative- type banc!
from London, Ont.
In the mood for some all-original one
act plays? You're in luck, because tonight
in the Alumni Theatre, Sock 'N' Buskin
is presenting two one act play with origi-
nal scripts, music and choreography by
Carleton students. First, there's To The
Walls, a drama about St. Anne, the
patron saint of housewives. Then there's
the Ta Da Girls, a comedy about those
women who present the awards at the
Oscars. Admission is $3. The fun starts at
8 p.m. and there's a reception afterwards
(Free food!).
The Carleton Arts Review is launching
its ninth anniversary issue at the Stone
Angel tonight at 8 p.m. There'll be a
reading featuring local poet Michael
Dennis.
Check out some cool loud music at the
Pit this evening, courtesy of Mushroom
Explosion, Buffle Head and Float.
They're putting on an all-ages show from
7 until 9 p.m. After that you have to be 1 9
(or have some good fake ID) to get in.
Kingston-based Celtic folks the
Mahones are holding a CD release party
at Zaphod's tonight. Cover is $7.
Fun For Malakak', one of the best
band's Ottawa has ever produced, is play-
ing the Upstairs Club this evening. Go
see.
Argentinean accordion player Raul
Barobza plays the National Gallery
amphitheatre at 8 p.m. tonight. It's all
part of the Sabroso series of Latin Ameri-
can music. Tickets are $12 in advance,
$14 at the door.
The Lowest of the Low begin a two-
night stand at the Penguin this evening.
The critically acclaimed Thirty Two
Short Films About Glenn Gould pre-
mieres tonight at 7 p.m. atthe Bytowne.
It'll be showing every day until April 7.
Saturday, March 26
Ottawa's very own Angstones play
the Pit this evening. At home in the clubs
as much as at a jazz festival, these guys
must be experienced.
England's Tom Robinson, formerly
of the aptly titled Tom Robinson Band,
plays Zaphod's this evening. Cover's
$10.
A band called Going Harold is play-
ing at the Sunnyside Sports Bar this
evening. There's no cover.
The stunning Baraka, a film without
dialogue or a plot, is playing at 4:30 p.m.
at the Bytowne. It's also showing to-
morrow at 9 p.m.
Relive St.Patrick'sDaytonightat8:30
p.m. at the Glebe Community Centre.
The Old Sod Society is presenting Irish
singer Maggie Boyle and guitarist Steve
Tilston. Cover is $14, or $12 for Old Sod
members.
(Speaking of St. Patrick's day, anyone
who wasat Grand Centrallast Thursday will
agree with me when I say that Spirit of the
West is the best live band this country has
ever produced. And for those of you who
thought S22 was too much to pay to see
them, I say, nay! Pay any price, travel any
distance to see them, -ed.)
Sunday, March 27
The Panama Deception, the Oscar-
winning documentary about the real rea-
sons the United States invaded Panama
in December 1989, is showing at the
Mayfair at 2 p.m. this afternoon.
More music at the Pit this evening,
courtesy of Trailer Dixon and Ben
Herd.
Well, this certainly looks like fun. Pipe
organist (And we all loveagood pipe organ-
ist, -ed.) Robert Palmai, soprano Shan-
non Mercer, classical guitarist Daniel
Bolshoy and others are playing at 8
p.m. this evening at Emmanuel United
Church, 691 Smyth Rd. Admission is a
donation to the Organ Fund, whatever
that may be.
Monday, March 28
To give you the energy to get through
the week, we have a suggestion for some-
thing you may wish to consume. This
week's Charlatan Snack Tip is the tasty
Swollen, Nuclear Marshmallow™.
To make your own radioactive treat, take
three marshmallows and place them in a
smallish microwaveable dish. Place the
dish in the microwave. Nuke for 30 sec-
onds on high. Spin the taffy-like sub-
stance around a fork (don't put the fork
in the microwave, kids!). Consume
quickly, as the nuked marshmallows
harden quickly. Next week, we'll tell you
how to clean the dish.
Tuesday, March 29
As he has been doing for the past 20
years (save for last week's brief relapse)
Charlatan production manager Kevin
McKay has a book tip for his loyal follow-
ers. This week he recommends The
Rocket, the Flower, the Hammer and
Me by Doug Bearlsley. Says McKay, "This
book is a collection of 23 hockey stories
by Canadian writers, including Kinsella,
Callaghan, MacLennan and Mac-
Gregor."
Wednesday, March 30
Texas folk-type Alejandro Escovedo
plays Zaphod's this evening. Cover is
$8.
On your radio tonight at 9 p.m., In A
Mellow Tone (CKCU 93.1 FM) sifts
through the best new jazz and blues
releases.
Thursday, March 31
This should make a lot of people very
happy. Sarah McLachlan plays yet
again in Ottawa, this time at
Centrepointe Theatre at 8 p.m. Open-
ing for her is the Devlins. Tickets are
$25.50.
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WHY?
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BRENDA KENNEDY
PRESIDENT
Over the years, the rights of students at
Carleton have taken a back seat as successive
siudeM associations have preoccuppied
themselves with petty politics. CUSA has
become irrelevant to many.
While CUSA waffles, cutbacks have
decimated the quality of education and
students have had little say in the
process.
Teaching assistants, library 't^?-^^
acquisitions and lab equipment are cut
instead of Administration conference travel and
expense accounts.
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creases and tuition hikes, the university has paid little more than lip service to
students because CUSA has been unwilling to stand up to the administration.
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Shaun Vardon
Hi, I'd like to make a few changes; 1. the way elections are
run at Carleton. 2. get council to talk about what concerns students
instead of last week's episode of Seinfeld. 3. keep you informed about
CUSA all year round, not just during elections. 4. establish a Labour
Relations Committee to deal with the new CUSA Union. 5. a better
working relationship between executive and council. 6. no cuts to
CUSA services. 7. no user fees for those services.
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ITS TIME TO GET BOG'S PRIORITIES RIGHT.
THEREFORE WE MUST:
•ensure a safe and accessible campus
•increase resources for the library
•initiate and put in place affordable
co-op residences
•challenge Administration to put a
freeze on ancillary fees
(extra user fees for current services)
This year I specifically fought for and won:
•a one year freeze of the Athletics fee in '94-'95
while creating a balanced Athletics Budget.
•a one year freeze of all Carleton parking fees
for '94-'95.
BRENDA KENNEDY
BOARD OF GOVERNORS
BRENDA KENNEDY'S experience on the Presidential Advisory Committee on
Personal Safety has proven she knows now to effectively deal with the
University Administration. She successf ully fought to maintain the Safety Van
last summer after the University proposed to discontinue this important
service. On issues like cafeteria prices, tuition
fees, safety, sports funding, and the quality of
your education. BRENDA KENNEDY will con-
tinue to STAND UP FOR YOUR RIGHTS. Only
with a representative who has a proven
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Is it...
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• Botched Elections?
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The Charlatan ■ March 31, 1994
NEWS
Board to choose tuition hikes
by Jill Mahoney
Charlatan Staff
Two days before the end of final ex-
ams, Carleton's board of directors will
decide how much to increase tuition.
When it meets on April 27, the board
can make the decision now that the On-
tario government has announced that
universities can increase tuition by up to
ten per cent for each of the next two
years.
The 32-member board of governors is
the highest decision-making body at
Carleton. It's made up of students, fac-
ulty, administrators and community rep-
resentatives.
If the board votes to increase tuition at
Carleton by the maximum amount al-
lowed, full-time undergraduate students
will pay $202 more in most programs
next year, and $223 more in 1995-96.
But universities do not have to in-
crease tuition by the amount set out by
the provincial government's Ministry of
Education and Training last week, or
even at all.
Board secretary Charles Watt says there
has been a tradition of tuition increases
to the maximum amount allowed at
Carleton.
"The history of it is that universities,
almost without exception, everjryear do
what the ministry says."
For each of the last three years, the
province has allowed Ontario universi-
ties to increase tuition by seven per cent
and Carleton has done just that.
Watt says tuition makes up about 25
per cent of the university's revenue. He
says universities usually increase tuition
as much as they can.
"When the government announces
an increase of X, they (universities) take
X," he says. "The universities don't take
less because the universities need the
money."
Maureen O'Neil, chair of the board of
governors
why universities have to raise tuition by
the maximum amount every year. She
says she will try to persuade the board
into reaching a compromise about the
increase.
"My initial proposal would be for it to
be at the level of inflation — one or two
per cent."
Dewar says a student presence at the
board meeting is important.
— "I hope
"I hope the students will be there stu-
giving a good presentation and
talking about their own
difficult experiences."
Marion Dewar
and a com-
munity rep-
resentative,
agrees that
universities
have finan-
cial prob-
lems.
"1 think
that all uni- ^h^hmmh^^^^^^^m
versifies are — — — — —
in extremely difficult positions and very
few are going to avoid increasing tui-
tion," says O'Neil.
She says she will vote in favor of this
year's tuition increase. But O'Neil says it
is important that access to education be
maintained through a changed system
of student loans.
Marion Dewar, a board member and
former mayor of Ottawa, says she has
concerns about increasing tuition because
it prevents some students from going to
university.
Dewar, who voted against the tuition
increase last year, says she doesn't see
dents will
be there
giving a
good pres-
entation
and talking
about their
own diffi-
i^Bii^HMHM cult experi-
~ ~~ "™ —~ — ences."
Elaine Silver, an undergraduate stu-
dent representative on the board, says
she hopes the board will recognize tui-
tion increases are becoming "yearly
events."
"Tuition was supposed to go up peri-
odically and that's not what's happen-
ing."
She says there are other ways the
university can raise money, like corpo-
rate sponsorship.
"I imagine that I won't be voting in
favor of a tuition increase. I'm pretty
dam sure."
Ivan Fellegi, the board's vice-chair and
chief statistician at Statistics Canada,
voted for the tuition increase last year,
but says he doesn't know how he will vote
this year.
"I will have to see the whole financial
picture and what the trade-offs are in
academics, the student-teacher ratio,"
he says.
Kate Thome, the board's support staff
representative, who also voted to increase
tuition last year, says she is waiting until
a financial committee meeting on April
20 where it will review the budget.
"At that point, I'm sure the students
will be making a presentation," says
Thome.
The committee, which will review the
budget and make a recommendation on
a tuition increase to the board, is com-
posed of 20 board members. These in-
clude O'Neil, Thome, university presi-
dent Robin Farquhar, undergraduate stu-
dent representatives Lucy Watson and
Elaine Silver and graduate student repre-
sentative Vlad Zhivov.
But she says the board is in a tough
position.
"I think that they're terribly aware of
how short funds are and how the univer-
sity needs the money. On the other hand,
they're very concerned about student
welfare."
Stuart Adam, dean of arts and a new
member on the board, says he will be
supporting the increase.
"Ifs driven as far as I can see by
necessity," he says. □
Admin not saving as much as it can
by Caron Watt
Charlatan Staff
Carleton University's administration
could be doing more to save money, says
the business agent of the Canadian Un-
ion of Public Employees Local 2323.
Brian Edgecombe says he's concerned
about administration's spending when
he sees figures like $9.3 million being
spent on salaries for 1 30 senior adminis-
trators.
"It doesn't include benefits, it doesn't
include pensions, it doesn't include any-
thing else. It just includes the flat number
for salaries," he says.
The figures Edgecombe cited were sub-
mitted to the provincial government by
Carleton's administration last July be-
cause of social contract legislation and
they were made available to campus
union locals.
The Ontario government's social con-
tract is a money-saving initiative forcing
public institutions like universities to cut
budget costs. The group of 130 senior
administrators includes deans, vice-presi-
dents, president, and senior people in
administrative — — — — — — — ~
Admin building, er, Robertson Hall decisions, decisions.
offices.
Edgecombe
says 30 senior
academic ad-
ministrators
such as deans
and school di-
rectors make
an average of
$91,900eacha
year. Another
100 senior staff
in administra-
figures to The Charlatan.
Edgecombe says Carleton President
Robin Farquhar agreed to go over job
descriptions with him, but did not agree
to reveal salary figures.
But administration has advertised on
campus and in
— " """^ ~~ a publication
called University
Affairs for the
new position of
associate vice-
president of fi-
nance and ad-
ministration.
The deadline for
applications is
prof. Larry Black on the hiring April 15. The
Of administrators salary range for
tne position is
^^^^^^^—B^"^"^^™^^— listedatbetween
but there has been an
overall net reduction in
administrative posi-
tions.
Bill Pickett, director
of the office of budget
planning, says there
has been a reduction of
about 12 administra-
tive positions, out of
about 1,000 total ad-
ministrators.
"All over the rest of
the university when
someone retires or
leaves, the position isn't
u, filled at all," says Larry
c Black, a history profes-
sor at Carleton.
Black says he ques-
tions whether there is a need for the new
position, and whether administration is
using its resources in the best possible
way.
But administrators say they're mak-
ing the necessary cuts.
"The social contract required an ex-
penditure reduction of about $4.8 mil-
lion," says Pickett. "And that is being
made through unpaid leave and reduc-
tions in the pension contributions."
Unpaid leave and pension reductions
amount to about a five per cent decrease
in salaries, says Riordon.
Overall, the university has cut close to
$ 10 million dollars from last year's budget
of $160 million, with the implementa-
tion of an expenditure control plan this
year, says Pickett.
"Basically, people are just having to
do things smarter," says Pickett. "We're
having to do more with less resources."
He says the university is unable to hire
SPENDING cont'd on page 8.
"All over the rest of the
university when someone
retires or leaves, the
position isn't filled at all."
tive depart-
ments such as the business and Person-
nel offices make an average of
The university employs about 1,huo
full-time and 1 ,200part-time employees,
says Spruce Riordon, the university s vice
presidentoffinanceandadministration.
Riordon refused to release any salary
$91,117 to $122,230.
The responsibilities listed include over-
seeing day-to-day operation of depart-
ments including physical plant, the de-
partment of university safety and athlet-
ics and recreation.
Riordon says the position isa new one,
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March 31, 1994 • The Charlatan ■ 3
Groups monitoring CKCU, says manager
by Michael Mainville
Charlatan Slad
In light of recent complaints, CKCU's
station manager says he believescertain
broadcasts are being monitored by right-
wing organizations.
"More than one right-wing organiza-
tion has been monitoring the show,"
says Max Wallace.
In the last few months, three formal
complaints have been filed with the Ca-
nadian Radio-television and Telecom-
munication Commission against Defi-
ant Voices, CKCU's gay and lesbian is-
sues program. The CRTC is Canada's
national broadcast regulator and has the
power to grant and revoke stations' li-
Max Wallace: Facing complaints.
The Catholic Civil Rights League filed
two complaints in January alleging that
music and comments made by co-hosts
of Defiant Voices were offensive to Catho-
lics.
On the Dec. 1 show, GibbsandDurant
said "perhapswhen the Catholic Church
leams to stop persecuting people, we can
leam to stop persecuting it." After Eady
broadcast an editorial response on the
Dec. 8 show, Gibbs and Durant played
the songs "B-B-Q Pope" by the Butthole
Surfers and "Will the Fetus Be Aborted"
by lello Biafra and Mojo Nfxon.
Another lobby group, REAL Women,
complained this month over comments
made by Gibbs on the March 2 show.
Gibbs criticized a section of a press
release dealing with
REAL Women's state-
ment that legislation
on sexual orientation
proposed by the On-
tario government
would likely be op-
posed by the major-
ity of Canadians.
The complaint al-
leges that Gibbs dam-
aged REAL Women's
reputation by equat-
ing the organization
with racist views.
Gibbs denies that
he called REAL
Women a racist or-
ganization.
Wallace says in-
formation included
in the groups' letters
to the CRTC are what prompted him to
believe CKCU is being monitored.
"REAL Women, one of Canada's most
notorious right-wing organizations made
a complaint about the show and they
had whole passages transcribed."
But Gwen Landolt, national president
ofREAL Women, sayswhile group mem-
bers sometimes tape the show, she denies
they periodically monitor it.
"We don't monitor (the station), but
some broadcasts we do tape."
She says the broadcast, which caused
the organization to complain to the CRTC,
happened to be heard by one of their
members and was subsequently taped.
But Wallace says that's ridiculous.
"Obviously she's not going to admit
that they were consciously monitoring it.
But what is one woman from REAL
Women doing taping (Defiant Voices)?"
Gibbs says he is also suspicious that
the station is being monitored because
both complaints to the CRTC included
transcripts of the Defiant Voices broad-
casts.
"Huge sections of the show were quoted
in the letter so it was taped, " says Gibbs.
But Gibbs says he will not be intimi-
dated by these organizations.
"I'm quite aware that they're listen-
ing, so I'll just have a good time with it,"
says Gibbs.
Wallace says he is proud the station is
being monitored.
"It shows that we're making a differ-
ence. Our mandate is to be controver-
sial." □
Dunton Tower: It's a smokin'
by Ryan Ward
Charlatan Staff
Dunton Tower was smoking after a
fire around 10:25 a.m. on March 30.
Capt. John Wortley, fire chief of the
Ottawa Fire Department, says the fire
started by the steps of Dunton Tower on
the west side of the building, facing the
Unicentre.
Wortley says someone threw a ciga-
rette butt beside the steps, causing some
newsprint and leaves to catch fire. He
says there was no damage to the build-
ing.
Some students saw the smoke and
were wondering what was going on.
" I was getting off the bus and headi ng
towards the tunnels when my friend told
me to look (at Dunton Tower)," says
witness Josiah Cook. "I looked over and
saw a bike, a bike rack and a whole lot of
smoke."
Ron Campbell, a Carleton fire preven-
tion officer for the department of univer-
sity safety, says he will personally over-
see the area to prevent another fire.
"I'm going to keep a better eye on it
myself and I'll call buildings and grounds
so they won't have to worry about check-
ing on it all the time."
He says a witness called the depart-
ment of university safety to report the
fire. Department of university safety of-
ficer Murray Thomas was called at 10:26
a.m. to the tower and pulled the fire
alarm, he says. □
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Volunteer bureau a wonderful place to be
hv .Ineiia Dnlu . .
by Josee Bellemare
Charlatan Staff
In the last of a series about services
this year. The Charlatan profiles the Car-
leton Volunteer Bureau.
Carleton's student services and their co-
ordinators are funded out of the $80-95
annual fee each undergraduate student pays
totheCarletonUniversityStudents' Associa-
tion. Carleton's Volunteer Bureau is one of
these services.
The co-ordinator of Carleton's Volun-
teer Bureau says she likes to help stu-
dents find out what volunteer opportuni-
ties are available on and off campus.
"I feel volunteer experience is impor-
tant to give direction for students in de-
ciding on their major, or for career possi-
bilities," says lulie Nelson.
The Volunteer Centre of Ottawa-Car-
leton provides Carleton's Volunteer Bu-
reau, now in its fourth year of operation,
with a database to guide students to
organizationswhich need volunteers. The
database has about 800 volunteer jobs
available to students.
Nelson says about eight students come
in every week looking for volunteer work
in their field of study to gain career-
related experience.
"By volunteering, (students) can help
an organization and help themselves,"
she says.
She says September and January were
the busiest months — about 12 to 15
students each week came to look for
volunteerplacements.
Practical experience helps students
decide on career choices when they look
for a paving job.
Nelson says 95 per cent of the volun-
teer jobs are off campus. She says most
students ask for positions in hospitals, or
at the Ottawa Board of Education as
volunteer teaching assistants.
In the first week of February, Nelson
says the Vol-
unteer Bu-
reau offered
50 free T-
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dents who
registered at
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During the
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says about 25
to 30 students
wanted to vol-
unteer, in-
cluding 12
students the
first day. The
Carleton Uni-
versity Stu- „
dents' Asso- Bureau co-ordinator [title Nelson: looking for volunteers.
ciation pays for the service, with a total spent up to $18,000 on rent, office sup-
budgetofabout$27,0O0forthel993-94. plies, publicity, and other expenses by
the end of February. □
Nelson says the Volunteer Bureau had
New and improved CUSA election? Not really
by Mike Peters
Charlatan Staff
If the first-day of the Carleton Univer-
sity Students' Association election is any
indication, voter turnout for this year's
second election might be down a bit from
the original one in February.
About 750 presidential ballots were
cast March 29 on the first day of voting,
says Jason Giroux, Elections Carleton's
assistant electoral officer.
Atthat pace, about 2,250 ballots will
be cast when the polls close at 6:10 p.m.
March 31 — down from 2,825 in Febru-
ary's election.
In the 1993 presidential election, 2,389
ballots were cast, including about 1,000
on the first day.
This year's entire CUSA election in
February was overturned because CU-
SA's constitutional board ruled that the
electoral code was violated during the
campaign and polling periods.
Some students say they are concerned
that the recall of the first election has
increased apathy among students.
Ryan Henderson, a first-year arts stu-
dent, says he has votedbut doesn't blame
students for being apathetic.
"It's (CUSA's) own fault— they should
have been responsible enough to get it
right the firsttime. It's a waste of money . "
"It's too bad," says Kevin Lacey, a first-
year political science student and arts
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The school year
in graphics . . .
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September 23, 1993
"Carleton drops out of Maclean's sur-
vey"
After being ranked 44th in the 1991
survey and spending $ 1 00,000 to collect
dataforthe 1992survey, President Robin
Farquhar chose not to send any data to
M(3c/ean'5forl993.
Farquhar said compiling the data for
the survey would cost the university too
much money.
Maclean 's went ahead and used Carle-
ton's data from last year's survey, in
which Carleton finished sixth in the "com-
prehensive universities" category.
Based on the old data (and with the
penalty system used by Macleon's for
non-participants), Carleton finished
ninth out of 1 2 schools in 1 993 .
October 21, 1993
"Watson a no-show at BOG"
In October, it was revealed that CUSA
President Lucy Watson hadn't been to
her board of governors meetings, a posi-
tion to which she had been elected to fill.
The board is the highest decision-mak-
ing body at the university, with only two
undergraduate student representatives.
November 4, 1993
"Board rules in labor dispute"
CUSA Incorporated received a jolt in
November when all its 160 employees
were unionized by the Ontario Labor
Relations Board.
The board automatically unionized
CUSA employees because it ruled that
CUSA had interfered with attempts to
organize a union in the summer.
Negotiations with the union for a col-
lective agreement are scheduled to begin
in April.
November 4, 1993
"Local business seeks space at Carle-
ton"
Bruce Firestone, founder of the Na-
tional Hockey League's Ottawa Senators
and new owner of the Canadian Football
League's Ottawa Rough Riders, wanted
to put a summer entertainment park in
the field called the North 40, in the north-
east comer of campus.
The Carleton University Development
Corporation, a university-owned corpo-
ration which deals with development on
campus, rejected the proposal later in
November.
Incidentally, The Ottawa Citizen re-
ported March 25 that Firestone was just
hired to teach real estate development as
a sessional lecturer in the schools of busi-
ness and architecture.
February 10, 1994
"Memos question out-of-class con-
duct"
A memo to departmental chairs and
directors by CUSA director of services
Theresa Cowan sparked debate over
whether professors should socialize with
students after class.
The memo warned professors against
socializing with students because it might
lead to an unfair advantage for some
students over others.
As is customary, the mainstream me-
dia saw the issue as an opportunity to
criticize "political correctness" ratherthan
address issues like harassment and
favoritism.
February 10, 1994
"Farquhar slams zero tolerance policy"
Academic freedom versus freedom
from discrimination. That was the argu-
ment over the provincial government's
policy framework to forbid speech that
harasses an individual or group on uni-
versity campuses.
Carleton professors signed a petition
opposing it because they said it would
interfere with academic freedom.
In early February, Farquhar refused to
review Carleton 's anti-discrimination
policy as requested by the government.
He said Carleton already has policies in
place to prevent discrimination.
March 10, 1994
"CUSA election tossed: here we go
again"
CUSA council didn't have enough votes
to overturn a constitutional board ruling
which said the previous election would
have to be re-done because of polling
flaws.
Rene Faucher, the outgoing finance
commissioner, said he was upset CUSA
council upheld the board ruling and said
council was seeing "red skies and uni-
corns." Presumably, he meantthey were
too idealistic for hoping a CUSA election
could be handled properly.
Earlier, in December, a CUSA referen-
dum to increase fees to the student lobby
group Canadian Federation of Students
was thrown out because a "No" commit-
tee was not allowed to campaign.
March 17, 1994
"Strike rejected by CUPE 2323: TAs
and RAs accept Admin's final offer"
After almost a year of back and forth
negotiation with the university, CUPE
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more people to handle the increasing
student population. This year, the over-
all increase in undergraduate students
was five per cent, says Pickett. He says
next year's increase is expected to be
between two and three per cent.
Each year, administration must sub-
mit its budget to the board of governors.
The board's finance committee has the
power to veto and make amendments to
the budget.
The board is made up of 32 members,
including three students, members of the
community, Carleton President Robin
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Farquhar, and other faculty and non-
academic staff.
Students can exercise some power on
how administration spends its money,
says Lucy Watson, finance committee
member and Carleton University Stu-
dents' Association president.
Students can lobby the board of gover-
nors and ask questions, she says.
As a student board member, Watson
says it's often hard for her to balance
student concerns with the interests of the
university, because the board's main in-
terest is that of the university as a whole,
not just the students and staff. □
HEADLINE cont'd from page 6.
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accept five more hours of work per year
for its graduates.
After a Feb. 17 vote to strike, and a
final mediation round March 7, the un-
ion local finally agreed to the university's
final offer. The evening of March 10,
after a few tense hours of ballot-count-
ing, those members who had voted to
strike in February swung back to accept
the university's offer. About 55 per cent
of those who voted chose to accept the
work increase. Michel Roy, president of
CUPE 2323, cried.
March 24, 1994
"NOP declares war on students"
The provincial NDP government an-
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hike each year for the next two years,
waiting until the last minute before On-
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Tuition hikes have a national appeal
by Michael Mainville t„-» ,k ,1 _..u.,.u.J . ...... .
by Michael Mainville
Charlatan Staff
Carleton students will face one of the
highest tuition increases in Canada for
next year if the university's board of
governors votes to hike tuition the maxi-
mum amount allowed by the province.
On March 23, Ontario Minister of
Education and Training Dave Cooke an-
nounced that the provincial NOP gov-
ernment would allow universities to in-
crease tuition by up to 10 per cent each
year for the next two years.
Compared to other tuition increases
in Canada, which range from zero to 12
per cent, Ontario's hike is one of the
highest. With the increase, Carleton arts
students will pay about $2,450 in tuition
by 1 995-96, which places it in the middle
of the pack for tuition among Canadian
universities.
Reaction to the hike
Carl Gillis, chair of the Canadian Fed-
eration of Students, says the latest tuition
increase means "more barriers in terms
of people going to school."
Gillis says students are frustrated with
the NDP government's decision.
"A lot of students were betrayed and
lied to by the government," says Gillis.
He says members of the NDP govern-
ment have betrayed students because
their 1990 election campaign included
promises to freeze and eventually elimi-
nate tuition for Ontario post-secondary
institutions.
However, the Ontario government has
blamed tuition increases on the freeze in
federal transfer payments to the prov-
inces for education and welfare. The fed-
eral budget, released Feb. 22, removed $2
billion from projected transfers of funds
to the provinces.
Kathy Chapeskie, communications
officer for the Council of Ontario Univer-
sities, says the tuition hike "is a step in
the right direction." The council is an
advisory body to the government com-
posed of Ontario's university presidents.
Last August, the council published a
report to the province recommending
tuition increases of 30 to 50 per cent.
Chapeskie says she hopes other prov-
inces across the country adopt the same
sort of increases.
Gillis disagrees. He says Ontario's tui-
tion increase sets a bad example for other
provinces.
"It's a bad precedent for the rest of the
president, says students were appalled
with the board's decision.
In Alberta, the Tory government has
announced itwould cut education fund-
ing by $300 million dollars, 21 per cent
over the next three years.
To compensate for the lack of provin-
cial funding, the University of Calgary
raisedtuitionbyl2percentfornextyear,
the maximum allowable amount.
We're
Going up? The cost of Canadian
university education
Here are some tuition fee statistics for full-time arts students at selected
universities across the country in 1993-94, based on Statistics Canada
information.
As well, the percentage of increase expected for 1 994-95 is listed.
U of Victoria
Mount Allison
McGill
Carleton
1993-94
$2,224
$2,890
$1,632
$2,026
% increase for 1994-95
9.65
0
1.9
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country, to the extent that everyone looks
to someone who justifies the position
they want to take," says Gillis.
Hie cost of education
Most other provinces have already set
tuition levels for next year. In B.C., the
NDP also promised a freeze on tuition
when it came to power in 1991.
Since there is no government regula-
tion of tuition fees in B.C., individual
universities' governing bodies set tuition
increases. However, the increases must
be approved by the Ministry of Educa-
tion.
The B.C. government refused to ap-
prove any tuition increases for 1992-93,
but recommended a maximum tuition
hike of 9.65 per cent for 1993-94.
In March, the University of Victoria
board of governors unanimously recom-
mended a 9.65 per cent increase in tui-
tion for next year.
Janetta Ozard, U Vic's student union
dealing with
a govern-
ment that
doesn't see
much value
in post-sec-
ondary edu-
cation,"
says Chima
Nkemdirim,
the vice-
president
external of U
of C's stu-
dent union.
But while some western schools are
seeing sharp increases intuitionfornext
year, the Liberal government in Quebec
announced a surprisingly low tuition
hike.
On Dec. 15, Lucienne Robillard, Que-
bec's minister of education and science,
announced a tuition-increase ceiling of
1.9 per cent for all post-secondary stu-
dents. Quebec students already pay the
lowest tuition in the country.
Commenting on the announcement,
Marc Luz, president of the Student's Soci-
ety of McGill, says the decision not to
increase tuition this year was influenced
by Quebec's upcoming election.
Luz says he thinks the Quebec govern-
ment will compensate for the lower tui-
tion by cutting funding to universities, a
less noticeable cost-saving measure.
In the Maritime provinces, students
have been paying substantially higher
tuition fees than in other provinces for
the last few years.
Students in New Brunswick, P.E.I, and
Nova Scotia are paying up to $800 more
per year in tuition than most Ontario
students. The Liberal government of New
Brunswick has frozen tuition fees at their
current level for 1994-95.
A ripple effect?
With the highest tuition costs in
Canada centred in the Maritimes, stu-
dents there do not fear massive tuition
increases in the wake of Ontario's deci-
sion, says Mark Ansems, vice-president
of finance for the Student's Administra-
tive Council at Mount Allison University
in Sackville, N.B.
"If (the provincial government) didset
highertuitionsin the near future, itwould
be somewhat of a politically suicidal
move," he says.
But Gillis says it is inevitable that
otherprovincial governments will follow
the trend set by Ontario's NDP govern-
ment.
"I'm sure there will be some ministers
of education provinciaily, and some pre-
miers looking at what's taking place here
with some level of glee, because it gives
them, at least in some perverse way,
justification (to raise tuition) in their own
provinces."
At U Vic, Ozard says she also fears the
large Ontario hike will set a precedent for
future tuition increases in B.C.
"We find that things happen in Cen-
tral or Eastern Canada and it moves its
way back. It worries us because often
administrations tend to legitimize their
increases by universities from other prov-
inces," says Ozard.
However, some students outside of
Ontario feel the hike here is justified
because Ontario students continue to
have tuition fees that are among the
lowest in Canada.
Ansems says the increase in Ontario
"is a kind of catch-up. it will help Ontario
schools to come in line with us and other
eastern schools." □
Carleton community talks back to Rae gov't
by Karolina Srutek
Charlatan Staff
On March 23, Dave Cooke, the Ontario minister of education and
training, announced a tuition increase ceiling of 1 0 per cent each year over
the next two years.
If Ontario universities decide to raise tuition by the maximum amount
allowable, students could be paying at least $425 more in tuition by 1995-
96.
With this in mind. The Charlatan hit the hallways of Carleton to get
reaction to this question:
What are your feelings on the 20 per cent tuition
increase planned for students in the next two years?
Basically what the government is do-
ing is making education only for the
elites. What is education going to be-
come? Is it wrong for it to be a right or is
it just going to be a privilege? I think
what I'm really upset about is no stu-
dents having (the) initiative to get to-
gether and make a real racket about it.
Patricia Sentongo (below, right)
Law III
I'm not so happy
about it of course, but
I don't know if we
have much of a
choice right now . . .
it's kind of unfair.
A lies ho Green
Commerce III
Yes, I think ifs a good thing, because
whenever you provide a good to people at
less then the true cost of producing the good,
people over-use it. So charging a good price
would ensure that the people who most
value a university would come to (univer-
sity).
Professor Nicholas Rowe
Department of Economics
I get OSAP, so unless I get
more OSAP money then I will
find it hard to meet the tuition
fees.
Asif Chowdhury
Electrical Engineering II
My parents let me live at
home for free and I pay my
school, but I know if I had
to live on my own and pay
for my school it would be
absolutely ridiculous. I
wouldn't come.
Jason Rendell
Psychology/
Anthropology II
March 31, 1994 ■ The Charlatan • 9
Campus cops may use spray
by Michelle Maruk
The Msniloban, University of Manitoba
University of Manitoba's campus po-
lice may soon join several other law
enforcement agencies currently using a
controversial weapon — pepper spray.
Pepperspray will give officers an alter-
native to using other weapons. When
sprayed in the face of suspects or assail-
ants, it causes a burning sensation in
eyes and skin, nausea and, some say,
may trigger death.
According to some reports, over 15
people have died after being shot with
the spray in the United States.
Dr. Barry Blakey, a veterinarian toxi-
cologist at the University of Saskatch-
ewan, says the use of pepper spray on
people is relatively safe, provided it is
used correctly. He says the product has
no long-term effects, but irritation of the
eyes and lungs can last for up to two
hours andlead to minor health problems
such as coughing and other infections of
the eyes and lungs.
"1 know of no cases where a person
has died from the pepper spray, but if a
person does have heart problems or is
very agitated death maybe a slim possi-
bility," says Blakey.
According to Eric Turner, City of Win-
nipeg Police spokesperson, the depart-
ment tested the product for a three-month
period with no problems. Turner also
says the number of public complaints
filed against the department went down
during the test period because of the
decrease in physical confrontations.
When asked about the deaths in the
United States, Turner cites a report from
the Association of Police Chiefs who hired
an independent coroner in Dallas to in-
vestigate the deaths. The report found
the deaths were not a result of the pepper
spray, but other, pre-existing conditions.
"No one died from the pepper spray.
In most of the cases the suspects were on
drugs or alcohol and in poor health. In
one case a person had a heart attack, but
the person was very agitated and had a
heart condition, " says Turner.
Despite the risks, campus police chief
Don Peters says issuing canisters of pep-
per spray to officers will help his depart-
ment serve the university community
with more confidence. In the past, when
faced with potentially life-threatening
situations, officers had no alternative but
to use physical force.
"I feel it is important to equip the
officers as best we can," says Peters.
Arming the campus police force with
pepper spray would cost the department
$880 plus tax for one regular can of
pepper spray, a training can and a hol-
ster for each officer. Trai ni ng costs for the
force will be extra and Peters feels the
department will likely adopt the city's
training program.
Peters says any decision to use pepper
spray will be made later this year, after
the city police release their final report
on the product's effectiveness. □
Windsor names first female engineering dean
by Teena Ward
The Lance, UnivBrslly ol Windsor
WINDSOR (CUP) — The University of
Windsor has appointed the first female
dean of engineering in Canada.
Hada ElMaraghy will make history as
the first woman dean of engineering in
Canada, uponbeginning the job in July.
ElMaraghy, a former engineering pro-
fessor at McMaster University in Hamil-
ton, has been cited as an excellent role
model for both women and men in engi-
neering.
According to the university, she is
"eminently qualified" in flexible manu-
facturing and a leader in automation
and robotics. She has also headed up
research projects on a national and inter-
national level.
ElMaraghy says she will start an
"outreach program to schools in the area
to encourage young women to consider
engineering."
A powerful woman in engineering
may "bring greater respect for females —
it won't be so foreign for women to be
there," says first-year engineering stu-
dent Esperansita Macchiavello.
ElMaraghy says she aims to create a
comfortable atmosphere for men, too.
"Male students, when they graduate,
have to get used to working with women.
They may be supervised by women."
Brian Zima, a second-year engineer-
ing student, says he's hoping ElMaraghy
"will attract more women to engineer-
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Some students aren't happy with the
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March break, when many students were
off campus. □
Yes, you do have to pay those
student fees: B.C. court
by Kris Karlsson
The Peak, Simon Fraser University
BURNABY, B.C. (CUP) — Compulsory
membership in student organizations is
not a violation of the Charter of Rights
and Freedoms, nor is it against the public
interest, according to a precedent-setting
decision by the British Columbia Court of
Appeals.
The March 14 ruling by B.C. Chief
Justice Alan MacEachem upholds the
right of universities to require that stu-
dents be members of student councils
and pay compulsory membership fees.
The ruling overturns an earlier deci-
sion by the province's commercial ap-
pealscommission, which found that com-
pulsory membership in the Simon Fraser
Student Society was unconstitutional and
contrary to the public interest.
The original challenge to compulsory
membership was launched in 1992 by
Simon Fraser undergraduate student
David Feldhaus, a member of a club at
SFU called Students Advocating for Free-
dom of Association. Feldhaus argued
compulsory membership in the student
society was unconstitutional.
The commission ruled in Feldhaus's
favor, even though the student society
argued that it had not been properly
informed about the challenge.
The studentsociety appealed the com-
mission's ruling to the B.C. Court of Ap-
peals. The commission's decision could
have threatened the guaranteed funding
of almost all the university and college
student organizations in Canada.
In his decision, Chief Justice
MacEachem ruled that the commission
"vastly transcended its jurisdiction, " and
made decisions it was in no position to
make.
The court ruled that the Charter does
not apply because universities are not
considered a level of government.
Chief Justice MacEachem pointed out
to Feldhaus that he could withdraw his
membership in the student society by
writing a letter to them. However, under
the province's University Act, the univer-
sity still has a right to require that he pay
the society's membership fee. □
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CSIS deems Palestinian student a security risk
by Nicholas Davis
excalibur, York University
TORONTO (CUP) — Canada's top-
secret intelligence agency wants a York
University student expelled from the
country.
Issam Ahmed Alyamani, a fourth-
year political science student, faces a
deportation order after the Canadian
Security Intelligence Service deemed him
a security risk.
Alyamani is a Palestinian refugee,
bom in Lebanon. A hearing with Immi-
gration Canada is scheduled on April 15
to determine where to send him.
The deportation order from Immigra-
tion Canada also includes his wife and
two children, who are both Canadian
citizens.
Alyamani, 38, has been in Canada
since 1985 as a landed immigrant. In
1988 he applied for Canadian citizen-
ship. After not hearing from the citizen-
ship board for over a year, he phoned
them only to find out his application had
been denied and that he was being inves-
tigated by CSIS.
"I didn't understand what was going
on," says Alyamani. "They said I didn't
pass security clearance, but I have clear-
ance from when I first came to Canada."
Alyamani's lawyer obtained docu-
ments about the Palestinian's case from
a review hearing conducted last year by
the Security Intelligence Review Com-
mittee of CSIS's investigation of
Alyamani. The committee is an inde-
pendent public body that watches over
CSIS.
According to CSIS, Alyamani is con-
sidered a "potential threat to Canadian
security." CSIS believes Alyamani has
ties to the Popular Front for the Libera-
tion of Palestine. The PFLP is one of seven
groups that belong to the Palestinian
Liberation Organization, which CSIS con-
siders a terrorist organization.
He has openly supported the Palestin-
ian nationalist movement, but says he
has never engaged in terrorist acts. He
says he feels his beliefs have become an
issue.
"1 don't have any involvement in any
terrorist activities, " says Alyamani . "CSIS
has even admitted that I have not en-
gaged in illegal or subversive activities in
Canada."
York political science professor Reg
Whitaker, who says he didn't know
Alyamani when he testified at the review
hearing last year as an expert witness,
says the hearings were unfair.
"It's not fair that he is being convicted
of associating with the PFLP," says
Whitaker. "This is guilt by association,
which is against the Charter of Rights. "
CSIS cont'd on page 13.
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Charlatan staff employment WQS UD five npr font ftvim „„; ... *
by Brandie Weikle
Charlatan Staff
th J™!,^?1 9°vemment thinks it has
the solution to student unemployment.
,"™an R"ources Development
Canada announced March 22 that it is
ZTmg its, to the S™
Employment/Experience Development
program by $20 million this year. As a
result, the government expects 10,000
more young Canadians will find employ-
ment this summer.
The program is designed to provide
wage subsidies to employers to create
summer jobs for students. It sponsors
employers from both the private and
public sectors as well as non-profit or-
ganizations to create projects which give
students work experience.
The additional jobs are desperately
needed by increasing numbers of unem-
ployed youth.
A Statistics Canada survey releasedin
February shows lower-than-ever student
employment rates. Overall, student un
employment was up five per cent from
1989 to 1993. Last year, 17.5 per cent of
students were out of a job.
The report says during the recent re-
cession, "youths have bome a dispropor-
tionate share of job losses."
The government hopes increased fund-
ing will turn this trend around.
"The money will permit the federal
government to fund more jobs," says
Guy Morin, program and service officer
at Canadian job Strategy, which handles
programs like this one.
Yvan Clermont, project manager for
communications of the Human Resource
Development youth directorate, says
applications from employers for the pro-
gram are presently being considered by
Canada Employment Centre counsellors
and Members of Parliament.
Clermont says the government is in-
terested in sponsoring community-based
projects in areas like the environment.
The program has two streams of jobs:
one that provides some jobs geared at
university students which start at the
beginning of May and one geared at
high-school students, with jobs starting
at the beginning of |uly.
Morin says students can find the jobs
either through the Canada Employment
Centre for Students or through job
postings by private businesses involved
in the program.
The government will also continue to
poke away at student unemployment by
sponsoring the Canada Employment
Centres for Students, Student Business
Loans, the Native Internship Program,
and the Business Drive for Jobs.
The government spends $8.6 million
a year to fund 420 student placement
centres across the country. The centres,
open during the summer months, offer
free liaison services between employers
and students.
As well, there are $1.14 million in
federal government business loans avail-
able to students. These interest-free loans,
up to $3,000, are supposed to help stu-
dents employ themselves by managing
their own business. Last year, 1,106 stu-
dent loans were approved. The program
is administered and delivered by the Fed-
eral Business Development Bank in asso-
ciation with the Royal Bank of Canada
and the National Bank of Canada.
The Native Internship Program pro-
vides employment opportunities within
Human Resources Development Canada
offices. The program is designed to "meet
the career and vocational interests of
Aboriginal students. . . and to expose
them to the public service as a career
option, " according toa press release. The
government spends $2.41 million fund-
ing this program.
The government provides $800,000 to
the Business Drive for jobs. The drive is a
collaborative effortofbusinessorganiza-
tions and firms which challenges the
private sector to create summer jobs for
students without government subsidies.Q
_ - prov.aes some iods geared at up to $3,000, are supposed to help stu-
Red Cross donor questions labelled homophobic
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VICTORIA (CUP)* — A questionnaire
used by the Canadian Red Cross to screen
potential blood donors has stirred up
controversy at some universities across
the country including the University of
Victoria.
The questionnaire, given to all poten-
tial blood donors, has been called dis-
criminatory and homophobic by students
at Montreal's McGill and Concordia uni-
versities, where students have tried to
boycott the blood drive.
The questionnaire states: "If (you are)
male, having sex with another male even
once, or accepting money or drugs in
exchange for sex puts you at risk for
AIDS."
You can also be barred from giving
blood if "you were bom in or emigrated
from Africa ... or other countries where
AIDS is a common disease," or if you
"share needles or take street drugs by a
needle."
Critics at U Vic say the questionnaire
discriminates against groups of people,
rather than pinpointing the actual ac-
CSIS cont'd from page 12.
Whitaker says he is also leery of how
CSIS obtains its information.
"Canada doesn't have its own exter-
nal intelligence agency. Information
comes from interested third parties and
Canada doesn't have the means to verify
the information."
CSIS refuses to comment on how it
obtains and verifies its information.
"It could be a possible security risk to
divulge that information, " says CSIS com-
munications officer Marc Boyer. "All we
do is collect the information and provide
it to the immigration board. Then it's up
to immigration to make the decision on
whether the person is deported or not."
But Immigration Canada officials say
this isn't true.
"When we have to determine whether
someone is entitled to citizenship, we rely
on CSIS forsecurity clearance, " says Norm
Fabourin, chief of program management
of Citizenship Registration, part of Immi-
gration Canada.
"The Citizenship Act does not allow us
to give citizenship if a party is deemed a
security risk by CSIS," says Fabourin.
And Alyamani's friends say he has
been falsely labelled by CSIS.
"All he is doing is being loyal to a
humanitarian cause," says Muhammad
Salaamed, a chemistry student who
knows Alyamani. "It is unfair that
Alyamani has to leave just for speaking
for what he believes in." □
tivities which spread HIV, the virus which
causes AIDS.
"It targets groups of people on the
basis of their
sexual orientation
orplaceof origin,"
says Robb Stewart,
a member of U
Vic's lesbian and
gay student club.
Stewart says he
and other Victoria
students are con-
sidering launch-
ing a human
rights complaint
against the Red
Cross.
He says the
questionnaire isn't
"targeting high-
risk activities,
which we now
know is how HIV is transmitted."
"Even the Canadian government and
human rights organizations recognize
that when we are talking about HIV
transmission, we have to target actions,
not groups of people," says Stewart.
He also says the questions the Red
Cross uses do not take into account cur-
rent information on the transmission of
HIV and AIDS.
In response to complaints by students,
Janetta Ozard, chair of the U Vic student
council, wrote a letter to the Red Cross
criticizing the questionnaire.
"The question does not address or de-
fine high-risk behavior, and the term
'sex' is vague, " Ozard wrote.
But the Red Cross defended the word-
ing in its written response to Ozard.
"Ithasbeenandstillisrecognizedand
proven that ho-
mosexual activity
(i.e. male/male)
carries the high-
est risk," wrote
L.D. Wadsworth,
the medical direc-
tor of the Red
Cross.
Stewart says
the questionnaire
needs to be more
explicit about
sexual activities.
"They keep talk-
ing about'homo-
sexual activity,'
but they don't de-
fine it," he says.
"If the words
they're afraid to say are 'anal sex', it's
common knowledge many (heterosexual)
couples engage in it and many gay cou-
ples don't."
According to Wadsworth, the Red Cross
can't take into consideration use of con-
doms between males, because "no one
can depend absolutely on condoms to
protect the safety of the blood supply, nor
do we have any control on how condoms
are used by the general population."
Stewart doesn't disagree with that
statement, butwonderswhy the Red Cross
doesn'tsaeen out heterosexuals who may
also be using condoms as a form of
protection.
"There shouldn't be that double stand-
ard because safe sex is safe sex, regard-
less of whether or not you're queer or
heterosexual," he says.
In Montreal, the McGill University Stu-
dents' Society passed a motion in Febru-
ary to stop sponsoring the annual Red
Cross blood drive on the grounds that it
discriminates against homosexual men.
But in a referendum vote held in March,
McGill students voted to keep the annual
blood drive.
And early in March at Concordia Uni-
versity, a referendum question to sus-
pend student council sponsorship of the
blood drive was defeated. □
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14 • The Charlatan ■ March 31, 1994
EDITORIAL PAGE
We love you all
(50 per cent of
the time)
It's the end of the year as we know it, and we feel
tine. In fact, we feel so fine, we wanted to pass on
our goodwill and heartfelt thanks to those who
made us feel warm and fuzzy inside over the
course of this year.
Oh, yeah, we also feel awful smug and cynical about
a whole lot of folks who crossed us, pissed us off or
otherwise were silly over the course of the year
Yah this whole exercise is a little self-indulgent. But
what the hell, as our Charla-motto goes, we're only
trying to please 100 per cent of the people, 50 per cent of
the time. So . . .
To the drum-beaters of the men's movement: get real
guys. Now you've moved to comparing who has the
biggest drum. Wow. What progress.
To CUPE 2323 and Michel Roy, cute union leader: we'd
throw bricks with you any day.
To Bob Rae and Dave Cooke: you will live on
infamy.
To Kristine Haselsteiner, CUSA vice-president exter-
nal: good job. Too bad no one else in your office will
acknowledge your efforts.
To Carl Gillis, chair of the Canadian Federation of
Students: why don't you lobby for something other than
your own political career?
To Jim Watson, professional source and city council
lor: good luck in the election this year, big guy. Thanks
for giving a shit. And for the nifty fridge magnets.
To Lowell Green, who's for free speech as long as it':,
his, here's a news flash: racism is a bad thing, that's why
we report it.
To the staff of Mike's Place: so long and thanks for all
the naan.
To our media buddies at Statistics Canada: you guys
are a rockin' resource.
To CUSA President Lucy Watson: thanks for always
being there. Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha.
To Warren Kinsella, Charla-alumnus: thanks for tak-
ing the time to worry about us while trying to run the
country and rid the world of evil scum.
To the Heritage Front: go fuck yourselves.
To Klaus Pohle and Centretown News: thanks for the
last-minute rescue when our computers went down
To all you wonderful j-school students who slag The
Charlatan and then say you're a Charlatan reporter when
you're trying to get in to a press conference or interview
a source: get some ethics. You make us sick.
To women's centre co-ordinator Renee Twaddle: re
member the golden rule. Be nice to others, others will be
nice to you.
To CUSA's front office staff: you guys are the coolest.
And keep it down, will ya?
To John Edwards, CUSA arts and social sciences repre-
sentative: thanks for all the good copy. By the way, your
banned "Lucy hates me" election poster is our all-time
favorite.
To Fiona and the staff of Rooster's: mmmmm, coffee.
To Alex Trebek, host of jeopardy : we'll take "Student
council presidents you've humiliated" for $200, please.
To Zaphod Beeblebrox: thanks for commercializing
our copy. You could have at least asked to use it.
To [oe Reilly, rock 'n' roll publicist: you've made the
arts editor so happy he weeps.
To U of O's professor Paul Lamy: teach what you
know, not what you think.
To Mark Lamb, photo god and all around sensitive
guy: thanks for the cookies.
To X Press: thanks for the rave review, but get some
copy editors and stop leaving editing remarks in your
articles, will ya? (DO YOU THINK DEREK WILL BE MAD
WHEN HE READS THIS? -ED.)
To CUSA Publications: why do you fire your only
competent people? P.S. Tabloids come in four-page blocks,
guys.
To our lawyer Lynn Campbell: thanks for being our
sober second-opinion. Good thing we didn't print *W
/yvywrwwwyw1 That was a close
one.
To Clarence, Ed, Roxanne and Performance Printing's
camera room crew: thanks for your patience, considera-
tion and the late-night calls.
And finally, to the mixed-up, fun-lovin' students of
Carleton who read The Charlatan faithfully, whether you
like it or not: tattoos and beer for everybody!!! ©
Well Rene, my trusty scout,
it looks like its just you and I
now. Maybe someday we'll
ride through this town again.
OPINION
Normal to be not normal
by Bram Aaron
Charlatan siati
At some point in our lives, we all feel sad or blue.
Usually it is a temporary mood or feeling which goes
away with time.
Clinical depression, however, is a term describing a
serious mental illness, which, left untreated, can last for
months or even years.
Depressed people may not seek treatment for their
depression for a long time. Often, they may not even
realize they are depressed.
Sadly, though, the reason that most depressed people
do not seek help for their sickness is the general bias
which exists towards mental illness and depression in
particular.
People are not ashamed to ad-
mit they are being treated for
high blood pressure, asthma, ar-
thritis or diabetes. Conversely, de-
pressed people are ashamed to
admit they have a psychiatric
disorder.
Think about it. The last time
someone you know told you he or
she had been sick what did you
imagine was wrong? The flu? A
bad cold? Perhaps a broken bone?
Chances are you assumed it was
some sort of physical ailment.
Unfortunately, for a society
which prides itself in being "ad-
vanced," it is still taboo to admit
having or even to discuss mental
illness.
Images of mentally ill people being a bunch of hys-
terical crazies in strait-jackets locked up at the local
loony bin are outdated for the '90s. It is estimated by the
Ontario Ministry of Health that, at some point in their
lives, at least one-quarter of Canadians will be affected
by at least one episode of clinical depression.
Causes of depression can be external or internal.
Some external causes may include pressure from school,
work, family or financial troubles. Other causes can
include some type of major loss or change, like moving
to a new city or new school, graduation, separation from
friends and family, divorce, or death of a loved one.
Growing up or living with a depressed relative or room-
mate can also contribute to one's own depression.
Internal or biological factors are less obvious. De-
pressed people may lack one or more neurotransmitters,
chemical messengers which carry messages between
different parts of the human brain. If the
neurotransmitters necessary for mental well-being are
lacking, the chemical balance necessary for a person to
function properly is thrown out of whack.
Depression is a whole body experience and can inter-
fere with every aspect of an affected person's daily life.
Everything seems a complicated ordeal to a depressed
person. Symptoms may include sleep difficulties, loss of
appetite, pessimism, hostility, irritability, social with-
drawal, difficultly concentrating, lack of energy, numer-
ous bouts of crying and suicidal thoughts or attempts.
What can one do to help a depressed person? Refer
him or her to a doctor immediately. Be available to
listen. Supportive friends and family are extremely im-
portant and very much needed in times of distress.
A combination of psychotherapy and medication has
been know to be effective treatment for depressive symp-
toms in over 75 per cent of depressed patients in Canada.
Unfortunately, 15 per cent of depressed people eventu-
ally commitsuicide, accordingto
a Ontario Ministry of Health
pamphlet. Why such a high
number if effective treatment is
available?
Upon discovering this statistic
recently while seeking treatment
for severe depression myself, I
immediately realized the answer.
Ignorance or denial of the prob-
lem by depressed people, their
friends or their family compli-
cates mental illness. Awareness
of psychiatric disorders is instru-
mental to recovery.
Depressed people may look or
act completely normal. But they
are in constant and severe emo-
tional pain and need help to cope
with their lives.
The other large problem depressed people are faced
with is the unavailability of immediate help. Almost all
psychiatrists, who are covered by OHIP, and psycholo-
gists and social workers, who are not, have waiting lists
of three to six months for just an assessment. Even if a
person is feeling suicidal and makes a trip to the hospital
emergency room, this will only result in more red tape
and waiting for help.
Courtesy of Premier Bob Rae and his government's
budget cutbacks to health care, beds are severely lacking
and quick, effective emergency care is not available.
Despite these problems, 1 am alive and am finally
beginning the long road to recovery, thanks to medica-
tion and a very strong will to survive that I never knew
I had. Others may not be as lucky.
With increased support and awareness from family,
friends and society in general, there will be less of a
stigma attached to mental illness and depression. Then
it will be more acceptable for those with mental illnesses
to seek out the help they need. □
March 31, 1994 • The Charlatan • 15
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LETTERS
Election unfair
Editor:
It seems to me that in recent weeks a
number of people have attempted to dis-
credit me and impugn my character. I am
taking this opportunity to respond.
Yes, I played a role in overturning the
CUSA election held in February. I wrote a
brief outlining constitutional infractions
and discrepancies that occurred in the
elections held in February.
The CUSA constitutional board bore
the onus of responsibility for responding
to these challenges. It conducted an in-
vestigation into the administration and
results of the election. Its members unani-
mously agreed that based on the infrac-
tion, the elections had to be overturned.
CUSA council subsequently had voted
on this issue on two separate occasions. It
upheld the ruling of the constitutional
board. The elections were overturned be-
cause they were unfair, not because of
me.
To those who question whether or not
I care about this university, I say this: I
reviveda comatose Debating Society which
is now flourishing. As a member of the
board of governors, I organized a forum
with the senior administrators. This was
the first such attempt by a student mem-
ber of the board. I believe I have served the
university well.
I may have lost the presidential race
three times, but I retain my dignity for
conducting my campaigns with honesty
and integrity.
Elaine Silver
Political Science III
Laughing and
crying at the NDP
Editor:
Once again the provincial government
has turned its back on the hundreds of
thousands of students, faculty and staff of
Ontario's universities and colleges.
Despite a long history of promising to
freeze and eventually eliminate tuition
fees, the NDP government has just an-
nounced a 10 per cent tuition increase
this year and a further 10 per cent next
year.
The minister, Dave Cooke, added salt
to the students' wounds by stating, and I
quote from his March 23 press release,
that, "Tuition increases (are) aimed at
encouraging more student space at col-
leges and universities."
I didn't know whether to laugh or cry at
that logic and explanation.
I also hope that people won't be fooled
by the initial threat of a 50 per cent
increase and feel a sense of relief with
"just" a 10 per cent hike.
When inflation is running at less than
two per cent, then why should those at-
tending university or college be asked to
pay 20 per cent more over two years?
At the rate the provincial government
is going, only the very rich will be able to
attain a post-secondary education in this
provinces.
That would be a shame.
I urge those who support post-second-
ary education to write to Evelyn Gigantes,
the cabinet minister for Eastern Ontario,
at 407 Queen St., Ottawa, Ont., K1R5A6,
or call her at 237-0212.
Jim Watson
Member
Carieton board of governors
Quit this nonsense
Editor:
After reading the article, "Poli sci prof
monitored about comments," The Charla-
tan, March 24, 1994, 1 was left profoundly
disturbed and disappointed.
I believe it is time that students and
professors take a serious look at political
correctness and recognize it for what it is:
pure, unadulterated nonsense. Although
this last statement will surely work certain
extremists into a blind, foaming frenzy,
those with a firmer grip on reality should
read on.
Professor Charles Schuetz made two
allegedly racist and sexist comments to
his political science class. First, that there
are few black millionaires since African
cultures tend to be more generous and
sharing and second, that George Bush
intervened in the Gulf War because
Margaret Thatcher asked him to. (This
offends because it implies that women
have an influence on men.)
Indeed these are statements of opin-
ion, but to consider them inflammatory is
ridiculous.
Political correctness obscures the facts
as well as warping opinions. Suppose that
the above statements were true. How else
would they be Communicated? I, for one,
refuse to give up the democratic right to
free speech because certain "realistically
challenged" individuals say it makes them
uncomfortable.
/a5on Edwards
Biology II
16 • The Charlatan • March 31, 1994
Tuition not the
only problem
Editor:
Re: "NDP declares war on students,"
and "We are not amused," The Charlatan,
March 24, 1994.
Fact: As students, tuition represents
only 20 per cent of the cost of our univer-
sity education if we are Canadian.
Think: Does the government ever ask
us to pay back the other $32,000 (Four
years at $8,000 per year)?
Fact: The majority of tax revenue is
derived from taxes paid by individuals.
Not all of these individuals are "upper
middle class."
Think: How many people do you and
your family and friends know who can
afford to pay more taxes in this era of
wage freezes and high unemployment?
Question (try to think about this one):
What percentage of the money that you
spend in eight months at university is for
tuition? 25 per cent? 35 per cent?
Think: Maybe we overprivileged (in
many ways) Canadian students should
stop whining at the government about
tuition and look at ways to get more for
the other 65 per cent of the money we
spend during the year.
Are you living in a crummy place and
paying $400 month? (That's about $ 150/
month more than tuition.) Get involved
and lobby in the community for more
non-profit housing. Support food co-op/
food bank efforts for students.
Why don't we look at taking some
responsibility for the real inequities of life
as students? Look at the big picture — it's
not just about tuition.
Pat Rowan
Interdisciplinary Studies III
Cigarette story
goes up in smoke
Editor:
You missed the boat on your university
smoking ban story ("New smoking ban
may affect universities," The Charlatan,
March 10, 1994.)
I wrote on the same topic for one of my
classes. I found out that there's no story
and if Karolina Srutek had checked with
MPP Larry O'Connor's office, she would
have too.
The Ontario government had no in-
tention of banning smoking from resi-
dences or any other place that's not part
of the "learning areas" of campus. The
whole point of the colleges and universi-
ties thing is to allow students who can't
tolerate smoke the opportunity to pursue
their post-secondary education in a smoke-
free environment. It's probably not going
to affect Carieton University at all, be-
cause we already have municipal by-laws
that cover this stuff.
MPP Dalton McGuinty sent memos to
all of the universities and campuses warn-
ing them of the potential inclusion of
areas such as the great outdoors before
committee consultations took place. In
those consultations it was made clear that
these wide-sweeping interpretations were
a wording glitch. They were amended in
clause-by-clause examination.
If your reporter had not based her story
on an opposition MPP's complaints and
had taken the time to verify the govern-
ment's position from the horse's mouth,
she would have uncovered a whole differ-
ent story — namely that there isn't one.
But then, gross injustice is so much
sexier, isn't it?
Tamsen Tillson
Masters of Journalism II
Hiding behind
free speech
Editor:
An article in the March 24 Charlatan
entitled "Poli Sci prof monitored about
comments/' demonstrated the dangers of
political correctness.
The article states that Professor
Schuetz's classes are being monitored by
another professor because of racial and
sexual remarks which caused some stu-
dents to leave the class.
One remark the professor made was
that "There are few black millionaires in
North America," which is relatively true
when compared to the amount of, let's
say, white millionaires. However, he does
contribute a true statement to somewhat
flaky evidence because not all black peo-
ple are sharing or generous.
Though, if we do accept the evidence
he uses to validate his statements, we find
there is nothing wrong with what he is
saying, at least nothing that would con-
stitute a racist remark.
Schuetz says that because most black
people are sharing and generous they are
not usually millionaires. Being black
myself, I would not consider Schuetz to be
a racist because what he says about blacks
infers something which is quite the oppo-
site of those who are millionaires.
Use the same syllogism, but change
the variable from black to white and it
would read — European cultures are not
sharing and generous, therefore there are
many white millionaires. The professor Is
actually saying something about the type
of people who are millionaires and if so, is
actually saying something good about
people of African descent.
Although Schuetz should not make
such broad generalizations, about any-
body, good or bad, he should not have a
shadow casted over his 29 years at Carle-
ton.
The only thing I would criticize Schuetz
for is claiming his right to free speech. The
KKK has the right to freedom of speech,
but 1 don't think they would be allowed to
continue teaching at Carieton, even if
they did have tenure.
My advice to Schuetz is that if he is
going to make a statement which some
people do not accept, defend what you
say, instead of hiding behind the Charter,
like so many racists do.
Michael Congress
English IV
Just want some
help, not the
brush-off
Editor:
What do you do when certain profs set
ufferinX mQke y°U look ^You're
suffering from a severe case of the STUPIDS
SevereTraumaticUncontroIlableProfuse
Intelligence Deficiency Syndrome)'
Like, take for example, a certain poor,
innocent, unsuspecting student (me). I go
to a certain TAs office to get some infor-
mation regarding the methodology of
composing a "Microelectronic circuits and
devices ' lab report and notice this par-
ticular TA is simply sitting on his keester
reading the funnies and watching an
infinite amount of numbers pointlessly
running across a computer screen.
Then 1 pose my question, "Excuse me
can you please tell me the specifications
of wnting this particular lab report ...?"
Well, the reply was as follows. "I'm
really sorry, I'm kinda busy right now. I
really would appreciate it if you would
just leave."
So, the next day I thought, "Hmm . . .
why don't I just go and see the prof." So,
first thing next morning I went. He said
that it was really easy stuff and told me
that if I couldn't do it I should go and see
a psychiatrist or a cognitive counsellor.
Then I went the chairman, who after
having a talk with the prof, dittoed his
remark.
So, I spent the next four days and three
nights pulling my hair out over this silly
report and handed it in. Well, the result
was a big, beautiful 26 out of 100. Then to
add insult to injury, the lab prof comes to
inform that he wanted to speak to me and
told me to drop the course.
I was not too impressed with having to
drop the course, because of their method
of handling certain students when they
have a question. It took quite a lot out of
me to not spontaneously combust in his
office.
Myriam Baes
Biology II
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Ride
1
st
by Zenya Sirant
right arm burning
from the sun
through the window
my crossed leg
touches his
from the motion of the train
just briefly
then back to an inch of space
The train stops
and a breeze blows in
helping to
evaporate my sweat
little shocks
each time
we touch
hitting in a rhythm
of some crazy symphony
A scent of
sweat and dust
brush past my nose
I hum a little song
and a dark haired girl
looks back at me
Another hour before
St. Raphael
His eyes squint reading
He forgot his glasses
I take off my ring
and look at the white skin
untouched by the sun
Strange plants
outside
that look plastic
Colored umbrellas
sticking out from the blue
A man with a yellow shirt
stood talking
to himself
A blonde looked away
I try to sleep and le
with my eyes closed
I feel the wind blowing
down my nose
and everywhere
my pack
it's noisier without sight
a french mother speaks to her children
they are still wearing their swimsuits
the yellow shirted man
sits next to the blonde
He knows She's scared
A young girl in a polka dot dress
walks by my window
and stares
I smile
but she doesn't
my leg is outstretched
and my anklet
is the color of the sea
outside
I try and catch
His eye
because
I want him to know
but
He looks past at the moving world
'e smiled at someone
I wished it was me
pink flowers
zoomed by
somehow
I remembered
the beautiful concierge
at my past hotel
she looked
like a 50 year old
black haired
Bardot
I kept imagining what
her youth must have been
the way She carried herself
was magill \,
I wanted to be
like that
v wSHtS^rew there
the sun moved from me
/aBfcl was comfortable
\ He said
His dreams were shattered
He was playing portable scrabble.
2
Critique:
This poem showed more sophistication than any of the other submissions. Its greatest
strength was its candor, and its ability to convey a strong sense of emotion through the
almost commonplace description of a train ride and a casual encounter, just a touch and
a glance really, with a fellow traveller. The simple, first person narration is unaffected
yet effectual, and lends a feeling of immediacy and poignancy to the experience.
18 • The Charlatan ■ March 31, 1994
3rt To Betty Rubble
In Judy Jetson's
load Signs
:o Paoletti
oo busy to wait for a
:r silence of still crickets,
more attention to
: you — through you as
ie car fly by us.
•se lives which I've rehearsed for
ike those: gone,
'earing into thin air,
ed metaphors.
constructions of painted linex
)p dragged through the middle of what wi
our green space
tale left to do,
:<1 up my tools
' until I fell off the horizon, leaving youi
3 for the crickets to quit.
Jr
que:
Poem puzzles, and gains strength through ambiguity. On the
hand it is an elegv for lost nature written in the form of a lyric
«st love; on the other, it really is a love poem, couched in the
(it of environmental damage. This is a cunning device and
Well. . . . There is a nice metaphysical feel to this poem, though
lot quite as satisfying in its completion as "Ride."
inverse
by Aundrea Marie Malloni
The first had poverty, a suitcase and a
Ticket across the sea
The second had movements, revolutionary sex
And men on the moon
She, the third
Part of a generation not worthy of a name
Caustic of her advantages
Inherited with grace,
Therapists and micro-wave popcorn
Televised, video taped wars
Clean, safe, open, laundered sex
Ambition diluted with diet coke
Individualism suffocated by waffle shirts
Attaining no equilibrium of Crawford and Curie
She has searched
32/26/36 tattooed nowhere on her body
Nowhere on the small town birth certificated
Verification that she lives
Put your fingers in your ears
Put your fingers in your ears
Put your fingers in your ears
But the nymph puts them instead
Down her tender bleeding throat
And I weep for her
Because she knows not what she does
Because she does not understand her
Submission
To the cream bleach, aspertame,
Glamour junkie gods
And I weep for her
As she sips her instant breakfast
By the luminescent video glow
Because girls like her these days
They live next door
Because they are a dime two dozen
Because they pillaged her soul
Critique:
While I don't know anythmgaboiit Judy Jetson's universe,
outside of what 1 discover in this poem, there is a small
zany universe created in the writing at hand. . . . The
author gently satirizes this victim of pop culture who is
trying desperately not to hear the deeper messages and is
caught in a w hirlw ind of contemporaneity « hich includes
"laundered sex," "aspertame," and a penchant for
anorexia. However, there is a little too much self-
consciousness in the narrator, whose intelligence and good
fortune allow him or her to w eep for the victim "Because
she does not know what she docs/Because she docs not
understand her/Submission." . . . But there is a good
energy in the writing, lots of verve in the attack against this
new age of vanity, w hich is the real villain in the poem.
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ESSAY WRITING
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22 • The Charlatan ■ March 31, 1994
— SPORTS
Athletes of the year honored
Dustin and Kotler top
by Sarah Richards
Charlatan Slaff
Ditch the smelly cleats. Toss the sweat-
ridden jersey. Don a swank suit or glitzy
dress, and prepare to play a game of a
different kind.
Carleton's varsity athletes wined,
dined and played the casino at the an-
nual Varsity Athletics Banquet on March
24 at St. Anthony's Soccer Hall.
Athletes ate canneloni and a tossed
salad while awards like Most Valuable
Player were handed out to individual
teams. The night culminated in the
awarding of the four top prizes: the male
and female Athletes of the Year and the
. male and female Graduating Athletes of
the Year.
Erica Kotler, a second-year student
taking a combined honors in geology
and physical geography, won the Ruth
Coe Memorial Award as the female Ath-
lete of the Year for her swimming per-
formance at the Canadian Interuniversity
Athletic Union national championships.
Kotler beat her personal best in the 100-
and 200-metre breast-stroke. Making the
Olympic team is not out of sight, espe-
cially with the special coaching she re-
ceives, she says.
"I have a coach who has previously
been in the position I'm in, on the verge
of making an international team, and
the other coach is my mother," Kotler
said. "She's been there since 1 began
swimming at nine years old. She knows
me, she knows everything I need."
Wayne Dustin, who struck gold in all
but one regional race he entered this
year, was named the male Athlete of the
Year. Duty called though, and Dustin
was unable to attend the banquet. He
was busy competing in the Canadian
Cross-Country Ski Championships in
Mont St. Anne, Quebec.
Kathy Keegan was named the female
Graduating Athlete of the Year for her
role in the women's soccer team 5-3-2
regular season record. Keegan's versatil-
ity in playing both striker and fullback
led to her being named to the Ontario
Women's Interuniversity Athletic Asso-
ciation eastern division All-Star team as
co-captain. Keegan said she was shocked
when she heard her name called out for
the award.
"I was sort of talking to somebody,
athletes, Keegan and Charles best graduates
T
Skier Wayne Dustin, basketball guard Taffe Charles and soccer player Kathy
Keegan were three of the four big winners at the Varsity banquet
then I heard 'two positions.' That was the
word, because (soccer head coach Dave
Kent) always said 'and she played two
positions this year,'" said Keegan. "Then
everybody around me was going 'Oh my
God, Keegan, that's you.' And then they
said my name."
Taffe Charles, basketballer
extraordinaire, walked away with male
Graduating Athlete of the Year award.
Charles led his team in offensive records,
averaging 28 points and 10.4 rebounds
per game. His talent earned him a spot
on the Ontario University Athletic Asso-
ciation all-star team for the second year
in a row.
"It's pretty gratifying," Charles said
after the ceremony. "But at the same
time, I like concentrating more on team
goals then individual awards." □
It was definitely a quotable year
by Charlatan Staff
Another year of Carleton sports has
come and gone. It hasn't always been
pretty to watch, but there sure were a
few memorable moments.
"We will win some games this
year. I have no doubt of that. How
many I can't predict, but we cer-
tainly won't go 0-7."
— Football head coach Donn Smith
in May 1994 proved himself a prophet
as the men's footbaU team won two
games this year and started on the road
back to respectability.
"I've been coaching at U of T for
13 years, and this is the most tal-
ented team I've seen Carleton have.
They have ail the ingredients there.
They just need a little seasoning to
make them better."
—With comments like that, Toronto
women's basketball coach Michelle
Belanger is kinder than most critics. But
then again, one can afford to be gracious
when your team's just wan 81-44 . . .
"It's no fun being on a losing
team. It's good being on a team, but
then . . . when you look at it, what's
thepointreally, if we're just getting
killed every game. "
— The losses kept piling up for the
women'sbasketball team. They began to
affectplayersontheteamlikeco-captain
Helen Collins, who made this comment
after the 0-12 season was over.
"Their egos were inflated and
they thought they could go out and
win without playing the system that
(coach) Sandie (Mackle) taught
them. They wanted to play tippy-
tappy football."
— Hey, when you're ranked among
the top five in the country, you tend to
get a little cocky sometimes. The Raven
men's soccer team did and paid the
price, tying last-place Trent 1-1 in Octo-
ber: Assistant coach Hugh Campbell
wasn't pleased.
"It's sometimes good when a
team like Toronto gives us a good
whipping. It brings them (the vet-
erans) back down to earth. "
Field hockey coach Suzanne
Nicholson wasn't too upset when her
team was trounced 16-0 by Toronto
earlier this year.
"This is the best feeling in the
world. We knew from the begin-
ning of the season that if we played
hard, we could get the Job done."
— Rugby kicker Mike Rys put it best
after the Ravens won the division two
title in October. □
Thanks
for the
memories
by Steven Vesely
Charlatan Staff
There have been times this past
school year when those of us writing
sports in The Charlatan have ranted
on about the performances of vari-
ous varsity teams here at Carleton.
We've bitched. We've whined.
We've criticized. We've cried.
You get the picture.
But for this last issue, we just
want to congratulate all those stu-
dents, coaches and people involved
in athletics at Carleton.
In particular, congratulations are
in order for the following athletes
who won awards at the 1 994 awards
banquet on March 24 at St.
Anthony's Soccer Club:
Athlete of the Year
Female — Erica Koder
Male — Wayne Dustin
Graduating Athlete of the
Year
Female — Kathy Keegan
Male — Taffe Charles
Most Valuable Players
Men's Basketball
Taffe Charles
Women's Basketball
Heather McAlpine
Women's Field Hockey
Vicki Wilcox
Men's Football
Steve Szumlinski
Men's Rugby
Mike Rys
Women's Soccer
Conine Van Ryckde Groot
Men's Soccer
Marty Lauter
Women's Volleyball
Sylvie Coutu
Women's Waterpolo
Anne Stacey
Men's Waterpolo
Allemander Pereira
Most Dedicated Player
Men's Basketball
Andrew Smith
Women's Basketball
Helen Collins
Women's Field Hockey
Suzanne Lachapelle
Men's Football
Harry Van Hofwegen
Men's Rugby
Mark Morrison
Women's Soccer
Kathy Keegan
Men's Soccer
Stephen Ball
Women's Volleyball
Laurie Malone
Women's Waterpolo
Jennifer Goldhar
Men's Waterpolo
Brian Young
It takes a special something to be a
studentathlete. Congratulations to
all those who try. □
March 31, 1994 • The Charlatan . 23
RAVEN YEAR END REVIEW:
Raven
Rumblings
OUAA BASKETBALL
East Division
Final Standings
W
L
T
F A PTS
Laurent
10
2
0
024 950 20
Ryerson
9
3
0
023 923 18
Toronto
8
4
0
902 880 16
York
6
6
0
923 948 12
Ottawa
4
8
0
927 959 8
Queen's
3
9
0
904 969 6
Carle ton 2
10
0
912 9864
OUAA WATERPOLO
East Division
Final Standings
W L T F A PTS
Toronto 12 0 0 158 64 24
Western 8 4 0 148 102 16
Carleton7 4 1 105 84 15
McMaster7 4 1 133 88 15
Queen's 5 7 0 83 121 10
Ottawa 2 10 0 91 155 4
York 0 12 0 70 174 0
OUAA SOCCER
East Division
Final Standings
w L T F A PTS
Corleton8 1 3 31 11 19
Toronto 8 1 3 24 8 19
Laurent 7 3 2 27 9 16
Queen's 6 4 2 29 15 14
Ryerson 2 8 2 9 27 6
Trent 2 9 1 9 37 5
York 2 9 1 9 31 5
OUAA RUGBY
East Division II
Final Standings
W L T F A PTS
Carleton6 1 0 170 43 12
Laurier 6 1 0 164 44 12
RMC 5 2 0 98 73 10
Toronto 3 4 0 130 99 6
Trent 1 6 0 130 99 2
Brock 0 7 0 52 219 0
OUAA BASKETBALL
East Division
Final Standings
w
L
T
F
A
PTS
Lourentn 10
2
0
024
950
20
Ryerson 9
3
0
023
923
18
Toronto 8
4
0
902
880
16
York 6
6
0
923
948
12
Ottawa 4
8
0
927
959
8
Queen's 3
9
0
904
969
6
Carle ton 2
10 0
912 986 4
CIAU FOOTBALL
O-QIFC
Final Standings
W L T F A PTS
Bishop's 6 1 0 176 91 12
Concord 4 3 0 148 142 8
McGill 4 3 0 158 136 8
Ottawa 3 4 0 114 109 6
Queen's 2 5 0 122 168 4
Carleton2 5 0 94 166 4
MEN'S FOOTBALL
TIED FOR FIFTH OUT OF SIX TEAMS
IN THE O-QIFC — MISSED PLAYOFFS
Record: 2-5 .400
Highs: Athletics hired former Ottawa
Rough Rider Donn Smith hoping hewould
rum around an inept, moribund team
and he did just that.
Despite a roster full of rookies, the
Ravens showed they really could be com-
petitive with other teams in the confer-
ence. The offence almost doubled its out-
put from to 94 from 44 and the defence
allowed 7 1 fewer points in comparison to
last year — a sure sign of improvement.
Lows: Hmmm, let's see. Despite the
positives, the Ravens still tied for last in
their conference and need work. A fum-
ble in their own end zone with under two
minutes left to play in a game against
Concordia in October seriously jeopard-
ized theirplayoffchancesandhighlighted
their inexperience.
Quote: "We had a nice opportunity to
win this game, but we let it slip away. " —
Coach Donn Smith after the Ravens col-
lapsed in the fourth quarter of October's
Panda Game, allowing three touchdowns
to lose 21-3.
Synopsis: If it's true it's supposed to
be darkest before the dawn, then the
Ravens are finally seeing daylight. Sure,
there were plenty of rookie mistakes made
this season, but the Ravens are finally
improving.
Grade: B-
FIELD HOCKEY
NINTH OUT OF 10 TEAMS IN THE
OWIAA FIELD HOCKEY LEAGUE —
MISSED PLAYOFFS
Record: 2-11-3.219
Highs: Key members on the team
were midfielders Suzanne Bird, who
scored eight goals (over half of the team's
13), and team MVP Suzanne
LaChappelle. The Ravens also tied York
0-0 on Oct. 25, for their first-ever point
against the Yeowomen.
Lows: A lack of offence was evident
this year, as the Ravens lost six games by
one goal and missed the playoffs. A little
internal team strife between rookies, vet-
erans and the coach didn't help matters
either.
Quote: "There must be more team
unity and we have to get rid of the under-
currents of our problems this year." —
Coach Suzanne Nicholson, commenting
on the rift between some of her players.
Synopsis: This team is better than its
record. Bird, midfielder Krista Wilson and
link Vicki Wilcox all have provincial
team experience and this year's rookies
have a year under their belt.
If that nucleus comes back next year,
a playoff berth ain't out of the question.
Grade: C-
24 • The Charlatan ■ March 31, 1994
MEN'S SOCCER
FIRST OUT OF SEVEN TEAMS IN THE
OWIAA EAST DIVISION — LOST DIVI-
SION SEMI-FINAL
Record: 8-1-3 .792
Highs: The Ravens avenged last sea-
son's division final loss to Laurentian
with a 1-0 win over the Voyageurs in
September's season opener. They never
looked back after that, finishing first in
the regular season for a second consecu-
tive year.
Lows: The Ravens suffered a heart-
breaking 3-2 shootout loss to the Queen 's
Golden Gaels in their semi-final playoff
game in November. It was a shocker that
brought tears to the eyes of many players
and fans.
Quote: "We were a little overconfi-
dent, because we heard they weren't a
strong team, and they had given up a lot
of goals. Before the game players were
saying they would score certain goals."
— Forward Marty McCaffrey after the
Ravenstied the last-place Trent Excalibur
early in the year.
Synopsis: So they weren't perfect.
They were still the team of the year at
Carleton. They had talent, experience
and desire. Whether that nucleus will
stick around next year remains to be
seen. Either way, the team will be hard-
pressed to maintain its position as a
division powerhouse.
Grade: A
WOMEN'S SOCCER
TIED FOR THIRD OUT OF SIX TEAMS
IN THE OWIAA EAST DIVISION — LOST
DIVISION SEMI-FINAL
Record: 5-3-2 .600
Highs: At 5-3-2, the Ravens posted
their best regular season finish in their
six-year history. Goaltender Kristina
Bacchi, who had three shutouts, and
rookie midfielder Nicole Maynard, who
scored five of the team's 16 goals, were
leaders on the team.
Lows: Despite the statistical improve-
ment, the Ravens also lost their sixth
straight division semi-final game 3-0 to
the Laurier Golden Hawks.
Quote: "We were really pumped for
this game and we really wanted to win as
a team. York is a team known to have an
attitude, to be a very cocky team and we
wanted to show them." — Goaltender
Kristina Bacchi after the Ravens hum-
bled the first-place Yeowomen.
Synopsis: The Ravens need to aim
higher. Six straight playoff appearances
is good. Six straight playoff losses is bad.
It's time coach Dave Kent stops rattling
on about statistical improvements and
leads his team to playoff success.
Grade: B-
MEN'S R0GBY
FIRST OUT OF SIX TEAMS IN THE
OUAA DIVISION TWO — LOST SEMI-
FINAL
Record: 6-1 .857
Highs: The rugby team demolished
the Trent Excalibur 33-0 in October to
clinch the OUAA second division for the
first time since 1987. Seven members of
team were deservedly named to the OUAA
all-star team.
Lows: Gee, they lost one game. Life's
rough.
Quote:"We knew from the beginning
of the season that if we played hard, we
could get the, job done." — Kicker Mike
Rys after the Ravens clinched their divi-
sion.
Synopsis: The Ravens have always
been a competittve team in the second
division, but now they'll have to play
with the big boys. They probably won't
have as much fun.
Grade: A
WOMEN'S V0LLEYRALL
LAST OUT OF SIX TEAMS IN THE
OWIAA EAST DIVISION — MISSED
PLAYOFFS
Record: 1-9 .100
Highs: The Ravens beat the Ryerson
Lady Rams 3-1 in February for their first
and only win this season. Middle Sylvie
Coutu led the rookie team with 54 kills
and 56 digs.
Lows: The Ravens tumbled from a
best-ever, fourth-place finish at the pro-
vincial finals last year to missing the
playoffs this year. Why? Mainly because
only two members returned from last
year's team. The loss of all-star setter
Marilyn Johnson didn't help matters.
Quote: "With first-year players, your
confidence can really take a beating at a
tournament like this when you keep get-
ting shelled." — Coach Peter Biasone
after the rookie Ravens placed last at the
Winnipeg Invitational in November.
Synopsis: This year's team was start-
ing at square one so it'dbe unfairto judge
them until they've gained a little more
experience. But next year, we'll be watch-
ing!
Grade: C
MEN'S WATERPOLO
THIRD OUT OF SEVEN TEAMS IN THE
OUAA EAST DIVISION — FOURTH IN
THE PROVINCIAL FINALS
Record: 7-4-1 .625
Highs: The team allowed an average
of seven goals per game— second best in
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bronze medal match in November. End
result: no medal.
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ashamedof.»_DriverDave Bason after
a dramahc overtime loss dropped the
Ravens into the bronze medal match
Synopsis: Medal or not, the men's
waterpoloteamdidweUandwithastronq
core of rookies and veterans, should re
main good for a while yet.
Grade: B+
WOMEN'S WATERPOLO
FIRST OUT OF FIVE TEAMS IN THE
OWIAA— WON BRONZE MEDALATTHE
PROVINCIAL FINALS
Record: 7-1-1 .833
Highs: The Ravens won a medal for a
seventh straight year at the provincial
finals in February, persevering 16-14 in a
triple-overtime bronze medal match
against the McMaster Marauders in Feb-
ruary. Driver Anne Stacey led the team
with 22 goals and was named to the
OWIAA all-star team along with
teammates Stephanie Burgess and |en
Hampton.
Lows: The women's team was upset
in the round-robin finals by third-place
Queen's and fourth-place McMaster, end-
ing any hopes they had of playing forthe
gold.
Quote:"It was an awfully long strug-
gle" — Coach Steve Baird afterthe triple-
overtime win against McMaster.
Synopsis: This is a team that consist-
ently posts top-notch results. There's no
reason to believe that will change next
year.
Grade: A-
and is expected to come back next year
With a little help from a more seasoned
squad, the Ravens might stand a better
chance at snagging a playoff berth — but
don t bet on it.
Grade: C+
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
LAST OUT OF SEVEN TEAMS IN THE
OWIAA EAST DIVISION — MISSED
PLAYOFFS
Record: 0-1 2. 000
Highs: Rookie forward Gillian
Roseway was the biggest, if not the only,
bright spotthe team, leading the Ravens
in six of seven offensive categories. The
Ravens did getmarginallybetteroverthe
season, but not enough to even come
close to winning a game.
Lows: The Ravens averaged 39.1
points per game, a 10-point drop from
last year. Turnovers were another prob-
lem, with the team averaging one every
70 seconds. A lack of experience was also
a cause for concern as four veteran start-
ers didn't come back.
Quote: "1 think what we needed was
just one win to show that we can do
something out there. But that never hap-
pened." — Rookie guard Gillian Roseway
on the effort the team showed.
Synopsis: It's hard to believe the
Ravens can get any worse. Or can they?
Stay tuned.
Grade: D
NORDIC SKIING
MEN AND WOMEN WON SILVER AT
THE ONTARIO CHAMPIONSHIPS
Highs: The medals just keep coming
for both the men's and women's nordic
ski teams. The Ravens extended their
streak of finishing among the top three
at the provincial championships for a
seventh straightyear. Newcomer Wayne
Dustin placed first in five of six races and
was named Carleton's male Athlete of
the Year. The women's team, led by all-
Quote: "I pulled a Browning." —
Men's sabre fencer Simon Pianarosa af-
ter placing 10th at the OUAA east divi-
sion finals.
More Quotes: "It was a really lousy
weekend. It was a weekend they want to
forget. It was the worst men's result in six
ylQrS' " — Fencing coach lames Ireland
after no men's teams qualified for the
OUAA finals.
Grade: C+
MEN'S BASKETBALL
LAST OUT OF SEVEN TEAMS IN THE
OUAA EAST DIVISION - MISSED
PLAYOFFS
Record: 2-10. 166
Highs: The Ravens started their sea-
son right with road victories against Ot-
tawa and Queen's. Forward Taffe Charles
was second in the nation with a 28.0
points-per-game average. Rookies Reagh
Vidito and Andrew Smith personified the
scrappy work-ethic of the team on most
nights.
Lows: Great start, poor finish. The
men's basketball team lost 10 straight to
end the season in March on a low note.
Quote: " I hate to say it, but the teams
we beat weren't that great, but we'll take
the wins anyway." — Guard Curtis
Houlden after the Ravens won two pre-
season games.
Synopsis: Offensive team leader
Charles has one year of eligibility left
stars Kirsten Davis and Erin Long, sur-
prised onlookers with an unexpected
medal at the OWIAA finals.
Lows: Hmmm. Dustin placed second
in the one race he didn't win.
Quote: "We've won silver every year
since I came to Carleton. It's frustrating,
but it could be a lot worse." — Veteran
skier Frank Ferrari bemoaning the men's
fifth straight silver medal result.
Grade: A+
FENCING
WOMEN'S FOILTEAM WON BRONZE
AT OWIAA CHAMPIONSHIPS, MEN
DIDN'T QUALIFY
Highs: The women's third-place finish
was their finish in six years. Men's fencer
Simon Pianarosa qualified in the indi-
vidual sabre event at the provincial fi-
nals in March, placing 10th.
Lows: No men's team's qualified for
the OUAA finals.
SWIMMING
MEN 1 0TH OUT OF 1 5TEAMS IN OUAA
FINALS, WOMEN 1 2TH OUT OF 15 TEAMS
IN OWIAA FINALS
Highs: Women'sswimmer Erica Kotler
won silver in the 200-metre breast-stroke
and bronze in the 100-metre breast-stroke
at the OWIAA finals. Kotler qualified for
the CIAU nationals along with
teammates Brigitte Davidson and An-
drew Smith.
Lows: The water was cold.
Quote: "The training camps in
Calgary are legendary. They would do 40
kilometres in practice. We do five or six.
You can't compete with that." — Swim-
mer Andrew Smith on the difference be-
tween Carleton 's swim program and that
of the University of Calgary's.
Synopsis: The Raven program con-
sistently sends a team to the national
finals on a small budget. Not bad.
Grade: B
ROWING
MEN SEVENTH OUTOFNINEATTHE
OUAA FINALS. WOMEN EIGHTH OUT OF
NINE AT THE OWIAA FINALS
Highs: The men 's and women's teams
placed six crews in the finals at the pro-
vincial championships in October. Their
previous best had been one entry last
year. The lightweight double crew of Rob
Bennett and Trevor MacKay finished sec-
ond in their final. The top women's result
was a sixth place , finish by both the
lightweight and heavyweight fourcrews.
Quote: You've got to remember they
were rowing against some pretty stiff
competition. Some of those students out
there are national team members. It's
not like they were rowing somewhere in
the Prairies." — Rowing coach John
Ossowski explaining the relative progress
Carleton made at the provincial finals.
Synopsis: With a new coach and
renewed interest in the sport, rowing is
making somewhat of a resurgence at
Carleton. Lef s hope the results keep im-
proving.
Grade: B+ a
Raven
Rumblings
OWIAA BASKETBALL
East Division
Final Standings
Laurent
Toronto
Ottawa
Queen's
York
Ryerson
W L T
12 0 0
10 2 0
7 5 0
6 6 0
5 7 0
CarletonO
10 0
12 0
F A PTS
929 576 24
856 596 20
803 720 14
788 769 12
696 752 10
606 803 4
469 931 O
OWIAA WATERPOLO
East Division
Final Standings
W L T F A PTS
Carleton 7 1 1 68 31 14
Toronto 7 1 1 72 28 14
Queen's 3 5 0 58 42 6
McMaster 2 6 0 42 70 4
Brock 1 7 0 30 99 2
OWIAA SOCCER
East Division
Final Standings
W L T F A PTS
Queen's 8 1 1 32 7 17
York 7 2 1 23 10 15
Toronto 5 3 2 22 7 12
Carleton 5 3 2 16 9 12
Trent 0 8 2 5 33 2
Ryerson 0 8 2 3 35 2
OWIAA FIELD HOCKEY
East Division
Final Standings
w
L T
F
A
PTS
Toronto 16
0 0
91
1
32
York 12
2 2
43
11
26
Guelph 9
5 2
28
16
20
Western 5
5 6
22
17
16
Queen's 6
6 4
20
24
16
Waterloo 6
7 3
23
24
15
McGill 4
8 4
16
27
12
Carleton 2
11 3
13
40
7
Trent 0
16 0
1
97
0
OWIAA VOLLEYBALL
East Division
Final Standings
W L T F A PTS
York 9 1 0 28 5 18
Toronto 8 2 0 28 8 16
Ottawa 6 4 0 20 15 12
Queen's 5 5 0 16 17 10
Ryerson 1 9 0 4 27 2
Carleton 1 9 0 4 28 2
March 31, 1994 • The Charlatan • 25
Charlatan Hockey Pool
Here are the final point leaders in the Charlatan Hockey Pool. Points were
tabulated as of Tue. Mar. 29, 1994. Regular season leaders can only win the dinner
prize once. (Italicized names are former winners.)
1 344 Bank Street
fat Riverside)
738 -3323
Congratulations to Jason Ling, the
final issue winner of the dinner prize.
Jason can come pick up his $25 dinner
certificates for Baxter's restaurant at
The Charlatan.
Our final winner of the year is Patrick Soden Come on up Patrick and see
what we've got in store for you!
1 Patrick Soden
827
2 R. De Vecchi
813
3 Anjali Varma
806
4 Jason Beifuss
802
S Vicki Mavraganis
800
6 Sujoy Bhattacharyya
796
7 Jeff Parker
796
8 Tyler Vaillant
788
9 MarcAresenault
786
10 Jason Ling
786
11 R. Daggupaty
786
12MikeWhitton
785
13 Blair Sanderson
785
14 Joseph Kurikose
783
ISAIexVarki
783
Charlatan Sports Trivia
How many Montreal Expos who
played first base last year? Bonus
dinner prize if you can name them.
We had 14 responses to last week's
question of which five were correct on
both questions. Our final dinner prize
winnerthisyearisTodd Butler. Come
on up Todd for your two certificates.
For those of you wondering who did
play first base for the Expos last year,
here are the answers.
1. GregColbrunn
2. Frank Bolick
3. JohnVanderWal
4. Oreste Marrero
5. Derrick White
6. Randy Ready
7. ArchiCianfrocco
8. CliffFloyd
9. LouFrazier
10. Larry Walker
11. JoeSiddall
Thanks to all of you who partici-
pated in the Charlatan Sports Trivia
this year. This was the last question of
the year. Hopefully, we'll be back next
year.
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26 • The Charlatan • March 31, 1994
— ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Signing to a major can be hazardous to your health
by Rob Willbond
Charlaian Staff
'Green Day
Foufounes Electriques, Montreal
vMarch 23
-\hey're young, they're cute,
and they've just released their
newest album, Dookie, on the
Warner Reprise label.
With a full tour happen-
ing, appearances on Conan
O'Brien, MTV, Much Music
and Musique Plus, one might
think Green Day was on top
of the world.
Oddly enough, they're not.
The Charlatan went to Montreal to
catch the California band's perform-
ance at Foufounes Electriques. Before the
show, bassist Mike Dimstwas more than
happy to share a few words about how
the band is doing.
"Well it's been hard," said a tired-
looking Dirnst. "To tell you the truth, we
haven't been getting too much sleep this
tour at all."
He pointed out their tour bus, an old
bookmobile that drummer Tre Cool's
father was driving them around North
America in. "That's our home right now. "
It seems odd that a band signed to a
label as prestigious — and as rich — as
Warner should be driving and sleeping
in a bookmobile.
"So many people think we've just
become a bunch of spoiled rich fools. In
truth, we've lost more money than any-
thing this tour. Warner wanted us to
have high ticket prices, but that would
have been too big a step for our fans. We
managed to keep our prices as low as
possible, but as a result we are losing
thousands of dollars." That's the price
Green Day is paying to stay loyal to their
fans. (Cover for the Foufounes show was
only $10.)
Before they signed to Warner, they
were on the California-based Lookout
Records. Through their happy, guitar-
driven sound and teen angst lyrics, they
built an impressive fan base that was
more than a bit surprised when they
made the jump to the majors.
Dirnst is a compassionate person, very
stricken by the way some fans have been
reacting to their signing to Wamer. "In
one place, some losers were throwing
beer bottles at us, calling us sell-outs.
Selling out is compromising your musi-
cal intentions: we don't know how to do
that.
"Look at them, "he said of the abusive
fans. "They all look the same: they want
to own us or something. We're just being
ourselves, doing our own thing."
The past little while has been rough
on Green Day — close-minded fans giv-
ing them a hard time, financial troubles
and little sleep. When asked why they
put themselves through all the trouble,
Dimst replied differently than many fans
would expect.
"Well, for one thing, we were getting
too big for a label like Lookout to handle.
Another thing was distribution. To get
our records into Europe, we would have
to sneak them in during tours. That was
really bad because we were constantly at
risk of being caught. (Signing to Wamer)
had nothing to do with Lookout: they are
great people."
Recording for Wamer was a change
for Green Day. "We had more time and
more money for Dookie, but it was still
less produced."
Being on Wamer is nice, said Dimst,
"because we'll be able to release things
quicker. It's strange to do it this way."
to some, the angst-ridden lyrics
present on Dookie and even their previ-
ous album Kerplunk seem out of place
when one listens to the happy melodies
of their songs. Compared to their old
material on 39/Smooth, theirlyrics seems
to have gotten darker.
"Our perceptions have really changed.
When this all began we were just 16-
year-olds in a rock band singing about
Green Day bassist Mike Dimst narrowly avoids getting his head crushed.
girls," said Dimst, now 21. "Now I've
seen so much. Friends have grown up
and changed. Some have even died."
This realization has only added to the
depression Dimst has been coping with
on the tour.
"Theothernight, afterConan'sshow,
I was ready to get on a plane back to
California. When we played his show we
hadn't slept for two days. Then we had to
play "Welcome to Paradise" over eight
times because his crew kept messing up.
" I love the band and the fans so much.
What we've been doing
lately has really been test-
ing that. I guess it's the feel-
ing we get each night —
from the people that really
do care — that keeps us go-
ing."
It's too bad that many
Green Day fans have turned
theirbackson them for sign-
ing to a major label, even
though many major-label
bands are just two-dimen-
sional images for sale.
Fortunately, Green Day
is not one of those faceless
products. While many
bands can't resist the trap-
pings of the corporate band-
wagon, Dimst, Cool and
guitarist/vocalist Billy Joe
have maintained them-
selves quite well.
Providing low T-shirt and
ticket prices isn't even a con-
sideration for many major-
| label bands. Perhaps the
" close-minded underground
g should admire Green Day
< for dealing with a tough
situationasbestastheycan.
After all, they do care.Q
f Thanks:
To everyone who wrote, drew, took photos, copy edited, etc. for the
Arts section this year. You know who you are. You folks are the
V greatest. See ya. „
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The Election 's Carleton staff would like to apologize to Parul Kumar for
the misspelling of her name that occurred in the Election's Supplement on
March 24, 1 994. Her name was spelled Paul Kumar and should have read
Parul Kumar. She is running for the position of CUSA Council Science
representative.
We would also like to apologize to Bill Zrymiak for the misspelling of his
name. The correct spelling is Zrymiak not Zymiak. He has been acclaimed
for CUSA Council Engineering representative.
The want ads on the last page are incorrect and some of those positions
have been filled. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused
anyone.
We also apologize to Ernie Gibbs and Gerald Rao for not publishing
their names in the supplement. They were both acclaimed for positions as
CUSA Council Special Student representatives.
The voting days that were published in the supplement were incorrect and
should have read Tuesday March 29, Wednesday March 30, and Thursday
March 31 . We apologize for any inconvenience that this may have caused.
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every student only votes once. If anyone has any suggestions as to how to
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on the ballots. We attempted to have the printer redo the ballots but they said
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28 • The Charlatan ■ March 31, 1994
Take your Geneneration X crap and shove it
by Susie Haley
Charlatan Star!
Well, those Baby Boomer bastards
have done it again!
People like Saturday Night editor [ohn
Fraser are continuing to try and tell me
that I am part of what They call "Genera-
tion X" — the voiceless generation, the
nothing generation, the aimless, soul-
less, and ultimately goalless generation,
with Douglas Coupland as our fearless
leader. Well, thank you very much.
Last month, a movie called Reality
Bites appeared on the scene. 1 saw it and
I liked it (except for the last scene — kind
of a cop out).
Then I started to doubt what I had just
seen. Those paragons of virtue, the ag-
ing, balding Baby Boomers told me in
reviews that the whole thing has been
done already. "What's wrong with The
Graduate, When Harry Met Sally, The Big
Chill," they wrote.
I'll tell them what's wrong: "Those
movies were your voice, not ours."
We are voiceless only because the
Baby Boomers, who control the economy,
the movie industry, the publishing in-
dustry, the newspaperindustry, etc., etc.,
insist on denying the relevance of what
our generation produces.
Every fantasy novel currently written
is compared to Tolkien's; every travel/
self discovery novel is compared to
Kerouac's; protests are compared to '60s
riots; songs are compared to Dylan's,
Young's, the Dead's, Lennon's and the
list goes on.
In short, everything They did was
superlative, and we've been told since
Day One that we'll never be as great.
"It's not like
the '60s, by
God, those were
the days, eh,"
rant the
Boomers. "We
stopped a war,
don't you
know? We
made those
self-serving
corporations
crawl on their
knees and beg
for forgiveness,
and so on, and
so on."
Our genera-
tion has seen
the enemy,
which has
evolved since
the '60s. There
is not only one
war, there are dozens. Frogs are dying
out there, folks, and with them the envi-
ronment. The sexual revolution did more
than liberate us, it turned us into the
hop-in-the-sack-toss-out-the-phone-
number-and-go-for-the-AIDS-test gen-
eration.
Their generation may have started to
say something, but they got cut off in
mid-sentence. "Damn the corporations!
Stop the war! Equality! Justice! Peace! . .
. and, yes, I'll take the blue BMW on the
right, thank you — and shut those kids
up, will you?!"
It's not that I'm blaming Them for our
problems. I'm just asking Them not to be
so damn judgmental and comparison-
oriented. Don't name us before we've
had a chance to make one for ourselves.
So what the hell is wrong with Reality
Bites anyways?
They say the movie's inundated with
references to material things. Vickie car-
ries a Charlie's Angels lunch box, they all
drink Big Gulps from the 7-11, they make
references to 70s sitcoms like The Brady
Bunch, and They seem to be disgusted
and amazed by this. My friend kept
pointing out to me that she had a lunch
box just like Vickie's, and I still have my
Charlie's Angels bubblegum cards — and
my Star Wars ones, of course.
In the movie, there's Sammy, the gay
guy; Lelaina, the idealist; Troy, the cynic;
Vickie, the sell-out; the Mcjobs; getting
fired from a convenience store; dropping
out of school 20 units short of a degree;
being overeducated and underemployed;
and questioning the ethics of our superi-
ors. To some of us, this all sounds way too
familiar. This IS how it is for some of us.
Not everyone in my generation will
appreciate this film, but it says a hell of
a lot more than Douglas Coupland, the
so-called guru spokesman of our genera-
tion. As a friend of mine recently said in
reference to the fact that Coupland's
Generation X characters are having their
identity crises in Japan, " If I could afford
to get to japan to have my crisis, it might
not seem so bad!"
Helen Childress, writer of Reality Bites,
is 23 or 24, and I trust her to describe my
generation more than someone who's
32 and could have graduated from uni-
versity when I was only 1 2! But, hey, the
Baby Boomers have already appointed
Coupland our representative.
In conclusion, I reject the mewling
cries of the Baby Boomers; Their at-
tempts to stifle us before we've had a
chance to speak.
I leave you to ponder this, the latest
voiceless polemic against the ruling gen-
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Ethan Hawke sings on the Reality Bites
soundtrack: "I ain't left, I ain't right/
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What evil lurks on the set of Sesame Street?
by Naomi Bock
Charlatan Staff
When I was four, I spent six months in
Europe, and the only thing I remember
clearly was the terrifying shock of Big
Bird appearing red on German TV.
I ran screaming to my mother, who
must have thought, "What did I do wrong
— I thought if I only let her watch kids'
shows, she'd be well-adjusted!"
Not so. If you think children's pro-
grams are wholesome, it's rime to look a
little closer. Rife with hidden messages,
they've corrupted our generation.
I'm not talking about the old violent-
deaths-of-Wile-E. -Coyote debate — at
least that teaches kids to never give up,
as well as the lesson that mail order
products are rip-offs.
I'm talking about all those sweet, in-
nocuous shows with calm, smiling hosts
that look like they've been sniffing the
arts and crafts glue.
Let's start with Mr. Rogers. A kind,
trustworthy man, you think? Wrong. I
mean, the first thing he does is take off
his sweater. Yeah, sure, it's hot in here.
Then he's all smiles and, "Let's take a
train ride to a mysterious place, my little
friend." I'd rather if you weren't my
neighbor, thanks.
Moving on to Polka Dot Door, it's sur-
prising our parents never voiced an ob-
jection towhatwe were watching. Ifthat
dotted door was on the house next door,
they certainly would've asked, "What is
going on in that house — different cou-
ples every week, all making use of a large
kangaroo suit — smells like a sex cult!"
You can't get any more wholesome
than a bunch of kids trying to be fust Like
Mom, right? Not when it's a lesson in foul
play. If you want to win, kids, you've got
to cheat. This is manifested during the
"Bake-off" segment of the game show.
While the rest are blithely dumping eve-
rything into the cookie batter, one kid,
with a look of studied dullness, is pour-
ing only ketchup into hers. Later, her
mom is smiling (that's suspicious al-
ready considering what she's just eaten)
and saying, "My Katie just loves ketchup, "
as the bells and lights go off. C'mon, with
a trip to Disney World up for grabs, did
If that dotted door was on
the house next door, they cer-
tainly would've asked, "What
is going on in that house —
different couples every week,
all making use of a large kan-
garoo suit — smells like a sex
cult!"
you think they wouldn't have a plan?
If you're a Sesame Srreef purist and you
think your beloved show is immune to
all this corruption, you're wrong. Think
of the ongoing torture of Big Bird never
being able to prove Snuffalupagus to the
rest of the gang. They might as well have
been saying "Heh heh little kid, no one's
going to believe you."
Then there's Today's Special: an at-
tempt to recruit young boys into the
men's movement. Boys, you'll never be
free from the chains of women! All day,
you must be a stony emotionless manne-
quin. Only with the magic cap (drums to
follow) can you dance, sing, be any-
thing. It also leads to bitter disillusion-
ment for girls. Later in life, Sally will
come home confused after her first date.
"Mom, I don't know what to do about
Chad. I took off his cap, but he still kept
going on about how life is like a football
game." And you thought finding out
Santa's not real was a disappointment?
Oh well. There's always Fables of the
Green Forest, with which I can find no
fault. It shows we all began as little
Clayoquoters, so maybe there's hope for
our world yet.
It all makes you not want to know
what's at the bottom of the tickle trunk,
eh, boys and girls? Q
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Music I really like a lot
Thanks to all the people who wrote in
expressing sympathy for my loss of
hearing, which
happened
I'll be listening to the NAC Orchestra.
COMMENT
about two
weeks before I
started this job.
I thought I had
kept it a secret,
but somehow
you all knew.
•
Fumacehead
is one unknown
local band
you'll be hear-
ingalotof.This
local band
mixes heavy
metal and reg-
gae in a unique
and alternative
way. Lead hom
player John
Steward is very
recognizable,
since he has
done something really strange to his hair.
He says the local scene has really grown as
of late, no thanks to the Schitizen. (YOU
IDIOT, TAKE THIS PART OUT -ED.)
They will be playing at Zaphod
Beeblebrox this Thursday. I won't be there.
Sound
Chunks
Dymm
Saxhead
There's a new_sound out there that will
be hittingtown this weekend. Rage Against
the Machine combine insightful punk rock
lyrics with a mellow, almost folk sound.
These guys are notorious in the music
industry for doing things their own way
and not selling out, no matter how much
money record companies offer them.
They're playing Friday night at Denim and
Diamonds.
"I need some drugs. I need some drugs."
After saying this, it didn't look like
Fugazi's Ian MacKaye would be up for a
coherentinterview. All I wanted was some
quotes describing his influences and what
his band sounds like.
"Well," he said after I offered him a hit
from my bong. "We're kind of a mix of
jazz, hardcore, hip hop, doo wop, bebop
and ska. But we're totally original."
They're also very alternative and I hear
that they're big with the kids. They're
playing this Saturday at Yucatan Liquor
Stand. Tickets cost $25, but you have to be
1 9 to get in. They ' II also have some cool T-
shirts for sale at the door.
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OTTAWA
BY DAVID RAINMAKER
You know, some people say there isn't enough arts happenings in this pathetic
government town to fill a gossip column, and they're right. Even if there were
you wouldn t hear about it here. I just print whatever people fax me. Hey it's a
living. '
The springtime radio ratings are in and the big news concerns CHEEZ 106
This FM station, rated number one only a few years ago, has slipped to number
106 m a 17 station market. CHEEEZ finished behind all AM, FM, overseas
shortwave stations and this guy who stands at the corner of Dalhousie and Rideau
every morning and yells, "Duck!"
Station head Chuck Armadillo blames the drop on the station's recent format
change.
Says Armadillo, "We were doing okay with classic rock, but I guess deciding
only to play Queen's 'Another One Bites The Dust' was a bit too much. But we
still like that classic rock."
In the television ratings game, NBC has fired late night talk show host Conan
( I used to write for The Simpsons") O'Barbarian. NBC execs say his ratings
were so bad that rats mating in a cage could have done better.
In an effort to replace the hapless O'Barbarian, NBC has decided to give
everyone who lives in North America and can read at a Grade 2 level a shot at
hosting the show.
"Conan really bit," oneexecutive was quoted as saying. "We can 't imagine that
Joe Punchclock or Sally Lunchpail could do any worse."
Zaphod Beeblebrox, that wacky club with the wacky name, has announced a
slight format change. In order to accommodate people like Ottawa Schitizen
columnist Floosie Riledup, the club has decided to start live bands at 2 p.m., with
dancing to follow at 3 p.m. The club will also be booking only Top 40 bands from
now on. Local rock diva Alanis will kick off the changes on April 1 . Says one of
the co-owners, "We're doing it for the fans."
Zaphod's will ring out the old format March 3 1 with an interesting-sounding
non-musical event. It's being dubbed as Ottawa's answer to the WWF and it will
feature Lowest of the Low and some bad-assed bouncers. Be sure to wear red.
In an attempt to sound like I can relate to today 's alternative music scene, here's
a cool singer to check out. I'm told that Anne Murray is a singer from the East
Coast who sounds a bit like Sloan. She's coming to town soon, so check her out.
Chalk it up to cough syrup, several vodka shooters and way too many Doritos.
Despite what I reported in last week's Ottawa Fuzz column. Beethoven is not
opening up for Fugazi next week. It turns out that the German composer has been
dead for about 350 years.
The Bytowne Cinema has just announced the Steven Speilberg Comedy
Festival. According to the fax, it features all the great director's comedies, from
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An exhibit that shouldn't be missed
by Joanne Capuani
Charlatan Staff
/Natures Mortes
Gallery 101
.March 17 — April 15
The dissecting room of Concordia
University was the perfect place for her to
begin her artistic career.
Sophie Jodoin, Montreal-based artist
and a former fine arts and medical stu-
dent at Concordia University, leaves her
mark in her first Ottawa exhibition.
Looking at the works on display, one
can't help but recognize remnants of her
past training at work. Jodoin admits that
the year she spent studying anatomy
and pathology is reflected in her art.
"I'm always working with the body,
the play of death and sleep," she says.
From the jaundiced faces of her sub-
jects to the dangling feet of a lifeless
Christ-figure, Jodoin's preoccupation
with death and the passage of time are
evident.
Weathered black and white photo-
graphs and washes of earth-toned oil
paint allow her work to resemble au-
thentic 19th century sepia-colored pho-
tos. Jodoin's grid method — projecting a
slide on a mural grid pattern, taking
photos of the individual sections, and
reassembling
them into the
final product
— also pro-
vokes images
of Western Eu-
ropean cathe-
drals' lavish
mosaics.
But in Na-
tures Mortes it
is not flicker-
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that grab your
attention.
Rather, it's the
warm image
of women con-
trasted with a
disturbing im-
age of an un-
conscious
man.
It's the
photo of a vo-
luptuous
woman hid-
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Creature of Darkness, a withdrawn
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chalk-white flesh and a dark rosary
weighing down her neck.
Jodoin's 1 1 pieces have a distinct aes-
thetic beauty to them. Sometimes,
though, the realistic, high photographic
quality of her work can bring on the
nauseous feeling one gets when stand-
ing over a cold corpse in a funeral home.
There is also an eternal feeling that
surrounds Natures Mortes. As one turns
and faces the photos on every side of the
room, the viewer becomes part of the
timeless nature of Jodoin's work; al-
though the photos look like they're dete-
riorating and the leaf stems that are the
subject of some photos look like they're
withering away, they are all preserved
under the layers of oil paint.
Jodoin also draws a close link between
time, humankind and nature. Jodoin
says, "1 think I started to use nature or
plants as a fragment because I would like
to convey with the plant itself the same
emotions that you could put through a
person."
Sometimes the withered leaf says more
about a resigned woman that the fact
that she wears no clothing. This is what
Jodoin means when she says, "I could
portray through a plant as much sad-
ness, voluptuousness, because I see it as
a living thing. It has its sexuality. For me,
it's like a human being."
True enough. Human beings do wither
away and fall apart like any old plant.
Like the family album photographs
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Crow
My Kind of Pain
Half A Cow/Cargo
Believe it or don't, but this isn't an-
other heavy metal band.
The title My Kind Of Pain, in conjunc-
tion with the album's cover, may give
one the impression that this is very evil
music, but that's not the case.
What you'll get upon listening to this
CD is something that sounds like Evan
Dando's Lemonheads on a bad hair day:
their outlook on the world is just slightly
darker than Dando's.
That's not a bad thing. Peter Fenton's
gloomy voice and the band's jangly gui-
tars mix perfectly together.
Rating: pretty cool.
Blayne Haggart
That Dog
That Dog
DGC/Cargo
Cute band alert!
Sorry, but it's true. You'll have to look
long and hard to find a band that looks
so damn normal and happy and still
manages to play a mean guitar and
viola.
Lest the listener be scared off by the
thought that this may be just another
cheesy band that throws snippets of clas-
sical string instruments into an other-
wise electric soup, rest assured this is not
the case.
Some songs like the lead-off track
"Old Timer" are the usual female vocals
and loud guitar a la Velocity Girl. Other
songs like "She Looks at Me" put the
aforementioned string instruments front
and centre, while the electric guitars stay
in the background.
As for the subject matter . . . love,
music, MTV. They're not exactly deep,
but who cares? They sound good and
that's all that counts.
Happy, fun and safe.
Blayne Haggart
Marillion
brave
EMI
ForfansofMarillion, the departure of
lead singer Fish is akin to the birth of
Christ for Christians. Both sects describe
their religion in terms of before and
after.
Marillion's 1988 upheaval evoked
panic from longtime followers, who ques-
tioned whether a new singer could work.
Fish's undeniable gift of poetry and
his unique voice blended perfectly with
the progressive musical aspirations of
the musicians. As his successor, Steve
Hogarth deserves credit for knowingly
treading such sacred ground.
AfterFish'sdeparture, Marillion aban-
doned their "concept" album approach
in favor of a mix of commercially viable
. intelligent rock. Needless to say, the next
two albums bombed. Even hardcore fans
were loath to buy them — not only was
their genius gone, but the acid of their
songs was now pablum.
Marillion has sought the safety of a
concept work for this, their seventh al-
bum. A few years ago, a woman was
found walking naked with amnesia on a
London bridge, brave is the band's specu-
lation as to what events took place for
her to be in this position.
brave is Hogarth's attempt at 1985's
Misplaced Childhood, but comparisons to
Fish are defeatist. Nonetheless, Hogarth's
simplerlyrics occasionally contain truths
that strike a chord. When revisiting the
traumas of childhood in "Living With
the Big Lie," Hogarth's evaluation is
astute: "I was terrified most of the time/
I never got over it/I got used to it."
Musically, days of untamed experi-
mentation are gone, but lush move-
ments creep in the umbras between songs.
The unfortunately titled "Living With
the Big Lie" moves just as pleasurably as
"Alone Again in the Lap of Luxury."
Those looking for a song of betrayal will
relish "The Last of You" is powerful de-
spondency.
Maximum enjoyment of brave requires
a great deal of familiarity with the lyrics,
a comfortable bed, nightfall and soli-
tude.
brave is not the Messiah, but it's exqui-
site in its own way.
Stephanie Garrison
BeastJe Boys
Some Old Bullshit
Grand Royal/Capitol
At least they got the name right. De-
spite having the Beastie Boys' name at-
tached to this album, there's nothing
worth listening to on this cassette.
Some Old Bullshit was recorded circa
1 981 when the Beastie Boys were a shitty
New York, one-chord-no-waiting punk
rock outfit. Listening to this album, you
wouldneverguessthattheBeasties would
become the musical innovators they are
today.
The history in the liner notes is inter-
esting, but hey, you can photocopy those
offafriend.Ifyoumust own this album
because it has the Beastie Boys' name on
it, do so. lust don't play it.
Blayne Haggart
be light at first, with bubbly guitar chords,
but the lyrics are chock-fullof dark ideas.
Ron Orol
Course of Empire
Initiation
Zoo/BMG
After listening to Initiation, you can
almost imagine how this album came to
be.
Picture this: The Seattle sound has just
hit the airwaves and the guys in Course
of Empire are sitting around trying to
plot the musical direction of their band.
At this point, these guys are a wild
hair band on a quest to become the next
Poison or Whitesnake. But now the plaid-
shirt invasion has hit and all the record
executives are ignoring Course of Em-
pire's power ballads, special effects-driven
concerts and bad make-up.
"We need to change our image; our
sound!" cries disgruntled vocalist Vaughn
Stevenson.
So the band goes through this transi-
tion period and releases Initiation; an
exploration of the pseudo-grunge sound.
Some songs have a Soundgardenesque
quality and there are hints of Rage
Against the Machine thrown in. Now the
labelling connoisseur will say that Rage
isn't grunge, but aren't they popular
with the kids now too?
So beware of Course of Empire, be-
cause underneath the web of distorted
guitar, throbbing bass and moaning vo-
cals lies the subduedbeast of heavy metal
shit.
Jason Unrau
The Connells
Ring
Cargo/MCA
The Connells bring you feel-good gui-
tar chords and head-nodding melodies
from North Carolina.
Brothers David and Mike Connell are
the backbone to the group, playing bass
and guitar/vocals respectively as well as
contributing to the production of the
album. George Huntley, Doug
MacMillan, Peele Wimberley and Steve
Potak make up the rest of the band.
Songs like "Slackjawed," "74-75 and
"Doing You" are the epitome of the 70s
guitar revival with a '90s kick.
This album will bring together Steve
Miller Band lovers and Crowded House
fanatics. Warning: the songs appear to
Charlatan year-end
Top Ten
This is what you
should be listening
to this summer:
1. Cracker
Kerosene fiat
2. Bjork
Debut
3. Luscious Jackson
In Search of Manny EP
4. Me Mom and
Morgentaler
Shiva Space Machine
5. A Tribe Called Quest
Midnight Marauders
6. Black Boot Trio
PonyRide
7. Spirit of the West
Faithim
8. fames
Laid
9. Mushroom Explosion
Who Cares?
10. Breeders
Last Splash
I Love You
All of Us
Geffen
It was a dark and stormy night, three
years ago, when a smoky Toronto club
first felt the sonic raid of I Love You.
The innocent moniker belied the
band's penchant forblowing stacks while
playing some of their louder songs. Live,
they ruled.
Impressed with the show, a pal picked
up their first tape a few days later. It
sucked.
.4// Of Us, their second release, isn't
any better.
Impossibly enough, there is a band
musically more annoying than Blind
Melon, and twice as radio-friendly.
Those of you who've done acid and
like '70s sitcoms, stay clearof this album.
By the second track, it induces melting
flashbacks of the Partridge Family and
guys with grungy hair doing that sixties
dance where they point their fingers and
gyrate spastically.
Derivative is too gentle a term for All
of Us. Run away screaming.
Stephanie Garrison
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The
a. hair care products
b. wild beagles
c. cash
d. spit
e. Swedes
caused several people to
a. have delusions of godhead.
b. almost enjoy the bus ride
home.
c. fantasize they were Loopy
' Watson's riding crop.
d. think they were actually Birch
Riordon, wine connoisseur.
The issue was raised at CUSA coun-
cil, where
a. John Onwards dropped his
pants and showed his manhood
to all.
b. everyone was well behaved
and civilized.
c. nothing much was accom-
plished.
Because of the sensitive nature of
the discussion, the matter was taken
in camera, where sources say
a. there was a "rutfest."
b. the executive got pissed on
tequila shooters on the CUSA
balcony.
c. John Onwards was sentenced
to receive a "Wet Willie."
d. bad things were discussed.
Loopy Watson could not be
reached for comment because she
was
a. wintering in the Caymen Is-
lands.
b. on a two-week all-grrrl road
trip to Florida.
c. out of the office until Wednes-
day.
d. trapped under something
heavy.
e. in the bathroom, on the phone
with Rene Faux Chez.
When she was finally reached for
comment, Watson said,
a. "Huh?"
b. "I can't comment on that be-
cause of the ongoing court case."
c. "I don't care. I'm not having a
good day. Go away."
d. Nothing, because she was on
the phone with Rene.
The Institutional Socialists re-
sponded to this anti-proletarian ac-
tion by saying,
a. "Smash the state!"
b. "Smash the state!"
c. "Smash the state!"
d. "I hope my welfare cheque
shows up today."
As usual, The Charlatan condemns
this atrocity because
a. It's not politically correct.
b. our sense of humor was surgi-
cally removed.
c. we just want to be loved. Is
that so wrong?
d. it's Wednesday. We've been
up all night and we really, re-
ally need to fill space. Q
Section
C
Ottawa Schtizen Thursday, March 31 , 1994
Don't bother
reading this
COMMENT
Floosie
Riledup
34 • The Charlatan • March 31, 1994
DearGod,
has it fi-
nally
come to this?
I just
couldn'tcome
up with a topic
formy column
today.
It's not like
it was back in
the sixties.
Back then I
was full of
ideas, splutter- "
ing with rage
and disrespecting my elders.
And I was good at it. Look where I
ended up: writing for the Schitizen, one of
the best Southam papers in town.
And I'm making a difference.. I'm ex-
posing all my loyal readers to challenging
ideas about feminism, the military-indus-
trial complex, how the world has too many
numbers forme to remember and how hard
it is for me to get up in the morning since
Ottawa's nightlife starts too damn late.
But enough about my ideas. Let's talk a
little more about me.
You know, people often come up to me
at church socials and ask me, "Floosie,
howdoyoumanagetowritecolumnsweek
after week about nothing at all? And why
do you rarely use secondary sources?"
To answer the second question first,
well, going out to interview people is a task
and a half, so I usually just use quotes that
come to me, like the one above.
The answer to the first question is sim-
ple. If you're incredibly self-involved, all
you really care about is yourself. And what
happens to me may not concern anyone
else, but who cares? I get paid to write this
column, so there.
Apart from myself, my other greatest
concern is how come these noisy little
snots that we're raising today are so much
worse than kids were when I was growing
up. In the sixties we knew how to act. We
rebelled against society and smoked lots of
good pot.
Today, all the kids whine about is how
the environment is being destroyed and
how they can't afford an education even if
they work 30 hours a week at Wal Mart,
which is a great organization.
And they also complain about how
Boomers like myself are basically dead-
wood blocking up jobs and using up pre-
cious oxygen. I wish they'd all just shut up.
Why can't they accept that things were
better back in the sixties?
And they were too. The air was better.
The drugs were better. The music was
better.
Ican'tbelieve thecrap that kids listen to
today. I mean, I think 1 like the concept of
a band like Jane's Addiction more than the
music itself.
Okay, only a few more inches to go.
What can I talk about? Maybe I could list
off all the bands I don't like. Yeah, that
should do it.
Here goes: Nirvana, Tragically Hip,
Cracker, Lemonheads, Counting Crows
(although that "Mr. Jones" song is kinda
catchy). These bands are nothing com-
pared to real music like the Rolling Stones
and Dylan.
Almost done. Maybe I'll just reiterate
how great the sixties were and what agreat
person I am.
And there you go. I've done it. I've
Filled up another column with mindless,
pointless drivel. Sometimes I amaze my-
self. 1
Oh look, it's payday. Yessiree. Gonna
jump in my car. Mama's got a date with
Rideau Carleton Raceway.
Oh God, I love this job.
Thursday, March 31
h,r£ fv, ^° s PlQypen at Zophod's fea-
tures the loud musical stylings of local
bands Deadbeatdads and Cowpint
Lover, as always, is only a dollar.
Friday, April 1
Relive the magic! Sirter Act 2: Back
In the Habit (Ceddit? -ed.) plays at the
Mayfair tonight at 7 p.m.
Come on down to the Penguin to-
night for Jimmy George's CD release
party. Cover is $6.
Local folks Rebo, Schneider and
Zykotic K9 are putting on two shows
tonight at the Pit. They're playing an
all-ages show at 7 p.m. and a licensed
one at 9 p.m. Be prepared for loudness.
Saturday, April 2
Cincinatti's Afghan Whigs land at
Zaphad's this evening. These guys are
amazing. Don't miss this show. Tickets
are $12 at the door.
Opera Lyra Ottawa presents Puccini's
Tosca. It's playing at the National Arts
Centre Opera today, Monday and
Wednesday at 8 p.m. Students get a
special discount with a student card.
Bring yourself and your card to the Arts
Court and pick up a ticket for $15. You
must be over 19 and you must pick up
your tickets in advance.
Ottawa's Wooden Stars, who regu-
larly wow them in Toronto, play the Pit
tonight, with opening band Head Trav-
ellers.
Sunday, April 3
Study, you fools, study! After you've
gone to church and eaten your choco-
late, that is.
Monday, April 4
If you're in Toronto, head on down to
the El Mocambo and check out Liz
Phair. Tickets are $12.
Tuesday, April 5
It's a pay-what-you-can benefit for
Amnesty International tonight at 8 p.m.
at Rooster's. Look forward to folk and
world music courtesy of Marlene
MacD„„ald, Voodoo AngelfishRa"a
and Sylvia, Ember Swift and "Flip "
Wilson. There will also be an open stage.
Usually Charlatan production man-
ager Kevin McKay would fill this space
with a handy book tip. Unfortunately he
has informed us that he is really tired
and old, so in his place, outgoing editor-
in-chief Mo Gannon is filling in Min-
utes before she walked off into the sunset
Gannon yelled out, "Read anything by
that Douglas Coupland guy' He's a
master!"
Wednesday, April 6
It's the comedy event of the decade'
The Kids In the Hall are at
Centrepointe Theatre this evening.
There are two shows, at 7 p.m. and 10
p.m. Tickets, if there are any left, are a
staggering $26.50.
Paris, France, a Canadian film that
raised eyebrows at Cannes for its, urn,
sexuality, is showing at the Mayfair
tonight and tomorrow. Today's showing
startsat 7:05, tomorrow's gets underway
at 7 p.m.
Thursday, April 7
Before you all head out to write your
exams, here's a Charlatan snack tip to
keep you well fed. Hodges's Midnight
Snack™ will keep you going long after
the caffeine stops working. Take one can
of condensed tomato soup. Open the can
and dig in with a spoon, although, come
to think of it, a fork would work well too.
It is recommended that you add a few
drops of lukewarm water to get rid of the
soup's waxy flavor.
Friday, April 15
It's an arena concert out in Carleton
Place. Playing the luxurious Carleton
Place Arena are Almonte rockers Ge-
neric with pals Bufflehead and Sev-
enth Child. Tickets are $6 at the door.
It's an all-ages event and the show starts
at 8 p.m
Summer, 1994
Here's a quick list of things to do:
Lollapalooza., drunken Canada Day
celebrations, the Jazz Festival, relax-
ing in your bath tub.
That's it for another year, kids. I'm
going back to the family business.
You'll all have to fend for yourselves
this summer
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